Black iron filings flowed as though they had turned to liquid, forming a giant serpent that swallowed the human head in its coils. The headless corpse in a red uniform twitched a few times before finally collapsing to the ground.
The iron filings that made up the giant serpent scattered apart and fell back onto the floor, leaving behind a thick black stain mixed with blood.
"Open the door."
Having just killed someone, Magneto clasped his hands behind his back. He and the Brotherhood members were currently inside a cave in Canada, home to an extremely well-hidden underground research facility. The man he had just killed had been the last scientist.
Unable to force the password for the new plastic door out of him, he simply killed the captive and turned to give an order to the girl behind him.
A trace of reluctance flashed across the girl's face, but she still raised both hands. Two dense masses of red light ignited in her palms. She twisted her hands through the air, and the enormous door marked with a large M seemed to be crushed by an invisible giant hand.
There was no explosion and no sound, yet the door opened easily. The thick pieces of new material looked as though they had been burned by fire, turning into brittle charcoal.
The girl did not look at the corpse on the floor. There were plenty more in the room behind them. She merely looked back at Magneto. "It's open, Father."
Magneto raised one hand. Countless iron filings formed a disk beneath his feet, and he stepped onto it, floating forward.
"Good. If you hadn't been here, it would have taken us some effort to break through that door."
"This is to save our fellow Mutants."
As Wanda passed by, she