3rd POV:
''Yes, I understand.''
''...''
''Yes.''
''...''
''Yes, I will come up with something.''
''...''
''Hail HYDRA.''
Baron von Strucker hang up the phone.
His face twitched a bit as he starred at the phone, before he ragefully threw it against a wall.
''FUCK!!!,'' Strucker screamed in frustration, before he forced himself to compose himself. It was a good thing he was alone right now.
Things were not working out well for HYDRA even if most idiots, the non-leaders basically, thought otherwise.
First they lost Alexander Pierce and a lot of agents in S.H.I.E.L.D + some other politicians in high positions as well. All thanks to Captain fucking America and the Triskelion event.
Then there was the fact that the damn FoS sprung up.
It made it extremely hard to push for elimination or control of super powered people since the were so 'virtuous'. Sure they could make moves in the eastern countries as they were not as prevalent there, but it did not account to much, on the fact that Genosha and America had the most super powered by far. The effort was not worth the reward for now to change the geopolitical mindset of eastern countries, even if they also had some super powered people here and there.
And then this.
They did not control every position in the government as stated previously and thus some decisions were made.
Politicians planned on starting their own programs for enhanced people.
And while it would be a boon for HYDRA, with the lack of resources they could not claim these people as part of the government, while secretly and, perhaps even, unknown to them, making them work for HYDRA.
As they used to do with most other programs. Like the X-Project.
So it was a net loss for them on that front too.
Especially since they only had a few of the assets still in their arsenal.
Several HYDRA heads including himself were scrambling to turn this to their benefit.
Strucker sat down and rubbed his forehead, trying to come up with something. Either to turn this around in their favor or at the very least acquire more assets for themselves.
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Bastian frowned at the development.
There were a lot of differences in this world compared to his old one. He very quickly determined that this was a different dimension, after he followed Pryde.
It was not a loss for him.
He left behind programs to continue his work in his absence, he supposed he could continue his work here, of exterminating mutants. Assuming he ever returned, he might as well achieve his goal in this dimension too.
A shame he never got around to finding out Nexus' identity. It was the biggest difference here and compared to his old dimension.
No matter.
Even if he was not part of the X-Men, he will kill him here just as well.
If anything it would be easier to kill him since he was alone. The two insects surrounding him, did not account for much.
Trask was diligently at work building the sentinels with the resources he provided.
Just some more time and he can finally start killing or enslaving mutants again.
The FoS could claim to want to live alongside enhanced 'people' all they want. They don't know how dangerous enhanced people were and the harm they could cause.
Humanity will learn to thank him.
Weather they want to or not.