All God's Children

AGC 32: Kings 2201

2007-11-04T01:34:00.000-04:00

KINGS 2201 the thirty-second tale written by Mark Bousquet Midgard Standard Year 2201 / December 31 Asgard KING BALDER THE BRAVE It hath been a night of muted celebration. Always the dawning of a new Standard Year brings cause for celebration and thou the Golden Realm doth raise

AGC 31: Genetic Goblins

2007-11-04T01:28:00.000-04:00

GENETIC GOBLINS the thirty-first tale written by Mark Bousquet Midgard Standard Year 2200 / December (the present) Asgard - Logan's Bar and Grill Toomi blew a long strand of blonde hair that fell in front of her face to the side, thinking that this might just be the worst moment of her life. She looked down at her hands to see them buried in soapy dishwater, feeling them scrub away at the

AGC 30: Jonas

2007-08-06T17:29:00.000-04:00

JONAS the Thirtieth TaleMidgard Standard Year 2186 / August (14 years in the past) Luna Education Center A group of young children sit in class, paying close attention to the lesson of the day. This day was a special occasion for the children, as their teacher was none other than

AGC 29: Ascension / Abandonment, Part Seven

2007-08-06T17:26:00.000-04:00

Ascension / Abandonment Part VII: The Masters of Evil the Twenty-Ninth Tale Morning The Lighthouse "It is time." The voice was that of Baron Zemo. His audience was the Masters of Evil. Zemo felt his blood race through his veins, felt the hatred and pride that fueled him

AGC 28: Ascension / Abandonment, Part Six

2007-08-06T17:24:00.000-04:00

Ascension / Abandonment Part VI: The Final Christmas the Twenty-Eighth Tale ASGARD - The Residence of Ash’lin 2200 / December Kovar the Accuser looked at Ash’lin of the Shi’ar contemptuously, "Surely, Skrull 4 can not be the traitor." Ash’lin’s face was expressionless, "Surely

AGC 27: Ascension / Abandonment, Part Five

2007-08-06T17:21:00.000-04:00

Ascension / Abandonment Part V: Titan Falls the Twenty-Seventh Tale 2022 / April Titan "Yes, Ikaris, what is it you want this time?" Mentor asked the image of Ikaris, ruler of the Earth Eternals. Ikaris’ face contorted, "You know what it is I want, Mentor. The same thing I have

AGC 26: Ascension / Abandonment, Part Four

2007-08-06T17:16:00.000-04:00

Ascension / Abandonment Part IV: Stark/Summers, A Presidency: Year One the Twenty-Sixth Tale Van Dyne Haven Hope, Montana The Room of Jean Grey 2012 / November Ascension / Abandonment Part III: Villainy Spreads Its Wings the Twenty-Fifth Tale ASGARD - THOR HALL OF PEACE 2200 / DECEMBER "You want me to what?!?" Attumidunn the Valkyrie was not happy. When King Balder had called her to the Hall of Peace, she had assumed, mistakenly, as it

AGC 24: Ascension / Abandonment, Part Two

2007-08-06T17:11:00.000-04:00

Ascension / Abandonment Part II: Reign of Doom the Twenty-Fourth Tale THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES MIDGARD STANDARD DATE 18 NOVEMBER 2001 In a rather prominent place in Nate Grey's mind, he was well aware that what he was doing here in this swamp was very, very wrong. He told himself

AGC 23: Ascension / Abandonment, Part One

2007-08-06T17:06:00.000-04:00

Ascension / Abandonment Part I: The Millenium Encounter the Twenty-Third Tale ASGARD - THE HEALING HANDS OF GAEA 2200 / DECEMBER The body of Dani Moonstar lay on a flat bed near the floor inside what passed for a hospital on Asgard. The modern medicine of humanity hadn't yet penetrated Asgard enough to supplant the tried remedies of the Asgardians. For Steve Rogers, as he watched the woman

AGC 22: Poisoned Moonlight

2007-08-06T12:36:00.000-04:00

Poisoned Moonlightthe Twenty-Second Tale MIDGARD STANDARD YEAR 2200 / LATE NOVEMBER JOTUNHEIM Ben-Vell Parker and Eshir Maximoff walked together in cold silence, their bodies bundled with thick clothing to save them from the unbearable cold. They did not acknowledge the others

AGC 21: Words Not True, Actions Not False

2007-08-06T12:33:00.000-04:00

Words Not True, Actions Not False the Twenty-First Tale MIDGARD STANDARD YEAR 2200 / NOVEMBER ASGARD - THE PLAIN OF IDA MORNING "It's the Valkyrior!" shouted a Dire Wraith, looking up at the sky above them, as he held the broken body of an Asgardian warrior in his hands. "

AGC 20: Ondur'ra

2007-08-06T12:31:00.000-04:00

Ondur'rathe Twentieth Tale MIDGARD STANDARD YEAR 2200 / NOVEMBER OLYMPUS Franklin Richards walked the streets of Olympus. 'This is where I returned from the Void,' he thought to himself, looking around at the broken buildings. 'Fitting. Once repaired - and that won't take long - it

AGC 19: Mother Goblin

2007-08-06T12:29:00.000-04:00

Mother Goblinthe Nineteenth Tale MIDGARD - THE CITY OF NEW YORK MIDGARD STANDARD YEAR 2200 / NOVEMBER His name was the Lynx. He was a hero of Earth, arch nemesis of the Green Gobliness, one of the protectors of the City of New York. He'd battled the Gobliness countless times over the

AGC 18: Avengers Without Consent

2007-08-06T12:27:00.000-04:00

Avengers Without Consentthe Eighteenth Tale ASGARD - THE FOREST OF EARTH MIDGARD STANDARD YEAR 2200 / NOVEMBER The red eyes had haunted her dreams since the last time she was here.* Glowing, aloof, they appeared out of the fog and pulled together vines, leaves and muck. The sounds

AGC 17: Kings 2200

2007-08-06T12:19:00.000-04:00

K I N G S 2200the Seventeenth Tale ASGARD - THOR ODINSON HALL OF PEACE MIDGARD STANDARD YEAR 2200 / NOVEMBER "Eight years since True Ragnarok began," King Balder the Brave said to an empty room inside the Odinson Hall of Peace. A cup of mead sat, untouched, on a table behind him as

AGC 16: Fantastic Mystery, Part Three

2007-08-06T12:16:00.000-04:00

The SIXTEENTH Tale FANTASTIC MYSTERY, PART THREE MIDGARD STANDARD YEAR 2200 / OCTOBER FANTASTIC COLONIES - DEAD MAN'S TUNNEL Captain America and John Francis Saint stood at the entrance of Dead Man's Tunnel, their faces set in stone. They looked ahead and saw little but darkness and

AGC 15: Fantastic Mystery, Part Two

2007-08-06T12:12:00.000-04:00

The FIFTEENTH Tale FANTASTIC MYSTERY, PART TWO MIDGARD STANDARD YEAR 2200 / OCTOBER FANTASTIC COLONIES - MEDICAL SECTOR "See for yourself." John Francis Saint tapped a light pad and Captain America felt his blood run cold as the room illuminated. Inside this morgue lay nineteen dead

AGC 14: Fantastic Mystery, Part One

2007-08-06T12:07:00.000-04:00

The FOURTEENTH Tale FANTASTIC MYSTERY, PART ONE MIDGARD STANDARD YEAR 2200 / OCTOBER FANTASTIC COLONIES - SECURITY CENTER "Commander, sir, Captain America is at the outer hangar doors. Should we let him in?" John Francis Saint, head security operative at the Fantastic Colonies, nodded

AGC 13: Vanishing Storms, Part Two

2007-08-06T12:02:00.000-04:00

The THIRTEENTH Tale VANISHING STORMS, PART TWO: BRAINS, BRAUN, and WHERE THE HELL IS JOHNNY STORM? MIDGARD STANDARD YEAR 1999 / JANUARY CHANDILAR Johnny Storm, the second Human Torch, lay on the ground of a distant planet, his neck snapped like a twig, his body twisted cruelly upon

AGC 12: Vanishing Storms, Part One

2007-08-06T11:54:00.000-04:00

The Twelfth Tale VANISHING STORMS, PART ONE: SEX, DRUGS, and WHO THE HELL IS PHIL SINTON? IN MEMORY OF JOHN BROOME MIDGARD STANDARD YEAR 2200 / OCTOBER LOGAN'S BAR AND GRILL There were few spots in the Golden Realm that were appreciated by the Earthers more than Logan's Bar and Grill.

AGC Giant-Size 1: Backwards Looking Forward

2007-07-29T19:36:00.000-04:00

ALL GOD'S CHILDREN GIANT SIZE 1 BACKWARDS LOOKING FORWARDfeaturing a new tale of BETA RAY BILL and reprints of every ALL GOD'S CHILDREN tale presented outside the AGC series through ALL GOD'S CHILDREN 11. This story takes place between ALL GOD'S CHILDREN 11 and 12.Reprinted within are the following: FANTASTIC FOUR 423, 425, 430, 434, 435 MARVEL FANFARE 70 - The 1998 MV1 Holiday IssueFrom the

AGC 11: Fragmented Balance, Part Six

2007-07-29T19:05:00.000-04:00

The Eleventh Tale Fragmented Balance, Part Six Chapter Fifteen - Endings The Everything groaned. Franklin Richards had returned from a place no one yet knew of and stated he knew his role in the Grand Tapestry to be the Balance. He had sought out the Cosmic Flame, Herald of Galactus,

AGC 10: Fragmented Balance, Part 5

2007-07-29T18:58:00.000-04:00

The Tenth Tale Fragmented Balance, Part FiveChapter Thirteen - Collidings OLYMPUS "I. HAVE. COME." A ball of silver light descended through the atmosphere towards the ground of Olympus below as the voice of Franklin Richards shook the Everything. Light shone through the hole left in the

AGC 9: Fragmented Balance, Part 4

2007-07-29T18:50:00.000-04:00

The Ninth Tale Fragmented Balance, Part Four Chapter Nine - Learnings MIDGARD Standard Year 2003 In the end, it was the Centric Sceptre who killed him. She did it not with a sword or gun or particle accelerator, but with the most powerful weapon in all the Everything … an idea. Sometime

AGC 8: Fragmented Balance, Part 3

2007-07-29T18:45:00.000-04:00

The Eighth TaleFragmented Balance, Part ThreeChapter Five - TorturingsMidgard Standard Year 2200TITAN 3The rumbling of machines mark the passage of time. The tortures of the flesh mark the amusement of sand trickling down a narrow funnel. The tortures of the mind refuse to acknowledge anything.Canticle was a young woman who believed in many unbelievable things. The simple fact that she had been

AGC 7: Fragmented Balance, Part 2

2007-07-29T18:40:00.000-04:00

The Seventh TaleFragmented Balance, Part TwoChapter Three - OfferingsMidgard Standard Year 2200OlympusThe Cosmic Flame stood, flames pouring around him, watching the most bizarre sight he had ever seen.In front of him, in the ruins of the city that once was home to the Olympian gods, Santa Claus was beating the Easter Bunny to a pulp."I’ll kill you, you lazy bastard!" Santa Claus roared."Bite me,

AGC 6: Fragmented Balance, Part 1

2007-07-29T01:00:00.000-04:00

The Sixth Tale Fragmented Balance, Part OnePrologue Earth Standard Year 2200 Someplace Dark"You bastard!" a voice yells into darkness. Cords grip her arms and pull them tightly behind her. "I hate you! Do you hear me, I hate you!""Is this not to be expected?" a deep voice asks calmly. "Is it not a certainty that you would hate someone who has kept you prisoner for 178 Standard Years? That you

AGC 5: The Coming of the Lord

2007-07-29T00:55:00.001-04:00

The FIFTH TaleTHE COMING OF THE LORDAsgard - Earth Standard Year 2200Thanos the Titan Eternal walked the streets of Asgard with a palpable sense of power surrounding him. Asgardians - the bravest of the brave in all of the Everything - huddled in their houses like a dog trying to hide from an abusive master.Thanos smiled and energy cackled in the air around him.Asgard was a rebuilt city - it’s

AGC 4: Days of the Extinguishing Sun, Part 3

2007-07-29T00:49:00.000-04:00

The Fourth Tale DAYS OF THE EXTINGUISHING SUNPart ThreeChapter Six: TomorrowEarth Standard Year 2011Van Dyne Haven - Home, Montana - October 10th, 10:12 PM MSTCharles Xavier is dead.His body lies motionless on the ground with his legs twisted beneath him, blood pooling outward from his neck, a placard that reads STARK/SUMMERS in ’12 upon his chest.Janet Van Dyne looked down at the image that will

AGC 3: Days of the Extinguishing Sun, Part 2

2007-07-29T00:42:00.000-04:00

The Third Tale DAYS OF THE EXTINGUISHING SUNPart TwoChapter Three: All Our YesterdaysEarth Standard Year 2011The Xavier Institute for Advanced Learning - Westchester County, New YorkCold, autumn winds cut across the estate of Charles Xavier matching the coldness in the man’s heart. Condemned for decades to a wheelchair, Xavier relied on his powerful telepathic/telekinetic mind to carry him to

AGC 2: Days of the Extinguishing Sun, Part One

2007-07-29T00:36:00.000-04:00

The Second Tale DAYS OF THE EXTINGUISHING SUNPart OneChapter One: An AwakeningEarth Standard Year 2200The residence of Ben-Vell Parker, City of AsgardBen-Vell Parker stretched, trying to shake the cobwebs out. His body ached and he rubbed the sore muscles that lay under the surface of his blue skin. It had been a long, dark night in the golden realm. The Plain of Ida had been infested with

AGC 1: The Vengeance of Hope

2007-07-28T23:08:00.000-04:00

THE VENGEANCE OF HOPETHE FIRST TALEconceived and written by Mark Bousquet for MV1Titan 3 - Earth Standard Year 2200"Ride my Valkyrior, ride!" cried the Earth woman turned Valkyrie Dani Moonstar as she rode her white-winged steed Anthalus into battle. "Ours is the righteous way and we strike the enemy with the wisdom of Odin, the guile of Loki and the might of Surtur!"The Valkyrior descend on the