Aron stepped into the frigid warehouse, his expression as calm as the frost-covered air. His gaze swept over the battleground, lingering momentarily on his battered teammates. With a flick of his wrist, a surge of icy energy radiated outward, freezing the reinforcements in place. Tendrils of frost crept up their bodies, encasing them in thick layers of ice until not a single enemy mutant moved. They stood frozen like statues, their expressions of surprise and fear immortalized within the ice.

He walked past Shaw without sparing him a glance, each step silent on the snow-covered ground. He knelt beside Psylocke, his eyes softening as he took in her blood-soaked form. Gently, he placed a hand on her shoulder. A soft blue light appeared under his hand as he transferred his healing ability to help her. Almost instantly, her wounds healed, and her breathing became calm. She opened her eyes and looked at him.

"Aron," she whispered, trying to sit up.

"Stay still," he murmured, his voice low and reassuring. "I'll handle this."

As Psylocke stabilized, Aron moved to Jean, who was barely clinging to consciousness. Blood ran down her face, and her energy was depleted to a dangerous level. Aron sensed the Phoenix Force simmering beneath her skin, dangerously close to breaking free. He placed a hand on her forehead, his power flowing through her as he whispered, "Rest, Jean. I'll take it from here."

With a soft sigh, she fell into a deep sleep. Aron looked at her face for a moment. He felt rage boiling in his heart. She was bleeding from her nose due to overusing her power. He took out a handkerchief and wiped her blood from her face. 'How dare those motherfucking bastards!' He stood up and turned to face Shaw.

Shaw's eyes glinted with a dangerous curiosity as he finally had Aron's full attention. "So, the infamous Aron makes his grand entrance. I must admit, I'm impressed by your timing."

Aron's expression remained impassive, his gaze cold as the frost around him. "You've hurt my friends," he stated, his voice dangerously calm. "That's a mistake you won't get to make twice."

Shaw chuckled, seemingly unfazed. "Come now, I expected you to be more pragmatic. They're collateral damage. I'm interested in you, Aron. You possess power unlike any mutant I've encountered, and I'd rather not waste potential on needless hostility. Come with me. Don't you want to know who you really are? I'll help you unlock your true potential."

Aron's eyes narrowed, the temperature dropping further as his aura intensified. A wave of cold snow dust swept over the area. "You think you can manipulate me, like one of your chess pieces?"

"Everyone is a piece on the board," Shaw replied smoothly. "You just happen to be a piece of extraordinary value." He tapped the side of his head. "Besides, if you think you can use your telepathy to read my mind to find your answers, go ahead and try." He said with a confident smile.

'Fuckers, just where the heck are they getting so many nullifers and all that mutation suppression shits?' Aron wondered.

Logan picked up Scott's goggles and put them on Scott's face to prevent his optic blasts from hitting any of them.

"Hey, kid," Logan grunted as he walked over to Aron, "let's do this together, shall we?"

"No need. They are already dead," Aron said and used his super speed. Those frozen mutants were like a food platter for him. He checked each of their mutations and absorbed the fire, stone skin, acid, and poison-related ones into his body. He could feel that his power was growing stronger at an astonishing rate. As for the rest, they were just regular mutations, and absorbing them would be just a waste of time.

Then he appeared where he was standing before.

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He snapped his fingers as the frozen mutants shattered into pieces. The fine dust of ice blew in the air as over twenty mutants died in a second.

"I must admit, that was impressive," Shaw said. He could feel the change in Aron's energy after he killed the mutants. "Killing without even blinking an eye, takes years of killing experience and I guess you have a lot of it. Well, clone or not, his blood is definitely running through your veins."

"You are next," Aron pointed his finger at Shaw.

Shaw just grinned and raised his hands in mock surrender. "Wait, let me ask you one question before you kill me."

"What?" Aron asked.

Shaw smiled and said, "Is it worth it? Sacrificing yourself to save these people? Your team? This is all about power, Aron. Power is everything in this world. It decides who lives and who dies. If you follow me, I will help you get the answers to your questions. You will become the most powerful mutant alive. So, what will it be?"

As soon as Shaw finished, Aron's palm appeared before his face. "Exactly, power is everything in this world. It decides who lives and who dies." He grabbed his face and slammed him down on the floor.

He lifted him and slammed him down again. The concrete beneath Shaw cracked, splintering like glass. Shaw grimaced but quickly countered, unleashing a burst of kinetic energy that threw Aron backward. Aron landed gracefully, sliding a few feet before he steadied himself.

"Impressive," Shaw said as he stood up, brushing the dust off his suit. "But you'll need more than brute force to beat me."

Aron's gaze remained icy, but his hands began to crackle with energy. If he wanted, he could have absorbed Shaw's power. But he wanted to see how Shaw was using his power, his movements, his weakness, and every detail of power. Only then would he absorb his power.

"Then let's see if you can absorb this," He raised his arms, and beams of intense cold shot toward Shaw, freezing the air around him and forming deadly spikes of ice. Shaw dodged, his agility surprising, but Aron anticipated it and formed a barrier of ice around him, boxing him in. Then burst him with ice spikes.

Shaw laughed, pressing his hands to the frozen walls. "All you're doing is feeding me," he taunted, as the energy transferred into him, fueling his own power. In a sudden explosion of kinetic force, Shaw shattered the icy prison, sending shards everywhere. Aron raised a hand, absorbing the shards back into himself to prevent any collateral damage to his teammates.

"Get out of here. I can't use my full power to fight him," He told Psylocke and Logan.

They understood. Logan carried Jean and rushed out of the warehouse with Psylocke, Scott, and Kitty. They left the battlefield with Aron and Shaw fighting.

Shaw stomped on the floor, releasing a massive burst of energy. The whole warehouse shook, and the ground split open, shattering the frozen warehouse and his cage, but Aron raised an ice domain around them almost instantly. A massive dome of ice covered the area. Shaw cracked his neck, grinning. "What else you got other than just ice? I know you can use multiple... Kuggg!!"

He glanced at his hands, 'Forstbites!?'

"You know, kinetic energy manipulation is a cool power, but what if there is no kinetic energy to absorb?" Aron said with a smirk, as the temperature continued to drop.

Shaw's legs froze as he felt hard to breathe. He tried to move his arms and legs to use his stored energy to blast through everything, but he could barely move anymore. He froze up instantly. Frostbites began to form on his skin, spreading quickly.

Aron walked toward Shaw and touched his head, "Well, I'll take your power. Thank you."

"H-h-how?" Shaw asked with chattering teeth.

"I learned to freeze molecules by slowing them down. I can freeze you from the inside out, and when I do that, you have no energy to transfer into your body to warm yourself up. Even if you manage to use your power, your body will shatter like a glass doll." Aron began absorbing Shaw's power and started feeling the energy flow into his body. "Interesting. So much power, yet an obvious weakness."

Just then, a black smoke appeared behind Shaw. It was Azazel. He tried to grab Shaw and teleport away, but...

[Clank] He froze instantly and fell to the icy ground with a clank.

"What's the rush?" Aron said as he finished absorbing Shaw's power and touched Azazel's head. "And don't try to teleport away. I have frozen every molecule in your body. Even your brain is frozen solid. I doubt that you can even hear me. Well, thanks for the meal." He absorbed Azazel's power.

He turned to Shaw, who was frozen up to his neck and asked, "I want to know the answers to my questions, but considering this insane ability, I can take a guess. Is it All For One? The guy without a face and a mask, covering up to his nose?"

Shaw wanted to say something, but everything turned black before his eyes. It felt so sleepy and peaceful. He felt tired. He could hear Aron's voice like a distant memory.

Aron punched through his frozen body and ripped out his frozen heart, crushing it in his palm. Then he stomped on Azazel's head and crushed it into fine dust.

"Thanks to you fuckers, I now know what to do next. I'll destroy every single bastard behind this clone shit. Only then will I get to live a peaceful life..."