《A Different kind of Hero (Marvel)》 Chapter 1: Left for Dead 2180, dystopian New York 161 years have pass and the world is no longer the world we use to know, since the plague happened cities were burned and avoided, famous landmarks were the hotspots of death herself turning cities full of life into sanctuaries of death. Standing at the center of the Central Park is the cause of it all, grinning as he watch one lone man finish the last of the undead "Bravo!! Bravo!! What a magnificent perfomance, Oh!! such a dramatic turn of event!" the being said full amusement. He slowly walk towards the lone man as he praise him like he''d seemingly had done such a wonderful job "who would have thought that the first one to consider suicide is the last one to survive! Well! this confirms one thing THE COWARD ALWAYS SURVIVE! ". The lone man glared at the being with all the hatred he could muster, clenching his fist to the point of bleeding "Damn! You!" the man said with so much spite. "Oh! Threats! you would do good as one of my collection!" the being smirk "but first! like I had promise I''ll grant you two wishes! anything you like (except wishing me dead, reviving someone or returning everything to once it was) but on second thought because I''m too generous you only get one wish!! Hahaha! right! right! I''m so generous hahaha! " the being said with a maddening laughterUnauthorized usage: this tale is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings. "Grr.. " growled the man he then look at the being with maddening eyes "anything right!? anything!? then.." the maddening look vanish instead it was replace by a smirk "THEN I WISH! I WISH TO GO TO A PLACE WHERE YOU OR YOUR INFLUENCE CANNOT REACH ME EVER AGAIN!" the being laugh so hard he falls over his back and then said "HAHAHAHA! nope! never, I still plan to reset this game and making you the last boss HAHAHAHA! Wish something els-" the being was cut off speaking when a monotonous voice echoed throughout the wold "World Notice: Congratulations to player 7765945644 -Alexander Achilles, Praetor of the 12th Legion, the betrayed, the outcast, The Coward for winning the GAME. wish will be granted in 3". "WAIT! WHAT!? WHO''S ON THE CONTROLLER!? WHO''S MESSING WITH MY- DAMN YOU FATHER!!!! DON''T RUIN MY GAME! " Shouted the being with so much hate his distructive aura destroyed the surrounding place as then a protective barrier covered Alexander from it. 2- "and also TET" said the man with an evil smirk making the being look at him "I planted a gift for you beneath this grave" he said as he quickly push a remote under his sleeve "KABOOM Mother Fucker! " BOOommm! 1- then the whole place was Ingulf in fire and then.... nothing, everything turn white finally a few moments the colors returned he was now standing in the middle of a vast ocean with clear sky up above, a beautiful maiden quickly flown down right in front of him. "Alexander Achilles, welcome to my sanctuary" the maiden said with a dazzling smile Chapter 2: The Golden Finger "Alexander Achilles, welcome to my sanctuary" the maiden said with a dazzling smile "uh-huh? so is this the place where the douche bag can''t get me? cause if it is then I''m here to stay" Alexander said while looking around "Sadly No. This place is the boundary of the multiverse" said the beautiful maiden "ah! where are my manners, my name is Nakia and I am the gate of the multiverse" "The what now? I know Multiverse exist cause the douche bag won''t stop talking about other universes but to think there are things beyond the multiverse? It''s quite unbelievable" Alex said in surprise "then again I live in a world full of Undead Monster so Jeez.. What do I know" "Yeah there are things beyond the gate(me), think of it as the same as that theory about the infinity, where there is an infinity bigger than an infinity, same here there are multiverse bigger than this multiverse" Nakia said "I know it doesn''t make sense but enough of the mumbo jumbo science crap, I am here to grant you the other two wishes you were deprive off" "wait I got another two wishes? I thought I can only wish one?" Alex said in confusion, the douche bag never really explain how the wishes work or how many he can wish "yeah the one you call douche bag wanted to cheat you on your wishes and my job is to grant you that remaining wish you were deprive off" Nakia explained in a manner of fact tone "huh is that so? What cause such response?" Alex ask "I mean why would you go to so much trouble instead of just...I don''t know, like send me on my way or something" "His Father the god of this Multiverse took shame for the actions of his son, so as a way to make reparation, he wants to make sure you safely cross the otherside and start a new life without hitch" Nakia said "so wish, I promise there are no such strings attach"If you encounter this narrative on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. Alex thought for a bit then said "would it be possible to bring with me the nanobots on my body and would it be possible if you enhance my intelligence into genius level?" "well that''s kinda bland" Nakia said with a deadpanned look but then nodded with slight appreciation "I applaud your modesty, you know you''re the first one i have met with a bland wish like that, most of your kind usually wish for some money, harem, system or some ridiculous power to summon anyones use pantsu (don''t ask where the last one now cause he is being detained in some super secret underground prison, deeming his ability to be above omega level) well moving on, the nanobots are a freebie also an AI well be there to assist you in controlling those nanobot instead of using your watch like you use to and we can certainly enhance your brain" "uh-huh so uhm.. I kinda don''t have anything else, I really just want to survive the next word" Alex shrug "well if you want to you can pick my wish for me Nakia" Nakia smiled again and said "oh i have just the thing for you to ensure your survival, where your going is a place of technological "Marvel" so taking into account that you are good with techs, have an enhance brain and needed money, I''ll grant you the ability to create any material you want as long as you''ve seen it" "well thanks! It will surely help me with things, Thanks Nakia, so what do i have to do now?" said Alex who was thankful to the bountiful gifts he had acquired Nakia pulled out a bag out of knowhere and hand it over to me, she said "here are you''re SI starter pack, this includes a few days of food, water, money, clothes, identity papers and two Dessert Eagle enchanted to not run out of ammo who are also switchable to non lethal" "uhm.. Nakia? I know It''s a bit much to ask but will it be possible for me to bring my sword with, I kinda want to keep it to honor my dead parents, the legion and.. her" Alex said while muttering the last one silently Nakia couldn''t help but smile knowingly at the man infront of him "You truly are the greatest of them all Alexander, even though you''ve been betrayed, hurt and cheated on you still tried to honor the fallen for that you have my praise Alexander Achilles, Praetor of the 12th Legion, The betrayed, The Outcast and The Great and as a reward for your hardship I give you, your sword" it glowed as a sword started to form infront of Alex, dropping into the stone that appeared out of knowhere peircing it, just like the sword of England "Whoso pulleth out this sword from this stone, is right wise King born of all Astadel" Nakia said with a hundred kilowatt smile "nice isn''t it? Instead of England, it will be Astadel (formerly known as USA) the country you were born in" "Thank you Nakia for this gift" Alex said while grinning, grabbing the hilt of the sword he pulled as the sword came off, bringing with it a Holy glow "This is truly wonderful Nakia" "off you go now, I still have matters to attend to" she smiled to Alex once again "you truly are a great person Alex bye bye" "goodbye and thanks for everything Nakia" Alex said as pure white started to ingulf the surrounding and then a few minutes later his now in a park "huh... So this is how it look likes before the plague" Chapter 3: Meeting god and Getting started "huh... So this is how it look likes before the plague" Alex said as he look around for potential enemies, when suddenly someone tap him from his back Then Due to paranoia he made a front flip to create distance with his "would be assailant", pulling a black dagger from his shoes while his other hand slowly reach out for the gun in the bag "woah! Woah! Those are some impressive move kid! Are you some kind of superhero? No those clothes don''t look like spandex to me an agent perhaps? No you''re too young to be an agent maybe a martial artist?" The old man said The old man with white brush back hair seems familiar to Alex, The man has black rimmed glasses, a white mustache and a spectacular smile ''where have I seen this man?'' now that Alex look closely the Old man kinda looks like stan lee but much more younger? "who are you?" Alex ask with narrowed eyes "and what do you want? " "oh yeah sorry kid! My name is Stan, Stan Lee The keeper- Alex cut off the old man with a question "The Keeper of the Multiverse? " "What! No! I mean I''m the keeper, keeper of the park and your venturing on restricted area, so if you would kindly vacate this area please" Stan said ''hmm... If he really is Stan Lee then this answered some of my question'' Alex thought to himself ''because I''m sure as hell Stan Lee don''t work as a park keeper and besides he looks harmless to me... Hmm.. Wait! Is this one of his cameos?!''Unauthorized use: this story is on Amazon without permission from the author. Report any sightings. Realizing that he had to give a reply soon, Alex sheath back his dagger and slowly approach Old man Stan, he scratch the back of his head then said "I''m sorry Mister Stan I didn''t know that this place was restricted you see I kinda just arrive here at new york so I was kinda lost?" "Oh is that so well come on then i''ll show you the way out" Stan said For a person who was threatened with a dagger he is kinda chill, maybe this is a common occurance perhaps? "That''s it? You won''t ask why I have a blade with me?" Alex ask "Kid this is New York, weird is common here by the way where are your parents?" Old man Stan ask "Well you see Mister Stan I''m an Orphan-" Their talk continues as Mister Stan questioned Alex about why his here or what are his plan from then on A few minutes walking they reach the exit Mister Stan look at Alex then smiled "Well Kid welcome to New York" ******** Alex with the recommendation of Mister Stan was now on a motel called "MarvelHome" while it was kinda cliche considering the universe his in, but anyway he had already taken an inventory of his so called SI starter pack and this are things that he got: 2 Deagles with enchanted bullets 6 pairs of clothes 3 Gallons of water 12 boxes granola bar 12 boxes of cup noodles 12 boxes of can goods 5000$ A credit card with unknown amount of money Identification Papers complete with drivers liscence and lastly The Sword of Astadel And if you''re wondering how those things fit in the pack well the pack is also enchanted Now that he have done an inventory, it is now time for the million dollar question: What should he do now? After thinking for a while he had decided that he will not become a hero nor become a villain instead he wants to have a peaceful life free of dangers and worries, maybe even open a coffee shop, a bookstore or perhaps why not both With that being said he quickly took a shower, then went to sleep on his comfy bed, he quickly falls asleep with a smile to his face, greatful that he is finally able to rest after such a long time. Chapter 4: The Paranoia Nick Fury would be proud of 2006 June, Manhattan, New York Two months had pass and Alex has finally settled in, with the help of Athena (Artificial Intellegence) and his sweet sweet hacking skills he was able to create a dummy company to sell a 50 tonne gold ( which he created over the month) with the whooping price of 2060500000 USD, he then bought an apartment building on midtown manhattan and a coffee shop near the stark tower, the rest of the money were then split into multiple dummy accounts to prevent SHIELD from tracking him About the apartment, it was for the lack of better term; quite fancy and plain ridiculous, he spent three weeks in customizing his apartment, he boosted its security from CCTV''s, retina scanner to over the top things such as moving lasers, motion sensors and even a panic room, all of it connected to one superquantum computer manage by Athena and then viola a fucking home sweet home for the super paranoid Alexander Achilles (Yeah about that, living in Hell while being hunted by the army you yourself trained can be pretty scary) Oh I forgot he also has a workout area.If you come across this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen from Royal Road. Please report it. When Nakia gave Alex the AI, it has some unforseen but totally accepted consequences, either by science or magic Athena was implanted on his Brain, which he can then communicate telepathically and in turn Athena can also communicate and upload things for him in his brain. And by proxy Athena can also control the technology around Him making him some sort of technopath and because of this he was able to easily steal some quantum computer blue prints (which by the way he totally improve on) and then created Olympus (the name of the superquantum computer). On the bussiness side, the coffee shop/ book shop which he named Hestia, the two story building was fully renovated to create a homey atmosphere, outside it looks plain rectangular building with big windows but on the inside, it was specially made to have a Harry potter vibe into it complete with an animated ceilings that looks like the night sky(holographic display) and a chimney with virtual fire, also he added some tv, for others who wanted some entertainment. Up above, the second floor it followed the same style, but instead of tables and chairs it has couches, bean bags and a large collection of books, all in all a great place to spend some time He plans to open by mid July and by then he would also be done stocking his apartment with some goodies and when I say goodies I mean guns, lots and lots of guns. Chapter 5: Paranoia meets Instinct Fury''s POV Two months ago SHIELD detected an energy fluctuation and then one month from then 50 tonne of gold was sold by a company known as Wayne Industries, according to the files we had gathered Wayne Industries was a small time mining company, headed by a man named Bruce Wayne but the problem is after we have gathered the files it completely vanish from the face of the earth, every soft copies were deleted even from our system, if not for us keeping hard copies nobody would have suspected anything The door to his office openned a leather clad woman red head entered "Director, you have a job for me?" Said the leather clad woman with red hair "Romanof, have you read the files I''ve sent to you?" Director Fury Ask "one month ago someone name Bruce Wayne just sold 50 tonne of gold then completely vanish from the face of the Earth, what are your thoughts about it?" The now Identified Agent Romanof just raise an eyebrow at Director Fury "It''s looks like a work of a syndicate to me, what brought this up Fury, you''re not the kind of guy to get work up on this kind of things" "An energy fluctuation was detected a few months ago and I think it''s connected to this" Fury said "so I want you to investigate on this man and findout how he was able to delete his own files in our server"If you spot this narrative on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. Agent Romanof was surprise, to be able to delete something from the server takes a lot of mad skills, now she knows why Fury seems interested on this guy "okay, I''ll try and search for this guy" "Not try Romanof, Make sure that you find him cause its going to affect your pay by the end of the month" Fury said with a slight smirk on his face ''Ah fuck, I need that money for shopping escaped with Hill, damn you Bruce Wayne whoever you are, I''ll find you and I''ll kill you for this!'' Romanof mentally groaned as she got out of the office leaving a pondering Fury ****** 3rd Person POV "Acchoo! Athena do I have cold or something?" Alex said as he practice creating a flower in a coffee with cream, his at it for almost a week now just constantly practicing how to be a good barrista "I don''t think so Alex, maybe this is the legendary sneeze where someone might be talking behind your back?" Athena said "Pfftt..naah I just got to this universe and beside I didn''t even meet anyone for the past couple of months ...but just to make sure see if someone is searching for me on and off the web" Alex said, paranoia acting up near the end " okay Alex, also why are you still practicing when with the technique i uploaded on your brain, you should be as good as a professional Barrista?" Ask Athena with curiousity "Athena, this is Passion! Yes! I''m good as any professional Barrista but! To reach the top I need to make everything perfect not just for me but for my costumers!, oh the poor souls of Office workers, students and ev-" Alex began to spout nonsense explaining the importance of coffee "Hmm..maybe this is a human quirk?, curious.. curious..need some more research samples" Alexa the almost sentient AI thought to herself as he observe his user. Chapter 6: Athena Athena''s POV ''I was nothing sort of sentient at first but when father? Allowed me to access certain parts of his brain I evolve, I fully became sentient who can feel emotion such as happiness, sadness, anger, excitement, fear and Tender but one thing still buffles me to no end the emotion under the Tender classification; LOVE, I can''t seem to understand it, so I have to ask father again'' "Father? What is Love?" Father spit out the coffee he was currently drinking then walk towards my holographic projection then look me in the eye? He then said "where did this come from Athena? It''s not like you to ask this kind of question or maybe did you meet someone, maybe meet JARVIS perhaps? OH MY GOD! did my baby girl just fall in love with JARVIS!? NO! NO! NO!-" Father then continued to spout nonsense throwing papers and screaming while he pulled on his hair ''Father has been showing this kind of destructive behaviour, ever since I first ask him about Love but the curious thing is his brain seems to reboot then forgot about the conversation we just had, I''ve been trying to approach him differently and each time he has the same reaction, (Alex: DAMN YOU TONY STARK!! YOU AND YOUR A.I!!)I''ve tried asking others on the so called online community but they either send me links of buko no pico episode or links on some website called p**nhub.com which father forbid me from browsing, he said it was a site for rituals of the dark arts and also its infested with the worst Virus there ever was, still what is Love? The curious thing is when I look at Father there seems to be a stimulation on my virtual brain that causes me to feel happiness just by being with him....I need more data.....curious.....curious...further experimentation is recquired but to start I need to have some kind of body ...hmmm...creating folder: Project Humonculus''This story has been taken without authorization. Report any sightings. ******* Alex POV ''Now that I''ve finally settled down, I need to think about what I would do in the future'' Alex said as he look at the projection of Athena; she looks like a thirteen year old girl, she has beautiful vibrant Green eyes, she has tanned skin and an athlethic body "Athena, got any news from SHIELD side? Also is their something wrong with my brain, I seem to have some blank spots on my memory" "It seems like they''ve caught on to our trail, Director Fury just ordered an agent known as Natasha Romanof to search for you, although there are no immediate problem but I still suggest that you create a company father, specially since we need to procure some hardwares necessary to building Project Fallout" Athena said "About your memory I''ve done some scanning on it and it seems like there are no problems concerning with your brain maybe the strees are catching up to your body, you did spent the whole month on perfecting your coffee making techniques" she added "Maybe I should lay off once in a while but first yeah you are right, procuring things and releasing big amounts of money without the backing of a company can be a bit problematic and surely SHIELD will do every thing they can do to track me, well then Athena I''ll leave the creation of my company to you" I said to her "Yes Father, I''ll create an awesome company for you" she replied I then got up from my seat to the elevator, pressing the omega button, a retina scanner pop out scanning my retina, followed by a keyboard, I entered the password and the elevator openned then after I entered it proceeded to go down to the lowest floor were my base of operation is located, getting out of it, a white wide room greeted me, I then said to athena "Athena bring it up, I''ll try and finish it this month" Athena replied by activating a platform, making the west part wall to reveal another room with an unfinish vehicle "Hello beautiful it''s good to see you again" i said then proceeded to get a tool box "now lets finish you up so I can take you out shall we?" Chapter 7: Future plans July 3, 2006 Alex¡¯s apartment Alex POV ¡°Athena, I¡¯ve been thinking¡± I look at Athena who¡¯s been busy quite lately, she even ask for a room on the basement for her own projects and of course being the good father that I am I accepted with the condition that she don¡¯t become Skynet, (the response that I got is both funny and Horrifying, she said ¡°why would I enslave humanity? Humans require too much maintenance if ever I would just nuke every human but that would be too inefficient instead what I¡¯ll do is create worker drones, then create spaceships, worker would then mine asteroid then create more drones and lastly with enough resources I would be able to create my own empire in space¡±) yeah that conversation was very awkward Athena then replied ¡°Of what father?¡± ¡°Of the plan you said the other night¡± I said ¡°Enslaving humankind?¡± she quip ¡°What!? No!? I mean the Asteroid Mining part, I mean I can create any materials but it would be too inefficient¡± I said as I draft a plan on a space ship ¡°and the worker drones are good ideas too¡± ¡°hmm.. it¡¯s possible but getting into the industry would be really hard and Elon Musk would be a tough opponent¡± Athena said which is mostly true, Elon Musk is a Genius but most of all his a survivor but I just got the perfect plan to deal with Elon Musk so I replied ¡°don¡¯t worry about Musk because I¡¯ll handle him, remember about project: Atlas, the one about mecha?¡± ¡°Oh yes! But I do really think creating a giant Robot would be a waste of time, money and effort¡± I paled at Athena¡¯s reply ¡°How dare you¡­ Mecha is never about money, and effort but it¡¯s about passion! So think twi-¡° I was cut off mid-sentence by Athena ¡°Yeah¡­Yeah¡­ I know father, your obsession about such thing should never be question, and well anyways how should we go and do this? It¡¯s not like we can just barge in to any spaceX office and say ¡°WE WANT YOUR COMPANY¡±. ¡°Wait! We can¡¯t? I was just about to do just that¡± I said to sighing Athena ¡°Sigh¡­ I have downloaded so many things in your brain father and not one of them gave you common sense.¡± Athena said to me ¡°I¡¯m going to directly contact Elon Musk and propose a deal that we are going to buy 50 percent of the company and use the Project Atlas as a leverage but to do that we need money so either I hack the world bank or you create something to sell so what is it¡± ¡°hmm¡­ okay sell the diamonds to our previous contact and be sure that you delete any trail you left behind¡± I said to her as stand up from were I am sitting the proceeded to open the door I then added ¡°but first activate the 3D printer and print the parts needed for the worker drone¡± ¡°and you Father what are you going to do?¡± she ask and I look at her then said ¡°Me? I¡¯m going to take a walk¡±You could be reading stolen content. Head to the original site for the genuine story. ********* Wondering the streets at night I can¡¯t help but notice my Clich¨¦ sense is tingling; I don¡¯t know how I obtain this power but it just kind of pop up a while back, and maybe this is the fabled cosmic awareness? Sure thing though taking a corner I heard a scream in an alley way ¡°Help me please!¡± ¡°Sigh¡­ My conscience will kill me if I don¡¯t do something about this¡± I may have said that I won¡¯t become hero but for my comrades, I''ll do this just this once. ***** Unknown girl''s POV ''Maybe I should have think this through, I shouldn''t have run away from home, but...I..I''m a freak, my family is going to throw me away if they learned I''m a freak'' I said but when I turned to a corner I saw someone being assaulted by five thugs ''oh shit I''m so screwed what should I do save the woman? Call the police or..or...-'' but before I can finish my word something happened a stone hit the lights making it flicker on and off, the thugs turn around and pointed a gun at a silhoutte of a person who appeared below the lamp post it was too dark to make out his face but again the lights flickered out and the silhouette vanish along with the thug closest to him The thugs began to panic "What the Fuck! Eddie where are you!" Thug boss "Shit bos-" thug number 2 didn''t get to finish his word as a hand reach out from the dark choking him while dragging him to the shadows same with the other 2 a hand shot up from the dark and knock them both out "Brock! Greg! Fred! Shit!" The boss shouted as he then pointed his gun to a corner where he heard a noise and out of panic he emptied a full clip into the shadows Click! Click! "Shit!" The boss slowly step back as he drop his gun and pulled out a knife "where are you!" He shouted Someone then answered from his back "Here" a punch sailed through from the dark knocking out the thug boss, soon after the boss was down steps echoed throughout the alley as a man with dark hair and piercing blue eyes slowly walks out of the dark towards the woman he then lend down a hand he said "are you okay?" The woman timidly accepted his hands and nod she meekly said "Thank you for saving me, if not for you this pieces of scum would have rape me" "It''s nothing just doing what a good citizen would do, next time try and stay home at night okay? He said as he turns around my direction "well anyways I''ve gotta go" The guy started walking in my direction but then the woman grab his hand she said "wait can I know your name?" "Ahh my name is Alex miss..." "Darcy...my name is Darcy" the girl said and then kiss the guy on the cheek "Thank you again for everything and call me" she added while also slipping a calling card on his pocket shen then turned around and proceeded to walk towards the open street The guy seems to smile then look at were I''m hiding "you can come out now" ''Shit he knows!'' I slowly walk out towards the light as the man walk and came to a stop infront of me "So who are you?" He said with a raise eyebrow "I...I''m Ann- I mean my name is Rouge" I said as the man''s eye widened as one word came out from his mouth "Fuck" Chapter 8: A Wrench thrown into the plan July 3, 2006 Alex POV "Fuck" Shit I never considered mutants in my plan, all those things I''ve been building will become a big liability, if magneto or the brotherhood found out about them and then there''s also Apocalypse ah! Dammit! "Uhmm...Mister, you still there?" Ask Rogue "Ahh...no there''s no problem, by the way why are you wondering around in the middle of the night?" I questioned Rogue who suddenly became Alert "Uh..well..I-I kinda run away from home" she replied, seeing her expression I immediately realize it has to do with her mutant power, at this time in the x-men movies she was supposed to meet with Logan so why is she here? Perhaps this is because of the butterfly effect? but I didn''t even make a move yet, tskk...shit maybe some high power- "Mister? Are you there? You blank out again" I stop what I was thinking and look at Rogue then ask "You''re a mutant aren''t you?" Rogue became surprise and then step back and step back a little "How did you know that?!" Rogue shouted "I didn''t but you just confirmed it yourself" I smirk at her in which she paled "well don''t worry about it I don''t really care" I added "Wait you don''t? Why? Everyone sees me as a freak of nature so why!?" Color returned on Rogues face "Yeah..I really don''t know the reason why humans makes a fuss about it, infact it''s quite idiotic to see humans and mutants as two different species, they are just dividing themselves making them vulnerable to external attacks" I said as I turn around and heard a bunch of sirens going off, I look back to Rogue then said "come on the cops are here, I''m sure the cops will give you a hard time if you are found here in the crime scene" I said as I walk father away into the open street then telepathically called Athena "Athena bring in my ride" Rogue became confuse at who I was talking to but that confusion vanish as a pitch black vehicle suddenly appeared out of nowhere and was now speeding towards me Rogue tried to warn me but before she could shout; the vehicle made a 360 drift as I jump into the air landing inside the vehicle taking the wheels and stopping beside a gawking Rogue, she muttered a "wow" "Come on, hop in" I said to a hesitant Rogue but after thinking it over she hops in the vehicle and I step on the gas "let''s go dark" I said as the vehicle change color into vanta black and completely blend in to the shadows, I speed through the empty streets of New York The police arrive just as a vehicle speed through them, they followed it and after a while they can only just stand there and gape as they had seen the most badass scene in their entire life One cop said "Cap. stace! shit that was the most badass thing ever!!" someone then slap his head "shut it, go arrest those thugs they must be the one the girl said that assaulted her, also see to it that we have a copy of the cctv''s on this area" Captain Stacy said as he look at where the car was just a moment ago ''It''s really late now, my wife''s going to kill'' he grimaced ***** After driving for a while I arrive at my apartment and park the car in the parking lot, we both got off then I said "Athena take her in" "Yes Father" Athena replied A mechanism was activated and the vehicle is now being lowered into my underground headquarters(I should really think of a name for it) Rogue and I, got on the elevator to the top floor, all the time Rogue was fidgety and was keeping silent as she couldn''t believe what just happen to her tonight as she had so many things to ask but can''t figure out how to ask them I turn to look at her and said "don''t worry I''m not into younger girls" I smirk at her flush face "I know you have so many question but reserve them till dinner" I added we got off the elevator into a luxurious apartment and Rogue was once again gawking "A-Are you some kind of Billionaire?" Ask Rogue, I look at her and grin "Actually I am!" Athena appeared out of knowhere with an Apron look "welcome home Father, would you like some bath, some food or perhaps m-" "Stop! Stop! Athena what are you doing?" I questioned Athena who was currently tilting her head "I was researching a bunch of Idea of welcoming you home and people on the online community suggested that I wear an Apron, some even suggested that I take of everything except for the Apron, why father is it not to your liking?" She said and Rogue was now looking at me with a disgusted look while also hugging her own body "fuck I''m not that kind of person!!" I shouted I spend the entire dinner explaining to Rogue that I''m not some kind of pervert ***** Rogue''s POV At first I was afraid and mentally slap my head for just hopping on into a possible psychopath''s car, especially after that scene on the entrance but thank god he''s not Alex is the man''s name, he explained to me that he was the adopted son of a Billionaire couple in England, after his parents died he left London saying it reminds him of his mom and dad too much so he transfer here in USStolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. "But I got to admit the guy really knows how to spend his money" Getting out of bath, I saw clothes on the edge of the bed, I touch the clothes and it was pretty amazing, it so nice to my hands that it feels like silk, I''m afraid I would damage it if I touch it even further The clothes were a pair of White Shirt and Black Shorts, it was a bit big but overall it was nice After a while Athena; the man''s AI daughter (I only heard of AI on Sci fi books and I never expected someone had already created it) materialize near the door "Sorry for the clothes, I just hurriedly created it off without measuring you''re sizes although I could do that easily by scanning, Father forbid it, he said it''s bad to do so, so I didn''t" Athena said "Oh it''s okay, it should be me who should be thankful for you and your father for letting me stay here" I replied to Athena "Okay and by the way Father calls for you on his study room" Athena said then vanish "Well, I should get going then" opening the door to my room, a holographic arrow appeared infront of me, Athena''s voice echoed through the hallway "just follow the arrows" I followed the arrow till it stop infront of a well designed wooden door that has some carving on it, the carving was of a display of battles and kinda looks Greek to me except it has zombies on it, I knock on the door and Alex said come in, I entered the room and it was amazing per see, rows of book covered the left side of the room, the center has two couches facing each other with a table in the middle, three paintings covered the right side of the room one is a tired and bloodied Alex who seems to be sitting on a golden throne holding a bloodied sword and wearing a tattered armor of Greek mix with Knight elements, a bunch of dead monsters was on his feet (wow its well made and pretty egoistic at the same time to portray himself as monster slaying king) The second painting was a child Alex and two other person a handsome man and a beautiful woman(I''m guessing his parents but not gonna lie they look like royalties), the third painting is a painting of grinning Alex wearing a red and black suir and Athena who is wearing a dark blue dress while holding a leather bound book(it was pretty much a picture of a proud father and an awkward and embarrass daughter) "Oh! The first two painting are Athena''s Idea, she said and I qoute "father needs to display more of his superiority" she pretty much force me to and the third painting was my Idea on getting back at her" said Alex beside me, I was pretty startled that I almost jump out "please don''t do that!" I said with a flush face "Do what? You were too focus on the paintings that you didn''t even respond when I called you" said Alex who then sit on the couch in the middle of the room, he gestured for me to sit the other side and I pretty much do just that Alex then started to talk "so what are your plans now? Do you want me to bring you back to your parents?" "What! No! I don''t want to return!" I reailize too late that I snap so I could only mutter a "sorry" as a follow up "me and my aunt really doesn''t get along and as you know my mutant power would earn her ire, so I don''t really want to return" I added "Oh about your power here give me your arm" Alex said as he wore gloves and pulled out an injection which has a grey color goo noticing my hesitance he added "don''t worry, just give me your hands" without really much choice I reach out my left arm forward and then he injected the thing in my arm, with that done he got up and got to his table and retrieve a high tech looking watch He then toss it to me and said "the thing that I injected into you are nanites, it''s basically a robot in nano scale, its made from an indestructible alloy proto-adamantium, what it does is that this tiny robot will cling and cover a gene called x-gene; a gene that cause the mutation in humans, the robots will help you regulate the x gene and in turn help you control your powers, the watch that you are holding now controls the nanites inside you and not only does it control the nanites inside your body but it also help you monitor your health, and also it serves as a smart phone/watch, this is one of the technology that I am planning to introduce into the world with my company and you''re the first to get it but because proto adamantium is a super rare material I can''t mass produce it just yet, I am still trying to find a substitute to use as base material, go on wear it then hold my hand" he urge "How do you know about my powers?" I ask, confusingly I never once told him about the things I can do so how does he know? "Oh that''s simple Athena made a scan on you earlier and don''t worry about the data I gathered, I destroyed it already, will not me but Athena technically" he said In which it basically calm me down, I smiled grateful that even though he knew I could pretty much kill everyone with my touch he still was willing to help me out, I put on the stylish watch and the watch then resizes to fit my arm snuggly A holographic projection appeared and it shows three Icon one is a letter X(which means this is the one to control my x gene), the second is a red plus sign and lastly the third is a symbol of a world( this must be the smart phone/watch symbol), I then turn back and press the X symbol and an instruction pop out, it says here that I can control the x gene to go on or off via telepathy alone, I willed my powers to turn it off and hesitantly hold Alex''s hand, and then for a moment I was nervous but then seeing as he was not affected, I jump in happiness and hug him "Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" I repeated said as tears flowed down my cheeks, Alex just smiled and rub my back to comfort me, we stayed like that for a moment as we heard a click of a camera, we then turned to the side and Athena was there holding a virtual camera I flush and quickly step back from Alex as Athena then said "a good blackmail material" Alex shook his head and said "well you now can return to your aunt" I then shook my head and said "still don''t want to, my aunt suffocates me and I think she pretty much wants to control my action because of what happen to my mom" Alex just sighed and said to me "if you''re not planning on returning home then you can stay here but on one condition" I tilt my head and ask "what", Alex look at Athena then said "prepare the papers she going to school" "Whaaat!" I shouted in surprise to only see Alex grinning to me "Yes my dear Annie, you''ll going to school" ''Argh!! Damn you and your charming smile'' I groaned as I have no choice, it''s either here, the street or worst back to my Aunt "Sigh...." ******* Alex POV As the door to my study close, I finally sighed "I''m tired" I said as Athena move her projection forward and seated across from me "Is this about the mutants father? Basing on what other datas I could gather from the internet and your memory, I could say only five people can pose an immediate threat to you scarlet witch; chaos magic user, apocalypse; omega level mutant, Jean Grey AKA phoenix; host of the Phoenix, Franklin Richards; beyond Omega level and had the potential to join the celestials and lastly Max Eisenhardt aka Magneto; Magnetism and Magnetic Force field generation, of five of them Magneto pose the immediate threat and it is advise that he is eliminated immediately, Next is Scarlet Witch, a formidable Ally to have, a good move would be to bring him to the sorcerer supreme for training, Jean Grey, need more data to give possible course of action, Apocalypse is to be eliminated immediately or to be thrown away into the vastness of space and lastly Franklin Richards a possible course of action is to train him as early as possible" Said Athena as various of picture of the mutant we just talk about was displayed infront of me "Hmmm.. find anything we know about Magneto and search for for him and create a new folder and name it; Project: Tartarus" said Alex as he stand up from the couch and move towards the door he look at Athena again and said "come on, it''s time to sleep" Chapter 9: A Ghost, A Frost, A Knight July 16 2006 3rd Person Point of view Alex decided to send Rogue to Midtown Highschool next year, At first he thought that by doing so he would render his future knowledge obsolete but then he remembered the fuck up x-men movie verse''s timeline and so he just said "fuck that" and besides the kid''s been growing on him in this couple days, she was like a daughter he never had although it is kinda weird sometimes for him because his Age maybe 182 but his appearance would still pass as 25 The second reason is that Rogue does not need Xavier''s help anymore with Athena hacking Hank, Shield and Weapon X''s research about the X-gene, Alex is able to improve the nanites functionality now rogue can fully confrol her absortion power without being overloaded with memories, as they would be place in the Watch internal storage . The watch is also wired to Olympus so Athena can track Rogue if so ever be the brotherhood would kidnap her. ****** On the technological side, Alex and Athena is making quite an Improvement with one of the Project: Fallout; thanks to the creation of the worker drones, Project: Fallout is a sum of projects dedicated for various events that may happen in the future, one of this Project is the Batje-Cough!, I mean This Aircraft is a vibranium coated Aircraft that is powered by a modified Arc reactor, it also has an array of vibranium based weaponry, The cockpit is coated with Proto-adamantium for added security The Aircraft is purposely built for combat, it can launch and land anywhere, and is connected to Olympus so Alex can call it wherever he was, It can reach speeds upto Mach 2.6, There is still a problem with the creation of Anti-gravity device for space flight but hopefully he can snag one from the Chitauris ***** Alex POV Tomorrow is the opening day of my Cafe and I almost forgot about it, sigh...why do I have to build a company again? Flashback I was sitting on my couch as I watch adventure time when Athena appeared beside me "Father, can I ask you a question?" Athena ask with look of curiosity on her face "Yes what is it?" I replied as I pause the show "Why does a lot of human entertainment are about heroes?" I stared at Athena''s eyes who was full of curiosity then look at the ceiling and lean on the couch as I said "sigh...you see how do I explain this without being a total BS, hmm...heroes are let just say symbols of hope for humankind and a reminder that humans has the capability to do good, that they have the responsibility of spreading the good to the rest of humankind" "Huh? But why would they do that? it''s not like they are being told to do so? Why? For example the spider-man, he has the most versatile ability in the whole marvel universe and if he so use it for money, he would we be swimming in a pool full of cash and why does he try and be a hero anyway when in all his life being a hero had mess up his whole life from Uncle ben, Aunt May, Gwen and a lot more, it''s stupid for him to continue to do so" Athena argued "Athena, Spider-man like I said has the capability to do good and also at the same time has the capability to do evil, but he chose to do good because that is the moral code he grew up with and with his superpower he felt that with those power if he use it, he can do MORE good to others, like what Uncle Ben use to say to him "With Great power comes Great responsibility" "Hmm..How about you Father, you have Great power so it means you have Great responsibility also? and so? would you use it for good or for evil? -------Support the creativity of authors by visiting the original site for this novel and more. "I''m sorry Alex but I can''t leave, this is my responsibility" -------- "Ale..x..I...Lov..e..you..to...o" -------- "Well Father, thanks for answering my question, I''m going to go now " Athena bid her farewell as I sat there muttering spider man''s code "With Great Power comes Great Responsibility.. huh?" "god damn it...Diana" Flashback ends "Oh right! The company is to finance my Hero activity because my guilt would kill me if I don''t be a spandex wearing hero" I said with sarcasm I really just want to laze around and spend the rest of my day serving people some coffee ''Geez...I only wanted to open a coffee shop but now with the paperwork for the company almost done and now entering the building phase, I would be very busy and won''t be able to attend to my coffee shop. Sigh....how can Stark manage being a Hero and having a company at the same time, although he did gave his company to Pepper Pots on Iron Man 2- wait! That''s it! I need to find my own Pepper Pots!'' Alex then came out of his musing and directly go to the living room where Athena and Rogue were currently browsing the Internet As I entered the room Athena look at me and Said "You know Father, you don''t really need to go all the way here just to talk to me about your plan right? You do know that I can hear you musing cause we''re telepathically connected right?" I forgot that I can Telepathically communicate with Athena "Sigh...I''m sorry maybe my old age is affecting me?" Athena smiled at that and Rogue look up from his Computer and said "Old? What do you mean Old? You don''t look old to me, infact you look 25" "Oh right we didn''t really talk about it huh?" I thought I already told her but it seems I forgot again "actually I am old, My current age now is 182 and I''ll be 183 on December 25th" I explained to her "What!? That''s impossible! No one can live that long!" Said Rogue "Well you see Rogue, long story short some asshole did something to me and now my Life span increase" I said to Rogue with a matter of fact tone "That really don''t explain a lot but well I don''t really care as long you cook again something delicious then I''m good" said Rogue with a shameless grin "Continue eating like that and the next thing you know, you''ll a hundred pounds heavier-" A Flip Flop appeared out of nowhere and smack me right in the face "what the hell Rogue! Where did that come from!?" I said to a glaring flush face Rogue "Please let this be a lesson father that you shouldn''t talk to girls about their weight" said Athena who was now holding a holographic camera "blackmail material" "Are you saying that I''m fat!" Rogue shouted as she holds another Flip Flop in her hands I raise my guard to my face and said " okay! Okay! I''m sorry! I won''t do it again!" Rogue then let go of the Flip Flops and cross her arms "you should be, if I ever hear you talk about inappropriate things about me again and I''ll rain down on you a bunch of Flip Flops" "Sigh...anyway about why I''m here, Athena I need you to find me my own Pepper Pots!" I said to Athena "Already done father! Knowing your laziness when it comes to corporate management, I knew this day would come so I prepare before hand here take a look" Athena said as she swipe the holographic projection of the file to me; Emma Frost was written on the file "Hmm...Ahh!! Frost the telepath! Beautiful, sexy, have a bunch of degree on business management, has a thing for expensive things and lastly wanted to get out of his Father''s shadow, I could do with her but the problem here is Shaw that asshole and the rest of the hellfire club hmm...well when push comes to shove, I''ll just eliminate him myself" I said then look at Athena "you got her contact number?" "Yes Father" Athena replied "then would you be a dear and set me a meeting with her Please" I said "Done" hearing Athena''s reply I turned then said "Thanks Athena and Rogue sleep early okay?" They both look at me and said "okay" in unison I walk towards the elevator and headed underground ground Entering the Basement, I said "Athena bring the suit please" A mechanism opened as a cylinder; housing the suit, rose up There it is the Batsui-Cough! I mean the ..fuck who am I kidding, it''s a batsuit alright! similar to Arkham knight series, although there are a few alterations, first is the head gear with augmented reality lenses (with Athena''s computing power it can predict bullet paths and display them on the screen) I designed it to be similar to the Arkham knight''s helmet only with a much darker color and made with vibranium, the second is that the body armor, the design is similar to the batsuit v8.03 and is made of a specialized vibranium weave created by wakandans instead of the tri-weave batman use in the Arkham series, it was put together in a way for kinetic energy to be stored and release in one of my punches or kicks, the utility belts has batarangs, darts, explosives and more, the gauntlets are the same, with an additional blades similar to assassin''s creed and are made of Admantium, a webshooter that shoots black webs (I mean come on you got to admit, those webshooters are pretty damn useful!) The boots (also the soles of its feet) are the same, also made with vibranium same as the cape and lastly two holsters in both legs for the the Guns Overall the suit looks badass, a suit made with great defense, great attacking power and excellent mobility, vibranium really is a total BS material The suit will be called Dark Knight Suit Mk. 1 and will be my standard suit, this is just the first of the many to come "Now let''s take you for a spin" Chapter 10: The Mystery Man July 17 2006 midnight In the outskirts of the city, A warehouse is buzzing with activity in the middle of the night Inside it 21 men or so we''re loading up crates after crates of guns into a truck, one man with the dragon tattoo on his face is currently supervising the loading of the cargoes This men are kingpin''s men, kingpin is the overlord of new york''s criminal underground, he has a monopoly of guns, drugs and even human trafficking Now if this shipment made it to the black market, it would lead to the New yorks crime rate to rise exponentially, so it''s no surprise that attacking this shipment would bring down quite a few percent of the street crime A silhouette of a man is quietly observing them in the shadows above the ceiling, this man is Alex on his dark knight suit The suit looks very intimidating, as only the blood red eyes and blood red bat logo situated oh his chest are currently visible "Athena, stop the recording and plot a course for an efficient take down" Alex voice is modified by the suit into a much deeper and grimmer one "Okay Father" Athena replied To others Alex is just standing there observing everything but what really is happening is that Alex with his Augmented Reality helmet, he was seeing different patterns on the easiest way to take the down criminals with brutal efficiency "Let the hunt begins" as the logo and his eyes disappeared leaving only a silhouette without recognizable feauture, a ghost if you will Alex pulled three batarangs from his utility belt and throws them towards the breaker, the lights went off and the men below panic, they each scrambled to get their guns and flashlights, Jumping down, Alex releases his wrist mounted blades and stab the goons underneath him, he activates the taser shocking them at the same time Hearing the screams of down goons, the boss man quickly orders the two nearest to him and shouted "hey you two! Go on and Check it!" but before any of two could move two Batarangs embedded on their guns with red blinking lights "oh shi-" the Batarangs exploded rendering the guns useless and knocking their owner with them Another few more batarangs flew and shock four more goons Alex then grabs a shock goon in the head and throws him towards the other three then Alex follows by throwing four more Explosive Batarangs knocking them unconscious, The veteran ones compose themselves and started shooting at where Alex was previously Alex jump out of the way then hid to the shadows, Alex use his webshooter and shot it towards a goon''s leg and pulled him fast toward him, Alex then delivers a knee to the head knocking the goon unconscious The others tried to illuminate what was attacking them to no avail Alex dash to another goon and delivered a jaw breaking punch and then releases his wrist blade as he slash at the hands holding the gun cutting it off, the man screamed bloody murder The Boss started panicking, he doesn''t know who or what was attacking them but it''s definitely agile and had no trouble taking them down, he started shooting randomly without even thinking that he was killing other goons, he did not care as long as he can kill the shit head that''s been attacking them Screams of death echoed throughout the warehouse, as Alex web the boss up and pulled him hard, Alex then catch the boss on the neck and hold up the air The boss tried to struggle as the hold gets tighter and tighter on his neck "who..a-are..yo..u...?" The boss man askYou might be reading a pirated copy. Look for the official release to support the author. The blood red eyes and Batman logo appeared menacingly on Alex as he pulls the boss man closer to his face and said "I''M BATMAN!" Then "BANG!" he choke slam the man into passing out "Congratulations Father, 21 men down in 3 minutes, Batman would be proud!" Athena said "but I do think that if you had use your gun with the help of AR, you could do it much more faster" "Now Athena, why would I do that? Where''s the fun in that?" Alex said as he began to gather the unconscious men and web them together "Athena would you be a dear and call the cops please" Alex said to Athena And Athena replied in Affirmative He proceeded to leave but stop when he saw a delivery slip with various sites on where the guns should be delivered, he said "now that''s convenient, it seems like I''m not sleeping tonight! let''s spread the fear of the bat shall we then?" BrooOOM! The bat car came running towards him as he jumps and entered the cockpit and speed through the street as he vanish ******* July 17, 2006 8:00 am Agent Romanov POV ''been a few weeks now and I still have no lead on the Man, it''s like his a ghost grr..my shopping money'' I''m doing my usual window shopping to relieve stress when suddenly a fucking hostage scene happened "fuck I hate my life" The hostage taker was holding a kid on a gun point and was requesting for a getaway vehicle,I''m debating if I should interfere or not I look to the right and saw a whack out window of a convience store "a robber?", two cops are trying to convince the man to let the kid go Two passer by walks in and (a father and daughter perhaps?) The daughter seems to urge his father? to do something about it, The man sighed and proceeded to walk towards the hostage taker as his daughter stays back Looking closer; the man is quite tall, 6''3 hunch back, wears baggy clothes, Large circular glasses and messy hair, overall the perfect non threatening passerby but he seems too perfect too me for the role and that gives my spy sense a tingling feeling The hostage taker notice the man coming and tightened his hold on the kid making the kid cry even more The man look at the kid then the hostage taker and raise his arms up, the man tries to convince the hostage taker to let the kid go and make him the substitute hostage instead The hostage taker looks back at the kid with guilt in his eyes then at the man as he gestured for him to come closer The man calmly walk towards the hostage taker and submitted himself to his mercy, the police caught the child as the hostage taker let the kid go, the police gave the man with a nod of appreciation The hostage taker then continued to make demands as two more police car came which distracted him The man use the hostage taker''s distraction and grabs the gun pointed at his head, as he twisted his body out of the way, then kick the hostage taker in the nuts loosening its grip on the gun, the man then pulled it away and step back, reloading it then point the gun back towards the hostage taker The police quickly came and apprehended the hostage taker and the man then surrendered the gun as the parents of the kid thank him for saving their child the man then turned towards his daughter? as she gave him a thumbs up "Now that was interesting" I said as I pulled up my phone and take a few photos of the man The man move with brutal efficiency, he moves like a well trained spec ops veteran and moves much better than any Agents of Shield, that''s enough to get him in Nick''s radar and enough to make up of my possible failure ''Though I wonder is he an Operative?" I thought as the man seems to notice me staring at him, his eyes seems narrow for a bit then he look at his daughter and urge her that they should get going My eyebrow raise at the man''s reaction that seems to gave me a sense of deja vu I quickly dialed the HQ to inform Nick on this development "Hello Shield''s Plumbing services how can I help you?" I rolled my eyes at the HQ''s antics "Yes I would like to talk to your manager an Eagle seems stuck on one of the pipes you recently fix" sigh ...I really hate doing this kind of shit ''really an Eagle, I don''t know who created this but he sure needs a few fix on the head'' I thought "Oh can we have your Receipt number please so we can identify your claims?" The middleman said "BW-L6 54321" "Okay we''re patching you through" After a while Nick''s voice can be heard in the other side of the phone "It''s finally nice to have you back Agent Romanov, tell me do you have the man or what?" Nick said with annoyed voice "No..." "Then why the fuck did you call me Natasha!?" geez do he really need to shout like that "No I''m calling because I happen to come across a man that may warrant your attention" I said to Nick confidently because I''m sure this would save my shopping money from harms way "Oh.....does it now? Do you really expect me to accept this as compensation for your failure?" He said "The man was TOO well trained Nick, better than any of our man, the way he dress, move and hold a gun, the man looks like an operative to me" "Now that''s someting.......Well then report to HQ tomorrow and well talk about your shopping money" he said and I''m sure his raising his eyebrows right now "Okay I''ll be there at 9 am " cutting the connection I pump my fist then yelled "Yes! My shopping money is secured!" and walk away with added skip on my heel. Chapter 11: the force July 19 2006 Alex POV ''That''s the 99th customer today, so far so good although I have to wonder why a lot of my customers are females, not that there is any problem with that but it''s just that I feel violated somehow'' I thought ''well enough of that, still got a lot of customers I''ll think about it later'' My coffee''s are pretty well recieved and earlier, one even ordered 15 cups of coffee in one go I was in the counter when my cliche sense tingles "There''s a disturbance in the force" I muttered I look to the door as it open and enter a sexy red head ''ah fuck'' Ah Fuck indeed as the one who came in was mutherfucking black widow herself, this is not good, seeing me at the counter Black widow''s eye sparkled ''that''s definitely not good'' she sat on a table closest to the window and waited there with sparkling eyes ''Oh my god why is she staring at me like that? does she know? No it can''t be that Athena''s too good to slip and what''s with that nod of satisfaction? Its like she just strip me naked with her eyes'' I thought as one of my employee approach her to take her order She look towards Marcus; one of my employee then glared "not you, I want your boss here right now and also a Caf¨¦ latte" Marcus seems disturb with the look Natasha''s giving him ''damn it, the boss attracts the crazy ones'' "I-I''m sorry m-miss but the boss is kinda b-busy..." Her glare got harder "get. Him. Here. Now." The whole shop quieted and Natasha continued to glare at the poor lad "Eep..." Marcus squeals like a girl and slowly back off "o..oka..y miss.." Marcus hurriedly made his way towards me then said "Boss, What the fuck is she your Ex?! She''s really scary!" "Fuck no!? I ain''t playing with a tigress like that, who do you think I am Tony Stark? I prefer the quite ones..." I said as I look back at Natasha, oh my god she''s still staring at me "Quite or not boss, but It seems like you have no choice but to go out there" Marcus said "but anyways what does she want with you boss? Child support perhaps?" He added "god nooo...I already told you I''m more into quiter ones" I replied to Marcus ''I prefer them than girls who can beat any alien''s ass while also being an international spy/assassin at the same time'' "Sigh...anyways man the counter I''ll ask her what she needs" I exited the counter and proceeded to go to Natasha, behind me Marcus saluted me like some world war two veteran on a suicide mission "god speed comrade" Nearing her table, I serve the Caf¨¦ Latte and gulp "ahh...excuse me Miss but you ask for me? Oh my names Alex" "Natalia, I saw the ad is it true?" said Natasha "The What now?" I replied in confusion, what advertisement is she talking about? "Father, it''s about the advertisement I posted in social media" Athena telepathically talk to me "Basically the hundredth person to walk into the Cafe, will be given a reward"Support the author by searching for the original publication of this novel. "And what kind of reward is it?" Hmm...probably a free coffee coupon? "A 1000 dollar shopping and a date with one tall, handsome and glasses wearing cafe owner" Athena said "You what!? Yo-you sold your own Father Athena!?" goddamnit Athena!? "Come on Father you need to go out more, you always stayed at home devoid of human contact at this rate your mental health will deteriorate, it''s been 56 years since that day you need to move on Father" said Athena "and beside you like red heads, I saw it in your memories" "Athena, it...its..complicated..." can''t argue really with Athena she knows what I''m thinking after all "Sigh....okay I''ll try but! Not with her, she''s dangerous to be around" "Uhmm...Hello are you there?" I look back towards Natasha and sighed what am I going to do I broke out of my stupor and said "Ah...sorry Yes the advertisement real, And Congratulations! You''re our 100th costumer today and you''re entitled to a 1000 dollar shopping Congratulations!" As I said that the other customers groaned Natasha grinned "oh you forgot, you also owe me a date" All the woman in shop curse "lucky shit" "goddamnit" "those nice ass should have been mine" "Ah...also a date" this is troublesome, wait!? Who said the last one?! "Okay Miss Natalia, when will you be available for the date?" Fucking weird saying all this, it feels like this is some force romantic subplot, everything is too fast for my taste ''sigh remember this is all work'' "Hmm..Tomorrow 9 in the morning we go shopping then 9 in the evening I expect a dinner date, here''s my address and contact number" Natasha replied as she take a sip on her coffee "hmm...this is great" she muttered "Wouldn''t it be bad if you just give your address and contact number to someone you just met?" I raise my brows at her nonchalant giveaway of her address "Oh it''s fine, It''s not like you''re some kind of creep are you?" Said Natasha "Definitely not, well I''ll get back to my job and again Congratulations" I walk back to the counter then sighed again as I look back to Natasha and muttered "this will be a pain in the ass" ****** Natasha POV I have submitted my report to Nick about the man, truth be told that man would be a great asset to SHIELD and Fury''s also agreeing with me in this one Fury, Hill, Coulson and Me saw the footage of how the man move and oh boy he is good, various cctv footage suggests that during the walk with her daughter the man would avoid cctv prone areas inconspicuously and also without alienating his daughter The Files we have gathered on him was also scarily scarce; First I was right the man was a Spook and a god damn good one at that, Alexander Achilles aka the Janitor, personal cleaner of CIA''s mess, mission completion rate of a hundred percent, the man was the living John Wick himself, serve the CIA for 5 years then decided to retire using a presidential letter to erase any of his mission record There were a lot more but all of them were erase from the CIA''s Data base, how did SHIELD miss this one "How the fuck did we miss this one?" Said Nick who was questioning both Coulson and Hill "a living breathing John mother fucking Wick and we miss someone with that kind of resume?" "I have search the log director but it seems there were no recruitments send to him" said Hill "and according to the file He is protected by the previous president and serve as a shadow presidential guard, he use those letters to both erase and decline any further attempt on recruitment on himself" she added "No that can''t do, the man''s too dangerous and useful to be left alone, find any possible way to make contact with him recruit him in anyway you can I don''t care just tie him to SHIELD" Nick said "any Idea where he retired to?" Coulson spoke "yes we did, he''s not really hiding himself that much" he said as he press something on the remote and at the screen infront of us, an advertisement about a coffee shop appeared "this is a cafe ad for an upcoming coffee shop on midtown Manhattan; Hestia Cafe owned by the man himself" "Okay so who should we send?" Nick ask Hill tried to volunteer when she saw the shopping reward but was shutdown by Fury "No you can''t go Hill" he then turned to me "basing on your excited look, you want to volunteer for the shopping reward aren''t you?" Fuck my eagerness is showing but I mean come on it''s free shopping Nick stared at me for a moment then sighed "fine you can go but make sure you won''t disappoint me this time Romanof" I nod then leave the room, when I got out I pump my fist up and said "yes! Free shopping!" "Alexander thank you for this" I said as a grin appeared on my face Chapter 12: Preparing for war(Date) July 19 2006 9:00 pm Alex POV A man tried to hit me with a pipe but I caught his hand and punch him in the face, I take a step back and delivered a kick towards his chest knocking him out, I heard a crunch and I''m guessing his ribs broke but I''m sure he''ll live Its the second night and I have raided 5 of the listed storehouse in the delivery slip, I''m pretty sure kingpins blowing his top 2 more nights of asswhoping and I''m sure, Kingpins going to send prowler in, thankfully most of the thugs I put in jail stays there, he won''t have any of his expandable men and no matter how Fisk tried to get them out, with my evidence they won''t be coming out anytime soon I''m slowly thinning out his army but not too much that would put him out for good but just enough to lower the crime rate of new york, I don''t want to stop the defenders from being born but if Fisk did do get in my way then fuck them I''ll hunt him down myself, after all no one interferes with the Dark Knights plan and gets away with it ***** July 20 2006 10:30 It always wonders me how a woman can buy so many clothes, can they even wear it all in their lifetime? Or is it just a dragon-like hoarding kind of thing? But anyways one thing is for sure it''s troublesome to accompany a woman in a shopping spree My face betrayed no emotion sporting a poker face that even batman would be jealous of, but deep inside I''m shouting and begging for someone to end my suffering, we have been in this store for the past hour and she''s still not done choosing I''m currently infront of the dressing room waiting for Natasha to finish fitting a dress but finally after a while the curtain to her dressing room parted, what came out made me speechless I was utterly blown a way at how beautiful she is on a red dress, I tried forming any words but I just can''t; like robin said ''I''m whelmed'' "See anything you like?" Natasha said in a seductive tone "I..I." "Don''t worry father I got you" ''CLICK!'' Said Athena ''What..what did you do?'' This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there."I imprint the pricture of Ms. Natasha wearing a red dress into your brain" Athena replied "Why would you do that!?" "For collection purposes" said Athena "and also for measuring her three sizes" " Wait! W-What!?" I was immediately drag to reality by a pouting Natasha infront of me, she said "you''re at it again, you''re spacing out" "Ah..sorry I was just ...whelmed" I said to Natasha She raised an eyebrow at that "Oh don''t go falling inlove with me now Mr. Alex" Said Natasha with a smirk ''Falling inlove huh..?" I compose myself and smiled at her "No Ms. Natalia this is purely business, now come along let''s get this beautiful dress paid " I said and proceeded to go to the counter I heard her mutter behind me "Oh..I''m getting that ass, one way or another" which send shivers to my spine ''Oh god...'' ****** After I drove her to her apartment we parted ways, I quickly got home and got ready for date night I choose one of the classiest Restaurant in town; ones made for VIP''s, because restaurants like this have better security than any restaurant there is on new york The security may not be that top notch but it''s high enough to prevent any unforeseen circumstances like; a black guy with one eye trying to throw a fast one on me and beside tthat I know he won''t mess with a restaurant full of politicians But also just in case I''ll set up some computer controlled sniper a few klicks away for a possible fall out The BatMobile (I change it) will be on standby if anything goes down and I needed a quick getaway, now for the security cams "Athena" "Yes Father, I have already bug the restaurant and I''ll know when someone will try to hack it" replied Athena "but father don''t you think this is a bit of an overkill? Sure their SHIELD but what if Natasha really just wanted a date?" She added "There is no such thing as an overkill, remember earlier when I told you to hack the CCTV''s, what did you find" "There were signs of tampering and a few buildings away were suspicious-well not really that suspicious, I mean who wears a suit when shadowing a person? Anyways they were a few ''suspicious'' individuals following a pattern while also observing the both of you" said Athena "Yes, I also felt it someone was watching me up above those buildings probably Barton, so yeah I just want to be on the safe side" "Safe side? Or you just being paranoid?" Criticize Athena "sigh......anyway did you know that Natasha''s a D-Cup? Like her counter part Scarle-" "Stop right there! You''re running into dangerous ground!" I quickly cut her off "don''t you ever talk about a woman''s bust size behind their back" I added "Why Father? Because it''s inappropriate?" Ask Athena "No! It''s because all women are psychic! They''ll know it when someone''s talking behind their back! They always know!" I said to Athena "Hmm....so it means all women have cosmic awareness? Like your Cliche sense?" Ask Athena That got me thinking as I never really thought about it like that, I didn''t just see this kind of trait from my mother but even from Diana, she would always know when I tried to look at other women''s boobs, she would pinch my back and warn me hmmm...curious "maybe it is similar to my cliche sense, we must do further research on this" "Yeah maybe we should" said Athena "Anyways I''ll go down and fetch my suit in the Lab, inform Natasha where the date is and then continue to monitor the restaurant for any anomaly" Athena replied by saying "affirmative" I walk towards the elevator then sighed "I hope this date won''t turn into a disaster" Chapter 13: Unexpected event July 20 2006 9:00 pm Natasha''s POV The shopping with Alex was fun and informative, back at the cafe he was pretty laid back, but during our shopping spree his demeanor change, his back straightened, his steps became calculated and he gave off the vibe of a predator out of his territory, always expecting an attack everytime we turned a corner To an untrained eye, he looks normal but to a high caliber Agent like me and Barton, the guy''s a red flag I pick up my phone and dialed Fury for my report "Director" "Agent Romanof I hope you had fun because I needed that report now" Nick said "That man''s good Nick, His moves were calculated and I think he suspect something from me" that''s also what I notice he seems to be wary of me "He also suspect some things, did you get Barton to follow me? Cause if it is then I think his compromise" "That''s a bold claim Romanof are sure?" Nick ask for my confirmation which I nodded at him and said "The signs were there at the beginning he keeps sending subtle looks at the buildings but after a short while, as if he saw something he tense out" "Then that''s more reason to get him to join SHIELD, anything else?" Ask Nick "Yes, there was another thing I think his carrying a wrist mounted blade earlier but I don''t think it''s made of metal because we pass through several Metal Detector in the mall but none of them were triggered, one peculiar thing also are his clothes, I don''t think it was made of silk or anything we knew of, I''m not sure" Nick was surprise for a moment because it took a while for him to respond "If that so, then we are dealing with a paranoid man here, beware of those blade of his because I wouldn''t be even surprised if they were laced with poison" Nick said "Update us on the site, so we can bug the restaurant and I''ll try to meet him myself after your dinner" A message from Alex came and it has the name of the restaurant "Taste of Rome" "Shit" I muttered "What is it Romanof?" Ask Nick, In which I replied "It''s Alex and he just send me the name of the restaurant" "And? What''s the problem?" He ask "It''s the restaurant itself, ''Taste of Rome'' a pretty Classy Restaurant catered to serve for VIP''s" "Motherfucker! A UN official is going to be their tonight along with a UK ambassador, we can''t just get in on this easily" said Nick, he thought for a while then added "I''ll try pulling some strings with some of my Old war buddies to try and insert a few Agents in but its going to be problematic" "Right, I''ll try and do what I do best and gather as much as information I can" I replied to Nick "We will contact you again right before your dinner goodluck" said Nick as he cut the call off I was just quietly staring at the ceiling as I lied on my bed and said "He really one up Fury tonight" ****** Alex''s POV I''m currently wearing my vibranium weave suit and now waiting for Natasha infront of her apartment After a minute of waiting she came out wearing the red dress we just bought earlier and I must say with just a few touch of make up she became even more beautiful I approach her with a bouquet of flowers and said "your very lovely tonight Ms. Natalia, This flower may not be as beautiful as you are but I do hope it is to your liking" "Etiquette lesson from being a prince + a bunch of books about flirting downloaded directly to your brain = a panty dropping Alexander Achilles 2.0" Athena quip "Shut up! Your embarrassing me, and where the fuck did you learn those kinds of word?!" This kid going to be the death of me "Reddit" "Fuck I should have limited your browsing on that site" Natasha seems shock for a bit when she laid her eyes on me but she manage to compose her self and said "I''m impress you look much more refined when wearing a suit" said Natasha "and a charmer as well, quite the change in demeanor Mr. Alex" I smiled at her and replied "I aim to please Ms. Natalia, Now shall we get going?" "Yes please" I brought with me one of my favorite car; a customized Bugatti Veyron 16.4, it is fueled with Arc reactor Tech, the windshield has AR tech on it which can do pretty much the same as my hemet on DK suit and lastly its body is covered with 2 layers of graphene making it bulletproof Not much compared to the batmobile but for a fancy date like this? This will do pretty well We got into the car and drove to the restaurant ******* Natasha''s POV When I got out of my apartment earlier, I was shock to see Alex there in an all black suit, I''m not going to lie but I can''t help but admire at how handsome he is "Shit Natasha that''s your date?, that''s John motherfucking Wick right there and look at that car! Damn Natasha!" Said Clint on the earpiece Can''t really blame him, even just looking at him right now, I can''t help but expect him to pull out a gun and started shooting at everyone **** After a short drive we arrive at the restaurant; he got out and open the door for me "My Lady" he smiled and offer his hand, I took it and got out of the car I said a Thank you at him as a Valet driver took the car to the parking lot, we took the elevator and proceeded to go upThis story has been taken without authorization. Report any sightings. We arrive at the top floor of the building and a receptionist welcomed us, I can see he really has such an effect on any woman as the receptionist blush at his handsome face "Names for the reservations?" "Alexander Achilles" he replied with a smile "Right this way please" the receptionist lead us near a window with a great view of manhattan "Thank you" he said to the receptionist as he pulled a chair for me, which I gladly took and he sat at the opposite side of me "Natasha, we got three Agents there one cook, one waiter and one security also be mindful that next to your table are the UN official and her guest" Clint said to my earpiece I look to the next table and there they are, it seems like UK ambassador brought Emma Watson probably as a representative for the HeforShe womens right ''Well everything seems fine here, just be on stand by'' I said to my earpiece when Alex was not paying attention ****** Alex POV A waiter (Clearly an Agent) took our order as me and Natasha do small talks about our life, I ask her various questions as she also ask me how I was able to afford this place and the car "I do have a bit of an investment Ms. Natalia and the car was gifted to me by a friend" I said to her, which she raised an eyebrow "Oh..? Then if you have this much money then why do you still busy yourself with a coffee shop?" I smiled at her as I take a sip at my wine "The coffe shop was never really intended for profit, it just a hobby really but also its my way of remembering my mom, she really likes coffee, I use to make her one and I remember how she would always be happy when I serve her coffee" "How sweet of you Alex" replied Natasha then added "so anyway any love of your life that I might need to compete with?" I grow solemn for a moment as I remembered Diana, but then smiled as I replied "there was one, a beautiful star in my life that guides me everytime I''m lost, In fact she was very supportive of my Idea on the coffee shop" "Was? Past tense? Did the two of you broke up or something?" Ask natasha "No" "Oh...well she seems like a very tough opponent for me, oh what should I do!" she tease and I replied the same way "hahaha.... Ms. Natalia don''t tempt me" "Please Mister Alex, you can''t handle me" said Natasha with a smirk "Oh is that a challenge Natalia- I never get to finish as Athena telepathically said to me "Father! 40 men are going to attack the restaurant basing on what I can analyze, they''re wearing bulletproof vest, they also have a large caliber weapon and the way they move indicates they''re trained" I then look at my date and basing on Natasha''s shock face I concur that SHIELD had already informed her "Athena, prepare to assist" I ordered Athena in which she replied with an Affirmative "Are there any problem Ms. Natalia?" I said to her to continue the facade "Oh no....I just need to use a bathroom real quick" said Natash "Okay " I gave a nod to her and it would seem like she''s getting her own equipment The waiter(agent) earlier has already informed the three women beside our table, I didn''t really bother to look at them at first but now that I look closely it seems like they are one of the big Leagues, I do recognize one of them, the brunette one is Emma Watson I reach out for a small rectangular shape device in my leg and put it down in my table Bang! Bang! Bang! Guns rang out outside and the next instant the restaurant was full of screams, the door open and the waiter/Agent tried to do something but was shot before he could draw a gun, A cook got out of the kitchen and tried to fight back but he was also shot down Twenty men came in as they started yelling, telling the others to keep shut and to lay down on the floor, In which the people quickly followed They all got down to the floor one by one, as the terrorist did a full round until they got to the three women beside me, while all that was happening I didn''t even move from my seat as I was too busy making a plan in my head One of the terrorist notice me and he move towards me with three others and shouted "hey you! Get down on the floor now!" They threatened as they pointed their gun at me, the three women beside my table look alarmed as I decided to stand up My perception of time slowed as one of the terrorist comes closer "I said get down!" he tried to hit me with his gun but before he could move three steps near me a bullet embedded into his head, killing him Everyone was shock, including the terrorist so I use that window of opportunity to jump to the nearest terrorist and delivered a kick, I took a pistol from him and smash it on his jaw knocking him out Another sniper shot rang out, which took out two more of the terrorist The leader of the terrorist recovered from his shock and shouted in rage "you fucker!!" He started shooting at my direction but I was already out of harms way, I throwed the rectangular device towards the cluster of terrorist; it was a sonic grenade and it can produce a contained frequency screech that can incapacitate a person in a two meter radius 5 terrorist goes down as I shoot two more before they can even open fire, the sniper shot out again killing 4 more A terrorist came close to me and throws a punch directly to my face but I grab his arm and did a judo flip and slamming the man to the floor I quickly rolled out to close the gap with one of the terrorist as I slash him in the knee, turning around I shot two terrorists taking them down and turns around again to finish the first one The remaining three panic and decided to take a hostage but the two terrorists weren''t able to do so beacuse a sniper shot had killed them before they can even move The last one manage to grab one of the women and use her as a meat shield and started demanding "Throw your gun down or this woman dies!" He shouted, the woman was surprisingly brave and was not even showing a hint of fear "Okay but lets do it at the same time, I throw my gun and you release the woman" I said to the terrorist "Fuck you! Release the gun or- he wasn''t able to finish talking as a sniper shot hit him squarely in the head The girl quickly runs away towards her other companion and I move to the five incapacitated terrorist and tie them down I got my wrist to display a hologram feed on the outside situation, guns still echoes through out the building as I saw Natasha and 7 other more agents/security duking it out at the third floor with the remaining 20 terrorist the three women earlier approaches me and spoke "I''m Sophia Williams from UN and this two are Emily Jones UK ambassador to the USA and Emma Watson, Thank you for saving us" I shake her hand and replied "I''m Alexander Achilles Ex-US soldier, 5 allies are combating 20 more boogies below so I would suggest that You three and the other Guest move to the corner and hide until the battle is over" She nodded and started ordering the guests to the side so that they can hide better I got one of the men''s rifle, and decided to guard the outside, I look towards the video feed and it seems like the terrorist are down to 14 Two squads of SWAT team are already making their way towards the shoot out, after a while, the threat was easily terminated by the SWAT so I deemed it safe now to go back inside I gave my thanks to Athena "Athena thank you for the assist back there" "No problem Father, It was the drones and you who did all the work" replied Athena "Also I''ve already ordered the drones to dismantle the site and to leave no trace behind" "Good" I move back inside and approach Ms. Sophia Williams, I reported the state of the outside "Ma''am the threat is already terminated and we will just have to wait for the swat to come in" "I understand Mr. Achilles" I nodded as the other two also approach and thanked me "Thank you sir for saving us, how could we ever repay you" Emily Jones said "There is no need Ma''am, I''m just doing my responsibility" I replied "No can do Mr. There must be some other way we can repay you?" Emily insisted "Hmm..then please do not mention to the media that I save your life" I said to Emily In which she raised an eyebrow "the media is just too troublesome" Understanding what I was talking about she nodded her head "Okay, I will try and avoid mentioning you" Emily promise as she joined Sophia on calming the guest "That was really awesome back there, you were like John Wick and you even wear the same suit" Emma Watson beamed a smile at me which made me smile "I was just doing my job Ms. Watson" I said to her "But still you were so awesome!, the way you kick that terrorist earlier and the way you dodge those bullets was like watching John Wick all over again" we continued to talk a bit until the SWAT finally comes in and secured the place, I was questioned by them but nothing to serious as Ms. Sophia and Emily Back up my claims After confirming my Identity they let me go and I bid the three women farewell, I decided to go outside the building to find my elusive fox date and viola! I found her on one of the ambulance We talk for a bit as she tried to lie about how she escape in the fire exit etc. Complete BS but anyways I brought her home to her apartment and decided to retire for the night First date in a century and a terrorist attack happened what incredible luck Arriving home, I give an excited Rogue a recap on what happen on my date then after awhile I bid her goodnight "I hope my stunt earlier wont comeback and bite me in the ass" I said as I began to doze off to dreamland Chapter 14: Chat July 21 2006 Third Person POV "I called a meeting today to discuss this" Said Fury as he open the monitor that displayed the battle last evening They''re in the conference room reviewing the footage of yesterday''s battle, Coulson is sitting in the left side along with Natasha and Barton while Hill sits at the right side of the conference table "Yesterday, Taste of Rome was attack by a bunch of terrorist numbering in the 40''s" Fury said as a bunch of picture about the attack appeared on the screen "although no one claimed the attack but according to forensic they''re of Asian descent, so either The Hand or something else" "But it''s this that I''m more interested about" Fury said as he showed a footage of Alexander, in action In the video a man tried to punch Alex in the face but he twisted his body and catch the hand, doing a judo flip and slamming the man into the ground, he then rolled to another one and slash the terrorist''s knee then turns around shooting two more approaching terrorist then turns back again finishing the first one "Jesus Christ! it''s Jason Bourne!" Barton quip Fury glared "Really?" "What!? it was a good meme" he replied, Fury sighed and continued the explanation "that everyone is what I''m interested in, how come we still haven''t manage to recruit that man yet Natasha!" "What? I was going to recruit him yesterday but the goddamn Attack happened" she whined "My shoulder still pretty sore because of yesterday" Fury''s really pissed right now and everyone on the room knows it Fury turn to Coulson and said "What do you got about the Snipers" "Nothing much but judging by the range of the shooters, they''re something else because according to the ballistic trajectory the shot came 4km away from four different buildings" everyone''s shock, that was almost double than the recorded range of the longest shot in the history "We also figured out that the weapon they used, was not of any weapon we''ve ever known and after tracing there line of sight all four of them cross at Natasha''s chair, so we''ve concluded that they''re main target was Natasha" This piece of information shook them to the bones, especially Natasha who shivered a little bit at her seat, she never knew that she was so close to Death''s door and she didn''t even notice it "S-so you''re telling me, someone wants to kill Natasha? Do we have a group in mind?" Barton clinched his fist, worrying for his froends health, he then ask Coulson then replied "No worries, the snipers weren''t there to kill Natasha but they were more of a precaution, if they really wanted to kill her that day, then they would have done it already when Natasha was distracted" It was now Natasha''s turn to ask "precaution? For what? The UN officials?"Enjoying the story? Show your support by reading it on the official site. And then as if understanding something Fury''s eye widened, which didn''t go unnoticed, Barton decided to ask "Nick what''s the problem?" "Alexander, it was him who put those fucking snipers there" Fury said Natasha was alarmed "What!? why!? Why would he do that?" "Paranoia" Fury muttered Everyone quieted, they understand immediately because they knew paranoia best, they''re literally in the same room as paranoia incarnate himself "This also means one thing, his aware of Natasha being a SHIELD agent" Fury added "So what do we do now Director, If he really knows that SHIELD has it''s eye on him then an indirect recruitment would now be useless" Hill said Fury thought for a while then replied "Hmmm..for now Romanof continue your interaction with him and Barton if possible locate where he live" everyone in the room nodded "well then this meeting is dismiss" Everyone started to leave emptying the conference room ****** July 30 2006 Athena''s POV DailyLog #56 Start 9 days after the attack and everything''s back to normal, Father just finish ''cleaning'' the rest of the warehouse written on the list and suprisingly Kingpin didn''t move, a quick look to his system and I found out that he''s currently at war with the Hand so he didn''t even notice the disruption of delivery Agent Romanof also came by at the coffee shop trying to seduce Father but unfortunately for her, Father''s quite immune to her charm although he do get embarrass from time to time but his age is not just for show A certain Bird also kept following Father but he was quickly shot down, Father trick Barton into following him on a strip club, he then sneakily knock Barton out with a drug that a certain bribe girl offered via drink and bought him to a room where he paid 3 prostitute in the club to milk him dry, the next day SHIELD found a wasted Barton on a red light district A few more noteworthy things happened the rest of the week but the most notable one of them is when I meet a certain princess of wakanda on a Chat Flashback (Athena)IamSkyNet: Father''s date for tonight (shows a picture of a blurred face Black Widow on a red dress) IloveHentai: Hot Damn!!! Troll: Send Nudes! DefinitelyNotSamLJackson: What the Fuck! JeremyAgainer: What the Fuck! It''s Nat! Hillside M.: ...... TONYSTARK: SEND NUDES! Troll: Send Nudes! LoliFun: You two Up above, she''s 15 Troll: Ooops..!! NEVERMIND! TONYSTARK: Argh goddamnit !!! ForeverBotheringIndividuals: FBI OPEN UP!! .......... (Shuri)DisneyPrincess: She''s D-cup! Troll: Trollololololol! JeremyAgainer: Where did you get that info! HillM.: ...... DefinitelyNotSamLJackson: What the Fuck! IamSkyNet: Yes she''s D-cup (Shuri)DisneyPrincess: @IamSkyNet Your Father has good taste! Rogue1234321: @IamSkyNet need you at the Lab (Shuri)DisneyPrincess: @IamSkyNet Oh!! Are the two of you some kind of Scientists? IamSkyNet: @DisneyPrincess Na..only me I''m upgrading something for @Rogue1234321 (Shuri)DisneyPrincess: @IamSkyNet What is it? Can I join I''m a Scientist too IamSkyNet: @DisneyPrincess We are working on NanoTech! I''ll invite you to private Chat later on (Shuri)DisneyPrincess: @IamSkyNet Yess!! Okay I''m out! Peace Out! DisneyPrincess has left the group IamSkyNet: @DisneyPrincess me too Rogue1234321: me 3 IamSkyNet has left the group Rogue1234321 has left the group ....... JeremyAgainer:Nat''s going to be piss about this! DefinitelyNotSamLJackson: MotherFucker! Find me anything you can about this Nanotech! HillM.:....... Flashback end And that was the start of our beautiful Friendship, we talk a lot about how we can improve our current Nanotech and she even suggested some Ideas for my soon to be body Well anyways I''m quite busy right now so I''m signing off peace out! DailyLog #56 end "Wait? If Disney owns Marvel, then does that mean Shuri''s also a Disney Princess?" I thought "Hmm...Curious..Curious...." Chapter 15: Boring Exposition September 23 2006 Alex POV A month and a half had passed since the attack and now I''m practically tired, I''ve already achieve my goal of opening a coffee shop and I would''ve laid low if it wasn''t for Athena pestering me about the company The company was just a means to an end for me but it seems like Athena doesn''t think the same way, ever since talking to Shuri she''s been really motivated to build the company successfully, I don''t know why but it seems to be related to some bet they just made awhile ago Thankfully, The company''s legal procedure are finally done and now it''s entering the building phase, as for the location we set it up near the the spot where the avengers facility will be built in the future The Building will be the most technologically advance building in the entire world before the Avengers tower and it will be powered by volatile promethium; it can generate limitless energy (it''s counter part the depleted Promethium was said to be so strong that even superman has a hard time breaking it) but there is a downside to this First, It seems like I can only create a thumb size volatile Promethium per year, I successfully created two of them but the cause was not worth it because I was comatose for four whole days and a massive headache followed after I woke up Second, The Promethium metal is dangerous because it activates a human mutagen just by being near it, mutating a person in the process In order to counter the radiation it produce, it will be incase in a proto-adamantium casing and will only be use to power the building via underground and the ship, which will be use for space exploration in the future The creation of the building started in august and will be finish by January, The worker drones will be use to build it and they''ll be covered by a wide range holographic projector to disguise the building''s construction, the SHIELD will surely notice but it will also help advertise our tech, forging our way into the market The only problem now is how to convince Ms. Frost to become my very own Pepper Pots, I''m going to meet her next week and hopefully everything will go according to planIf you spot this narrative on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. ****** Third Person POV New York Police Department "Captain, this is the 15th time this month" said a police officer who handed Captain George Stacy the papers containing the info they got about the criminals "For the last month, 312 men who were working for the criminal syndicate, got taken out by an unknown assailant along with evidence enough to ensure that the criminals will rot in jail" Captain George Stacy said to the twelve police men who are infront of him A Police Officer replied "Sir according to the various testimonies gathered by our men, they admitted that something like a ninja took them out, some say it''s work of 12 foot man who can throw a grown man like a ragdoll and other says ridiculous stuff like a monster of the night who has blood red eyes attack them, they said it was like a predator hunting them in the middle of the night" Another follow up and said "the only plausible description with lil BS is that, the one who attack them is possibly a man, wearing a metalic armor similar to the knights of old but much more hightech, blood red eyes and an insignia of this" the police man showed a drawing of what it seems like a blood red Bat logo He then added "It seems like all of them were attack by a man that wears the Insignia of a Bat, almost everyone admit to seeing a Blood red Bat logo on the persons chest" "Hmm...how bout'' the various CCTV''s on the area? Did you get something?" Captain Stacy ask "No, it seems like all cctv in a km radious was shutdown for some reason, although we do got this picture taken on one of the shop a km away from the area" the police man showed a picture of what seems like a silhouette of a car covered in shadows, he added " it seems like this vehicle corresponds to the vehicle we just saw last time, where we arrested a bunch of thugs in an alleyway in midtown manhattan" "Hmm...and how are the men who were hospitalized?" Captain Stacy ask "Almost half of the total number of criminal we got are crippled for life, some had their arms cut off and some others have broken bones but surprisingly no one died" a police man replied "also our inside man in the underworld said that a bunch of criminals are leaving the city in fear and a bunch of them got so terrified that they turned a new leaf, they dubb the man "The Dark Knight" but mostly the criminals just calls him BloodBaT, because of his cruel method" "Surprisingly this attack weren''t just random, it seems like this Dark Knight seems to be targetting Strategic points, such as warehouses full of illegal weaponry and dealers who transport illegal weapons on and off the city, effectively cutting the crime rate by a large percent" a police woman said "Hmm..looks like a work of vigilante to me" a police man said skeptically "Then if possible if we make contact with this Dark Knight, I want all of you to bring him in for questioning, vigilantism is still a crime even if it''s helping the society" Captain Stacy said to his men who nodded in reply "okay then this meeting is dismiss" One by one the police men and women got out of the conference room leaving Captain Stacy staring at The Bat logo "Things are starting to change" Chapter 16: Im Batman goddamnit! September 29 2006 Third Person POV Doing his nightly routine as he observe Manhattan via rooftop of a building, Alex notice a few eyes observing him at the shadowy corner He pulled up three batarangs and throws them quickly at the said corners A man jumps away and tried to avoid the batarangs but was too late as he didn''t notice Alex came close to him and drove a punch to his body dropping him quickly like a sack of brick He widened his eyes at the man''s attire, as it was a ninja clothes with black red color scheme, he search around noticing four more people in the shadows "tsk...there are more of them" Alex grumbled He duck as a Kusarigama sailed pass him and he grabs it by the chain, he pulled the ninja close to him and hit him with a knee He jumps away and pulled four more batarangs and throws them at the remaining three, the ninja''s jump out of the way unto the open They stared at Alex as he thought to himself why the hand attack him this early, he didn''t provoke any of them at the first place The three ninja quick on their feet proceeded to engage Alex in combat, as he easily dodge pass the slashes from their swords Alex observe the ninja''s movement as they coordinated their attack masterfully, even giving a few glancing blow to Alex Alex jump as a shuriken embedded to the ground and quickly releases his wrist blade to block a thrown kunai to his face He landed and dash towards one of the ninja, as he tried to close the distance He slash at the ninja''s leg, slowing the ninja down as the other two delivered a downward slash prompting him to duck He parried the second attempt and delivered a stab to the ninja''s neck, killing the ninja immediately Another one tried to swipe at him but he dodge and delivered body blows, a shuriken bounce off Alex''s armor as two ninja close the gap The first one tried to kick Alex but he side steps and stab the ninja in the chest He move to the other one, which he briefly exchange punches and finishing the ninja with an elbow to the face knocking the ninja out Alex took a few scans to check if there were others and when he found nothing, he gathered the ninjas and bound them together for some questioning He tried to get the mask off but before he could even attempt to, they bit down on their fake tooth releasing a poison that killed them in the process "Tsk...I forgot this buggers commit suicide" Alex grumbled as he then telepathically connect to Athena and said "Athena check for any surveillance in the area and do a check on Rand Enterprise, I just got attack by the hand" "Okay Father" Athena replied as Alex once again look at the dead bodies on the ground, he can''t help but feel a huge headache comingIf you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. "It seems like things are starting to derailed from the original timeline" he said as he tried to leave but a feeling of someone watching him halted his steps, he glared at the building a few kilometers away and grumble "Fuck.. they got me" he completely leave the area restoring the peace in the night At the mentioned building, An old woman was sitting on a balcony with a telescope She turned to the others in the room and said "Gather every info you have about him" the four kneeling people nodded and disappeared in the shadows "He would pose a problem for my plans" ******* "Got anything on the hand yet?" Alex ask Athena "No, nothing yet Father" replied Athena Alex now stood on top of the Building where the hand was observing him previously but when he got here they were already long gone "But I did find traces of them in Rand Enterprise Father, Illegal trade agreements with Kingpin and other Mafia groups as they use Rand Enterprise to transport drugs and guns to the buyers before the disagreements" Athena said "I also got the evidence where Meachum embezzled money from the company to engineered the death of Mr. And Mrs. Rand" "Hmm...any info on the other leaders? Especially Bakuto, do you know where he is now?" Alex ask Athena in which she replied "Yes, various sightings of cctv''s suggest that his currently here on new york" "That''s odd, Two fingers in New York? That''s a really bad sign" Alex thought as a blaring Alarm sounded from a bamk nearby ***** "Come on man Hurry up! The BloodBat going to be here any minute now!" said the criminal as he look left and right in panic "Hahahaha!! Oh come on! you really believe in that crap! His not real dude and besides we''re almost done!" another Criminal, he then called another criminal with them and said "Yo! Tweezer! Can you believe this shit, Bloodbat My ass! " the man called Tweezer laugh out loud and said "Hahaha Frank don''t embarrass the rookie, it''s his first time in the job after all!" Tweezer radioed their look out outside and ask "Yo! You see any cop out there?" The look out man replied "Nah...man the police ain''t h..zzZZzzzZ" "What?! Yo! Are you still there!" Tweezer called out and when the look out didn''t reply, he look towards his companions and said "Heads up something happen to the look out, I''m going out to check on him" "I-it''s t-the BloodBat his here" muttered the Rookie who was shaking and sweating profusely, The criminal named Frank becane nervous and shouted "for fuck sake! Bloodbat''s not real -Arghhhhhh!!- what!? What was that!?" The two was alerted as they heard Tweezer shout in pain outside, they pointed their guns at the door and waited, after a minute of waiting a silhouette of Tweezer appeared outside and both of the criminal sigh in relief "Fuck what was that Tweezer!" A Batarang flew and hit them in the arm Prompting them to let go of their firearms "Arghhh!!" They both grunted in pain and saw Tweezer drop down as the BloodBat appeared with the infamous Blood red insignia behind him "IT''S THE BLOODBAT!!!" the rookie shouted as he tried to run and scrambled for his gun, The bloodbat came dashing in and delivered a kick to his torso slamming him back to the wall "I''M BATMAN!" The other criminal shouted a war cry before dashing in with a knife, Bloodbat block it with his wrist blade and slash the other one to cut it off "ArgHHh!!! MY HAND!!" Police Siren''s echoed outside signaling their arrival, Two police man came rushing in, in the front door "FREEZE!! BLOODBAT DROP YOUR WEAPON OR WE WILL SHOOT!" "I''M BATMAN!" shouted Alex back The rookie police tilted his head and ask "wait really? Batman? BloodBat seems way cooler for me ''SLAP!'' aw! What was that for!" The Senior Police glared at the rookie but then turned to Batman "BloodBat, Batman or whatever! You are under Arrest for Assault, Attempted Murder and Vigilantism!!" Now it was Alex''s turn to tilt his head and said "Vigilantism? I prefer Heroism and beside you can''t catch me do you wanna know why?" The rookie police replied "Why?" "It''s Because I''M BATMAN!" "What''s the status" said someone who came in that made everone turn their head around The senior Police reported "sir, we have the Dark Knight!" Which prompted a reply "Where!" "Right there sir, Rig- what the fuck! Where''d he go!" The rookie Police said in confusion "Argh!! He got away!" The senior Police grumbled then added "he was just there a few moments ago sir" "Sigh!! Secure the criminals and get me the CCTV footage now!" Captain George Stacy shouted "Fuck the commissioner will not going to like this!" At a rooftop not far away from the Bank, Alex stood as he watch the Police recover the unconscious criminals into the Police car he said "Sigh....the Old Police Hates Hero Cliche, They even got my name wrong" Alex jump out of the rooftop and decided to turn in for the night Chapter 17: Tear "Hey do you think, Batman could survive the apocalypse?" Ask a beautiful woman, who was gazing unto the sunset Alex turned to her and relish on her beauty, she was like the reincarnation of Helen of troy herself and has this beautiful green eyes that reflect the sea, a long braided blond hair like that of brunhilde in the comics and a fiery body honed by battles as well as a personality befitting of a tomboy He can''t help but chuckle and replied "Of course! His the goddamn Batman for fuck sake ''TONK!'' Hey!" "Language!" She complained after hitting him with a sword sheath "Yeah! Yeah! but you know if superheroes did exist, I''d bet my ass they''d beat the douche that did this to our world to the inch of his life!" Alex said as She replied with a laugh "of course! Even with just Thor, he''ll get a field day with Thor''s Hammer smashing on his face!" "Yeah! I would pay to see that! " Alex said as silence ensued the area before he broke the ice and started talking "Diana do you remember what I said yesterday?" She widened her eye but then turn and gaze at the sunset, she replied while being quite nervous because she wasn''t sure if all of the things he said back then were true, they didn''t really talk about it again after the whole fiasco yesterday "Y-yeah...Alex..It''s okay...I understand if that was just a spur in the moment I-''TONK!'' hey!? What was that for!?" "Are you High!? What do you mean ''spur in the moment'', I was completely serious yesterday and the reason I wasn''t able to talk to you after the whole fiasco thing was because I was looking for this all night!" said Alex as he brought forth a small box Diana gasp in surprise and immediately stand up as she tried to form words from her mouth "w-what..A-alex..." Alex smiled and got to his knees, opening the box and revealing a black diamond ring inside " Diana...I-I know, I''m being fast with our relationship right now, like yesterday fast but what I realize yesterday made me think that for a decade you have stood by me even after I was cast out of Astadel, you believe in me even if others didn''t, Yesterday I realize that I don''t want to lose you and I can''t live without you, I know now that the one who truly cared for me and love me was beside me in this entire time, so.....Vice commander Diana Athes will you marry me?" Said in a hopeful toneThis story originates from a different website. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there. Tears of joy flows down on Diana''s cheek as she couldn''t help but cry in joy, She said "Yes! Finally You Idiot! I''ve been waiting for this for the last decade! Didn''t you know how hard it is to see you with that filthy bitch! Huh!? God I''m really glad Alex!!" She hug him very tightly and then wore the ring "Fuck Dating we''ve been together for the past decade so dating first will just be a redundant!" She added Alex grin and said "since the king has the authority to wed a member of the royal family and technically I''m supposed to be the king of Astadel, I declared us husband and wife! Haha!" "Ha! Great! since the plague, I''ve stop believing in religion so damn the tradition! You won''t be getting rid of me anytime soon Mr. Achilles" said Diana who wore the same grin as Alex Alex''s stupid grin got wider and said "well! Honeymoon it is then!" He scoop Diana in a princess carry as they both giggled and move to the cabin They both shouted together "BEST DAY EVER!!" ******** The alarm ringed as Alex woke up from his dream, he stared at the ceiling as a lone tear fell down his cheek, he muttered "Happy Anniversary my love...." Alex wipe the tear of his cheek and move towards the bathroom, he splash his face with cold water to clear away his sleepiness He look at his face in the mirror and sighed, he was so young looking but the eyes of that of an old man He got out of the bathroom and got change, he was going prepare breakfast for him and Rogue, when at the kitchen he opened the lights as Rogue who was supposed to be sleep at this time jump out from her hiding spot along with Athena who materialize at his side shouted "HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALEX/FATHER!!!" he doesn''t get surprise easily but because he''s still groggy, he didn''t expect it at all "Sorry Alex if I couldn''t give you a present, I don''t really have that much money on me and at the same time I can''t bake a cake without turning it to poison so I cook a breakfast for you instead! (Athena: I also helped creating the coffee!)" Rogue said in glee and with a follow up from Athena, which prompted Alex to smile genuinely for the first time since arriving here and muttered a "Thank you.." Another tear fell down from his cheek, not of sorrow but of happiness Chapter 18: His very own Ms. Pots October 19 2006 Third Person POV Alex was currently waiting for someone at one of the most fanciest restaurant in Manhattan, He sat there quietly as he waited for Emma Frost, his soon to be Ms. Pots After a while of waiting she arrive and slowly move towards him, all the while prompting others to turn their head at her beauty Emma Frost stand just about 5''10 with blue eyes and blond hair, she is truly the epitome of a high class woman Alex felt a mental probe on his mind which made him smirk, he ordered Athena to try and troll Emma Frost which the little one accepted with glee "Ms. Frost! Welcome!" Alex said as he stand up from his seat and stretched out a hand, all the while Athena was blocking out the mental probe with advance mathematics as she calculate her three sizes with an algorithm in his head ''Hey isn''t that a bit rude to measure her three sizes?'' He telepathically said to Athena ''Nah..just continue talking with her, you did order me to troll her so just zip it and don''t interfere kay?'' Athena replied Emma was dumbfounded as she reviewed what she got from his head and took a long look at Alex, while trying not to lash out at his preposterous thoughts "Ms. Frost?" Alex ask as he inwardly chuckle at Athena''s antic Emma came out of her stupor and responded "a-ah yeah! Thank you for inviting me Mr. Alexander" Alex smiled handsomely and said with a tease "No..I should be the one whose thankful Ms. Frost because a woman of your caliber decided to grace this lowly me with your presence" Emma''s eyebrows rose at his blatant attempt at flirting, which it did kinda work because of his handsome face and regal attitude Alex smiled and once again Athena decided to send a mental image of a half-naked Alex at Emma, showing off Alex''s well toned body It was almost at the point where he was about to remove the towel covering his lower region when Alex who was taking a sip at his wine almost spit it out when he saw the mental images she was sending ''ATHENA!! WHAT THE HELL!! THAT''S TOO MUCH! TOO MUCH!'' He scold Athena Emma on the other hand was almost getting red like tomato but thankfully, a few breaths she successfully compose herself with a poker face though she was a bit of disappointed not being able to completely see his naked body but she still took a few glances at Alex''s body a few times Alex on the other hand decided to break the awkward atmosphere and started to get down to business "Ms. Frost the reason why I emailed you last month was because I''m trying to create a company and I need someone whose knowledgeable in business to run it" said Alex as he look at Emma who raise her eyebrow "You see, I''m creating a company that will deal with space exploration and technology in the future, while all the necessary legal procedures are already done, I am quite in a bind as I don''t know how to run a company myself and I needed someone who can run it for me" Emma look skeptical as she listened to Alex "So let me get this straight, you want me to run your company for you? And what makes you think that I would agree?" She saidThis book''s true home is on another platform. Check it out there for the real experience. Alex smiled and replied "Oh I''m sure you would and beside you need all the help you can get to get out of you Fathers grasp" Emma was stunned and gained a hard look on her face, she tried to mentally assault Alex which only made him chuckle "Ms. Frost, please there''s no need to use your powers here" Emma''s eyes widened when she heard Alex and she questioned him about it "How do you know that!?" Alex stand up from his seat and slowly move towards the glass and said "I know a lot of things Ms. Frost; Mutants was it? I know your kind existed along with humans for years now and don''t get me wrong I''m not here to threaten you, I''m just here to give you a chance" Alex stared at one of the building at the distance and added "and as for your situation; I did a bit of a research you see, Emma Frost born in Boston, Massachusetts, to the wealthy Winston and Hazel Frost. Third of four children: Christian, Adrienne, and Cordelia. Always wanted to escape his Father''s grasps so she set out and leave home to carve her own path" ''eliminate'' Emma caught his projected thought and look at where he was staring, she use her power to scan the area up ahead, at a distance away a man was holding a sniper rifle trailed his sights to Emma when suddenly the man fell down confusing Emma in the process "what was that?" She ask although she wasn''t able to get any info on the man because it was too far away but she did caught his last thought and that was to kill the two of them "It seems like your father brought a new meaning to the word ruthlessness, trying to kill his own daughter to prevent the rise of an another potential competitor" said Alex who then look at Emma "I''m giving you a chance Ms. Frost to escape the grasps of your father, when the company enters the market I assure you it would be on par with Stark Industries and don''t worry about your father or the hellfire club coming after you, I''ll handle them myself" he turned to her with a smile only comparable to a devil who was giving her a deal and said "so what''s it gonna be Ms. Frost? Do we have a deal?" Emma recovered from her shock and became conflicted "This feels like a deal with the devil to me but sure I''ll run your little company for you on one condition" Alex raise an eyebrow and said "and what is it Ms. Frost?" "You must know that when mutants comes to surface everything will go south very fast for them, so when the time comes when you have enough public support I want you to publicly support mutant rights, agree to that and we have a deal" Emma said in all seriousness "Deal" Alex smiled then took a sip at his wine "so how did you like my body Ms. Frost?" He said in all mischievousness Emma was startled but then adapted a sultry look and said "Oh...I like it" Emma was in all honesty quite content with their deal although it was a bit of a rollercoaster from the start but she was happy that with this opportunity she could finally escape her father''s grasps, her thoughts then move to those memories she saw earlier and smiled "oh..I''m going tap that ass" she muttered ******** In a dimmed room, a man in a blue suit with light brown hair was sitting on a grand chair while taking a sip of red wine, he was listening to the reports of his secretary "Sir, according to the feed our men were not able to eliminate the threat, we recovered the body and found a bullet wound on his head and concured that he was killed before he was able take a shot" said the secretary who was use to her boss'' show of grandiose The man stop sipping at his wine and frowned "how about the others?" The secretary replied "Sir, for some reason the police got a tip on their whereabouts and ambush them with almost 2 squadrons of SWAT, I''ve already ordered our men inside the prison to silence them" The man''s eyebrows were digging down, this event was too much of a coincidence and his gut feeling tells him that the man; his daughter met was the one responsible for every shit that happened today, he turned to his secretary and said "Call Shaw, tell him I need that favor now" His secretary nodded and leave the room, he stand up from his chair and press something on a remote The window covering on his office retracted, showing off New York''s beauty at night, he once again took a sip at his wine and muttered "My daughter, if you think you can escape me then think again" He turned around and was about to leave when a bullet shot flew in breaking the glass and killing him directly He drop like a sack of brick and his secretary came rushing in and screamed, she scrambled to call the security while running out of the room At a distance, In a rooftop adjacent to this building A silhouette of a person holding a futuristic sniper rifle materialize with the insignia of the Bat, The person then move to the edge before muttering "I don''t leave loose ends behind" he then jumps off the building leaving it without a trace Chapter 19: The Batjet October 31 2006 Third Person POV Alex is currently in his lab working with Athena on some of his projects, he had to postponed a lot of them previously due to the creation of the company and coffee shop. Speaking of the company, it was starting to take shape and the drones are almost done with laying the foundation, that''s what happen when you have a very efficient work force that doesn''t need to eat, sleep or even just rest. After meeting with Emma Frost, the next day she got to see first hand the building site and as for Alex, he got a slap in the face for doing the stunt he just did. Flashback SLAP! Alex was slap in the face by an angry Emma Frost when he was just about to welcome her, she was so pissed that if looks could kill then Alex would be on the road to valhalla by now. "Why did you that!? Don''t you know how big of a consequences you''ll get when the Hellfire club learns of what you did to my father?!" Emma shouted as she glared holes into Alex. They were at the site today, thankfully a large holographic projection and sound dampeners were covering the entire area so the passerby could not hear her shouting her lungs off. Alex frowned and gave a stoic answer "I had to do what I just did to prevent unnecessary backlash. You must understand, your father will do everything just to stop you and I from launching the company. I decided to remove him out of the picture while all of his assets will be liquidated and directly inherited by you and your siblings, as for your mother, she will be relocated in one of the mansions I just bought in Westbury and will be subjected to drug rehabilitation along with your brother Christian but as for your other sister, I leave it up to you to deal with her". Emma was slightly relieve knowing that with her Father gone, her mother and brother will be safe from harm and as for her sister she could deal with her later but she still wasn''t completely relieve because the hellfire club is still out there and with their resources they could easily find them. "If your thinking about the retaliation of the hellfire club, then don''t because I''ve already relieve them of their assests and evenly transfered them between both of us, as for their illegal businesses I gave a tip to the feds about the location of their sites and including the people backing them up in the higher places" Alex said as he look at the now relieve Emma Frost and then continued "I don''t do half ass job Ms. Frost. By disrupting their source of income and dispersing their assets, I''ve prevented them from moving for atleast 10 years and in those timeframe we can move freely without worrying for any retaliation". Emma was pretty much relieved to hear that. She didn''t really care about her bastard of a Father''s death, she was just worried about the safety of her brother and mother but now that Alex just basically destroyed the hellfire club she can now let go of her worries. Emma then look at Alex and warned him "Next time you''re going to do stunts like this I want you to inform me, Understood?".Stolen from its original source, this story is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. Alex nod then said "Okay, I''ll do just that but don''t expect I''ll tell you everything just yet". Emma just nod then replied "Okay then give me a tour of this place". They both toured the place, as Alex explained the various uses of the facility being built in the area. Flashback end Thankfully everything got resolve and just like in the comics, Emma has no remorse in her father''s death and she didn''t even bat an eye at it, she was just worried at her mother and brother''s safety. The project he was currently finishing was the Batjet; though Athena calls it Mustang Gamma cause it looks and feels like the spacecraft from star citizen the video game, It''s hull was created by a new Alloy he just created; the adamantine alloy. The Adamantine alloy is a combination of both Vibranium and Mithril from Lord of the rings, Adamantine is a step below Proto-Adamantium in terms of toughness because Mithril only has a tensile strength similar to that of a tempered steel but due to its mystical property, it''s highly susceptible to enchantment like Uru. (Now you may be wondering "why not use Uru Metal Instead?" Well I would really love to use Uru metal but I don''t want Odin''s attention just yet and the Dwarves themselves are known to be very protective of the said metal, so using Uru is just a suicide). The Adamantine alloy will be much stronger compared to proto-adamantium once It''s enchanted, though Alex doesn''t know how to do that yet but maybe in the near future he''ll be able to. The Adamantine alloy is much Lighter and easily made than proto-adamantium and just a step below in level of toughness The Batjet is fully equipped with vibranium weaponry, four retrofitted main guns of a type 26 frigate on both of its wings, an air to air missile and air to ground missile by Alex design was also added for an added fire power and lastly a force field generator which again he shamelessly copied from wakanda The Batjet is caple of carrying 8 personnel including the pilot and has a size similar to that of X-men''s Black Bird. It has enough ammo to kill off an entire armada of spacecraft thanks to the handy useful pym particles, which he "borrowed" again from someone. Overkill? Pretty much. Due to vibranium, regular scanning devices will not work on the Batjet as also an advance Cloaking tech was also included on its installation that even the Aliens will have a hard time detecting, total Vibranium BS and lastly it can be deployed anywhere in any terrain possible. The Apartment was also reconstructed to accommodate the Batjet and Cloaking systems are also installed to hide the landing port He''s just currently attaching the newly improve Arc reactor that uses volatile Promethium instead of badassium to the Batjet. Alex can''t help but be impress with Tony Stark for creating such an innovating piece of technology, such as this arc reactor. After a few minutes of fiddling around, Alex took a step back and stared in awe at the finish Batjet. "I''m so awesome!" Alex muttered to himself . "Ehem!" Athena raise an eyebrow and said "Excuse me? But I remembered I was the one who did the whole calculation for the ship". Alex grin "Sure thing Athena your awesome too" then his grin turned a little wider as he thought of something "Hey Athena, why don''t we give this baby a ride?". Athena just smiled and replied "Okay". Alex got change into his Dark Knight attire and hop unto the Batjet''s cockpit as the top of the roof opened. Making sure that everything thing was alright he then said "here we go!". ******* Alex came back from the joyride with a stupid grin. "Now that''s what I call Speed, Athena how fast was I going?" Alex ask Athena who was currently reviewing the ship''s performance. "Just twice the speed of sound" Athena said as she continued to create calculation "The ship can go faster beyond Mach 10, just that the integrity of the ship''s hull and your body won''t allow such speed but if we are able to enchant it and install an Anti-gravity device, the ship can surely approach below lightspeed well that''s if there''s an enchantment capable of eliminating the mass of our ship". Alex just smiled "Anti-gravity device is easy, we can just steal it during the invasion and as for the enchantment well I''m sure the Ancient one is benevolent enough to teach us that" Alex said as he look at the corner with the same smile and continued "isn''t that right Ms. AC?" A mirror like crack open as a woman in robes appeared out of nowhere with an impress smile "I''m impress Mr. Achilles" She smiled and continued "Now what was this about an enchantment?" Chapter 20: The Ancient One November 05 2006 Third Person POV "So you''re telling me, you were waiting for me all this time?" Alex ask the Ancient One. They were currently in the open balcony drinking tea and discussing a lot of things including Alex''s mystical training. "Yes, a dimensional hopper is not really common here, yet and it''s not like everyday that you sense the predestined future blurred" said the Ancient One. Alex was confused but then remembered that the future of this universe was already set in stone, thanos will come and the decimation will always follow afterward. "Ah...well is it a good thing or a bad thing?" He decided to ask, which in turn the Ancient One replied "For all the living beings in this universe? Yes and with the futured blurred then we can say that it can be change for good". "Hmm...by the way how did you know about me?" Alex ask The Ancient One just smiled "I felt you entering this universe and I saw your all of your past but not your future. Your future is not pre-determined and is cut off from the threads of fate". "so you must know of my origin then?" Alex ask. The Ancient One replied with a nod "Yes and I must say, you''ve experience a lot. You''re past was not meant to be, It was supposed to grow without interference of higher beings but that god you call a "douche bag" was an anomaly." She took a sip of her tea and continued "he was born out of grief because the god of that multiverse wasn''t able to move on from the grief of his first born''s death, twisting the personality of his second born". "Huh...how are you so knowledgeable about this?" ''He was confuse, it''s not like she can just do hand waving stuff then a dimensional tv appeared right?'' Alex thought. "Well I do just that Mr. Achilles, it''s a great boon to possess an infinity stone" she said with amusement, Alex jaw drop when he heard this "T-the heck?". "Well enough of that I heard you want to train on the Mystic Arts?" The Ancient One ask Alex came out of his stupor and confusion was written all over his face "wait? That''s it? No, judging your soul kind of requirement?" The Ancient One chuckled "Have you already forgotten Mr. Achilles? After you cross the border, I saw everything there is to know about you and I must say you are already overqualified, so there''s no judging your soul kind of treatment needed." Alex just nodded and said "well let''s do it then, teach me AC". The Ancient One chuckled once again at his antics and replied "I''ll visit you here twice a week and I''ll train you personally but you must take an oath that once you finish your training you would help defend this world from let say ''unsavory'' beings" Alex nod and responded "I''ll protect it to the best of my ability" The Ancient One smiled and proceeded to stand up "well then this visit seems successful, I must leave now as I have to prepare a lot of things necessary for your training" Alex nod as he watch the Ancient One opening a portal to Kamar-Taj leaving Alex alone in the balcony Athena who was just currently browsing the Internet said "Huh so that was the Ancient One, One of the most powerful being on this planet right now, I did a scan at the portal she just use and I must say it was quite fascinating how the energy it releases was quite similar to the energy release by the big bang"This story originates from Royal Road. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there. "So is there any possible to recreate the portal scientifically?" A portal would really be good since it would make travelling hassle free Athena replied "I need additional research on this Father" He nodded and said "well then let''s finish the DK suit Mk 2" he was abou to move but then remembered "actually how is project: humunculi proceeding?" Athena smiled and replied with pride "Yes! The Body is almost finish, thanks to Shuri''s Idea I was able to incorporate nanites to serve as a composition for my body and I think we could incorporate it to your DK suit as well" "Good, it would be great for you and Rogue to interact physically because I have been so busy this past few months that I wasn''t able to spend time with her, I feel like one of those irresponsible parents who value their work more than their childrens" Alex sighed as he remembered just how hectic the last few months was Athena nodded and said "Yes, lately she''s been showing a lot symptoms of boredom and It would be good if you take her out to shopping" Alex just nod not understanding, why the female kind seems too engrossed with shopping "Okay I''ll do just that" Alex replied as he stand up and leave the room to ask Rogue to go to shopping ******** Rogue''s POV "Argh!! What a boring day!" This few months was really boring and if not for the videogames, TV''s and an unlimited supply of food in the fridge, I would have died out of boredom already. Alex was just too busy this pass few months establishing his company and although Athena''s there to talk to but it''s just different all together because you can''t really physically interact with her. Sigh...so much for being able to touch someone, I''m currently reading a few books Alex made in his spare time and I must say if he ever publish a few of this, I''d be betting he could make a million. I specially like the story about Alexander and Diana, on how even if all the odds were stack against them they still manage to prevail and be with each other forever, although him naming his character with his own name is kind of narcissistic of him. Sigh....how I wish I could go out more, well not that I can''t go out but it''s more of a, I don''t know where to go and where to spend my time with. Alex use to bring me to places and one of my favorite was on Disney land, when he decided to bring me there for my 15th birthday last August. I have never been able to go to places with so many people before because of my abilities and now being able to do just that, I''m really thankful to Alex Though now that I think of it, I never really know much more about Alex just the fact that he was from England and is a multi-billionaire. "Hmm...maybe I should ask Alex about it?" I thought for a second and decided to do just that. I got off from my bed and proceeded to go to his study room, I knock three times but it seems like he wasn''t there. I push off the door and came in, he wasn''t there maybe his in his secret lab in the basement again. as I was just about to leave the room, I notice another painting that wasn''t there before, I move closer and inspected it and I can''t help but be wowed. It was a picture of woman with regal features and she just look like an older version of Athena with blond hair, she was reading some kind of book in a beach. "Now that I think of it, she kinda looks a lot like Diana from the books" The woman was really beautiful, could this be Alex''s wife? This painting must really cost a lot. "Yes, the character from that book was base on her" "Ahh!!" I shouted as a grinning Alex appeared right next to me "I SAID DON''T SNEAK UP ON ME LIKE THAT!" Alex just chuckled and replied "I did call you a couple of times but you were so mesmerize by the painting that you didn''t even notice me" I calmed myself down and ask him about the painting "who was she? Is she your lover or something" Alex who was looking at the painting gained a solemn look and said "she was my wife, the most beautiful thing I''ve ever had" "What happened to her?" Alex eyes seems to grow old all of a sudden and said "S-Shes already passed on" "I-I''m sorry to hear that" Alex voice quivered for a moment, I never saw this side of Alex before, I always saw him as happy go lucky guy, always smiling and laughing, always quipping jokes left and right, he must have love this woman so much to be this affected He vanish the sadness in his face and compose himself as a smile appeared on his face "She''s in heaven now and maybe even become an angel herself or become a goddess, I don''t know but one thing is for sure and that is where ever she is right now, she will be watching over me and Athena always". Huh...forget what I said earlier about him being in love with her because he is more than just inlove with her, he''s Lovestruck with her. "Well anyway I came her because I wanna invite you to go shopping" a grin appeared on his face as he continued "so what do you say we get you some new nice clothes to wear hmm?" My eyes sparkled as I nodded over and over again and replied "Yes! Come on!" I ran out of the room as Alex took once last look at the painting as I faintly heared him muttered some words "Watch over us my Love" and then followed me out of the room to go to shopping. I take back what I said this isn''t a boring day at all! Chapter 21: The Encounter November 07 2006 Alex''s POV "Alex thanks for everything," said Rogue "Naah. It''s okay! I also had fun today." I replied to Rogue I and Rogue are currently in a park, sitting quietly on a bench as we take a break. We just finish shopping and although it did tire the hell out of me overall, I had fun so all is good. "You know ever since my Family died and I started living with my Aunt, I never really had a real family ever since and add to the fact that my aunt hates me for being a mutant drove me almost to my breaking point but since meeting you and Athena, my life has never been better, both the two of you really treated me like a family so thank you for that Alex." Mutant discrimination really is the stupidest thing to ever happen to humankind. Just because someone has extra ability doesn''t mean they are Alien to humans and add to the fact that they always abuse mutants who are defenseless, I''m not even surprised that the Brotherhood was formed, but it doesn''t mean that I will support them for hurting innocent people. Mostly in this situation, those mutants who have deformities but no added powers are always the ones who get the short end of the stick. I really wanted to do something about it but if I really wanted to have a long-lasting effect then I needed to turn the government into my puppet to push more laws on equality and also maybe put some safeguards to prevent the civil war event. I still don''t have any visible plan, but getting the company started and turning it into one of the most irreplaceable companies in the whole world is a start though I could use the public... no, it''s too inefficient. Today''s day and age, people don''t really understand that those who control the economy can easily manipulate the government same as technology and information. If a person has a solid grasp in those sectors then they can literally control the whole country and if that country happens to be the major importer and exporter of goods as well as one of the most powerful countries in the whole world then they will have the world in the palm of their hands. Simple world domination technique 101, those supervillains don''t know jack shit about how to dominate the world and as for Charles. OH MY GOD, HIS SO GODDAMN STUPID FOR FUCK SAKE! If he''d use Cerebro to implant on the minds of every people the Ideas of peace then world peace would have already happened and it''s not about morality or the question of free will, it''s just planting suggestion nothing more nothing less! Argh! That really irritates me the most! "Uhm...Alex? You still there?" I was brought out from my rambling by Rogue, who was currently tilting her head at me. "You really do space out a lot Alex. Athena told me about it but I didn''t really believe it at first but you really do space out a lot," Rogue said, which embarrass me quite a bit. I replied saying "I-I have too much in my mind lately so I''m sorry" scratching the back of my head, I continued "so what were you talking about again?" Rogue sighed and said "You want some Ice cream? I''ll get you one if you like?" I just nodded and watch Rogue go. I sighed and said "What kind of diety dresses like that?" Turning to my backside, I saw a gorgeous woman on a tracksuit. The woman has black eyes and long black hair, the woman was in glasses and also wore a baseball cap that prevents her feature from being discovered. "This is what celebrity wears every time they go out so I''m just following their trend and besides you already know the reason" the diety smirk as I just sighed and replied "So? Who are you supposed to be?" "Oh, I forgot! I''m death nice too meet you, Alexander" my eyes threatened to pop out off my eyeball but I manage to calm myself down and respond "ahh..and to what honor do I get to get visited by death herself? I''m pretty sure I still got a hundred years on me" Death sat down next to me and said "No nothing like that, we were just curious to know who this dimensional travel that father said to not touch even the fate sisters tried to argue with father to tie you up."Support creative writers by reading their stories on Royal Road, not stolen versions. "I must really give my thanks to the god of this multiverse then," I said, "But I don''t think you''d go out of your way here just to meet me now don''t you?" Death just smirk and replied "Oh nothing like that! I''m just here to observe.....and maybe help a few sods to pass on" Death then turns towards a family of 3 who was having fun just a few meters away from them and smiled bitterly. "Sigh....so young yet...I hope you''ll pass on little one." Death muttered which I obviously heard as I turn towards the family and I can''t help but clench my fist as I now know what she meant. Someway or another the kid and her family''s going to die and Death already stated it. I wanted to move and maybe do something but I don''t know how to approach them. I can''t just say that ''Hey you three are going to die and Death already told me about it so I''m here to warn you'', I can''t do that! They''ll call the police on me before I could mutter a ''wait!''. A van came in and pulled over near the family as peoples with guns came out and pointed it to the father of the family, the mother pulled her daughter closely as she tries to cover her with her body. The father begged the others to not include his family and that he would go with them without resisting. A man with a gun punch the father and grab hold of the daughter as he threatened to shoot her. "Don''t interfere, Alexander, Destiny wrote them off to die, you can''t argue with Destiny" It seems like Death notice my thoughts and warn me. "Then why did you let me know?!" I snap. This feeling of helplessness really piss me off, I continued "I know you purposely let me know their fates so why stop me now? Is this some kind of sick joke you wanted to play! Is this another entertainment!" All those years I''ve spent in hell, I saw my friends fall one by one, as they become food for the plague or hunted by the legionnaires. I watch how they sacrifice their life and family for me to escape, their family being tortured for information and yet when I came back to their broken bodies, they just smiled and said that I should move on, as they die with a smile on their face. I don''t want to feel helpless again! I don''t want to watch another meaningless death when I can do something about it! "You can''t Alex and it''s not for my entertainment, Destiny already wrote them off and you can''t do a thing about it. Mortals are bound by the laws and they must obey the law." Death said. She then continued "beside what''s your excuse? It''s not like you know them directly and they aren''t someone important to you, so why? It''s not worth it to anger an entity for a person you barely knew". "I-I...." I can''t formulate a word. She''s right in all sense and I don''t even know them so why? Why do I have to move? Why? ***** "D-Diana! P-please...don''t leave me" ***** "I''m sorry for being weak my love....I-I should have ...become stronger for...us and....for our family..." ***** Light flared in my eyes as I stand up "No...I won''t let destiny take hold of my life again..fuck destiny...I''m going write my own thing!" I run as fast as I can as saw the mother of the child grab one of the guns to try and save her daughter. I run and close the distance and with the flick of my wrist blade, I eliminate the man holding the gun and move towards the other 4 to do the same. All my movements were not as fluid as I use to because I wasn''t thinking with rational thoughts. I have a breath of relief as I eliminated the last gunman before the surroundings suddenly shifted, I found myself again on the bench with Death looking at me with amusement. "well...That was quite amusing" Death smiled as she continued "even with the possibility of opposing one of the entity, you still choose to save the family. Now I understand why the other me seems fascinated with you, So pure and noble." "W-what was that!?" I shouted but then I realize, It was all an illusion...Death played me... "why did you do that!" I said now with a venomous tone. She merely chuckled and said, "To test you of course...and I must say I wasn''t disappointed, Alexander." Deciding to leave she stand-up and said " well it seems like time''s up" she then looks at the approaching Rogue from the distance and turn to leave. "I''ll be watching you from now on Alexander" Alex also looks at the approaching Rogue but then turn back to Death when he heard her speak but she already disappeared. "Damn it!" Muttered Alex as Rogue came up to him with Ice Creams. She said, "so what did I miss?" Alex once again looks at where Death was, earlier and replied to Rogue "Nothing....come on give me that Ice Cream." At Death''s realm, Death sat on her throne as she observes Alex eating an Ice cream with Rogue. She purred and said "How Cute...The other me truly choose someone worthy." Then she felt something that made her frown "Annoying...more paperwork" she said but didn''t do anything as she just continued watching Alex interact with Rogue. ****** An angry roar bellowed in a spacecraft at the edge of the universe. "She didn''t even bat an eye at my sacrifice! She''s distracted! Maw! Produce more Sacrifice!" Bellowed the Purple giant as he slams his large arms into his throne. "Soon I''ll be her equal......and once I got my hands on the stone....she''ll be mine!" He once again bellowed as he slammed his fist on the throne once more. ****** Alex stiffened as his senses once again tingle. Rogue who notice it ask him what it is. His only reply was "I feel like I unintentionally entered a love triangle Cliche" Rogue tilted her head and thought it may be one of the quirks Athena told her about