bookpower Chapter 92: Superhero's Work
Chapter 92: Superhero's Work
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Hector P.O.V.
Raven... I think I joked since day one that I wanted her.
But now that she is in my hands, I'm torn... Should I summon or assimilate her? I already reached a point where I don't need to assimilate everyone. I can copy the power or make a clone of the Character I summoned. I assimilate more the ones that I don't want to deal with and the ones that I want to be.
I don't think I would ever summon those villains with a lot of ego like Frieza, Aizen, and Madara. And I can't deny that a part of me wants to be them... Like with Darth Vader that I just gained.
But Raven... She is powerful. But it's magic, I can learn magic, right? But is demon magic that comes from her lineage... Can I learn it from her? I think maybe the answer is yes... Am I crazy? I think I remember some episodes where her friends use the magic of her book. Or I am trippin'?
Or it's my brain trying to trick me into summoning her?
Uuuuggghhh....
"Master... Trouble." Cortana wards me suddenly
"Hm?" I immediately check what she is talking about with my technopathy.
... For real? Stupid people...
I move my body fast, ready for action, and go back to the planet. At the same time, I put the issue with Raven on hold. I only have three slots to assimilate cards anyway, and there are better options for now.
Father from Fullmetal Alchemist, Darth Vader, and Sinbad...
Let's go greet our alien visitors...
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Third Person P.O.V.
Two spaceships entered Earth's space(designated by Hector) flagging his scout drones.
That's not the first time something like this has happened... And all the time, none of the visitors "come in peace".
Underdeveloped worlds that still have to reach the level of Civilization Type 1 are easy to prey to criminals around the galaxy. Their purpose normally is to kidnap some natives to sell them as slaves somewhere.
Humans are quite compatible species with most of the other inhabitants of the galaxy, after all, so they make good sex slaves. Not as good as Skrulls, but good enough to be worth the easy trip.
That's the plan of the two spaceships approaching Earth right now, a quick grab and leave of some humans, just a small thing, to fund some changes on their ships and new guns. Nothing much...
A pity that this piss the resident hero off, and they don't know this.
*Thunk*
"Hm? What is this?"
The crew of one of the ships felt a small turbulence like something hit the spaceship.
"Your knal! How can you let a meteor hit us!!" A burly and tall alien with keratin covering his scalp shouts to the crewmembers of the control
"But... But I was paying attention..." One mutters an excuse.
"Bah!" The captain throws a piece of metal at the head of the crewmember. It seems that species of aline is durable because he didn't react much beyond shrinking his neck a little. "Pay attention! If anything hits us again, I'm taking the repairs from your share!" Ȓ
"Ye-yes sir!"
*Rumble*
Once again the ship trembles.
"You..." The captain rises from his chair with anger coloring his face
"It was not me! There's nothing in the detectors or radar!!" The crewmember pleads in panic. How can something like this happen? Happen to him, more specifically.
"Then it was what?!?"
"I-I do-don't know! Maybe some malfunction in the propulsors!" The crewmember in the controls tries to argue
"Hey! The propulsors are completely fine." A certain crewmember, the mechanic responsible for checking the propulsors quickly defends himself when he notices the gaze of the captain and other crewmembers turning to him.
"So it's not your fault! It's not his fault!" The captain points to the two alternately "So who is at fault here??" He shouts
*RUUUMMBLEE*
Now the tremor is so big that takes some crewmembers away from their seats. Anyone can now notice that something is really wrong... Something fishy...
"I smell bralarka..." The captain says slowly, frowning deeply "Show me all cameras! Now!"
The one responsible for security, an alien with multiple tentacles in the place of his arms, types furiously, making the screens in front of him change repeatedly while showing what is happening on the ship.
Everything seems normal till they start seeing only black screens and static.
"What is that? What is happening?" The captain demanded answers
More and more screens show nothing and the numbers continue to increase.
"I don't know! It can be a loss of connection or maybe the cameras are destroyed!" The operator shouts as he continues to check more cameras, all stopping working faster than he can change.
*Bzzzz*
Then... "Wait! I got something! Look!" He shouts.
It's a 2-second clip, footage captured by a câmera just before it starts malfunctioning.
"What?" The captains get closer to the screen, but it only shows some crewmembers walking.
"Look!" The operator pauses at the right time.
At the right moment, a Blur appears on the screen... Very slowly he shows the next frame... A flash of red light. And then again very slowly he goes to the next flame...
The crewmembers' bodies shown on the screen are weird...
"They go taller?" The captains ask
"No..." The operator, an alien with very good eyesight gulps fearfully "Something... Something cut them... Bisected them. It's just that the parts are still very close to each other... This is the last moment before their body visibly falls apart."
But there's no next frame, the camera starts malfunctioning exactly at that moment.
"MEN! Prepare to receive intruders!!" The captain doesn't think much about what happened. He is experienced enough to not waste time seeking answers that would be answered eventually.
It doesn't matter who is invading or how they did it, what matters is that someone is invading them! And they need to prepare for battle.
"Establish communications with the secondary ship! Ask if they are having some trouble too!!"
The Bridge becomes chaotic after that, the crew moving around wildly to complete their tasks, but a certain feeling of apprehension and fear creps in their Hearts.
Everyone fears the unknown... Now some unknown invader is slowly dismantling them like they are animals.
And to make matters worse, they try to contact the rest of the crew in other parts of the ships through many means... And there's no response.
Are they the last ones? *Gulp*
They don't dare to think that. Because if they do, they will be too fearful to move. This ship is big, like an Earth's skyscraper in size. They have many crewmembers that live here like ants in an anthill. If someone really dealt with the rest of the ship... In such a short amount of time... There's even hope to stop him?
The galaxy is a wide place, they know that the are races out there that are like gods. You just avoid them like a black hole. But if you are unlucky enough to meet one... One that appears to be set on killing you.
You can only stop, relax, and try to enjoy your last moments in this universe.
Or plead for your life, bargain, or something similar.
But can you even do that? So many alien races, with so many different ideals and morals... Not everyone wants the same thing, how can you communicate with something that sees you as an inferior being or even as food?
That's why Space Criminals like those just go around weak and underdeveloped star systems.
*RUMBLE*
Another tremor, and that is not the worst part... The worst part is the silence afterward. For some reason, the common sounds that the ship makes on the other side of those doors disappeared... the beeps and rumbles.
They look at the door that connects with the rest of the ship, it's like they are isolated in another space... Like all life outside is dead.
"..." They point their guns at the door. Whatever is out there is finishing his job, and the last place that remains is exactly this Bridge.
The Captain doesn't even need to say anything, everyone is ready to combat. All the guns are pointed at the main door...
*Psssh*
The door slowly slides up, and the sound that normally would be negligible on normal days reaches everyone's ears like a huge signal.
Some are tense and almost shoot at nothing, but they are criminals that gone through dangerous situations before. One of the first rules before shooting is having a target. And also maybe it's one of their friends on the other side.
But at this point, this hope is very slim, the corridor beyond the door is dark and full of smoke. At this point, they are just waiting for the minor movement to open fire.
*Fzzzzzzzh*
Suddenly two red dots start shining behind all that smoke, two red dots that can only be eyes. The new source of light allows them to see the silhouette of a person. Someone clad in full armor.
Everyone is almost pulling the trigger when...
*Phckssssheeew*
Something is ignited in the hand of the invader, apparently, a sword that shines a Bright red.
"FIIREEE!" The captain roars and blasts fly at the enemy.
*Zhhhh* *Zhhhh*
But the dark figure moves his bright sword and deflects all the blasts effortlessly as he walks forward, revealing his form.
It's obviously Hector, wearing his Sith Stalker Armor, the armor that he gained in the Package:Starkiller in his second gacha.
He ignites a second lightsaber, holding it in a reverse grip, as he continues to deflect all blasts. His movements seem slow, but they are perfect and efficient, he moves before the blasts are even shot, that's why his arms don't appear as a blur.
He suddenly stops reflecting the shots, but even as he lowers his arms, he is in no danger. The blasts of energy stop in the air, a foot or two away from him. They stay still like they are stopped in time, accumulating around him like a bright and spiky wall.
"..." The helmet silently staring at the space criminals over the frozen blasts is menacing enough to make some crew members fall on their butts.
Hector then raises his hand, holding a tuned-off lightsaber, his index and Middle fingers point forward the sharp claws of his gauntlet threateningly.
*Swish* *Bam* *Bam* *Bam*
With a small motion, all the blasts that are frozen in the air fly back from where they came from, hitting the gunners and making them fall to the ground.
This move finished 80% of the crew on this Bridge.
"You... Who are you?" The Captain asks, his eyes wide in fear. His body is more resistant than others.
"Starkiller." A deep voice is heard from the helmet before Hector ignites a lightsaber again and swing it mercilessly in a circular motion.
From an outside perspective, one would be able to see the spaceship being cut in half from the inside, a flash of red and sharp energy bisecting the ship.
Hector can Project the energy of the lightsabers in flying slashes, something never done by Jedi or Sith.
In his words: "I have the force and anime by my side"
"You are so extra, Master~" Cortana rolls her eyes at his mind after watching his antics.
Heavy breathing to simulate Darth Vader, flying anime-style slashes, the theatrics...
"I'm not done~" He answers with his voice full of amusement.
The other ship obviously saw what happened and started powering up to Jump.
But the spaceship can't move even though the turbines are working with all they have. Like the previous blasts, the spaceship looks to be frozen in space, trembling but not moving.
"..." Hector starts slowly closing the fingers of the hand reaching for the spaceship.
Space is silent, so no one hears the sound of metal being bent and Machinery being broken as he rips off the turbines of the spaceship.
"Hehe~" He laughs to himself "Say Cortana, do you think I should let some escape sometimes? Like to tell the universe that there's a protector on this planet."
"Hmm, there are pros and cons to that..." She appears to think for a second "It can probably prevent some of those minor troubles, but it can also invite challenges of battle-thirsty warriors, crazy scientists, or other strange aliens." She is a specialist in those things.
"True... Let's keep the low profile for now." He agrees "At least I put a protector in every major country."
He floats in space a little, killing most of those space criminals and capturing some of the races he hadn't seen yet. This is not his first rodeo. He captured some already in the past.
"Oh, a centaurian, like Yondu..." He comments "Call the drones to collect everything, Cortana. Try to keep the ones still alive this way."
"It will be done, Master. And..." She says the last word with an unsure expression. And decides to show the information in his vision.
"..." No one can see it, but Hector deadpanned inside his helmet "When it rains, it pours... Some days are so peaceful..." He sighs before starting to fly back to Earth while changing his costume.
It's a job for Eidolon now.
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"It's on now... Normally I don't do this, but this is too good to not show." Eidolon says as he stares at the camera of the small drone that he pulled from his inventory.
It seems he plans to film something, the drone floats to show plains all around him.
"Wait a minute... they're coming." He raises his finger to the camera like he wants the watchers to hear something.
There's a distant sound of something cutting the air at high speed, with continuous "booms" sometimes.
"Here..." He says, moving fast, the camera accompanying him.
And films the perfect moment where he flies in the air and raises his leg to intercept an object flying. No, not an object a person, or a living being at least...
The person's face meets Eidolon's sole with a loud sound, and the hero presses this unknown one to the ground, to stomp on him.
*BOOM*
Dust and sand rise in the air, blocking the view of the câmera.
"Look at this... Aren't you allegedly dead?" The hero's voice can be heard even though he can't be seen.
*Whoosh* But suddenly some wind moves the Dust away to reveal who Eidolon is stepping on.
"See? The notes get higher in this direction and lower in this direction, but they all repeat..." Eidolon explains to the little girl in his lap how a piano works.
Mindee showed an interest in the instrument, and he used this little time of his visit to teach her. Her sisters watch the lesson sitting on the same bench as him.
They are not as interested in it as Mindee, a sign that they have some individuality. Something Eidolon would like to cultivate.
Obviously, all of this is observed by Emma Frost.
"I would never imagine that you can play so well." She praises after listening to him showing off to the little girls, by playing "Rush E", "Moonlight Sonata", "La Campanella", "Symphony No. 5" and "Passacaglia".
"I'm not any pianist." Eidolon says humbly as he guides Mindee's little fingers around the white keys.
Emma scoffs "Stop with the false modesty. You play better than anyone I heard in my life."
"Hmm..." Eidolon appears to be contemplating something, how to explain to her "I don't have a pianist soul... I'm only cheating with my super senses and precision. It's very... robotic."
"Everyone has their strong points, musicias would eat your heart for the chance of having your senses.." Emma is not convinced. To her, no one is equal, and there's no problem in abusing your "birth advantages"
Some people say that they are less because they are not "earned". She laughs in their faces.
"By the way, what are your plans for their education?" He asks while instructing Mindee.
"Homeschool. I can't simply pop off with quintuplets like that."
"Makes sense... If you are gonna do it, I can maybe introduce you to a good teacher." He thinks of Isabella, she likes children "But keep in mind that I can help you by putting illusions on them to make them different. They can live normal school lives."
"Someone from your group?" She addresses the first part of his words "And not only they being quintuplets that is eye-catching."
"Yes. Just saying if you change your mind, we can make this work with a little effort. They can also visit Xavier's School... Supervised, of course."
"Hmpf. I would create my own school before letting them go there."
"..."
Eidolon talks with the girls a little more before is time to say his goodbyes.
"Bye, papa." Celeste waves her little hand at him.
*Thud*
Eidolon, who was mid-step, placed his foot a little too strong on the ground. Not enough to break or anything(he has too much control to slip like that), but it was an obvious show that he was affected by her words.
"...you said what?" Eidolon slowly turns to her, his face stony.
"P-Papa?" Celeste and the others suddenly got timid.
Eidolon's impassive face, which many are already used to, is new and unfamiliar to them. To them, he looks angry.
He notices his mistake immediately, putting on a more friendly face and patting their head.
"It's okay, princesses. It's okay." He says as they hug his legs
"Papa?" They ask again, but in unison. They are trying to confirm if he is their Father.
"I... I..."
'That's a first.' Emma thinks. Eidolon was tongue-tied, and by little girls.
His super-senses notices their imperceptible trembling and it's like a knife in his heart. He quickly makes a decision.
"Okay... Okay... You can call me Papa." He hugs them, noticing they relaxing happily "Till you become teenagers and we argue and you say 'you are not my real dad'."
"That's is oddly specific..." Emma puts the back of her hand in front of her mouth to contain her laugh, Eidolon looks at her accusingly.
His eyes ask the question 'Did you put them in this?'
She only raises her hands in a plead of innocence.
.......
Jane Foster, accompanied by her assistant Darcy and an intern, arrives at a certain place in England.
"Shouldn't we contact S.H.I.E.L.D. before doing camp work? Or Eidolon?!" Darcy asks unsure as they leave their car to invade an abandoned Building.
"We need results before mobilizing an International organization. Or Eidolon." Jane answers with her eyes focused forward, tinkering with her equipment.
Those are her words, internally she doesn't want her research to be given to the government like that.
Jane walks through the abandoned property fearless, but the same can't be said about Darcy.
"Jane... This is London. People are stabbed here." She says while looking around frantically
"People are stabbed everywhere. And don't you have your taser? Just use it."
"But they are experienced with knifes Kyah! Did you hear that??" Darcy jumps
"What?
"I heard steps..."
"No, you didn't-"
*Thud* *Thud*
"SEE?!"
"Okay, now I heard it." Even Jane got a little anxious now. "Hello? There's someone there?" She calls in a loud voice
"We are Americans!" Darcy adds
"And this helps us how exactly?" Jane turns to her assistant and whispers harshly
"I don't know!" Darcy whispers back.
The sound of footsteps gets closer and closer, as the duo, with the intern, waits apprehensively to whoever is coming to appear and...
"... a kid?" Jane inadvertently relaxed seeing a bunch of kids appear and looking at them in confusion
"Who are you people?" One of them ask
"Who are you... blokes?" Darcy tries to make an English accent but stops when Jane glares at her.
"Are you the police?" Another kid asks
"Ahem, we are scientists. Well, I am a scientist." Jane says
"Whoa, thanks~" Darcy comments faux hurt
"We are researching something." Jane continues
"Are you researching this place?" A kid asks
"Well... Yes, can you tell us if you notice something different around here?" Jane fishes for clues
The kids look between themselves like they know something the three adults don't.
"Can you show us?" At this point, Jane is sure those kids know something.
After they look between themselves one more time, one kid moves close to a broken truck and lifts it like it's made of foam, or even lighter. And when the kid takes his hands off the truck, it remains in the air like it's in zero gravity.
"We are in the right place..." Jane says wide-eyed.
The kids then show them the trick of making things disappear. They throw things in a certain place and they appear in another.
"Sometimes they reappear, sometimes they don't..." One kid says as Darcy and the intern test the strange phenomenon.
"Wait... Did I just saw you throw our car keys?" Darcy pauses, deadpanning at the intern.
"..." The intern appears to notice his mistake in that instant, sweating profusely, waiting for the keys to come back.
And as Murphy's Law dictates it's exactly at this moment that things stop coming back.
"..."
"..."
"..."
"Let's... I will look around while you guys car the rental place. Don't touch anything." Jane decides to move away from them to concentrate on her research.
A little mistake... You don't wander around in dark places alone.
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Hector's Residence, Living Room
"So you just start adopting every runt that you come across from now on?" Shego asks Hector with a raised eyebrow. Commenting about the newest revelation of Eidolon becoming a step-dad
"Don't say it like that... I'm my defense they are super cute." Hector defends himself from his chair "And it is a special case. I will just accompany them for now, as a Father figure... And slowly drift apart as they grow independent."
"Like you did with your real children?" Shego will never let him live up to that.
"Ouch." He says, but accepts the stab. He knows he deserves it.
"Ammamoned filden!?" Harley suddenly raises her head and asks with her mouth full of snacks, like a chipmunk
"Don't you know it?" Shego smiles evilly "Our dear paragon of virtue here is a deadbeat dad."
"..."
*Gulp* Harley forces the food down her throat "Oh, we are so talking about that in our next therapy session!!" She shouts
"Why are you excited?" Hector asks flatly
Shego and Harley suddenly become friends on the topic of teasing him about it, the two talking with each other with complicity.
Shego continues with a smirk "And I didn't even tell you that the mom of those girls looks like Hector's own mom..."
"Oooooh! Oedipus Complex! Yes!!" Harley exclaims excitedly, clapping like she just won a bingo or something.
"..." Hector decides to wisely ignore them. Every word he says will only add fuel to this fire.
But then it's Helena's time to say something "You know... I always heard that god would give daughters to fuckboys and manwhores, to punish them." She says with a sly smirk over the cup of her drink
"..." Hector pauses
"Oh yeah, I heard about that..." Harley enters the fray "Everything the father did to other women, the daughters will suffer too."
"... my left arm is getting numb..." Hector says in a low voice. He thinks he is having a heart attack.
"Don't be like that, girls. Hector treats his women very well." Shego comes to the rescue "If they are Lucky they will find a man like him."
"..." But her words only make him suspicious, and he prepares himself for the stab in the back.
And Shego doesn't disappoint "I mean, all five can end up in some guy harem together..." She says casually
"Ughh..." Hector clutches his chest in pain and then stops moving.
"He has no pulse..." Cortana says to them.
"16:33...Fatherhood killed him." Harley gives the Causa Mortis
"I will never allow it." Hector resuscitates while gnashing his teeth "What kind of scum has a harem anyway??"
"....." The irony is not lost in any of them
He righteous stands up, puts his hands behind his back, and looks away at the horizon.
"Sex is overrated anyway... I will make sure that the E-serum takes always people's libido. We can grow babies in vitro, or use artificial wombs. Without those carnal distractions, we can focus on other things and really evolve in a better race." He says full of conviction.
"Master, please don't chemically castrate our race because you don't want your daughters to have boyfriends." Isabella pleads with a flat face.
*Beep* *Beep*
After they joke and laugh a little more, something in Hector's mind beeps and he gets serious.
"Jane Foster disappeared." He stands up
"Who?"
"Thor's girlfriend..."
To everyone's surprise, Hector reaches from his heart and removes an item from there... Cortana's true body. "I will be out for some days probably. Cortana knows what to do... If anything happens, control one of my Android doubles. If problems happen... Use my Failsafe Android." He instructs in a serious tone as he puts Cortana in Isabella's hands
"...yes, master." She is not happy about being separated from him, but she knows that she will be useless out there. Well, not useless, but she will be more useful taking care of things here on Earth.
She is the only that he can trust to keep an eye on things
"Wait, wait, wait! Where are you going?" Shego asked hurriedly after seeing the sudden shift in the conversation
"Didn't I tell you guys?" Hector suits up as Eidolon "I'm going to Asgard."
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