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Finally free from the shackles of Hydra, I stole a Ford Taurus parked a few blocks away from the base, and drove away without looking back, letting Emily get out of the cage. Of course, there was no need for her to be inside the cage now.
"Where are we going?" Emily asked from the back seat, as I drove.
I hummed at that, it was a very good question, where would we go? I really had no idea, I guess the world was our oyster now, I really didn't have a preference.
"I don't know… any suggestions?" I asked.
"Disney?" Emily offered with a giggle.
I chuckled at that, "Why not, Orlando seems like a reasonable place."
"Are you my dad now?" Emily asked all of the sudden, making me choke on my own saliva. "I know what the bad guys did, and… I was just wondering… you take care of me, and mommy used to say that's what a dad does, take care of you."
Well, it seems she knew more than she let on, "I… would you want me to be?" I replied.
"I don't know," Emily replied, her tone soft and vulnerable, "I know they are dead… that lady made sure I knew that…"
"Well, then let's not put titles to our relationship yet, just consider me your guardian for the moment being," I offered with a smile.
"That works!" Emily smiled.
I smiled at her through the rear view mirror of the car, "Orlando, here we go!"
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[R. Keller POV - Director Of Shield]
The news spoke of a terrorist attack in Texas, an explosion without precedents that killed many, but I knew better than that, this was no common terrorist attack, something else was brewing, and I couldn't help but feel it was of great importance.
"Fury, I see you got my message," I said, as Nick Fury, one of my best agents entered my office.
"I have, sir." Fury nodded.
"Have you seen the news?" I asked, and he nodded.
"I have a feeling there is more to this attack than it meets the eye," I added, taking a seat on my office chair, as I served some whisky for me and Fury, "I need you to investigate this affair, whoever did this… is dangerous, and I need to know everything about them."
"You can count on me, sir." Fury replied.
"Good,"
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[Alex Walker POV]
From Texas to Orlando, a one day drive to the place where magic exists, figuratively, I am talking about Disney World. "Are we there yet?"
I chuckled, "Nope, we still have quite some road to cover."
"Can we eat something?" Emily asked, and I nodded.
"WcDonalds? or Burger Duke," I asked with a chuckle.
Emily giggled at that, "Those places don't exist,"
"I know," I laughed, "Let's get you a happy meal."
As if on cue, a sign with the M of McDonald's pointed out I was half a mile away from a McDonalds. "Look! We are close to your meal."
"I want big fries!" Emily nodded eagerly, it would never cease to surprise me, that she was so innocent with everything that had happened to her.
"I want some too," Hydra had awful food, really awful food.
With a smile, I continued driving until I reached the McDonalds, and ordered our food, then we parked and started to eat, all while I was wondering what to do next, I mean, one thing was for sure, I had to level up, one does not simply stay idle with a power that lets you grow, but the real question was, what was my goal now.
Become a hero? A mercenary? I didn't know, I didn't know what motivated me now that I was free, I mean, in a way, I suppose I would never be truly free, Hydra was still out there, and would most likely hunt me down.
I guess that's a good goal, eliminating Hydra as a whole.
[ New Quest Created! = Eliminate the Hydra!
Objective = Destroy all the Hydra bases in the world, bringing down Hydra once and for all. 0/25 Bases
Bonus Objective = Do it without SHIELD figuring out who is doing it.
Reward = 1000000 EXP, 700000$
Failure = Death or Prison]
I laughed as the quest appeared, if I didn't know if I wanted to hunt those bastards down, now I know, that reward was quite tasty, and it would bring me immeasurable pleasure to see them die. Heck, I might even save the Winter Soldier in the process, just for kicks.
[ New Quest Created! = Dead or Alive!
Objective = The Winter Soldier is Hydra's most powerful weapon, you have but two options, killing him… or saving him, the choice is yours, the point is that dead or alive, he won't serve Hydra anymore.
Bonus Objective: Don't Get Captured.
Reward = 2000000 EXP, 700000$
Failure = Death, Brainwashing]
Dead or Alive, what a grim, but understandable concept, I highly doubted I was on a level where I could take the guy on, if his feats in the movies and comics were anything to go by, but unlike him, I am not frozen in time, and I can grow, I guess these two babies will have to wait, wait until I reach a level where I can actually do those quests, because none of them were at my current reach.
First, if I started attacking Hydra bases like a sexy badass, they would send him the Winter Soldier, so no, I wasn't looking for the thrill of having my ass kicked by a super soldier, not just yet, so the best plan at hands was, training and farming
Second of all, I needed to find a safe enough place to make my base, a place where Emily and I would be able to sleep without worrying Hydra Agents would pop out like porn ads on every website.
Three, I needed to find a way to level up without risking my life so fucking much, all my quest were like DO IT OR DIIIIIIEEEE, I mean, I like DarkSouls, but chill those edgy tits gamer power.
"Can I get some ice cream?" Emily asked, snapping me out of my trance.
"Yes," I nodded.
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Already in Orlando, I rented a two bedroom apartment close to the beach, and went to the nearest Room To Go to decorate Emily's room. What can I say, being a dad apparently is like a disease, it only gets worse, as for Emily, I was debating whether or not to put her in school, considering I still had no idea how safe we were.
Also, I had no papers so I didn't know how that would work. Maybe I could hire a private tutor to homeschool her. That could work.
"Can we go to the beach later?" Emily asked, using the most lethal weapon in a kid, her puppy eyes.
Fortunately for me, I was immune to that. "No, unfortunately we have to keep a low profile for the moment being, I have no idea if Hydra is tracking us, and I rather avoid open places for a while."
Emily nodded in understanding, "Then I will watch TV," she added, with a smile.
"Go ahead," I smiled.
As Emily went to the living room to watch some cartoons, I laid down on my bed and started to think, to plan, I needed a way to get levels without so many death flags on my back, a dungeon would be nice right about now, but I had no idea how to find one, or if my gamer skill had that function at all.
Maybe it was like in those games, like vanilla wow for example, where to access a dungeon you wanted you had to go where the dungeon in question was located and find the entrance, maybe that was the answer to my plights.
If that were to be the case, getting a map would be essential, because in those games the only way to find the entrance to a dungeon was through the map. I mean, either way I needed to complete the map in my system, I only had a very small part 'discovered' so regardless of the dungeon system, a map was my top priority, but not any map, a world one.
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Leaving Emily in the house watching some Tom & Jerry, I left for the nearest library in the zone to buy some maps, and maybe consume a book or two in the process if I saw something that caught my fancy, on the way, I kept an eye open for any Hydra agents, fortunately I saw none.
But along the way, I noticed something, most of the people walking around on the streets, or driving were between level one and level five, with kids in general being level one and level two, and the adults being between level three and level five.
Nothing important really, just a nice little bit of information, for if I ever saw someone above those levels, I knew to be… careful, for it was quite probably something was going on.
"Will this be all sir?" Tom, the sales associate of the bookstore I was currently in, asked.
"Yes," I nodded, paying him and leaving the store.
Once I was outside anyone's view, I consumed the maps, expanding the explored area of my map, from 0% to 100%, and I was glad to say, I was right. Orlando alone had two dungeons, I could see them on the map in my head, their icons were white skulls and if I hovered over them it would say Dungeon, heck one of them was very close.
"I'm gonna have some fun," I chuckled, getting inside my new car, oh yeah, I bought a car after I ditched the other one in a really, really, really abandoned area.
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I drove to where the supposed dungeon was located, and immediately a pop up appeared saying the following.
[DUNGEON = ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE
RECOMMENDED LEVEL = 5-25
INFO = Be it by magic, or man made creation, you will face an apocalyptic event of catastrophic proportions. The plague had taken everyone, and with it, the world. Nothing is like it should be, so be aware that life as you know it has ceased to exist.
REWARD = By completing the dungeon you are given access to this dungeon at any given time through your menu. 1000$, 5000 EXP
ENTER = YES/NO]
Level 5-25, it probably means the dungeon scales depending on one's level, even then… I am sure I will one shot every undead inside, but it will be a great place to practice my abilities, maybe develop new ones, and finally decide what I want to be, a warrior, a mage, or maybe a battle mage, who knows.
With a smile, I smashed the YES button and immediately the world around changed, and I found myself in a place very similar to the starting place of LEAF 4 DEAD 2, at the top of a building, with some guns laying on a table.
[M1911 Pistol - Common]
[Machete - Common]
"If this place has a fucking Boomer type Zombie I will lose my shit," I shuddered, I hate the fat exploding bastard more than the Witch, his whole concept was disgusting, close second came the Spitter.
Taking a deep breath, I grabbed one of the guns left for me, alongside a machete, machete's were badass, not very functional, but badass. "Time to end this," I erupted in a giggle fit, this was probably every man's dream, to be in a zombie apocalypse without consequences, I mean, I was thirty levels above the max, this shit was going to be like a super realistic zombie game, and I couldn't wait.
Grinning in anticipation, I opened the door in front of me, and walked down the stairs, so far it was a carbon copy of L4D2, at the bottom of the stairs, there was another door, and once again, I kicked it.
Behind that door, several Zombies stood and started to walk towards me, and I grinned, blowing their brains out with my gun, and cutting their heads off with my machete, but as I was enjoying this, my fears came true, a fat monstrosity with short black hair wearing a navy blue shirt and brown pants stood at the end of the hall burping bile out, his clothes were stained with sweat and puke and were very stretched to breaking point around the his enormous gut.
"Fuck.." I shuddered in disgust, he looked like a giant pimple, and that was disgusting.
Turning around, the boomer lookalike started to run towards me, or the equivalent of what he could do, all while I took it like man! I… threw my most powerful attack at him in panic, vomit and Alex don't mix, I ain't gonna let anyone vomit on me. "Ooff sav--" before I could finish this sentence, a gooey pus-filled substance fell into my face with a loud splash like sound, the substance was sticky and smelly, smelling somewhat acidic, it did almost no damage, but… mentally, I was scarred, because some… of it, got in my mouth. "I'm gonna kill every last one of you." with a battle cry, and a mask in my mouth, I rushed into battle, for these Zombies had wronged the wrong gamer, for I was vindictive.
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