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For those wondering, my mom is fine, recovering from all the shit that has happened, currently living with me.
Momma corn sends love.
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I had finally done it, after so long, I had finally completed the super-soldier serum.
With Abraham Erskine's journal, I had managed to finally decode and recreate the formula that had haunted me for quite a while, to perfection. And now, in my hands, I held the final product, all there was left to do was test it out.
For that, however, I still needed something else, the last ingredient, figuratively speaking. The Vita radiation chamber in SHIELD's possession, which I had requested from Fury.
[Outside, with your big ass microwave,] I won't lie, when I got this message, I basically teleported myself to the door to receive what I was craving for.
"That was fast," Fury commented with a raised brow, "So, can I know why you need this old thing?" he inquired.
"I am testing some stuff," I replied avoiding the subject with a smile, "Basically I am researching about Vita radiation, and the effects on human biology," technically the true.
Fury hummed with a blank look, "Good enough for me," he eventually shrugged.
"You really never question my projects," I chuckled, as the SHIELD agents he had brought moved the Vita radiation chamber into my room.
"Alex, you're like a cat," Fury replied with a chuckle.
"In what way?" I asked, confused by his analogy.
"A cat is happy when left to do his own thing, I don't press on you, and you don't fuck me, as simple as that," Fury replied with a grin.
"Hm," A cat, well, I guess it could be worse.
At this Goose came to the door purring, with her tiara.
"Hello princess," Fury bowed.
At this, Goose purred even louder, as she left the door happy with the respects Fury had paid to her.
"Goose the Princess that eats furniture," I chuckled.
"It's a cat, they do weird shit," Fury shrugged, "Anyway, I have to go, terrorists to kill, agents to train, bitches to slap, you know, the usual."
"See you Sunday for movie night," I waved at him, slowly closing the door.
"See ya then," Fury waved back, leaving his people.
Finally without anyone else in the area, except Bucky and Goose, because the girls were in school, I moved to inspect the Vita radiation chamber. [Vita Radiation Chamber - Broken]
Broken? Ha! Not for long!
"Bucky!" I called.
"You called?" Bucky replied, coming out of nowhere.
"That was fast," I nodded.
"I was waiting behind this wall," Bucky replied without missing a beat, "I was bored," he added after a few seconds.
So he was getting empty nest symptoms during the day… I might need to find the man a hobby, "Ok, well, help me move this to the lab," I pointed to the Vita radiation chamber.
"This was it, right?" Bucky asked, "The one they used on Steve to make him the first super-soldier right?"
"Not sure," I replied, looking at the chamber, "But perhaps," I added.
Bucky smiled, "Let's move this thing," he said with a hint of sadness, I almost felt bad for not telling him Steve was alive.
After a long painstaking process of geometry to move the Chamber to my lab, I started working on the chamber, I had, after all, to fix the thing, which would be easy, barely an inconvenience, considering all the fucking skills I had hoarded for this very moment.
"How long do you think it will take you to fix this?" Bucky asked, he was working as my assistant for today, I needed the extra muscle.
I hummed, cleaning my hands with a towel from the oil and other things, "Well, I say a few extra hours at best, a few days at most,"
"Fury doesn't know, right?" Bucky asked.
"No," I shook my head.
"Smart," Bucky muttered.
"The higher-ups would target me if they caught wind about my projects," I nodded, for the moment the council heard about my secret projects, they would turn on me.
"Not that it would make much of a difference," Bucky snorted, "They can't take on us,"
"No, but like my grandpa used to say, no enemy is too small, everyone can be a threat," I replied with a sigh.
"Wise I suppose," Bucky sighed.
With that said and done, we returned to our work, we still had a few good hours before I had to pick Emily and Nat up from school, six hours to be precise, and I would make good use of them.
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Six hours later, and the Vita radiation chamber was still not up to optimal conditions, but if I continued working like I was, I estimated I would finish fixing the thing up by the end of the day, but first, I had to pick my girls from school.
"Well, that's enough for the moment," I whistled, cracking my neck. "I'm off to pick up the girls, thanks for the help."
Bucky nodded, "I will order some food, is Chinese good?"
I nodded, walking out of the lab, using magic to clean myself up, and change my attire, "That sounds good enough,"
"Perfect," Bucky replied, grabbing a towel to clean his face.
"Keep an eye on Goose, if she eats the chamber, I will muzzle her for a month!" I shouted for Goose to hear.
"Will do," Bucky chuckled.
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I picked the girls from school, and like every Wednesday took them to pick some donuts for after lunch.
"A boy was flirting with Nat!" Emily blurted out, getting a glare from Nat.
"Poor parents," I sighed as I shook my head, "To lose their kid so young…"
"Dad!" Nat gasped, which melted my heart, this was the first time she had called me dad.
"What?" I asked with an innocent smile.
"Don't kill him," Nat muttered, "I don't like him, but he likes me, which is not a sin," she stated.
"I wouldn't do such a thing," I replied in amused shock, then again…
"Don't worry, as if I would date a brainless kid," Nat smirked, "I have high standards,"
"He or she has to be stronger than me," I winked.
"So… a nun, that's my future?" Nat replied with a blank look.
"That sounds… not bad actually," I hummed as if I was actually thinking about it.
Nat chuckled before she turned to see Emily with narrowed eyes.
"Don't look at me like that, we promised daddy that we would not date until we were 80!" Emily puffed her cheeks in indignation.
"85!" I chimed in with a chuckle.
"I pity our love interests in the future," Nat chuckled.
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Back at the lab after eating a big ass lunch that included, but was not limited to three house specials, pork, and Teriyaki chicken, I resumed my work, now with newfound energy.
There was no time to waste, I was so close, so close to completing my project, that I just couldn't rest.
"Can you pass me that box?" I asked Bucky, who passed me the box with parts as I levitated the Chamber above me to work under it.
"Telekinesis, such a useful power," Bucky acknowledged as I moved things around me with my mind.
"It is," It was, especially with projects like this.
"So how we doing?" Bucky asked.
"Almost done," I replied, connecting a few cables under the chamber, "It should technically work after this," I added, putting the chamber on the floor, so far, everything looked like it had during Steve's transformation, maybe a bit brighter if anything.
"So now what?" Bucky asked, approaching the chamber with a curious look.
"Now we check if everything is functional," I replied, signaling him to get back as I turned the machine on, checking all the readings I was getting from it, and so far, everything was up to standard. "I think that's it," I grinned with excitement.
Finally, the moment to test my project was here.
"What do I need to know?" Bucky asked, knowing what came next.
"Not much," I replied, "I wired the entire chamber to work with two buttons, one to turn the machine on, and the other to start the process," as to avoid confusion.
"And the buttons are?" Bucky asked, pointing at the control panel, "They all look the same, which is which?"
I hummed, apparently, I had forgotten to color code the buttons, "Give me a sec," I said, taking a piece of tape, "the one with tape is the first one,"
"Ok," Bucky chuckled.
"Now, all I knew to do is get the super-soldier serum," I nodded, going to where I had stacked the serum I had made.
"This will hurt," Bucky stated.
"I know," I nodded, putting the serum where it was supposed to go.
"Are you ready?" Bucky asked as I finished checking everything up.
"Yes," I nodded, triple-checking everything.
"Then let's do this," Bucky replied.
"Let's," I nodded, taking my shirt and pants off before getting inside the Vita radiation chamber, as to have no resistance for the injections of the serum.
"Ready?" Bucky asked once again, closing the chamber.
"Yep," I replied, feeling a bit claustrophobic, huh, you find new things about yourself every day.
Bucky nodded, walking to the control panel, "Here we go," he sighed, pressing the first button, which initiated the process.
At this, the serum was forced into my body in a rather painful way, which was to say something, I mean, with the amount of pain tolerance I had, it was surprising I was feeling pain, a lot of it.
[SUPER SOLDIER SERUM - REBIRTH 1%]
It was like someone was grabbing my muscles, and tearing them apart with unyielding rage.
[SUPER SOLDIER SERUM - REBIRTH 2%]
It didn't get better, how can people pay for this?
[SUPER SOLDIER SERUM - REBIRTH 5%]
"Press, the second button!" I hissed, this shit was only getting more and more painful as the seconds went by, how the fuck did Steve didn't die with this shit was beyond me.
[SUPER SOLDIER SERUM - REBIRTH 10%]
I needed to find a way to reduce the pain, for me it didn't matter, but if I was ever to give this to Emily, and Nat, I needed to ease this part, or I would not go through with it.
[SUPER SOLDIER SERUM - REBIRTH 17%]
Maybe, I can modify the formula, or perhaps the pain came from the sudden change of muscle mass, I had to research about it.
[SUPER SOLDIER SERUM - REBIRTH 23%]
"I told you it would hurt," Bucky said, I could almost taste the I told you so.
"Eat a dick," I hissed with a chuckle.
[SUPER SOLDIER SERUM - REBIRTH 25%]
Each passing second.
[SUPER SOLDIER SERUM - REBIRTH 27%]
Was excruciating.
[SUPER SOLDIER SERUM - REBIRTH 41%]
Utter pain, as I felt my body gain strength too fast for it to process accordingly.
[SUPER SOLDIER SERUM - REBIRTH 55%]
I now understood the saying that said, there is no gain, without pain.
[SUPER SOLDIER SERUM - REBIRTH 67%]
I had to admit, I had a newfound respect for Steve, a scrawny kid from Brooklyn, taking all of this.
[SUPER SOLDIER SERUM - REBIRTH 71%]
Almost there… so much pain, but almost there. It's almost as bad as Hydra's torture, how ironic.
[SUPER SOLDIER SERUM - REBIRTH 100%]
Finally.
[SUPER SOLDIER SERUM - REBIRTH PROCESS COMPLETED!]
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I took a moment to breathe, as I slowly walked out of the chamber, noticing the changes, I was bulkier now, noticeably so, kinda like Captain America, but bigger, but I didn't care about muscles, those were for show, no, what I wanted was to see my stats.
[STATS
Name = Alex Walker
Title = The Gamer
Occupation = Scientist.
Level = 163
EXP = 3945008/39451230
HP = 812.500/812.500
MP = 785.000/785.000
STR = 890 >> 1690 (+1098.5) = 2788
VIT = 825 >> 1625
DEF = 750 >> 1550
DEX= 789 >> 1589
INT = 770 >> 1570
CHA = 351
WIS = 500
WILL = 472 >> 1272
PER = 465 >> 1265
LUK = 369
STAT POINTS = 250
MONEY: 12.548.142.752$
]
Holy fuck.
The changes were unreal, I… holy fuck.
"Are you okay?" Bucky asked with a concerned tone.
"I am," I nodded, "More than okay," I added with a smile, "I feel awesome,"
"I wonder what are you now," Bucky muttered.
"What?" I asked with a curious look.
"Before this, you were physically almost as strong as me," Bucky chuckled, "Meaning you were in super soldier level already, so what does this make you? Ultra soldier?"
Well, that was a good question. "I don't know, but I certainly am stronger, by a lot…" I smiled, putting my hand on his metal shoulder.
"You should probably avoid physical contact with the girls until you reign your newfound power," Bucky stated, pointing at his shoulder. The metal had twisted under my grasp, holy fuck.
"That was pure titanium," Bucky added.
"I see your point," I nodded, if I had done that with a simple friendly grasp, a hug… he was right, I needed some control training.
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