Chapter 73: Chapter 73 - Savage Land
Lily made her way away from the scene in her camouflaged form, keeping herself hidden from people and cameras by taking the least populated alleyways and streets.
While she wasn't too worried about cameras catching her on film, she still played it safe and avoided all that she could see— keeping an eye out for them.
As she walked, she thought about her next course of action. She was currently in a completely new place with very little information about it and no connections here.
Bahrain was rather large, but Bahrain itself wasn't her true goal. Through the Causeway, she could get to Saudi Arabia and access all of Asia from there.
Borders weren't an issue for her— with her capabilities, she could either go under or through them without even being seen.
But she needed a goal— a place to set as her end goal, so she wouldn't just end up roaming the land without purpose or cause.
That was when one location came to mind, a location perfect for her plans of making a large hive where she could grow rapidly— it would also provide a source of mass and even abilities she could devour.
The Savage Land.
The Savage Land was a location she remembered reading about in Marvel Comics and mentions in fan communities due to how interesting it was— yet unexplored.
The Savage Land's exact nature tended to change depending on certain comics. However, one key aspect that never changed was its location— the Palmer Peninsula in Antarctica.
To her, the Savage Land would be the perfect spot to set up her main hive nest— on Earth, at least. Not only was it isolated from the outside world, with very few people who knew about it or could access it, but it also held a wide variety of Flora, Fauna, and even people who lived there.
All things she could devour in order to gain Mass and Abilities.
The only issue with this plan was its location— Antarctica.
Currently, she has no way to reach Antarctica; she can't take a boat or plane since she doesn't have any ID— or money, for that matter. While these things aren't impossible to obtain with her capabilities, she doesn't want to do that.
Leaving a paper trial— or a trial in general— could prove to backfire in the long run. Her preferred method would be gaining a method to fly or swim to her location.
While she had a few DNAs right now that would grant her the ability to fly, none of them would provide her the level of flight needed to fly for days— or more— on end in order to reach Antarctica.
Not to mention anything she may encounter along the way— rain, lightening, harsh winds, snow, ice, and more.
'Ok, then, let's just get more things to devour.'
Deciding to devour more things along the way, she made her way through Bahrain and towards the Causeway— from there, she would go to the mainland.
While making her way through Bahrain, however— on foot, that is— she decided to make some simple hive units to help her scout the area.
It was always a good idea to leave some hive units wherever she went as it allowed her to extend the reach of her hive— and they could prove to be useful later on.
She stopped moving temporarily and decided to use the remaining 25600 Mass freely. First, she made 16 worm-shaped units and had them sink into the ground. Those didn't cost too much as they were only the size of a small child.
Next, she created over 500 small insect-like units that were primarily made for scouting. They were smaller than the size of a fingernail and made to look like a normal fly— having them spread out far and wide to reach a large area.
Once she had made her hive units, she had 23900 Mass remaining, which she would save for now.
With that out of the way, she resumed her movement, making her way over to the location of the Causeway she had memorized beforehand— as her body ran, her mind scouted Bahrain using her 500 scouting units.
While Bahrain never played an important role in the Marvel Universe aside from this one mission, it only made sense that other mutants, superhumans, Inhumans, and the like would be here.
Her goal was to find them— and devour them.
And as if to prove her right, less than 20 minutes after beginning her search, she stumbled upon a mutant using their abilities in an alleyway to rob someone.
From the girl's observation, it wasn't any mutant she knew from the series, and their ability wasn't all that powerful— it was simple to create a massive static shock to things upon contact.
It wasn't even as strong as a normal tazer— but it was still power to devour.
She had one of her scouts keep track of that individual specifically, then shifted her path to go after him— her other hive units looking for more prey to devour.
Chapter 74: Chapter 74 - Following The Man
Lily made her way over to the location of the criminal she was tracking with her hive scout. The man was moving, but he was far slower than she was— plus, he had the tendency to stop and talk to people he met along the way.
This gave her enough time to catch up to the man with relative ease. Thanks to her speed and flexibility, she reached him in a matter of minutes.
Arriving at the location of the man, she didn't outright approach him since he was still in a relatively populated area talking to people— for now, she planned to watch him and follow him until she got a chance to meet him alone.
Lily remained camouflaged and followed the man from a slight distance; she didn't get too close in case he somehow found out about her, but he never left her sight for a second.
Finally, the man entered what looked like a worn-out and abandoned building— it was three stores in height and looked like it was originally an apartment complex or something similar.
She followed behind the man, expecting him to use one of the rooms for whatever he was here for— but to her surprise, the man did not go up the stairs but rather down.
They were already on the base floor of the building, so going down would lead them to only one location— a basement. A basement in such a place couldn't possibly be stable.
But she followed him down anyway because, at this point, she was just curious as to where he was going.
The man quickly made his way down to the basement— every now and then, he would look back and peer over his shoulders to make sure he wasn't being followed. Unable to see her following him, he carried on.
Eventually, he got to the end of the steps— but what stood there was a locked metal door.
The man knocked on the door three times, stopped, then four more times— a pattern of sorts.
As he finished knocking, a slit in the door slid open, and a voice rang out from inside— a male voice addressing the man.
"When a man is faced with his own death."
The man Lily had followed continued the sentence upon the other man stopping.
"He finds the impossible less of a barrier."
With his sentence finished, the slit closed shut, and after a few seconds, the door slowly opened and allowed the man to come inside.
Throughout this entire interaction, Lily simply observed. A password, a secret underground area, multiple people— it seemed like she had stumbled upon something bigger than she had planned.
What it was was the only question— but now she was far too invested to simply pull out.
Maybe this could benefit her— her current goal was to get to the Savage Lands, but she had no reason to rush just yet. She could spend a few days, maybe even weeks here.
With the thought of finding out what all this was in mind— she quickly followed behind the man before the door was shut.
"Welcome back, brother. Did you encounter any trouble?"
The man who had been guarding the door spoke as soon as the other man had entered— shutting the door behind him.
As Lily listened in on their conversation, she peered around the room they had just entered. It wasn't anything impressive; it was an underground room that was seemingly dug out from the ground and stabilized using pillars of iron.
Pipes ran throughout the room, allowing air and coolness to stabilize the room so that people wouldn't suffer from just being under there. This one room was relatively small— but it seemed to only be an entrance room as Lily could see other doors leading elsewhere.
If this was made by these people— it could be called impressive. Especially if they did this without being caught or found out by the government or local authorities.
The two men spoke casual conversation— what he found while out, if anyone followed him, how people were doing— the likes of things Lily didn't care to hear about.
Taking this chance, she decided to explore this place a little further; taking one of the doors, she made her way down a dimly lit hallway and arrived in a large room.
Weapons, people— lots of them. The room was much bigger than the previous one; it could easily house over a hundred people at once with its size.
Inside it were roughly two or three dozen people of varying ages, genders, and looks, some of whom were carrying weapons while others did not.
But from just a glance, Lily could tell that this place was much more than just some simple underground hideout for a small gang— these were heavily armed people with the means to cause a lot of chaos if they wanted.
What stood out even further was— some of them were mutants.
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This is going to be the start of a short, mainly original story arc. A lot of the things she encounters won't be canon things from the MCU. That's not to say she won't encounter anything altogether.
Hope you enjoy.
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