Download App
72.15% A Mutant Collector Quest / Chapter 108: Chapter 107: Hope (Edited!)

Chapter 108: Chapter 107: Hope (Edited!)

Even if it has been almost 10 days, I still can't forget the Foursome that I had enjoyed, things were a bit awkward the next day but in the end, even Amara accepted this new weird relationship us four people were sharing.

I end my reminiscing as all it will end up doing is make my dick hard, and right now I have actual work to do. Reaching my destination, I park my car and walk up to the main building of Pym Technologies.

It is evening right now so most people are heading back to their homes.

I enter the building and step into the private elevator, D.A.I.S.Y. ever so helpful starts the elevator straight to the research basement.

As I exit the elevator I am greeted by a welcome sight.

"Hey, glad you could make it!"

In front of me is standing a beautiful woman with her dark hair in a bob cut style, looking professional and charming at once.

It is Hope van Dyne.

Hope van Dyne is the daughter of Dr. Hank Pym, the original Ant-Man, and Janet van Dyne, the original Wasp.

In the MCU she goes on to become Wasp herself.

"I have got some exciting updates on the Pym particle research," she says with a smile playing on her lips.

"Wouldn't miss it for the world," I reply, matching her smile. "Especially when it means seeing you."

"You have even started to learn how to flatter now, Luke," Hope laughs softly, her eyes sparkling. "Come on, let me show you what I have been working on."

She ushers me into the lab, keying in the security code and following the procedures to open the doors.

"You know I am not just here for the research, right? We can talk about something else too. How's the company doing? and what's going on with you?" I ask curiously.

"As a person with an equal majority share in the company, you should keep a closer eye on it," Hope says, rolling her eyes.

"With you here why would I need to oversee anything? I trust you," I say, matching her gaze, as she gives me a small smile and opens the door.

"The company is fine, despite the bad state the company went in after we kicked Darren out. Now we have still not invented any groundbreaking new technology but at least the company is focusing on innovation instead of just surviving on the old glory," Hope replies as we both go deeper, passing by various rooms which were labs for different departments.

Darren Cross was removed from the CEO position and even from the company almost 2 years ago, and Hope herself was promoted to the CEO position with my support.

"And what about you?" I ask, looking at her.

"What about me?" Hope mumbles as we both reach another security door.

"You can't just work all the time, Hope," I speak candidly as there was no one around, "You can take a break, go out, have fun, live a little," I say with a smile.

Hope remains silent as she opens the door, we both enter a highly futuristic lab with multiple computer screens and multiple expensive and intricate-looking machines.

"After what you told me 2 years ago, how can you expect me to rest and have a break?" Hope speaks with a wry smile. She stops in front of a computer screen then turns around and looks at me, "Whenever I try to take a break or try to go out, in my mind all that is going on is how I am relaxing here when my own mother must be struggling out there all alone!" Hope's eyes turn serious.

Yes, I was the major change in Hope's life, as I had informed her that her mother might still be alive, and she was crazy enough to believe me even with the minimal proofs which I had presented her with then.

"But rest is necessary, Hope. You will burn yourself out this way," I say softly.

"It has been more than 14 years, Luke! 14 years all alone in such a strange place, I-I don't know if she is even…" Hope's voice cracks as there is a pained expression on her face.

I place my hand on her shoulder, "Don't worry, I have Hope," I say with a smirk.

"Pfft," she laughs, her serious face melting, "At least your habit of making bad puns with my name hasn't gone away," she says, rolling her eyes at me with a smile. She turns around and starts explaining to me her research data.

I was able to easily follow along, in fact, many of these complex equations and molecular structures were my own additions, mostly in this last month.

"I am really close to cracking the Pym particle code," she explains, her voice brimming with excitement. "Now even I have started to believe your theory about these particles connecting with another dimension and them shunting and taking out mass from that dimension," Hope murmurs with a wry smile.

"Well, we need something 'otherworldly' if we want to bypass the square-cube law," I state as it should have been obvious.

Square cube law, proposed by Galileo, states that if an object grows larger, the surface area grows by the square of its growth factor, while its volume grows by the cube of its growth factor.

For example, if a man suddenly became 10 times taller, wider, and longer, his bones and tendons would be 10 times longer, his muscles and skin would cover 100 times more surface area, and he would be 1,000 times as big and weigh 1,000 times as much.

So obviously his skeleton would not be able to support his weight and his muscles would not be able to move the mass of his body. The end result would be that he is crushed by his own weight!

"It is incredible. Once we perfect it, we can manipulate matter at a quantum level! If only Dr. Pym would have left us with some notes or better yet a sample," Hope says with annoyance.

"Dr. Pym? You are still not going to call him Dad?" I ask speechlessly.

"You know I don't consider him my father. After my mother… vanished, I didn't see him for two weeks. He left a 7-year-old kid alone after explaining to her that her mother had died and will never come back," Hope speaks with an angry face.

"And when he came back instead of consoling me, he just sent me off to boarding school! He has never once showed any concern towards me after that. He had just forgotten that he even had a daughter who might need him," Hope's eyebrows crease as it looks like she wants to punch something.

This is still quite tame. When I met her two years ago at a conference, she was attending as the secretary of Darren Cross, the new CEO of Pym Technologies. Back then, her anger towards her father was much more explosive.

At that time, she legally changed her name from Hope Pym to Hope van Dyne. Upon turning 18, she assumed the role of chairperson of the company, inheriting her mother's shares. Using her newfound authority, she ousted her father, Hank Pym, from his own company!

She achieved this with the help of her father's protégé, Darren Cross. When I met her, Darren was not only pursuing her but also planning to rebrand Pym Technologies as Cross Technologies.

However, a long conversation with me steered her life in a completely different direction.

"So does that mean that there is still no contact from him?" I ask with a sigh.

After being ousted from the company, Dr. Hank Pym had gone AWOL. Even I or D.A.I.S.Y. couldn't find him still to this day.

"No," she murmurs defeatedly, "Although I hate him, it is undeniable that there is no one else who is as knowledgeable as him in quantum tech and Pym particles," she says with a sigh of her own.

There is no one as knowledgable as him … yet. If I didn't have all these projects and other … women to satisfy I would have already cracked the code.

"Still, I see you have made significant progress with the particle stabilisation." I revert the topic from the heavy mood.

Hope nodded, her enthusiasm coming back. "Yes, I have managed to achieve temporary stability, but I still need to refine the process. I am just a few months away from conducting trials with inorganic matter. If all goes well, we can move on to organic matter and eventually rescue my mother from the quantum realm," she says with sparkling eyes.

"You have done an amazing job, Hope. I am confident we can accelerate this process. With our combined efforts, we might crack it in days instead of months," I say with a smirk as until now I had just talked and solved her doubts on video calls but now that I am here, I can definitely do better.

Her eyes soften, and she takes my hand in hers, "I couldn't have come this far without your help. Thank you for believing in me … and thank you for supporting me," she says with a smile.

"Always," I reply as I gaze into her beautiful dark eyes.

She shyly averts her gaze, withdrawing her hand and picking up a notebook from the side. "Uh, I still have some doubts. Let me get my notes," she says softly.

"Yeah, I have a few ideas that might help with the particle stability," I state confidently.

We spend hours discussing the complexities of quantum physics, exchanging theories, and bouncing ideas off each other. Still, we both were a bit distracted by the sexual tension that was building in the lab.

"You know," I say looking at her, "I prefer this, in-person discussions, this way I can be closer to you."

"Is that so? Well, I have to admit, it is nice having you around. You make the lab feel a little less... lonely," she says, giving out a small smile, as she keeps her gaze down at her notes, not ready to meet my gaze.

"Glad to be of service," I reply cheekily, "There are other, more effective ways to make you feel less lonely." I speak softly as I catch her hand that were turning the pages.

"Luke, the project…" She says, looking up at me with a small blush spreading on her cheeks.

BZZZZ!

Just as I was about to answer her, my watch buzzes with a blue light!

"Uhm, just a moment, this might be important." I say to Hope with an apologetic expression.

Hope quickly retracts her hands and pretends to look at her notes seriously.

I stand up and take out my mobile phone. "Luke, the micro-satellite swarm has detected the wreckage of an aerial vessel in the Arctic," D.A.I.S.Y.'s serious voice comes through my phone.

My heart skips a beat. "The Arctic?" I repeat, feeling a rush of urgency. I turn to Hope, my expression serious. "Hope, I am really sorry, but I have to go. This is an emergency."

Hope's face falls slightly, but she quickly composes herself. "I understand. Go take care of what you need to." She says getting up.

I step closer and wrap my arms around her in a tight hug. "I will try to take some time out regularly to meet you. Keep up the great work, and stay in touch."

As we are pulling away, I press a gentle kiss to her cheek. Hope is startled, but before she can say anything, I leave the lab, the doors opening automatically for me.

"Stay safe," Hope whispers, and I can feel her eyes linger at my receding back.

***

I give a heartfelt thanks to my new Patreon Supporters! :)

Aung Thant

You are Alpha level on Patreon and Tier 1 on Discord now!!

Anthony Estiven

You are Omega level on Patreon and Tier 5 on Discord now!!

Vanthebeard

Alexander Regian

You all are Beyond Omega level on Patreon and Tier 10 on Discord now!!

***


CREATORS' THOUGHTS
Avi2112 Avi2112

The Pym tech plot advanced because Quantum tech was chosen in this month's research!

***

Hehehe they say you should always have Hope in your life! :P

***

Hope you have a good day! :P

***

Fuck Hope! :P

***

I can keep going :P

***

Have some idea about my story? Comment it and let me know.

Chapter 109: Chapter 108: A Shield Buried in Ice (Edited!)

"How confident are you?" Bobbi asks as she was adjusting the altitude.

We both were inside the Ghostwing, flying to our destination.

"From the photos, very. But we still have to go there and confirm it ourselves," I reply seriously, as we were checking our coordinates.

"Hmm," Bobbi nods absentmindedly.

"I am sorry, our date keeps getting postponed," I say with a wry smile.

"Yeah, you just keep throwing your new girls at me to take care of them," Bobbi rolls her eyes at me in annoyance.

She's talking about Valeria and Sybil, whom I handed to her since no one else was free except Skye, and Skye can hardly take care of herself, so she was never an option.

"Uhm, they will be able to get out of your hair soon. It is just that this is a foreign country for them, and they don't know the language properly," I explain sheepishly.

"I am not a babysitter," Bobbi says looking ahead. "Still, Sage was easy to take care of, and Valeria is also fine, but the troublemaker is Sybil. She keeps wanting to go shopping, and when we go, she tells me to try on the most flashy, costly, and colourful clothes!" Bobbi says, shuddering.

"Yeah… Uhm, she likes that kind of stuff," I say with a wry smile.

"That gaudy golden white suit was also Sybil's idea, right?" Bobbi asks, looking at me with narrowed eyes.

Yeah, it was. She asked me to change the colours while giving me a striptease with her powers, and I couldn't look away or say no, so my 'Aeon's Super suit' ended up being golden and white-colored.

Instead of providing any explantation, I reduce the distance between us both and kiss her ear, her cheek, her neck.

"Haa… Haaa," Bobbi starts breathing heavily as she leaves the controls of the plane and starts kissing me.

I kiss her back, tasting her delicious lips, just as my hands move toward her breasts, D.A.I.S.Y.'s voice interrupts us both.

"We have reached the destination," D.A.I.S.Y. announces.

Leaving each others embrace, we both start preparing as the Ghostwing lands on the ground.

Wearing heavy winter clothes, we step out into the freezing wilderness. The cold is immediate and biting, the wind howling around us, carrying a flurry of snow that obscures our vision.

"Shit, this is so cold!" Bobbi exclaims as she walks ahead of me.

The visibility up ahead is terrible, and the temperature is extremely low too, with a light snowstorm going on.

This is the Arctic, with negative temperatures. We both use our flashlights and walk carefully on the ice. According to D.A.I.S.Y., the wreckage is just up ahead.

After walking just a couple of steps, we both see it.

"How did no one find… this until now?" Bobbi asks in wonder, looking at the huge metal thing in front.

"The landscape here keeps changing all the time," I reply absentmindedly, looking at what looks like just a part of the craft that is out of the ice.

"We will need a whole crew with many heavy machines to get this out. Should we go back?" Bobbi asks, looking ahead, trying to make out the hidden part that is buried underneath.

"Maybe, but right now let us both check it out first," I say as I touch the exposed cold metallic surface and use my power, Metal Constructs.

The metal folds and reshapes itself, forming a staircase leading inside the aircraft.

"So convenient," Bobbi remarks, impressed.

"Let's stay alert," I whisper, taking out my filter mask and wearing it. Bobbi nods and does the same.

Bobbi goes ahead of me, holding a gun in one hand and a flashlight in the other. I follow her, activating my other power Clairvoyance.

Inside the ship, it's dark and eerily silent. Ice covers every surface as we both use our torchlights to illuminate the surroundings.

As we venture further inside, we can make out the different sections of this aircraft and tons of rubble inside.

"Let's split up," I say, wanting to cover more ground. With the shield and NZT, I am not that worried about Bobbi's safety.

"Okay, I will contact you if I find anything," she says as she takes the opposite direction to mine.

Instead of blindly walking, I focus on my Clairvoyance power to sense the surroundings. Not finding anything of note here, I keep moving forward.

Soon, my Clairvoyance starts giving me a response from one direction. Going near, I flash my light on an object on the ground.

I kneel and remove the snow from its surface.

"Luke, you should come here. I think this is definitely the Hydra's Valkyrie ship. I am looking at multiple blue glowing bombs and weapons here," Bobbi's steady voice comes from my headset.

"Yeah, this is definitely the place," I say with a smile, looking at the object in front of me.

It is a shield, emblazoned with the Union Jack. My heart skips a beat. If her shield is here…

Just then, my Clairvoyance picks up a flow—a flow of some thick, viscous fluid. It is blood, but from my senses, it is flowing slowly… very slowly.

I keep the shield on the ground for now and follow my senses. After walking a couple of steps ahead, I stop.

"Bobbi, leave those weapons and come here," I speak in my communicator as the sight in front of me takes my breath away. There is a beautiful, muscular woman whose body is covered in a thin layer of ice. She wears a suit bearing the Union Jack.

"Come fast. She has waited long enough… Haven't you?…

Captain Carter!"

Yes, in front of me is Peggy Carter, still alive and frozen in time!

***

[Custom Training: Tier 2 Complete]

(64 Exp/Tier 2)

[Tier 2: Chi Manipulation (80) (Adept) -> Tier 2: Chi Manipulation (100) (Expert)]

[Tier 2: Chi Manipulation (100) (Expert) -> Tier 3: Chi Manipulation (44/100) (Adept)]

[Tier 2: Temporal Looping (70) (Adept) -> Tier 2: Temporal Looping (100) (Expert)]

[Tier 2: Temporal Looping (100) (Expert) -> Tier 3: Temporal Looping (34/100) (Adept)]

[Tier 2: Lightning Angel (87) -> Tier 3: Lightning Angel (51/100)]

[Gained Perk: Storm's Embrace]

[Tier 2: Transcendent Human Physiology (59) -> Tier 3: Transcendent Human Physiology (23/100)]

[Gained Perk: Elemental Affinity]

_

[Ability Amplifier Perk Activated]

[Tier 2: Psychokinesis (55/100) (Adept) -> Tier 3: Psychokinesis (0/100) (Apprentice)]

[Tier 2: Data Warping (75/100) (Adept) -> Tier 3: Data Warping (0/100) (Apprentice)]

[Proficiency exceeded 100 of Power: Lightning Absorption]

[Attempting Evolution of Power with Tier Increase]

[Evolution Succesful]

[Tier 2: Lightning Absorption -> Tier 3: Electricity Manipulation]

[Elemental Affinity Perk Activated]

[Gained Affinity: Water]

***

Updated Summary:

*

Chi Manipulation

[Tier 3]: The user gain the ability to harness Chi energy for healing purposes, accelerating the body's natural healing processes and promoting physical recovery. The user can heal minor wounds, injuries, and ailments with focused Chi manipulation.

*

Temporal Looping

[Tier 3]: The user can now have precise control over the timing and parameters of the time loops. He is able to adjust the loop's duration, frequency, and intensity with precision. Escape is nearly impossible without major external assistance or specialised abilities. Applicable only upto Tier 3 individuals.

*

Transcendent Human Physiology

[Tier 3]

Elemental Affinity (Perk): The user gains a deep connection with a chosen elemental force, allowing him to manipulate it with increasing proficiency. This affinity also provides natural resistance to their chosen element. He can choose one element to gain basic manipulation abilities and resistance to that element's effects at each tier from this tier onwards.

a) Water (Affinity) (Basic): The user can shape and move small amounts of water, create minor water shields, minor resistance to drowning and water pressure.

*

Lightning Angel

[Tier 3]

Storm's Embrace (Perk): Lucas gains greater control over the elemental forces of storms.

Abilities:

Electric Aura: A visible, crackling electric aura that can be used defensively or to intimidate enemies.

Electricity Generation: Generate moderate amounts of electricity for practical use or combat.

*

Data Warping

[Tier 3]: Able to recreate/modify larger objects with more complex data, if Lucas have its full scanned data. For eg. improve the functionality of gadgets, weapons, vehicles and devices.

*

Psychokinesis

[Tier 3]: Manipulate up to 200 pounds of soft materials within a 70-foot range. Cause severe muscle cramps, skin breaks, or moderate blood vessel contractions.

*

Electricity Manipulation (Evolved-1)

[Tier 3]: Create and control moderate amounts of electricity, moderate electrical healing. Basic control over electronic devices, electrical enhanced condition. Temporary enhancement of physical abilities, +5 Str, +5 Agi, +5 End, through Electricity.

*

***

I give a heartfelt thanks to my new Patreon Supporters! :)

Jacob Weiss

Buddhasnow

tunicsauce

Elsa Marina Cervantes

You all are Alpha level on Patreon and Tier 1 on Discord now!!

Wilnet Duverne

You are Omega level on Patreon and Tier 5 on Discord now!!

Petr Svihel

Alexander Regian

Anime fan123456

You all are Beyond Omega level on Patreon and Tier 10 on Discord now!!

***


CREATORS' THOUGHTS
Avi2112 Avi2112

Yoo we found cap! A Capsicle :P

***

If you guys don't remmebr steve rogers is not the Captain in this universe it is peggy!

***

Have some idea about my story? Comment it and let me know.

Load failed, please RETRY

Weekly Power Status

Batch unlock chapters

Table of Contents

Display Options

Background

Font

Size

Chapter comments

Write a review Reading Status: C108
Fail to post. Please try again
  • Writing Quality
  • Stability of Updates
  • Story Development
  • Character Design
  • World Background

The total score 0.0

Review posted successfully! Read more reviews
Vote with Power Stone
Rank 200+ Power Ranking
Stone 45 Power Stone
Report inappropriate content
error Tip

Report abuse

Paragraph comments

Login

tip Paragraph comment

Paragraph comment feature is now on the Web! Move mouse over any paragraph and click the icon to add your comment.

Also, you can always turn it off/on in Settings.

GOT IT