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Chapitre 40: 40

After getting their answers they quickly excuse themselves... well Superman excused himself Batman just disappeared. How he accomplished this in the middle of the day was nothing short of spectacular.

I could worry about why they were so interested in what I know about Mars but honestly I was too tired to actually care. Stepping inside I decided to wait for any other visitors that would inevitably stop by today. Before I could even sit down Cortana popped into existence beside me she didn't say anything because she knew what she was going to say. Turning back around I answer the door yet again to find my supposed girlfriend.

Natasha: Hey honey I decided to stop by for a surprise visit

"Then come inside I'll have Cortana fetch us some snacks"

As the door closed behind us I had Cortona secretly close the hole in our security. Returning my attention back to Natasha I waited for to start talking.

Natasha: We found a lead on who else might have infiltrated Shield but since you were the one to discover the first we decided to confirm if we are correct.

"I'll be honest with you Natasha I only noticed backdoors built in Shield's system which is how I discovered them. I can't be certain of other groups as I haven't looked into it deeply"

Natasha: Then I guess this is more of a heads-up then... The first group other than Hydra is obviously the light. The fact that they were able to pinpoint exactly where we kept information on them showed their hand. The second group is the Cabal a recent discovery most likely leaked to us by one of the other groups. Lastly so far is the Hell fire club although they are not Hacking in but using political power to gather intelligence and direct shield.

"When the Grox meat is so infested the best thing to do is toss it to the masses"

Natasha: I would like to believe that you are speaking rhetorically so I am not going to dig deeper into what you said. As for Shield I totally agree unfortunately we can't just purge everything and start fresh

"Why not it's what we did in the Imperium rather than let a tumor fester isn't it better to cut it out?"

Natasha: And how would we do that? *sarcastically*

"Given your sarcastic tone I take it that a literal purge is off the table?"

Natasha: It was never on the table infact it's in a different building altogether

"Slow way it is then I could have M'Shen and her acolytes carefully start digging into the personnel starting with those at the in middle"

Natasha: The middle? Why start in the middle?

"The top is obvious everyone always tries to start there to try and clean house but most ignore those worker coggs. People tend to assume the guy at the top is leading the operation but only idiots with massive egos do so. If it were me I would be comfortable in the middle easily forgotten. Those on the bottom are usually disposable and unimportant those at the top believe they are in control but where do they get their information from"

Natasha: This sounds like you've done this before...

"I have in the past either against other highborn or enemies if it was a threat to myself or the imperium I used far worse tactics to see my enemies destroyed. Darker twisted tactics that would have me labeled as a war criminal and things that most sentients would see me burned alive for. I tell you this so you understand how far I am willing to go to protect humanity. In most eyes if they could truly see me they'd see a monster"

Natasha: You're not the only monster here I have done many horrible things as well.

"More than likely it wasn't your choice but I can't say the same so in my at least you could never be a monster especially because you regret it"

Natasha: Thank you for saying that and sharing your past a bit I know it must be difficult for you.

We continued to talk about various possibilities and threats. She seemed different than her usual self not in a noticeable way as nothing overtly changed. Her way of speaking and mannerisms remained the same but somehow it felt like there was a shift of some sort.


Chapitre 41: 41

Following Natasha's departure I decided to recall M'Shen and her acolytes even if they weren't fully indoctrinated. I had no choice I assumed that only Hydra would be bold enough to infiltrate Shield. Unfortunately this wasn't a comic book the world was alive so various groups were making moves of their own. There was no series arc where they would only appear to fill in the void that the previous group left.

M'Shen: You have called my lord?

"How is the training going for your apprentices?"

M'Shen: They are making substantial progress compared to ordinary humans and some abhuman breeds but they don't compare with assassins of the Imperium. That said they aren't hopeless and can now easily infiltrate most installations of this world. They can be deployed for planetary missions with a low chance of failure. Off world would be too difficult for them now but with further training they have potential to assassinate key figures sabotage. Retrieval of key information and items should still be possible but falls outside the acceptable failure range.

"Is there anything else?"

M'Shen: I would like your permission to exterminate the mutants

"They aren't truly mutants as you or I know them but mislabeled Abhumans so you can't exterminate them. Any other requests?"

M'Shen: I want to begin recruiting to expand our reach to keep Terra safe

"Fine let me know who you decide to recruit I have unique knowledge of this universe that might reveal something about the individual"

M'Shen: Understood

"Right now I need you and your apprentices to look into Shield for me and identify who is a traitor and report back to me depending on who they are they might be of use"

M'Shen disappeared like she wasn't even there to begin with shortly after our discussion. Life was coming at me fast with it's pants down and I needed to be ready. I could ask Thoris and Luka to whip up some defense measures but I couldn't to delay the terraforming technology project. Each day that is lost could result in the project being shutdown.

Even though I explained my reasoning behind my desire to pursue this idea to basically the most influential groups and had them agree I still might receive push back. Although everyone would agree that it is a good idea world powers are all about control. Allowing this project to move forward would infringe on their ability to control the masses. It would become infinitely harder for world powers to enforce their rules if you don't live on earth. This could lead to new nations forming as the only reason humanity stopped building new countries was because we ran out of space on earth.

The real problem that could affect the project were the capes. Villains would try to commandeer the project for their own goals. This would allow governments to use this as a pretext to siez it. If a hero gets involved they might decide that they know best and decide that humanity isn't ready and either destroy it or straight up steal it. Honestly I would rather hand it over to villains than give it to heroes who believe that they know best for everyone. If a villain uses it especially on another planet it force the rest of the world to begin competition to colonize other worlds. Heroes have a history of locking up anything deemed to powerful that could help humanity in fear of how it could be misused.

To be absolutely honest I think that it more likely that these supposed heroes are afraid to lose their pedestals. If such power was available to everyone then how were they special? They like to act as mighty paragons of justice but refuse to truly be the equal of the masses. Batman was a perfect example of this privilege even though he wasn't super powerful he used his generational wealth to acquire his abilities and gadgets to fight crime. He does a lot of charity work but honestly it is mostly keep up appearances as he does not directly involve himself in it. He is a literal billionaire who started beating up criminals to deal with the death of his parents.

He doesn't care about someone's back story and how you became a criminal. All he is concerned about is whether someone's breaking the law. Batman is someone who assumes that he knows better than anyone else. His own need to be control is why he developed countermeasures against his own teammates in case they do something he doesn't agree with. Like I said I needed to finish the terraforming technology before others can justify the need to shut it down.


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