Chapitre 16: Cosmic Training-3
13. Cosmic Training – 3
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17 years later:
I take a deep breath, and look at the assortment of debris in front of me. It was the result of me practicing to use Cosmic Blasts, the destructive blasts of Cosmic Energy.
While matter is disintegrated after hit by the full powered blasts, I'd been holding myself back, and only causing small explosions.
Getting ready for the next part, which I'd failed in one way or the other until now, I point my palm at one rock, and fire a small beam of Cosmic Energy at it. As it starts shifting, I immediately move towards the next rock, and do the same.
Again and again, I fire Cosmic Beams at the debris, until the whole are is unrecognisable.
"Finally!" I yell, triumphantly.
What I had done, was use Matter Manipulation to change each and every rock, into a different animal statues. And that's not all. Each of these statues were made of different materials.
The horse was made of Iron, dog with Vibranium, Cat with Aluminium, etc. Heck, there was a bird statue made entirely of wood, while a fish was made entirely of ice, which wasn't melting despite the 25°C temperature. There were also minuscule insects made of one material or another.
But, no statue was of the same animal, and no statue was of the same material.
This was the final test regarding my Matter Manipulation training. Destroy some stuff, meaning the debris is made up of random shapes and sizes, and then Transform the bigger and smaller rocks in different statues of the Animal Kingdom.
Before, I'd either miss a rock, repeat an animal/material, accidentally destroy the rocks again, or fail to transform them. Or, I would choke in between, not remembering quickly enough to transform the rock.
But now, finally I had done it all, without failing.
"Well done, Theos." Uatu says, making me jump.
"Damnit, Uatu! Stop doing that!" I yelp, glaring at Uatu.
He'd been doing that for the last few years now. Hiding himself from me, and then surprising me by commenting on something.
And thank Queen for small mercies. I wasn't as short as before anymore, and so, my glares weren't cute. I'd gotten to 5'10 before my Matter Manipulation training began, and now, 5 years after that, I was finally 6' tall.
It wasn't much, as compared to Uatu's 7 feet height, but I was just a couple inches shorter than Agamotto, and just a bit taller than mother now, which was enough for me. For now.
Not answering my yell, Uatu walks forward calmly, and examines each of the animals closely. Picking the horse up, he knocks on it a few times, and then tries to break it by hand. It bends, but does not break, which proves that it is entirely made of Iron.
Putting the horse down, Uatu turns towards the other animals and his eyes flash a bit for barely a second. I feel a wave of Cosmic Energy travel from him and towards the animals. Sort of like when I use Echolocation.
Speaking of, my Echolocation has gotten better, and boy did it get better with style. From this surface of the planet, I can accurately scan everything on this planet, under this planet, and around this planet. Meaning even if something is floating around the planet, I would know about it.
Except, when it's Uatu. And probably other Watchers and Cosmic beings. Fuckers.
I can also scan the moons, but not deeply. They're too far enough from the Planet for me to scan deeply. I can do a surface scan though.
As his eyes dim back down, Uatu nods in satisfaction, and says, "So it seems, you've succeeded in completely changing the material. Distinct successive transformations, without an error. Now, we know that you can do it when under pressure. The rest, you can get better with practice."
I nod at him, a wide smile on my face. Seeing him still standing there, I ask, "So.. is that it? Will you leave now?"
Uatu snorts, and says, "You will die if I leave now. Just because your control has gotten almost intermediate does not mean you're safe. You still emit Cosmic Energy, enough that Cosmics can still track you."
"Intermediate?!" I yell, looking at him in disbelief.
Uatu barely glances at my distraught face, as he says, "I said almost. It's not even Intermediate yet."
As my face gets even more distraught, I see his lips twitch a bit. Widening my eyes, I chuck the first thing I find at his head, understanding that he was joking with me.
"Not the time for practical jokes, Uatu! Don't scare me like that!" I say, as he dodges the thrown animal.
Uatu just chuckles a bit, sighs, and says, "Ah, I was having fun with you, Theos." Chuckling a bit more, he says, "Your control is good enough that normal Cosmics, mortals and younger Celestials, or even some Gods won't be able to sense it. But Watchers, Older Celestials, and the higher entities will definitely know of your existence as soon as I'm gone."
Seeing that he was serious this time, I become serious myself. Normal Cosmics are probably someone like the Elders or Eternals. Or Divine Beings that count as Cosmic level beings.
I ask him, "So.. what now?"
"Now, I will break one oath that I never thought I'd break. I will teach a Celestial how to hide from Cosmic senses." Saying that, Uatu chuckles sardonically, for some reason.
And, wow! I never thought I'd be able to learn how Watchers can hide from Galactus himself.
Eyes glinting in excitement, I whisper, "Awesome. I can't wait to learn it."
"Good. Let's start with good old meditation." Uatu says, making me lose the twinkle in my eyes, and look at Uatu in horror.
"What?! NOOOO!!!" I scream, dropping down to my knees in despair.
---A few years later---
"Theos." Uatu begins, as we're all standing in front of the small house we stayed in. He says, "You have learned everything diligently, even if you complained a lot. You've learned how to use your Cosmic Energy.. adequately."
That last part makes me scowl at him, as he just continues speaking, while mother chuckles. Agamotto was silent as ever.
Uatu pats his hand on my shoulder, and says, "You've learned how to hide from my senses, even if only for a little while." 3 days. I hid from him for 3 days. That's not a little while. It's enough time for me to flee somewhere. "And you've learned how to use the Cosmic Energy to enhance yourself. It only took you what, 50 years, to do so?"
I tighten my smile, letting the old man speak. Yes, it took me until last year to do it, because I had no time to practice on it. Literally everything I did during these years was train on one thing or another.
Sure, I took a few hours break everyday on mother's insistence, but still. Other than that, I literally did not have enough time to try enhancing myself.
Seeing my tightening smile, Uatu chuckles, and takes his hand of my shoulder. He says, "I am proud of you. From this day, you can count Uatu the Watcher as your friend. Goodbye, Theos, the Celestial."
"Goodbye, Uatu, the Watcher. I will find you if I need your help." I say, shaking his hand.
Mother says goodbye to him too, and then Agamotto walks forward. Looking at Uatu, he says, "I will send you back to the exact moment you left to come here, and drop you on the Moon. Do not, under any circumstances, and I mean it, show yourself to any one of us. Don't even come here to check on us."
Mother rolls her eyes, while Uatu simply mumbles, "I'd been in seclusion for 97 million years before Gaea found me on Earth. And I'm a Watcher. Trust me, I have no reason to disturb the flow of time. I do not want to deal with them yet."
Before I can even ask 'Who's them?' Agamotto uses his Eye, and the Time Stone within it, and sends Uatu flying through a green portal. It sort of reminds me of the Portals from Rick and Morty.
Agamotto turns to us, and says, "Well, I'm leaving for Terra now. You have another home here, but I'd appreciate if you came back to Terra once in a while, Gaea. If only to keep an eye on them."
Gaea scowls, and says, "They have not conspired to do anything yet, Agamotto. But, if they do, I will inform you."
Okay, what is it with everyone being so mysterious today. Sighing, I ask, "Who are they? And on that topic, who are the 'they' that Uatu spoke of?"
Agamotto looks at me, realizing that I was still here, and says, "Uatu spoke of the group of people responsible for maintaining the timeline. They prevent paradoxes from happening. As for us, they are-"
"Someone he will find out about when the time comes." Mother interrupts him, looking at Agamotto pointedly.
He simply stares at mother for a minute, while I uncomfortably look at the two of them. Finally, Agamotto backs down, and nods at mother. Turning to me, he says, "You heard her. Goodbye now."
Saying that, he just opens up a portal, and leaves. I look at mother and raise an eyebrow at her, and tap my leg on the ground.
"What?" Mother asks, looking at me in confusion.
"I am not some defenceless child, mother. I do not need you protecting me till eternity. While I appreciate and respect the intentions, I would also appreciate if you don't hide information from me." I say, sighing a bit, but with a smile on my face.
While I wasn't mad at her, hiding information does not agree with me. Especially if as mother says, 'they' will someday conspire against us.
Mother looks at my face, and pats my cheek. She says, "No matter how tall you get, you will always be my baby, Theos. Forgive a mother for trying to protect him from the dangers of the world."
"I am not angry at you, mother. But it does hurt, that even after all these years of training you still feel the need to protect me." I whisper, getting a bit serious.
I'm not as strong as I would be comfortable with being in this Universe. But still, I am plenty strong. I could take Loki down in a fight, I think. Without any Cosmic Enhancement.
Mother nods, and offers, "I will tell you about them if they start creating problems. Until then, you don't worry. I'm preparing for their plots as we speak."
I nod, relenting at her request. What can I even do, if I have no idea what they are? For now, it's time for a family holiday on this newly green planet. Green as in with trees.
50 years of terraforming with the help of a Life Seed will do that to a planet.
Listening to the screech of a dragon I look up and smile. This planet.. this will be my home. Not Earth, despite how much I love it. That is my mother's planet. Some day, I will make this planet my own.
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A/N: Well, training arc is over. There will be a small time skip for the next arc, which is a surprise. I have 3 arcs already planned.
By planned, I mean, I have ideas for 3 arcs before canon even starts.
Wish me luck! Tata!
État de l’alimentation hebdomadaire
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Power Stone 
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