It was a very sci-fi laboratory with shiny equipment and computer screens flashing numerous data all the time. Savant and Sage were moving through the clutter of glassware, computers, and equipment flawlessly with grace as if they were dancing to a ballad.
"The effect of super soldier serum that Captain America took was said to enhance the personalities of whoever took it. Red Skull became villainous and the Captain became the hero. But this Sentry serum is far stronger than we imagined, so it is no wonder the Void was born." Sage lamented while looking at some papers.
Savant nodded, "This is still with Robert who has justice and righteousness at heart. Imagine what would happen if a thug got it? But we will find a way to weaken this personality-strengthening portion. I don't want to face a dark version of me."
Sage leaned back on the chair with a slight arch, licked her lips, and winked at Savant beside her, "But I want to see what the dark side inside you looks like."
Savant rolled his eyes at her actions which he had become used to during the past couple of months. After the first session with Robert, Savant had taken some blood from him on the pretext of regular checkups.
Since then, he had been spending most of his free time in the lab studying the serum in Robert's blood. Sage would come by more often and help him with experiments and research after handing over the non-essential work to a group of secretaries she had been training.
"I want to crack the phase-shifting effect and find out how his atoms are shifting on the temporal level and reaching into the next instant of the future. It's as if his atoms are going back and forth between this timeline and the timeline of the next instant at all times.
I think the energy of Sentry comes from that very imperceptible moment when his atoms are moving back and forth. In between those unobservable moments, maybe he reaches into the mythical dimension of one million exploding suns." Savant theorized while sighing at the workload.
"What is the dimension of one million exploding suns?" Sage was confused.
Savant smiled at her, "I have heard a story that the Sentry can have the power of a million exploding suns and his power comes from tapping into a distant and unknown dimension where a million stars continuously explode and get created."
Sage looked dumbfounded. As her name suggests, she is quite knowledgeable in many fields. So she understands what it means to have a single star explode. Not to mention the power of a million of them.
"That sounds like a made-up story. It shouldn't be possible." She retorted.
Savant just shook his head with a wry smile. It is indeed very difficult for most to accept a person having such an unimaginable level of power. The greatest threat this world had seen was an invasion of Thanos the mad Titan and his army a couple of years back.
But Thanos didn't even have the infinity stones at the time and he was promptly defeated by the heroes of Earth and even ended up being killed and sent to Death's realm. That is a story for another time though.
"Made up or not, we will have enough to study for a few more months with this. Add to that our existing projects and we will have our hands full at all times, so don't daydream and help me check this data." Savant jokingly scolded Sage and they went back to their research.
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In the meeting room of the Hellfire Club's inner circle, a group of very wealthy and very powerful people in the world were in the midst of a very heated discussion. Hellfire Club was the kind of secret society that ordinary people like to make conspiracies about.
Only, the conspiracies were real. These people would make decisions that would affect America as a whole and the world as well to some extent through this Club. The members of this club included the richest businessmen, politicians, scientists, and leaders of different fields.
The Club had an inner circle which was the club within the club that controlled other members. The most powerful and influential members were part of this inner circle. Unbeknownst to many, the club also housed many mutant members.
After all, mutant powers are more often than not helpful in gathering resources and influence and rising above ordinary people. Prominent examples of this were Sebastian Shaw, Emma Frost and the most powerful mutant sorceress in the club Selene.
Selene could absorb life force from people, through which she had lived for over 15,000 years. It was easy to imagine the kind of resources and knowledge she had gathered. She was also the one with the most power within the club and was targeted quite often for it.
"I am very sure this time. The source is credible. It was the mutant hero of India who has been on the rise in the past half year who killed Sebastian Shaw as well as John Sublime." Edward Buckman, who had recently risen in the political world as a Senator spoke in excitement.
"Are you saying that the Indian government is attacking us? And what is your so-called proof?" Selene asked impatiently. She was aware of Buckman's recent moves at grabbing power in the Club. He wanted to be the sole controller of Hellfire Club. After becoming a Senator, he was inflated more than usual.
"I can't say whether it is the Indian government or some other force. But here are reports that show that the bodies that were charred by Surya and the charred bodies of Shaw and Sublime show remarkable similarities." Buckman threw a pile of papers on the table.
Shinobi Shaw snorted and interrupted Buckman's show, "Everything that is charred at a high enough heat will look the same. How does this prove anything? You want the Club to waste resources by attacking a country now?"
"Heh, your indifference at Sebastian's death tells me that you have a hand in this as well. How else would someone appear in his private study room so easily? Anyway, I also dug up the past of this so-called mutant hero and guessed what I found.
This Surya is a total psychopathic arsonist who had once burned down a whole village of 65 people but the incompetent Indian police never found out the culprit. Only after I sent my men to investigate did we uncover this." Buckman said with a hint of pride in his voice.
"You think any government would be stupid enough to turn a murderer into a hero? Especially now that the Indians have their 'Trimurti' as mutant lapdogs at their beck and call?" Selene asked in disdain. She couldn't tell how a stupid guy like Buckman reached his position.
Buckman knew that if he wanted to take control of the Hellfire Club then he had to shake Selene's power and prove his own superiority. So, he decided to take a gamble. He was going to go capture this Surya himself and find out the truth, thus elevating his position in the Club by removing a threat.
This wasn't a gamble per se, since he had been secretly funding a project to deal with the mutants and the prototype of the mutant killing robots, The Sentinel, had been tested to have great performance.
Bolivar Trask had delivered on his promise. And this was the perfect chance to take it out on a field test to gather data on real combat outside the controlled lab environment.
"I will personally go to India and get to the bottom of this. I will eliminate Surya and any others who are behind this attack on our Club members." He tried his best to make sure his indignant righteous words were resounding in all members' ears.
"I didn't know you were suicidal. Going to India to confront a guy with the power to burn down a concrete building." Shinobi spoke in a teasing voice.
"How I do it is my business! You just wait for a result." Buckman stood up and left in a huff.
When he reached the door, he heard the cold voice of Selene, "Whatever you do, don't implicate the club due to your stupidity."
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A month later, a piece of explosive news spread throughout the world. The US Senator Buckman and General Carver of the US Army who are suspected of belonging to some secret organization, tried and succeeded in assassinating the beloved mutant hero of India, Surya.
The Indian Prime Minister Narasimha Rao sent out his statement to the world: {Not only did the two representatives from the USA keep undermining our efforts at reconciling the differences between mutants and humans. They actively wanted to sabotage our policies to make India a tolerant country. After failing to change our firm stance of unity, they tried to use the same tactics they use in their country.
They wanted to use a robot to cause a massacre and then blame it on Surya and other mutants. Thankfully, Surya figured out their plans and fought the robot, and saved millions of lives. Unfortunately, in the process, Surya had to sacrifice his life.
His brilliance was short-lived but he will continue to illuminate our hearts and the future generations to come. We are all Indians, some more blessed than others, but we stand together. We stand together against the tyranny of the West. We stand together against their divisive tactics. We had been divided once, fought among ourselves, and lived under their despotic rule, but no more.
I call upon all our citizens, don't give in to hate. Don't fight your fellow friends. They want to divide us so we will stand firmer together. The enemy isn't among us, they are outside, waiting for us to self-destruct by fighting among ourselves.}
The impassioned speech of PM Rao was not a bland speech like those of other heads of state. His speech played over clips of videos.
Videos of Buckman smuggling the peculiar robot into the country, meeting secretly with policymakers, the robot fighting Surya, Surya being pinned by the robot and Buckman standing over the defeated Surya with a gloating smile, a woman appearing from a portal and saying something to Surya and finally Surya exploding into a sun. All of these clips were played while PM Rao spoke.
Hundreds of millions of Indians were boiling over with anger or crying at the loss of the hero who had recently become the light of hope for them in this bleak world. From fighting street thugs, terrorists to even arresting corrupt politicians, Surya had left a massive impact on them.
Of course, a few intelligent people had seen through the government propaganda of promoting Surya but he was still their hero who fought for them.
The world politics on that day was like a powder keg, ready to blow up at any time and create a huge storm of fire.
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"Who can tell me what the fuck is going on here? Those rich assholes and their little club developed a weapon against mutants, then they attacked an Indian superhero, and now Hydra has resurfaced and the Hellfire Club is in conflict with them?" Nick Fury who prided himself over his intelligence gathering was infuriated.
Phil Coulson came through the door rushing in while holding a small cotton ball over his exposed shoulder. He seemed to have gotten an injection. Nick Fury looked at him and rolled his eyes, "And there is that antibacterial vaccine that the Indians claim is a cure for the deadly bacteria that Buckman had released."
Coulson scratched his balding head awkwardly, "It has been tested by multiple organizations and scientists and is proven to be a safe vaccine against a specific type of parasitic bacteria. And since the whole of India is promoting and using it, it has set off a panic worldwide to take the shots. Better safe than sorry."
"Yeah, yeah. Now report on the intelligence you gathered." Fury snorted and turned back to look at a bunch of pictures on the screen.
Coulson went to the front, "This time we were lucky to reach the scene of the incident and investigate more thoroughly since Natasha and Barton were already on a mission around there to recruit the masked Indian vigilante Doga.
From their investigations, most of what the Indian government is claiming seems to be true, except the obvious propaganda and some details. We have conclusive proof that Buckman had gone to India to investigate the murders of some of their club members. And their suspect was Surya.
Buckman's target had always been Surya and he had lured Surya into a trap. The robot, named Sentinel is supposed to be a weapon against mutants and Buckman used this robot to subdue Surya.
After that, our intel isn't clear but through deduction, we can figure out that they tried to probe Surya's mind to find the person behind the scene, but instead caused him to explode and Buckman and Carver died with the robot becoming molten metal parts. We believe that Surya was found to be a Hydra agent and thus the current conflict."
Nick Fury frowned, "Those slimy Hydra bastards. Why don't they just keep their heads down and disappear? Now I have to think about what to do with the sleeper agents lurking in SHIELD."
Coulson was shocked to hear what Fury had just said. There were Hydra sleeper agents in SHIELD!
Fury once again rolled his eyes, "You're surprisingly naïve sometimes Coulson. If the CIA, FBI, and Mossad can have their spies here, why wouldn't Hydra? I don't know the exact numbers, but I believe there are quite a few of those bastards based on the number I have found."
Coulson wanted to say something but Fury interrupted, "This is how intelligence and counterintelligence work. We put our people in their ranks and they do the same. The competition is about finding that one right intel from a truly hidden agent among the sea of fake intel that is fed to the other agents who are compromised."
"Start tracking Hellfire Club and we will also find Hydra. At least, this fiasco gave me a reason to ask for an increased budget." Fury sighed as he slumped on the chair.
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"Hail Hydra!" These two words rang in Selene's mind over and over. After thousands of years, the first time someone had hurt her body was a Hydra rat who exploded in front of her when she tried to probe his mind.
She had suspicions that the issue was not as simple as Buckman's tiny brain can comprehend. So, Selene had been keeping an eye on Buckman's situation. She was right in doing so, how else would she have found out about the machine developed by the idiot's funding that had the potential to threaten even her had she not had magic?
When Surya was subdued, Selene appeared in order to read his mind and find out who was behind all this. But who could've guessed that the bastard would explode instead? Although the wound and burns had healed, she still remembered the pain.
"We have found traces of three Hydra bases within the US, my lady. We are waiting for your orders to send in the strike team." One of Selene's servants she had mind controlled, came up to report.
"No need. You keep searching and give me the location of these vermin. I have slain dragons, what good is a hydra? I'll squash those bugs myself." The anger in Selene's cold voice was palpable.
Before leaving through the portal she ordered, "Keep looking into the source of that mutant killing robot as well. I want to know everything there is to know about the project."
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Baron Strucker was reading the reports on the damages caused by the Hellfire Club's joint action against Hydra. Five bases were destroyed, hundreds of agents dead, thousands injured or captured, and many avenues of money flowing into Hydra's pockets were blocked.
He threw the papers away in anger but kept quiet. Strucker looked around the table at the other high-ranking members. "How did this mishap happen? We were still a few years away from our perfect takeover plan. Who was the one responsible for this?"
"India has locked down its borders and is strictly monitoring all communications. The whole country is up in arms so we can't get much intel from there. But we are sure something happened there that triggered those American elites to start attacking us. I'm trying to contact them to clear the misunderstanding." Madam Hydra, Viper who was one of the people in charge of America replied.
"What good will it do to make things clear? We are the enemy of the world, they'll just use this to try and make us the scapegoats of this situation, whatever it is. Just send all agents in America into dormancy until further notice. We need to get these vultures off our backs and find out the cause of all this first." Baron Strucker gave his orders.
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"Your strategy is working quite well Mr. Savant Smith. The unity in the country is at an unprecedented high. We can roll out the policies with minimal backlash. The public might even welcome it now." PM Rao showed a rare excited smile.
"A Nazi philosopher Carl Schmitt boiled down politics into friends and others or enemies. Those who share the same goal or share benefits are friends, those who have different goals or want the resources that you control, they are enemies. A simple view really.
But the brilliance of this view is that when a state needs stability, the best method is to find an 'other' and unite the state against them. That's basic human nature, we fight among our own families tooth and nail until an outsider harms a family member. Then we are a united family fighting the enemy."
Savant explained his thoughts while sipping on tea.
Rudra, one of the heads of Trisul drank the whisky happily. "Thankfully those bastards acted soon. Otherwise, I would have killed that piece of shit Surya myself. It was so tiring to maintain his saintly image. All the cleaning up we had to do was torturous."
Vaman sneered, "You think they acted by themselves? I had to plead with Savant to send the 'evidence' so that the Americans would make a move. You say it was torturous, think about what I went through as his handler."
"Okay, okay. You disposed of all the 'evidence' right? None of what you two just said happened. Make sure not to speak of it again, or we can find a telepath to block those memories. As much as I hated him, he will serve as a beacon for mutant-kind's brighter future." Sarjak, the third head and also the third Omega-level mutant of Trisul spoke.
Savant teased, "You guys should now shed some tears on camera and take oaths to continue his legacy in the future."
Turning to the PM, he asked, "Is the vaccination going smoothly?"
PM Rao nodded, "Yes. All our citizens are enthusiastic about those vaccines. The world is also scrambling to get vaccinated because of our seriousness. But I don't know what this is about. Sage Atri only told me to follow your lead on this."
"It's nothing. Just a precaution. No need to worry." Savant didn't explain any further.
Sage on the side reminded, "It's time we head out for the inspection of the factories. The production started a month ago. So we are already late. Thank you Mr. Rao for inaugurating the place by the way."
PM Rao shook his hand, "It's nothing. I should be present for a moment when my country is advancing in telecommunication. I have already approved of laying down the newly produced fiber optics within India. As for laying down your intercontinental information super highway, we still need further discussions."
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In a dark bunker, in the middle of nowhere, a scientist with dwarfism was working on the blueprints of some advanced robots.
"If you knew how to make robots, you should've made them fight against the Night King's undead army Tyrion." A playful male voice shocked the focused scientist.
Bolivar Trask turned back to look at a weirdo in red and black tights standing behind him with a gun pointed at him. "Who are you? Why do you want to kill me? Are you a mutant?"
"Woah, woah, slow down there Tyrion. You Lannisters just love to talk. Anyway, I'm not a mutant and yes I am here to kill you. As for who I am, I am Ryan Reynolds, a heartthrob for countless women." Deadpool replied.
Trask couldn't understand most of what Deadpool said but what he understood was enough. "Let me complete this design. After I complete this Master Mold, the sentinels can be produced on their own and they will continue to evolve without human intervention.
It's the perfect mutant eradication plan. It will save humanity. You can shoot me afterward and get the blueprints to the government. You will get anything you want in return. Money, power, women, anything!"
"You see, if it were a few months ago, I might consider your offer. But I can't be a good dad if I let your murder robots go around killing mutants and my sweet little princess of a daughter who is a big fan of mine! Do you want to see her photos? She is so cute."
That day Bolivar Trask died of a stress-induced heart attack after having to look at hundreds of photos of Deadpool's daughter and listening to Deadpool's adventures with his daughter.
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Author here. Went to get my tooth removed today. For all the advancements in medical science, they still just forcefully pull out the teeth with dentist plier thingies. It still hurts.
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