Capítulo 52: Power Stone
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Second One!
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It took 5 more days, before I felt comfortable with leaving the planet behind. For now.
3 days ago, I could leave the ground and fly around the atmosphere again, before which I wasn't even capable of doing that. I just knew, that if I left the planet before the time was up, bad things could happen.
And Agamotto did once tell me, "Never leave a Ritual unfinished. You will not like the consequences."
Mother did come to visit me though. Twice while I was asleep, as Sonny told me, and once when I woke up. 4 days ago, she came to see if I had woken up, and finding me alright after a lot of smothering hugs, she left for Earth, telling me to visit soon.
I guess another trip around the world is due.
So, I stayed on Donna for 5 days, flying around only after 3 days, just keeping an eye on the sisters, and making sure that my Replica was still stable.
The Solid illusion that I had placed on my Replica Power Stone was still there, and it still looked like the real stone, minus the Energy glow.
The sisters, meanwhile, had reached their destination just one day after I had woken up. They stayed there for two more days, before they left, sans the Orb. How do I know? Thankfully, my spells were still working, and I could track both of them.
The Orb was now Light-years away from where the sisters were. And now, 4 days after they had left the Orb wherever it was, I'm ready to replace it.
Making sure the Pseudo Stone was with me, I go towards the Celestial Armour, deciding to forgo going as myself.
If someone does manage to see me, somehow, then, I'd rather they see a Celestial taking it, than a God.
Placing my palm on it's chest, I command it to cover my body, and like a liquid, the armour flows over my hands, and covers my body. Well, not a liquid, but more like the Nanotech Armour of Tony Stark.
Pushing my Cosmic Energy through the armour, I make the appropriate lights glow. The two eyes light up in an orange light, along with a straight line running over my forehead.
Then, there were a few orange veins over my arms, that also start glowing. Once it stops, I'm standing there, in my grey armour, with my orange glowing eyes, and a few other orange accents. All in all, I look like a badass Robot.
Turning to the biggest monitor in the Command Centre, I say, "Sonny, establish a Channel with the Armour. If anyone appears here, inform me, and I'll teleport over."
I see Sonny trying to hack into my high tech armour, and failing at it. I guess Celestial AI's aren't smart enough to hack into the Celestial armours. Apocalypse armour is definitely fair game to him, though.
So, I allow Sonny access to the Armour, and once I do, his voice sounds within the Armour, "Connection established. Course Plotted to Andromeda Galaxy, Binary Star System M31V J00443799+4129236: Planet Morag. Recommended Course: Use a Teleportation circle to travel to the Andromeda Galaxy, and then travel to planet Morag by Hyperspace."
Sounds good to me.
Giving one last look towards the Axes which I have to leave behind for now, I snap my fingers, calling a soft Green portal, instead of the usual Orange one.
"Huh, I guess this is another side effect of the merger." I mumble, and walk forward, and through it, coming out on Planet Induk.
Getting a ping as my beacon spells adjust to my new position, I find the girls still a lot of days away from the planet. Using my Cosmic Energy, I put up a shield all around the planet, that hides the goings-on from curious eyes, because I needed to do this before leaving.
Doing one Echolocation scan to see if anyone was on the planet, but finding no one, I get out of the Armour for a while.
"I really hope this doesn't hurt." I mumble to myself, and stab my hand within my chest.
Since I was focusing on what I wanted to achieve, it didn't actually hurt me, and just stung a little, as my body began creating the Seed of Life with the help of my guiding hand. A few seconds later, I bring out my hand, with a giant bulb of a plant held within it.
It looked different than the one Mother brought out of her chest. It was green and white, just like mother's, only this time, there were also golden coloured lines mixed in. There wasn't any Cosmic Energy within it, but I know that it will definitely absorb the Cosmic Energy still left behind by the Power Stone.
This Seed was smaller than the one mother had, the size of my fist, and looked a bit elongated, more like an egg. While mother's looked a bit circular.
Holding the Life Seed in my right hand, I close my hand, the Seed temporarily merging with my fist, and forcefully punch the ground underneath me.
My fist passes through the ground, not hitting it. It was as if the ground wasn't even there, and my hand passed through an illusion of it, but it exists, and my hand did go underground.
Once there, I open my fist, letting the seed out of my hands. I command it to start burrowing down, and merge with the core, which it does within a minute. As soon as it starts with its task of healing the planet, I go back to the Armour, and put it back on.
Armour once again on, I hide my Magic this time, and remove the barrier from around the planet. Shooting into space at Mach 30 speed, I stop outside the gravitational pull of the planet, and turn around, to look at it.
The Seed of Life will do it's task, not needing me now. It will begin with the Power Stone's energy, as it is the most dangerous at the moment. Then, if it manages to sense the Celestial Egg, it will deal with it.
The Celestial Egg is a curious thing. Even my echolocation finds it hard to sense it within the core, so hidden it is. Even when mother merged with the planet, she did not know of the Egg, and only knew of it because of Madonna's tales.
Giving the planet one last look from the eyes of my Armour, and ignoring the small HUD showing information about the planet, I glance at the moon.
Floating above the 3 inch wide image of the moon, were the words 'Tungi: 3.9 Billion years old.' But that wasn't all, along with it, were the words, 'Watcher Ulana: 7.6 Billion Years old. Broken oath 3 times.'
Damn! Is the Watcher purposefully showing himself to me, or is my Armour just that superior? Question for another time, I need to leave now.
Zooming in to the moon, I see the Watcher looking at me curiously. Nodding at her, I just wave my hand. Ulana hesitantly waves her own hand, making me chuckle a bit. Turning my back to her, I focus my Cosmic Energy, and start my flight. Almost immediately a portal forms in front of me, taking me to the Grey hyperspace, and I speed through.
Even with the shortcut I had taken, it still takes about half a minute for me to reach the signature of the Beacon spell. I passed the sisters on my way, but since are relative velocities were so high, I could barely catch a glimpse of them, while they did not even see me.
I have to say, I like this Hyperspace. Pretty cool for long travels, and the best part is that I'm way faster than the Eternals.
Once the grey portal of the Hyperspace spits me out, I look at the planet in front of me. My display showed it's name as Morag, and it's age as 6 Billion years, which is very old for a planet in this part of the Universe. Our Galaxies aren't as old as you'd expect them to be.
Looking around, I scan for any potential observers, and finding none, become invisible from most Cosmic senses, as well as all Physical senses.
"Let's get this over with." I mumble to myself, and follow the beacon towards the planet. The planet was thankfully dry, with just about 60% of it's body underwater. I do remember reading that the planet was completely underwater for some centuries before drying up.
Not bothering with more questions, I fly towards the temple that contained the Stone. It was just as I remember from the movies. The Orb was kept in a barrier that would prevent most beings from passing through, and even some materials may not succeed.
I smirk, once again thankful for my Celestial Armour. Without saying anything, I point my hand at the barrier, and pass my fingers through. The Barrier resists a bit, but ultimately, it was as thin as paper for my Armour.
With an internal triumphant yell, I hold the Orb in my hand, and pull it out. Opening it is easy, as I have already seen Chhaya do it once, and I lay my eyes on the Power Stone. The most corrosive Infinity Stone.
Taking it in my left hand, I keep the two Orb pieces down for the moment, and bring out the Pseudo Stone. This time, there was no pain from holding the Stone, due to a couple reasons.
1. I'm a Celestial who has already held it, and have since adapted to it's energy.
2. I'm also wearing an Armour that would keep most harmful radiation at bay.
'Here goes.' I think to myself, getting ready for the inevitable backlash of what I was about to do.
Taking a deep breath, I slowly bring the Pseudo Stone towards the Power Stone, ignoring the screen blaring about the Power Stone. Damn, this is distracting. Using my Technopathy, I disable the display functions for a minute, and focus back on the two stones.
Once the two stones are an inch apart, I confirm that the correct Rune is facing the Power Stone, and withholding a flinch, push the two Stones together.
WHOOSH! CLANG!
As one, I am blinded by a bright purple light, and the Orb pieces thrown to the walls, as a wave of Power blasts out of the stones. It persists for a while, not allowing me to see anything other than purple waves of Energy.
Finally, a minute after it began, the lights die out, allowing me to finally see the result.
"Well.. I'll be damned! It worked!" I whisper excitedly, looking at the two extremely identical gemstones in my hand. Both were the same size, with just one or two edges looking different.
A single application of my Cosmic Energy turned them exactly alike, as I once more turn my HUD on.
The sensors on my Armour scan the two Stone's, and I see a red warning sign pop up. It says, 'Warning. Paradox detected. Two Infinity Stones of the same Affinity, from the same Universe found active. Suggested Course of Action: Destroy One.'
Well.. fuck.
Thank God that I can kinda sense my runes on one of the Stones, or even I would have been fooled by my exceptional crafting.
'I SUCCESSFULLY REPLICATED THE POWER STONE!' I yell, completely in my mind, gleeful at the said to be impossible task I just carried out.
"Sir?" Sonny's voice calls out, bringing me out of my glee. As I bring my attention to him, he says, "There are 3 Ships flying towards you through the Hyperspace, from three different directions. The Records state them as the Elders of the Universe. ETA 3 Minutes."
"Hmm.. I'll take care of it, Sonny. Thanks for informing me." I say, gently placing the Pseudo Stone in the Orb, and placing it down on the ground. Meanwhile, I place the real Power Stone, and yes it is actually the real one, in a Replica Orb, and hide it within my Armour. No one's sensing anything in here.
Taking a few steps away from the Pseudo Stone, I point my left fist towards my right palm, and create a device there, made completely out of Vibranium. The Device was made using a lot of help from my Technopathy, completely using Cosmic Energy and used one of the basic devices that Sonny had showed me.
It looked like a three sided pyramid when closed, which it was now. Throwing it on the ground, I see the sides of the Pyramid snap open, as it lays flat on the ground. I allow the orb's second piece to snap towards it, as the very powerful electromagnet activates.
The piece holding the Power Stone stays there, thanks to a healthy dose of my Cosmic Energy.
Looking around, I frown, still not believing my set up. Having a Eureka moment, I snap my fingers, conjuring some black ash, the same ash like the one I saw when I burned the Symbiote with the Power Stone. With another Snap, the ground near the Power Stone turns black, as if it was burned.
Now it looks believable. Nodding to myself, I hide myself from all Cosmic Senses, and become invisible again, and wait. Time to see what the Elders will do.
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