บท 94: Mr. Magma
----2 days before Tony's attack------
"Are you seeing this?" Aldrich Killian pointed at the screen and Helen Cho fixed her glass to confirm she is looking at the right data.
"Are you sure this is correct?" Helen pointed out at the rotating DNA structure on the screen to confirm Killian's idea.
"Yes," Killian replied.
"The initial idea of designing this formula was to replicate the super-soldier serum but I think, if we use nanotechnology and customize the DNA and splice it in this way, the double helix structure would become stable. Our bioelectrical potential is harnessed to maximum fixing overall human deformity or even curing cancer or other genetic diseases." Killian kept on speaking while assembling the regenerative cradle and fixing the potion he designed.
"But Maya clearly said the overall potion is not stable. It might give an unexpected unstable reaction, destroying the DNA chain and killing the user. Have you thought about it?" Helen asked while Killian kept pushing the formulas and fixing the machine without answering Helen.
"Answer me!" Helen demanded sharply and Killian's hand stopped.
"Look at me!" Killian stood in front of Helen in his deformed posture. Killian might be a genius among humans, but he suffers from Body deformity and MS (Multiple sclerosis). Basically, if he is not treated, his mind and heart will soon give up and he is not ready to accept this.
"I am a genius. You know it, Phil knows it, and everyone knows it. But look at me! I cannot even walk properly. People laugh at me when I speak. Besides, there is no cure for MS. I don't know how long my spine will support me. So, I need this. Please, Helen.
I am ready to take this risk. I might die 10 years later on a bed here somewhere as a paralytic patient who cannot even speak properly. I am not going to accept that. Help me, please. If anything happens, it's on me. Please."
Killian dropped his cane and kneeled in front of Helen, begging her for help. Helen already knows the problem Killian is suffering from and she cannot bring herself to say "everything will be fine" or some other consolation quotes because they both are scientists. They know the data.
"I cannot help you. If this goes wrong, you will die. Your body will simply melt into a puddle of blood and bones. Sorry, Killian. But you are asking too much." Helen replied before walking out of the research room. However just before the door opened, she took her access key and put it on the shelf near her and walked out.
This was as far as she could help. Killian watched her putting her access card on the shelf. He was disappointed but still glad that he had partners who would trust him enough.
He managed to stand up after some difficulty and went back on his experiment. Thirty minutes later, unknown to everyone on the island, he fixed the cradle and put the newly created potion in the chamber.
He took off his clothes and walked inside naked and the machine started. The potion injected into his body and his DNA structure suddenly went haywire with the nanorobots working on it to stabilise it as per the template.
The cradle kept restoring the destroyed and burned part of his body. The insane pain and the burning of his flesh made him cry and shout inside the machine, but the research room was empty. There was no one in the entire wing. Only his cries and the sound of the machine created the symphony of life, death, and rebirth.
The heavy energy drain at the research wing suddenly gave an alert to Phil and Hank who were on the island. Phil was looking at his kids who had just undergone their own physical transformation but before he could talk to them, this new problem suddenly came.
"Wait for me!" He told Melina and walked outside their house before flying directly to the research centre.
The minute he pushed the doors inside, he heard loud cries or pain from the cradle. He instantly came closer to the machine and saw Killian inside the chamber, with his flesh nearly burned out. His face was nothing more than muscles and bare bones with all his skin burned off.
It was like a biology model put out for display. Something horrifying to look at in real life.
Without thinking much, Phil grabbed the potion tubes and injected his own Quantum energy inside. This new energy changed everything. The DNA sequence that was becoming unstable was forcefully fixed with this energy and a mutation occurred at the basic level.
"BOOM!"
The machine exploded suddenly because of the excess energy and Hank and Janet rushed inside to find Phil on his knees taking large breaths and the room filled with smoke and fire. Hank and Janet immediately dragged Phil outside of the room but suddenly stopped.
A hand, a hand of red melting lava came out of the machine. Then the legs and finally the entire human walked out. A man-made completely of molten lava.
"Control your energy, Killian! Control your emotions! You are in control of the power. Control yourself!"
Phil shouted while standing up with the support of Hank. Killian was still drunk in the immense power inside his body. The tyranny and anger inside his body were boiling and all the negative emotions seemed ready to erupt like a volcano. However, a voice suddenly brought his mind back.
"Killian Stop!" Helen who came running back after hearing the explosion was horrified to see Killian as a burning man.
Killian looked at Helen and then looked at his hands and his body. He was afraid that Helen might hate him or be afraid of him and desperately wished to turn himself back to his human form.
His neuron system got the command and his DNA started mutating. The burning skin started to cool off and human bones, muscles and skin started growing at a rapid rate. Before people could even understand, a handsome 5.8 ft tall man with six-pack abs and dark black hair appeared before their eyes.
"Pants!" Janet suddenly shouted like an old mother and Killian looked down on his body and suddenly used his hands to cover his private parts.
Phil, Janet and Hank simply turned back, and Hank simply walked out of the room.
"Let's talk in the morning tomorrow." Janet's voice came while the trio left. Helen was still standing there with the naked Killian, the molten man.
The cool night became hot, and Helen personally experience the flames of youth. It was personal research in the end.
Outside the research rooms, Phil felt his energy coming back and thanked Hank and Janet for their assistance. Hank simply said "I am too old for this shit. Just help me find a new Ant-Man and let me retire peacefully!"
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