บท 266: The Hulk Saga (I)...

[POV Reo]

I was brought out of my thoughts when my phone suddenly buzzed. I pulled out my phone and found that it was Dora. 'Something has happened, I don't know what exactly happened but some green monster blew apart the base and jumped away' Dora wrote… hah… looks like the plot is moving once again.

"Did something happen?" Ororo asked me in a slightly worried tone, I just shook my head with a smile on my face.

"Nothing major has happened… an experiment has gone awry but looks like I have to go" I sighed and put the phone back in my pocket.

"It's ok…" Ororo said and pulled herself up from my lap and pecked me on the lips. "Stay safe" she said with a smirk on her face and disappeared with a loud crack.

I got up from the ground and used Scourgify to clean my pants and I Flash Stepped right inside Nat's spy room. "I have been expecting you since Dora texted me" Nat said and turned around along with her chair so that she could look at me.

"Yeah… you know me too well" I murmured and approached Nat. Nat got up on her feet and pecked me on the lips.

"That's for sure" Nat said while tilting her head slightly in amusement. Nat plopped down on her chair and turned around towards the screens.

"So did you get anything?" I asked Nat and leaned down on her chair. Nat nodded her head with an excited smile.

"Yes, Dora was able to get me access to their offline computer where Ross kept everything. I got my hands on almost everything before someone found out what was happening and took the computer offline once again… I haven't seen anything yet, let's see it together" Nat said and pulled up several files on one of her smaller screens and played the first video, the video started to play on her main screen.

We saw that a young man injected himself with some kind of unknown serum. Even though Nat didn't know who this person was, I easily recognized him. Dr. Robert Bruce Banner, I checked the time-stamp on the video and it was dated one month ago.

We saw how the experiment went awry for some unknown reason and the young man turned into a green rage-filled monster. But I was shocked to see that the Hulk dropped on the floor completely unconscious before he could cause any destruction. I was gobsmacked when I saw this, something is definitely wrong…

Only after a couple of minutes, two armed men and General Ross himself stormed into the room and the video ended. Neither Nat nor I said anything and she played the next video.

In the next video, we found that Bruce Banner was being kept in a comatose state while the scientists were conducting experiments on him. This has never happened in the normal timeline… I needed to know how the hell Ross was able to knock out Hulk like that.

I didn't find anything until the 5th video. In the 5th video, Ross explained how he was able to contain Banner to the scientists that were working on Banner. He told them that he had been secretly following Banner's progress for quite some time so when Ross found that Banner was planning to test the serum on himself, Ross decided to act.

There was a very small chance that Banner was going to succeed but there was still a chance and if the serum worked then he would have a weapon in his hands. He couldn't allow Banner to walk away after that. Banner would become his weapon one way or the other.

So, Ross was somehow able to plant something on Banner's spine. In the video, Ross pulled out a small capsule-like object and said that it contained a poison that would shut down a person's nervous system until the antidote is given.

Ross didn't explain how he was able to do that and I had no idea that there was a poison like that out in the world, Nat was also stumped. We heard Ross mentioned the poison's name and Nat immediately started to look up for it in the files she had found from the computer.

But even if it was a poison that would shut down your nervous system, Hulk should have taken over and healed Banner. Why in the name of God the Hulk didn't appear?? I raged inside my mind. The video ended after some time and Nat was also done with her research.

"Look at what I found?" Nat said and pointed toward the screen. It was from the personal files of Ross.

The poison was made by Trask Industries so that they could trap any dangerous Meta-Humans inside their mind. Their mind will think that they are living their own lives but in reality, they would be trapped inside some tank being experimented on. The Fuck!!?? Is this the Matrix??!

"I have met Ross a few times and I know that if he is using that poison then he knew everything about it" Nat said in a solemn tone but she was clenching her fists tightly.

"Yep, it's clear that he doesn't even trust his own scientists" I said with a vicious look on my face. Yes, I would love to kill this bastard.

"So, we watch the rest of the videos?" Nat asked and I simply nodded. Nat played the 6th video and pulled it to the main screen. Nothing major happened in the 6th video. We finally played the last video, this is where everything went awry for Ross.

Even without the antidote the Hulk finally came out. Bruce Banner is a very intelligent man, he must have noticed that something was wrong with his mind and when he found out about it, the Hulk must have noticed too and they decided to break out.

Then, I have currently two targets to deal with… after all the Meta-Human mess was over I thought that Trask Industries would get the message but looks like that I need to wipe them out completely. General Ross also found himself on my shit-list.

"Nat, why didn't you see these feeds before? I mean this is dated a month ago" I asked Nat, she leaned back in her chair and sighed.

"They were keeping all the feed on a computer that wasn't connected to the network. From what I know Dora also found about that today and connected the computer to the network so that I could get my hands on their files" Nat said and rubbed her temples.

I quickly pulled out my phone and texted Dora 'Where are you? Is anyone around you?' I texted her.

Within a few seconds, Dora replied back. 'I am back in my room, Ross has dismissed everyone'.

'Dora… listen carefully. I need you to check yourself for anything foreign inside you' I texted Dora. Only after a few seconds, Dora texted me back.

'*horrified Emoji* Please don't tell me that the green monster was a zombie… I don't want to become a zombie *pleading emoji*' that was what Dora wrote back.

I didn't even fight it and simply face-palmed myself. I think the girl has all of her priorities wrong. 'Just do what I asked… I won't let you become a zombie *possessive emoji*' I texted her.

Dora didn't reply for a minute '*relieved emoji* I love you so much *heart emoji*, I don't know what I would have done without you… well, I would have turned into a zombie, probably. Wait a sec let me check… yeah, nothing foreign inside me… I am completely me!! *cheerful emoji* *cool emoji*' Dora texted me.

'I love you too' I said and released a sigh… sometimes I wonder how the hell she was able to maintain her cover. Here I was worried if she was also implanted with the poison or not while she was worried that she would turn into a zombie. How the fuck did she even reached that conclusion??!!

"So, what now?" Nat asked me seriously. She never liked when things like this happened to anyone. These things brought back her memories from the Red Room.

"What do you want to do?" I asked Nat even though I already knew her answer.

"I want to help him. He has gone through a lot recently and he is out there somewhere now, scared and confused and from what I know about Ross he would never allow him to run free… Ross will try everything in his power to control him and won't stop until either of them are dead" Nat said and pulled up Banner's file.

"He was just a college graduate, he is a genius too. He could also help us with research and everything on Elysium" Nat said almost desperately. I just smirked…

"Yeah, sure why not. I will take Rumi with me" I said and Nat happily nodded her head.

"So, where do think he should be?" I asked Nat, Nat looked thoughtful for a few moments.

"Someone close to him… like girlfriend or cousin something like that" Nat said and started to search for Banner's relatives and girlfriend. Nat pulled out the file of Banner's girlfriend and read the name, 'Elizabeth Ross' and shook her head.

"Relative it is" I said dryly and she pulled up Banner's relatives. Banner only had one living relative Jennifer Walters who lives in Los Angeles, California. So, Jennifer Walters does exist in this world.

"You and Rumi should check out Los Angeles before anything else" Nat said and I nodded my head. In the original timeline Banner went after his girlfriend but this time the story is different, he was experimented on… there is a big chance that he would look for his family before anyone else…