Adam, Natasha and Yelena arrived aboard the main space station. As soon as they arrived they ran into Fury, Phil Coulson and Maria Hill who had just arrived from Earth.
Adam made small talk with the three as they headed to the conference room to discuss matters of Earth and Xandar. Yelena couldn't stop going on about all that she had seen on Xandar, she even had given gifts to them that she had purchased during her shopping spree on the planet.
After arriving at the conference room, upon entering and seeing Peggy already in the room with Steve, Bucky, Taskmaster and Tony Stark, Adam gave each a nod to greet them and took his seat at the head of the table. Once everyone took their seats, Adam began the meeting.
"I have reviewed the reports on each of your activities, let me just say you all have done extremely well in my absence, this gives me even more confidence for the future of Earth. You have each done your jobs and the UEG and UNSC are thriving like it should. Thanks to your efforts not only is Earth mostly all part of the UEG but we also have a good fleet of ships to begin our expansion to becoming an interplanetary civilization." Adam began the meeting with praises for the leaders he set up, they had been working diligently to bring his plans into reality.
"Now, onto our next phase, Xandar. We have established diplomatic relations with the Nova Empire and have registered as a mercenary planet with them, as well as the galaxy as a whole. Frank Castle is currently stationed on Xandar, he will be leading our mercenary forces and assigning missions to the various teams. We will need to send some people there to assist in our other operations on the planet, I have secured us a corporate permit on the planet, this will allow for legal trade, as well as an embassy and a few plots of land that can be used as resupply in the system. We will need to send an ambassador for the UEG as well as a UNSC spokesman and someone to manage our businesses on the planet." Adam began to go over what was needed for Xandar, Peggy and the others were shocked by all of Adam's gains in such a short time.
Tony was the first to speak up, "Jeez, who did you sleep with to gain all that in such a short time? Some queen or something?" Tony joked, he, like the others, were shocked Adam was able to gain so much in such a short time. Usually diplomatic relations took time unless something external forced things along faster, such as war or profits.
Before Adam could retort, to his surprise, as well as many others in the room, besides Natasha, Yelena spoke out angrily at Tony, "You must be mistaking him for yourself you horny toad. Adam doesn't need to resort to such a means to get what he wants." Yelena growled at Tony.
Natasha expected this, she knew of Yelena's crush on Adam, at first she had thought it was due to Adam saving her from such a horrible life, being controlled to do others bidding, no matter what it was, but she began to see it was more than that. She too had to agree with Yelena, Adam was handsome and powerful, he also was respectful to those around him and didn't let his own power get to his head like what usually happened to those with power.
Like them, he was a weapon, but unlike them he was completely engineered on a genetic level, making him far stronger than any others, but he didn't rule with an iron hand. Rather than dominate the others around him using force, he used his mind to win his crew's hearts and minds.
Even those that he gathered and recruited, he showed respect and honesty towards, this earned him the respect of others. It allowed for everyone to have a clear understanding of his actions and goals, this allowed for everyone to see his goals clearly and accurately, which pulled others in like a magnet.
People like Fury and Peggy, who if they were given a chance could really hamper Adam's goals, but because of his openness with his plans with the two, even though Fury started off against him due to his paranoid personality, was able to pull them both to his side.
Even though they both had ulterior motives, mainly to gain access to see what Adam was truly doing and planning, but after reviewing much of Adam's notes and plans he had laid out to them they couldn't help but agree. After seeing information on what was out there in the universe, beings like Galactus, Knull, Thanos, Ronan and others they couldn't agree more with Adam's actions. Adam had created dossiers on every known entity, whether he/she or it, was from the MCU or not.
Beings like the Living Tribunal, Eternity, Lady Death, Phoenix Force, even the Watcher had a file. Adam didn't want to take any risks, he wanted his people to be able to know exactly what and who they were dealing with if they came across them.
"Hey, I didn't mean it in a bad way. Besides there is nothing wrong with it, especially if it was royalty. How else can you explain so many gains in such a short time, unless he threatened them with war, that would be the only other way to have such gains. The embassy is the easiest, but gaining the others not so much. I am interested in that corporate permit though, Stark Industries could become an intergalactic company." Tony remarked with a fake hurt expression which slowly morphed into a big grin as he continued his thoughts.
Adam shook his head and answered, "Neither, however if you would actually review the full information I provided you, you would know that the Nova Empire is currently at war with the Kree, using that prior knowledge I was able to show them we are a force to be reckoned with, so rather than making another enemy, they willingly gave us a good reward for our first mission. Tony, if you're fine with it, I would like to send Pepper to head the business operations on Xandar, she can coordinate with other companies on Earth to grant stores and services to open up businesses within Xandar, this should give the UEG even more stability on Earth." Adam told Tony his plan, he knew him and Pepper Potts were getting closer, so he wasn't sure if Tony would allow it, but Pepper was an incredible business woman and Adam wanted to utilize her skills.
Tony's face scrunched up a bit at Adam's plan, he didn't like the fact that Pepper would be sent off planet, not only was their relationship just beginning to bud, she was pretty much running his company with the help of Jarvis.
As Tony pondered Adam's plans, his demeanor slowly changed, "That's actually a really good idea, when many of the corporate giants realize that the UEG has just opened up new markets, they will fully jump on board with the UEG, the promise of more money will sway many who have been on the fence to jump towards our side. Fine, but Stark Industries has to be the spearhead in all endeavors outside Earth, you want to use my people, I think it's only fair that my people lead the way." Tony finally agreed but also put forth his own condition.
"I can agree with that, however I don't want you interfering with Pepper, not using your influence to turn away companies just because of a past grudge, I want a fair system in place, I don't need your hubris to cause us more issues on the Earth. If we aren't fair then those companies could try to cause issues for us, although we can easily resolve any up front issues we could just avoid them entirely by being fair."
Tony showed a fake shocked and hurt expression in response to Adam's words, but didn't continue cause he knew he would definitely do so, especially with companies like Hammer Industries and Cross Technologies. So he began to think of ways to exclude them both.
"That's all well and good, but what about our current situation on Earth. These so-called vampires are really causing us some headaches." Fury finally spoke out. "We have barely been able to track down their bases, there also seems to be a hidden force that is going after them, but they too are untraceable even with your tech." Fury continued as he began bringing up the reports and scans of many locations they had come across.
"Yes, that would be Kamar Taj and also the Nightstalker organization. Kamar Taj is hidden away thru magic so our scans can't locate them. I updated the sensor array to be able to detect the vampires across the globe, the regular vampires are easy to kill but the higher level ones not so much, but me and the other SPARTAN's will be heading out after we deal with the Convergence to get us a weapon to use against the vampires if needed. I would like to recruit them, offer them a planet of their own, in exchange for their own planet, they will join the UNSC and we can have an army of Vampires at our disposal." Adam explained, he had used the Mind Stone to enhance the sensor array to be able to sweep thru the minds of people, nothing intrusive but it would be able to see thru many disguises now.
Mutant, Vampire, Skrull, no matter if they shapeshifted or not, the new sensors could detect them using their surface thoughts. It was how many mutants had remained undetected by the sensors in place since it couldn't detect the X-gene. For Vampires, many covens had access to runes and ancient knowledge, so their castles and homes utilized runes that helped hide their main bases. The sensors could only detect them when they travelled outside their havens, the sensors would detect them thru their body temperature since they were cold bodied since they weren't exactly living creatures, they were considered undead.
Hearing that the scanners had been improved eased Fury's mind greatly. When the first attacks happened he was skeptical of what he found in the UNSC database, he didn't believe they were actual vampires, vampires were just myth and legend to him, but after he thought about Thor and Asgard, he slowly accepted the possibility of vampires.
"Can they be controlled?" Fury asked after a moment of thought, he didn't like the thought of vampires since even a base vampire was just as strong as a super soldier. If it came to war, vampires could be very deadly.
Adam looked at Fury and shook his head, "It's not always a question of control Fury, it's about survival and benefits. The idea is not to control thru force but with benefits, why do you think Earth's governments are joining the UEG? Because we are powerful? Sure that is one reason, but not the main reason. Interest is the main reason, if we were just strong they would join but always looking for a way to gain enough power to take back control, but if there is money and influence that can be gained they will stick with the UEG out of greed, willing to give up their power for the benefits they gain. Vampires hide and skulk in the shadows, unable to live in direct sunlight, if we give them a planet with no sun, they can thrive, we can give them a purpose, something they can use their long lives at and not grow bored. Plus any ship we give them can have UV lights installed, so if they make any attempt at turning on us we can easily wipe out the whole crew." Adam explained, he knew vampires were dangerous, but they were once human themselves, so he knew like humans, vampires ran mostly on benefits.
"Now where are we on the Convergence? Are we ready for the Dark Elves?" Adam asked as he turned to Peggy who had been silent this whole time.
Peggy looked up from the reports displayed and began, "We have a small fleet built, but the issue we have is manpower, we do have some pilots available who have completed training, ex-SHIELD pilots, so we should have a few squadrons of small fighter craft. Jane Foster is currently in London with her team, I have placed a UNSC operative undercover with Jane as you had requested. She is currently making headway and believes she has narrowed down the site of a suspected anomaly." Peggy explained as she took over the holotable and began displaying Jane Foster's research and theories.
Upon seeing the location on the map where Jane and her team were heading, Adam narrowed his eyes recognizing the location. It was an abandoned factory, where she found the Reality Stone in the third movie, Adam quickly got up from his chair which surprised the others.
"Stop them from going to that location immediately, they are not to enter that area until I arrive. Fury, have our ground forces stationed in this area, Peggy, have our air support ready to launch and head to the same area at a moment's notice." Adam ordered quickly as he pointed out strategic locations around where the portal would appear.
After passing his orders Adam quickly left to head to his ship, he wasn't about to let the same events as the movie unfold, Yelena fell behind Adam and followed along. Natasha couldn't help but shake her head at her sister, they weren't ordered to follow after all and from what it sounded Adam planned on going alone, she stayed to assist Peggy since she had a feeling things were going to be getting hectic soon.