"So you are saying we were all sent here to die and that our whole mission is a big lie, a lie that made us spend seven thousand years in this planet?!" Druig was a bit angry and upset as he heard this news.
"Yep, that's basically why we all gathered." Phastos nodded as he looked at the others within the room as they helped him explain the whole reason of their arrival.
"And Ajak knew about this, including Ikaris?" Druig looked at the faces of the others still surprised deep inside, he had thought hearing of Thena's recovery was the biggest surprise but he never thought that he'll get to learn the truth of their existence.
"Yes, it seemed boss knew way before. I think it was around our last time here in this place is when he learned of the truth." Makari said as she looked like she enjoyed being able to speak with the new voice box Paul gave her.
"I still find it weird you can talk now, we used to have a thing both of us." Druig looked at Makari as he still felt it was surreal his closest friend in the eternals could speak now.
"And we still do." Makari said this in sign language as she looked and smiled at Druig.
"Ok, enough with the sappy thingie you guys have and you Druig are weirder when you still have this village of yours here in the middle of nowhere." Kingo said as he felt icky looking at the weird interaction of the two fellow eternals.
"That's right, you're weird." Gilgamesh said as nodded in approval.
"Hmmhmm…" Thena also nodded as she chewed on some fruit while watching the events.
"I think it was cool…" Paul said but this made the others look at him weirdly, then they remembered he was the one with the most weird things with him.
"Okay, now that is out there. Are you coming with us? One more is a better chance of making this plan work as since in retrospect we are engines that produce power cosmic in an unlimited manner, so if our back up which I called as 'Unimind' is successful then…" Phastos said as he started to get excited thinking of making the device that could harness their excess power cosmic within their bodies but Druig stopped him before he went on further.
"Okay okay save that for the trip, we still seem to be missing Sersi and Sprite before we go off and confront the grumpy fly boy and Ajak." Druig said as he rolled his eyes thinking that Phastos was about to go drone about if he didn't stop him now.
"Oh, yeah. I'll tell you on the Van, it has better visuals to explain my plans." Phastos nodded while the others stood up and went to go where they parked the vehicle.
[Man-Cave]
"Whoa, you got to hand it to him. This place is enormous but well-arranged that it is very easy to navigate the whole thing." Marcus said as he and John had just went to the lake biome where they fished as they felt relaxed not having to look over their shoulders once in a while.
"Yeah, he said he plans to make this place open once everything is in order." John Wick nodded as he looked at the now young looking Marcus.
"It's going to be busy soon but I think our boss has plans for that already." Marcus said but as they walked they came across Perkins, Ares, Helen, Rita and the rest of the girls who just came out form the sea Biome area.
"Awful lot of time at the sea there ladies, are you all not worried you'll get some bad sunburn?" Marcus asked but he was just being jolly since being young made him feel very positive about many things.
"Not much, just like petting some cute critters that boss made for little Rita." Helen said as she smiled seeing her husband with a bucket so she rushed over and saw they have a few large bass freshly caught.
"I'll make dinner tonight John." Helen smiled as he took the bucket away not caring of the reaction of her husband, not that there was any since John just smiled and looked happy.
"Well it seems we all are heading towards the same place aren't we all?" Russell asked as he just came from the workshop with Davis, Kili and Fili.
"How's the new guns boss made?" Caine asked as he walked with Koji, Thorin and Thrain as they held different types of swords in their hands.
"Deadly as ever, if the boys back in my world had those we could have done real damage to some bad eggs." Russell smiled as he still felt the recoil of powerful guns as he tested them in the firing range.
"How was the forge uncle?" Kili asked Thorin as he looked at the sword freshly forged by the equipment here in the Man-cave.
"Astounding, coupled with our techniques these swords may be the best yet I have forged." Thorin proudly said as he handed the still warm saber in his hands towards his nephew.
"Okay play with your toys later, it seems Boss called us all for something." Sophia said as she urged the others while a large shuttle like vehicle that seems to have no wheels arrived just near the group.
"It seems he only called for the ones that can fight, Kate can you take the girls with you and help Helen with dinner. We caught enough for all of us at the bucket she took." Marcus looked at Dr. Caldwell who nodded and left with Narissa, Rita, Mia, Noah, Ling and Alice.
"Okay, seems we'll have to start working our part here. Seems to be quite a luxury already we get to enjoy these things our boss gave us." Kate Caldwell nodded as she clenched her fist again feeling the power within her fingers.
"Okay troops, let us see if we have something to do since all these rest is kinda making me feel rusty." Marcus looked at the remaining people around while the women rolled their eyes at his words.
"We just did a battle Royale in the virtual simulator last night…" Caine said as he looked at Marcus weirdly.
"Yep, so a day idle is something I cannot handle since I feel I can do a lot of things all day!" Marcus laughed as he skipped in an upbeat manner towards the venue where Paul called upon them.
Soon the various people Paul had recently hired arrived there where Ying Li and Yansen were already waiting to greet them.
Paul, the real body sat on a chair on top of a stage as he waited for the people he called over to arrive.
He looked at the people that were once characters he had watched in movies now breathing and walking in front of him making him thoughtful for a moment but shook it off as he felt the last one taking a seat.
Standing up he went to the front of the stage and stood silently for a moment thinking of how to address the matter he called them here for today.
"Ahem… thank you all for coming on short notice, but as you may have heard is that I'll be opening this place to the world soon so there will be a lot of things that will need your help…" Paul looked at the eyes of the people in front of him seemingly unsurprised since it was quite obvious he was preparing this large place for something.
"… though there are Ai's and thousands of robot droids that I have programmed personally which can handle the many functions of this place, it still lacks the critical judgment of a human mind…" Paul looked at the screen behind him where the robot workers he had designed were presented.
"…that is why I would need most of you to handle the parts where artificial intelligence cannot judge the situation in a quick manner. This job sounds like policing and it might seem quite a downgrade to what you all once did before but let me tell you that it will not be normal people you'll be looking out for…" Paul looked at the ones in front and saw their eyes show some curiosity.
"… I'll be opening this place to aliens, that's right aliens. This underground city will be an intergalactic hub for hundreds of species that we might be able to contact very soon and hopefully our security is enough to deter some that think that they are smart enough to bypass the rules I will put within this large underground city…" Paul could see the wonders in the eyes of many except for the ones from middle earth.
Even the sylvan elf Sapphire who became one of the most loyal to him even when they arrived here in the Marvel World, she and the others looked confused since they had not arrived to this part of learning the customs of this world.
They still have no idea of the concept of an alien so they leaned to their neighbors and asked which they explained in a thorough manner slowly making them understand what the general meaning of what an alien is.
"… so regarding this matter I'll be introducing to you the first group that would be joining this underground city of mine. Gi'ah and Gra'vik if you please." Paul looked to the side and then two green skinned aliens walked out of the side door of the stage making many in the audience gasp a bit.
"They look like goblins, only cleaner and tidy…" Fili whispered to his brother who nodded in agreement.
"These are the Skrulls, they are considered as refugees of a galactic war that has spanned for thousands of years so they sought refuge to many planets and the ones here on earth will now be staying within this city. I already designed a special biome which replicates what the optimal environment to them and the various things they need such as plant life that gives them food…" Paul waved his hand and the new biome he made was shown in 3D in front of the crowd.
"As soon as they settle in this 100kmx100km subspace, the rule book and the guidelines on the various places within this city will be sent to you in the new watch I gave you all to wear. Should a matter need of your assistance then the system will alert you of where you are needed and guide you to the nearest route…" Paul became like a salesman as he explained he intricate system he made while more and more Skrulls were going in the large Hall.
Soon robots were serving foods and drinks around while the skrulls interacted with the workers of their new host.
Paul also mentioned that some skrulls have been elected as disciplinary officers in case there might be some that would dare brake some rules he had set in.
Mostly it was for their safety because there are a lot of dangerous rooms within this underground city though the security systems will prevent them from infiltrating those places at all.
But he felt it was better there was someone who could be present and warn them of the dangers of those rooms if they stumble upon them accidentally.
But if the system deems that they are deliberately doing these offences then they will be judged by the appointed disciplinary officers.
Paul had ran many scenarios within this mind already so these rules and system were almost fool proof, it is still hard to make a perfect one since there will be many differences od cultures should he really host many aliens within this Man-cave of his.
What led him to this decision, Paul seemingly feels unsure but somehow he felt he grew an ego which made him want to flaunt this creation of his.
Paul felt that sooner he'll be going head to head against the collector in bragging about things they own.
So even now there are two wolf clones of his that are currently roaming the edges of reality seeking universes which piques his attention.
But right now his main body is here in Marvel focusing on the present as he felt happy spending time with Shanna and Natasha. It was not just the love making they've been doing, he was also making sure he gave them attention on things they like too.
Some small things like cooking them dinner, asking them of their day and many minor things most men would forget to pay attention to within a relationship.
But that is currently being work shopped by Paul trying to make it work naturally and not seem like he was only there for the sex.
Other than that his other clones were making themselves more and more successful as days go by, though the best so far was the Snake Clone which is now handling the Porn Industry.
He was able to make the whole business boom in profits that he gained one hundred million in one month only and that was just the start of his career as director.
The next one is his songwriter identity which he handle by his clone like how Marshmello handled his career, with no one ever seeing his real face.
Yet having this city opened will be a new milestone in him taking roots within this reality, though this is still far from the many things he can do, it was enough for Paul.
The day ended with the Skrulls acquainted and being toured by the various people Paul hired in places which the system was appropriate for the new residents.
They were mostly awed by the plethora of mega fauna present within many biomes that even as aliens they felt like they were from the countryside just seeing the city for the first time.
Paul then returned to the RV where he found Shanna helping Ina and Biri in cleaning their Fur which they are starting to shed.
"You're back! So how did it go?" Shanna asked curiously as she pounced towards Paul to snuggle with him as soon as he sat down the couch.
"It was good actually, the skrulls took it pretty well and my people were slowly getting acquainted to them. Your suggestion not to leave everything to the system I programmed was a good idea, they did not seem all that thrilled with the arrangements of the systems but rather looked forward to being able to talk to others in their natural skin…" Paul said but somehow droned as he felt distracted by the roaming hands of Shanna.
"You're making a city hon, not a prison. Though you have programmed the system well, it cannot change the fact these aliens you took in are people. And I think it is better for people to handle this rather than some cold program of a computer." Shanna said as she found her comfort spot in Paul's arms and purred in a relaxed manner.
"Yeah, thanks again. Seems like once in a while I have to listen to you for advice, getting more knowledge in my head is great in all but I might need to work on my wisdom a bit more." Paul reached out his hand and stroked Shanna's hair making her close her eyes in comfort as he gently patted her head.
"Hmmmmh…" Shanna groaned in satisfaction which made the two leopards pout a bit and then jumped on the couch as well and took the two sides besides Paul and rested comfortably.
"I really spoil you three…" Paul smiled as he looked at the peaceful smiles of the sleeping trio while a gentle breeze blew by the window as the sunset shone upon the windows of the RV.
"This is nice…" Paul whispered as he let his real body fall asleep.
[London]
"So why are we not picking up Sersi yet?" Kingo asked as he looked around at the rather large compound which Paul owned in the area.
"As you might have remembered, our plan is to make another body for the Celestial to transfer his whole essence into. Which will totally take years, but soon Ajak might send Sprite to Sersi to accompany her which might put a dent in our plans…" Paul said as he led the crew within the large mansion where he will start organizing the creation of a body for Tiamut.
"…Sprite is not much of a threat but I can tell she has a real crush on our boy scout peter pan so maybe she might try warning him in case she learns of our plans. Though Sersi is essential in our plans, she is not needed yet but it is better we are close by her at all times." Paul then opened a door which led to an elevator where the others followed him.
"So why are we here then? It seems there is no point in having us be here at all." Druig asked curiously at the only person whose mind he cannot seem to feel or access.
"Oh we are needed, to first understand how to make a new body for a celestial we must first understand the deep intricate ways we were made by the celestials. Our bodies might have clues as to how they might think and process things." Phastos excitedly said as he held a mini hologram of various scans taken of their bodies in the machines Paul made.
"Also, it is to better prepare by making a Uni-mind which will be able to connect all of you Eternals to be able to harness the excess Power Cosmic within your bodies. If we can gather enough then we can make a body for a celestial in a few years." As paul said this the doors of the elevator opened and showed the underground laboratory which made Phastos' eyes shine like a kid getting new toys.
"Wow, this place seems far more advanced that we think Earth has developed. Why have you not developed a way to go to space yet though hahaha…" Kingo jokingly said but paused seeing a section of the lab leading to a hangar where some small spaceships were seen to be parked.
"Already did, that is why most of the resources I use especially in metals were harvested in various asteroids and planetoids within the solar system." Paul smiled seeing the look of surprise of some of the eternals.
"Well we don't have the Unimind yet do we so what are we really doing in this place?" Druig asked still skeptical about this whole plan.
Paul and Phastos looked at each other seemingly having an understanding between them.
"Well we do have one but it is sort of a prototype, back in the van me and Pau discussed about one of the recent inventions he has and that was the virtual headgear which is a device that connects the consciousness of a person into a virtual reality made by supercomputers..." Phastos waved his hand and another 3d display popped up in front of the group.
"…So using that both of use redesigned it to work as we intended but we will have to be in a deep state of sleep because we will have to stop many functions in our bodies to produce excess Cosmic powers, thus we also added that our minds be present in the virtual world Paul has designed so as to not bore ourselves out." Phastos smiled as he was quite excited to work out the remaining bugs in the programming Paul has in this VR world he had made.
This was one of the reasons Paul reached out, for Phastos, because he has the knowledge that greatly eclipses Tony Starks and Reed Richards by a lot.
In retrospect, Phastos already is knowledgeable of science known only to and far advance Type II civilization. Seeing that the Celestials could be considered much more advanced and could already harness the energies of the universe as well as go beyond some then they are likely beyond Type IV in the Kardashev scale.
(A/N: Though Kardashev only made three levels, there have been other suggestions on what might be the level of civilizations beyond those first three he had surmised.)
Now that Paul thought about it, there was this beings called the progenitors that experimented on many planets including the Kree which first introduced the thing called the Primagen that enabled mutations and gave sentience to the barbaric primitives which were the Kree.
Though they are quite advanced as a civilization, they are quite vulnerable to mental attacks.
They developed too much on the technological side that they left their spiritual defenses too weak that even humans can defeat them if they were dragged in the spiritual plane.
Also it came to mind that one of Essex' clones might be there trying to control them.
But that would be a problem for later on, Paul does not fear much of Essex' powers but only find his intellect to be a bit troublesome.
Geniuses with no moral compass are most dangerous should let be with their devices.
"Reason for putting you all in the virtual reality world I made is that to give you all access to the memories you lost while also monitoring your situation as to prevent you from overloading from the information. Some of your past might not be pretty sure but that depends on you if you want to know of past lives or not." Paul explained to the Eternals what they can do in the virtual reality.
"Also I plan to release a game in 2014 at the latest which will be also in the virtual world so having some experienced people explore it first would mean that developing the game might be much easier. Since I also programmed an AI to make some sort of indigenous people within this world that you can interact with." Paul smiled thinking that maybe the development of the virtual world would hasten and what better to guide the local NPCs that the ones that guided humanity before.
"Wait so even when we are asleep here we can spend time in this world that you said?" Kingo asked seemingly excited since this might be a great thing that is in the making.
"Yes, also the AI of the various NPCs in the virtual world can learn as well and also emulate about 99.97% of human emotions. The small part is still being worked on but that will be perfected soon." Paul thought about the missing part which he seemed to be not able to get as he entertained the Eternals.
"In this world, will we have our powers as well?" Druig asked which made the others look at Paul making him smile.
"Yes, and best part is since Phastos and I scanned all of you then the data will be able to copy an exact replica of your bodies and abilities. An AI can even predict what you might be able to do with your powers that you might not have discovered yet." Paul then took over the hologram and showed them the initial look of the world as well as the various natives living there.
"So basically you made a whole universe in programming, being able to copy us means that the laws inside is similar to the laws here. Does that not make you somewhat of a god?" Makari asked as she too felt curious about this.
"Girl, I am already a god." Paul smiled but he paused deep within as he felt that what he said was quite out of character for him.
But thankfully no one noticed this as they seem to agree to his statement since he has powers that event they cannot explain.
"And at least in this world you can act as shepherds to the natives as I placed them on the stone age of their development. Also please be reminded that I included magic within as well since I plan to make a fantasy world where I also placed monsters and dragons that I have discovered as well as many mystical things from various places." Paul felt proud of his creation.
It might seem too fast to be able to make this but he had one clone spend a much longer time in the orb world where time moved faster and a month there is but a few days outside the real world.
This much time coupled with a very powerful mind filled with various knowledge of programming made it possible for Paul to create this virtual reality much sooner.
"Okay, me and Phastos will just take a day to make the pods which will be able to harness the Power Cosmic within your bodies and adjust it to the level we will need while also keeping you all safe." Paul then dragged Phastos to start in their exchange of ideas in the lab.
(A/N: Hola! Good to be back, it's been a hectic December and January that I was not able to find time to write for this Fic but now that it's a new year and there is a new chance for me to follow up on my New Years resolution which I might never be able to do [Lose some weight].
Anywho, I had to reread my work to remind myself which direction I was going to steer this story and was totally reminded that I wrote this while totally stressed and bugged out with meds so what the hell, but I'll try to make a goal for the MC soon and I hope that I'll have more time to write but it seems my second semester is not going to be merciful.
So I'll post this chapter first along with four chapters I'll release in two day interval for the next eight days, this was all I could pull out for the few remaining brain cells I have active for the moment but at least they are 4K words per chapter...
Also I have been reading lots of sources in the Marvel Franchise so I might be pulling out some characters that might not have been in any of the MCU movies or television series.
Many will be given some edited backstories to fit them in the scenarios since mane characters tend to have been introduced during the 80's so their themes might have been rather focused on that era.
Thus I found it imperative to use the remaining powers of my dwindling nervous system to come up with a way to introduce them to the story that at least should make a little sense at that moment.
So if anything confuses you in the next chapters then good luck cause it confused me too...
Hope you can forgive my horrendous spiel of useless info but hey, I work faster when I am tired, stressed and totally building up family disappointment that will be brought up in gatherings to emotionally damage me for life.
So hope you enjoy my new chapter and a belated happy new year to those reading.)