Electrify - Volume 1 Chapter 22

“Wilson Fisk and James Wesley. I have been looking for you.” I said and took seat and gestured then to take a seat as well.

“Why is a man of your power here?” Wilson said and sat down while lowing Wesley gun.

“You hurt a friend of mine today.” I said and watched him tense up. “There was this situation with a ninja, something about a ancient organization and how they blame my friend now.” I said and activated a camouflage rune in my helmet to cover my mouth.

I took a bite of the stake and they looked at me in surprise. Form their perspective, the fork must have gone through my helmet.

“Tell me Fisk, should I just simply kill you as a compensation? Or should I go to that art saleswoman you seem to have taken a liking to. Or perhaps, I should kill this James Wesley. He seems close to you.” I said as I continued my meal. “Mmm, Wagyu beef, eggs from Japan, Italian tomatoes, this nice house, this 10,000 wine, the art work, that suit and the armor. Do you even deserve to live such a life?”

“Perhaps, we can come to an arrangement.” He said as sweat rolled down is forehead.

“Can you tell me about that organization that has you shit scared?” I say as I see him ball his fists. “Make a choice Fisk. After I am done with this meal, I will make the decision for you.” I said as I continued to eat.

I notice that they have sent some kind of message and are now stalling for time. I simply continue to eat and wait for what ever back up they called to show up. The meal goes on for another 20 minutes and I am now just looking drinking wine at this point. I feel a power rushing at me in high speed, I am talking bullet speed or higher. I speed up and watch the man in a sliver jacket and goggles jog up to me and try to remove the glass from my hand. I turn my head to face him in super speed and his eyes widen. We both return to normal speed and Wesley stumbles off the chair in surprise.

“Now, now, it is rude to take someone wine without permission.” I say and pour him a glass as well.

“My father told me about your speed. He failed to mention just how much.” He said and took a sip. “Does this do anything for you?” He asked. And I shook my head.

“It is a gesture more than anything.” I said and got up after finishing the drink. “Are working with them or for them?” I ask in a serious voice.

“Neither, they said if I accept their offer, they will provide me with a match with you and some other benefits.” He said and shrugged.

“What benefits?” I asked and he grinned.

“Money and information.” He said and I face palmed.

“Can’t you make more by freelancing.” I say and he shrugged again.

“More of a favor than anything.” He said and put the glass down as well. “in the city or out side it?” He asked.

“Out side. If you harm civilians than I will show you how much of a nightmare I can be.” I said and we took of in a blur.

Pietro was surprised seeing me keep up with him, he kept increasing the speed but I followed him without issues. I think his speed clocks out at 4 machs or 4.5 machs, we reached outside the city in moment and stopped in a desolate area. He rushed at me with a burst of speed faster than before but I kept myself at Mach 4 and engaged him in in skill instead of speed. Pietro had gotten c.o.c.ky with his speed and had never trained in Martial arts, so when we face each other, he was outclassed.

What was surprising was he was not fireproof like I myself, I could see burn marks on his hands. He tried to grab my hand but I side stopped to a counter position and punched him on his right arm. Not enough to break something but enough to hurt like a son of bitch. He saw his face twist up in pain, but he lowered himself and tried to sweep me off the ground. I jumped up and he grinned at me. He crouched down and threw his punch at my stomach. Guess, he forgot that I could fly, I chuckled at the attempt but side swiped his punch to out to his blind spot and hit him in the exact same spot as before. He gritted his teeth and tried to tackle me but I used his strength again and moved to the side avoiding this Advances. I could see that he was getting more and more frustrated. He tired to punch me with his left arm but I simply parried it away and punched his right arm again in the same spot. He held his right arm as it hung weakly. We both slowed down after he raised his working arm.

“How are you so fast?” He asked and I shook my head.

“During that entire fight I was slower than you.” I said and flew up. “Don’t help mass murderers or you will force my hand.” I said and flew back to Wilson’s apartment.

They were still just heading out of the in a hurry when I appeared in front of them. They both appeared shocked and didn’t say anything.

“Wilson, I want you out of my country. Take your shit and get out.” I said as I formed a tiny spark on my finger and shocked Wesley in the chest killing him instantly.

I then took out a bomb collar from my pouch and strapped it in his neck. I did this in normal speed just to really rub it in.

“That collar has a bomb in it. It will turn off under three conditions. One, you will turn yourself in and like a good boy you will help us put more idiot like you in prison. Two, you will either leave this country and go to either Madagascar or Siberia. But in this case the collar will stay on you forever, and if you move out of those areas, then boom. Three, you simply kill yourself before it can do its job.” I said and walked away.

“You will pay for this.” He said and fell to his knees while holding his friends.

“For f.u.c.ks sake, just shut up and don’t threaten someone who could end you in a flash.” I said and walked away.

The next day, the media was roaring about how an underground mafia boss just turned himself in. They were happy, confused, alarmed and shocked. Conspiracy theorist were going crazy and while idiot were somehow linking this to Mexico, China or Russia. It was hilarious, in the mean while Matt got on the case and linked all the crimes and syndicates connected to Fisk. There was even a section where, someone tried to make it seem like Fisk was under duress and had to make a false confession but that was debunked when Fisk denied anything that even came close to the possibility where he didn’t go to prison. At the end of the trial, Wilson was sentenced to a life time.

“Max, did you do this?” Peter asked me on the phone.

“Sort off, why?” I asked and Peter sighed.

“Matt is pissed about the way you went about it. Something about how they will find a new head.” Peter said and sighed. “He is right you know.”

“I cut off the head, Peter. He know a lot about their operation and he will give out information for a deal. This will also scare everyone into the ground for a while, what Matt needs to do is either, go find evidence against the other parties involved or take the other parties down while the morale is low.” I said. “Peter, you know that I literally don’t have enough time to have meals on a few days. I can’t be letting myself be chained down by chasing leads anymore. I need to be as hands on as possible due to Shield going global.”

“Yeah, which is why I am not yelling. Don’t worry, Matt and I will work out something.” He said and sent over a few doc.u.ments. “Those contain info about 3 people who have been keeping the street clean. Look into them.”

“Fine, keep an eye out for Oscorp. They might be up to something.” I said and hung up.

I looked through he file and saw the individuals in question. Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Danny Rand. Huh, neat guess I could go and talk to them about Shield but I don’t see any of them agreeing to work with shield. I sighed and concentrated back on the electron microscope I was working with. With Maya Hansen dead, my leads about Extremis died as well but I was going to brute force this till hit against a wall before using the spell. I had figure out the chemical make up with relative ease but the production and how I affected human cell was still a mystery. I had contacted General Ross for the SS serum but he ignored my request and tried to run an investigation about how I found out about it.

“Dillon, why the f.u.c.k did I receive an official order to hand you over to the military?” Fury yelled on the phone.

“Official?” I asked and he sent over the doc.u.ment.

It was an asset transfer order by the Vice President. I wonder what Ross could have done to get this.

“I asked him about the SS serum and requested a sample.” I said and Fury sighed.

“Don’t tell you want to down that rabbit hole. Tony tried and gave up.” He said.

“I haven’t tried yet. I would like a shot.” I said and began to give out standing instructions.

“If you mange to convince Ross.” Fury said and hung up.

The next day I went you the Area 16 in New Jersey where Ross had set up an meeting. I flew there and was escorted by a few fighters jets to the runway where many other soldiers were waiting for me.

“Electro, follow us to brief area.” A soldier yelled and marched over to the building.

We literally walked at least kilometer into the underground facility and took an elevator about 2 kilometers deep under ground. We walk for a few more minutes and stood in front of a giant blast door.

“The general is waiting for you inside. Leave your weapons here and go in.” He said and looked at my three swords that were strapped to my side and my back.

“Yeah, that is not going to happen.” I said and walked in to the room.

“Electro, or Maxwell Dillon an under age super vigilante. Tell me, how do you know about the Serum?” He said as the door closed behind us.

“The Blonsky situation. I guessed that you must have more but you pretty much confirmed it with your response.” I said and he narrowed his eyes at me.

“And why do you need a sample? Better scientific minds have tried to make it but failed.” Ross said.

“To recreate the process of course.” I said with a nod.

“And what will the military get in return for this?” He asked and I smirked.

“You can use me for one mission, and I will do it. The only limitation will be time that I use for that mission. It should be less than a week, anymore than that and I am out.” I said and Ross pulled out a tiny vial with barely 5cc of the Serum.

“You can contact me on that number.” I said walked away with the price in my hand.

I headed back to the cave and persevered the serum. Now, it was time to get Steve’s blood and a few tissue samples. He was very easy to find as he mainly lived in the Shield HQ and left for either coffee or some food. At this time however, he was in the gym being watched by female agents and male agents but with different intentions of course.

“Steve, a moment.” I said and he looked at me with surprise.

“Electro, how have to been.” He said and but the 500kgs he was benching. “Whats up?” he said with a smile.

“Yeah, not a normal teen here, come with me.” I said and he stood and walked behind me.

“I was sure that kids these that say that a lot.” Steve said looking at his phone.

“They do but I am not exactly normal.” We entered the lab and he sighed.

“You want samples too?” He said and shook his head.

“Did shield collect samples as well?” he nodded.

“And the military, Tony, but I keep telling them it’s no use. Dr. Erskine told me that the formula was impossible to replicate.” He said and took a seat.

With that done, I collected his hair, his bone marrow, blood, bone, muscles, skin and saliva. He just sighed and left the room after that. May be I should help him settle in more. The rest of the day, I spent analyzing Steve’s samples and trying to isolate the serum. However, there was a problem, the serum had changed when it was administered to Steve and from what I can imagine, it must be the ‘Vita Rays’ that were responsible because the serum itself was an enhancer of sorts but it lowered inhibitions and metal stability. Sort of like what happened to Emil Blonsky AKA the Abomination. In order to take both the serums, I had to do my blood work up, find out what the vita rays were, and alter the extremist and the serum to work with each other. The thing about my cells was that they were stable only inside my own body, out side my body, the energy contained within my cells would instantly burn the cells in an explosion. The rule of thumb here was that explosions and genetic mapping don’t exactly mix well.

I was immersed in my work when Fiore called me.

“Maxwell, where are you?” She asked.

“Nearby, tell me what happened.” I asked sensing an urgency in her voice.

“There is a girl from my work, she started to glow and now, a creature of shadows is relentlessly chasing after us.” She said and I immediately opened a portal near them.

I saw a large mass of shadows swallowing a bunch of vines and the girls were running away. There was one iconic figure between the ladies, a brunette who glowed with a soothing light. I made my way over to Fiore and she relaxed a bit.

“Tell me exactly what happened.” I said and launched a huge bolt of lightning in front of the shadows and they were blown away in an explosion.

“We were working at the site and suddenly the new girl Tandy began to glow. Others were already scared but that thing just came out of no where and began to attack Tandy. It looks like it wants to eat her.” Fiore said.

“You could have used your powers. I am sure you could kill it with your arrows.” I said and she shook her head.

“I would but I also want to keep my identity a secret and that thing yelled something, that sounded like ‘Help me. Hungry. I need the light’, it sounded like those mutant awakening TACT told me about so I called you.” Fiore said.

“Nicely, done Fiore.” I said and she nodded with a light blush.

I opened a portal o Kamartaj and before I could go in, Mordu came through and looked at me. He then looked at Tandy and the mass of shadows that were coalescing again.

“This is the most unusual, the dark force and the light force usually manifest in the farthest places from each other.” Mordu said and used telekinesis to grab Tandy.

Tandy screamed at the sudden sensation but looked at me and calmed down.

“You should know what to do, why are you scared?” Mordu asked and Tandy looked away.

“How can I be attracted to that thing? I must be a mind control trick.” She said and struggling with the telekinesis.

“The world is larger than you imagine and denial of your instincts is a definite way to get killed. Now, be brave and know, it will not hurt you and it may even relieve you pain.” Mordu said and placed her gently on the ground.

“You can’t be serious, that thing can kill her with a mere twitch.” Fiore said and Mordu smirked.

“So can you but she is here isn’t she.” Mordu said and in a drone like manner Tandy walked towards the shadows.

The light she was emanating was pulled into the shadows till a person appeared out of them. It was a tall black guy with and serene look in his eyes.

“So, beautiful.” He said and fell on to Tandy.

Tandy was shocked at the comment and the shock continued as the man fell on to her. However, she held the man in a very fond manner as if she was holding a loved one.

“Is this normal?” Fiore asked and both Mordu and I chuckled.

“It is unique union of two cosmic force avatars. Nothing about this is normal.” Mordu said and vanished along with Tandy and her new friend.

“It was as if he was feeding off her. Will she be safe?” Fiore asked and I nodded.

“The light force was building up inside Tandy and she would be dead if the man didn’t absorb it. While, the man was dying because he was empty, Tandy’s light saved him.” I said and held Fiore hand. “They are a match made my fate.” And squeezed her hand in assurance.

“Must be nice.” She said and looked at me.

“We can go out for a date later, so hurry up here.” I said and blurred away.

After reaching quiet a distance from the area, I called up shield and reported the situation and had a few clean up teams at the location. I headed back to the cave and cleaned up for tomorrow. Then I went back to the Queens base and got ready for the date. Fiore came in and got ready for the date. It was one of the time I was glad that I was not dating a human, or else this night would have played out way differently.