The next morning , I woke up and I thought of taking a walk on the deck probably even talking to a few friends of mine on the phone and that was when Carol stopped me.
"Hi Immanuel , how are you feeling today ."
"Couldn't be any better. Besides I'm gonna walk around a little so …"
"Would you mind if I join you ." she asked smiling brightly "I mean not to disturb you or something because you prefer to be alone but …"
"Oh well you can join me after all , I was thinking if I could talk to my friends on phone ."
"So you do have friends right !" she chimed in curiously .
"Well not really close but good enough …" and she put her hand on my shoulder "You can count me as your friend , besides …" I interrupted her "are you not using my own line against me ?" and she began to laugh a lot.
We spent the day together talking and walking and looking at the beautiful scenery . We talked about our families , our friends and even more . The only person who didn't seem to like this development was Trent . He didn't seem like the idea of a total stranger to be close and not just close : exceptionally close to his girl . Pretty soon I came to know that she and Trent have begun to fight a lot.
Why did I even start it ? I thought. All I could have done is simply avoid her and … indeed I had to face what I had been running from for four years . Truth is , I felt as if I had developed feelings for her and its not about Carol but the gem on her necklace , that is giving me the jitters . Whatever that thing is , it definitely not of this world and I could conclude that after my first encounter with it .
When we went back to the deck , we were stopped by a rather angry looking Trent and his group of friends . "What in the world do you think are you doing ?"
Carol replied "Listen , we are having some serious conversation . What is your problem ."
"So you find it better roaming around with a total stranger do you . Why don't you look in the mirror and tell me where your necklace is ?"
That was when Carol put her hand on her neck and lo ! It was gone !
"Oh my gosh" she screamed and I felt someone run his hand through my pant pocket only to take out that necklace. "Look what we found here"
I had a feeling that there was some foul play on Trent's part . "Seriously dude ?" I asked him and turning my gaze to Carol , I said "Listen , I don't know how your necklace went into my pocket but no , I am not the kind of guy you think would steal your valuables ."
"Oh really!" exclaimed Trent "What else do you know about him now huh?"
I retorted "You seem to be having trust issues I guess . Look we're just friends and I am not interested in anyone so stop trying whatever you are trying to do if you don't want us to be friends. Besides , why would I want to steal the thing that …" and before I could go any further , I felt as if I was going back to the same state of a trance , this time in some strange new section of the cosmos where I heard someone in a shiny golden armour say "I see the world , the Nine Realms and the ten trillion souls ."
Ten trillion souls ? What is the meaning of this . Soon I regained my consciousness only to be held by Carol before I could fall down .
"You have been freaking out lately . Are you sure you are okay ?" she asked me .
"Nah , I'm fine , just a little dizzy." And before our conversation could go any further , sirens began to ring aloud .
"Okay now what was that?" I asked and without any ado , Trent grabbed Carol by her arm and went away . Only later did I realize that even this ship had hit the iceberg like its ill-fated predecessor and oh boy, I didn't saw that coming.
People were all in a state of hysteria . Many of them started crying thinking that they were now a part of the very scene that brought them tears but in the midst of all their tears , I began to think of a way how the people could be saved .
"That's it !" I thought after thinking about a problem in physics. "If I apply a similar solution then with a lesser effort , I can lift the ship …" and I was interrupted by a loud crackling noise . I looked out to see that the ship was going to break into two parts from the middle .
"Okay but that's gonna be challenging and in a flash of light , I summoned my alter ego Electro-Man.
I made my way to the base of the ship which had sustained a massive amount of damage from the iceberg . I put my hand on the section of the ship and tried to lift it and oh boy it was so heavy ! To make matters worse , the crack started to break the ship and if I lifted the ship any higher than this then it might spell doom on those poor passengers so I conjured lightning bolts so as to charge the sphere so that it starts "floating" which in real sense actually depresses the water around the ship .
The ship began to crack and soon it broke while it was still in the air . What to do now ? I can't save both halves of the ship and …. just then , I heard a clank of machinery , as if some rocket boosters were getting attached and I who watched the other half fall into the water was amazed to see it flying in the sky because of some rocket boosters that seemed to have been attached on the base by …
Iron Man ! The metal clad Avenger directed the rest of the rocket boosters to the base of the part of the ship that I was lifting .
Together we carried the broken parts of the ship to the nearest port where rescue teams were about to set sail to the place where the ship got wrecked . As I observed the passengers , I saw Carol frantically search for me not knowing where or who I truly was . She was stopped by Trent with whom she immediately got into an argument . Unfortunately in the heat of their argument , she didn't know that she was standing at the edge of wrecked ship and … she fell again !
"Oh man ! Did she have to do that again !" and I flew towards her . Before she could land on the water , I held her in my arms and it felt so different because I had never held a girl in my arms before .
"Hey why do I have a feeling that I know you ?" she asked me on a curious note .
"You know me and yet you don't ." I replied before I left her on the ground .
"There. Now you are safe" and that was when Mr Stark said "Excuse me kiddo but have you any explanation for the catastrophe you just caused ?"
I had a feeling that Tony was thinking that I was the one who caused the ship to wreck so I replied "To begin with , I am Electro Man and Mr. Stark I didn't do this."
But he wouldn't listen : " You are coming with me right now !" and he tensed his body , in a position as if to fire repulsors.
"Seriously Mr. Stark , what makes you think I'd …" and before I could end my sentence , he blasted me with is repulsor rays .
"Oh come on ! You had to do that ?" and I flew past him with he trying to catch up .
"Mr. Stark please listen to me …" but he was not willing to listen . In fact he went on to fire a few rockets ,most of which I blasted away with my beam attack which seemed to surprise him . Only one rocket escaped the beam attack which hit me in the face .
"Now you've got me very angry" and without any delay , I charged towards Iron Man but this time , I did something different . I had also acquired an ability to get inside electrical circuits and even change them .
So I fired a lightning bolt at the Arc Reactor and the next moment , I got warped into his circuits which were quite interesting to see with all the microchips and stuff of that sort . Lets get to work now …..
Suddenly , Iron Man couldn't even move a muscle . He just stood in the air while onlookers started taking videos of our fight.
"Uh , F.R.I.D.A.Y ?" asked Tony out of curiosity and she replied : "Boss , there seems to …." Her voice began to break and suddenly AC/DCs started blaring from his suit's PA system . After that , I used his circuits to speak through his comm link "Oh yeah lets get the party started !"
All of a sudden , Tony's armour started moving at a terrific speed taking sharp turns at so many places and I began to sense that Mr. Stark did not like it .
"F.R.I.D.A.Y. ! Shut it down at once !" he ordered and his AI replied "Sorry boss but the hacker is too strong to …" and soon after , I replied "Point to be noted. Unfortunately your suit isn't hacker-proof so , hope you enjoy your ride !"
What was I doing ? I was having fun analysing Tony's circuits inside his armour before frying them to pieces . I literally caused his armour to malfunction and it was magnificently doing the job . This is definitely better that fighting criminals I thought .
Now Mr. Stark was getting really very scared "Alright stop whatever you are …" and that was when F.R.I.D.A.Y gave him a notification "Sir , the unknown hacker has damaged the suit by 95 percent and …" and I thought of giving a last minute twist . So I made the suit shoot up as high as it could and inside the suit , I could hear Mr. Stark scream .
"Alright then , its blast off time" and with that said , I blasted off the rest of the circuits with my lightning attacks , something that started a chain of explosions before … his whole suit got blasted .
But I saved Mr. Stark from the explosion by conjuring a forcefield around him. After that , I left him on the ground at a spot where no one was around.
"There – now tell me . If I played the bad guy , I would have let you die in the explosion but that's not what I did." But he didn't seem to reply , partly because he was in a state of shock wondering how his suit got damaged so badly and so quickly .
So I flew away from that spot , trying to figure out where in the world did I end up and in the mean time I started thinking Whoa , today I defeated an Avenger ! Things have got really bad now !