After pizza, I went to the store and bought a laptop. This week was going to be a week of setting my Lab. Once getting home, I went to town on buying equipment for my server room. I understand that the MC usually just steals everything they need from Oscorp or any other big-ass tech company in most fics. I do not really need the money I currently have, so just ordering everything like a lawful citizen is not beneath me. I first ordered a large quantity of bulletproof plexiglass for both the Lab and the server room. The stuff was thick, almost like bank windows. I can modify it once everything gets here, but first, I needed to go downstairs and ensure that this floor could handle the weight I will put it under.

Realizing that I will need to make modifications to my apartment to do what I wanted to do, I had to order a few more things to keep the structure from collapsing. I then binge-ordered everything from storage hard drives to computer racks to even Lab equipment and test tubes. I also ordered everything I would need for my central monitoring station and was able to find a swiveling desk so that it would be accessible to me from any direction. I made sure to order top-of-the-line equipment and wiring as the Kingpin really wanted this place to be the best of the best. Close to a million dollars was put into the equipment and getting everything here and into my apartment within the week. For some reason, in Marvel, the next day meant you could get even a tank delivered the following day. Some of the stuff needed to be made, but even still, it was a little ridiculous.

The following day I was asked out by Anna and agreed to a movie date this Friday. Although, she did tell me that a few classmates will be coming as well. I did not mind though, building up a good relationship with Anna was worth it. I mean, I could potentially get whatever girl I wanted in this world, but at what cost? Jean is hot, yeah, but with the phoenix locked up inside of her by Professor X, she is a ticking time bomb. Storm would be great, but again her issues with her XGene and godhood, then there is Wakanda that would be going after her due to her Princess status. Wanda is hot too, except she is a reality-warper, and those types tend to go crazy at some point in their lives, and I do not do crazy. Natasha is well Natasha and I want a family. I am sure I could help her with her 'baby' problem, but she has still been in some shit, and that stuff just does not go away.

Anna is just a simple girl who could potentially be as strong as I am and stand beside me in any conflict. She does not have much trauma other than almost killing her last boyfriend while awakening her powers. She seems like a natural, down-to-earth chick that just needs a bit of a confidence boost. Giving back her ability to actually touch people should make her fall pretty hard for me, and shit if things are going really well, I could just let her take my ability. The aura that would be generated would do the same thing as the tech I plan on making her.

Stuff that I ordered started coming in about mid-day. I had to store a bunch of stuff downstairs until I got my apartment fitted to carry the burden of all this equipment. Talking with the owner and some money exchanging hands set me up with a decent storage facility on the ground floor. I started by reinforcing the apartment second floor. Cutting the metal and welding everything with just my eyes, and being able to lift everything with one hand made this job a cinch. It took me half the day to get all the architecture right to hold a few hundred tons. Now my second story was a citadel. I plated all the windows with bulletproof glass. They were still one-way, but now they were reinforced. I did the same to the flooring. It was all see-through as well and had energy-absorbing material under it all. I set up the server room first, and when I was putting together the cooling equipment I had bought, I found that I could most likely refill the tank with my freeze breath. This is one of those abilities I do not have top-notch control on, but blowing cold air into a tank should not be too much of an issue. It could help me with training it as well. I set up all the computer racks and storage devices before setting up the glass around everything. I was able to weld the seams together, put a few holes on the room's ceiling for air control, and even cut a clean door out that I would be able to slide open when I needed to get in. I ran the wiring through a small hole that I cut into the corner, and Walla, I was done.

The Lab took up almost half of the giant room itself. I built it the same way as the server room, just way more significant and open. It had all the necessities, including linked computers, microscopes when I need to run computer programs on what I was working on, and just about anything else I could need. I understand that I will be upgrading this with what I build or procure in the future, but I now have everything I needed. The central monitor was a giant of a computer. I basically took like five computers and linked them all together. This unit was connected to everything in the Lab itself, including all the doors, lights, and was even able to cut off the light from the windows. I planned to make this entire area something akin to what Tony Stark had in his basement lab. He could control the holograms with his hands, but for now, I had to make do with what I have.

After finishing everything, which took nearly three days, I came out of my seclusion and went to grab a bite to eat and pick up what I needed to help Anna out. Coming back to my place, I tried to understand my aura and what made it tick. From what I gleaned, the electricity needed to generate a field around me came from my body. I know that all humans produce a bit of electricity. I was going to use this to make a bracelet for Anna to generate her own field. Now she would not have the power to do the things that I can with it but being able to block a weak ass punch was not out of the question. I went to work on generating a bracelet that would use the electricity in her own body to create a sort of force field on her skin. She would not have control of the field, but it will be enough for her to interact with other human beings without dying on her. I am not sure this would work if she had intercourse, as the field would be outside her body, but if I am lucky, she will stay with me, which would not be an issue.

The first few attempts caused explosions that rocked my Lab, and I was grateful I set everything up the way I did. The absorbers I put underneath all the plexiglass I installed worked significantly when negating any damage done to the outside of the Lab. I think the bracelet that I was handling was that it was in contact with me, someone with a higher bioelectric signature than who I was building it for, which caused the damn thing to explode. I had to handle the bracelet without touching it, which made things harder, but not to the point I could not get it done. Finally, Friday came the day we were supposed to go out, and I had completed what I planned.

'Time for a great gift. I hope this works.' I thought as I went downstairs to get ready