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My revelation brought about more conversations with Sif and Bucky, Sif more so but Bucky did have some questions. Luckily Morgan didn't ever find evidence of them getting cold feet so answering the questions was actually more helpful. We had also made our way back to Xandar, I didn't know when Gamora was going to show up, so I had to hang out there until she arrived. The Nova Corps were excited to have me back, seems the upgraded ships I gave them were really helping with pushing back Ronan, they had signed the treaty with the Kree recently so he was attacking them on as many fronts as he could. Since I doubted Gamora would give me the Soul Stone location, none of the charts I had showed me where Vormir was, I needed her help. Thus, I decided to have them pay me for upgrading more ships, it would also help with bridging someone to get the stone for me.
The Nova Corps were happy to dish out the money, and since I didn't care about the overall price, I was open to negotiations. I went with a million a ship, it didn't seem to break the budget and they paid for another dozen upgraded Star Blasters, twelve million would hopefully be a nice amount for her to get off the grid with and find me willing subjects to help with gaining the Soul Stone. While I was working on them Sif, Bucky and the Jaffa spent their time on Xandar and kept their ears and eyes open for both Gamora and Quill, I wasn't sure how long Rocket and Groot were on Xandar before they ran into them, so I didn't bother looking for them.
It took three months, and even then, we were not the ones to find them, Morgan was watching the news and Nova Corps reports for mention of them. Xandar was a large planet so it wouldn't be too surprising if we missed them as I didn't have the exact location of the broker for Quill's deal. She picked up the report and before they sent her off to the Nova Empire prison, The Kyln, I called in a favor and had Gamora released into my custody. I promised she would not be joining Ronan again of course but also had to give them another six upgraded ships just to sweeten the deal for them. Quill, Groot and Rocket were on their own, I figure Quill would try to talk them out of turning him in by mentioning the orb.
I didn't want to show off so I waited for her in a conference room instead of the throne room, but I did have the Jaffa escort her in full armor. I had allowed her to keep her weapons, to make her more at ease, but knowing she was enhanced I had two Asuran's just in the off chance she was strong enough to overpower the Jaffa. When she walked in her eyes darted around the room before stopping on me. "Why am I here?"
"Would you like to sit?" I pointed to a chair across from me, she glared in answer. "Very well, I would like to offer you ten million units for the location of Vormir."
Her hand dropped to her sword. "How do you know that name?"
"Unimportant." I replied. "I need the information and you are trying to get money to escape Thanos so im offering it."
"How do you know all of this?" She drew her sword and pointed it at me. "I haven't told anyone that or anything about Vormir, so how could you possibly know?"
"I know many things, especially that Thanos is attempting to collect the Infinity Stones so he can wipe out half the universe in some vein attempt to bring balance." I said to her, avoiding the question. "I plan to beat him to it, and no I do not have plans to wipe out half the universe or even one person really." Not true but she didn't need to know that.
"You cannot stop him." Gamora said while shaking her head. "He is too powerful and has an army, your technology looks impressive, but you would be destroyed."
I chuckled and looked at my right arm, willing the nanites away I allowed her to see the four stones I had. She gasped when she saw them. "I already have four, which I'm sure would help me greatly."
"H..how?" Her sword dropped. "He had the Mind Stone." She pointed to it. "How could you have taken it from him?"
"He was stupid enough to give it to an agent." I answered and covered the stones back up. "Who went to take the Space Stone but lost and allowed me a chance to take both." I grinned. "The Power Stone was in that orb you were trying to get as you know, I emptied it awhile back but left the orb so not to give away that someone had it. And finally, the Reality Stone came into my possession by being in the right place at the right time." I chuckled. "He now has no stones to use against me." I leaned back into the chair and had a big grin.
Gamora stood for a moment before putting away her sword and sitting down. "Do you know where the Time Stone is?" I nodded, she closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "I want to stop Thanos, he is a plague on the universe that needs to be destroyed but I don't know if you are any better."
"I have the Mind Stone." I pointed out. "If I really wanted to, I could take the information, I am offering to pay for it and to sweeten the deal I promise to take care of Thanos." It wouldn't be much trouble after all. "Of course, you can still have the units."
"And if I do not want to help you?" She asked, I was pretty sure she gripped her sword tighter. "What then."
"Yes, I will take the information." I answered honestly. "But still give you the units, don't know if that makes you feel any better." Her answer was to leap at me, sword forward and ready to stab through me. I wasn't surprised and used my superspeed to move around the table to where she had been, her sword pierced the chair easily, but she quickly looked and saw me behind her.
With a yell she pulled the sword out and spun on her knees, the blade was going for my neck, but I easily flicked it upwards. I added strength to the flick, and I can tell it surprised her but to her credit she kicked out at me, which was absorbed by my suit. When the kick did nothing, she brought her sword down again, this time I caught it with my right hand and brought my left across to break it. She growled and pushed off the table, attempting to use the broken sword still so I grabbed her arm. Twisting I tossed her across the room, she hit the wall hard and before she could slide down, I sped over and grabbed her by the throat. "I can literally do this all day." I said to her, she snarled back and stabbed at me, I was actually impressed she was still holding onto the broken sword.
I let her stab me, she went for the throat and had I not upgraded myself she would have killed me. She was again surprised when a few of the jagged edges broke off on my skin and then the weapon stopped. She growled and she moved her left hand to help push her sword into my throat, which did make me uncomfortable, so I slapped it away and tightened my grip. The sword flew into the side wall and she started to gasp for air, using her now free hands she tried to break my grip on her and even tried to kick me off her. "I really did try to do this politely, when you wake you will be on Xandar along with the account information for your units. I would have been happy to take down Thanos for you but now you've annoyed me, so I'll take the information I need and be on my way." Tapping into the Mind Stone I knocked her out before she could speak, I then started moving through her mind to find the information. I had less practice then the Asuran's, so it took me a few minutes, but I got the jump coordinates and that was all I needed to find the planet.
"Morgan, setup a hotel room and transport Gamora down with a datapad containing the banking information for the units." I said as I began walking out of the room. "Have we found anyone that might fit the criteria of helping us get the Soul Stone."
"So, she didn't want to help?" Morgan asked. "Unfortunate but that was the more likely outcome, I have sent a list of families that might take our offer to your computer."
"Thank you, I'll review them and then throw out some bait and see who bites." I cut the communication and sped off to my office to get working on the list.
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Turns out finding someone who needed money enough to kill a loved one was easier than I thought, searching through medical files we found a family that had a daughter who needed surgery after an accident but didn't have the funds and couldn't get a loan. Looking over the injury and speaking with the Asuran's I discovered we could actually fix her easily then the money would just sweeten the deal. Having us fix her would also be faster so they would see results sooner and be more inclined to follow through with the deal, so we reached out and got them onto Atlantis.
Before anything I made sure they had nanites on them, if they couldn't be convinced, I would wipe their minds and move on to the next. Of course, they were shocked, then angry at first but eventually calmed down and really thought about it. The grandfather was an older man, his wife was already dead, and he came around to the idea of dying to help his granddaughter and set his family up nicely financially. The father, who was his son, struggled for a bit with the idea of killing him, I didn't want to alter his mind set because I was worried that would keep him from gaining the stone. After a day of them asking questions and arguing I moved the daughter into the medbay and started her surgery so they would be forced to go through with everything.
We scouted out Vormir before sending them down, transporting them as close to the peak as possible. It took a few hours, but our scanners eventually picked up high energy readings and my stones vibrated in excitement to let me know the process was done. After beaming him back up I had him place the Soul Stone on a table and then we returned him to his family. On our way back I secluded my self in my lab and took hold of the Soul Stone, I was a bit nervous as this stone was the one with the oddest powers.
As soon as I took hold of the stone, I found myself in a throne room, it was stone and looked more medieval then futuristic like the one on Atlantis. The room was rectangular with the throne on a dais on one end and a doorway on the other, columns lined the sides of the room and each and banners with the star symbol I used for the empire on them. The doorway was open, and I could see the orange skyline the same color as the Soul Stone and it lighted the banners as well to give them an orangish hue. No one was here with me, so I looked around before walking up the six steps to the throne and sitting down, nothing happened so I sat back and tried to concentrate on returning to my body. It took a few tries but when I returned, I grinned. "Five down, one more to go."
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I wanted to explore Kamar-Taj, see what things I might be able to learn from their books but wasn't sure how many Master's were actually here. I sighed and looked back at the Eye of Agamotto, a part of me wanted to keep the stone in it but it wouldn't be as safe, so I walked towards it. Of all the Stones this was by far the easiest to gain, a kino following Dr. Palmer in New York let me see when Strange showed up with the Ancient One and while they have their moment, I take the stone. Not quite a blockbuster heist movie scheme but I now had all of the stones and could move on from the MCU. "Morgan, beam me up." I said as I picked up the stone.
"Any problems?" Morgan asked as I arrived in the lab.
"None." I replied and started to tear the amulet apart. "Here we go." I picked up the stone and moved it to the others, I felt some energy in me but nothing overpowering. That was until I added it to the armlet with the others. "Holy fuck." I grunted as all the energy combined and coursed through me. "Movies didn't show this, damn this feels good."
"The sensors are off the charts." Morgan replied. "We are detecting new and exotic energy readings, it is incredible."
"Keep recording." I said and smiled as I held my hand up, I wasn't sure how Thanos did it before, but I focused on Kaecilius and his followers before snapping. The sound echoed for a few seconds and I grinned as my inner nerd felt fulfilled. "Well?"
"Some high levels of the new energies plus some more, this will take time to filter through." She answered and then disappeared to focus on her new project. I chuckled and created a portal to the bridge, coming out the Asuran's all focused on me.
"Welcome back Emperor." 77 said with a nod. "The bridge is yours."
"Thank you 77 but I will not be staying, transport the target and then move into space." I said to him. "You have command until I return."
"Yes sir." 77 replied and looked to the Asuran operating our transporters, the female Asuran quickly typed on the computer and looked to me.
"Done sir, target is in holding cell area 2." I nodded to her and created another portal, though not into the room.
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Natasha Romanoff quickly looked around; she had just been in S.H.I.E.L.D HQ getting ready for a mission when a bright light surrounded her. She was now in a strange cell, because despite how it looked, she knew a cell when she saw one. Though this one didn't have a door on it and didn't look to be secure by any means, carefully she walked towards the opening that acted as a doorway and reached her hand out. When she was an inch from it a blue forcefield appeared and stopped her, it didn't cause any pain, but she backed off.
"The forcefield covers the entire cell." She spun around and saw another cell, with a man sitting in it. "And despite the technology you have on you it will not help Agent Romanoff."
No one she didn't recognize should know her name, so she focused more on him, he was older going by his white hair. He had bruising on his face, but it seemed to be healing, and by the way he was sitting she assumed he was hurt all over. "You would be surprised." She pulled out one of her batons and charged it before pressing it to the forcefield. After a few seconds she didn't notice any change, so she pulled out her second one and held it at a different point, hoping to weaken it but again nothing changed, and she saw no fluctuations in it.
"This technology is greater than anything S.H.I.E.L.D has access to." The man called out along with a chuckle. "If I were you, I would get comfortable, I am sure our host will arrive soon to speak with you."
"Who is our host?" She asked as she put her batons away. "And how do you know what S.H.I.E.L.D has access to?"
"How rude of me." He stood from his bed slowly, confirming her thought on his injuries. "Werner Reinhardt, also known as Daniel Whitehall, former Head of Hydra. It is a pleasure to meet the famous Black Widow, though I wish it was under better circumstances."
Natasha frowned. "Hydra is dead, been gone for years, are you saying you've been a prisoner here that long?" While his hair did make him look older, he wasn't that old.
He laughed. "So, he has not told S.H.I.E.L.D yet? Perhaps he wants you to figure it out yourselves, tell me have you been losing members recently? Or perhaps there has been some mysterious problems with businesses and locations that were hidden? Important people gone missing?"
"How do you know all of this?" The past years had been odd for S.H.I.E.L.D, they lost a lot of agents and several incidents they investigated led to lots of questions that weren't getting answered.
"Because Alexander Pierce is one of Hydra's leaders." Whitehall answered with a grin. "Along with several high-level agents, Hydra has been in control of S.H.I.E.L.D for decades." He chuckled at her. "By now we should have enacted a plan to completely destroy S.H.I.E.L.D, though I am sure it didn't happen because of the Man In White and the Winter Soldier."
She recognized both those names. "The Winter Soldier works for the Man In White? Is that who has us?" So many questions were racing through her mind now.
"Yes he does, all the conditioning we placed in him is gone now." Whitehall said. "The Man In White also has created a super soldier serum even greater then the one used on Captain America. Oh, what I would give to just look at his blood."
"Unfortunately, Herr Reinhardt you will not get the opportunity." Natasha turned to the new voice and saw who must be the Man In White. "As you will be leaving us."
"Where will I be going?" Whitehall asked. "To S.H.I.E.L.D perhaps, though I doubt I will be able to talk my way out of the building."
"I will be letting Bucky decide your fate." He answered with a grin. "I am sure it will be more enjoyable than your last meeting, at least for him." Whitehall gulped at the news.
"Surely you could have use for me?" Whitehall pushed against the force field. "Even if I stay locked in a lab, under watch? The information I could provide or help expand on what…." The Man In White raised his hand and Natasha watched as it glowed red before Whitehall stopped speaking.
"No." She thought as his mouth kept moving. "He somehow silenced him."
"Hello Ms. Romanoff." She looked at the man. "I am sorry for kidnapping you, but I doubted you would have come willingly."
"You never know." She replied with a smile and shrug. "Couldn't have hurt to ask." She saw where his eyes went as he spoke, despite his attempts not to look he was a male so some flirting might get her information.
"Oh, I believe you would try." He replied with a chuckle. "And I wouldn't blame you, I'm sure Fury would do anything to get me in an interrogation."
"Well, you did steal some powerful tech." She said with a smile. "And have been taking out S.H.I.E.L.D agents and locations….though if what he says is true maybe they weren't really S.H.I.E.L.D." She nodded to Whitehall.
"They were not, everything he said is true and S.H.I.E.L.D has been infected by Hydra." He answered. "And we were just doing our best to clean the ranks along with their high up government officials, and not just in America."
"Why?" She asked. "If you wanted to help you could have come in, Fury would believe you with evidence."
"After time yes, but we both know he wouldn't trust me to be off on my own and would insist I have a shadow." He replied with a sigh. "And that is just to troublesome to deal with."
"How does he know so much about Fury?" She thought. "Can't be too trusting all the time." She looked around the room. "Complete blackout except for the cells so we can't get any information at all, don't give your name and kidnapped me. Not exactly the most trusting actions."
"True enough." He replied. "But I'm sure if I came to you, I'd have been tossed into a secure site and interrogated." He waved to the cell she was in. "So really I've just done what you would have."
She didn't want to, but she had to agree, despite Fury believing him with evidence he would want to know how he got it and all about his technology. Fury could trust people but not quickly and not easily. "So where do we go from here?"
"The past." She cocked an eyebrow at the answer, her body tensed as he raised his right hand and bands of green energy appeared on it.
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I didn't have any practice with it but I wasn't worried about misusing the Time Stone, I could easily fix mistakes with all of their power. Twisting my hand, I began to rewind Natasha, I didn't know exactly when she joined S.H.I.E.L.D but could figure it out with the Mind Stone. Once I felt she looked a few years younger I stopped and switched to the Mind Stone, cutting the force field and tapping her forehead to knock her out. I easily caught her and laid her down on the bed, then using the Mind Stone began sorting through her memory and luckily, I found this was before she met Clint. She believed she still worked for KGB but was unhappy with her life, I would bet this is close to the time she would meet Barton and defect from Russia for S.H.I.E.L.D.
So I began my alterations, making her believe she came across us on a mission and I brought her in to help her. I even looked through her mind for the names of all the Red Room officials and people involved with her brainwashing and training then showed me killing them with her. I took my time with altering her memories, wanting to keep from her finding to many gaps in them and causing problems, I left nanites to be sure though. After an hour of work I was happy with the results and picked her up, opening a portal I moved her into my lab, like Bucky I was going to give her a new body. The new body would also fix her sterilization problem which I knew was one of the biggest things she regretted in life.
It was moments like this that I remembered not having a conscience, I basically just mind raped someone and didn't care. Yes, I had altered peoples minds to some degree before but nothing as intense as this, and all because I was interested in both her skill set and thought she was attractive as hell. "Just another indication I'm not the man I once was."
XXXX Star Wars: Novas Prime, 39 BBY XXXX
I decided to spend some time on Novas Prime, wanting to start getting the foundations really ironed out before I worry about bringing in more people. Once back into the same universe the Asuran's link updated each on their new knowledge and they began creating blueprints and models for each planet's architecture, wanting each to feel unique for its inhabitants.
For Novas Prime Morgan had been helpful and given them info on what I liked, using some of the information from our conversations but not revealing anything secretive. I was a fan of Lord of the Rings, though I didn't have any plans to go there as they had no advanced technology. Minas Tirith was one of the places I liked so the Asuran's were using it as a focal point for the capital and making much of the city look like a fantasy version of medieval Europe. In the middle of the city would be a tall tower that would house much of the government offices instead of houses like Minas Tirith, the top would be flat and open with a garden and castle like building for me to use, I would have a mansion built elsewhere to live in. We would use white stones and other materials to make the old style of houses more modern and updated.
Novas II, which housed the humans, would be given a more advanced look much like Xandar, I felt the former slaves deserved something more. In the time I had been gone, which to them was only five days, they had organized themselves to a degree as each continent had a city with a leader elected from among them. That was good enough for now and I wanted them to have some say in who led them on a local level, so I met with them and showed them the plans, and all were blown away by it.
The Jaffa were more interesting, they had shown an interest of both the Spartan lifestyle and also the Asgardian one but the two were very different. Since we had a better idea of Asgardian architecture, we decided to go with that, though the designs from the Asuran's were interesting so I had them save them for a possible future world. The Jaffa had also elected leaders, surprisingly my Prime's had declined any involvement as they planned to move to Novas Prime with me. Instead, they had selected two older Jaffa as they had more wisdom then most.
Finally came the difficult project of recreating Svartalfheim for the soon to be reborn Dark Elves, study of them showed they were more susceptible to sunlight then other races. They were not like vampires that would burn when hit with it, but it explained why all the soldiers wore the strange masks all the time, it blocked the sunlight and made it easier for them to see. So, we had to create a planet with a clouded atmosphere that would shield it from most UV light, that also would decrease the amount of vegetation that could be grown on it. It wasn't impossible just took more time to get everything figured out, after a week we had it and began terraforming and finished the planet. The Dark elves would take longer as we were rewriting much of their history so they would be more agreeable, mostly cutting back on their superiority.
Within months we had several cloned Dark Elves all with modified memories ready to be moved to the planet. From their minds we were able to pull information on their cities and lifestyles so we could recreate a city for them that would be familiar to a degree. Their style was best described as fantasy elven, almost like it was pulled from Lord of the Rings also but had a sinister look to it with points and dark colors.
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Natasha was fitting in well, no one really questioned her appearance as they knew I was picking up useful people to help us. Of course, I first had to look to see if Bucky or Sif knew anything about her, Thor might have mentioned her, and Bucky might have had her on his radar. After ensuring they didn't have any idea about her, which Bucky did, I introduced her as our future spy master. I had of course spoken with her beforehand, making sure all the memories lined up and to see how she felt about the new body. While she tried to hide it, I used the Mind Stone and learned she was thrilled about her ability to have children was restored, not that she planned to go out and have a kid right away but the choice was hers.
She was interested in her new strength and Sif was happy to have another female to fight with and befriend. Natasha's fighting style was also vastly different from Bucky and the Jaffa, so it was good experience for all of us.
No one had experience working as a spy so I had to look for people to fill the roles, and while she was initially against the idea of using children, she was willing to work with them but without the extreme measures like the Red Room. We did have several orphans among the human populations, adults didn't always survive in the mines, so giving them something to do was helpful. We had time and I was willing to let Natasha try her methods, if we didn't see results, I could find someone else without a conscience to train spies. I also introduced her to the Wick's, Johns training and skills would come in handy for that line of work as well.
As everyone began working on their projects, I had one of my own to finish, building high end probes to map out hyperspace lanes and scout planets. Each probe would be equipped with a cloak, shield, long range communications just to send coordinates, though in code incase they were intercepted, and a small weapons system to take out small meteorites along with a range of scanners. I was making several and would send them out in all directions to have a more through map then the basic one I had. This would also help me in finding the inhabited planets that weren't listed on my map, and the ones who may not be exactly where the map has them.
As I was finishing up my designs I felt something, like someone was trying to focus on me, it took a second to realize it might be someone using the force so I quickly used the Mind and Reality Stones to hide, blocking my thoughts and creating a red mist to hide me. The feeling lasted a few minutes and I tried to focus on pushing it back with the Mind Stone, eventually I was able to. I should have realized bringing in power like the Infinity Stones would alert force users and eventually they would look for me, I was going to have to be vigilante. "I wonder if it was Sidious or Yoda….probably Yoda, Sidious might not be strong enough at this point but I shouldn't rule it out."
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Grandmaster Yoda of the Jedi Council frowned as he opened his eyes from his meditation, weeks ago he had been given a warning from the force about something powerful coming into the galaxy. He did his best to find the source of the warning and when he felt that he was finally getting closer it hides itself from him, like it knew he was there. It then fought against him, it was powerful but seemed to not have a full grasp on its power yet, he worried what that meant as anything this powerful should have had training to gain its power.
"Continue watching, I will." Yoda thought with a nod. "Not yet, shall I inform the council. Panic this will cause." He was also not sure if this power was a threat, it had no ill intent to him as he tried to see it, it simply hides itself and pushed him away. "Patient I must be, allow fear to take hold I must not."
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"All probes have been launched, all signals are coming in strong and the stellar cartography lab is processing the data." Morgan informed me.
"Good, I guess we just have to wait now." I let out a sigh. "I hate waiting…..alright contact Bol'vak and have him prepare some men, no more then one hundred will be needed. Then have 77 prepare Atlantis for another trip."
"Where are we going next?" She asked.
"DC, I have an idea on another group we can try to recruit." I replied with a grin. "Though the real trick will be finding just the right version of DC to get what we need."
XXXX DC: Earth, 1200 BC XXXX
Queen Hippolyta of Amazonia sighed as she walked into her bedroom, today had been a trying day as they prepared for the army coming towards them. She had no idea why Hercules was marching towards them, but they would be prepared for them. She began to undress, when a throat was cleared and such she spun around and placed her hand on her sword. "I come in peace." It was a man, he was sitting by the window at a small table she usually had her morning meal at. He was handsome and what skin he showed was muscular, he had no weapon that she could see but she didn't relax.
"Who are you? How dare you enter my chambers." Hippolyta stood straight and gave he best regal look, showing while surprised she was not afraid or worried and demanded respect.
"I am Magnus, I apologize for my rudeness but at the current time I did not think you would welcome a man into your court." He said with a smile.
"You are with Hercules then?" She asked but he shook his head. "Then why are you here, why go to such lengths to speak with me."
"I have come to warn you." He answered. "Hercules will challenge you to a fight, I am confident you will win and when you do, do not invite his army in to for a celebration of peace."
She frowned at him. "If a fight can stop a war I will gladly do so, however we would dishonor ourselves if we did not celebrate a peace."
"Even if they would use that time to drug, imprison and then rape you and your people?" He said and she froze.
"You lie." She drew her sword, pointing it at him. "Despite the tension currently between us Hercules would not dishonor himself in such a way."
"You will eventually break free and take your revenge, then the Gods will punish the Amazons because you are supposed to teach man about love, virtue and equality." He finished and sat back in his chair. "So again I warn you, do not celebrate with them."
"Leave." She growled at him. "I have no desire to stain my room with blood and I grow tired of your lies, which sound as though they come from Ares lips." He was always jealous of the success of both Hercules and the Amazons, if she followed this man's words it would create a rift between the two.
He sighed and stood up. "Very well, I hope you will head my words." He suddenly was gone; a burst of wind was the only indication he had been here at all.
"Hermes?" Hippolyta thought, a similar effect happened when he ran off after a visit. "No, he would not have hidden his appearance." She thought and shook her head, sheathing her sword she walked towards he wine jug to take a drink. She stopped though, the man had been in here alone for a while, she picked it up and walked to the window to pour it out.
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"I like this view better then your last one." Hippolyta turned; she had been standing alone on her balcony looking over Paradise Island. It took a moment for her to recognize him, but she did, the man who tried to warn her of Hercules and the wrath of the Gods.
"You look the same as you did that night." She looked him over. "You are no mere mortal are you?"
He smiled. "No am I not and before you ask I am not a God either." She hummed in thought at that. "I also have to apologize for once again intruding."
"Men are not allowed on Themyscira, I should call my guards." She wouldn't though, her curiosity was peeked.
"Technically I'm not on Themyscira." He said and pointed down; she was surprised to see he was floating a few inches off the ground. She had not noticed his height the last time they spoke.
"Humorous, that makes little difference though." She said and crossed her arms. "Your proximity to the island is the issue."
"Are you not curious as to why I am here?" He asked and landed on the ground.
"I am, I am giving you the benefit of trying to help us before." She glared. "But if I find you are attempting to harm my Sisters I will stop you."
"I have absolutely no in tension of harming anyone." He replied. "I am curious though, how do you truly feel about the results of what happened with that event?"
"What do you mean?" She asked. "Am I happy my sisters were raped, brutalized and humiliated, no I am not." She snarled at the mere thought of that night.
"And the Gods?" He asked. "There response to your revenge?"
She frowned at that, not all of the Gods were angry with them but most, even Athena, were upset with their decisions after the event. "I think some used the event to humiliate us more, such as Ares, while Athena thought we should not have chased down the army after they fled." She sighed. "I feel we were overly punished but now we guard Doom's Doorway, a worth cause."
"I personally agree that you may not have had to chase after the army but to punish you like that." He shook his head. "Do you think it would have made a difference if you didn't though? Truly?"
"Yes." She answered firmly. "The Gods may be fickle, but they are wise." He chuckled at that. "You mock them?"
"I believe you think of them to highly and they would do the same thing for different reasons." He replied. "I think the male Gods don't care for what the Amazon's and the women hold you in to high of a regard so when you fail, they overly punish you."
"I can believe some of the male Gods, Hades and Ares especially, feel that way but not all." Hippolyta replied. "And I do not think the Goddesses feel that way of us."
"Lets find out." He said, and that confused her.
"You wish to speak with the Gods?" It was not something that was easy to do but if she pleaded they might speak to him.
"No." He answered and held out his hand. "I have to reason to have earned your trust but if you would take a chance I can show you what I mean."
She hesitated, years of mistrust to men was still firm in her but she remembered he did try to warn her about the events. "One moment." She said and walked towards her room, she grabbed her sword and walked back to him. "One chance." He grinned as she took his hand, he held up his other and it soon was covered in blue energy. She tensed and let out a gasp as a portal of blue swirling energy appeared behind them and then swallowed them both, looking around she saw they were in a new city.
She turned to ask where they were but stopped as the blue energy was changed to green, a dome was created around them and he twisted his hand. Outside of the dome she saw something incredible, the sun and moon spun around as if the days and nights were moving through an incredible pace, people and animals moved around them but backwards and also fast. Buildings started to disappear, looking to be deconstructed and weather events passed them but backwards as well. "What is happening?"
"Were moving backwards in time." He answered, causing her to look at him with wide eyes and then back outside. The city grew smaller and eventually became ruins, then the ruins started to re form and she knew where they were.
"Amazonia." She muttered and the dome fell.
"The night before Hercules arrives." Magnus said as he let go of her hand and turned to her. "So you now have the chance to redo all of those events." She couldn't believe it, it shouldn't be possible. "Go speak to your sisters, see if I'm lying." He walked backwards. "I will see you in a few centuries." He said before disappearing again, though she was still processing what he said. After a minute she moved towards her door, she needed to confirm what he said before making her decision.
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She couldn't remember the exact day he came last time, there was nothing special about the night or the days leading up to it. The only thing she did remember was that it was a full moon, so she moved a table out onto her balcony and every full moon she sat waiting. "You were right." She heard him this time and looked over to see him floating down, his tunic fluttered with the wind tonight. "They found another reason to punish us."
"I enjoyed your fight with Hercules." He replied and took the empty seat across from her. "How did it feel to finally get to vent your anger at him for raping you?"
"Very good." She answered and moved to pour wine for them, she always had two cups waiting on these nights. "I may have gone to far." She had broken several of his bones in the fight.
"And then denied them entry to celebrate, insulting them and making them attack you anyway." He said with a sigh. "You lost lives that day but won in the end, then Zeus grew angry with you for insulting his son. Didn't care why his army was marching on you did he?"
"He never questioned it, even when I brought it to his attention." She took a sip of wine. "The others all thought I was harsh to him, showing no virtue in our fight and we dishonored them with our disrespect to the army and peace."
"So, they shipped you off to the island to think about what you had done." He looked at the wine. "I have never been a wine fan; I hope you don't mind if I get something else." She was curious what other powers he had so she shook her head. This time his hand glowed red and the cup and wine changed to a glass cup and a powerful smelling liquid.
"What is that?" While her daughter had brought other wines back from the World of Man, she had not provided much variety, though she and her sisters never asked for anything else.
"Bourbon." He replied and held the glass out to her. "Would you like a sip?"
She took it, she did not think he would stoop to drugging her, not when he showed such power and skill with magic. "An interesting smell, very different from wine." He chuckled as she made no move to lower the glass, he took her wine and changed it for himself.
"So, the results are the same." He said to move the conversation back. "What if you had found the drugged wine and not fallen to them, showed they were the ones in the wrong?"
She paused and thought about it. "Perhaps, but we are happy here and my sisters do not know the humiliation of being raped and enslaved."
"But what about their freedom?" He asked. "They don't all hate men now but are trapped on an island without the possibility of starting a family."
He was right, a few were disinterested in men because of Hercules army but more wanted to have children, daughters to pass their ways to. Many were jealous of her for getting Diana, she saw it and that was a large part of why she made sure everyone helped raise Diana. "You make a good point…very well, I shall give this another try." She finished her drink. "I think I can fight Hercules this time without hurting him so badly."
He chuckled and held out his hand.
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She had remembered the exact day this time, though she wasn't sure he would always show up on that night since she didn't remember if it was the same night. "Well, I personally thought you did everything right this time." He placed a bottle on the table, and she picked it up.
"Very Old Fitzgerald, bonded eight years old." She read. "That does not seem very old."
"Well, it is." He muttered and sat down to glasses. "So, you defeated Hercules but left him some dignity this time, the party started, and you discovered the wine."
"And he denied knowing about it, accused us of trickery even though it was in the barrels he brought." She said as she opened the bottle and poured them some each. "His men drew their weapons, and we did as well, he escaped but most of his men died." She sighed. "Zeus accused us of treachery, again he favored his son over the truth. Hades and Ares sided with Zeus though and most of the others didn't care about the events, Athena and Hera were the only ones who were on our side."
"Your sisters?" He asked and she knew what he meant.
"Some still wish for children, as they actually saw the betrayal this time more of my sisters are done with men." She informed him and he nodded. "What is it you want?"
"I am building an Empire." His answer surprised her. "Not on Earth, in a galaxy far from here." Apparently, she could be more surprised. "My technology and powers give me great knowledge and I think the Amazon's are wasted here on Earth. Your skills, knowledge and culture could be helpful elsewhere."
"You wish us to join you?" He nodded to her; she slowly took a drink. "You wanted to show me no matter the circumstance we would be punished and sent to the Island."
"The male Gods resent how powerful you are and how you can out class the men, the women hold you to such a high regard that when you make a mistake, they overreact to it." He spoke. "You should be examples to people everywhere, not just women, and you all are wasting away here."
"You give us high praise." She told him. "But we cannot leave here, the door must be watched and without the Gods we would be no greater than the average woman in Man's World."
"Who watched the doorway before you?" He asked and she actually paused. "Someone had to, Hades wouldn't just wait for you to get here and then try to send his minions through."
"Various groups watched the doorway before we took refuge here." She answered. "So, they could again, the Justice League Diana is a part of would watch it." A point to him.
"And I can grant the Amazons extended life, strength, stamina and dexterity to the same levels if not close." He informed her. "I can also grant you children without a male, two females could make a child."
"Really?" She sat up at that. "How?"
"Science." He answered. "It is very technical, and I can explain it if you like but needless to say I can replace the man in the child making process with a woman. One could carry the child, or I could have it grow in a special chamber, so it is healthy."
They sat there in silence for a bit, she poured more of the drink as she thought. "We would serve under you?"
"Yes, though you would be in charge of the planet, and yes I would give the Amazon's a whole planet to themselves." He said, she was beginning to wonder if she wouldn't be continuously surprised by him. "So you would deal with much and continue to rule, I would simply be in charge of all the planets we inhabit and a make sure everyone is getting along and happy."
"I see, different than any Empire I have heard of but with powerful technology it might work." One of the hardest things with running an Empire is being able to keep control of all the area you take over. He could do some amazing things but to give them a planet all their own, they way he said it made her believe there were more. "An Empire that spans the stars." She thought and looked at him. "I will need to discuss this with my sisters, while I am the Queen I value their opinions."
"I would hope so." He replied with a smile and stood. "I will be in touch, do you think seven days is enough to discuss and at least give me an update?"
"I believe so." She answered with a nod.
"Then I will see you in seven days." A portal opened behind him and swallowed him up, leaving her alone with the bottle of bourbon and much on her mind.
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Lord Asmodeus: God-Emperor, Emperor, its all just a title and with playing to freeing the Jaffa its better to not use the God title.
Sajuuk: The Asgard Core is everything the Asgard know, most of which the Ancients already knew so it would have only given some new information. Anubis and Ball's tech was made with Ancient knowledge, though some was based off of information they learned in the Milky Way, most of it can be replicated just from what is on Atlantis. The Tollans were to peaceful and I didn't feel like keeping them, simple as that. I'm not a big gamer so while I'm familiar with those titles I don't know a lot about them and will probably not visit them. Using much of the info already stolen tech will be made for soldiers and military.