New Age
[Manhattan : 03/02/2001]
Eight years have passed since the emergence of Superman, the world has not stopped changing since then, with the emergence of the Fantastic Four, a group formed by the smartest man in the world Reed Richards and his wife Susan Storm, the greatest expert in Cosmic Rays in the world, Johnny Storm, a famous pilot, and Ben Grimm, a soldier and test pilot.
The X-Men formed by Scott and Jean Gray, with their friends Rogue, Kurt Wagner, and Bobby Drake, became famous as a group of young people who fought crime, and helped in social issues of Meta-humans, Logan and Ororo still acted as teachers at school and as helpers to the boys.
As for Superman himself ? Now a man of thirty-two, Calvin used his company as a means to raise the world's technological level, of course in a way that would improve people's lives.
It started with Manhattan making the city a much more futuristic version, with the help of Stark Industries the city was the first experiment in a city powered by an Arc reactor.
Calvin's initiative to transform Manhattan into a futuristic city was a resounding success. Citizens loved new technologies that improved their everyday lives, from self-driving cars to smart buildings that adapt to weather conditions. The city became an example for the entire world of how technology could be used to improve people's quality of life.
Many countries were commissioning similar projects, but all received a response that STAR Laboratories was still investigating whether the project was viable and that they were waiting for a period of five years.
Stark Industries saw a unique opportunity to collaborate with STAR Industries, and together they began to develop even more ambitious projects.
Combining Stark's knowledge of advanced technology with Calvin's vision for a better future, they set to work on a project that would change the face of the planet: a Global Arc Reactor.
The Global Arc Reactor would be a network of power towers fed by a central Arc Reactor located on a remote island in the Pacific. The energy generated by the reactor would be transmitted to all parts of the world, providing clean and renewable electricity for all people.
Furthermore, the network of towers would also act as a global communication network, allowing people to connect in real time anywhere in the world.
The Global Arc Reactor project was going to be a huge challenge, but with the collaboration of STAR Laboratories and Stark Industries, they were trying to overcome all the technical hurdles.
It would be a big challenge, but Calvin would do anything to make the world a better and safer place, but he wasn't naive to think that things would be easy. He had his eye on every ballot Hydra, AIM, The Tentacles, The Hand, and several other small groups.
The hero he worked with the most was Iron Man and T'Challa, but he also met many other heroes over time, Nova had returned a few times, he fought alongside Namor with Eco Terrorists and helped Ororo with some issues in her homeland among others.
[Center for Space Studies, Washington]
09:50 P.M.
In a more distant region, a STAR study center had its satellites ready for re-calibration, the employees were gradually leaving.
"See you tomorrow everyone, have a nice weekend." A middle-aged black woman said as she said goodbye to her colleagues, everyone said their goodbyes.
But a man continued, he walked slowly to an area further away from the building, until he came face to face with a closet, demonstrating an impressive feat of strength he pulled the closet with both hands, showing an opening in the wall.
He walked in as he put the closet in place to hide the entrance.
Outside the building, a shadowy figure climbed the building, passing through the antennas and the huge glass ceiling, it was the Black Panther who had received some strange signals from various study bases of the STAR Labs around the globe.
Upon entering the building, he moved silently through the hallways, avoiding detection by security cameras and the guards on duty. He finally arrived at the control room, where he found a computer running and a series of data and information being processed.
Upon closer examination, he realized that the data was being sent to a remote, unknown location. He decided to act quickly and hack the system to get more information.
Using his hacking skills and technical knowledge, Black Panther was able to access data that was being transferred to an unknown location and the systems were programmed to self-destruct.
He was about to investigate further, but he was hit from behind, sending him flying, hitting the wall.
crack*
The wall cracked when the hero in the Vibranium suit slammed into it, the building employee being responsible, but his eyes were now a deep dark.
Panther acrobatically got to his feet.
"What have you done here!!" He asked as he flashed his claws.
"GRRRRR!!" But the man just made growling sounds.
His arm stretched out towards T'Challa at breakneck speed.
Black Panther tried to dodge the attack, but was caught off guard by the man's outstretched arm. He was thrown against the wall again, making a big crack in the structure.
The hero got back to his feet, but this time the man began to attack him with a series of quick punches and kicks that left him breathless. Even with its agility and combat skills, the Panther couldn't keep up with the opponent's strength and speed.
He tried to use his claws to defend himself, but the man managed to grab hold of them and twist his wrists with impressive force, causing him to drop his weapons.
The Panther tried to use his grappling and dodging skills to take the man down, but his strength was simply too much. He found himself being thrown through the air several times, hitting walls and the floor, feeling more and more pain in his body.
Finally, the man grabbed him by the neck and started squeezing, making the hero struggle to breathe. He tried to break free, but the man's strength was insurmountable.
Black Panther fought valiantly but unfortunately he couldn't win the fight against the mystery man. He was left unconscious on the floor as the man walked out of the room, leaving only a strange piece of equipment that was on some kind of countdown.
T'Challa used the last of his strength to squeeze a small device that signed a sound, a very specific frequency that only a being on Earth could hear.
When the device was nearing its end, a blue blur streaked across it at super speed and took T'Challa off the building, the device exploded taking the entire building with it.
Far away, Superman helped T'Challa to his feet.
"That was a good spanking you took to get like that." Calvin said.
"I underestimated my opponent, but that doesn't matter, something big is coming my friend, a very serious crisis." T'Challa said cracking his neck a little.
Superman looked on seriously.
"Tell me everything." he demanded.
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