Chapter 30 - Gods Need Not Make Compromises

Somewhere inside the massive space station.

Somehow, Yo-Yo and Simmons encountered each other, much like how Coulson and Mack did.

Just when they met, Simmons was wearing a strange-looking mask, completely unrecognizable, and Yo-Yo had just appeared there, and with everything that had happened, she was already scared out of her wits.

So when she saw somebody wearing a creepy-looking mask approach her from behind, she freaked out and attacked.

Only for Summons to later take off that mask and reveal her identity.

From the outside, this whole thing may seem like children playing Halloween pranks on each other, but for the people involved, it was pretty scary.

Yo-Yo took a deep breath to calm down and then yelled, "What the hell were you doing with that mask, trying to give me a heart attack?".

Simmon also breathed out a sigh of relief, and replied, "Well... I wasn't sure that the air was safe in here." while pointing behind a wall.

When Yo-Yo walked behind it to look, she found around half a dozen dead, mummified bodies.

It looked like the blood was drained out of them by whatever killed them.

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They were all lying near the door, so it looked like they were trying to get out.

After seeing this scene, Yo-Yo was too speechless to reply.

So Simmons continued, "They were trying to get out, I thought maybe it was for air when I saw this mask on the ground, but I guess not.".

Afterward, Simmons kneeled in front of one of the dead bodies and started to examine it.

At this point, Yo-Yo had already regained her composure, so she tried to interrupt Simmons, "Do you really... is this the smartest thing to do?".

"They're already dead, there's nothing to be scared of.", Simmons replied while not even lifting her head.

"No. Of course not!", Yo-Yo commented sarcastically.

Then she walked forward to watch closely what she was doing.

After a while, Yo-Yo spoke, "Oh.. that looks like Momia Juanita from Incan...", but was interrupted.

"The Incan mummies, yeah.", Simmons completed her sentence.

Then she continued, "These people have been dead for a long while, but their bodies seem absent of all interstitial fluid. It's completely dehydrated them, preserving them.".

Hearing this, Yo-Yo got spooked again, "Dehydrated how? Frozen?", she asked.

At this moment, Simmons finally understood what happened to them, and the result scared her too.

She turned her head to look Yo-Yo in the eyes, and replied, "No. Drained!".

"Oh!", Yo-Yo spoke, then continued sarcastically, "They are already dead, there's nothing to be scared of! Really?, while mimicking Simmons's previous statement, and asking, "What sucks a human dry?", in an irritated tone.

Just at this time, a manly voice suddenly came from behind them, "Aliens.".

This startled them so much that they jumped up in shock.

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When they turned around to look, they found Mack and Coulson dragging in Virgil's unconscious body, and Kol walking in front while carrying a crazy-looking gun and a long metal spike.

Kol wasn't wearing his coat anymore, and a few buttons on his shirt were loose, with sleeves rolled up.

After Coulson and Mack walked in and put down Vergil, Kol walked back and closed the door behind them.

Mack and Yo-Yo were dating and were probably worried about each other, so they went forward to hug each other.

"Gracias adios.", Yo-Yo spoke in Spanish.

Mack replied, "Happy to see you too, but I am not happy you are here.".

On the other hand, referring to Kol's previous comment, "Aliens?", Simmons asked.

This time Mack replied, "Yep. Coulson's 99 percent sure we're in space.".

Hearing this, Simmons sighed, and commented in a fed-up tone, "Oh not again!".

They somehow always did get themselves in these kinds of situations.

Then she asked, "Alright then! Any idea which part of space we are in?".

Coulson replied, "Umm... outer?".

But then Kol interjected, "That's irrelevant at the moment. We can't make use of that information, it's not like there's a spaceship here we can use. So let's focus on our current problem. Survival.", his voice wasn't loud, yet his tone was impactful enough for everyone to focus only on him.

"And who is this?", Yo-Yo asked Mack.

Mack replied while looking at Yo-Yo, "A guy who appeared out of thin air. Says he's sent here like us.", his voice was loud enough for everyone to hear in this quiet room.

So Yo-Yo spoke while looking at Kol, "But he wasn't there with us when that rock sent us here!", her voice was much louder, and sounded suspicious with a threat hidden in her undertone.

She was implying that he may be lying and trying to get everyone to focus on Kol's origins to question him openly.

So Kol replied with sarcasm, "Well, if you want my full bio-data, then I may be inclined to give it to you later after we get out of this mess, but for now, I suggest you look around.", indicating at all the dead bodies with a side-glance.

Then continued, "We are neither last nor the first humans to have been sent here. Obviously, whoever did it has been doing it for a while. So unless you want to continue with your pointless questions, I suggest we focus on the matter at hand.".

Then he turned towards Simmons and asked, "Miss... your name... ah you're a biologist of some kind, I presume? Saw you examining that body over there.".

When they just came in, Kol was walking in the front, so he saw Simmons examining the dead body.

Simmons hesitated and looked around, seeing no one had any objections, she replied, "Yes I am. Jemma Simmons.", she extended her hand for a handshake.

Kol shook her hand and spoke, "Any idea what kind of creatures we're dealing with? Anything you've discovered could be helpful.".

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After a while, Vergil woke up, "Ahh... Heyyy... Ohh...", getting everyone's attention.

"Ahh, How long have I been out? We... we can't linger here.", he spoke to Coulson who was standing in front of him.

Coulson replied, "Yeah, sorry. Mack thought you were an imminent threat.".

Hearing this, Vergil turned his head towards the tall figure of Mack and focused his eyes, then he spoke in a daze, "Alphonso Mack Mackenzie. Oh it's good to meet you.".

The way he said it was kinda creepy, and it freaked out Mack a bit.

"How do you know me?", Mack asked seriously with a hint of anger in his undertone.

Then Vergil smiled and stood up, and spoke while looking at Yo-Yo, "Yo-Yo Rodriguez", the asked, "Is it ok if I call you Yo-Yo?".

"No.", Yo-Yo replied.

"Ok!", he replied while still smiling.

Then turned his head to Simmons, "Jemma Simmons, Biochemistry. I'm sorry if Fitz didn't get to make the trip, but he's thinking of you in his heart.", in a sympathetic tone.

But everyone else was getting more and more impatient.

Mack couldn't hold it, and yelled, "HEY! HOW DO YOU KNOW US?".

Vergil replied, "I've been studying you for years. Your history. I mean, I've always believed. I mean, I had moments, but... they... they tried to take that last bit away from me, but I always believed that the stories were true.", in a sad tone.

His tone showed years of struggle and hardsh.i.p.s, it was clear how hard his life must have been. Perhaps it wasn't as obvious for the rest of them, but Kol could see it. He could understand his pain.

Just when Vergil had started talking in the manner like he was following some sort of prophecy or something, Kol got out of his sight so as not to get noticed.

This way, even if he could, even if he did know something about a probable future, Vergil wouldn't be able to expose him.

However, when Vergil spoke about how "they" tried to take that last bit away from him, Kol took pity on him and came out.

For Kol now, even if he got exposed, it would be worth it if he could help Vergil out because this little adventure and having fun wasn't worth forsaking who he was.

On the other hand, after hearing Vergil's reply, "What stories?", Jemma asked.

"Well, this one. That you would... you would come.", Vergil replied.

"To save you, Vergil? From those aliens that were attacking?", Phil asked.

"No those-No! The roaches are an anomaly, a glitch in the plan. Don't be crazy you're not here to save... me.", Vergil replied.

"Who then?", Coulson asked.

"Humanity.", Vergil replied in a serious tone.

Now, this managed to shock everyone, even Kol was surprised a bit.

Everyone turned their heads away to contemplate, but Kol asked, "Who are they?".

Getting everyone's attention onto himself, "You mentioned "they" tried to take that last bit away from you. If not the roaches, then tell me, who are "they" then?".

Hearing this question, Vergil was once again saddened. He had his head down and shoulders dropped as he replied, "They... they... they are the...", but he paused and looked up at Kol with a contemplative look.

Then instead of replying, he asked, "You... who are you? I don't recognize you.".

"Kol Mikaelson. Now answer the question.", Kol replied.

"No... This... No, wait! you're not supposed to be here.", Vergil spoke in a strange tone, while panicking slightly.

But Kol spoke sarcastically, "Oh yeah!? Tell THAT to whoever sent me here then.".

Then he raised his voice, "Now answer the damn question. WHO ARE THEY?".

This finally managed to quiet Vergil, he looked at everyone present, then focused his eyes on Kol, and replied in a serious tone, "The Kree. They are the ones who...", but he was interrupted.

An ant feeler suddenly stuck out from his head, and the light of life in his eyes was immediately lost.

He was pierced by one of the roaches from behind.

This place was mostly dark, it was hard to see here, so no one noticed one of the roaches sneaking behind Vergil.

Of course, Kol noticed it just fine. He saw it coming even before it entered the room, but he let it be.

On one hand, Kol wanted to help Vergil, yet helping him would mean getting exposed earlier than he would've liked. Still, though, Kol was fine with it.

The only question was... why would he need to sacrifice one thing? Why would he need to choose at all?

After coming all this way, this journey from a fragile little mortal to becoming a God wasn't easy. So after coming all this way, if he still needed to chose like he used to when he was human, then what was the point of all this?

Kol was a God. One day, he would be a Godking. There was no need for him to sacrifice anything.

He would save Vergil because he wanted to and he could, and at the same time, he would have fun while at it.

As soon as Vergil died, Kol pulled out his soul from his body and towards himself, then kept it inside the Mikaelson ring.

His action was so quick that no one noticed any abnormality.

Then, at the same time as everyone else started running for the door to get away from this "roach", Kol ran for his spear, but only at a pace that a normal human being could.

By the time everyone else reached the door, Kol had grabbed his spear and turned around to face the Vrellnaxian that was coming right for him.

Kol knew that he could not show more than human capabilities, so instead, he used his X-ray vision to observe the biology of the Vrellnaxian, thereby predicting its combat pattern.

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In Kol's perception, the Vrellnaxian was moving so slowly that it was almost stationary, so he didn't need to predict its combat pattern, yet he still did it out of habit.

By the time the creature reached him, Kol was holding the spear parallel to his body, with the pointy end facing upwards.

When it reached his range, Kol removed his left hand from the spear, thereby holding it in his right, took half a step forward, and stabbed it right at its head.

When a spear is held in hand parallel to the body, it is usually pointed downwards, while a sword is pointed upwards.

Kol just stabbed his spear as one would a sword, but he wasn't fighting a warrior, but a creature which was only used to hunting people running away from itself. It could not tell a faint form an actual attack.

In the show, these Vrellnaxians could even dodge bullets, let alone a spear coming with a speed that humans could display.

It twisted its joints and dodged the stab, by shifting itself towards Kol's right.

Then it sent one of its feelers right for Kol's head.

However, as soon as his stab missed, Kol side-stepped towards his left, held the spear in both hands, and even as the feeler passed by him, he smashed it right at its joint.

"Screeeech!", the Vrellnaxian screamed in pain.

Taking advantage of its distraction due to pain, Kol took a step towards it, and then smashed his spear right on its spine, just below the head.

"Screeeeeech!!!", this time Vrellnaxian screamed even louder.

When one thought about their terrifying agility and dexterity, they would think that their arms were their strong points, so they would aim at their head or torso. This was a mistake.

From what Kol discovered, Vrellnaxians' bones were hollow inside, much like birds. They were built for speed. But their skull was made of a particularly strong bone.

On the other hand, their joints were quite complex, and held all their weight, while the rest of the leg bones and spine were only used to change their direction while running.

So even if their joints were quite strong, when they were attacking or running, they were the most stressed areas.

Especially when they were changing directions while running, it was like their joints were already about to give out and break from all that extra tension.

So when Kol smashed his spear at this moment, he managed to shatter them.

On the other hand, its spine was made of hollow bone, like the rest of its skeleton, and after it broke, Vrellnaxian could not move. It just laid there and screamed.

So Kol walked towards its head, and stabbed the spear at its opened mouth, piercing the brain, and finishing it off.

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Mack, Yo-Yo, Simmons, and Coulson were running in the corridor, trying to get away from the Vrellnaxian that was supposed to be chasing them.

Yo-Yo looked back while running but found nothing chasing them, "Wait WAIT guys!", halting everyone's footsteps.

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Then they all looked back.

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Yo-Yo continued, "Huff! Huff! There's nothing.", while pointing behind them, "Unless they can turn invisible too.".

At this point, it wouldn't be that strange even if they could. So they all looked at each other with horror written on their faces.

But Coulson asked, "Wait, where is Kol?".

Then they finally noticed that Kol wasn't here with them.

"I saw him running for his spear.", Yo-Yo replied.

"So he could be back there fighting that thing.", Mack spoke.

"Yeah... that, or those aliens are already s.u.c.k.i.n.g out his interstitial fluid by now.", Jemma commented sarcastically.

Then they all turned to Coulson for guidance.

Coulson spoke, "Let's go back and see.", then he started walking back.

The others were about to follow, but just at this time, they all saw Kol coming towards them from the front.

He turned a corner, walked a few steps forward, and stopped, "Hey what you're doing over there? I thought we were all gonna fight it together, but when I turned to look back, you were all gone. Leaving me alone with that thing. I nearly died!", speaking in a frustrated tone.

His spear was dripping with blood and his appearance looked a bit disheveled.

On the other hand, Coulson and others were looking at each other in shock and surprise. They didn't expect this to happen.

But Kol continued before anyone could reply, "Haven't you guys ever seen a monster movie? People usually die because they always run away. How are we supposed to survive this maze if you run and hide from every little straggler!".

"Sorry, we thought you were running right behind us.", Coulson replied in an apologetic tone.

"That seemed like the only non-suicidal thing to do.", Yo-Yo commented while sharing a look with Simmons.

With a sigh, Kol spoke, "Ok, let's go. We can't linger here, it's too exposed.", and started walking back.

However, as soon as he turned a corner, he nearly bumped into someone. A girl in her twenties.

It was Daisy Johnson a.k.a. Skye, or Quake, an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.

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But Kol didn't know her. All his knowledge of the Marvel world came from the movies, and a little from the comics, he never watched any shows.

On the other hand, Daisy was surprised. She had been wandering in this place for a while now, yet found no sign of human activity.

She spoke in a surprised tone, "Huh! Who the hell are...", but she was interrupted.

Kol hit her in the gut with the non-pointy end of his spear, "Bang! Ahh!", then when she bent down in pain holding her stomach, he twisted his spear, and hit her in the head, "BANG!!", thus knocking her out.

The others hadn't turned that corner yet, so they hadn't seen anything, so Kol walked back, looked at them with a big smile on his face, and spoke, "Hey guys! I've caught one of the natives. I bet she can answer some questions! Come quickly. She was trying to resist, so I knocked her out. Mack, come carry her.", then turned around and walked back again.