Chapter 33 - Extremis

The next day I woke up to some good news. Sophie had finally managed to track down Maya Hansen who was considered to be one of the smartest people on the planet.

She's the scientist who was responsible for creating the Extremis virus; a techno-organic virus that could rewrite DNA itself.

In Iron man 3 it was revealed that she was working with A.I.M to perfect her serum, but she tried to escape after she found out they were performing illegal human experimentations and essentially killing people off. Being forced to recreate the Extremis virus, so that A.I.M can have their own superhumans. She escaped and tried to get Tony's help.

She was eventually killed by Aldrich Killian after she sought out Tony's help.

Obviously, I am not going to let that happen, because she's too valuable. I also needed her to do some modifications to the serum.

I can't have a bunch of super-powered human bombs running around.

The primary issue with the serum was that, although it worked it tended to overheat the host leading him or her to an explosive fiery death.

The solution to this problem was thankfully answered in the tv show Agents of shield.

Chan Ho Yin nicknamed Scorch was a Hong Kong street magician who developed pyrokinetic powers. He was injected with the Extremis serum and due to special heat-resistant platelets in his blood, he did not overheat or detonate like other users of the serum, but on the contrary it enhanced his abilities.

It was all part of yet another attempt at creating Super powered individuals.

He was also eventually killed off by agent Melinda May, an agent of shield after he went rogue.

Sophie " Master, the base where Maya Hansen is being kept, is located in Buenos Aires, Argentina."

Doug " Good, send the info to my watch, is there anything else of importance I should know"

Sophie " Affirmative, there seems to be 50 armed guards stationed in the facility, in addition to a dozen scientists, I already hacked their security cameras, but the research is being kept on closed-circuit servers. "

Doug "No matter, it only delays the inevitable. "

I opened a portal to Hong Kong first, and found myself in an alley. I had already been here on one of my trips, so getting here was easy.

I started running over rooftops and jumping around while invisible. I arrived at my destination and started looking for Scorch.

I found him performing magic tricks in the middle of the street with a small crowd around him. I watched for a bit as he used his powers, to do some flashy tricks with small bursts of fire here and there. The performance was flashy and drew a lot of attention.

After he finished his show he packed his stuff and started heading to where I assumed he lived.

I followed him for a bit, and snuck into his home. I waited for him to get inside and watched him as he took out a bottle of scotch he bought and started pouring himself a drink. He laid there on the couch and started watching T.V.

I got close enough to where I was only a couple of feet from him and used my telepathy to slowly put him to sleep.

I emptied his scotch in the sink and placed the empty bottle beside him to make it more believable. By the time he wakes up tomorrow, he'll think he passed out from drinking too much.

I then took out a special syringe I had prepared and took blood samples and even some spinal fluid.

After I was finished, I used my Chi to speed up the healing process of the areas I took the samples from, so they'll be unnoticeable by the time he wakes up tomorrow.

I made sure everything in the apartment looked undisturbed, before opening a portal to my lab and storing the samples in a specialized cooling unit.

" Sophie I am headed to Bueno Aires, pull out a 3D render of the closest place to the facility"

" Already done, the closest place we could find is a few miles away, displaying image now. "

She said as she displayed a life-like simulation for me to lock on to.

" We ?" I ask.

Sophie " Yes, Diana was a great help her capabilities are far more advanced than mine, especially in regards to such tasks "

I opened a portal that lead me to a location similar to the one I just saw.

' Wait, why didn't I just ask Diana to do it. It would be far more accurate, especially if she used the Danger Room to recreate where I am trying to go.'

I sighed at my own stupidity and started following a route that would lead me to A.I.M 's research facility.

I arrived at a building that looked more like a military base than it did a research facility.

I started looking for a secure place to stay, while I used astral projection to scout out the base.

I chose an apartment complex close to the facility and walked up to a random apartment.

I knocked on the door and waited for someone to answer.

A beautiful brunette with hazel eyes answered the door.

I gave her my best charming smile and said.

"Oi como você está?" I said.

"Eu estou bem, posso te ajudar?" she answered.

"Sim, eu queria saber se posso usar seu apartamento." I said using my telepathy to persuade her.

She let me into her apartment and lead me to her guest room.

"Certifique-se de que ninguém me perturbe, não atenda a porta." I said.

She gave me a nod and left me to my own devices.

I made myself comfortable and then projected myself out of my body. I headed in the direction of the research facility and started scouting every section.

I mapped out the whole facility and quickly decided on my targets. I returned to my body after half an hour and then immediately opened a portal.

I first headed to the facility's mainframe and had Sophie hack into their systems and download any relevant information she could find on the Extremis Virus.

I discovered a few interesting records about human test subjects and illegal experimentations.

It seems that there were two teams of scientists. One was the main research team which Dr.Hansen was a part of. They focused on the serum's medical applications like regenerating wounds and curing patients.

The second team was trying to weaponize the virus. They were trying to create Super-Soldiers. By giving them Pyrokinetic abilities in addition to enhanced speed, strength, and regeneration.

The two teams weren't aware of each other.

The research seemed to have met a roadblock though. The virus was unstable, sometimes the limbs didn't fully grow or didn't heal and other times the subjects would die in a fiery explosion. It was unstable at best and a fiery explosive death at worst.

I took everything I found useful and left behind a virus that will purge everything concerning the Extremis project.

I designed it to infect any device it comes into contact with, and delete anything concerning this project no matter how secure it is.

It's only a matter of time before anything related to the Extremis virus is wiped from all their systems.

" Sophie, set the virus to activate after I leave the facility, as soon as we have Dr.Hansen we'll immediately leave " I said.

" Affirmative. Dr.Hansen is currently in her sleeping quarters it seems she's about to go to sleep."

" Good, it should make it easier for me to grab her." I said.

It didn't take me long to find her room following Sophie's directions. I snuck into her room and found her sleeping on her bed.

I had already deactivated all the security cameras in her room and was free to do anything I wanted without alerting anyone.

I slowly got closer to her sleeping form and gently shook her awake.

She started to open her eyes, only to find me standing above her.

Before she could scream I quickly covered her mouth and whispered " Calm down. I am not here to hurt you, but if you scream I'll have to knock you out. I have some information you will find interesting if you're willing to listen. I have proof that Killian has been trying to weaponize your research and is using the Virus on live human subjects. If you understand me, nod your head." I said quickly.

She nodded her head showing me she understood, I asked her another question and said " Are you going to scream, If I remove my hand? "

She shook her head and I slowly started removing my hand from her mouth, and as soon as I did she bombarded me with questions " Who are you? How did you get in here? How did you know Killian was experimenting on people ?"

I quickly closed her mouth again, causing her to frown and look at me accusingly.

" I'll answer all of your questions if you come with me. I promise I'll bring you back if you want, but we can't talk here." I whispered to her.

I removed my hand and before she started asking more questions I opened a portal that lead to my base.

" What are yo... " the question died on her tongue as she stared at the portal in shock and amazement.

I calmly walked towards the portal with my hands behind my back and suddenly stopped halfway. I slowly turned my head towards her and reached out my left hand.

" Come with me if you want to live " I said.

She kept staring at me in shock and suddenly said.

" Did you use just quote the terminator ?"

*Sigh* "He totally just did. " Sophie said in a resigned tone.

( Chapter End )

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Yess !! Doug just totally ripped off the terminator. I don't care if it's cringe or whatever, a person only gets so many chances where he gets to quote the terminator.

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"People of Earth, I give you my word this is the last time I shall interrupt your programming and petty distractions."

--Victor von Doom (Earth-616)

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