00099. Everyone gets a body!

00099. Everyone gets a body! AnnouncementHere is the chapter for the week, hope you like it. Also I started my new story if you wanna check it out,

The day after Tao transferred to her new body, Peggy and Steve were asked to come over to the medical facility. Theo again wanted to be there personally, so he took over for his clone today. After Peggy and Steve arrived at the base, Ezekiel greeted them. Before he led them to where their new bodies were.

As they stepped into the room both of them froze in place as they looked at younger versions of themselves sleeping peacefully. Peggy was the most shocked as it had been decades since she last saw herself without aged features.

Steve glanced between the two people on beds before he asked, "What exactly is going on here?"

"Project Lazarus was a success. These are your new bodies."

Peggy turned around to look directly at Ezekiel as she asked, "I thought Lazarus was so your clones would have permanent bodies?"

Ezekiel nodded as he said, "That's in phase two."

Ezekiel moved towards the bodies as he said, "These bodies are part of phase one."

Ezekiel turned around to face Steve as he said, "When I asked for your DNA, you made me promise not to look into the super soldier formula."Discover new chapters at novelhall.com

Ezekiel pointed at the clones of Steve and Peggy as he said, "I kept my promise but at the same time stumbled upon something better."

Steve looked a little upset as he asked, "If you kept your promises, how did you come up with something better than the super soldier formula?"

Ezekiel pointed at himself as he said, "Using my DNA."

Both of them looked at the bodies in concern as Steve asked, "So those are clones of you that look like us?"

"No, those are about forty percent me, one part Logan's x-gene and the rest is from both of you. While it should make you look different, my DNA was altered to not show any outward signs. So physically you still look the same, but under the hood is where my genetics take over. We've done extensive testing and this ended up being the best mix without any side effects."

Ezekiel smiled as he said, "We never did look into the super soldiers formula itself like I promised. I had planned to just clone your powers into Peggy and a few other people instead. But Sarah was never able to get far in the project though since we made the discovery about my DNA."

Steve frowned as he said, "So what, these are like a stronger version of a super soldier?"

Ezekiel shook his head as he said, "No, these are like a weaker version of me. They should be a little weaker than you are currently. But with proper training you could lift mountains. Plus you will be able to use my skills with practice and dedication.”

Ezekiel smiled again as he said, “But that’s not all, Logan’s x-gene increases your body's healing factor. You won’t be like Logan, but you shouldn’t really get sick anymore. You will heal from most injuries faster than normal and even regrow limbs. Oh and you should be able to live past five hundred years old, if you don’t get killed or something.”

“Five hundred years?!?!”

Ezekiel nodded as his smile grew before he said, “From our testing it was mostly from my DNA, but Logan’s x-gene did help out.”

While they took in the information, the door to the room opened and in walked Tao. Tao looked to be around sixteen with fiery red hair tied into a braid that hung down past her butt. Ezekiel shook his head as he said, “I’m still not a fan of the long hair. Maybe a pixie cut?”

Tao gave Ezekiel a look that made him go quiet before she smiled at the other two people in the room. As she asked, “So did Ezekiel finish explaining what was going on?”

“Kinda, but not really. He also didn’t ask if we wanted new bodies.” Peggy finished with a frown at Ezekiel.

Ezekiel shrugged as he asked, “What? You don’t want the chance to live a full life with lover boy here?”

After it entered her body and disappeared, Peggy asked, "What was that?'

Ezekiel smirked as he said, "Magical contraceptive. Just a precaution since the normal stuff isn't completely effective."

Tao nodded as she said, "Whenever you're ready to have kids just let me know. Till then you kids are free to have as much fun as you like without worries."

Ezekiel laughed before he said, "Ya, and now you don't have to worry about Peggy walking with a limp afterwards."

Steve and even Peggy looked a little embarrassed before Ezekiel added, "Oh I almost forgot the most important part."

Ezekiel stepped next to Steve and went to whisper in his ear. But instead he spoke in his normal voice as he said, "She's a virgin again, so go easy on her."

Steve just shook his head as Tao smacked him again. Peggy also smacked him as she asked, "Are you done playing around? Is there anything important we need to know or are we done here?"

Ezekiel rubbed the back of his head as he said, "No, that should be all..."

"Good. Come on Steve, let's go to the gym. I have the sudden urge to punch something." Peggy said as she moved out of the room.

Steve shook his head again and flashed a smile as he said, "I would say thanks for the new body, but I think I am going to be the one getting punched."

Ezekiel smiled back as Steve walked towards the door. As Steve was walking out, Ezekiel added, "By the way, I added a couple inches where it counts."

Steve stumbled and turned back to see Ezekiel hold up his hands like he was showing someone the largest fish he ever caught. Tao smacked the back of his head again as she said, "You need to grow up."

Steve just shook his head before he disappeared completely from the door frame. Ezekiel huffed as he said, "What's wrong with helping a guy out... I mean he didn't really need it. But I thought, "What the heck, everyone could use an extra inch or two."

Ezekiel rubbed the back of his head as he said, "At least I held back and didn't make you and Peggy look like Tsunade..."

Tao gave Ezekiel a flat look as she said, "I think we will double your training load. You're also banned from visiting Stark for three months."

"But we’re still working on the mobile phone project."

"He should be able to finish everything himself. But you can stop by his place today and let him know you'll be busy for the next three months."

Ezekiel shook his head as he mumbled, "Should have just kept my mouth shut."

During the next three months while Theo was going through what most people would consider child abuse. Tao, Theo and his clones were able to swap everyone in their group into new bodies. Almost everyone was given the weaker of the bodies.

Robert Gonzales and his wife Dawn were also brought in. It turned out during his retirement, his wife came down with a very aggressive form of cancer. It was caught early thanks to Theo’s warning, but it was still cancer and not even Tsunade had a direct way to cure it. Cancer wasn't something that was common in their original world. Not when most people didn't live past forty.

Since they didn't have a cure for it currently, Theo offered Robert and his wife a deal. New bodies for both of them, but he and his wife would have to disappear. It wasn’t a hard choice for either of them, they both didn’t have much of an extended family and no kids. So they packed up some essentials and then moved into the base. Once they were given new bodies, Robert came back to work for the group and his wife became another person to help out with the kids.

The kids were the only ones who didn’t receive new bodies. Mainly because Theo wanted to wait till they were older. They could easily do it now, but if they didn’t want to join the group and work as agents it would be a waste. So a rule was made, until someone turned eighteen, they weren’t allowed to upgrade their bodies.

Another rule was a loyalty clause. If someone had a weaker body but were extremely loyal to the cause. After twenty five years they could upgrade to the better body type. The downside would be they would have to start training all over. The plus side would be their skills wouldn’t be affected, just their chakra pool size. In theory with body transferring they figured out a limited type of immortality.