Chapter 53: Can I Have A Little of Slice of Life in My Plot, Please? Part 01

Chapter 53: Can I Have A Little of Slice of Life in My Plot, Please? Part 01

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"What good are dreams, if all you do is work? There's more to life than hitting the books, I hope you know."

- Tamaki Suou

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Recap: In the last chapter, Eidolon visited the X-men mansion. After being exposed to his worst fears, he talked with Xavier and asked about a meeting with Magneto. After a tour in the mansion and start to know more of the X-men he goes to talk with Jean in private, but is interrupted by the arrival of Juggernaut. Not giving a chance to the Avatar of Destruction, he rapidly defeats him and returns.

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Xavier Mansion

Just after Eidolon drag Juggernaut away

"Whoa, did you see that? Seeing upon close is really something else..." Kitty comments to the rest of the X-Men that are ready to jump into the fight, but they had no chance to intervene.

"Is scary how fast he is." Cessily, Mercury, comments.

"I can also move fast, but then I have no way of knowing where I'm going... I easily lose control." Cannonball adds "These controlled high-speed movements are really cool."

"Quicksilver also has high reflex and perception, so maybe he is a speedster too." Jean says while arriving floating.

"The whole package, huh?" Spyke says with his arms folded.

"Last time we could just stop the Juggernaut after taking off his helmet so that the Professor could use his telepathy... If Eidolon goes to a fistfight..." Kitty says

"Things will get ugly." Jubilee says

"Well, he took the guy away exactly because of that. He must have moved to a deserted place." Kurt says.

"Okay, kids. Stop guessing. We have no way of know how this fight will end or how long will it last. Let's have faith that Eidolono knows what he is doing." The Professor says to stop the talk "Let's stay on alert for now. Sooraya, can you fix the floor till I call someone?" He asks the arab meta.

After she nods the Professor rolls away.

"Guys... Look at that." Kitty points to the coat hanger. Eidolon's mantle is still there.

"If is still there, he must come back to take it again." Jean says

"..." But the rest of the girls are looking between themselves

"Dibs" Kitty says first making Jubilee and Paige scream in frustration.

Kitty moves fast and in no time is already taking the mantle off the coat hanger.

"Isn't this a bad idea? Touching other people's possessions without permission?" Rogue asks unsure, but she can't her eyes off the mantle too.

"I doubt Eidolon will get angry because of this. And we only live one time." Kitt says while caressing the black mantle "Ooh~ So soft and smooth. And pretty too, if you look closely it looks like there are many little stars sewn on it." She says

Kitty then goes to wear the mantle.

"Ohoho. I feel powerful! Stop right there, criminal scum!" She points and strikes a pose "Dead or alive, you're coming with me..." She then goes all serious trying to imitate Eidolon

"Eidolon never said that." Jean says laughing

"Kitty, is better for you to put it back..." Rogue starts and Kitty moves fast.

But she doesn't go to put it back. She removes the mantle from herself and using her powers, she put it on Rogue.

"There. Now you're an accomplice" She says and winks.

She then hugs Rogue, holding her arms so that she can't remove the mantle.

Rogue acts like she don't want it, but she is enjoying too.

"Let me try too!" Jubilee exclaims

Then the mantle was passed to all the girls, with the exception of Sooraya Qadir, even Jean used it a little.

They took pictures striking poses and having fun.

"Jean, use your telekinesis to hold the mantle like he is being blown by the wind, I want to take a picture looking heroic." Kitty says while putting her hands on her hips and puffing her chest.

But then she notices something from the corner of her eye.

Shadow, Eidolon's sidekick, is watching all of their antics. Unmoved, with her impassive face, standing there... almost menacingly.

"..."

Kitty calmly takes the mantle off and with a calm expression, she puts it on Shadow's hands.

The other noticed the black-clad meta too.

"Shadow... We are friends, right?" Kitty says while looking at shadow futuristic glasses that work as a mask and holding her hands, with the mantle above it. New novel chapters are published on

"..."

"Us girls have to be united." She says righteousness

"..."

"Let's make a girl pact! You won't tell Eidolon about this, right?"

"..."

"You're a hero and a girl. You need to protect our integrities."

"..."

"Please... I beg you..." Kitty almost prostrate herself on the ground

"..."

"Don't want to use it too?" She goes to the bargain after seeing Shadow's stone face.

"..."

"Pleeeeaaasssseeeee..." She begs while hugging the smaller girl's legs

Shadow never gives an answer.

Less than a minute later, a black portal appears and Eidolon comes from it, carrying the Juggernaut by his head.

The girls avoid eye contact with him while he delivers Cain Marko to the Professor and takes Shadow and Mikhail back with him.

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Hector P.O.V.

After letting Mikhail return to the Morlocks, I take Cassandra with me to the Space Station.

Sitting on my chair in the Command Central, when I take off my mantle I sniff it again and frown...

"Seriously... What did they do with my mantle while I was away?" I ask Cassandra

She looks at me and shakes her head "...Girls' pact." And refuse to elaborate.

Look at this girl "Ugh, the betrayal..." I act hurt, she looks at me and then turns her head away.

Pfft. I'm glad that she has some semblance of friendship with the X-girls. She literally has no other girls her age to talk to.

And is not hard to guess what was done with my mantle.

They tried it. Probably Kitty or another outgoing of them, maybe Paige, started ii and the rest joined later.

I sniff again... Even Jean, huh? A surprise...

My visit to the Mansion was full of surprises, in many ways.

I was half expecting some sort of confrontation. Maybe a dick measurement contest against Logan or Scott. Maybe Xavier trying to enter in my mind.

But everything went well, with the exception of the Juggernaut obviously...

Now I can say for sure that everyone's personality is similar to what I'm accustomed to. I'm not in some sort of dark universe where the good guys are secretly evil and assholes.

Well, I will keep my eyes open to any changes. But literally, everyone's personality matches with the fiction that I have seen in my last life in some way or another.

"Are you angry, Master?" Cortana's voice interrupts my thoughts

I open my eyes to look at her hologram. Am I angry?

"No... Just a little annoyed..." Half of the reason for my bad mood could be attributed to Cyttorak. Obviously, I will be uncomfortable. If these universal-level assholes start to appear now the only thing I can do is run.

And I don't like this not even a little.

"Im thinking about ways to get stronger." I say

Beyond the Gacha, I can see three ways to raise my power level.

First, go crazy in searching for relics, powers and other external help. Not something that is good to do now. These searches aways trigger some bullshit that can bring more trouble than what is worth.

Second, is a little similar to the first. But is going to learn magic in the Kamar-Taj. If everyone's personality is not too much deviated from what I know, the Ancient One will not be an evil asshole, right?

But I want to avoid meeting him for now. And learning magic will not be fast. I can simply wait another month to gain more things from the Gacha if I would need to take months to get good at magic anyway. What's the point of making a huge effort now ins something that can become simple in the future?

And I already have ways to deal with magic, is not a glaring weakness anymore.

The third is also a way of gaining strength through external factors...

With a mental command, the computer starts showing a section of my database... Weapons.

All the blueprints, diagrams, and projects of weapons that I'm researching. Planet burster weapons, battleships, warheads, guns, and the section that I'm searching for now... Armors.

More precisely, the Hellbat armor.

I know how to do it. An armor that treats the host as Battery to amplify all his physical specs.

Most of the battle armor out there would limit more than help, but this one... With the right materials. With a Klyntar...

Hmm...

"Thinking about starting producing it, master?" Cortana asks me looking at the schematics of the Hellbat armor, I will call it another name in the future, maybe Hell Raider armor. After all, the main feature of this armor is protect the user of all environment dangers.

I will decide later.

"Just thinking in the possibilities..." I say "We lack materials, we can only dream for now..." I say.

And talking about materials...

I raise my hand. From my palm, a silver cylinder start to emerge slowly.

I rewatch my memories of analyzing Logan's skeleton with X-ray and microscopic vision.

After some time a bo staff is in my hands.

"Adamantium..." I say with the Arnorld weird accent where he said 'cocainum' in that movie. Hehe. A pity no one is here to catch this reference.

Adamantium is a man-made metal. The main feature is being nigh-indestructible. That's it. No magical properties, can't absorb energy, is simply durable and because of this, I can replicate it without a problem. But takes time.

And is hard to rework it after cools down. So I will need to make the adamantium already thinking on the purpose.

I throw the bo staff to Cassandra.

She catches it and tests the weight. She holds the edges and unlocks the triple nunchaku form of the staff.

"How is it?" I ask watching her try some moves.

"...good." She says.

Now that I'm on it, maybe some armor...

"Putting some metal on the sole of your shoes would restrain your moves?" I ask

She shakes her head.

Full armor of adamantium is a no-no. But covering some key points like forearms, heart, knees and the soles of the feet can be a boom.

Cassandra is good enough to use these parts to defend and attack with the nigh-indestructible metal.

I will even spray Musou Black, the darkest paint in the world that absorbs 99% of visible light in it to help with her power.

She can literally hide on a piece of adamantium. Wo can hurt her there? Well, light... But having options is always good.

Later I will test if adamantium can cut me and the durability and...

"When we find the others materials, we could finally start making your body, Cortana." I say and she smiles.

I remember in the comics that Ultron has a feminine body of Adamantium at some point. I will take inspiration from there.

But now...

Let's meditate.

The other half the reason that I'm somewhat in a bad mood was my discoveries.

First, Rogue and that boy, Prodigy, could copy my template even with many defenses that I put on my mind.

How? The only answer that I can come with is the fact that there's no such thing as a perfect defense.

I look at my hands with the All Seeing Eyes of God, seeing some minuscule aura covering my body. Leaking...

Thoughts... Life force... Are oozing out? Not memories or knowledge, but the energy of thoughts. My bio-electrical aura. Everyone has it. I'm a living being after all.

I read at some place about the energy of thoughts and imagination.

I doubt Prodigy can learn all my knowledge, but his power can probably read my muscle, my bio-electric aura, and the memory in it... What would be more than enough to the boy become very strong.

I will watch him closely in the future, maybe even recruit him.

Well, now that I have been exposed to his power, my secondary mutation to create resistance is kicking in. So is a plus in my book.

Rogue absorbing my template was probably a similar occurrence. She felt my mind, but couldn't penetrate it. Like touching a wrapped gift and guessing what is inside, but don't seeing the interior in all its glory.

Because of this, she became a discounted version of me.

That's probably the reason she has a crush on me, so another plus.

But seriously, if she absorbed me freely... Would be possible for my will to overpower hers and she creates another personality, think that she is me... Powers carry the user's will after all.

One For All is the best example of this.

Now... About the other power that I was exposed to... Danielle Moonstar.

So I'm afraid of myself, huh?

Pfft. As if is some big reveal...

My biggest worry always has been me going slowly crazy and not noticing.

I'm a world that was fictional in my former life, with great power. Would not be weird to develop a "Main Character complex" and start treating everyone like NPCs and side characters.

And I'm not such a pure person.

There's always a small voice in the back of my head tempting me in giving in.

'What's the problem? You already do enough. What's the problem in having fun?'

'You came from a world where this one is fiction and you have such strong power. What can you be if not the most important person in this universe?'

'What's the problem in acquiring everything? Are you gonna let other people have what should've been yours?'

'You know that some of these guys will become trouble, right? Just make a villain persona and kill Stark, Reed and Pym now, while they're in the beginning'

'You can take their money, projects, and even women...'

'Why wait so much? You know that would not be hard to make a harem even here, right? You just need to play your cards, right?'

'You know their personalities... Their insecurities... You can conquer all of them.'

'Rogue is all putty on your hands already... Even Jean, if you say the right thing, the Whole Phoenix saga will play to your advantage. She will isolate everyone but you... You gain a hot babe and a universal-level pet'

'If you think a harem is impossible, just make a lot of identities. Or take the place of the ones that you killed, like Reed...'

'You can do everything, there's nothing that you cannot do-'

*PAH*

I slap myself. Intrusive thoughts suck, huh? Always there... But you can't let them win.

Is not that I'm not tempted, but would not be worth it in the end.

Rush things, be forceful...

Even with the dangers, living here is enjoyable.

What happens, happens.

Let's enjoy the journey.

And Jean...

I'm not a dense harem MC. Even if she does not love me, doesn't mean that she doesn't have thoughts about us together.

During our talk, while I'm talking about the secret of her memories, I had the impression she was thinking that I was going to confess and she was urging me to do it.

She wanted me to do it.

Even if she is not head over heels for me, she is at least... willing. If I asked...

But I can't...

I raise myself from my chair. "Let's go home, Cassandra."

I didn't even solve the problems with my own summons, like Shego and Saeko. Clean the house before going outside...

And Marvel girls are crazy...

But the problem is they are hot enough to be above the line on the Hot X Crazy scale, tsk.

Oh, the dilemma.

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Xavier Mansion, Jean Grey P.O.V.

On the night of Eidolon's visit, I hummed to myself while getting out of the bath.

"Jean, come and check on it!" Kitty shouts to me on her bed, Rogue and Jubilee at her side watching something on her phone.

"What?" She shows me the screen.

A vdeo entitled "Eidolon vs Juggernaut".

"There's a vdeo of it?" I ask. "Did it show the mansion?" I was worried now.

"Nope, is from a satellite. Is in the Anonymous site." Kitty says while I click the Play button.

The video shows a satellite view of the world. Showing America, then a ping appears on the map, like some sort of radar. Then more pings, and more, and more. Making a line to the Atlantic ocean.

"Those are the readings of the battle while they are on the move..." Kitty explain.

So they went very far in their fight. They are in the open ocean now and the Juggernaut can't fly. That means...

"Eidolon is dominating the fight." I conclude

I continue to watch and see the pings go in direction of Africa.

But then the pings stop.

"Wait for it..." Kitty says

A huge ping appears in the South of the African continent, the biggest of all pings. If these things mean the shockwaves this one traveled far.

Then the image changes. Not showing a map of the globe anymore, but a sandstorm.

Then the sandstorm subsides and a huge crater appears.

A zoom follows though and now we can see a huge body in the middle of the crater. Juggernaut... all bloodied and probably unconscious.

From our angle, we can only see Eidolon from above, his shoulder and back while he looks down on the defeated foe.

The zoom continues...

And then Eidolon turns around abruptly to look direct at the satellite, and with that All Seeing eyes being the last image the video ends.

I almost dropped Kitty's phone with that jump scare.

"Did he turn off the satellite?" I ask

"What that guy can't do?" Jubilee answers with another question.

"From the description, this video was taken from a satellite from S.H.I.E.L.D., Anonymous 'acquired' and posted it." Kitty says

I scroll down to the comment section

CherryPoPsicle: So our security cameras are trash but a satellite camera can even distinguish Eidolon's strands of hair?

Zaitro: Knowing about the dangers out there, makes sense.

DarkSlayer: So who is the guy that he fought against again?

Asura_Vajra: There's a link to a page explaining the "Juggernaut" in the description of the vdeo.

CCAAPP: Here There's a video explaining it and many other things: /watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

Morow_Hisoka: The link above is trustworthy.

Overloadvector: Yep, it is.

OvrLrd71: So, that crater. The radius shows that whatever attack Eidolon used is stronger than an atomic bomb.

Professor_Light: Damn. The guy really hold back in NY, right?

Flightless_Man2: And the damage to the surroundings?

Zaitro: No one knows, but is a deserted place, and seeing the beginning of the vdeo shows that Eidolon guides the fight to there.

WalkingTall: Why didn't he do this against Thor?

LaughingArkBuilder: Who knows? Maybe he doesn't want to hurt Thor. The guy was mind controlled, remember?

matheus_alves: With so many Strong supers appearing I hope Earth can resist them.

EvansKannon: I don't like this Eidolon guy.

The last comment received a lot of hate. But people are really cynical, huh?

"Don't click on that link. Is the worst of the baits!" Kitty warns me.

I go to the description and click on the real link which sends me to the SupersWiki.

The SupersWiki is, like the name said, a wiki with pieces of information about all supers of the world. Know by the public.

What makes this reliable, somewhat, is that Anonymous himself edits it too.

I read the Juggernaut page.

Juggernaut: A human empowered by the power of an extradimensional being to bring destruction <Name don'tUndisclosed to your protection>.

Intelligence: 1

Strength: 7

Speed: 3

Durability: 7

Energy Projection: 2

Fighting Skills: 2

Hmm. Accurate so far. Very little, but accurate.

The SupersWiki has other heroes too and the stats are fun to see, let me see if there's some change.

Iron Man

Intelligence: 6

Strength: 5 (With armor)

Speed: 5 (With armor)

Durability: 5 (With armor)

Energy Projection: 6 (With armor)

Fighting Skills: 4

No change.

Thor

Intelligence: 2

Strength: 6

Speed: 6

Durability: 6

Energy Projection: 7

Fighting Skills: 5

Same as before.

Hulk

Intelligence: 1 (6 as Bruce)

Strength: 7

Speed: 3

Durability: 7

Energy Projection: 1

Fighting Skills: 2

Hulk and Juggernaut are very similar.

Let me see Eidolon

Eidolon

Intelligence: 5

Strength: 6

Speed: 7

Durability: 5 (7 with regeneration)

"I didn't bring any money... You can take me home." I say while we walk to his car

He turns to look at me. "Normally, we would pay for what we eat. But today is on me. Consider it a payment for your work today..." He says

"Okay then, I warn you that I eat a lot." I joke

He just chuckles and looks at my waist. That was the first time that he looked at my body during the whole day. That is another point to him, I guess.

"Will be no problem, You're so skinny... I heard that you're trying to be an actress or a model... Are you anorexic?" He asks me with worry

"What?! Obviously no-" Then I see his lips twitching. Holding back a laugh.

He is messing with me again.

I slap his shoulder. "What about the no bullying rule that you said before?" I ask jokingly

"That's them and this is me, MJ1." He says while entering the car. The guy really is not a gentleman, he doesn't even open the door to me. Well, at least he is not fake like the guys trying to act patronizing just to get in my pants.

"Can you stop with the whole MJ1 thing?" I ask while putting on the seatbelt

"Why MJ1? If I call you two MJ will be confusing, MJ1." He says.

"Do I need to kill Michelle for you to stop with the numbers? Like in Highlander... 'There can be only one'." I say and he turns to me fast

"Do you know this movie?" He asks

"Obviously..." I like cinema. Is not because I'm pretty that I want to go into showbiz.

He laughs a little and I don't know why.

.....

Hector asked if I know some good place to eat nearby. He said that he rarely eats outside.

He scrunched his face when I said that there's a place that sells hot-dog nearby.

"Let's eat true food. And hot dogs from here are lame." He said

"Lame?" I asked

"Yeah, I'm accustomed to the Brazilian ones where we put other things on the hot dogs." He said

"Other things?"

"Everything."

"Everything what?"

He looks at me seriously. "Everything." And is the only explanation that I received.

Is a simple hot dog. How can be different? Weirdo.

We sit at a family restaurant to eat.

"You can order everything, anorexic girl. Don't be shy." He says looking at the menu. This guy really doesn't pull punches.

Okay, then dude. I will show you. Let's attack your wallet today.

"Don't mind if I do." The I ordered a bunch of things. A lot of things.

He just keep staring at me with a quirk on his lips.

When the waitress turns to him he said "One of everything. To drink... a jar of Orange juice." He said and smile innocently

"..."

"..."

The waitress, a young woman looks at him waiting for him to say that he is joking.

"...Are you serious?" She asks

"Yep." He confirms with a grin.

"Okay..." She says and goes away.

I turn to him "Are you really gonna eat everything?" I ask incredulously

"Yes... Is a hobby of mine now, you know? I can cook. So I want to taste everything. If I can't eat I can simply take it home... No big deal." He shrugs his shoulders.

"You can cook? How many hobbies do you have?"

"Yes. Yes. And I'm very good at it..." He smiles "I can make you take your clothes off with a bite." He brags while smirking

I roll my eyes at him "Sure, sure Stud. I believe in you..." I say sarcastically.

He doesn't care to elaborate further and just keeps silent.

"What you can cook then?" I ask, let's call out his bragging

"Everything." He says

Again with everything.

"Everything like what goes in a Brazillian hot-dog? By the way... I have no clue about Brazilian food..." I say

"Not a surprise, is not like is anything special or with a remarkable characteristic like the oriental ones..." He says shrugging his shoulders "We received a lot of immigrants at some points, so you should find a little of everything there. Huge influence from African cuisine from where I came from by the way." He explains

"Oh. There's really not distinct? An overwhelming characteristic?" I ask

"Hmm..." He thinks a little "Is heavy." He finally says

"Heavy?"

"Yeah... You know how some foods in other countries are spicy, and other things. When I compare to food in other countries... Our food is heavy. Your anorexic stomach can't even support two bites, I bet." He really doesn't lose the chance huh?

"Oh~ So you're a great connoisseur of international food, my good sir?" I ask sarcastically

"Yep." He answers without hesitation.

Okay, this guy is so quite confident. I'm almost believing his bullshit.

"So, Gordon Ramsay. What would say is the best cuisine in the world?" I ask

He doesn't even hesitate "I personally prefer Italian, but French cuisine is really the best with all they professionalism." He answers

"France, huh? I want to go there one day..." I say a little wistfully. The center of the fashion world or arguably the most romantic place on the planet. I think every girl wants to go there at some point.

"Is a nice country, the climate is pleasant, great for tourism, good food even the language is nice. I started to like French music recently, the world really goes well with singing..." Hector says while playing with the straws on the table. "By the way, Do you know who was in Paris?" He asks with a smirk

"Huh?"

"Nothing..." And he laughs alone. "So lonely to only have myself to these references..." I hear him murmur.

"Did you visit there?" I ask

He looks at me for some time before finally answering "...Yes. The country is great, has only one defect." He says with a 'tsk' acting regretful

"Which is...?" I ask to him to continue

"French people." He smirks and I laugh.

"Damn, only this small detail..." I say exaggeratedly

"You know, right?" He agrees with me using the same tone of voice

After a sigh to calm myself from the good laugh, I say that I need to use the bathroom.

When I went back to the table, I see the young waitress putting our drinks down and then giving Hector a paper. When she sees me, she acted all flustered and practically run away.

? Weird...

I sit down and Hector raises the paper. There's a number on it. Ah. She give him her number and thought that we were together.

Damn, we are not together but going behind someone's back like that. Where is your sisterhood, waitress?

"Look's like I'm popular now. Interesting..." He says before putting the paper in his pocket.

"Good for you." I look at the waitress but she is practically hiding now "She is cute. Gonna call her?" I ask

"Pfft. No." He says like it's obvious "It would be rude to throw it away now, so I throw it in the garbage later..."

"..." I don't know if he is considerate or ruthless.

Whatever, nothing to do with me anyway.

"But you really have good looks now, you must be drowning in the attention form the girls." I say and he snorts

"As if... Is not the same for men, MJ1. We don't receive attention that easily. And I rarely go out too." He says then he touches his jaw in a narcissist way "But I guess I'm the peak of my life, huh? I never received someone's number before..." He jokes

I roll my eyes at him. "Your glow up is almost unbelievable too. Did you awaken some meta power during summer?" I ask in a joking tone.

He looks at me and laughs "Okay, you get me. The truth is..." Wait, is he seriously? "...I'm Spider-man."

"..."

"..."

"Hahahah. As if." I laugh even more. If there's a hero that I know that he is not is Spider-man.

"Why everyone laughs when I say this? Unbelievable..." he shakes his head in resignation

"I believe in you, Hector. I'm Black Widow, by the way, I thought people would notice because of the hair." I joke too.

He smirks "So look at us. Two arachnid-themed heroes together... Must be destiny." The first time that he even flirts a little, but the joking tone shows that he is not serious.

"Are you sure about this, big boy? Black Widow isn't famous for eating their partners after the act?" I flirt back with a huge predatory grin

He looks me up and down. Ignoring the time when he looked at my waist earlier, this is the only time that he looked at my body. Very different from the other boys.

And the fact that he is blatantly doing this si another thing that differentiate him from the other boys that put a gentlemanly act.

After he shamelessly stares he nods to himself "Worth it..." He said satisfied

I slap his shoulder and laugh "Jerk. And here I was thinking that you're a gentleman."

"I can be a jerk and a gentleman..." He argues "The two don't exclude each other."

After some more friendly banter, our food finally arrives.

The waitress avoided eye contact with me all the time. Is a little funny.

I even make an act of glaring at her.

Hector sees what I'm doing, but he doesn't comment.

Then we go to eat, falling into silence again. There's something about Hector... Normally silence is awkward. The boy trying too hard to keep talking and keep the conversation going, mostly afraid that I will forget about his presence.

Hector simply doesn't care.

"You look the type that enjoys life, Hector." I suddenly say. Surprisingly even myself.

He looks at me strangely "Where did this come from?" He asks while pausing his eating.

He is really eating everything.

Even I don't even know where it comes from, I just suddenly said.

"I don't know..." I confess "You look like is enjoying eating, enjoyed helping people there in the F.E.A.S.T.... I don't know, is just the impression that I got from you." I shrug, a little embarrassed by my own words.

"..." He only keeps Looking at me. Argh... I really said something weird, right?

"Do you go there ofter? Help with Charity I mean." I say trying to change the subject.

"Well... Let's say that is the 'inherited will' from my parents... He says with a distant look. They died, some months ago..." He then looks at me "But you already know it, huh?" He arrives at the conclusion by watching my face.

And he is right. After Hector... episode with Flash. The one and only time that he talked back, seeing the uncharacteristic action made some people search for the reason.

Some weeks later everyone in the High School knew the reason why he was in a bad mood and not taking shit anymore.

Even Flash felt bad and stopped implicating with him. Flash is not a horrible person, just tremendously immature...

He stopped implicating with Peter too much after the death of Uncle Ben too.

"Yes..." I say slowly "My condolences Hector. I was really sorry to hear about the accident." I say to him

"It's okay. It became easier with time..." He says raising his hand to stop me "The secret is living life normally, acting normally, and eventually things will become normal again."

He continues "Back to what I'm talking, my parents always helped with charity. So I continued the tradition. But only recently have I went to start to go personally there... Is good to be close when helping. Make you feel better." He says and I can relate. I felt better too.

His speech is familiar...

"Eidolon?" I ask him

His eyes turn fast to look at me "Say what?" He looks at me intensely

"The whole thing about getting close when helped to feel the difference that you do... This is something that Eidolon said in the interview. Are you inspired by him?" I explain

"Oh... You can say that is half inspired by him. The other half came from a certain friend of mine that recommended me to do... small things. Saying that I was overworking myself." He says reclining on his chair.

"Eidolon is nice... A good role model. He saved me, you know?" I brag a little, even if is nothing to brag

"He did?" he looks at me strangely and with a frown on his face

"Yep. I mean, not only me... It was during the invasion. A bunch of debris was falling over me and otehr people on the street and the debris simply stopped and start floating in the air. Only later I discovered that was him." I explain

"I see... That's... That's very good to hear." He says with a thoughtful expression. "The way that you talked before it looked like that he swept you out your feet and carried you to the horizons after rescuing you from a villain." He teases

"Shut up. Let me brag. Eidolon and Spider-man are my favorite heroes."

"A weird combination. They don't have much in common." Hector analyzes

"They have a lot in common, okay? They care about the small people. I don't want to speak badly of the others, but... Stark, the Fantastic Four, the Pym's and even Captain America was not out there stopping criminals and saving people every day..." I say

He observes me silently and waits for me to continue

"I can understand that they stopped supervillains with great plots, a meteor from falling on Earth, and terrorists in the Middle East. But Spider-man and Eidolon are really close to us, you know what I mean?" I try to explain.

"I understand you. I like Spider-man too. Don't like Eidolon too much though... He looks fake. I'm cynical." He says joking a little.

I throw a napkin at him "Don't talk like that of my hero." I defend Eidolon

"I see... A fangirl. Another characteristic from MJ1 that I will add to my mind..." He teases

"Shut up!"

After we eat a little more. The guy is really destroying all of his food I decide to risk ruining this good mood between us...

But I need to say.

"Hector..."

"Hm?"

"I'm sorry..." I start, and once again he looks at me strangely. From the little I know him, he probably doesn't care but I need to say "For the bullying."

He raises an eyebrow "You're not the one bullying me though. Or is?" He says doubtfully

"No! No, no... But I could've stopped, you know? And I did nothing. Just watched..." I say avoiding eye contact

"...afraid of becoming an outcast of the popular kids?" He guesses. Bullseye.

"Yeah..." I say ashamed "I felt bad, it was wrong of me. I'm really sorry."

"Okay. I believe in you. And seriously... I don't care. Is not like you have any obligation to help me or anything. And I really don't care about the bullying here. Seriously, is very light... Words? Insults? Pfft, please... And they never beat me. A push, a leg for me to trip, hiding my things..." He rolls his eyes "So childish..."

He is really a tolerant guy that don't give a fuck.

"Don't let this eat you up, MJ1. You're better than most at least." He says and goes to eat again.

Yeah, but... In this age where we see Heroes big actions.

Doing things when they're not asked and even receiving shit from the media and the public showed me that I'm really no different from everyone.

Just sheep... That goes with the flow.

Because of my appearance, I initially received a little subtle bullying from the girls. I eventually get over it and made "friends" with them. But I still hold back sometimes to avoid trouble.

Not using too much makeup, skirts, becoming a cheerleader... All of this to not receive the "slut stigma" that I know these girls would spread through the school.

There's even a rumor some time ago that I fucked a teacher for good grades. Bitch, please. I'm a virgin. Don't even have a boyfriend because all guys think I'm easy and just want to fuck me.

We finished our food. He really ate everything the fucking monster. Where did all that food went? I want his metabolism.

Hector still talked and joked with me during the meal. Don't letting my apology ruins the mood.

I'm grateful for that. He is cool.

Sated and... happy. He drives me home.

After hearing Guns N' Roses on the way, he stopped at the front of my house.

"Here we are. Thanks for helping in the charity, MJ1." He says smiling

"No, was surprisingly fun. I think I will start going there on Saturdays..." I answer and he nods with a smile.

And we start at stare each other.

The guy is really handsome. His hair looks soft, I want to touch it, and this guy doesn't even have pores. Why god? I take care of my skin and hair they are not perfect like that!

Wait, he is approaching... Damn, these are some kissable lips.

Hold on. Is this happening? I mean... I think he earned it, right?

Yeah... Is not a bad idea.

He approaches and I was almost closing my eyes when his hands pass by my body and he opens the door.

"Here... I'm opening the door to you. I can be a gentleman too." And he smiles innocently

"..."

"..." Don't tilt your head to me, asshole. You're obviously doing this on purpose. Drop the innocent act. Is an act, right? He can't be that oblivious...

"Okay, Hector. See you at school. I really enjoyed today, thanks. You have great chances of a second date..." I say a little provocatively

"Wait! Was this a date?? Oh, man... Damn, I ruined my chance." He says exaggeratedly and even clenches his fist in disappointment.

I laugh at his act.

"Have a good weekend, Mary Jane." He says to me after some time, with a smile on his face.

"You too." And I decide to not be the only one being teased. Taking a page from the book of that old lady in red I kiss Hector's cheek, on the edge of his lips.

"Till Monday, Tiger." I say and the dumbfounded look on his face is worth the act.

Maybe on my way to the door, I swayed my hips a little too much to tease him too, but I will deny it forever.

....

Hector P.O.V.

Tiger?

Isn't she surprisingly fun?

Maybe I had too much prejudice because of the Slut Jane from the Spider-man trilogy. She doesn't even look like Kirsten Dunst.

I watch her till she enters the house, a last wave of her hand before she closes the door, and not even because of her tight ass.

Peter's luck really only went to one place...

But I think my harem protagonist's luck is overwhelming his luck and usurping his destiny. Now he can focus on Gwen and will not waste his luck with girls and have a good life.

How good of a friend am I, really... Sacrificing myself to these hot babes, so that Peter can live normally.

But it's okay because this is what heroes do...

Jokes aside, I was not only watching Mary Jane swaying hips, but I was also watching the inside of her house.

X-ray vision and super-senses allow me to know everything that is happening inside. I see MJ1 entering and having a small dispute with her mom before she goes to her room. She doesn't look in distress, so even this couldn't ruin her good mood now.

Her father is sleeping, I don't know his work time, maybe he has a night shift or something...

I frown... While Looking at every nook and cranny of the house, I play with some devices in my hand. Throwing in the air a little and catching it back.

Then my hand moves fast, and I threw the devices like they were hidden weapons. Using my telekinesis I put the cameras and microphones in optimal places so that I can hear everything that is happening in the house and see almost everything.

Sorry, MJ1 but...

I trust no one... Being a hero has shown me how much low humanity can go. Spoiler: very low indeed.

So low that sometimes I think about simply mind-breaking everyone on the planet and solving everything.

So I don't trust you father.

An abusive relationship.

A drunk and unhappy father, a mother with low self-esteem that is afraid of being abandoned, a beautiful teenage daughter...

This is the fucking receipt of sexual assault. And statically most of these crimes happen in homes and come from close relatives...

So, is for your protection. There's no PG-13 classification that will protect you. And you almost died! I saved you in the Invasion by luck...

I don't like to these things to chance.

Starting the engine I drive away

"Cortana, make a program to alert me if sounds above 80db are emitted from that house. Also, program it to alert me in the case of the following keywords being said: Help, Eidolon, Spider-man, Stop it, God, Please..." After listing more than 20 words keywords I stop.

"It's done, Master." She replies

"Thank you. And why didn't you stop the car from replying her at that time? I know that you could've acted fast." I ask with a frown

"Because was funny." She replies with no shame.

My lips twitch again.

"Okay. It's really funny." I laugh "But don't blow my cover for a joke." I warn.

"Alright. I was also curious to see her reaction. Is impressive how the human minds work, always searching for a rational explanation... Even when the world was not that rational any more. She preferred to think that you're a geek than someone involved with the 'super-comunity'." Cortana says

"It's only natural. Some people try to deny the existence of anything fantastical, while others try to latch on to it with all of their strength. But the main reason is that people don't like to be wrong. Mary Jane had an idea of me on her mind, me being more than that idea would make all her assumptions wrong, and people are really resistant and acknowledging misconceptions..." I analyze.

Very common to humans indeed. Even after some proof be rubbed on their face, some still maintain themselves in denial... Abusive relationships last because of that, by the way, seeing MJ's parents. The abused partner doesn't want to believe that was wrong when choosing the abusive partner. Think that there's some good on the other, that he will change... blah, blah.

"Are you gonna press forward this relationship, Master? She looked... receptive." Cortana asks

"Hmm... I don't see it working." I answer truthfully.

Mary Jane... She is beautiful, her personality is surprisingly nice too, but...

Normal woman, you know? Makes me put step back.

I will confess... The "me" from the marvel world before the... "merging", had a crush on her. On her and on Gwen.

Heh. I have good taste in women, huh? There are other hot girls at Midtown High but I really chose the best to have a crush. I high-five myself mentally.

Obviously, Gwen was off the limits after I from the past noticed that she liked Peter and vice-versa. And Mary Jane is always with the popular kids, and I from the past, doing another rightful assumption, thought that all of them re imbeciles.

So yeah, would never happen.

A part of me might want it to happen.

She could be my normal partner. Hector needs a love interest as much as Eidolon, right? For the public image. She passes all the requirements, BUT...

There are things that prevent that...

First, if I would choose a normal partner, I would choose the best girl...

Ursula Ditkovich.

Ursula >>> All other Spider-man girls.

Jokes aside, the second reason would be the same as why I didn't pursue Ursula or any other normal girl to have a serious relationship...

Wouldn't be fair to them. Me keeping my other life a secret... having a harem as Eidolon. Would be cheating. And let's not lie to ourselves, no normal girl would accept a harem.

And third... Our paths. My life will be conturbed. But Mary Jane's career also doesn't help.

She wants to be an actress.

Sorry, but I would never accept my girlfriend to be an actress.

You can call me insecure, controller, male chauvinist... but no is a no.

Imagining the girl I like in the arms of another man, kissing, hugging, and acting affectionate. Ugh... I shudder only by thinking about it.

Maybe I'm immature, but I'm not bending on this.

This is something that I wouldn't accept not even for the celebrity crush of my former life (and while I was only a normal guy) Alexandra Daddario.

"Are you sure, Master? She looks fun, she even likes you as Eidolon." Cortana's voice cut my thoughts

"It's never gonna happen" I say with finality.

.....

A.N.: Look at this fool *African Accent*

He thinks he is in control. Like all males before going horny.

Tsk, tsk. Poor guy... Or not, he is Lucky.

Anyway, this is the chapter, I hope everyone liked it.

Some time ago I read a comment asking to be shown more of Hector's normal life. And this was something that I want to show too.

Some chapters ago he even questioned himself if he is not more Eidolon than Hector at this point. Everything is Eidolon related.

Obviously, Eidolon life is much more cooler and interesting. But a little slice of life can be nice.

The problem is that there are not many people that can be part of this. Everyone has a foot on the "super-world". For now, only his grandparents and Christine Palmer.

So Mary Jane is another anchoring to normal life.

Let's see how this will develop from now on.

By the way, MJ personality is more heavily based on the cartoon "The Spectacular Spider-man". She was very cool there.

She has a high EQ, is street smart, perceptive, funny, nice... Much better than the Slut Jane that everyone dreads.

I hope everyone liked her. She was not perfect, she has her flaws too.

I really don't know how a teenage girl thinks, if I know I would have more stories to tell about my teenage years, but I hope her personality is believable.

Is one of the things that I put effort on this story.

Bye the way, this chapter should have the encounter with Emm and otehr things.

But it becomes too big because of: Me.

You guys know me. And I liked to write MJ POV.

Anyway, bye.

Stay good.

Till next time.