Chapter 2782 - Marvel 30

"Try not to get yourself in so much trouble, okay, kid?" Gwen ruffled the fifteen-year-old kid's hair before shooting a web at a building and pulling herself away.

"Thank you, Spider-Woman!" The kid waved at her with an awestruck look as her shrinking visage was reflected in his glasses.

"I don't even remember his name but I'm sure that I've saved this same kid three times since I woke up three days ago," Gwen said with a shake of her head.

[Some people are trouble magnets.] Alex told her, [Then again, it's possible that he's fabricating these situations just to interact with you for a bit. Your very own underage stalker, sounds interesting doesn't it?]

"I only barely got rid of one Murdock and Cindy, Alex. I don't have it in me to deal with another stalker," Gwen said with a shudder.

[I'm kidding. I didn't bother reading his mind, but I doubt a fifteen-year-old is going to be too troublesome of a stalker. That is, even if he is stalking you.] Alex shrugged her concerns off. [Oh, I've got something.]

"Point me," Gwen said, abruptly shooting a web at a poll on top of an apartment to swing off of it. Using it, she was able to make an abrupt turn without losing any momentum as she continued forward at the same speed. She had to travel for a while, bringing her out of the main downtown Mantahhan area and closer to the Bronx.

[There.] Alex guided Gwen, [They are in that motel.]

"That is a crack house," Gwen said, pressing her lips together.

[You can't cover the entire city, you know. At best you can take down the top-level drug lords and take care of some small-time dealers. But you can't crack down on the entire drug business. At least not by yourself.]

Gwen didn't respond and landed in front of the door to one of the rooms of the motel. Her nose was assaulted by multiple smells that came from all kinds of hard drugs. She twisted her head unnaturally, uncomfortable from the smell as it stopped assaulting her nose moments later. "You don't need to filter it out, Alex," She said before knocking on the door.

[Yes, my Gwenny is a big girl and can take her hard drugs.] He said with schadenfreude, [Let me do what I do best — act as the perfect be-all-end-all outfit that takes care of all your needs.]

"You really do do everything for me, don't you?" Gwen said as a smile crept up on her face. As she waited for someone to open the door, Gwen felt her spider-sense flaring and instantly stepped to the side as the sound of multiple gunshots registered in her ears. She felt the bullets whizzing past her as she calmly stepped around them at ease. It almost felt like Gwen wasn't in sync with reality considering how easily she was dodging the bullets that were being shot at her.

The gunshots only stopped after half a minute, leaving the door and some parts of the wall riddled with holes. Gwen didn't waste any time and kicked the damaged door, shattering a part of it due to the force of her kick. It hung off of a single hinge as it swung open. Another shot whizzed past her ear as she tilted her head to the side before her eyes zeroed in on the man who had shot at her with a pistol. The whites of her suit eyes narrowed at the man as she took in the surroundings of the room.

The small motel room already felt overcrowded with around ten people who were shooting at her, without accounting for the unconscious people who were lying all over the floor, making it hard to even walk without stepping on someone. She could notice signs of a drug overdose in multiple women — most of them presumably prostitutes — alongside signs of struggle as she observed them. She was sure that the smoke that was filling the room would've made it very uncomfortable for her to breathe without Alex filtering it out.

Having taken in the situation within a split second, she looked around at the hostile expressions of the people before speaking, "I think you know the killer vigilante that I am," She said. "I'm going to give everyone here an option. Take me to your boss and you can live. Otherwise, I have a close friend who loves to collect human bodies. What do you say?" The eerie smile behind her mask was only made more prominent by its outward depiction as the maw on Gwen's face opened to show a series of sharp canines with a red tongue extending outwardly. Even the hood of her suit took an eerie texture as the inner red seemed to start wiggling as if excited about the prospect of eating someone.

[You're overdoing it.] Gwen chided Alex. She could easily feel what he was doing with the suit and felt that he was going too far with the overacting.

[Like you know what scares people the most.] Alex defended himself, [I'll have you know that I have the knowledge of a peak level psychologist whose abilities border on supernatural levels.]

[Whatever you say, Alex. It doesn't change the fact that you're trying too hard. Someone with a discerning eye can easily see that.]

[They are all far too spooked to notice this kind of nuance. Think of the normal person. Ten of them just emptied the clips of their automatic rifles at you and there isn't a single scratch on you. And they ambushed you. Their legs are shaking, their knees are weak, their palms are sweaty, their foreheads are visibly getting wrinkled in real-time and their hearts are thumping as if about to burst out of their chests. Trust me. Overacting is beneficial here.]

"All that's missing is a mom's spaghetti line somewhere in there…" Gwen mumbled amusedly, making the occupants share a confused look.

Moments later, a clicking sound sounded out through the eerily silent room as Gwen followed her spider-sense and shot her web before pulling the man's now-loaded gun away from him. The others quickly followed the action and reloaded at the same time. Sadly for them, before they could even press the triggers after loading the new clips, Gwen's webs had spread all around, grabbing all of the guns and pulling them away from them.

"Let's talk guys," Gwen said as she leaped and punched the guy closest to herself square in the jaw. "You all should really understand how to talk to people first before shooting," She said as she punched the next guy who was about to reply to her words. "Think about it, how would you feel if someone kept attacking you without letting you have a chance to speak?" She asked while jumping at the next guy and kicking his face, using it as a springboard to attach her hand to the ceiling and make a split with her legs, hitting two other guys. "That really wouldn't feel good, would it?" She asked before shooting her web at the face of the next guy who was about to speak. The mere force of the shot sent the guy tumbling backward as he collided with the wall, making a loud creaking sound as if the drywall had ruptured.

"Right?" Gwen asked. "It doesn't feel very good, does it?" She approached the last guy. He was the one who had shot his gun at her just as she kicked open the door.

The man didn't seem to have the courage to speak as he stayed quiet, suppressing himself from making any reaction.

"You can speak," Gwen said, smiling under her mask. "I really do want to find out where your boss is. I have something very important to talk to him about."

"I-I don't know where he is," The man said, stuttering.

"Fine, I don't have the time or patience for this. You can take over, Alex," Gwen said and the whites of her suit eyes seemed to swirl momentarily before stabilizing. A chill crept across the man's spine as he gulped before the maw of Gwen's suit opened again to speak.

"Carter," An almost demonic voice came out of the maw, spooking the man.

"How do you—" He was interrupted as the demonic voice continued.

"I know a lot more than just your name, Carter," Alex said, "But I wish to hear from you. Where is Shang-Chi?"

The man gulped as his face showed signs of struggle, "The leader," He spoke fluently and stably as if his speech capabilities were detached from his body, rendering any resistance meaningless, "is at the warehouse. At a private port in Queens."

"Who owns that warehouse," Alex asked, "Where is it exactly?"

"We commissioned the place from The Hand. Namely through a contact of the leader, Mr. Murdock." Gwen's expression twitched when she heard the name come out of the man's mouth. Then the man described the location of the warehouse, making it easy for Alex and Gwen to pinpoint the location.

"Appreciate it," It was Gwen's voice that came out of the suit once the man finished speaking. She then followed it with a roundhouse kick to the man's face, most likely breaking multiple bones in his face.

[I would've preferred it if you didn't hold back. Seeing his head fly off his neck as a fountain of blood spurted out would've been fun.] Alex's words made Gwen growl.

"Didn't you say you were keeping an eye on fucking Murdock?" She asked, her tone aggressive. "How'd these people come into contact with him when you are keeping such a close eye on him?"

"Gwen." Alex's flat, inexpressive voice reverberated through Gwen's ears, "I understand that you're stressed out, but try not to lash out at me because of that."

"I'm sorry," Gwen shook her head. "It's just that… whenever it comes to Murdock, I just can't…" She spoke with a tremble as she wrapped her arms around herself.

Alex would have completely wasted Doctor Faustus' knowledge of psychology if he still couldn't make sense of Gwen's state. She had been traumatized after everything that Murdock had put her through and the man's mere mention had become a source of stress and anger for her.

"You have PTSD, you know," Alex told her, his voice soothing as it rang in her ears instead of the previous telepathic method of communication.

"What?" Gwen made an expression of disbelief, "I don't have PTSD, we took care of Murdock. Not to mention no one truly got hurt with you protecting everyone close to me."

"Except you, Gwen," Alex said. "Finding out that he was behind so many major problems in your life, it's easy to understand the kind of stress that the mere mention of him can bring to you."

"I don't have PTSD, Alex," Gwen said finally. "Now I'm going to Queens. I have a Chinese warlord's son to meet with."

"Or," Alex said as Gwen felt the suit around her tightening significantly, giving a sense of resistance in her movements, "you could obediently come with me to our warehouse where we do a small celebration. We have, after all, found the man we were looking for. He's not going to run away in a couple of hours."

Before Gwen could even respond, she felt her piercings sending a weird feeling through her nipples as if they were vibrating. The sensation was stimulating her already extra-sensitive nipples and making it very difficult for her to refuse. "We should —" She said, her reluctance unmistakable, "— get to him before he leaves, Alex."

"I'll send a body to monitor him," He said. "Come on now, take a turn here." With his words, he intensified the vibrations of her piercings, intensifying the arousal that was slowly building up.

"Fine," Gwen said, "but only because you're asking nicely." Gwen forgot all about her stress and Matt Murdock as her mind started wandering toward what she and Alex would be doing for the next few hours.

…

"Are we not bringing Cindy with us?" Gwen asked.

"Not yet," Alex told her. "We're just going to probe him for now. I want to understand his motivations, his strengths, whatever I can. After that, we will set a trap for him using Cindy. If he knows we are associated with her, then he would be wary."

"Are you sure that we can't just beat him in the first place?" Gwen asked him, "I'm pretty sure that he doesn't stand a chance against me alone, even without you coming into the picture."

"You're underestimating him too much," Alex said. "Without the rings, Shang-Chi is arguably the best melee fighter you will ever meet. With the rings, his strength can theoretically be boosted to the peak superhuman level if he really exerts himself. At best, you can bring him to a stalemate when you use everything in your arsenal."

"And with you in the picture?" Gwen asked.

"Yeah we can beat him," Alex nodded, "But I want to do more than just beat him. I want his techniques — his entire inheritance really. For that, I have to make sure he doesn't activate some fail-safe and self-destruct the rings or something."

"What about the Mind Stone?" Gwen asked. "Can't you just mind-control him into agreeing? Or even the Soul Stone. Hell, you should probably be able to use the Time Stone to look into his past and see all of those techniques that you keep going on about."

Alex heard her and went silent for a few seconds.

[EP: 79]

A few hours ago, while he was enjoying a fluffy time with Gwen, on another planet, with Jane, he had just emptied out all of his EP reserves fighting Adam Warlock and combating the Soul Stone that the High Evolutionary had given Ayesha. He could positively say that he wasn't going to use the Infinity Stones until his EP reserves hit back up to ten thousand at least. Or if he found a better way to use them before that.

"Using the stones isn't an option for now," Alex said, "And don't you always advocate fighting fair? That too much power in a single person's hands is too much?"

"You don't have hands," Gwen said. "Nor are you a person. And I know you are going to be conscious of what you use your stones for."

"You mean The Stones," Alex corrected Gwen.

"I know what I said," Gwen said as a sly smile crept up on her face, leaving Alex speechless.

…

[Do we go in all sneaky or do we break into the building, guns blazing?] Gwen asked Alex as she looked at what seemed like an abandoned warehouse from the outside. She was perched on top of a water tower, at a spot where she could easily look into the building through the windows, but it seemed completely empty.

[That's your choice.] Alex told her, [I can help out with either method. I'll even make makeshift guns for you that will shoot webs instead of bullets if you want.]

[As tempting as the idea sounds… Some other time. Let's sneak in. Considering that I can't see or sense anyone inside, they are probably underground. He might escape if we spook him.] Gwen decided as she jumped down and swung down to a side door of the warehouse. [Can you open it from the inside?] She asked Alex as she camouflaged herself and completely disappeared. With Alex using Chaos Energy to mask her presence completely, hence using ‹Advanced Camouflage›, it was going to be virtually impossible to find her.

Alex didn't respond, but Gwen heard a very suppressed clicking sound that indicated to her the unlocking of the door. She steadily opened the door as little as possible before slipping in and closing it behind herself. The entire warehouse was completely dark, barely illuminated by the midnight moonlight that was shining through the windows. However, it was enough for Gwen. She may not have had night vision, but her vision was better than most even without Alex's support. She was easily able to navigate through the dark room despite the minimal light.

[Yeah, this place is completely empty.] Gwen said to Alex, [If not for my sensitivity to electricity, I would have treated it as an abandoned warehouse without a second thought.] As she said that, she moved to a non-descript wall without anything of note on it. Pressing her palm on the surface, she clearly felt the electrical impulses behind the hidden mechanism all the more clearly. [Is there any way to go down other than the elevator? Using it would completely blow my cover.]

[I'm looking for it.] Alex told her, [The elevator seems like our best bet. Instead of calling it up, I'm going hack into the terminal to open the door so that we can descend the shaft.]

Gwen nodded at Alex's words and kept her palm pressed on the surface of the wall. Feeling something slithering over her palm and going into the wall, she knew that Alex was looking for the terminal that controlled the elevator. The whole process took a little over a minute before the door finally opened, only to reveal the dark hollow shaft of the elevator.

[We can go down now, the elevator is five floors lower than us, we get out on the negative fourth floor.] Alex told her.

Gwen didn't say anything and shot her web at the ceiling of the elevator shaft before hanging from it upside down and distributing her weight equally all over the web. She started extending the web and started descending headfirst through the shaft.

[Isn't this both a slow and a risky method?] Alex asked as Gwen passed the negative second floor after thirty seconds, [If someone attacks you, your head is the first thing that gets hit, not to mention how slowly you are descending.]

[It's a comfortable method, I guess.] Gwen answered, [You're correct, I could just jump down and stop myself just before hitting the ceiling of the elevator, but this kind of descent just comes more naturally to me.]

[Spider people.] Alex said with a sighing tone.

[Bite me.] Gwen said as she passed the third set of doors and descended toward her destination That was when her spider-sense blared, making her look down. Despite the pitch-black darkness she could feel the air currents moving and understood that the elevator was coming up. Before she could even call out to Alex, the door to the third floor opened up and she quickly shot another web at the frame of the now-opened door. Pulling herself up, she stuck herself to the ceiling of the room that she had found herself in.

"Huh?" A muffled voice spoke as Gwen's eyes homed in on a masked man wearing a kind of combat suit that emphasized mobility. He spoke something in Chinese that Gwen couldn't understand, but she had enough context to understand that he was complaining about the elevator door malfunctioning. She looked around what seemed to her to be a dimly lit corridor with metallic walls. The yellow lights attached to the ceiling at equal intervals were barely enough to illuminate the entire corridor.

As the door closed once again, Gwen was quick to shoot two webs at the man. One to suppress him and wrap around him and the other to pull him up toward the ceiling. Before he could even react, the man was wrapped in Gwen's webs and was attached to the ceiling. Not seeing anything, he tried to scream a muffled scream to alert his patrol partner, but a poke at his throat sent an electric shock through him. Trying again, the man realized that he had lost his voice completely, unable to make the slightest sounds.

[Let's go, there's another guard approaching us.] Alex spoke in Gwen's head.

[You should've told me that the elevator was coming up.] Gwen told Alex as she calmly walked through the corridor while camouflaged. Having already taken care of the two guards, she was looking for the way down to the negative fifth floor, where the man they were looking for would be found.

[I trust your spider senses.] Alex's casual answer made Gwen angry but she couldn't complain any more than huffing.

[Showing some concern would be nice.] She said poutily.

[I'll shower you with love, concern all sorts of other feelings, Gwen. But after we're done here.] Alex said before pausing, [Unless, of course, you're down for a quickie in the middle of the enemy's base.]

[As thrilling as fucking in the middle of enemy territory sounds, I would rather finish our job and get the fuck out of here.] Gwen said, [The feeling that I'm getting from this place isn't exactly the most comfortable.]

[Your Spider-Sense is getting stronger.] Alex said with a proud tone, [You're correct, this place does have an ominous vibe to it. That's the main reason that I didn't just portal us down there, causing you to have to jump through so many hoops. I presume that Shang-Chi has something besides the Ten Rings that can detect and maybe even combat my magical abilities.]

[You really have to clue me into these things, Alex.] Gwen chided, [We're both here taking a risk to infiltrate this place and you're telling me that you're hiding from me and that it's more dangerous than I thought it was.]

[I'm not hiding anything from you, Gwen.] Alex said, [I'm just using the opportunity to train both of our sixth sense abilities — The Silk-Sense that I took from Cindy and your Spider-Sense.]

Gwen went silent as, easily able to discern the truth of Alex's words. Even at the level three bond, Gwen was able to read Alex like an open book with the help of her Spider-Sense. That ability had only gotten exponentially stronger after he bonded with her blood and bones, forming the level-five bond.

Alex continued speaking as Gwen kept walking forward, [I was trying to use my Silk-Sense in a way that it would communicate with your Spider-Sense. Like how our other senses can interact in their own ways — touch being more direct while vision, smell, taste, and sight are somewhat less direct. I was trying to interact with your Spider-Sense using my sixth sense ability, allowing you to sense the danger that I could sense.]

Gwen made an impressed expression under her mask, [I don't really get what you were doing, but it sounds pretty cool. That's the reason I've had this eerie feeling ever since I entered the elevator shaft.]

[I was trying to get you to feel it ever since you entered the warehouse, it took me some figuring out before I could get it to work.] Alex told her. [Take a left here.]

Gwen followed along his directions, [Thanks… And sorry about being so whiney about every small thing.] Gwen mumbled with complicated emotions swirling in her head.

[You can talk to me about it, you know that, right?] Alex said as Gwen brushed past a guard and kept going, unnoticed.

[Once we're out of here.] Gwen said, [I'd rather have that talk while I'm comfortable and cuddled up with you.]

Alex had an idea about what Gwen wanted to say to him so he didn't push her. [As you wish, that second door on the right.] Alex said, [That's the staircase.]

[Did you see why they have so many floors?] Gwen asked Alex as she started descending to the negative fourth floor.

[Not on this floor. This place seems more like the barracks and armory for their workforce. I saw all sorts of traditional cold weapons alongside guns and even some rocket launchers and the like. The rest of the floor seems like the sleeping quarters.] Alex told her, having scanned almost the entire floor to find the way down.

[Do they really have so many people that they need so many floors just to house their people?] Gwen asked rhetorically.

[I think it might have to do with the bad feeling that we're getting. I can see them having smuggled enough people in here to fill up the entire five underground floors with just them, don't get me wrong, but I feel like there's something more going on here. We'll probably find out about it on either the next floor or the one after that.] Alex told her.

"Hopefully, it's just normal people that are filling up this whole space," Gwen spoke as she finally reached the fourth floor. Instead of continuing to descend downward, she decided to explore the fourth floor.

[You jinxed it…] Alex said just as Gwen opened the door that led to the fourth floor.

As Gwen's Spider-Sense flared crazily, telling her that whatever was here was extremely dangerous, she couldn't help but gulp and step back, [We should leave.] She said, her instincts were telling her to get the fuck out of there no matter what.

[Calm yourself, Gwen.] Alex said, [It's just some radiation. It can't do anything to you with me here.]

[We have to get out of here, Alex. My Spider-Sense is flaring like crazy.] Gwen told him, taking another step back as Alex realized something.

[That radioactive spider thing was more literal than just some sci-fi mumbo jumbo, I guess.] Alex said as if he'd understood something.

[What?] Gwen asked, [We need to get out of here, Alex.] Gwen repeated, stepping back again and closing the door to the staircase. Her Spider-Sense instantly calmed down as if a switch had been flipped, allowing Gwen to calm down as well. That was when she realized her abnormal behavior, [What exactly happened, Alex? I felt like when I fought Cindy the first time, she used some device to overwhelm my Spider-Sense. This wasn't as painful as then, but it was still pretty bad.]

[That, my dear Gwen, is the effect of radiation on you.] Alex told her, [You were just exposed to enough radiation moments ago to not only give you radiation poisoning but also mutate you to the extent that you would get another set of superpowers. At least according to the rules of the Marvel Multiverse.]

[What marvel multiverse?] Gwen felt confused.

[I'll tell you some other time. For now, all you need to focus on is that these guys seem to have bought all of China's currently mined Uranium-235 here.] Alex told her, making a grave expression appear on her face.

[Why would they —] Gwen couldn't complete the sentence as she felt her mask squeezing her face and rubbing her skin.

[Stop frowning so much. What if the expression becomes permanent?] Alex said, literally forcing her to fix her expression, [You've been frowning ever since we came down here. And it's only getting worse.]

[Alex~ Stop it.] Gwen laughed lightly and tried to grab her mask to get Alex to stop, [You can't expect me to be happy at seeing someone having smuggled shit loads of nuclear material into the country with the plan to destroy presumably everything.]

Her amused and laughing tone depicted a different picture than her serious words, [This is better.] He said about her expression, [You don't need to take unnecessary stress. It's just nuclear material for now. They haven't even fashioned it into bombs or reactors. And even if they do, it's most likely going to be for a ransom than anything.]

[I can't help but feel like Cindy is just a side quest in this man's plan.] Gwen mumbled.

[Well, he did come out as vying for world domination in his announcement speech. If not for Cindy, a different skyscraper would've been blown up. That's the only difference.] Alex said, [We should get moving. No point in exploring the radioactive no-entry floor.]

[Yeah.] Gwen agreed and started descending further, [By the way, if there was a staircase, why did we go through all those hoops to get into the elevator shaft?]

[Unlike the elevator door, the stairs have no electronic mechanism. I would've needed marginally more effort to look for the staircase and decided that the elevator was a better option.] Alex said.

[Marginally, you say…] Gwen's expression twitched as she recalled the close call she had, almost getting her head bashed in by the cabin of the elevator, a few minutes ago.

[You were fine. And what did I tell you about frowning?] Alex started massaging her face once again, forcing her expression to get normalized, [And you were fine. The elevator was the better route under any circumstances.]

[Fine~ Whatever.] She said in between giggles, but Alex kept rubbing, squeezing, and pinching her face, [Now stop it!]

Hearing him laugh in her head, Gwen shook her head with a small smile as she finally reached the lowest floor. As she opened the door, she recalled something, [Why didn't you feel overwhelmed like I did when I was assaulted by the radiation?] Gwen asked him.

[I guess I'm just built differently.] Alex said casually.

[Yeah?] Gwen wasn't impressed by his answer, [And what's the actual reason?]

[That kind of is the actual reason.] Alex said, [I derived Cindy's Silk-Sense into the ‹True Sixth Sense›, which is a slightly stronger version of her original ability.]

[I remember another universe's Cindy telling me how her Silk-Sense is more of a curse than a boon since it feeds her way too much information.] Gwen recalled, [My Spider-Sense only triggers when I or someone close to me is in danger. But she used to get all sorts of signals from her surroundings.]

[Exactly, here's where the built differently part comes in.] Alex said, [Unlike her, I can process enough information to rival multiple supercomputers in real time. The influx of information that used to overwhelm Cindy is nothing big for me. This is also why I didn't get affected by the flaring of my ability. I could keep my rationality and objectively understand the situation even under those circumstances.]

[It's at times like these when I cannot even fathom the kind of existence that you are…] Gwen said while feeling a sense of awe.

[Please, you'll make me blush.]

-x-X-x-

The negative fifth floor was much more like the main warehouse than the other four floors. The whole floor was one giant room that reminded Gwen of a gym considering what she first noticed. A muffled thud pulled her attention away from the room and to the single person in the room. He had a hooded robe on him and was calmly practicing his moves on a thick wooden stake. Gwen noticed a light depression having formed on the stake that was increasing with each hit that the man threw at it and showed an impressed expression.

[You weren't kidding, he's pretty strong.] Gwen said to Alex just as her Spider-Sense started flaring crazily.

[Yeah, we need to get out of here…] Alex said to her as the man she was observing turned to look directly at her. Where Shang-Shi should've seen nothing but the empty wall, he narrowed his eyes as if he was able to see Gwen directly. He extended his arms in both directions, causing multiple sets of rings to fly to him. [That's why he took the moniker of the Mandarin…] Alex realized as he formed a mystic arts portal right behind Gwen, trying to get her to step through it. She slowly stepped back without hesitation, ready to get away.

Sadly, the man seemed ready for the action as Gwen collided with an invisible wall instead of stepping through the portal that Alex had created. Shang-Chi had already donned two different sets of ten rings — The divine weapon from Ta Lo, which was on a similar level as Mjolnir which Gwen had already talked to Alex about. And another set of rings that went on his fingers, each of them showcasing a unique and different design.

[The Remaker, fuck.] Alex cursed as he released a wave of lightning to surround Gwen's form, preventing the matter manipulation ability of the Remaker ring from affecting her directly. Unfortunately, the release of the lightning in such a manner caused Gwen's glowing visage to be revealed from the camouflage, allowing Shang-Chi to gauge her location accurately.

[What's going on, Alex?] Gwen asked as she realized that she was very low on information about this Shang-Chi. The man had not only detected her through her camouflage but also used some kind of special ability to solidify the air behind her. [I thought we were just going to fight a strong martial artist.]

[So did I Gwen… In hindsight, I should've expected him to have some kind of connection with the Mandarin.] Alex told her, [But even I didn't think he would have taken those rings for himself.]

"Spider-woman," Shang-Chi spoke, his tone elegant and controlled as if he was a high-born noble. "What a surprise."

Gwen wanted to get more information out of Alex, but Shang-Chi's words interrupted him, "Nice stash of Uranium you've got up there." Distracted, she said the first thing that came to her mind.

It took Shang-Chi a few seconds to reply as he processed her words, "Yes," He spoke measuredly, "it was quite a challenge, getting so much nuclear material. But there are things we all must do to further our goals."

[Tell me what's going on, Alex? Why does he seem much more dangerous than we initially talked about?] She asked him.

[It's a long story, but all you need to know for now is that he has two sets of ten rings. One, we've already talked about, the other set comprises actual rings for each of his fingers. These are the Mandarin's rings, which are alien artifacts, each with its own unique ability. The ring that stopped us from leaving is the Remaker ring. It can manipulate matter to take any shape or form spontaneously. This lightning field counteracts the ring's effects and makes sure that Shang-Chi isn't able to spontaneously solidify your blood or something, or liquify your brain. You get the point.]

[And there's ten of those rings?] Gwen asked with disbelief, [What are the other nine abilities?]

[Better to let you know as they come. Explaining the abilities of each ring in depth will take some time.] Alex told her, [But yes, this man has gone much higher on the scale of danger.]

"Why are you doing all this?" Gwen asked Shang-Chi, ready to react to any move that the man could make.

"I think I made myself clear in the broadcast," He answered, "I don't like how the government is operating, completely ignoring any dangers that might come upon us at any moment from the myriad planets hovering in our skies. I will take over the world to protect it. But I must say, Spider-Woman, you have surprised me."

"How so?" Gwen asked.

"I never expected you to be well versed not only in the Mystic Arts but also have innate magical powers," He said. "Without the faint traces of magic around your camouflage field, I never would've sensed you."

[Is there one of those rings too?] Gwen asked Alex, [That could allow him to sense me through your magic.]

[He's lying.] Alex told her, [He most likely sensed us through The Liar ring. It can enhance a person's psionic powers and upgrade their mental abilities. He already has heightened psionic abilities — having inherited them from his mother. With The Liar in his hand, his ability should've gotten much stronger, allowing him to detect your mental presence.]

"Hmm…" Gwen tilted her head, expressing her thoughtfulness, "You're lying. You don't have any way to detect magical abilities. Especially since I wasn't using any in the first place."

"You speak the truth," Shang-Chi said, furrowing his brows. "How peculiar. It seems that I cannot reliably read your words and actions. So be it. Why have you come here? Are you here for a bout against me? Or is it because you wish to join my cause?"

"Neither really," Gwen said, "I just wanted to see what you have going on for yourself. You know, gauge your chances of success. As you probably recall, I was just about to leave."

"My apologies, but I cannot let you do any such thing," Shang-Chi said. "You know too much and can disrupt our plans if you release this information."

Without waiting for Gwen's reply, Shang-Chi aimed his fist in her direction and punched the air. Gwen's Spider-Sense flared and she sidestepped the shockwave that was released from the man's move. Just as she stepped on the floor, she was forced to duck as a glowing yellow-gold whip whizzed past her, a hair's breadth away from her head. She was quick to shoot her web at Shang-Chi to propel herself toward him as he shot his other set of bracelets at her like a spear.

Just as her web attached to the man's leg, she was about to yank him, but a single bracelet flew independently through the air, slicing her web in half as she was forced to sidestep Shang-Chi's spear made of four bracelets. They stabbed into the wall behind her, embedding themselves into it, but he just made a motion with his fist, calling them all back to himself.

[Some lightning empowerment would serve very well right about now.] Gwen said to Alex.

[Yeah, just give me a second. I'm already working on it.] Alex told her, [We're underground, it's not exactly easy to pull lightning down from the atmosphere. I need to charge it up through another body.]

As Gwen was forced to duck under another gold whip made of five of the ten rings, her eyes narrowed as she channeled her own bio-electricity alongside Alex's support and focused the expulsion on the soles of her feet. Before the man could even pull back his rings, she had charged up to him and had her leg extended in a kicking motion, using the electric discharge to empower her attack.

Shang-Chi reacted quickly enough and raised his other arm in such a way that Gwen's empowered kick collided with the five rings that were still on his wrist, neutralizing the huge force that she had attacked him with. She was quick to punch him as her foot planted on the ground, but Shang-Chi redirected her punch to the side and palmed her shoulder, attempting to disbalance her with a mild amount of force. With Alex spreading that force all over the suit, she was unaffected as she pulled back her redirected fist and punched her other fist at the man with lightning-fast speed.

The punch connected, but Gwen felt as if she had hit nothing but his robe as Shang-Chi turned his body while pushing his palm under her fist, destroying her momentum once again as she was forced to balance herself.

[You weren't wrong about him being a good melee fighter, I'll say that.] Gwen said, [Really could use that lightning empowerment right about now.]

Without any words, Alex answered her call with a huge influx of lightning that instantly recharged her bio-electricity and spread all across her suit, going from arcs of lightning that flickered over the surface to pure blue streaks comprised of compressed lightning that enhanced her speed and power by multiple times. The effect was instantly shown when Shang-Chi, who was just about to redirect Gwen's knee to the side and push her back, was forced to jump back to protect himself from being electrocuted by the raw energy coursing through her.

"How about another round?" Gwen, empowered by lightning that was coursing through her entire body, felt like she could finally cross the skill gap between herself and Shang-Chi on the basis of raw physical attributes. She was upon her opponent in the next moment as she threw a punch at him, too fast for him to react as it made contact with his chest before he could react and attempt to redirect the force of her blow.

The exchange left him staggering a few steps backward, but Gwen was upon him the next moment.

[Nightbringer. It's the ring that creates a domain of absolute darkness around the user. Be wary.] Alex's warning came just in time. The moment Gwen's lunging kick was about to make contact with Shang-Chi, a wave of darkness spread outwardly from him as Gwen's attack met thin air. He had disappeared as the room got enveloped in complete darkness.

[How'd he disappear so quickly?] Gwen asked as she closed her eyes and focused her mind on her Spider-Sense. The darkness domain had completely robbed her of her vision.

[I'm not sure, but it's probably a mix of Spectral — It can affect the bonds between atoms and molecules to disintegrate inanimate objects, and it can also turn him invisible — and the second ring he used could be The Liar, which we've already talked about, to create a momentary illusion.] Alex told her.

[Great…] Gwen tried to sense the man with her Spider-Sense but was coming up with blanks. Since the man wasn't showing any intent to attack her just yet, her ability wasn't reacting.

[Let me help out.] Alex told her as Gwen started receiving much more information about her surroundings than she had ever gotten from her Spider-Sense. It was as if a mental map of her surroundings had formed in her head, allowing her to track any movements that Shang-Chi made. She could tell that the information she was getting was heavily curated, considering that Alex could sense things many times further than the ten meters around her that she could map out.

Gwen finally saw Shang Shi and was quick to shoot her lightning-charged web at him. Just as he sidestepped it, she shot another at him that would've made contact if not for the shockwave that left his fist, destroying the web before it could make contact with him. At the same time, he punched in Gwen's direction, releasing another shockwave. She was quick to sidestep it and dodge the attack, but this shockwave approached her much quicker than the ones before, brushing past her arm despite her speed. She wasn't hurt but was pushed back enough that she had to pirouette on her spot to not lose balance completely as she stabilized herself and faced him again.

[This one was Influence — it can create shockwaves by generating concussive blasts of force. He used it with the innate shockwave creation of the other set of rings to enhance the shockwave by multiple folds.] Alex said.

[Seriously getting on my nerves, not knowing what his abilities are, Alex. Especially when you know what he can do.] Gwen said irritably as she shot multiple small blasts of her webs rapidly in Shang-Chi's direction.

[We're already done with Remaker, Influence, Spectral, Nightbringer, and Liar. That's five right there. The other five are Spin, Daimonic, Incandescence, Lightning, and Zero. Other than Daimonic, the others aren't going to be an issue for us.] Alex said.

[And what's Daimonic?] Gwen asked, shooting her web at Shang-Chi that he dodged, causing it to stick to the wall behind him. Gwen used it to propel herself toward the man who quickly raised his wrist up to block Gwen's blow with his rings.

[We're just about to see it.] Alex told her, [He can generate and manipulate electromagnetic and gravitational energy with it. Just like now, how he's increased gravity around you by a factor of five.]

[Are you sure it's five times gravity? I barely feel like it's double the usual.] Gwen said as she got into another round of fisticuffs against Shang-Chi.

[We've spent enough time training at much higher intensities when you were weaker. Even 20 Gs should be a cakewalk for you.] Alex said as he saw Shang-Chi having an advantage over Gwen despite the huge disparity in their physical attributes. Even after Gwen's power-up, all the man needed were a few seconds and his undeniably superior skill was shining through. Using a mix of both sets of rings' abilities, he was able to not only stand toe-to-toe against Gwen but was even able to slowly gain the upper hand.

[I think we should get out of here.] Alex told Gwen.

[Why?] Gwen asked, [If you join in, we should be able to take him down. Then there would be no need for that plan where we use Cindy as bait.] The distraction of talking to Alex cost Gwen as Shang-Chi sent a shockwave at her that jabbed her at the side of her stomach, throwing her backward. Still, she reacted quickly enough and shot both her webs at him mid-air, pulling him with herself. Using her momentum, Gwen grunted and rolled herself into a ball before flipping around, hoping to slam Shang-Chi into the concrete before he would be able to counter her attack.

A loud thud was followed by a cracking sound before Gwen landed on the ground with her hand on her stomach, "That hurt like a bitch…" She said out loud, readying herself for what would happen. Alex was still sharing his Sixth Sense with her — the darkness domain was still in effect — allowing her to accurately gauge that Shang-Chi was perfectly fine despite the previous hit. [He used that Influence ring to generate a canceling shockwave, didn't he?] Gwen realized as the man jumped up with a vortex under him.

[Yeah. And this one's Spin. Allowing him to generate a spinning vortex that he can float on. The last three are fire, lightning, and ice rings.] Alex told her.

[Golly.] Gwen mocked excitement and focused her bio-electricity on her hands before punching both hands in Shang-Chi's direction, discharging all of her charged lightning at the man. [Let's get out of here. We've seen enough.]

[Apparently, not even close.] Alex said as he felt a familiar, yet foreign authority appearing out of nowhere in the room. Even through the darkness domain, both Alex and Gwen were able to see a red glow taking over the whole space. [It was neither the Mandarin's rings nor the Uranium that were giving me that bad feeling.] Even as Alex told Gwen that, the two disappeared from their spot, spontaneously teleporting away from the underground room.

…

As Gwen came to her senses, all she could sense around herself was a black void. Calling out to her most prominent support system, she tried to keep herself calm, "Alex… Are you there?"

"Of course, I'm here," Gwen heard Alex's voice reverberating throughout the space that she was in. "Technically, I'm everywhere around you." Following his words, Gwen could sense much more than just the black void. Multiple different lights entered her vision — red, orange, green, yellow — making her focus on the source of those lights, the core of Alex's soul, where the Infinity Stones lay.

She knew Alex enough to be able to infer quite a bit of information from what she was observing and from his words, "I'm inside your soul, right? In your ‹Inventory›. Whatever that red glow was, you didn't want to combat it right now."

"What makes you think I didn't want to combat it? I could've just as likely been terrified of the red glow and ran away with my tail tucked between my legs," Alex said.

"I know you enough to know your reaction when you're actually afraid, Alex," Gwen said. "In hindsight, I never realized early on, but you used to have a constant fear in the back of your head for a long time."

"Yeah, well having a glaring weakness to the slightest heat and sound was bound to leave me terrified. I was like a weak ass bacteria," Alex said. "Far too many people are intimately familiar with the general weakness of symbiotes. I was essentially walking a tightrope back then, making sure that I wouldn't get discovered and fucked over."

"We're getting off-topic," Gwen said. "Why did we run away then?"

Alex's sigh reverberated all around Gwen, "Not only does that guy have the two sets of rings, but he also has the Reality Stone. And as much as I want to take it from him, I don't have the means just yet. Maybe in a couple of days when I've accumulated sufficient EP to use my own Infinity Stones, but until then, no game."

"I understand," Gwen nodded. "So we're still going along with the plan to bait him using Cindy?"

"Yeah," Alex nodded, "still, I now need to make much more thorough preparations. Not to mention making sure that he doesn't find out about Cindy's connection with Spider-Woman. If he senses that it would be a trap, then all of our preparations would be wasted."

"Hey, Alex, what's that?" Gwen pointed toward the Infinity Stones.

"The Mind, Soul, and Time Stones," Alex said. "I already told you about the Mind and Time Stones, didn't I? I got the Soul Stone recently."

"Not that, dummy," Gwen pouted, "That humanoid figure bathing in the glow of the stones. That's definitely not you, I'm sure of it. I think I see two more in the distance…"

"Oh him," Alex said, "he's Thor — a version of him. I'm trying to whittle down his defenses so that I can absorb him and upgrade my lightning manipulation. The other two are also different versions of him."

"Just like that?" Gwen asked, surprised and a little confused. "If you can suppress goddamn Thor like a helpless baby, then why are we being so cautious when it comes to Shang-Chi. I'm one hundred percent sure that he can't hold a candle to even the weakest variant of Thor. We should just take care of him and get things over with."

Alex couldn't help but smile when he heard Gwen's words. They were very logical. Since he could suppress multiple variants of Thor for so long, taking care of Shang-Chi should be a walk in the park no matter how many rings the man had. Her thoughts were completely valid and he understood very well where she was coming from.

"Let's go home first, okay?" Alex asked. "I don't think you want to stay in this black void any longer." Without waiting for her response, Alex used the part of himself that he had connected to Cindy as the anchor and exited his ‹Inventory› with Gwen.

"No wait!" Gwen extended her hand outwardly as if trying to grasp something fleeting, but was left staring at the familiar ceiling of the warehouse wide-eyed. A sense of loss enveloped her momentarily before she was distracted by a loud moan.

"Yef, mafer~" Cindy moaned through the gag in her mouth as Alex railed her from behind. With a leash in his hand, he made sure that Cindy kept her head up and her back arched as he took her roughly.

"I wanna go back, Alex," Gwen looked at the man fucking Cindy and approached him.

"Where?" Alex asked, turning to look at her as he slowed down, "To that void of nothingness?"

"Yes. Take me back." Gwen nodded with a grave look on her face.

"Mafter~" Both Alex and Gwen ignored Cindy's frustrated groan as he nodded to Gwen.

"If you say so," Alex didn't see any reason to refuse her request and she disappeared again. As for Alex, he spanked Cindy's ass, making her yelp in pain, "Don't be so impatient." He picked up the pace again.

…

Gwen appeared back in Alex's soul as he took form in front of her, "So what's the deal?" He asked her as she was looking around while seeming at ease.

"I like this place," Gwen said, turning to Alex, "Can you create a couch for me to sit on?"

Alex raised a brow in confusion and agreed with a confused, almost hesitant nod. Gwen found a couch appearing behind her and sat down on it, leaning back comfortably, "This place is the best, I wanna stay here for a while," She looked at Alex imploringly.

"Let's unpack one thing at a time…" Alex said, "You asked why I don't just take care of this Shang-Chi person for you, right? It's because I don't feel like using my EP unless necessary. And if I start throwing Infinity Stones at all my problems, then things would get boring really quickly. You of all people should get that."

Gwen couldn't but laugh at his words, "Is that the effect of the Spider-Man philosophy rubbing off on you? I hold back because I don't want to kill. You're holding back for one reason and convincing yourself of another. Did you devour one too many variants of Peter Parker or something?"

"No…" Alex said with a weird frown, "at least I hope not. I don't want that kind of a tragic life. It's just that I don't have enough EP right now, especially while suppressing Thor here, multiple versions of him. The stones are constantly sucking away my EP since I need them to maintain the suppression."

"So we can't steamroll Shang-Chi with Infinity Stones?" Gwen asked with a sad expression.

"Why do I feel like our roles have been reversed?" Alex said. "I feel like you're trying to go all out and I'm the one holding back."

"Well, you are not wrong," Gwen said, pointedly looking at him.

"How about you help me farm EP then?" Alex asked.

"I'm not killing and eating people, Alex," Gwen said dryly.

"That's not it. Do you think I could get tens of thousands of EP without devouring an entire planet?" He asked. "I get it by devouring overpowered Hulk zombies that are infesting an entire planet. I devour those zombies and they give me a very good quantity of EP."

"I think I should be feeling disgusted by it…" Gwen said, making a weird face. "You use EP for all sorts of purposes. Including feeding me and increasing our bond level. You literally flood my body with EP every once in a while… EP that comes from Hulk zombies as you call them."

Alex knew exactly how to fix her thought process, "You know how there's a theory that all of the air that we breathe was at one point passed through a dinosaur? Think of it the same way as that. EP is a form of biological Energy. Energy doesn't have mass, remember?"

"Putting the fake dinosaur farts fact aside," Gwen said dryly. "You're right. That's why I don't have an innate feeling of disgust when thinking about you rubbing that EP oil on my body."

"Now that we've decided that we will wait until I collect enough EP, how about you tell me what you feel when inside my soul? Why do you feel so comfortable here?"

"No! We haven't decided anything," Gwen said. "You were about to ask me to help you farm EP on your apocalypse Earth place thingy."

"Are you going to go there to fight abominations that can fight toe to toe against base Hulk?" Alex asked.

"What's base Hulk?"

"You know… Banner is just chilling and Hulk abruptly comes out and decides to punch someone in the face without feeling any anger. That's base Hulk," Alex said. "Though there are some abominations there who can truly give The Hulk a run for his money. Until he actually gets angry enough. Then, he can just destroy the planet."

"And you want me to go fight there?" Gwen asked.

"Or, finish up with this Mandarin guy while I plot how to weed out all of the superheroes in this world by either taking over them or bringing them to my side somehow."

"And why do you want to do that?" Gwen asked crossing her arms under her chest.

"Because, silly, I want to bring your planet into my Gaia cluster. It will get the official moniker of Earth-65."

"This is Earth-65C. 65 and 65B are different ones."

"Then you'll get Earth-65C. I'm taking over the world eventually, I'll call it the My Little Pony Earth if you really want me to."

"You sound far too close to a supervillain," Gwen said. "Fate's machinations might just bring about a superhero to become your nemesis or something."

"Yeah, repeat that a few more times to really stabilize the jinx that you just put on me," Alex said dryly, making Gwen laugh.

"I'm kidding," She laughed, "Fate's machinations only destroy the lives of spider people."

"Gwen…" Alex growled, "Let's move on. What's the deal with your interest in staying inside my soul? Why do you feel this level of comfort inside here?"

"I… don't really know how to put my finger on it," Gwen said thoughtfully. "It's like… like how when you return to your bed after a long day of fighting bad guys back to back, you just fall asleep like a rock. And you can only feel it on your own bed, nowhere else. Ever feel that?"

"Only, every single day." Alex said, dry enough to cause a draught, "I definitely spend my time being Spider-Man."

"You get my point." She rolled her eyes at him. "It's an unmatched level of comfort that just makes me want to stay here all the time."

"So that means I can't bring any of the girls here…" Alex said.

"Yes!" Gwen's eyes brightened up, "I have no plans to meet any of your other hosts right now, and instead, I want this place all to myself."

"Gwen…" Alex looked at her threateningly as she showed him her tongue before puffing her cheeks.

"Can't give me anything…" She said poutily.

"You are literally inside my soul, Gwen. Eventually, the other girls will most likely end up in a situation where I'm forced to pull them into my soul to protect them," Alex said. "You can't be hogging all of the real estate."

"So you do eventually plan to move us here?" Gwen caught on to the implications behind his words despite the vagueness.

"Stop deducing everything before I'm even able to speak," Alex admonished. "That wasn't a plan before, but seeing your preference to stay here. I might end up using my own soul as the place where I put my sanctum."

"I'm not even going to ask…" Gwen shook her head. "Now what? Can we get Shang-Chi or what? That red glow gave me the vibes of another Infinity Stone, right? And it seems like one that you don't have." She glanced over at the three stones floating in Alex's soul.

"That red glow, Gwen," Alex said, "was the Reality Stone. The moment I pulled you into my inventory, the reality stone established an illusion domain that would make it impossible for us to track Shang-Chi, even with my Sixth Sense, let alone yours."

"That's bad," She said. "Do we really just need to wait until you gather some EP?"

"Sadly yes," Alex said. "Earth-Z was separated from its axis for a bit, causing a lot more time to pass there than it did anywhere else. Now though, it is even slower than here. We will need at least a few days before I can put the right people to work and collect the necessary EP."

"What do we do until then? Stay reactive?" Gwen asked. "That man has already started affecting the political landscape of the world after numerous failed and successful assassinations."

"Let him do his thing," Alex said. "Gonna be helpful for me in the long run. You haven't noticed it, but the successful assassinations were of the people who had some real dark shit in their past. As for the failed assassinations? They were a mix of publicity stunts and threats to get people to step down."

"You really want to take over my planet, don't you?" Gwen asked.

"Wouldn't it be fun to have you kneel under my presidential desk as you blow me while I'm meeting with people to make decisions to change the world?" Alex asked.

"I don't see the appeal," She lied. "You won't even be paying your full attention to me."

"Call all of the widows back to the fortress, Nat?" Alex said, holding his host by the waist as she straddled him and moved up and down while letting out warm breaths on his face. She had her hands around his neck for support as he sat in her chair behind her desk.

"Why though?" She asked with a moan, leaning forward to capture Alex's lips in a short yet passionate kiss.

"I have a special mission that we need everyone for," Alex said as Natasha separated her lips from his. He traced one of his hands that was on her waist higher before cupping her chest, giving her a squeeze that made her bite her lower lip as she tightened around his girth.

"What… kind of mission?" She asked breathlessly as Alex started teasing her nipples.

"An off-world kind," Alex said. "I am in desperate need of EP and my main source of that energy is currently not supplying it fast enough. I need some more manpower to help me with that."

"And what… ahn~" Interrupting herself with a moan, Natasha felt a second appendage entering her other hole, allowing her to experience the joy of being double penetrated whilst embracing her lover-cum-partner-cum-bio-suit thing. "W-what exactly is that source?"

"Do you remember Abomination?" Alex asked his own question before noticing that Natasha was staggering due to the extra appendage's presence. So he stopped teasing her breasts and affirmed his hold over her waist before taking greater control over her movements, making her move up and down with a rhythm.

"Ross'… failed Hulk project?" She said, moaning as Alex's actions made her feel much more stimulated.

"Exactly, the one where he tried to copy the Hulk and ended up creating an abomination, creatively named Abomination," Alex nodded. Feeling that Natasha was still not as stimulated as she could be, he created two tendrils that came out of his abdomen and stuck themselves to both her nipples, coiling around the erect nubs and imitating the action of pinching them. Natasha's back arched as she struggled to form a coherent sentence amidst her intensified moans while being made to bounce up and down on top of Alex.

"What… about… it?" She had a lot of difficulty in delivering that sentence as her moans continued getting louder and louder.

"Think that guy but somewhat weaker and multiply it by almost all carbon-based life forms on the planet, smart or otherwise, barring a small percentage. Those guys are the source of my EP." Alex said as the tendrils that were wrapped around Natasha's nipples extended further and wrapped around her breasts as well, giving them ample attention.

"You… don't think you… should stop to talk?" She said with difficulty, unable to focus very well as Alex continued teasing her relentlessly.

"No, Nat. This is also important. If you're going to fight the stronger variants of those Abominations, then I need you to take your daily dose of my EP-rich semen in all of your holes. Multiple times," Alex said with a righteous tone that would've made Nat laugh were she not currently bouncing on his cock, barely keeping her arousal-filled moans in check.

"Fuck~" She squealed before biting her lower lip as her eyes met Alex's and she leaned forward, meeting his lips in a desperate kiss as her body shook with her climax.

"Don't give up so quickly, my super spy," Alex said as he pulled back from Natasha's lips. "I still have a while to go before I cum…"

"I'm going to suck you dry," Natasha said breathlessly, meeting his eyes with her defiant ones.

"We'll see," Alex smiled as his beautiful redhead host tightened up with each thrust, making him feel far more pleasure.

"Do you want to send… Black Widows who are… Barely strong enough to fight… Steve… to fight weaker Hulks?" Natasha asked, conveying her disbelief despite her pleasure-induced state.

"Don't have so little faith in me, Nat," Alex said as the two thin tendrils that were wrapped around her nipples and breasts expressed his feelings, twisting her nipples and squeezing her breasts further as she gasped.

"Alex~" She let out a guttural moan as a jolt passed her body from the stimulation in both her holes and her breasts.

"I will arm every single one of the widows to make sure that not only do they survive but also win those fights while getting ample benefits from them," Alex said to her as her eyes rolled in the back of her head due to another orgasm shaking her body down to her core.

"Keep going~" As she recovered from her orgasm, Nat wanted more, "Come on, fill me up, Alex~"

"Did you listen to what I said?" Alex asked, spanking her ass as she jumped down on his cock as the one penetrating her ass moved in tandem.

"You'll send… out two hundred or so… widows to another… planet to have them… farm EP," Nat said breathlessly as each thrust made her moan sexily.

"So call Yelena in," Alex said. "She's your second in command and should know the real story."

"Right now?" Nat gasped out, tightening her arms around Alex's neck to keep herself upright.

"Yes, right now," Alex spanked her ass. "Or do you have a problem with her seeing you in this state?"

"Fuck it…" Nat didn't have the mental capacity to refuse Alex's pestering and agreed, "Activate… her intercom."

There was a beeping sound that signified the activation of the intercom that led directly to Yelena's office.

"Yelena, can you come in?" Nat said hurriedly, barely holding her moans.

"Be right there, sis." The girl replied, allowing Alex to cut off the connection before Nat's loud moan resounded through the room.

"You know she's going to see us when she comes in, don't you?" Alex asked, leaning forward, he captured her tongue that was hanging out of her mouth in between his lips before initiating a kiss that Natasha leaned into heavily and passionately.

"Whose fault… is that?" She asked, unable to hold back herself from moaning.

"Sure, it's my fault," Alex smiled. "Let's change positions." Not letting Nat react, he stood up causing her to wrap her legs around him and to tighten her arms that were around his neck.

"Alex…" She moaned out, feeling herself being penetrated even deeper. He leaned forward a little and with a tendril made some space on Nat's desk. He leaned forward, allowing her back to rest on the surface of the now-empty desk. At the same time, she loosened her arms and legs as Alex held on to her thighs, before thrusting himself deep inside her, making her writhe and moan as she turned her head to the side.

"Look at me, Nat…" Alex said with a groan as he thrust himself deep into both of Natasha's holes, "I want to see your sexy expression and your eyes."

She turned to look at him while bringing her hands above her head, grasping the end of the table as she felt herself shaking with each thrust.

"I love seeing this expression on your face…" Alex said as the tendrils that were assaulting her nipples retracted and wrapped around her thighs, holding her legs up in place. He then brought his hands to her chest, squishing the mounds before pinching her nipples, making her moan sexily. "You can come in, Yelena."

"I'm close~," She said,"so close~ Keep going~ Yess~" She seemed not to register his second sentence and merely moaned loudly as she came once again under Alex's assault. At the same time, the door to the office opened, only for Yelena to freeze after she took a step in.

She saw the elder sister that she admired and looked up to being fucked by an unfamiliar man as she lay on her own office desk. He seemed to be squishing her tits so roughly that it seemed painful while at the same time, ramming himself into her like some kind of animal. And her elder sister? She seemed to be having the time of her life as she released animalistic moans that followed his movements.

"I'm going to be back in a bit…" She understood that the unfamiliar man was probably Apex taking human form with her elder sister and decided that retreat was the best option and stepped back.

"Stay, Yelena," Alex didn't afford her that choice. "Come here, I have something important to talk to you about."

Hearing the very voice that Yelena knew so intimately while its manifestation fucked her sister left Yelena feeling complex emotions. She blushed, "Can't you just talk in my head, Apex?" She said. "I like to think that you and I are close enough friends that you can just talk to me in my head."

"Come and sit," Alex said with a tone that demanded absolute obedience. She was intimately familiar with the pleasure of submitting to Alex's voice. It was a voice that Yelena didn't know how to refuse, so, following along, she found herself seated on a chair as she got a much closer view of Nat being fucked by Alex.

"Are you okay with this, Nat?" Yelena couldn't help but ask. "This is so weird."

"I…" Nat's response seemed to get drowned among her moans as Alex smiled at Yelena.

"You can join in if you feel unsatisfied or wanting…" He offered, making Yelena scoff. He did put that image in her head, however, an image of her and Natasha — at his mercy as he had his way with them both — that she'd seen many times before as Apex gave her her regular 'strengthening and reward' sessions.

"Alex~" Nat's admonishing tone came out with a moan that made all of the intimidation disappear from it, leaving an endearing moan of his name that conveyed her excitement. In her pleasure, she didn't even remember that they used Apex to refer to him in front of anyone else. However, Yelena was too distracted to notice.

"Why was I called here?" Yelena asked, noticing but not caring about Natasha's slip, she was more interested in changing the topic. She saw that her sister was lost to the pleasure and wouldn't react much to her for now.

Alex smiled at her knowingly, making her look away guiltily before he spoke, "I'm taking all of the widows of this fortress away to another Earth. Codenamed The Farmer Initiative."

Yelena's eyes widened at his words.

-x-X-x-

Alex continued railing Natasha roughly as he explained to Yelena his plan of sending the widows to gain some much-needed combat experience against foes of their level. He told her the same stuff that he told Natasha about giving the women the easy to combat and prevail against the abominations.

"And how long will this last?" Yelena asked. "I don't find the idea of spending a couple of years of my life in a literal foreign wasteland very appealing."

Alex didn't even look at the blonde, his full focus on Natasha's sexy expressions as he showed her his love. "I've already planned to give them motivation. The first thing that I'm releasing is an anti-aging serum that will keep them young and at the peak of their biological state for as long as they administer it."

Yelena showed skepticism with a raised brow, "So a prolonged life isn't just a thing for Nat and me?"

"Nat doesn't need any serum and will be at her biological peak state as long as she's bonded to me. You, on the other hand, are different. Remember that tank that I healed you in? I'm going to need you to dip in it for twenty-four hours to reprogram your cells to continue their division process for longer. Giving you at most a hundred more years at peak biological state before you need to be treated again. It's the same with any women who aren't bonded with me. Hence the so-called serum."

Yelena blushed as she recalled the time the monster slime man took full advantage of her body in the name of treating her. He made her addicted to the pleasure that he gave her at that time. Her gaze lingered on the top half of Alex's body that was visible to her as she felt a sense of heat in her abdomen. The man in question didn't take his eyes off Nat for even a moment but he still noticed Yelena's beautiful expression and feelings.

"So you are going to give them the ability to live longer, that's good," The blonde spy nodded, quickly composing herself. "What's the catch?"

"They need to serve in Earth-Z for a period of time, say one year," Alex said. "Once they return, they will be administered the serum which will allow them to live for ten times longer than the time that they served. For example, for one year of serving, they get to live ten extra years."

"Ingenius, really," Yelena said. "I don't think any of our current widows —" Yelena was interrupted by a loud blissful moan that escaped Natasha's lips as an orgasm rocked her body and mind. Yelena couldn't help but stare at Natasha making sounds that she never could have imagined she would hear her sister making. Shaking her head, she removed the weird thoughts that came into her mind, "As I was saying," She said. "I don't think any of our current widows will be able to refuse your offer even if they have to stay there for ten years."

"I know," Alex leaned forward and captured Natasha's lips, instantly muffling Natasha's weakening moans that were reverberating through the room for the duration of his conversation with Yelena.

"Another thing…" Yelena said, looking with an almost jealous expression at Natasha and Alex kissing. "You don't actually need that pod to de-age anyone, do you?" Alex didn't answer her question for a few seconds, engaging in his passionate kiss with Natasha instead, "Apex…" Yelena droned on.

Alex reluctantly separated himself from Natasha's lips. Before his sexy redhead spy could express her dissatisfaction, he thrust himself deep, making a squeal escape her lips as he smiled at her. He still didn't bother looking at Yelena, "I don't," He said. "But the pod's presence is necessary to create a sense of importance and difficulty for the process. They have to value what they receive. As for you…" Alex met her eyes with a smirk for a few seconds before turning back to Natasha, "I really enjoyed fucking you in that pod and plan to do it again."

"'Course you did…" She said dryly, though the blush on her face gave away her excitement about the prospect. "I'm leaving before you end up making me do something that makes me feel embarrassed later."

"Stay. There's more," Alex said with a light grunt. "I want you to be mentally prepared to take charge of the widows there. While you will have Nat once everything is established there — however long it takes — I'm going to bring Nat back, there's something else that I need her to do for me. You will be the one leading the widows at that time."

"You're both just going to leave me alone in that wasteland with two hundred dysfunctional spies?" Yelena showed an expression of apprehension.

"You feel that collar on your neck, Yelena?" Alex asked, tightening the collar on Yelena's neck to allow her to discern its presence.

"Yeah…" She nodded, hooking her finger through it, "It's a nice design, no?" She had modeled it to her personal preference.

"Not the point," Alex said. "Each and every widow has such a collar that they agreed to get after some persuasion and benefits. It is the thing that connects me to every single one of you and allows me to monitor you. So no, you won't be alone. I will be there at all times. Merely invisible." Yelena's lips parted to speak something, but she quickly pressed them together as she heard a grunt escape Alex's mouth that was drowned by another loud moan from Natasha's throat. "Fuck, Nat. You're so tight… Take it. I'm going to fill you up!"

"Yesh~" She moaned out as her back arched and she held on tighter to the edge of the table with both hands to keep herself stable as Alex's movements got even rougher. He groaned while pinching both her nipples, twisting and pulling them while pushing himself deep inside as Natasha felt both her holes being filled. Her climax followed suit as she felt Alex filling her with his 'EP-rich semen' and she moaned loudly.

Both Natasha and Alex were breathing heavily as he pulled out of her and sat down in Natasha's seat, letting go of her thighs and allowing her legs to hang from the table. Yelena got a glimpse of his wet cock that was still covered in a mix of his and Natasha's liquids. She couldn't help but lick her lips, imagining herself sucking him off to clean him after he was done with her sister.

"Would you like to do cleaning duty, Yelena?" Alex asked as if having read her thoughts. Though if her expression was anything to go by, he didn't need to read her thoughts.

"No–no!" She quickly answered with a stutter, denying the implications, and acting as if she was offended by him giving his sister a creampie right in front of her.

"Your loss," Alex shrugged before looking at Natasha again the spy seemed to be completely unbothered by Yelena's presence and had sat up on her desk before getting off. She didn't even turn around to look at Yelena and instead kneeled in front of Alex before taking him into her mouth with a moan.

Yelena's brow couldn't help but twitch at the blatant display, though she was inwardly glad that Natasha was at least hidden from her view, making it easier for her to ignore the situation. She took a deep breath to calm herself, "So I will have your support in managing all of the widows in Nat's absence. In case some of them try to desert us in the middle of a fight or something? What then? Because I am sure they are going to. Right now, they are on their home turf, in a sort of comfort zone that makes them keep themselves in check. In a foreign zombie apocalypse? Many of them will change their minds within weeks and try to desert us despite the benefits promised."

"I have a mutiny system planned as well, you don't need to worry. They won't even have the thought to desert after a few examples are made," Alex told her while gently running his fingers through Natasha's hair, merely caressing her as she moved on her own accord. She had a very good technique in which he didn't need to guide her in the least.

"I feel like I can imagine the kind of punishments that you have in mind…" Yelena said. "Will I be able to talk to them telepathically?"

"I might be able to figure something out, but it won't be telepathic," Alex said. "More like a microphone that would allow your voice to directly be transmitted into their heads. You would still have to speak though."

Yelena nodded, "Will they be able to reply?" She asked next.

"Same thing, they will have to speak to talk to you. I will set up a full intercom system for the widows using the collars as the basis. There won't be a need for separate devices to keep in touch," Alex said, making Yelena nod.

"Okay, sounds interesting, this… Farmer Initiative thing," She said. "It's like a game, killing endless monsters to farm a specific resource, in this case, your EP."

-x-X-x-

After bringing Yelena in on the plan and enjoying multiple rounds of pleasure with his favorite spy that lasted them into dawn, Alex decided that it was time for them to start preparing the widows for their eventual move.

"Can you make the portal big enough to allow the entire fortress to pass through?" Natasha asked, getting out from under the covers while still naked.

"I'll figure it out," Alex said, admiring his host. "They will be using the fortress as their base since I don't want to put too much of my processing and energy into taking care of the widows. If I throw them in a normal bunker, then I would have to give them more attention and spend more resources on them."

"Because running a flying fortress in a wasteland is a more cost-effective approach, right?" She asked, smiling amusedly as she put a hand on her waist, leaning slightly.

"Believe it or not, yeah," Alex nodded, "sending weekly bulk resources to the fortress is better for me and my time. In this case, I can automate their collars completely instead of manually intervening for small things like food and all. It just frees up my attention."

"I'm not dressed yet…" Nat looked at him imploringly.

"How about you prep the widows like that?" Alex asked with a teasing smile, "I think a little exhibitionism would be sexy."

Nat narrowed her eyes, "Clothes. I am not getting myself disrespected in front of the widows."

"Fine," Alex said, "Can't even take a joke." He snapped his fingers and made a neatly folded set of black clothes appear on the bed, "But I want to see you dress yourself."

"Wouldn't it be fun if I just take these to the closet instead of giving you the show you want?" Natasha asked, looking over at the closet.

"You aren't going to do that," Alex said. "You know I would just appear right beside you anyway."

"That's why I'm not," She said, picking up the latex-like top and examining it before slipping her head through it with some difficulty, "But don't expect me to give you a full show, I'm tired after having indulged you for so long." She slipped her arms through the sleeves, fixing her fingers into the gloves at the ends before pulling down the top, all the way down to her waistline. It covered everything from her neck to her waist.

"You seemed enthusiastic enough beforehand," Alex said with a smile as the top squirmed a little to hug Natasha's body perfectly, her shapely chest, the curve of her waist, and even her nipples, everything seemed to be outlined by the top.

"I'm talking about how you put on a show for Yelena that I went along for," She gave him a side-eyed look before slipping her foot through the leggings and pulling it just high enough, then following along with her other foot.

"You loved that as much as I did," Alex said. "Being fucked raw in front of your sister, it must've been a blast. I could feel how tight you got when she walked into the room."

She rolled her eyes, pulling the leggings all the way up to her waist to meet the seam of her top. That was when the material tightened itself and fixed itself snugly against her skin, perfectly hugging her from her waist and down to her toes. "Of course, I got tighter," She answered, grabbing the next item, her armor. "I was embarrassed and got stiff. Why do you think I didn't even bother to glance at her? It was weird. I only agreed to indulge your fantasies for a bit, that's all."

"You know my other fantasy, don't you?" Alex said teasingly as Natasha slipped on the thick leather armor over her torso. She tightened two belts, one of which went over her midriff and the other just below her breasts. Following the armor came a pair of gloves that went over her latex ones, they went up her arms to her elbows, the straps of which tightened automatically.

She looked at Alex before picking up the next item, the leather pants, "Not a chance, Alex. I'm not doing it under any circumstances," Nat said. "As for Yelena, you might have gotten her to accept a sexual relationship with you on the foundation of healing her, but she is of the same mind as me. Neither of us is going to be on board for a threesome." She slipped them over her latex leggings and tightened the belt around her waist before pulling on her combat boots and utility belt that had all her weapon placeholders attached to it. She didn't have actual weapons since Alex just crafted whatever was needed according to her fighting style and the situation.

"Fair enough," Alex said, finally getting out from under the covers as well. "It's just something that I think would be very sexy. If all parties aren't into it, then it's not actually sexy, is it?"

"Shall we go?" She smiled at him.

"What about this?" Alex asked with a pitiful expression as he pointed down to his morning wood.

"Play with yourself," She said, mercilessly rejecting him, "I'm already dressed."

"How about you use your mouth and I thank you profusely by cumming in your mouth?" Alex offered with a serious expression that made Natasha laugh.

"I have another idea…" Natasha smirked before walking up to Alex. She placed her palm on his chest and pushed him — Alex didn't notice when, but she had already taken off the elbow-length gloves, leaving her hands covered by the thin latex material of her innerwear. He allowed her to push him, walking back until he fell on the bed while looking up at his sexy spy.

"Tread carefully, my love…" Alex warned with a glint in his eyes.

"Fuck that," She climbed up on the bed and straddled his lap, grabbing his girth with both hands. "Put your hands above your head, I want to see your reaction as I suck you off. You aren't fucking my throat today." Her latex-covered hands had a different feeling to them than her skin, but Alex liked it just as well.

"I like your aggression," Alex said with a smile, placing his hands under his head to support it. "Make sure to prepare yourself to receive it back twofold." He decided to be a little indulgent for once. After all, Natasha had been going on about having gone along with his whims.

"I'll take tenfold…" She said before spitting on his dick as she continued stroking it with both hands.

"I'll hold you to that."

Alex grunted.

Natasha slid back down and took him into her mouth. He was tempted to stop playing along and to grab her head. Then she looked up, taking his entire girth into her throat. Alex knew from her look that she was serious about her wants.

"Fine," He said with a groan as he felt her tongue wrap around his shaft and run all along its length with her movements. Her hands weren't free either, one stroking his shaft whenever she pulled her mouth back and the other gently giving his sack a tantalizing massage.

She kept going for a while, getting more and more reactions out of Alex that seemed to turn her on as well. Soon, she could feel Alex stirring while still in her mouth. No words needed to be exchanged between them and Alex released his load right into her throat and she took it perfectly, not letting a drop spill.

Alex sighed deeply as he heard Natasha audibly gulp every drop of his release.

"That was fun," She gave him a sultry smirk.

"See?" She got up, putting her gloves back on. As she tightened the straps, she said, "You should just leave it to me sometimes. I can pleasure you just as well as you can me."

"Maybe some other time," Alex said. "You still have ten rough throat fuckings remaining… Or something along the lines of that in terms of intensity."

She rolled her eyes, "Can we go now? I would like to start briefing the widows today so that we can have them prepared to leave as soon as possible."

"Mhm," Alex said, "let's go." Natasha turned around and Alex disappeared into her suit. His presence was known to Yelena, yes, but the other widows only had Natasha as their leader. For all they knew, the so-called collars on their throats were no more than unremovable high-tech tracking monitors made with nanotech that also allowed them to wear any outfit that they wanted.

The outfit ability was a dream for any spy, allowing them to work subterfuge tasks with unprecedented ease. Not to mention allowing them to wear their combat outfits in moments without any work.

[How's Wanda doing, Alex? Last I saw her at Kamar Taj, she seemed… not in the best state. She said that she was going on a long trip and just disappeared. I didn't have the chance to ask you what with all the things that were going on at that time. Where is she? What is she doing?]

Hearing her questions, Alex took a deep, stressful breath, [Well, she's…]