Doubts, Preparations, & The Ego Stone (II)...

[SHIELD Headquarters, New York]

Loki2 was walking through the offices like he owned the place... he has been doing this for quite some time, the SHIELD Agents would have stopped it but unfortunately for them, they were unable to see the Asgardian God of Trickery and Mischief.

Thor2 would have also noticed his brother missing if he wasn't busy making plans with the others... Loki2 used this chance to look around so that he could get more information... he knew that something wasn't right, SHIELD has been trying to hide something from them or they simply didn't know... the latter seemed to be improbable.

All of a sudden Loki2 paused when he found a tip of a sword touching his neck... "Sif2... you shouldn't scare me like that and please remove such a sharp tool from my throat... I feel uncomfortable if sharp things are pointed towards me" Loki2 said with a grin on his face.

"What are you doing Loki2?" Sif2 was quite used to Loki2's antics, so she wasn't bothered by his rant.

"...You wound me Sif2... I might not be the pinnacle of honesty... but I can be trusted" Loki2 said with a serious look on his face but he only received a blank stare from Sif2.

"Fine... fine... ruin my fun but it was at least worth a try... Sif2, haven't you found something odd about these people??" Loki2 asked giving up all his pretence but Sif2 didn't react and she still had the stoic look on her face. Sif2 remained stoic like that for a few moments until she released a defeated sigh.

"Yes... for starters, I think that they are trying to use us... and secondly, these people don't even know what they are dealing with..." Sif2 said pulling back her sword. She also had her doubts... she knew that this Fury was trying to use their group for the war but she didn't have any problems with that if they could get back their Stones.

No... the problem was something else... the real problem was their lack of information. They have seen Hela accompanying Leviathan and this Hela was much stronger than the Hela2 of their world, from Charles2's group they knew that Leviathan also had the Phonix Force under him and Fury thought that they could defeat such a group.

And that wasn't the last of their problems... their own group believed that they could defeat this Leviathan guy simply because they have previously defeated Cosmic Entities in their Universe... "So, what have you found Loki2?" Sif2 asked Loki2 who simply shook his head in disappointment.

"They don't have any information regarding Leviathan's group... there are some vague mentions of someone named Fox but it is quite vague. Either these guys don't know what they are dealing with or they are simply trying to hide it from us..." Loki2 said with a frown on his face.

"Have you checked those boxy contraptions?" Sif2 asked while pointing towards a computer and received a glare from Loki2.

"Do you really think that I would know how to operate these contraptions??" Loki2 growled out and Sif2 simply shrugged.

"...We can ask that kid to do it for us... he is always trying to impress the adults" Sif2 said after thinking for a few moments.

"Yes... that could work... let's get that kid. He must be following Stark2 like a lost puppy" Loki2 said while nodding his head and both Loki2 and Sif2 went to look for Peter Parker...

[Elysium]

"What are we going to do Eric?" Raven asked while looking really worried, they were being surrounded by fleets from all the sides... they knew that the barrier made by Momo and Fleur was quite strong but they didn't know how long that barrier was going to hold it.

"We fight...!! There is nothing else we could do... we simply can't throw away our freedom" Emma said with a serious look on her face.

"Of course I am not saying that we should give up... I am simply asking him about our next course of action..." Raven pointed out... while both Emma and Raven were having an argument... Eric was simply thinking.

"Raven, Emma, give the order to power up the defences... reroute the power needed from the residential areas but don't cut the power from the infirmary" Eric ordered and both of them nodded their heads in understanding.

"Eric, have you heard anything from Reo or anyone from his group?" Emma asked and Raven also looked quite interested in the question.

"No... Natasha had left me a message saying that they are going out... regardless of that, we will fight. We can't keep depending on their group... and we still have some time till the war starts... so we can wait" Eric said and both Raven and Emma left his office after nodding their heads in understanding...

[POV Reo]

I found myself inside a sky blue room... though I could only see the floor and the roof... the roof and floor extended into nothingness... "I have been waiting for quite some time..." I heard someone's voice from behind, I turned around slowly to find a man...

The man is quite a bit taller than me... probably around 9 feet... the man was somewhat different from me but we also shared some similar traits... Nemesis. The name popped inside my head. I had already noticed that I couldn't access any of my powers.

"I see that you have already recognised me... I could have never imagined that my soul would merge with a pathetic mortal's soul..." the man said in clear disgust. "But I must thank you for collecting all the Stones for me... I have tried to take over other people's bodies but their bodies and minds crumbled after some time" the man... no, Nemesis continued to monologue.

"So, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for bringing me my body..." Nemesis continued but I simply burst out laughing... I know that my situation is not good because I can't access my powers but it is a similar case with him too... I might not have my powers but I still have my senses.

(A/N: Both Reo and Nemesis are simply just consciousness of their beings at this moment so they don't have any powers other than their natural body powers).

"Did you really think that I came here to hand over my body??" I asked between my laughs. Nemesis simply kept glaring daggers at me... and I could clearly see the veins popping on top of his head.

"You don't know the consequences of mocking me yet mortal... I would have sent your soul back into the reincarnation cycle but now, I will simply erase your soul" Nemesis growled out and launched his fist towards me... I raised my left hand so that I could redirect his fist and but failed due to the force behind his punch.

His right fist landed on my left shoulder and I felt like being hit by a freight train... Damn!! That's strong. I yelled inside my mind and wrapped my left hand around his extended right arm and twisted it with all the force I could have mustered. Nemesis yelled out in pain, just from his punch I knew that he was a novice.

He might be strong but he doesn't know how to fight... he kicked in my direction and I quickly backed off when I noticed his kick... getting hit by his kick won't be good for me... as soon his feet landed on the ground after missing me, I planted my foot on his foot with all the force I could muster. "Aarrrgghhh!!! You dare mortal??!!" he thundered out but that was all he could do as I landed a left uppercut under his chin.

He spat out black blood from his mouth and fell back on his ass with a flattened foot and a broken chin. Before he could catch his breath I slammed my foot on his face... he flew back some meters due to the force behind my kick. I quickly rushed towards him and while I was about to reach his head... his right hand slammed on my chest... "Don't underestimate me mortal...!!" Nemesis mumbled out and I felt like my lungs were on fire...

I can't allow him to land another blow on me like that... while limping he pulled up his giant body but I attacked towards his left hand and slammed my foot on his left elbow... a loud snap was heard and Nemesis dropped to the ground while screaming... I wrapped my hand around his neck and grabbed him in a blood choke position.

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His left hand was completely useless so he tried to pull off my hands using his right hand but I didn't let go... seeing that my hands weren't budging... his right elbow slammed on my right side of the ribs and I heard several snaps... a burning sensation rose up from my chest but I didn't let go...

His elbow slammed into my ribs once again and some more cracking sounds were heard... I spat out blood from my mouth and I was surprised that my blood was also black... but I didn't allow him to escape my chokehold... his elbow kept slamming into my right side and now I was pretty sure that my ribs were turned into powder... I kept spitting out blood from time to time but I kept choking him.

This is the most painful fight I ever had... slowly his blows started to lose power and finally his right hand went completely limp... I changed the position of my hands slightly and with a slight twist, another loud snap was heard... Nemesis was dead... with a lot of difficulties I moved his body away from mine. My vision was blurry and I knew that I was going to pass out... but it was impossible to stay awake.

As soon as I closed my eyes, I found myself back in the real world and all of my injuries were gone... I gasped due to surprise when I noticed that the Ego Stone was no longer in my hands... just as I noticed that... foreign memories started to flow into my mind...

Billions of years of memory flowed into my mind... I felt like my head was going to explode... I grabbed my head tightly and passed out with an anguished look on my face...