Annihilus Part 7

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Some consider the Negative Zone to be a dying universe.

A place created from antimatter where there is only chaos.

A universal dump.

A universe tied to ours but older.

A place where life is very difficult to progress but not impossible.

Only Riri discovered the true anomaly of that place.

And now she connected with that dying universe that will continue to be energy even when it is destroyed and she will continue to use that chaotic but powerful energy.

Riri Williams felt that if she kept practicing with that energy and staying in the Negative Zone, she would become the true ruler of that place.

But she wouldn't do that, she wasn't someone who wanted power.

Besides, she was already satisfied with the earnings.

And now she was going to test that new power against these creatures that try to attack them.

She was wearing her Ironheart suit which was modified not only with technology, but also with magic.

A greenish aura surrounded Riri's suit and she indifferently waved her hand down.

The approaching creatures were startled when the ground shook and large spikes of earth protruded from it, but the creatures had no time to react as these spikes appeared below them, piercing them mercilessly.

The place was filled with roars of agony and fury.

Jane and the others were shocked at the overwhelming way Riri defeated those creatures.

Riri instead frowned upon discovering that it wasn't enough to kill them.

With a wave of her hands, the earth rose up creating great serpents that lunged at the creatures.

The creatures could only roar as they were slaughtered.

But Riri's frown didn't relax, as more of these things were drawing closer.

They seemed endless.

"Let me give you a hand, you still don't have perfect control of this new power and having that attitude isn't a good thing either" Magneto said and advised Riri.

Riri felt a bit embarrassed, she realized that getting this new power made her feel powerful and she became a bit arrogant.

After all, if she used her other abilities, she wouldn't have that problem, especially with her high intelligence, which she wasn't using at the moment.

She realized that such an attitude was dangerous, so calming down she nodded towards Magneto.

Magneto said no more and using the metal around him, he created spears and launched them at the creatures.

He controlled them with great ease and kept using them to kill all the creatures.

Thus, in a joint work of Riri and Magneto, they began to get rid of these creatures.

Laura and Jessica just continued to watch the surroundings without worrying as they knew that the two of them had everything under control.

Jane didn't panic either and continued to do her job.

Darcy for her part, the woman curious about these creatures, had a Sentinel bring her one that was already dead to observe better.

That showed the woman's guts.

The plump Sentinel who was free brought her one of those creatures.

Darcy looked at it curiously, although the creature walked upright, it was animal-like, some kind of cross between a bear and a gorilla.

Jane, noticing Darcy's actions, also came over.

She quickly activated the body scanner and examined the creature.

"Fascinating, this creature is a very strange species, as apart from living tissue, it also has mechanical parts" Jane said a little surprised.

"So, is it some kind of robot?" Darcy asked confused.

"No, this is a kind of living metal, as it is very well balanced with the organic tissues, as if they were one" Jane said seriously as she shook her head.

She was really confused, but she didn't think about it anymore, after all that topic wasn't her specialty.

She should wait to go back and find Maya and Helen Cho, they would have an idea of that.

Darcy shrugged without thinking too much about it and continued to watch the creature curiously.

After all she is like that, she never thinks too much and only does what keeps her calm.

While that was happening, Riri and Magneto had completely eliminated the threat of those creatures.

Once resolved, they went on with their business.

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Alex, who had seen the whole process, also frowned at the way Riri acted, but calmed down when Magneto made her see reason.

Arrogance is a very dangerous attitude.

But also complacency and ignorance.

Looks like he'll have to ponder about that too.

Also, Alex has to prepare for the consequences of entering the Negative Zone.

He is sure that Annihilus will not sit idly by.

As Alex had these thoughts, he continued to watch Jane's group work.

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Annihilus was silent from what he saw, never expecting these invaders to be so powerful.

Especially the person who floated and was surrounded by that green aura.

Even when he saw it through the screen, he felt familiar with that energy.

That made him curious but for now he would put it aside as he wasn't fully prepared yet.

But in three days he will prove to them that they messed with the wrong person.

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Over the next two days, Jane's group, with the help of the Mining Sentinels, began transporting the vibranium and other metals from the Negative Zone to Genosha.

Sure, it had to go through a cleaning process to remove any foreign elements that might affect the Earth's environment.

After all, they don't want something unknown to bite them from behind later.

Although it is only a precaution since Annihilus and other beings from the Negative Zone had already come to Earth for a long time and no cases of strange diseases had been heard.

But that's something for Alex to look into.