Max's Wrath

Pepper then stood up and tried to change into a dragon, but only her eyes changed.

"Why is it not working, Max?" She asked, looking at Max, who was chuckling.

"Sister, you have to practice. You can't just turn into a full dragon just after eating it, a moment ago. You might need at least 5 years before you could turn into a full dragon," Max said while mentally adding 'that is if I don't help you.'

"I at least want to see how I will look," Pepper sighed and said.

"That I can help with," Max said and then projected an image of a Crystal White Dragon with cerulean lines on it. The dragon was both powerful and exceptionally beautiful, its scales like a perfected sculpted art from the God of sculptors himself. Its shimmering blue eyes added a hint of nobility and unwavering dominance.

"So beautiful," Pepper muttered, and Selene nodded too, fascinated by the Lunar Dragon that looked like the moon but without any dark spots.

"I really want to transform into it now more," Pepper said.

"Don't worry; I will make a super soldier serum for you," Max said.

"Really?" Pepper looked at Max and asked.

"Of course," Max nodded.

"You are the best," Pepper jumped and hugged Max in happiness.

While Pepper was hugging him, Max swiftly read her memories of the assault.

"I will be waiting, but don't make me wait longer," Pepper said as she returned to her seat.

"How can I?" Max smiled and said, but only Selene knows that the smile was calm before the storm, a massive one.

Max then talked with them for some more time and then left the room, saying he needed to go to his office.

After Max reached his office, he enforced the whole room and then...

Bang! Crash!

"I gave you one job, and you weren't even able to do it properly," Max said in utter cold voice as he looked at Edward embedded in the wall.

"Forgive me, master. I have no excuse," Edward said, coming to his knees; he didn't dare to heal his injuries.

The cause of Max's anger is the reason Pepper was shot. Earlier, she didn't show any discomfort or any signs of injuries because Edward fully healed her with his vampiric powers. His sister also didn't tell him about it, but how can Max not know of it? The moment she said about assault, Max used life vision and carefully checked her and found her life force slightly disrupted on her left hand. Knowing direct asking won't yield any result, he checked her memories and thus this situation.

"I don't care what you do, but go and bring the one responsible for it," Max said.

"Yes, My lord," Edward nodded and turned to red mist and vanished.

Damn it, Pepper was lucky that the bullet only injured her arm, but what if it was aimed at her head? Max slammed his fist on the table, breaking it.

After a moment when Max's anger subsided, Max waved his hand, and the broken office returned back to the original state.

"I should create an undead, one that can remain in her shadows and always protect her," Max muttered and then mentally ordered Edward to bring back all the bodies.

For the next few days, nothing major happened in Max's life, but the same couldn't be said about the Hydra members. All of their bases near New York were destroyed, and their cameras only caught a blood wave destroying their bases.

In one such underground base of Hydra, the alarms were blaring rapidly.

"Stop that thing at all costs!" Baron Strucker yelled at the microphone, his voice reverberating through the whole Hydra facility.

Edward, hearing his voice, paused and then mentally contacted Max and told him that he found the culprit behind his sister's assault.

"I will be there," Max's voice came from the other side, and the next second, Max, wearing the White Angel suit, came out of the portal.

"Kill all obstructions," Max said as Edward ran ahead, and whenever he met any Hydra soldier, they would just drop lifelessly on the ground, courtesy of Edward's heart burst-blood manipulation.

As Max slowly strolled towards the office of Strucker, a team of Hydra mobs came to stop him from behind. Max, without turning, just used his necromancy and amplification to turn some nearby dead bodies into Skeleton generals. The skeleton generals then rushed at the Hydra mobs, mercilessly slicing them apart.

Reaching the office of Strucker, Max knocked on it, though his knock broke the door.

Entering the office, he saw Strucker holding a girl with a gun pointed at the girl's face.

The young girl is crying, but Strucker kept his gun on her head. "If you come near me, I will kill her." He tried to use the girl as a hostage. Seeing this, Max said in a disdainful voice, "Clown."

Hearing Max's words, Strucker was about to lash out, but suddenly he felt he could no longer control his body. He released the girl, and she came and hid behind Max.

Max lightly tapped her head, causing her to fall asleep. He also read her memories, thinking she might be acting, but she is just a mutant whom Strucker kidnapped.

Max then placed the sleeping girl aside and then went to sit on the chair, looking at Strucker, he said, "How would you like to die?"

Hearing Max's words, Strucker's eyes widened; he tried to move his body but to no avail. Seeing him wanting to speak so much, Max granted him the freedom of his mouth.

"You don't know who...hmmummm." As he was saying, his mouth got closed again.

"Yeah yeah, that same villain talk," Max said then exited the room, and looking at Edward, who was standing outside.

"For how many seconds was Pepper injured?" He asked calmly.

"13.65 seconds, Master," Edward bowed and replied.

"Torture him for 14 hours straight and make sure he won't become unconscious for even a second," Max said as he took the young girl and teleported away.

After Max left the base, Edward raised his head, but now his eyes were shining with immense bloodlust.

Edward entered Strucker's office, and screaming sounds started echoing, which lasted for exactly 14 hours