52 News Flash!!

(AN- The reporter's name is George West)

"Thank you for interrupting me Mr. Jameson," Christine said with sarcasm. "But I noticed you say Enigma and the others set up the crimes to swoop in like a hero. Do you have proof of your claims?"

"Proof? The statistics are proof enough."

"The statistics prove how efficient they are at removing crime, Mr. Jameson. What we are talking about are the few crimes done by Metahumans." Christine corrected Jameson, who snorted hearing it.

"That does not mean they aren't themselves criminals. Because if they're not, why the masks?" JJJ argued.

"I believe I have a reason for this." George interrupted. "It is most likely that they do this by preventing their enemies like Fisk to target their relatives."

"The police don't need to wear a mask"

"Well, they're a team. And if you ask any high-ranking officer, they'll tell you how much security they need to protect their relatives, so they could protect us. Maybe our masked friends don't have that privilege." West argued.

"Bullshit. Stark doesn't need one, why should they?" JJJ roared.

"Because Iron man's powers come from his suit and he can pay for all the security in the world, which not everyone can have. The same cannot be said for them. Enigma, …. is an enigma. But don't you think it's too coincidental 4 people have the same powers? Many speculate they're caused by an accident of a sort. And the mask prevents others from recognizing them so they don't end up on an operation table, and next thing we know is a group of superpowered Spider-people is taking over New York."

"That's just speculation, not facts. And what about the Fantastic Four?"(JJJ)

"And so are yours, which are only shared by you.-"(West)

"Wait, wait, wait, Mr. West, Mr. Jameson. We have a call on our number regarding today's question, 'should we be worried about the people around us gaining powers?'. We have a call be Mrs. Karen Wood. Yes, Mrs. Wood, you can speak." Christine intervened.

"Yes, thank you for having me. And for today's question, I believe every metahuman found should be sent to a concentration camp away from normal people, and have no interaction at all. I mean, what if my kid who attends school has a classmate who shoots fire, or looks like a shark? I fear for his safety between them."

"Mrs. Wood, would you mind if I ask a question?" George intervened.

"No, sir I do not?"

"You said that kids with powers should be sent to concentration camps. What would you do if your son was a metahuman?"

"WHAT?? There's no way my son is a mutant freak." She yelled in the call.

"Now you're being racist mam. And everyone has a chance to be a metahuman. From research done by scientists, everybody carries a metagene in them, some have slightly stronger than other's leading to getting powers. And why do you hate them? Children dream of getting powers or magical abilities. And you are calling such people of our own planet with powers, freaks?? Is it really hate, or jealousy. Because I can guarantee you, I would really like to fly as Jewel or Phoenix" West argued.

"That's because they are freaks. There is no way that's normal!!" Karen yelled.

"Well, neither would have flying cars been normal a decade ago, yet, here we are with Knight and Stark industries starting their production. Just because you don't know something doesn't mean it's not normal mam." West said.

"No, that's not the case. I did my research online." Karen said.

"You're saying rumors on google are more credible than what scientist, who studied it, say?" West asked, a bit dumbfounded.

"Yes, I do say that. The govt. is trying to make a fool of everyone but we won't be fooled. These mutants are children of Satan and should be burned and crucif-" Karen yelled but the call was cut off by the backstage crew.

The three announcers just said silently for 2 seconds, still stunned by the stupidity.

"Well, that was.... a heated conversation," Christine said after a while.

"If you can even call that a conversation." JJJ snorted and said.

"Well, irrespective of what.... we just heard, I would definitely like to say that metagene is proven by the scientists of different countries, and if you find someone with it, get help, but do keep quiet about it. The reason metahumans haven't been heard of too much is because of religious fanatics sometimes killing them for their appearance or kidnappings, which are now coming more to light after the arrests made by NYPD." West said towards the camera.

"On that note, we end today's talk, hope you all stay safe and have a good day," Christine said with a smile.

"And get these masked criminals to justice!" JJJ yelled just before the camera cut.

*Back to Alex*

"Well, someone has a problem..." I heard it beside me while watching the news.

"You don't say," I said and turned towards Tony who was eating cheeseburgers. "So, what brings you here?"

Tony took another bite and said, "Well about your proposal... I'll take it." I was confused, then remembered about the Super Soldier Serum we talked about.

"What made you decide?" I asked, curious.

"I read your files on metahuman abilities, … are you sure you didn't write bullshit?" Tony asked, getting a deadpan glare from me. " I mean, interplanetary travel, biological manipulation, adapting to the environment. These are straight busted."

"I know," I said.

"Anyway, I realized just how outclassed I am if Magneto comes and demands to hand over my suits. And even if it's just his lackeys, a man with a healing factor on steroids, a shapeshifter who could just dress as my chef and something in the food and we won't even know it, someone who can absorb energy and finally telepathy. Any one of them can shut me down in time as I am right now, suit or not. I need more research to create counters for them" Tony said and sighed.

I nodded in understanding and got up.

"Well, you're just in time," I said and moved towards my room with Tony.

"What do you mean?" He asked.

"Well, I was visited by the Magnet who thought he could intimidate me?" I said.

He raised an eyebrow and asked, "At your side-job?"

"Nope. He came to meet Alexander Knight" I said, making his eyes go wide in surprise.

"What? Why?" He asked.

"Well, he is Wanda's father." I shrugged, leaving him with black lines over his forehead.

He sighed hearing me drop bomb after bomb with a bored face. "What do you mean the right time?" He asked.

"Well, after he and his cronies got their ass handed, they went back to their base, with a location spell in tow. So I went there secretly and took blood samples from all Meta's under him. And one of the serums I and Oracle made might just be the perfect thing for you." I said as I opened a portal to Galvan prime in my room and we went in.

We entered the med-bay as Oracle deployed the serum section, showing a silver-blue liquid. She displayed its stats on a nearby screen as I explained.

"This one gives the usual, superstrength, speed, thinking capacity, etc. What is new is the power it gives." I said, making him curious. "Simply said, it makes barriers."

His face turned into one of confusion, but turned serious and asked "Not the normal ones, I presume?"

"Very much so. I will explain to you three ways to use it for now. One is to make barriers around yourself, project them for defense, or shape them like a weapon for offense. The second is tactile telekinesis. No info is needed on that. And the third and main part, I call it 'MySpace'." I said. "And as the name says, you make a barrier around yourself and you become the master of what happens in it," I said, making him shocked. "Reverse or negate gravity? done. Make anyone lose their powers or its effects in your range? done. Create an entirely different climate? Done. Store anything in your subspace you touch? Done." I said, snapping my fingers as he snapped out of his shock, but still looked at me in a daze.

"...How?" He asked confused.

"Well, see for yourself," I said, while Oracle opened a screen. "The first ability is a mixture of one of the magneto's henchmen, Absolute Wall. Cringe's name, anyways, his powers are like Sue, to create force fields. I used my aura weapons as a reference and created a psionic way to do that. So what you will be doing is use psionic and electrical energy(bioelectricity) to create constructs. Tactile telekinesis is just an extension of it. The third power is based on matter and spatial manipulation. I believe you know this." I said, showing him a glowing blue cube.

"The tesseract? Yes, I hacked shield and got some info. What about it?" He asked.

"Shield uses it like an unlimited energy resource, which could be used to create weapons. Which it kinda is, just not purely energy but-"

"Spatial energy?" Tony completed my sentence and his eyes lit upon its implications.

"Yup, and I know one person who somehow got powers from it, one which can classify her as omega level," I said, only making him a bit surprised. Guess he's used the surprises now. " I used the same principle to see if I could do something, and lo behold, the 'MySpace'" I said, while Tony nodded hearing about it.

"Of course, there are some drawbacks," I said, making him snap out of his thoughts.

"What?" He asked.

"What I told you was what you could do after mastering it. Treat your powers like a muscle, it grows stronger the more you work it out. The second is mental and physical stamina. When you start, it will exhaust you quickly, it will take time to get used to it and grow stronger." I told him.

"So, lot's of training? Sounds... manageable." He said.

"What about Pepper and Happy?" I asked.

"Give Pepper the same one. Do you have a catalog? Maybe Happy could use some bait to hook him in" He said, thinking about it. I nodded and directed him to one of the pods as he got in and oracle injected the serum and hastened the time around it to make the process quick for me.

*Later*

"*huff* Damn, …. that takes a lot," Tony said lying down as if he just did a harsh workout.

"You have mostly adapted to it. Just a few more days and practice, then it's all on how fast you manage to grow it. Bring Pepper when she's free, Oracle would treat her in case I'm not available. And you better be ready as well. I feel something's about to happen, so the more help I have, the better." I said looking at Terra and Chase playing, or rather, battling outside.

"Can't you handle everything easily?" Tony asked with a raised eyebrow.

"And make myself the center of attention everyone requests help from? No thanks, let me live my life and train myself to handle those situations, since there is a chance I won't be nearby to help, like when we both went on our 'vacations'" I said and he nodded in understanding.

*Stay Tuned For More...*