1 Chapter 1
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear."
- Nelson Mandela
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-- General POV --
A young adult was sleeping on a beach, wearing his grey sweat shorts and a v-neck green shirt. He had an above-average height of 5'11 (1.80 meters), slightly curly black hair, and it was apparent that he had green eyes as he slowly opened them to see a familiar face. Only to close it once more and go back to sleep.
His roommate, Milo was standing in front of him "Oy Archie, wake up" he said as Archie finally woke up.
"What the fuck?!"
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-- Archie's POV --
"What the fuck?!" I said as my eyes were now wide open "Milo, what the fuck- how are you- how are you so large?" I asked as I stared at my friend who used to be 5'10 (1.78 meters) and was now standing at 6'5 (1.95 meters). He still had his blond hair and brown eyes, but his slightly athletic body was gone, instead, he now had muscles bulging from… everywhere.
"I don't know man, the last thing I remember was sleeping on my bed, and then waking up on the beach," he said as he flexed his muscles and practically marveled over them. "Looking this awesome"
"You look like a damn Jojo character on steroids," I said
"Huh?" He then made a Jotaro pose, pointing at me "Did you say something? I couldn't hear you 'cause of my amazing body."
I then pinched myself to see if I was still asleep. Only to realize it wasn't a dream.
"Nope. Tried that the first minute I noticed these," He said as he showed his biceps that were bigger than my head.
Then there was the question I had to ask "Is your di-"
"Yup," He said with a smug grin on his face "Much bigger"
"Damn." now I was actually jealous
"Du- dude-" he said as he stopped flexing and his face changed to a few shades lighter "don't freak out but you- you are glowing"
"Huh?" I looked at my hands, flipped them over a few times, and noticed I was indeed glowing green "I'm glowing…" I said as I slowly started to float "Wo- wow"
"Archie, Archie!" Milo shouted as I was a good ten meters from the ground now.
I started moving in the air, not like walking, but just willing my body to move to a different location.
I was really flying. I lost the sense of time as I started flying, did a few flips here and there until…
"ARCHIE?!" I heard Milo's shout and flew next to him, still floating as the raw emotion I felt from flying was exhilarating
"Dude, what happened to us? I became the next Arnold Schwarzenegger, and you can somehow fly…" He said as he continued flexing, he now put his hands behind his head and showed his triceps.
I started thinking, we stood in silence until Milo said "Now that I think about it, you kinda look like a Green Lantern"
My eyes widened "Hey Milo, remember a week ago we did that Marvel Jumpchain, that was like Create Your Own Adventure thing?"
"Vaguely," he said as he tried to remember
"Well, I remember I pretty much dumped everything I could buy to create powers of a Green Lantern without the space smurfs or recharging, and you had picked the Body power which gives you-"
"Peak Human Body!!!" He said as he flexed his muscles once more, thank god he was not wearing any shirt, or else it would have been ripped to shreds by now
"Yeah… You also picked a few other powers but I can't really remember."
He took a thinking pose before saying "I remember now, I had made a Wolverine-Build. Superhuman Body, High-End Regeneration, Telepathic Immunity, and of course…" his ulna jumped out of his arm and took on the shape of a very sharp knife "Bone Manipulation"
"Did that hurt?" I asked
"It should hurt like a bitch, but I guess my Body Power improved my pain tolerance to Comic Book Levels of Peak Human, it is some Batman level shit." Milo said as he hands me the blade "You want it? I can make another anytime I want."
Despite finding it to be gross, I just nod my head and take it from him. Yesterday I would have refused to touch it, but if we are really in a Marvel World… Well, a knife can be useful if my powers ever fail.
I landed next to him, looking up at him as he made different kinds of things with his powers.
I then tried to make something with my powers. A giant boxing glove was easy to imagine and even easier to will into existence
"Huh! You really are a Green Lantern." Milo said, I ignored him.
Then I tried to create Green Lantern's signature item.
I imagined a ring, similar to Oan Power Rings used by the Guardians of the Universe. I used my own brain waves and imagined a Jarvis-like personality (female version) as the basis to give it an Artificial Intelligence similar to a real Power Ring and then willed it into existence. It would function similarly to a Power Ring where it helps me in construct creation, regulates my bodily functions (oxygen level, temperature, etc.), and will protect me with auto-shields just in case I'm ever in serious danger.
My hand was encased in bright, green light and for some reason, I chanted the Green Lantern Oath
"In brightest day, in blackest night,
No evil shall escape my sight.
Let those who worship evil's might,
Beware my power, Green Lantern's light!"
"Dude… seriously? Can you be anymore original?"
"Shut up for a second…"
<<Archibald Richardson of Earth, you are recognized as the primary user and creator>> the ring voiced out loud, in a relatively feminine voice.
"Did your ring just… Talk?" he asks
"Yep. And her name is Ring by the way. Really Intelligent Networking Gal."
"That's pretty cool, did you come up with that just now."
I ignored him "Ring, can you download information directly from the radio waves on satellites?"
<<Creator's will power is sufficient for such an action>> the ring said, making Archie grin slightly
"Download all the information you can through the satellites without arousing any suspicion." I said "And create a Databank"
<<Affirmative…>> a few minutes passed <<Action is complete, Databank has been created>>
"Alright then… Ring. Time for the big question, do superheroes exist in this world and is one of them Spider-Man?" I asked the most important question, this would confirm whether or not we are in a Marvel World…
<<Affirmative>> she replied
"Awesome," Milo said as I looked at him for a second, I was gonna tell him we would not be seeing anyone from our world, but I remembered he broke up with Jenny two weeks ago and his parents were long gone. Hell, I'm the closest thing he got to a family.
*sigh* Hopefully Dad and Mom won't miss me much…
"Hey… Do you think we should tell Peter not to sell his Marriage to a demon now, or should we wait until after Aunt May is injured?" Milo asks
Then it dawned on me "The drawbacks…" I muttered in a voice so low even his super-soldier ears couldn't hear me. "Remember we picked the 4th Wall Reliant, which makes it so no one will believe our future knowledge, and if we tried to convince them, they'll think we are Deadpool 2.0"
"That… complicates things."
"Yeah… *sigh* Let's worry about that later… Ring, can you show us the heroes of this world?" I said, willing myself to create tablets of most heroes, and then green tabloids appeared in front of them.
The tabloids were playing videos, containing exploits of the big-time hero groups such as Avengers, X-Men, and Fantastic Four as well as street-level heroes like Spider-Man and Daredevil.
"They look pretty powerful," Milo said as he saw Hulk punch Thor.
I then remember the other drawback we both picked "Ring. Run a full body diagnosis on myself and Milo, and try to deduce the source of our powers."
<<Affermative>> Ring gloved bright for a few seconds before giving her assessment <<It appears both the creator and humanoid designated as Milo have a mutation in your gonosomes (sex chromosomes). Locals of this Earth calls this subspecies homo-superior, or more commonly known as mutants.>>
"Shit we are mutants… I know I'm gonna regret this but, what is the publics' view on mutants?" Milo asks
The ring did not reply.
"Why isn't she replying?" he asks me
"Probably because you are not me." I said with a small smug look on my face, remembering his look when he gained his body first "Alright Ring, answer his questions for now."
<<Affirmative>>
"Well? What ARE the public's view on mutants?" he asks
<<Majority of the public views homo-superiors as either dangerous individuals, diseased humans, or in extreme cases, demons>> the Ring explained in a monotonous tone.
"Damn…" we both mutter. It sounded just like the comics, but this felt far- FAR more real.
I then started thinking about Magneto and Professor X, more specifically Baldy's powers "Hey Ring, does Milo have a special energy around his head that blocks telepaths?" I ask, an idea forming in my head
<<Affirmative>> she said
"Create a similar effect around my head at all times" I instructed
<<Affirmative>>
I held my head, as I felt a jolt of electricity running through it, and then one more fact about the CYOA we filled came back to me, "Ring, what year is it?"
<<The year is 1990>>
"Oh right, I just remembered, I got 1990 in the dice roll," Milo said and I nodded my head. "Hey what did we get as a Location, I can't really recall…" he said as my face lost a few shades.
"Ring, where are we right now?" I asked as I started sweating a bit,
<<Creator and the humanoid designated as Milo are in an island nation called Genosha>> The land of mutant exploitation
"Fuck" we both said at the same time
At that moment a flare of bullets was fired at me and Milo. My will created a force field around my body before they could hit me but Milo wasn't so lucky
"MILO!" I shouted,
"SHIT! That hurt like hell," he said as bullets that were embedded in his body fell to the ground.
"How-" I still couldn't believe he was fine
"Healing Factor," he said before two-man with M16s ran next to us.
"Hands in the air muties!" One of them said, pointing their guns at us. "Commander Alex, we detected two mutants on the west coast."
"Did you- did you fuckers just shoot at us?" I asked,
"Wait for a second, these are not the mutants we were looking for. How did these two escape their cages?"
{Ring, set a failsafe of non-killing, and use it from now on unless I specify otherwise} I, thought relayed it to the Ring, after all, I did not want to kill anyone accidentally
{{Affirmative}} the Ring said, but before I could do anything Milo had disappeared from my point of view, and the next thing I knew he had impaled the two guards.
The next second both of the guards dropped to the ground, dead as a doornail.
"Dude…"
