2 2) Petals Are Weapons Too.....

The next morning Jayden woke up feeling like crap the crazy dream he had was vivid as hell, he froze though seeing the new tattoo on his hand almost making him freak out but remembering seeing the exact same thing in his dream he calmed down. While staring at it he got a splitting headache giving him information about the Rose in his body and the petals, since he saw it last night he knew about them but the Rose was new information. Grabbing his head he waited for the headache to calm down while receiving the information it was a lot to take in but at the same time it wasn't enough to actually know what the Rose was it went like this.

When the world started there was nothing the the Big Bang aka the infinity stones were created all there was but since the power wasn't fully contained then pieces of the stones broke off into the universe all being spread in different places. But to make life is something that couldn't fully happen just from the infinity stones there also needed to be what people called the tree of life but it was really a Rose which held a single seed on it, this seed dropped into the universe creating life all over the universe. Before using all its energy it landed on earth the last place it created life, using the little power it had left it made a body but couldn't conscious mind of its own living in a mindless state in the earth.

As time passed it could do nothing but lie in the earth with the beings it created not being able to do anything until eighteen years ago, when Jayden first died in his original world. Using the last of its power it pulled his soul into it but seeing how damaged it was from doing that Jayden was stuck in a comatose state until the two days ago where his soul had fully healed, what to him was eighteen years was actually millions since the body could only function after healing. Making him nothing but a baby who was 'abandoned' on the street in Texas, until he was found and picked up with the power gone from the Rose seed it was essentially nothing until his soul was fully healed and it sprouted becoming something that is not even 1% of its original power but enough for Jayden to be on par with the infinity stones if he grew strong enough.

With the help of the Rose in his body he didn't need to worry about aging anymore since it would stop at 25 him no longer being able to control it, on the bright side he could do the same for others. It also solved his problems of being able to survive in this world but to fully grasp its power he would need to train himself, but could he do it?

After learning that Jayden sat there not knowing what to do he didn't even notice that three hours had passed him sitting on the couch with his hands in his head. He was wondering why the MCU he was in was so different compared to the one he knew but knowing that it was altered with this he could now understand but did it really change much from what he could tell the plot would still follow to the Avengers fighting Thanos in Endgame.

While he wouldn't stop it from coming he would prevent himself from being snapped away, now with his new power he only had three things in this life that he wanted, 1) Travel the Universe, 2) Fight some fun fights, 3) Live without chains. With this in mind he stood up and took a shower, after he answered some text from Jean he set out to do his original job from yesterday and took his Laptop in his backpack and headed to Manhattan, there was one thing Richard Reed could help him with.

*Unknown POV (You already Know Though)

In Kamar-Taj, Nepal a bald lady sat on a mat drinking tea while practicing the mystic arts checking for any changes that might occur in the near future, while checking her eyes went wide with what she saw. It was a blurry image of a man and when he appeared things changed while not to drastic it was enough to where it made it harder on the world to fight back from coming threats, when she tried to dive deeper to figure out who it was she was hit was a massive backlash. It was strong enough to almost send her into astral projection which freaked her out, even when she tried to see people around the blurry figure if she got to close to the someone close to him it would cause the same reaction.

Deciding it was enough she sat in contemplation about what she should do about it while she knew some places where he might show up it wasn't certain wether he would stay that path or not since his futures were all over the place. Sighing she drunk her tea deciding that she would do something if she got the chance but for now she was going to sit back and wait praying he wouldn't screw things up to much.

*POV END*

Inside a cafe across the street from the Baxter Building there was a teen who was typing away on his computer, of course it was Jayden who had tried and successfully hacked into the building and was now checking there stuff out. He already knew about the whole team Richard Reed, Susan Storm, Johnny Storm, Ben Grimm, he also knows about the portal that Richard Reed creates that would send them to Planet Zero where they would get their powers. It was a couple days away before they went off which doesn't really effect this timeline much considering that since they weren't really apart of the MUC movies that enter linked.

There was also their friend Victor von Doom who was joining them, which was a really bad ideas but Jayden was a fan of Doom so he didn't really interfere in it but he still couldn't get over how much went on in New York. Literally there was the entire United States but a lot of the Hero's came out of New York or a lot of major events happened here like how he heard about the Stark Expo that would take place in six months, which was also a major thing for Iron Man Two but still the same time Thor would also be visiting which would be where he would go since he always wanted to meet the Asgardian.

Finishing looking through Richards and the gangs work he decided to leave they didn't really have anything in the works of interplanetary space travel so he could only give up until he found something else out or got help. Maybe he should approach Richard himself later to ask about it? Well that for later for now he didn't have anything to do but find somewhere abandoned to work on his powers he still didn't have full control over it so he needed to work harder and find out all it's secrets.

It didn't take him long to find a place, while most go to and abandoned warehouse (Every Fanfic our there) he went to a nearby forest walking it for an hour. When he didn't see anyone for that long he started working on bringing out the petals from his hand and at first he didn't feel anything but slowly five petals were hovering around him, it might not seem like a lot but it took a lot of mental power just to keep it up. Using the concentration he had he started to move them around making them got in circles around him, he turned them from weak little petals to spikes in seconds embedding them into a nearby tree. When he pulled them out they had left a five inch hole inside since he didn't use much force since he was just testing it out, after working with them more he as able to make one like metal it no longer had the properties of a flower and was as hard as steel, it left him with a thought was it or vibranium stronger.

He gave them the name of every lasting petals cause unless he willed it they wouldn't go away, when he tried to make them a liquid it was wet to the touch and he could put a finger through it was a weird feeling. By the time three hours had passed he learned he could do so much with them as long as he imagined it they did what he wanted but that was the limit since he was already fatigued just from controlling that little amount when he tried more it was like a splitting headache almost making him pass out.

His favorite had to be that he could make them into basically the side of a grain of dirt unseeable but he could tell it was there it was like being an assassin since he was so deadly that no one would know how they died. When he tried the Blue Petals it was more or less the same but still with five petals it actually made him worry a bit since how was that suppose to protect him from coming attacks but seeing as he could make a mini she kid he just shrugged swearing to train harder so he wouldn't have to worry about anything like that.

At around 5pm he called it a day deciding to head home after stopping at his new favorite taco truck for about ten of them. It was dark when he got home so he didn't do much but go online and order stuff he needed for his place which would come in tomorrow, he had seen how lacking the place was so he decided that he needed to have furniture just in case he ever had guest plus he loved to cook but had nothing to help him do that. After he was done he went to sleep for the night.

(Jayden current Balance-$15,450)

Three days later Jayden was hanging outside Midtown High School a school that was home to Peter Parker, Mary Jane, Liz Allen, Flash Thompson, and Harry Osborn surprising this is where Jean went to school. He was here to get her seeing that it was Friday and she wanted to start hanging out the moment he got out of school, he was going to say no because this was suppose to be the day Richard and the gang went into the portal but it got pushed back because doom needed the weekend to do something. So here he was waiting for the last bell to ring he had already texted her where he was waiting so she could come here immediately, since she was the only person he really talked to he didn't mind waiting on her she was a cool person.

After the bell rang kids flooded out of the school and he could see someone with red hair weaving through the crowd but she wasn't alone she had some other people with her from just a glance he could make out who one of them was. Jean was pulling along another girl who was wearing a cheerleading out fit who was pulling along another redhead next to them was a skinny kid and one who was slightly chubby. It took everything in Jaydens body not to shout out 'TOM HOLLAND' he was shaking a little from holding back but managed to keep it inside with a little restraint going back to his calm self.

Jean seeing Jayden let go of her friend and rushed over to him wrapping her arms around his waist and giving him a strong hug smiling widely, her friends were shocked they had never seen her act this friendly with a guy. Jayden could only smile wryly hugging her back he wasn't opposed to it but that didn't mean he liked it either she was a beautiful girl he would give her that but her personality was a little to bubbly for his liking so he kept a little distance.

"Who is this Jean?" Said the girl in the cheerleading outfit she was about the same height as Jean and the other red head but from looks her personality might be a little bad. She had long flowing black hair and brown eyes, she was a cute girl but not someone Jayden saw himself being friends with seeing as she was kid of snarky when asking that question.

Jean pulled but but held Jaydens hand while introducing him, "Guys this is my friend Jayden Wayne, Jayden these are my friends/study group, first off is Liz who asked who you were, the other red head is Mary Jane, next to her is our friend Peter Parker, and lastly Ned." She said pointing each one out as she went along.

Jayden did a little wave to the four but something in the corner of his eye caught his attention it was a girl with long flowing silver hair and green eyes, she was walking gracefully like a cat but seemed to put off a 'I don't give a F*ck' attitude. He smiled a little at her but she didn't notice but it seems like he would be hacking into midtown highs servers tonight to figure out if his guess was right about who he just saw, turning back to the group who didn't notice his actions his smile slipped a little at the conversation.

"So tonight we will go to that new club, Harry and Flash said they could get us in." Liz said talking to Jean and Mary Jane seemingly ignoring Peter and Ned.

"How will we get in do you have a fake I.D?" Mary Jane asked, she was a good girl but still liked to act on the wild side of things.

"Ahh you don't have one, well I think Harry knows a guy so as long as you got the money we can get you one." Liz said before turning to Jean, "How about you do you need one?"

Jean nodded turning to me they were apparently leaving out Peter and Ned who didn't get asked and looked awkward about the whole situation so they slowly walked away from the group, while Jayden was a fan of Spider-Man he could always talk to him later. "Do you have one Jayden?"

"Why would I need one I'm not going clubbing tonight." He said looking at her like she was crazy, he didn't do well in crowds or crowded places so he wasn't going to even go near there. While thinking that he looked down at Jean who was throwing her Puppy eyes at him which somehow she just knew would bring him to his knees, cursing his weak heart for this look he grunt his approval, "I already have one." He had gotten from the Dark Web although bad to give a photo of yourself to someone with a little dirt it helps a lot.

Jean grinned widely before pulling him along as they went down the side walk he might have and I.D but she thought it was a good idea to get him a new outfit for tonight. "Well great lets go shopping I need something to wear for tonight, how about you girls?"

"Let's do it!" They said together, Jayden was already starting to regret doing this but for some reason he just couldn't say no to Jean especially when she gave him the puppy eyes.

*2hours Later*

Jayden wanted to cry he was stuck in a mall right now in the women's section of a clothing store and had been here for over and hour after they had gotten his clothes and now he was sitting here as they tried on dress after dress almost making him cry. After another five minutes Jean walked out and he was going to whine about it but stopped seeing her in a black lace dress, it was long sleeve with a mess type look where you could see here arms with a Rose pattern across it. The bottom of the dressed looked crocheted in a torn pattern making her look sinfully beautiful, he was tongue tied and only spoke when she waved a hand in front of his face.

"Earth to Jayden... How is it?" She asked a little bashful about it.

"I'm not good with words but let me just say Jean, I have known you for only a little while but I have never seen someone so beautiful." Those were his honest words he didn't like giving out compliments to girls because he didn't want the hassle but Jean was his friend he wasn't going to say anything bad plus he didn't have anything bad to say.

Jean blushed hearing his words before looking down, "Then I will get this one." After that she changed out of it and joined him on the bench waiting for her two friends.

After the girls choose their dresses they picked out some shoes before walking around the mall they wouldn't be going to the club for another five hours so they had plenty of time left before then. While walking around Jean held Jaydens hand and he allowed it because he saw the comfort she got from doing it he couldn't tell exactly what he was doing but if it took away a little pain from her he wouldn't mind letting her do as she like. Liz looked at the two before raising and eyebrow at their interlocked hands.

"I forgot to ask how did the two of you meet?" She said giving them a glance she was suppose to be helping Flash get with Jean tonight but it might be more challenging than she thought.

Jean smiled a little before answering, "Well he rudely knocked me to the ground before trying to walk away without apologizing." She said trying to contain her laugh at Jaydens glare and eyebrow twitch.

"What that's horrible." Mary Jane the sweet and innocent one said.

"What an ass." Liz took it as a chance to lower her view of him so it would be easier to push her towards flash tonight.

"Haha guys I'm joking, well we did bump into each other but he helped me up and then we talked a little before I helped him buy a new phone." Jean said before going on to tell them about that day they spent together.

The girls talked while Jayden just felt awkward being the only guy in the group he felt more like a butler since he was carrying all the bags and Jeans backpack, eye twitching he could only endure. After suff— a trip the mall they walked out but couldn't decide where to go to get ready since their parents would obviously be asking where they are going and not allow them out the house like that.

"I guess we can go to my house." Jayden offered his house was already set up from yesterday so he didn't mind having guest over now.

"Your parents won't say anything?" Liz asked looking at him with interest.

"I'm an Orphan." He said but was greeted by silence since they were now all just staring at him, it was Jean who broke it by running into his arms and wrapping him in a hug sad for him.

"Why didn't you tell me that?" She said her voice a little strained from held back tears.

It took all Jaydens will power to not did of a heart attack from the way she looked up at him it was a mixture of puppy dog eyes and sadness but no pity from the little she knew about him she knew not to show pity. He saw her eyes which shined with unshed tears making her blue eyes glow even more and she looked so adorable but he held that feeling back biting the inside of his cheek. "It's not a big deal, I have a good life even without parents so I'm fine." He waved it off.

Jean still held his hand after pulling back from the hug but held it tighter while Mary Jean and Liz looked at him in a new light thinking what it must have been like growing up without their family. Jayden not liking the atmosphere walked pulling Jean along leaving the others to follow after him, they needed to take the train to get back to his place so he went straight there.

(Jayden Current Balance- $15,250)

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