34 The Good Doctor

" I can't believe it! That son of a bitch!" she said.

I was just done explaining to Dr. Hansen what Killian was doing behind her back. I had shown her all the evidence I obtained and all the shady stuff he's been involved in.

The list was pretty long from human trafficking to human experimentation and even murder.

" Why did you get involved with him in the first place? You're a brilliant scientist, I am sure you could have found other people to fund your research." I asked.

She shakes her head and says "The project had some problems at the start, it didn't take long till my research hit a dead end, tha...that was until I met ahem.." She trailed off.

I raised an eyebrow, " Met who?"

She looked down and sighed " Until I met Tony. We had a one-night stand, I woke up the next day to find the formula completed and him gone. "

" Tony Stark? " I asked.

She nodded her head in confirmation.

I snorted "Well, it definitely sounds like him."

"You know him?" She asked.

" I know of him, but no I don't know him personally if that's what you are asking," I answered.

She continued her story and said" They had cut off my funding, and so I had to find another company or person who would invest in my project. I tried convincing many of them, but they would always answer the same thing, Extremis was nothing more than just that, a project, I was becoming desperate, and one day Killian approached me and said he was interested in my project and wanted to see it succeed. I would start working for him and a company called A.I.M."

"You trusted the wrong person, it happens," I said trying to console her.

" You still haven't told me who you are and how you did that thing," She said.

"Well, my name is Cypher and I am a master of the Mystic Arts," I said while conjuring a spell formula with my hand.

" Mystic what?" She questioned.

" Magic. I can do magic and some other stuff too, but that's not important right now, what's important is what are you planning to do now." I said.

" Okay? So we're supposed to gloss over the fact that you can do magic, which is apparently real ?" She said.

" You invented a formula which allows someone to regenerate whole limbs and breathe fire, none of this makes sense. " I deadpaned at her.

"That's science, it can be explained what you just did, doesn't make any sense," She said.

"Magic is just science we don't understand, we are way behind compared to some of the other civilizations out there." I said.

"Other civilizations? Are you saying aliens are real too?!" She exclaimed.

"That's what got you surprised? We're living in a world that doesn't make any sense. Aliens, magic, meta-humans, and even Inhumans. It's all one confusing cluster fuck. Look, I can tell you all about it later, but you still haven't answered my question." I said.

She stayed silent for a while, contemplating all the revelations she's been exposed to.

" I don't know what I am supposed to do. This is my life's work, I still want to finish it. This all started because I wanted to help people, that hasn't changed." She said.

I noded in approval and said, " I have a proposition for you, come work with me and in return, I promise to fulfill your dream. "

" Why would I trust you? I mean thank you for telling me about Killian and all, but I don't know you. You could just be trying to use me as he did. How do I know this isn't an elaborate plan to make me trust you? ," She asked.

" You make a fair point, but I never asked you to trust me. I am asking you to work with me, you're a brilliant scientist, but you're not the only one out there. I plan on building a team, a scientific team consisting of the greatest minds in this world. People just as brilliant as you, people who put all their life's work to improve humanity. We are weak, but using the greatest tool we have (our minds) we might stand a fighting chance, and perhaps someday we can build something far greater. Something that could give us a chance against what's coming. ," I said.

" What do you mean? What's coming? ," she asked confused.

" War " I said.

A few days had passed ever since I talked to Dr. Hansen. It didn't take much convincing to get her to work with me.

I pointed out that I could have just forced her to work for me if I wanted to. Most of her reluctance went away after that.

It didn't also hurt that I gave her the key to solve the overheating problem with the virus; she kept harassing me with questions about where I got the samples from and I was contemplating if I should just kidnap the guy I got it from and let her have him to poke and prod.

"This is amazing, I still can't believe how these cells are reacting to the virus," She said in amazement.

" Do you need any more samples?" I said.

"Not really. Now that I can see how the cells react with the virus, I think I can figure out a way to recalibrate how the virus reacts to the human body," She said.

"That's good news, but I wanted you to look at something," I said.

I then gave her two vials filled with samples. She took them to examine under a genome sequencer, and ran a few other tests on them.

" How is this possible!? This is amazing, where do you keep getting these samples from? " She said.

"What can you tell me about them?" I asked impatiently.

"The first sample is unlike anything I have ever seen, from the genetic makeup it seems like irradiated Spider genes enhanced by some kind of formula ." She said.

I nodded in understanding. The first sample was the spider venom that had been collected from the radioactive spider I took from Oscorp.

It turned out that the spider was not only radioactive; a variation of the goblin serum also enhanced it. Which explains why it gave noticeably better powers than the one that bit Peter.

"What about the second sample?" I asked.

A complicated look appeared on her face and she said, " The second sample is human, at least it used to be. There seem to be Spider genes spliced into it, but..."

" But What?" I said impatiently.

" Frankly, it's a mess, It's already a miracle that the DNA isn't breaking down. It's like someone threw human DNA and Spider DNA into a blender and that's what came out ," She said.

'Fuck! I should have listened to Sophie. Why am I so goddamn reckless.' My fists tightened a bit and I was visibly more tense.

"Can you tell me what effects it could have on the donor's body?" I asked.

" I am not sure, I'd have to study both samples more. It would also help if I have the donor's original DNA before the change," She said.

" I'll get them to you, just tell me how much time do you need." I said.

" A few weeks, maybe months," She said.

"Why do you need so much time? " I asked patiently.

" I am not familiar with the formula used to enhance the Spider, also mapping both DNA sequences and trying to find what's wrong will take time," She said.

" What if I can get you the formula used on the spider, would that help? ," I asked.

" If you can do that, I can figure out what exactly went wrong in a month, maybe two," she said.

" Make it One" I said, as I was walking away.

" Wait! You still haven't told me who's DNA is this" She exclaimed.

I stop halfway and without turning I said

" It's a friend's "

I continued walking without looking back and exited the lab. As soon as I was out. I suddenly said.

"Sophie, Diana"

" Yes, Master Doug" they both answered.

Doug: " Find me, Richard and Mary Parker. I also want a list of every meteor recorded to have landed on earth within the last 50 years." I said.

Sophie: " Noted. Anything else, Master Doug"

Doug: " Nothing else, just find them as soon as possible."

I headed to the kitchen to get a drink and sat there contemplating everything I have done ever since I arrived in this universe. I sigh escaped my mouth as I was drinking.

Suddenly, a hard light projection of Diana appeared before me. She looked like your typical pretty brunette. She was wearing a yellow sundress and had a concerned look on her face.

I raised an eyebrow and said

" When did you install hard-light projectors inside the kitchen," I asked curiously.

"They're installed all around the base, you should really read the list of upgrades we did to the base. It's all mentioned in the report we sent you," She said.

I nodded and silence fell between us. I continued taking sips of my beer, still thinking about what happened when I suddenly heard.

" Are you alright, Doug? " she asked softly.

" I am fine, Diana. I am fine. I just realized that I wasn't taking this world seriously enough."

" What do you mean?" She asked, confused.

" Never mind. It's too hard to explain "

I said, shaking my head.

"Just know, I won't be making this mistake ever again."

(Chapter End)

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