C73 Super Secret Villainous Lair

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The second Tom took possession of one of the three deathly hollows, the resurrection stone, he drew the attention of the embodiment of death, Lady Death herself.

Death was born along with the universe itself and the other cosmic entities associated with it. Whereas Eternity embodies life and growth, Death embodies decay, and destruction.

As she is a fundamental force, she has no true physical form but can manifest in such a form as to interact with physical entities. Although she usually appears as a human or human skeleton, presumably she appears to other species in their own forms. Death rarely speaks aloud. Her presence alone can usually convey the message.

Death makes her home in the Realm of Death, a dimension normally inaccessible to the living. It's here that she noticed the new owner of the resurrection stone.

She regrets making the hollows but a deal is a deal and she's a woman of her word. Although, she got the last laugh in the end. She always does.

She took the souls of all three brothers and sent them to an eternity of torture in the afterlife.

Except for the third brother, of course. He was a bit more well put together than his siblings. As if you can cheat death and get away with it. Even the third brother died in the end.

When Lady Death saw that the stone had a new owner, she thought it would be another crazy Gaunt. She was pleasantly surprised when she saw it was a sorcerer that took the stone.

Not only was he a sorcerer, but a wizard as well. This made her look deeper into who this person was and her interest was peaked.

Two souls merged and one of them crossed over into this universe somehow. Even Death herself didn't know how that happened.

'I'll keep an eye on this one. Maybe he'll bring the hollows together...'

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Once Tom returned, he placed the stone under the same analysis as the Gaunt heir ring. Though the stone is much more complex than the ring, so it may take longer to analyze.

While the analysis was still going for the ring and the stone, Tom went to work on his new lair.

The elves had already cleared out Getaway Manor and stolen everything they could from Stark.

"Mimsy!" Tom called and Mimsy appears before him.

*pop*

"Yes, Master!" Mimsy said energetically.

"Take me to everything that was stolen from Stark." Tom orders and Mimsy popped him to the location.

When he arrived, he was met with an abandoned warehouse filled with everything he could possibly need. From early day computers to miscellaneous lab supplies. They even took the pens, papers, staples, and everything that was laying around.

Tom then ordered his elves to take everything apart and look for trackers. Though they had no idea what to look for, so it was Tom that was actually looking.

It took all night with the help of the elves to search for trackers, and it was smart to do so. Tom and the elves found seven separate pieces of tech with trackers hidden inside.

While checking the tech, he found that he now owns everything that was used in the Captain America experiment, which will come in handy later on.

Once everything was checked and then checked again, Tom had the elves start transporting everything to the lair. He then ordered them to sort it all and categorize it for him to see what he now owns.

That took some time so while the elves worked, Tom tested the tech for any problems. The problem with this is Getaway manor has no electricity. He can't even plug in a lamp if he wanted to.

Seeing that this would be a problem, Tom had to come up with some sort of solution. He can't just call someone and have them connect his secret lair to the power grid. That would give away the whole 'secret' part of the lair.

'Hmm, what to do...' Tom thought as he pondered over his options.

As he was thinking of complicated ways to set up portals and steal electricity, a thought came to his mind.

'How does Kamar-Taj stay off the grid and have electricity?' He thought and decided to ask his teacher.

After a quick trip to Kamar-Taj, Tom found the Ancient One instructing some sorcerers on meditation. She was playing the part of the serious Sorcerous supreme and impressing everyone with her knowledge.

Once she finished her class, Tom pulled her aside and started asking questions about the electricity.

"If you want to know, you'll have to pay the same price as last time." She says with a smirk as her bald head shines in the light.

"Hmm, alright. One secret right? I want a bit more for this secret though." Tom says as this isn't worth a high-level secret.

"Alright, what do you want? She asks.

"I want your help with setting up the electricity in my secret lair." Tom says and his teacher looks at him funny.

"Secret Lair? Seriously?" She says as she wonders why she took in this student.

"Yeah, secret lair. It's really cool right?" Tom says with a smile on his face.

"Yeah, cool..." She responds with sarcasm but Tom doesn't notice as he's too happy about his lair.

"Do you agree?" Tom asks and the Ancient One nods her head. "Alright, here's your second high level secret. My super-secret lair is in the White Cliffs of Dover. Feel free to stop by whenever you want." Tom says as she will have to come to help set up the electricity.

"That is a high-level secret? I need to know that to help with the electricity... You just told me something I would already know later." She says with annoyance in her voice.

"Hey, the deal was for a high level secret. What's more high level than the location of my secret lair?" Tom says with a smirk.

"I hate you... Let's go and hook the electricity up. I'll teach you how it's done while we work." She says with a sigh and they open a portal to Toms lair.

"Hey, do you know why magic interferes with technology?" Tom asked as they appear in his lair filled with stolen tech from Stark.

"Yes, but that would cost you again." She says with a shark-like grin.

"Why are you so stingy! I've already paid today..."