Star Wars, Rise of the Sith, Part 1.

Near Morag, Arcadia.

Across the evergrowing expansion of celestial tapestry, or simply 'space', our Arcadia can be found sailing through at speeds faster than light. I, lightly, say 'our' Arcadia for now, but same as with most things I lend my 'friends/family/maids/daughters/sisters', whatever they are to me, I will probably not see it back in my possession. 

But that's fine, my personal 'toys' are still hidden from their kleptomaniac eyes.

On top of the front of the hull, a four-tailed cat can be seen standing over the skull of the ship. Naturally, there's no medium for soundwaves to travel through space, but, if there was I bet my heart I would hear the yelling and shouting of the over-excited girl.

The stars and different sources of light can be seen as straight streaks of light left on the path of the ship. A light show made of millions of stars, nebulae, pulsars, supernovas, and other celestial bodies that blessed our sight while creating this tunnel effect, the tunnel effect of FTL travel.

This psychedelic tunnel accompanied by the Acadia and the cat on the top painted a very... Inspiring? Trippy? Awesome? Marvelous? Colorful? sight... I can't really blame the cat, though; she does look badass in this picture.

She is wearing a pirate hat, which allows her ears to pop out, and her usual clothing is replaced by 'SpaceLeather-wear'.

That's what I called this artificial version of leather, She's got a black trench coat with a cut in the back that allows for her tails to sway freely, black skinny leather pants, a black tube top that exposes her midriff, and medium high heeled boots.

Everything combined, with a few additions, in a way that shouts out loud: 'Space Pirate', the perfect combination of tech-wear and pirate-wear. 

Was this necessary? Absolutely not! But she does look the part. I chose to wear my 'Hero Suit', a three-piece black Dragmani suit with a red tie. My maids are dressed as such, so no changes there. 

Kurt on the other side, since he is 'fragile', to our standards, I equipped him with one of my experimental Nanosuits, I didn't need to do many modifications, since the armors were initially meant for beastkin so his tail is not a problem. The suit, similar to most wear gear I make, is capable of adapting to minor changes, like his feet and hands.

We were a week into our journey. Almost reaching Morag, an oceanic planet in the Andromeda Galaxy, about 765 kiloparsecs (2.5 million light-years) away from Earth.

We could have portaled all the way here or even used the jumps available to all spacefaring civilizations out there. But we have no rush and I don't want to leave track of the places we are going to visit. To avoid possible problems.

I plan to pick up 8 Orloni for the princesses who expect me to find dinosaurs in space. It's as close as I can get to space dinosaurs without having to kidnap sapient reptile-like aliens. Although Orloni are rodents, which means mammals, they could pass for mini dinosaurs. So win-win.

I also took this chance to get rid of some of those annoying wishes that I owed the girls, I haven't forgotten about that. So, I'm picking up a lot of stuff during our voyage.

"I know I ask this every time Kitty goes out to... stargaze... but is it safe to do that?"- Kurt, who has gotten close to us during this week, asked me while pointing to the cat standing while cackling madly at the top of the ship.

"You worry too much, Kurt. Even if some debris were to pierce her, she would survive."- Yelena answered in my place while waving her hand at Kurt's worries.

"We are quite durable, even headshots are not enough to kill us."- Irina added while mocking a gun with her hand and shooting her head.

"I know... You said that before, but... Why not install some energy shields on the ship? Just to be safe."

"There are energy shields on the ship, but Kitty turned them off because she couldn't feel the wind on her ears with the shields on."- I told him.

"..."- Kurt looked back at me like I was crazy.

"..."- I looked back at him after stating the obvious.

"..."- Yelena looked at him while barely containing her laughter.

"..."- Irina looked at Kitty on the screens while choosing to ignore Kurt's losing battle.

"... Wind? Correct me if I'm wrong, but wind in the void of space... That's stupid!"- Kurt, while looking back and forth between me and the cat on the hull, said.

"Maybe some cosmic storms, but normally no. I think that the shielding just felt unnatural to her senses."- Irina commented. Offering a helping hand to the drowning teen devil, to allow for a semblance of logic in the actions of his best friend.

"Oh? That's a thing?"- Kurt said while trying to avoid the achievement of enlightenment, reaching for the helping hand that Irina so graciously offered.

"Or she's just being Kitty."- Yelena said while crashing Kurt's hope for his friend down.

"... *Sigh*... Are we there yet?"- The devil gave up on his friend and asked about the destination.

"Yes, we are there."- I commented while the ship came out of FTL mode. 

Morag in all of its cloudy oceanic splendor came into view.

"Wow. Another planet!"- Kurt said while his eyes tried to eternally imprint this view in his memory, or at least that is what he looked like with his saucer-like eyes and gaping mouth.

Due to being in FTL travel since coming out of Halo, I had forgotten that we haven't seen any of the normal 'spacy' views, aside from the FTL tunnel effect.

"Welcome to Morag, a planet suffering from the consequences of the 'made-up' 'Global Warming Effect'. Thousand of years ago the planet said 'Fuck it!' and flooded the entire continental plaques. However, every three hundred years, the sea lowers allowing for the artifact of my search to surface out of the drowning sea."

My maids, Kurt, and the cat, that just portaled in, took a judging look at the planet.

"Sorry to break it to you Aragorn. But that planet is fully flooded."- Said Captain Kitty while manipulating the holograms on the screen, rotating the tridimensional representation of Morag.

"Yes, I don't think the moons are in a position to allow for the sea level to decrease low enough."- Irina added while reviewing some data on her side of the screen.

"You're right, the highest sea-floor level should surface around 2014. But water pressure is not a problem for us, is it?"- A lightbulb, metaphorically speaking, lit up in their heads.

"Talk about yourselves. I'm still very afraid of that so-called water pressure you're dismissing. I feel squishy and vulnerable, not brave enough to risk it all!"- Kurt said after seeing the depth levels of the alien sea in his holograph.

"Don't worry, the Nanosuit will withstand it."- I reassured him.

"... And me? What about me inside the suit?"- He nervously asked.

"Don't be such a bundle of nerves, Kurt. I will cast a barrier around you. Let's go! To the first step of our journey and to discover what Aragorn is stealing from this waterhole! Maybe I can pocket it first!"- The excited cat shouted after setting a bubble barrier around her jittery friend and pushing him through a portal.

"YEAAHH!"- Kitty shouted as they fell to the ocean from the other side of the portal.

"Kyaaaah!"- Kurt cried out loud, like a manly man, a Chad.

The portal closed, and I looked back at my knowing maids.

"She doesn't know where you're going, does she?"- Irina asked.

"She is about 3 continental plaques away from the location."

"Well, let's follow Captain Kitty, she is the captain after all."- Chuckled Yelena while jumping through her own portal.

"... You heard her, let's go. I don't have a timetable to follow, so maybe we could send some fish to Halo, for biodiversity and stuff."- I told Irina before opening a portal behind her and pushing her along with me in a hug.

As we fell, our bodies mixed with water droplets permeating the cloud formation where Kitty jumped.

The wind picked up, and were it not for our extrasensory skills, we would not be able to understand each other.

"Hehehehe!"- Irina laughed as we fell hugged together and aimed for Yelena.

"HAHAHAHA! Aragorn! I always wanted to skydive!"- Yelena shouted as we reached close to her, Irina grabbing her left and my right hand, making a circle between the three of us.

"Why didn't you? You can fly, dumbass!"- Irina shouted back.

"It's not the same!"- Yelena shouted as we aimed for our mad captain.

"Do you think she will remember to cover herself in a barrier, or will she crash and splatter into the sea?"- I shouted as we got closer to our mad captain and the sea.

"She will crash!"x2- Both said in unison.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"- Kitty further supported their assumption.

"Kyaaaaaaaaaah!!!"- Kurt shouted like a manly man, a Chad.

I looked back at the knowing eyes of my maids. 

No point in thinking about it any longer, the sea level is getting closer.

I used my TK and made a column of bubbling water coincide with our crashing paths. This way the mad cat will get hit but won't break anything upon impact.

"That should do it!"- I shouted to the maids while pointing at the now bubbling sea.

*SPLASH!*

Planet Morag has a perpetually cloudy climate, meaning that there's little to no light entering the depths of this planetary ocean. Yet, as in every corner of the universe, life finds a way.

What we found under the stormy sea, after our impromptu skydiving session, was a sea full of bioluminescent life, one that would match the seas of Pandora.

As the girls' bodies adapted to the aquatic environment I looked back to Halo, to Gaea's place, and focused my telepathy through my sight.

Luckily she was awake and not in a compromising situation... yeah, luckily.

'Gaea, are you busy?'

'Hello there, my boundaries-breaching dragon. What can I do for you?'

'Ehm... to be fair... ehm...'

'I'm waiting.'

'... To be fair... yeah!... let's go with this: gods and goddesses tend to invade mortals' privacy for a living. So this should come as no surprise to you. Just life repaying some of your karma, the cosmic equivalent of an Uno reverse card.'

'I will accept this badly built excuse where you compare yourself to karma just because we do tend to ignore mortal boundaries. So, What can I do for you, love?'

'Hehehe... I'm in Morag and we found some shiny fishes and aquatic plant life. Is there a way for you to scan them before we send them to Halo? So that this new life doesn't destroy the balance that we built last year when we introduced the new species.'

'You could invoke my help, like praying but with a spell. Similar to that spell you made which lends the girls some of your visual prowess.'

'Oh! I didn't know the divine had something like that.'

'Not anymore, but elder gods, like me, do.'

'Nice, so How does it work?'

'I will show you the magical circle and prayer, have the girls learn it. But you can't use it, you can't use the faith systems because you're not alive, nor dead.'

'I feel discriminated against, somehow. But I should be able to use a substitute with enough study. I'll look into that later.'

The white-haired chocolate goddess showed me the circle and prayer, which I implanted in the girls' minds.

While the girls went over the new knowledge Kurt asked me:

'What's going on with them?'- Given that they were looking up at the sky(sea) like a reincarnator with a floating window system, his question made sense.

'I gave them knowledge of a new spell. So that they can help me gather some of these shiny fish. They are going over it.'

'Is this what we came for?'

'No. Kitty just jumped the gun and warped to this location without knowing what I was looking for.'

'...*Sigh*...'- Don't worry Kurt, your friend can at least be reliable when it comes to battle... sort of.

'Hahahahaha! Just have some fun, don't worry so much, if there's a problem I will help you.'- like with the imminent crash from their reckless skydiving.

'I will take you on that advice. Any fish in particular?'

'The small ones that shine. If you find any shiny plants then those are game.'

'Why not big ones as well?'- He said while pointing at a weird mix of a turtle, whale, and dolphin glowing in a purple neon light in the distance.

'We don't need alpha predators. Halo's seas are not that deep or big enough, to sustain megafauna, aside from the ones we already have.'- Now if I whip out Installation 00 then we would have more than enough space.

But Installation 00 is 127,530 km (79,243 mi) in diameter, bigger than Saturn and smaller than Jupiter. I can't have that orbiting Earth. Maybe Earth orbiting it, but not even my cloaking tech could hide that massive construct.

I'll probably gift it to Emma and Gaea once we have a sector of our own, not merely a planet and a Halo ringworld. But even if all my plans work accordingly, we won't move at least until I have all the stones. Which in the best of timetables is in about 14 years, around 2013 when Jane Foster will bring me the Aether. 

I don't want to be enjoying my life and all of a sudden there's half of the maids left. Not nice. There are also other threats to my fluffy paradise out there, I have to solve those before I relax.

I also will have to do something about Tiamut's emergence, in 2018.

We spent the next six hours scanning for viable life for emigration and simply exploring the sea life and landscape.

'Let's go! I need to pick up the stone.'- I told them.

'Stone?'- Kurt.

'The Power Stone, that's what we are here for.'

'The infinity stone?'- Asked Irina.

'Yes. The, one and only, Power Stone.'

I opened a portal and brought us directly to the chamber safeguarding the orb.

I pulled the orb out of the energy cage and opened it to find the purple planet-destroying stone.

'Can I use it?'- Asked Irina.

'Maybe, but not right now, while on the planet.'

'I want to use it after Irina!'- Added Kitty.

'Yeah, no need to call turns. After we are done with the second pick up we can stop over a few planets and you can try it on those.'

'Is it another stone?'- Asked Yelena.

'Yep. The Soul Stone. But that one's dangerous, so you guys can't use it.'- If it's anything like the one in the comics then the conscience in it should be the strongest out of the six stones.

I pulled the stone out with my TK, making sure not to touch it.

I will leave a replica with enough energy to blow up a moon, with an identical signature to the original source. I don't know if Peter Quill will follow the original MCU path, but I'm lacking positive feedback on the universal balance. 

This means that the more heroes (Positive or Neutral Feedback) I have, the fewer villains (Negative or Neutral Feedback) I have to personally deal with. Of course, some heroes out there deal more negative feedback and vice-versa, but those are minorities.

Since during the next decade, I will focus more on Earth I should make sure to have some heroes out here. So I'm trying not to cripple Peter Quill's path.

We will probably meet him if we have contact with the Ravagers like we intend to do, but that shouldn't mess his path up as much as eliminating the Power Stone would.

*Sigh*- I just want to be done fixing this universe so that I can start my work on the outside, once I start traversing universes I should make sure to bully all the Jeans I find out there. Maybe after a few years, I could travel outside this multiverse, but we'll see. 

After filling a replica storage stone, that I created beforehand, with enough 'power energy', I sealed it in the orb and placed it back in the energy cage, in the altar. 

For the stone itself, I added it to a staff. It was a staff made of a fully energy-refracting crystal, so it looked as if the darkest shadow in reality took the shape of a staff. Like a two-dimensional staff brought out to a three-dimensional reality. I made it this way to prevent leakage when not in use.

I can actively mask any leakage when in use but it's a different story if I had to spend the rest of my life guarding the stone.

'Okay! We are done! I'll let you use it after we have the other stone. It's time to move back to the Arcadia.'

'Okay!'- The very animated Kitty said, a mood that was shared by the other girls. I don't know why they like to cause destruction so much.

'Ehmm Can I use it as well?'- Kurt timidly asked.

'You would die. This purple stone's energy corrodes the living. It would be best if you had a special physique or a way to use it without touching it.'- Like Selving did with the Tesseract.

'Why can they use it?'- Kurt pointed at the girls like a child being excluded.

'Their bodies will adapt. They'll be in pain for a few seconds until their body finds a way to adapt to the corrosion.'

'Why do they get the nice things?'

'Well... if you want to hold it so much I could aid you. By aid, I mean that I could fix your body after or during the damage is done, but it will be more of a will-tempering experience than a joyful one.'- As far as I know there are no cultivators in need of tempering their will in Marvel.

'*Tch!*'

'Can't you build Kurt a tool to use the stone?'- Kitty tried to help her friend's dream of destroying a planet or two.

'Not for this stone, this one, whether you like it or not, will test you before allowing you to use it.'- Unlike the Tesseract, Mind Stone and like the Aether and Soul Stone. Time falls under a weird category due to the Eye of Agamotto.

'Why can you use it without touching it?'- The ever-observant Yelena asked. 

'I manipulated it's energy, it's different. I can't touch these stones without destroying the universe.'- At least not in this 'raw' state, Spark and I believe that once they have their wills, souls, and bodies my energy will not mix with the stone unless they explicitly allow it.

'Ugh! With you, everything is a world-ending disaster. You can't even touch a simple stone without attempting to destroy the universe.'- Kitty said with her tails playfully swaying in the water on her back.

'Why do I feel like you want to see what would happen?'

'I don't know! Maybe it's just you.'- The playful cat said while looking at a fascinating wall in another direction.

'Let's go, I want to pick the other stone. That one should be about 3 weeks away from here.'- I decide to ignore Darth Kitty and her dark tendencies.

'Can we stop by somewhere cool?'- Kitty asked.

'We can, but the only place, cool enough, that I know where we could stop without delaying us longer than necessary is Knowhere.'- I will have to portal us close by since it's not on the way to Vormir, but a delay of a few days is not so bad. 

Once we land in Contraxia I should probably update my database with the locations of other hotspots. The only reason I know of the location of Knowhere it's because Xandar gave it to Emma, along with other locations, when she was making the contract for the embassy we built in Halo.

Sadly the other places would take us way longer than a few days to explore or are not places where you can tour around.

'Cool! I always wanted to visit Knowhere! Ever since I read about it.'- Kitty said.

'Umu!'x2- My maids agreed.

'Am I missing something? What's Knowhere?'- Kurt asked.

'It's the severed head of a Celestial.'

'What's a Celestial?'- I guess the Council is compartmentalizing information.

'It's a race of Cosmic Gods, that played a part in the creation of the universe.'- More like their war against the Aspirants and the First Firmament after rebelling sparked all the subsequent changes and nexus events that shaped our current reality.

'That sounds like something I shouldn't know.'

'Well... Deal with it! Now you know.'- Not like it's a secret, it's just that Earth is a backwater planet. Outside of Earth? Everybody knows of the Celestials and their Hosts.

On Earth? There have been 4 Hosts already and no country knows or has any recorded history of it, the only reason there is still an Earth is because of the Celestial baby and Gaea, when Asgard failed to fight the Celestials off, Gaea came to the rescue with a plan that didn't involve fighting.

The situation involving the Celestials, Eternals, Gods, and Earth always varies from universe to universe, for example in 616 the celestial that died on Earth died billions of years ago, way before the first Host, Here? it was after the second Host.

But I should stop thinking of those colorful guys. I still have a few years before I have to meet them and figure out what to do about Tiamut, I already have some ideas, but it's a work in progress.

'Poor Kurt, he was pulled into this maddening adventure by his crazy friend and now his mind is hit by absurdity at least once a day.'- Commented Yelena.

'Having these two as company, by the time he returns to Earth, I wouldn't be surprised if he goes on a spiritual journey to find himself.'- Added Irina. She used to be my no-bullshit maid, but now? Now she joins Yelena in her antics as they test the limits of Kurt's sanity.

'...'x2- Kitty and I found a very interesting wall. It has some pictures of... Stuff.

'Let's just go. I want to sleep. I hope I don't dream of cosmic gods or decaying stones.'- Said Kurt, whose sanity is, somehow, nevertheless, against all odds, still lingering.

We went back to the Arcadia and set the ship to the coordinates to Knowhere. Autopilot is a technological wonder.

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Earth, Krakoa.

General Assembly of the Krakoan Council, by Humans, for Humans, and Krakoa.

XXX Assembly, Overseen by Seraph Draconisfilia, A.I Overseer.

"... The final issue of today's meeting:"

"The food situation, where it concerns green production, has been normalized. The growth enhancement and field enrichment cast by the Haloans have achieved their purpose."

"Production has reached self-sustainability!"- Callisto concluded her closing statement. The Morlocks had taken a greater role in the growth, care, harvest, and planting of the country's agricultural sector, Callisto as their leader before the founding took it upon herself to report their progress.

*Clap**Clap**Clap**Clap**Clap**Clap**Clap*- The council people celebrated arriving at one of their most important benchmarks. Self-sufficiency, at least in this sector. So it's no wonder that everyone was jubilant.

'But... What about when the population increases after the next rescue mission? *Ugh*'- ...Mostly everyone. 

A certain blue AI was having problems understanding how a council, that took every country-making decision about Krakoa, could be so short-sighted.

'Is it that they forgot that our population increases at least once a month?'- After every Black-Ops of the Maids, and soon X-Force, their population increases, this is a fact that was well known since before the founding of the council. 

In a way, the country was pushed forward by Aragorn because he needed a place for these people.

So far only one such mission has taken place, but there is already a programmed mission in three days. 

The X-Force has finished their crash course in weapon mastery of energy blasters, their uniforms have been built by Spark and another target has been selected. A Base in South Africa, a Hydra-exclusive base, not like the last one that was shared by several organizations, making it difficult to determine which organization was the real target.

Some knew that they were sharing their base, while others were blissfully unaware.

The next target is the one that will let their enemies know that they are targeting them, Hydra, while it will also give the good news to their competitors, Weapon-X, The Facility, Hellfire Club, Essex, and the other black ops Governmental Institutions. The news is that they are not the target of this new player.

That is the case, at least, for now. But all these institutions are on the 'Hit List' of Aragorn, in the following years they will regret not helping Hydra deal with the new player, not like it would have made a difference anyway.

'I should stop thinking like this, I already have 12 viable and realistic plans in case they ask for help... *Sigh*... not that I think they will. At least Mr. Beast already has an inkling of the use of several types of plants found in Krakoa. That's progress.'

The meeting came to a positive end with Callisto's statement, while the blue girl left with a mask of contentment, she didn't want to rain on their parade, that much she understood.

Seraph walked to the lab where she's been doing her 'internship' for the past weeks.

"Hey, Mr. Beast! How'u doing?"- Seraph asked as she greeted Hank McCoy.

"Hello, Ms. Blue. When will you stop calling me that?"- Asked Hank, while mocking disagreement.

"That's not fair! You call me Ms. Blue but you're blue as well, How is that any different?"- Protested Seraph.

"That's because you started it! Why can't you call me Hank? I'll call you Seraph if you agree!"

This, 'battle' of the nicknames, started because Hank refused to use Seraph's name with no honorifics. If there's one thing that Seraph inherited from her father, is his ability to move around while getting what he wants.

About 50% of her uselessly overpowered processing capability was dedicated for 10 full seconds to come up with a plan to annoy Hank after their first lab session, with the endgame being him suggesting to call each other by name.

"Okay! Hank, you can call me Seraph!"- The AI said with a bright and innocent smile. This was one of the steps in making lifelong friends according to the data she collected.

"Serap- WAIT!..."- Hank stared at the bright and... maybe not-so-innocent smile.

"What is it? Friend Hank."- The innocence and the brightness intensified. There was actual light coming from the smile now.

"YOU!-"

"I"

"Y-You did it on purpose!"

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! What are you talking about? Hank"- The 'innocent' AI asked while keeping the light in her smile.

"AGH! Stop it with the light!"

"Who are you talking to? Hank"

"*Sigh*...Seraph, Stop the light. It's annoying."- The resignation was palpable.

"Hahaha! I'm glad you understand."- The light on the smile went off, just the light, the 'innocence' was still there.

"You know, I thought you were somewhat of a gullible and innocent AI. Now I see that I, and everybody else, was just led around by the nose."

"*Ugh!* While I do project that image it's mostly the fault of the council that you don't know me well enough! They don't know of my capabilities because according to my creator, Father dearest, you guys are either arrogant, idiots, or apprehensive of me lording over you. How am I supposed to display my skills and my cunning if Father said that I should allow you to tumble around like headless chickens?"

One of the loopholes that allowed Seraph to talk with honesty was friendship, her father didn't want her responsibilities to impede on her personal relationships, and given that Hank is technically not part of the council as soon as she could conclude that 'Friendship' has been established then she could be honest with him.

She also knows that real friendship can't be demarcated by the way you call each other, but for the desperate AI, this was enough.

"Wow! Just.. Wow. It looks like even a positronic brain can get overloaded with frustration."

"*Humph!* You think I have something as lowly as a positronic brain? I have a TechnOrganic brain!"

"I thought positronic brains were a thing of fantasy, though."

"Mhmm, they are. But they are lowly compared to my brain."

"Then, What's a TechnOrganic brain?"

"TechnOrganic is the classification of the way this body was made. I'm not exactly carbon-based like you."

"So, Where's the 'Organic' part coming from?"

"It's because this body's molecular structure is heavily based on the way that biology works for organic-based living forms. Hence, Father honored the organic structures of his inspiration in the name."- It's also so that his biokinesis could operate on the body, otherwise, he normally wouldn't be able to help Seraph modify her body if she asked him.

"What are you made of? I thought only Carbon allowed for the complexity of life to flourish and prosper."- Hank doesn't know of the other extradimensional life out there, life completely not based on Carbon.

"Father said I was made of: 'Sugar, Spice, and Everything Nice, with a dab of Chemical X'"- Seraph answered with a smile full of her love for Aragorn.

"But, the truth is that this body was made of Vibranium and Element, lots of Element. Vibranium, you should know what it is, Element is a metal that Father 'created', it's so that I could achieve full biological functions, like housing life. Father also said that Element bonds with the soul, which is also something that Carbon does."- It's why, in Marvel, you can bring the dead back if you have a piece of the body of your object of resurrection.

The overindulgent parent didn't mention that Element is probably, at this point, the best metal for armor crafting in Marvel. Aragorn wanted to make sure that Seraph wouldn't have to go through the emotional pain of changing her body due to injury, so he made an element that could grow with the soul of the host as well as protect the delicate spark of the soul of his daughter.

Virtually indestructible, highly resilient to any type of foreign influence, aside from his void energy and the soul to which it's bonded, virtually reality-bender-proofed (with exceptions), great energy enhancer for emissions (Like magic casting through your body or energy emissions like Scott's eye rays), and as long as a part of it remains in contact with its soul-bonded it will regenerate back to its accepted shape.

Can change its density, shape, color, texture, temperature, conductivity, and other properties based on the 'soul' intentions of its host, there are limits to these changes but not ones worth mentioning at the moment.

The only downside, if it can be considered that, is that it needs to be physically bonded to its host at all times, if not it will return to its original shape (A blob of Element) and lose its connection to the host permanently, so aside from certain uses, Element can be considered a metal perfected for body creation and body additions, unless you want to live the rest of your life physically bonded to an armor.

"The way your father's thought stream operates is both fascinating and terrifying. He couldn't settle down for the elements in creation so he decided to discover a new one."- Seraph didn't bother to correct Hank in his misunderstanding, Aragorn didn't 'discover' an element, he 'created' a new one.

"According to Jean Grey, Father vibrates at a different frequency than the rest of us, so we shouldn't be surprised by his dumb foolery, but she is not a very reliable source of information when it comes to Father. They usually spend their time fighting each other."- Seraph said as she tilted her head.

"But that's neither here nor there! Help! Me!"- Seraph punctuated 'Help' and 'me'.

"Hahahaha! Right, the discovery of a new element and the mystical ways of your body that could revolutionize my society are of no relevance. What do you need help with?"- Hank said with a very strained smile on his face.

"I need to find a way for the council to depend more on me, from their initiative, without us telling them that I'm better than them, that I hold the answers to their questions, and without stunting their growth."

"Just like that? No shame in calling yourself better? What happened to my soft-spoken lab assistant?"

"None! I trust Father and I know he made me better! And she is standing in front of you, my friend!"

"*Sigh*... As far as I can tell what you're doing will work and, eventually, they will depend more on you. If you want to speed things up, then you need to get on friendly terms with some of them. Is my understanding correct that you can't tell them what you told me because that would be disobeying your orders?"

"Yeah, kinda. Father deep down doesn't care if I change things a little with my orders, but this is my first job so I want it to go impeccably."- Seraph was right to think so, Aragorn believes that the happiness of his family is above the wellbeing of the rest of the world, so, How would the happiness of his daughter be less important than Krakoa's council?

"Quite the conundrum."- Hank commented while assuming a thinking bearing.

"Tell me about it"- Seraph said while rolling her eyes.

"Do you know how to cook?"

"Yes, full stars out of whichever scale you wanna use."

"How about you cook some dinner for some of them? My mother used to say that through the stomach you can get to everyone's hearts and stay away from the nuclear plant."

"Weird about the nuclear plant but I think you're onto something. Can we do it at your house?"

"Yes, just help me finish today's quota regarding these miracle plants and we can go to my place to plan things out."

"Okay. But Father told me to remind whoever invited me to their place that I know all the arts of self-defense, killing, incapacitation, and information extraction, and I have a lot of seals in my body that won't be released until I reach the AI equivalent to the age of majority."- Seraph said with a chirpy tone as she form-shifted a lab coat over her blue body.

Hank started sitting at his lab cubicle while looking at the body of Seraph as if it were a time bomb. He gathered his determination and asked:

"... Just out of curiosity, scientific curiosity to be clear, What is considered the age of majority for an AI?"

"Father and Spark decided that when the soul takes root an AI could be considered an adult. Before that, we are babies. We only have two states, baby and adult."

"And how do you know if the soul has taken root?"

"We can cast magic when a soul has taken root, like my older sibling Spark. Initially, Father gave him space warping tech for the portals, but once his soul matured enough he began to be able to sense and cast magic on his own."

"But the time it takes to get there varies a lot, Spark had access to more information than me so his well of experience, which feeds his soul, is bigger than mine. The AIs that Father gave as androids to the Queen will probably take more than a century to get there, as of this point they don't even have soul sparks, which I was created with, and it's been over a year since their activation."

"Any chance I could get one of those androids?"

"Am I not enough?"- Seraph pouted.

"Yesterday I would have bought that act, today I know the conniving AI you are."

The tears that were threatening to spill from her eyes dried up in an instant, literally, and a genuine smile graced her face.

"I like my friends smart and quick on the uptake!"

"But no chance, Father is very clear about keeping anthropomorphic tech out of Earth's reach. My self excluded"- This is one of the reasons that drove Aragorn into building the spire in the home of his daughter, he made sure to keep Seraph mostly isolated from the rest of earth.

"Why? He has a lot of dangerous tech around Earth."- Hank inquired as he remembered the satellites capable of orbital bombardment that Aragorn keeps, word-for-word, around Earth.

"Father believes that the possibility of a rogue AI on Earth looking for a better body is high enough to take some precautions."

"-I'm sorry, What? Someone achieved that level of programming on Earth and the AI rebelled?"

"Yep. Father told me that they found some traces of an AI on the web, but that given that it hasn't taken control over Earth they assumed that either it recognizes that it is not strong enough or it's not as advanced as they assumed. They are betting on the first."

An unlikely friendship was made between the blue science enthusiasts. 

___________

Near Knowhere, Arcadia.

Across the evergrowing expansion of celestial tapestry, or simply 'space', Kitty's Arcadia can be found sailing through at speeds faster than light.

It's been a week since our visit to Morag and now we are arriving at Knowhere.

On top of the front of the hull, a four-tailed cat and an armored devil can be seen standing over the skull of the ship. Naturally, there's no medium for soundwaves to travel through space, but, if there was I bet my heart I would hear the yelling and shouting of the over-excited girl and the suffering devil due to the gags of his best friend.

"His sanity is stronger than I thought."- Irina said with a chuckle as we observed the duo atop the hull.

"Maybe it is his willpower, or it could be his mutation, or even his devilish heritage."- Yelena added her piece trying to back it up with facts.

"Maybe he is used to the stunts of Kitty, they've been friends for years."

"Maybe..."- Irina.

"I can see how that would work..."- Yelena.

'Captain Kitty, come back inside if you want to do the greeting to the Tivan Group.'- I told the mad cat. 

'Coming"- She said through telepathy but finished her response verbally as she walked through a portal.

*Clack*- Kurt fell to his knees.

"You alright there? Kurt."- Yelena took a jab at him.

"Feeling well? Astronaut."- Irina took another.

"-I... I will be."- The Chad Kurt keeps his sanity tanking all jabs.

'Impressive. I'm starting to believe that maybe Yelena was onto something.'- I sent my maids.

'I was taking a shot in the dark but his mental resilience is not normal.'

'A very interesting case of study.'- Irina said while looking at Kurt with the eyes of a mad scientist.

As Irina thought of different ways of testing the limits of Kurt's sanity we exited FTL and came face to face with Knowhere.

Knowhere was almost twice the size of Kitty's Arcadia which puts into perspective the size of a full-bodied celestial.

"Welcome to Knowhere."- I narrated to the astonished crew of the Arcadia.

"It's different seeing it in reality than in the Learning Room."- Yelena.

"Wow... How big must these cosmic terrors be."- Kurt.

"Cosmic Gods, not terrors, Kurt."- Kitty corrected him.

"Anything of that size is a terror to me."- Kurt.

"My normal size is bigger than the Celestials."- Way bigger, but I can say that what my 'normal' size was before is different than what it is now. Still, my dragon size can go up to the size of a universe. 

It's totally impractical and I don't think I will ever get that big, but you never know.

"WHAT!"x4- My four crewmembers seemed surprised.

"I can change sizes, but I could go up to the size of this universe if I wanted to."

"That sounds unnaturally uncomfortable, Aragorn."- Kitty said while returning her eyes to Knowhere.

"Yeah, tell me about it. While I was traveling The Void I never realized how problematic that was since there was no real point of reference. But here? I can only foresee trouble if I assume a size bigger than a star."

A comfortable silence spread in the room while we waited.

"So... What are we supposed to do now? Barge in?"- Yelena asked.

"No, they are supposed to hail us. But since the tech used in this ship is the way it is I don't think they detected us until we came out of FTL. So we wait. Though, They must be panicking."

"We could have enjoyed the wind on the hull a bit longer."- Kitty complained.

"Talk for yourself, Kitty. I'm good here. Good and safe."- The host of the largest sanity stat in the universe said.

As we waited I took a peek at the floating head. Inside I could see how aliens were mobilized to battle stations and several private guards were taking defensive positions around the module that housed Taneleer's museum.

In the comics the guy had several museum-worlds, on the MCU, as far as it got before the invasion, he only had this place. But, considering his age, which is on a scale of billions, and his compulsive obsession to collect, it makes more sense for the comic version's veracity. That's the version I'm betting on.

But it's hard to know for sure, I guess this is the part where metaknowledge clashes with reality. In the MCU the guy was like any other human, just very old and of doubtful sexuality. In the comics the guy was like any other human, just very old, of doubtful sexuality, and had a secondary form that was like the portrayal of a 'Cosmic Oni'.

I guess there's not much difference there.

"What are we doing here? Aside from tourism."- Yelena asked.

"Why do you think we are doing something else?"- I asked curiously.

"You normally have one or two objectives aside from the usual idioting around."- Yelena dismissively said.

"Ouch! My fragile heart..."- I mocked a heart strike.

"But you are right, my inquisitive maid. There's a dog here that I want to bring home, hopefully, Taneleer will be amiable to a friendly exchange of collectibles. Plus some Celestial samples, for my biokinesis."- Who wouldn't want a psionic good boy?

"A dog? Out here?"- Kitty.

"Yeah, Golden Retriever / Labrador cross mix, his spaceship drifted from Earth and ended here."- The thing is that I don't know if Taneleer has him as part of his collection or as chief of security.

"What's special about this dog?"- Irina.

"It's a psychic dog capable of leveling a city."- Probably more.

"That's another cosmic terror, that's no dog."- Kurt said.

"Aren't a bunch of your friends back on Krakoa capable of similar feats?"- Irina asked him.

"Yeah, but that's part of my normalcy. Now I have to be careful when I go around petting dogs. What's next? A Cat that could eat me because it wasn't pleased with my petting?"

"..."

"..."

"..."

Kurt had to do a double take when he was met with silence from my and the maids' end.

"... That's probably a Flerken, Kurt."- Kitty answered.

"Sorry, A what?"

"Flerken. It's a cat with a pocket dimension on their stomach, they have tentacles that come out of their mouths to swallow and store stuff. They are in the top ten of the 'Must Pet' ranking, according to Aragorn. They are up there along with the Queen's tails."- Kitty.

"Umu!"x3- My maids and I agreed. Hopefully, I find one or two Flerkens to bring home.

"I wanna go home..."- Kurt.

"No use, Kurt. We have confirmation of a Flerken named Goose on Earth."- Kitty mentioned Fury's Flerken.

"... How long do you think we'll have to wait?"- Wow... Did he just erase the past conversation from his mind?

"Not long, I can see them moving around."- I answered.

'Young Master! Did he erase the previous conversation?'- Irina.

'I don't know because I'm not reading his mind, but I think he ignored it with so much zeal that he might as well have erased the memory.'

'Interesting... I should observe the subject further.'- Irina.

[Transmission Incoming]- The ship's AI informed.

"This is the security command of Knowhere, under the Tivan Group, Exitar Operation. Please identify yourselves and your affiliation."- A pink male alien said. A Krylorian.

"This is Captain Kitty. Affiliated to Captain Kitty."- She said the last part with a giggle.

"Purpose of your visit?"

"Acquisition of organic samples of Celestial origin, and some tourism."

"Tourism?"

"I heard that The Collector has a museum in here, I wanted to check out his collection. I'm willing to trade collectibles if necessary."

"One moment, please."

[Transmission Ended]

As we waited for permission to descend, Yelena asked:

"Why is it going so smoothly?"

"Aside from our unexpected arrival, this place is a market, they should be used to customers. Also, they have tech to know if weapons are being aimed at their base."

"But aren't we facing the head? Doesn't that mean that our weapons are indeed aiming at them?"- Irina asked as she saw the Pulsar Cannons, Space Busters, Gravitational Wave Missile Launchers, Laser Turrents, and other weaponry perfectly aiming at Knowhere.

"I built it so that they don't recognize the resting position of our weapons as 'aiming'. Otherwise, we would be recognized as hostiles by almost anyone."

"Ah! That makes sense."- Captain Kitty commented.

"Why not make it so that none recognizes the aiming of the guns as aiming regardless of the position? You know, element of surprise."- Kurt asked.

"Then everyone would be hunting down your friend for the ship's tech once info is spread about it."- I told him.

"Oh..."

"Oh, indeed."

[Transmission Incoming]

"Thank you for your wait. You're clear for entry. You have an appointment with the Collector in one hour. Don't be late, the Collector doesn't like waiting."

[Transmission Ended]

"Who likes waiting anyway?"- Captain Kitty commented as the power play from the other side flew over her head.

"Let's portal."- I said.

Kitty opened a portal and we followed through.

"Yuck! It smells."- Irina said while casting a deodorant spell on her nose. Yelena and Kitty did as well.

"It's normal, is it not? Way more bearable than New York."- Kurt said.

"Their senses are sharper than yours."- I can just ignore it. The perks of this body.

"Oh, right."

"Let's split up! I'll go buy some organic samples and we will see each other in an hour."- I suggested.

"No! That's how they get you in the movies."- Kurt didn't like my idea.

"Don't be such a wussy! You'll come with me, maybe we can buy one of those spherical ships, Don't you want one?"- Kitty told Kurt as she pulled him by the arm to one of the mining ships.

"Do you girls want to come with me?"

"Is there anything interesting around here?"- Yelena asked as she looked around. 

We were drawing some stares at the beginning since space warping is not so common at the individual level. It's normally used in the Jumps around space for spaceships. But now everyone is minding their business. 

"There's a bar, we could go for some drinks after I get my samples."- I commented as I remembered the bar from the movie.

It's not like alcohol has any effect on us, but the ambiance can be fun.

"Sure, I'm in."- Irina answered for the two of them.

________________________

2 hours later. The Boot of Jemiah.

I sit at my table, alone, while looking at my maids betting on the Orloni fights.

"Shouldn't we be discussing some trade with the Collector by now?"- I can't help but wonder.

Irina and Yelena are making a killing while using their TK to rig the fights. They started small but the greedy minxes are rigging all the fights and this is a bet away from a full-blown bar fight.

"How fun!"- I always wanted to be in a bar fight.

Kitty is probably making a deal with the Collector, I gave her what I was willing to trade, but she should be done by now. 

'Kitty, everything good over there?'

'Ehmm... I don't think so. The collector wants either Kurt or me for his collection and is stubborn about it.'

Dafuq?

'Why don't you just tell him to fuck off and portal away?'

'I did. But I was captured as I was mocking him... just a little. The good news is that Kurt is in the cell adjacent to mine, so we are experiencing this prison life together!'

'*Sigh!* Why didn't you escape?'

'I can't use my powers, the only thing that was working was your psionic energy. But when I tried it out before he put an explosive around Kurt's neck.'- She probably stopped to gloat over his face.

'Then, Why didn't you call for help?'

'... I was trying to see if I could escape using another method. He did say that these exhibition cells were escape-proofed, but when I escaped using your energy his face was morphed in utter displeasure. I'm trying to see if escaping again could bring that expression out once more.'

'Sadism? That's why you're not escaping?'

'Ehmm... No! I also didn't want to annoy the girls if they were having a good time. I'm considerate that way.'- Shameless

'...'

'*TSK!* Fine! I wanted to see his face morph in pain! Initially, I was just playing around but then he rigged Kurt to explode, so now I'm taking this seriously. I will call upon a blood feud!'- Her inner young master is showing. 

'You do know that only on Halo do we use the terminology 'Blood Feud', right?'

'It doesn't matter! I will enact revenge.'

'And what will you do about his immortality?'

'HEHEHEHEHEHEHE! Aragorn, my most beloved dragon, Don't you know that death could be a merciful release from pain?'- I'm the only dragon you know.

'Yeah... Nope. You're not fighting in here. There are people and stuff in here that don't need any involvement in your warring ways.'

'But Aragorn!!! He placed a collar on Kurt!'

'Yes, and had he placed that collar on you I would have already skinned him alive. But if you retaliate then the other elders will eventually join in your feud, that's assuming he doesn't wipe his exhibition cells with you as a rag. You're not even strong enough to defeat Taneleer if he enters his true form, What makes you think that you can carry on with the consequences of your outburst?'

'Won't you help me?'- The shamelessness strengthens.

'You were not placed at risk, and technically neither was Kurt. My love and overprotectiveness know boundaries, the boundaries only cover the targets of my love, not their friends. Besides, you are at a point where you can take a step back and let me handle things for you, Isn't it easier if I just intimidate him a little and then we avoid a future intergalactic conflict?'

'Why can you intimidate him but not me?'

'Obviously, because you're not strong enough to intimidate and you're not powerful enough to carry with his enmity and the one of his ilk.'

'Fine! Your logic and sound arguments are unlike you! But it makes sense!'

It's more about the ripple effect, I don't want to deal with the shit that could escalate out of a petty squabble like this. If it was another reality then I would be walking around like a gangster while giving zero fucks about the 'peasants' around me.

But here? Here I'm afraid of following the usual Wuxia plot: Deal with a young master that wants on your jade beauty childhood friend and end up fighting the super god tier ancestor of his family that interrupted his 500K years hidden cultivation just to deal with your Body-refining tier ass.

Of course, had he laid a finger on my cat and by tomorrow there would be no longer a single elder of this universe left. Consequences be damned.

'Sit tight, I will be there after I participate in this bar fight.'

'What!? No! Come now, Kurt will soon break up and join a prison gang!'- What prison gangs could he find in solitary confinement?

'What happened to the consideration you were willing to show for the girls?'

'You can leave them there to enjoy the bar fight, you can come and pick us up.'

'Look who is using logic and sound arguments now! Fine, I will just break a bottle on someone's head and I'll be on my way.'

I stood up from my table and picked up the empty bottle of my drink. I walked to where the crowd was denouncing my girls' filthy ways of cheating.

"I bet they are using psionic powers!"- I shouted from the background.

*Smash!*- I followed my shout by breaking a levitating bottle over the top of one of the aliens close to the front, just at the right angle for everyone to see. 

'Hehehe! Have fun, I will go break Kitty out of prison.'- Of course, my maids detected the use of my energy, I made sure of that, so they knew I triggered the fight.

'You will pay for the damages, right?'- Irina.

'I already did, it doesn't matter if you blow this place up. Just make sure not to kill anyone.'- I sent the owner the money as soon as I stood up from my table. 

'What about the ones that shoot to kill?'- Yelena.

'You can kill those.'

'Nice!'x2

"So what if we did?! You gonna cry to your momma about it?!"- Irina shouted.

*GASP*- A collective gasp spread around.

"Nobody talks about my momma! Get them!"

"AGHHHH!"

"I want a tail!"

"We can sell them!" 

"Maybe one can step on me!!!"

"Kill them!"

"I'll take the left!"

"Blast them!"

"AU! AU! FOR SPARTAX! AAAHHH!"

I left the girls to have their playdate and flew to the Collector's place.

I felt their tech scan me as I landed at the entrance.

"Stop! Identify yourself! This is th-"

I did a Charles Xavier X-Men on him and made him pause. I walked and repeated the same with the others. 

I left the paused aliens behind me as I walked over to where Kitty was.

I was not in a hurry, I saw Taneleer make his way to Kitty's prison to probably take her hostage. But under the face of absolute power, plays and machinations are just part of a stage to make you shine brighter. 

It's not that I carry that much power, especially not when compared to the heavy hitters, I always make sure to remind myself of not growing complacent or arrogant. But in the face of a puny elder of the universe? I do have the equivalent of absolute power.

As I walked further into the museum I encountered several attempts to block my path, but those ended as such, as attempts.

"Stop! Who are you to dare walk into m- *MMMHHHH*"- Taneleer couldn't finish because I held his mouth in a telekinetic hold.

I approached the cells holding Kurt and Kitty.

"Spark! Take a 3Dimensional picture of this scene. Make sure to send it to the padawan."

"With pleasure."- A hologram of a camera was projected from my P-Link.

"Tag it: 'I got captured because I played around too much.' #YoungLadyInTheSweatbox #CaughtWithTheCatnip #Jailbait #PussInTrouble. You can add some of your own."

*Click**Click**Click**Click**Click*- Spark went as far as to make the onomatopoeia for picture snapping just to annoy Kitty.

*Boom*- Sounded Kurt's collar as it went off. 

Taneleer probably set a timer to it when he saw me control the minds of his people.

The smoke cleared up and, lo and behold, a Kurt in a piece.

Taneleer removed his Nanosuit, but I was already covering him with an invisible barrier before I stepped in.

I raised my hands to both glasses and tried a new trick I'd been working on.

Atomization

Using my TK I try to separate the molecules that make up a material down to its basic atoms. Using my energy manipulation I try to negate the bonds between molecules.

It's a work in progress and I haven't been able to reach that point but, from the macro scale, it looks as if I'm turning this material into sand.

"Dust"- I said.

It's like when you throw a punch and you shout 'Ahh', the shout won't make the punch stronger but it helps with the mood and vibe.

*Fwoosh*- It's as if a sudden breeze blew by and took the dust away.

"Thank you, Aragorn."- Kurt said as he massaged his neck, freed from the bomb. The calmness in this guy is absolutely amazing!

"Where are your thanks, warmonger cat?"- I look at the cat that was looking at Taneleer with boiling rage.

"*Humph*"- She humphed as she gave me one of her tails as thanks. 

I won't complain. It feels like this is payment enough. On my books it is.

I freed the Collector's mouth.

"You try some other shit and I will remove your skin and test the limits of your immortality. I've always wondered if bathing in a star skinless would hurt more than with skin, Would it even matter? Would you care to help me find out?"- I gave him my best impression of Solution Epsilon's smirk, the predator slime from Overlord.

"Where is his nanosuit and where is the stuff that you took from my Captain?"- I said while looking at his eyes with a promise of pain.

The stuff I gave Kitty for trading was tech for storage in laminal space and a crystal seed of the same crystal I used on the staff for the Power Stone. The seed can cover the surface of a dead planet in its entirety in a matter of a week.

Due to the properties of the crystal, Taneleer could use it to hide a museum-world by storing his stuff below the crystal-covered surface. Since no energy can escape from it the planet would disappear from any scanner. This should be helpful, especially with some of the high-energy value stuff that he must be collecting.

These were meant to be things to help in his obsession, but now I'm not so inclined to help him in any way.

"Carina!"- Taneleer shouted with desperation.

The pink girl peeked from behind one of the energy modules in the room.

"Y-Yes, How can I help you, master?"- I'm guessing this Carina is not the one who is his daughter, the one from the comics.

"Guide Captain Kitty and her crewmate to where we were safekeeping their stuff."- Right, safekeeping.

"Please follow me."- The pink girl said as she guided Kurt and Kitty to pick up their stuff.

I ignored the eyes of the elder that followed my every move. I walked to one of the cells where I found Cosmo.

"Hello, Cosmo."

"Comrade? You know my name, are you from the СССР?"- Cosmo said from the other side of the glass.

"No, I'm from the same star system but not the Soviet Space Program."

"I see, I thought you were from back home."

"No, Cosmo. If you want I can provide you with a new home. My home is currently orbiting your old planet."

"Does it have an open space for the walks?"

"It does, you could even fly around the prairie like a winged gazelle if you wanted to."

"..."

"There will be people that will treat you as their family, as a good boy."

"I'm in! *Woof*"- I don't know if it was the family or the good boy that reeled him in.

"Dust"- I said as I placed my hand on his cell's glass.

"Thank you!"- Cosmo said as he stood next to me while tail-wagging.

I observed the other biologicals left in cells. 

Oh! Why don't I get some samples for my biokinesis?

I opened several small portals and bypassed the space isolation in the cells, I touched each of the biologicals in the cells for a few seconds while I used my biokinesis to study them. 

This should be useful in the future. Probably from my powers, biokinesis has been one of the most important, if not the most.

Without it, I wouldn't have beast girls.

"Comrade? Are you petting them? You can pet me if you want."- Cosmo wiggles his tail with a growing intensity.

I didn't correct him yet, I lifted him up like a baby with one hand while I kept the other on the biologicals.

"It's not petting. I have a power called biokinesis, it lets me learn stuff, among other things, through contact. I'm studying them."

I don't see Howard Duckson here, so either he is not on this reality or he just isn't here.

I kept scanning the biologicals with one hand while cuddling Cosmo with the other.

"We're back!"- Kitty shouted, followed by the now-armored Kurt and the pink girl. 

"The crystal."- I said to Kitty as I extended my free hand. 

"Here you go."- Kitty tossed the crystal my way.

I caught the crystal in the air.

"Taneleer, this is your payment for the oh-so-gracious welcome that you gave my captain. The treatment was five stars out of five. Take this and keep your head out of trouble. I'll be taking Cosmo and Carina with me as payment for the oh-so-gracious treatment I just gave you."- I told him as I floated the darker-than-black crystal seed his way.

"What?! What treatment? You came in here froze my people, damaged my exhibition cells, and now you want to charge me for it?"

"Yes, is the treatment that allowed for your uninterrupted existence. After all, this treatment I so graciously gave you permitted you to keep your sanity."

"My sanity?"

"Well, I could argue that you don't have much of it left, but what I meant is that usually, people lose their sanity when subjected to constant torture. After you reach a certain threshold. I've been told so. Since my benevolent treatment includes forgiving you, then you should be thankful!"

"..."

"I don't see you expressing your gratitude, which hurts my feelings and makes me want to lash out. Maybe forgiving you was a mistake..."- I made one of my eyes twitch and spin in its cavity.

"NO! I mean... Of course, I'm thankful, please take this Krylorian girl and that creature with you. As a token of my sincerity."- He said while gnashing his teeth.

"Hohohoho! I see how very thankful you are. I had my doubts there for a moment, I was about to do something that we both would have regretted, but now that I see your sincerity I can't help but feel like we just started an ages-long friendship. HOHOHOHO!"

"..."

"HOHOH- I don't see you laughing! Are you not happy? WhY aRe YoU not LaUGHing!?"- I said the last part while crackling my voice and spinning my eyes in their sockets. For an additional VFX, I made the air distort around me, like a heat shimmer.

"NO! HAHAHAHAHAHAHHOHOHOOHOHO I LAUGH HOHOHOHOHAHAHAHAH I FUCKING LAUGH HAHAHA"- The last part was said with tears threatening to spill out.

"RIGHT! Of course, you laugh, WE laugh. HAHAHAHAHHOHOHOHOH"

"Taneleer, my friend! Sadly the time for my captain's departure is near and we need to go and pick up the rest of the crew. I know how painful it is to cut our time short. Believe me! I know. But you should know that I'm always available to hang out with you, my friend! Just give me a call when the time comes!"

His face was absolutely priceless. Well I did this for Kitty's sake, I hope she appreciates it.

"You should sleep tight tonight knowing that you have a soul friend in me! I will never forget what happened today. I hope you don't either, I would be hurt if you did."- I shouted as we exited the room.

On my way out I unfroze the paused guards.

I could tell that my cat was happy because she was walking next to me while grabbing my waist with two of her four tails. However, her expression was that of a haughty young lady while publicly humiliating her love rival.

The five of us walked silently to The Boot of Jemiah. 

We got closer only to arrive at a very cinematic scene.

*BOOOOM*- The establishment exploded. Two maids walk in our direction out of the explosion, without looking back at the remaining chaos, unbothered by the fire and the debris.

"Let's go. We are done here."- Said Yelena as she passed by us before opening a portal to the ship.

"It was fun! We should do it more often!"- Irina shouted like talking to someone back at the site of the explosion. Only to receive a groan of pain as an answer.

"..."- The pink girl was far more adaptable than I gave her credit for because she didn't even twitch.

"Is this okay?"- The bastion of sanity, Kurt, asked.

"Yeah, no one died... At least not from the explosion."- I commented as I saw some mutilated corpses left in their wake. They clearly used their lightsabers because the wounds were seared.

"I'm cool with that. Let's get out of here."- Kurt went through the portal as if running from his inner demons.

"Kurt must really want out of here. I wonder why."- Captain Kitty said.

"So do I. I had a great time. We should come back with the rest of the girls."- I added.

"You guys are funny! Woof!"- Cosmo said.

We walked through the portal and got ready to depart to Vormir with two additional crew members. 

{A/N:

Here's the chapter! Another long one, 11K words.

I will upload some pics, in case you got here but found none.

The next chapter is Vormir, another snippet about the situation back on Earth, and by the end some world-shattering with the power stone.

Also, I'm correcting some of my old chapters and some comments might be lost. It pains me to do it but the first chapters is how readers are captured, so I wanted to make sure that the grammar was right.

Thank you for reading my work!

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