147. Shi'were

9 September, 2001,

New York City.

Things had been very good for the past few years. Little Amy had turned into a teenager. Art was still her biggest interest. Leo was still small and had mastered the Mystic arts, officially becoming a Master. He was the youngest Master to ever be at just 10 years old.

Howard had learned all he wanted and had gone back to his Sakaar workshop to surround himself with machines. Alexander's new space fleet was now being used around the Universe as a non-profit police organization.

But today was going to be a sad historic day. Some guy from Afghanistan wanted to destroy two towers in New York. Alexander wasn't going to change it but he'd save all the people.

"Glanpa, are you coming to my art gallery today?" Amy asked with excitement. She had opened her own art gallery with magical paintings. Today was its opening day.

"Yes, sweety. I will be with you the whole time." He caressed her hair. She had grown into a beautiful girl now, but in his eyes she was still the small cute Amy.

Soon the duo went to her art gallery. A small crowd had gathered there. Thay had not publicized it a lot as it would eventually grow famous.

"Glanpa, I want you to cut the ribbon," Amy told him. Alexander's heart suddenly overcame with joy.

"Haha, let's do it together, Amy." Alexander dragged her with him and inaugurated the gallery. Olivia came and kissed Amy.

"I am so proud of you, Amy." She proudly stated.

"Hehe, thank you glanma" Amy hugged her tightly.

Then suddenly a loud scream came across the street. People followed her finger towards the sky and saw a plane ramming into the twin towers. Alexander had his people ready. No innocent life would be lost that day. Not even those who were on the planes. It was the Marvel world and miracles were very normal.

Alexander's Seraphs invisibly got into the buildings and helped every single person get out before it crumbled down. 9/11 could have been diverted, but it was also the event that shaped the future of America. It also opened the eyes of the world towards the existence of terrorism.

"Glanpa, what happened?" Amy worriedly asked, looking at the dust cloud forming in the air. It probably made her remember her childhood.

Alexander walked up to her and wrapped his arm around her shoulder. "Some bad guys, Amy. They like to hurt people."

"Then we must punish them." She firmly spoke.

"And I will, Amy. I will punish them. You don't need to worry." He patted her head.

Seraphs safely emptied the building. The plane that rammed into the building also magically survived, which helped the passengers live. After an hour the towers collapsed.

Alexander silently controlled the media to make sure that no racism was promoted. The news instead made people aware of the miracle that took place. Except for the terrorists, no one died.

A month later, the War in Afganistan started as Operation Enduring Freedom, intended to target terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida organization, which was based in the country, as well as the extreme fundamentalist Taliban government that had ruled most of the country since 1996.

Soon, Tony's Stark Industries started to receive big contracts, and his company grew richer. Since the start of the US war in Afghanistan, Obadiah Stane started to work on his ambitions. The guy would probably try to find the mysterious 15% owner soon.

The 9/11 event would also boost the development of Shield. Fury has already become its director and is currently in the midst of reforming the secret organization.

Alexander was busy keeping his secret Universe empire safe. He had fully infiltrated the 4 Empires and nobody knew about it. He'd just need to give a signal and everything would become official.

*Phone ring*

Alexander picked it up and received a message from his Seraphs from Finta.

"Boss, the Shi'ar Empire has attacked. The call came directly from their Emperor." The Seraph reported.

"Alright, start the project Shi'were. I will join you as well." He commanded.

Project Shi'were was nothing but an elaborate scheme for a smooth and swift takeover of the Shi'ar empire. It was ruled by Emperor D'Ken, a cruel and power-hungry guy. It came as no surprise that he initiated the attack on him. Planet Finta was generating so much money that it looked like a shining golden ball in dark space to others.

The Shi'ar Empire is a vast intergalactic empire that rules a million worlds. It is an aggressively expansionist empire whose religion tells the Shi'ar to marry other cultures, by force if necessary, to become stronger. It was also the strongest of the 3(Kree, Skrull, and Shi'ar).

...

As soon as Alexander's orders were passed. The whole Shi'ar Galaxy suddenly turned into a mess. For some reason, many high ranking people of various worlds killed the leaders and took over. The Shi'ar homeworld, Chandilar was also besieged. The rest of the High Council was removed. The Emperor and his sister were taken into custody. All the things happened so fast that no one had the time to understand.

A lot of Shi'ar Empire's forces were sent to Finta so they were even weaker.

Alexander then appeared in front of the Shi'ar forces with his Ironheim. It was enlarged to the size of the Sun. All the enemy ships were automatically getting attracted by Ironhein's gravitational pull. Alexander made the Ironheim open a side like a packman and took in all of the Shi'ar forces. He took their ships and imprisoned the people on board.

He then headed to Chandilar, Shi'ar's homeworld. He was also transmitting his words on every habited planet of the Shi'ar Empire.

"I am Emperor Universe of Finta. The Emperor of Shi'ar, D'Ken launched an attack on Finta. For this, I have retaliated and taken over Shi'ar. Nothing will be changing, everything is under control. But if you are sympathizers of D'Ken then you just have to come forward so you can be sent to him.

"I have big plans for Shi'ar. But first, slavery is banned from now on. Anyone ignoring this law will be cruelly punished. I will also be boosting the economic activities of the Shi'ar Empire. The name, Shi'ar Empire will be dissolved from now on and it will be called Universe Federation. Let's work to forge a better future."

By the time his speech ended, he had already appeared in the Shi'ar homeworld. He quickly brought out all the prisoners for Ironheim and handed them to his men. He wasn't interested in the Emperor but his sister was a decent person.

Soon Lilandra Neramani was brought before him. Alexander was in a big dining hall, eating food.

"Please, join me. You will like this cuisine." Alexander invited.

Lilandra stayed level-headed and sat down not much further than him. She also ate the food provided. And it was shockingly a lot better than even the best dishes provided in Shi'ar.

"So, did you know your brother wanted to attack Finta?... Don't think of lying, I can detect lies," Alexander warned.

She nodded her head, "Yes, I tried to stop him but he wouldn't agree. He was hoping to use the M'Kraan Crystal on you."

~Hmm, that's new. From what I remember, M'Kraan Crystal is as old as time, and inside of the crystal is a beautiful alien city. At the center of the city is a glowing sphere which hosts a Neutron Galaxy. The Sun of that Neutron Galaxy is the Nexus point of the universe and all realities. Should the crystal's stasis be removed, it would destroy the whole Universe. It also housed the White Hot Room. The afterlife and the base of operations of the Phoenix (the one inside Jean)~

"So your brother was a mad man? Trying to destroy the Universe?"

"I am not afraid to admit that. He is unfit to rule." She confidently spoke.

"Hmm, well. Everyone is unfit to rule. There's a reason why monarchy is so bad. Even if you are a good ruler, there's no guarantee that your future generations won't spoil your legacy"

Lilandra couldn't help but nod and asked. "What are you going to do now?"

"Umm, your brother and big sister will be punished. One is a dictator and the other is murdering maniac. Maybe you can work as a diplomat. One thing is sure though, there will be no royal family." He offered.

"Aren't you going to be the Emperor?" She asked.

"I don't need to disclose that to you. Do you accept my offer or not?" Alexander straightforwardly asked.

"I accept, but if I see you exploiting the people, I will fight you. No matter what." She stated, looking him in the eye.

"Haha, sure. Now, take me to the M'Kraan Crystal." He stood up.

"What? W-What are you going to do with it?" She fearfully asked.

"Don't worry, I'm not after its power. I want to move it to a safer place. Right now everyone knows it's here and it's like asking for someone to steal it. Take me to it now."

She nodded and led the way towards the secret underground chamber. Alexander was just going to put it in his pocket dimension. The thing was too dangerous to be left outside.

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