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The Mighty Traveler

When a man wakes up to his world destroyed and left alone, he is met with a voice asking for his wishes. But how can one think realizing you are alone, your home gone, your life erased and your expectations vanished. Paul Egon Esteban, a man from earth that has been able to unite all nations and started to develop into the space faring age around the middle of the 21st century. Is a patient of a rare disease that has no cure currently has been placed into a state of the art research facility that would place him and many other of people with similar situations into cryostasis sleep until cures for their sickness had been discovered. But one day he was awoken suddenly as his cryopod has lost all functionality with only a tattered nurse droid taking care of him. Confused, Dizzy and totally Discombobulated, Paul walked out only to find the facility he has been on is now decrepit and destroyed. It wasn't until checking the droid did he find out he was now in the last years of the 22nd century nearly entering the 23rd. Shocked and scared he tried going out of the place only to find out a dry wasteland that was Earth. Mind blanked and shocked, he trudged the land as he realized he was all alone. A former city full of wonder and people turned to dust. It wasn't until his dazed state lingered for a bit did he get a few seconds of semblance of the thing in his eyes. {Was that all you wished for?} Not understanding what it was and why it was there, Paul agreed on something he forgot that he wanted. Light swallowed him and now took him into another world for another chance in life. (A/N: I transferred my fanfic here because the one where I first posted it was a reused dropped novel, which means the setting of the book is still a novel so I might get flagged for copyright or something. So I transferred the whole thing as well as editing the stuff that I might find correcting or adding details.)

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"Tell me…" Charles was indeed tempted since he did indeed peek a little at Coulson when he was near but could not see more since Paul slapped his head. But it was enough for him to see the part where Paul introduced himself as someone from the future.

 

"Damn that was fast, should have asked for more money. You peeked didn't you?" Paul's words made the professor skip a beat as he looked around him consciously due to that.

 

"Just messing with you, go try looking for Lois London and Alison Blaire. They are half-sisters and might awaken amazingly dangerous powers. Alison Blaire would be able to use powers related to sparkly lights which can be controlled with her singing, she's also in law school studying right now so she could be the schools future lawyer."

 

"I see…and her sister Lois London?"

 

"Well be watchful of the girl, she's like rogue but worse. Rogue at least gets powers to the people she touches but Lois London kills instantly the people that comes near her and only Alison will be immune to this power."

 

"!!!" Charles was surprised at the way Paul described the power of Lois, this made him glad he accepted the offer or else something might happen that would give these girls trauma that would lead to death.

 

"Thank you for bringing their existence to my attention, you might just have saved a young girl from a life of fear and trauma…" Charles did not know his words were very accurate as Lois was indeed traumatized and was used by many who learned of her powers.

 

"Nest is two brothers, I have not yet seen them in your school so maybe you haven't found them yet. John Proudstar an Apache born in Arizona who is currently serving in the military, you could have someone pick him up once he is done because from what I can see he is a very eager boy when it comes to fighting since he somehow faked his age when signing up for service."

 

"I see, I can have my contacts in the military reach out to him."

 

"Yeah, and you can tell him his little brother will also we recruited by you, namely James Proudstar."

 

"I shall see to it then…"

 

"Wellll….hmmm…"

 

"Is there a problem Mr. Esteban?"

 

"There is, the last name I will give you but I don't know if you would like this guy in your team…" Paul raised his brows as he found a file of a certain red costumed guy wielding two katanas.

 

"And who might that be?" Charles was confused as well as there were rarely mutants that he did not leave behind.

 

"Uhmm… Wade Wilson, he is currently on a path of revenge right now as he is attacking possible trails of people who experimented on him. These guys used a formula to hasten the awakening of the x-gene they injected on various people. And this guy was injected with Logan's x-gene, so he is similarly hard to kill but has a defect which left him looking like a shaved scrotum."

 

"…"

 

"You could send Colossus and Logan to help him, and his girlfriend might need some protection so you could bring her to the mansion. Her name is Vanessa Carlysle, she seems to be a mutant as well and from the various footage I found he is like Mystique…"

 

"What do you mean like Raven?" Charles was surprised.

 

"…well she is a hooker and she could take on the appearance of anyone like her but I don't know the extent of her powers yet. You can keep her there by giving her a proper job, Wade would be happy you protected her because they left on sad terms last time they met."

 

"It seems our tall flesh collared avocado in the shape of a man left when he was diagnosed to have cancer, that maybe the reason he applied to those experiments done on him. Hmm…." Charles could hear Paul type on the keyboards by the phone as he listened.

 

"..wow, Raven really got busy. Hahaah she's legally married to Senator Ralph Brickman as Mallory Brickman. Also she is registered to be married to someone called Irene Adler wow, being man and woman must make her a great lover…"

 

"Mr. Esteban please do not dig within the privacy of my friends…" Charles was about to warm Paul more but the words next were a sudden shock to him.

 

"Whoa, look at this. It seems Mystique has a normal human son left in an Orphanage that she still keeps an eyes on. Graydon Creed, who is the father Victor Creed? Damn she's been leaving kids here and there all her life, even Kurt Wagner does not know his mother is just very close to him." Paul remembered there were many troublesome development for some characters and this Graydon Creed became a super hateful man towards mutants.

 

"You should make this Graydon be a representative that Mutants don't necessarily mean mutant babies. Look he is normal and even showed great records in his school, he still doesn't know much of his parents though but go try and have him live with his brother."

 

"…"

 

Charles was stunned there as he listened to Paul, he had never thought that Raven hid so many things from him when he considered her as close as his own Sibling.

 

"Damn, I found something more but I think I should ask for more money this time…" Charles heard Paul's words and it made him more curious as to what more Paul knows. So he went to his desk and transfer the $4 million to Paul's bank account and even added another $20 Million so he could possible learn more that could help his students.

 

"I will give you money Mr. Esteban as much as you ask but please make sure I know of the details of my student's lives."

 

"Really? That's great! Maybe I should come over tomorrow and give the past of you students so they can resolve it themselves. What do you think professor? You would also need to come clean of the things you hid to them, like Jean for example."

 

"…I can't…"

 

"No one likes being caged Professor, so maybe you could train her and slowly let go of the things you placed in her head. Because one day she will erupt in flames and it will consume you, for your sake professor. Though you may see that thing inside her head as something dangerous, it is nothing else but a personification of the Universe force of creation and destruction."

 

"…but it is so dangerous, my students they…" before Charles could finish Paul's words rang out once more.

 

"It is a being since the dawn of creation Professor, it is old as time itself so don't think it cannot break out of the chains you placed. You are just agitating it, so tell Jean the truth but break it to her slowly, hmm. I'll go there tomorrow and I'll help. Thanks for the money though!" Paul stopped the call as he found more and more things that are not noticed by many people.

 

He looked at the time and realized he made millions in about two hours and he still has more time to spare for the rest of the day. So he made calls of catering and people to help the boys in making the Gym presentable, he also got names of various rich collectors that like buying weird things.

 

"Bwuahahaha!! Time to start my own company too!! Wait…" Paul remembered something as he called Shanna.

 

*ring*

 

"Paul? I'm currently processing the papers for the cubs so why are you calling?"

 

"Nothing much, just wanna ask if how long will it take until you are given the green light?" Paul was not sure as he thought of a way to get more time.

 

"I don't know, but I won't be going home tonight because I think I might need to spend time with the cubs. Poor things are scared and sad right now that I can't bear to leave them here, the zoo won't even let me bring them out unless the papers are approved." Shanna seemed upset and angry at the ones in the Zoo.

 

"Okay, but remember to take care of yourself okay. If something is wrong send me a message, I might have to go off country for the moment."

 

"Why? Where are you going?" Shanna was curious.

 

"Somewhere in Asia, maybe China I think…" Paul remembered a character he found to be very cool and maybe he'll try to change things then.

 

"Okay, but don't be gone too long okay?" Shanna knew that she could not have a normal relationship with Paul knowing he has powers but she still relented because she had tried normal already and it did not work out well for her since most men just wanted to sleep with her.

 

She was comforted by the fact that Paul did not make a move when she felt vulnerable and even took care for her during those times. Though the pace was slow, it seemed right and okay for her since he too does not limit her actions.

 

"Alright, I'll call you when I get back." Paul hung up and thought of how to approach these people he just found in the computer. He looked at the names and was lucky that they registered themselves in their country's registry.

 

"Xu Wenxu…"

 

Paul had typed many different names and those that match he scanned to see if they are the characters he remembered and just now he found the familiar face from the movie Shang-Chi.

 

As he looked at the things he found in his computer, the more he is convinced he is in some alternate reality that combines the movie characters and some comic characters.

 

Remembering that maybe the accident did not happen yet, he planned on making back-up plans to make surprises in the future. Parking his RV near his own Gym, Paul made sure that the doors were locked as well as windows. Seeing things in order he went to the mini-gym and displayed a video from a camera live in China.

 

This was the nearest one from the family compound of the guy he could hack so he looked at it and concentrated.

 

One moment and he is now officially in China, Paul looked around and saw that the people did not seem to notice his arrival which means the talisman he made worked.

 

"Mwuahaha, even If I am talented it is enough for normal people to be affected by my talismans!!" Paul did a victory pose as he felt accomplished at this feat. When all he made was one of the most basic talismans that could be made by a cultivator, it took him months to be able to successfully make one before.

 

Paul then walked around and slowly gathered info in their minds on how to speak the language. Slowly and surely he got the gist of what they were saying as he walked around towards where Xu Wenwu lives.

 

And from what he could gather in the memories of the people around here, the two were a model couple for the small village as they had a great family. Paul was even distracted for some time when he tried out the local restaurants and even got some seeds of some great plants good for cooking.

 

Paul blended in great as he wore black Hanfu with jade green edges over a white robe and jade greed belt as well as a black Tai Chi shoe. He has lots of these clothing within a few rings he kept on him for daily needs, and his Asian features does make him look like a proper Chinese cultivator walking along with the mortals.

 

Paul even got a fan to look the mart more as he walked in relaxation it was then he bumped into his target, Ying Li. Who was currently going by the market to buy some vegetables, he knows how she looks because he got it from the various people who find her as a model wife within the community.

 

Paul did not approach at all as he just observed in the distance as he drank tea on a balcony, thinking about it he remembered some life-saving equipment he looted before and found three useful for the mother of the future hero.

 

Making out a small box with two jade seal and a note inside, he thought of how to use it first and read the instructions that is written on a paper. This was a artifacts he found used by some of the spoiled young masters who is scared to die.

 

Once the person is on the verge of dying, the person that was bonded with the first jade seal will be saved as a copy of his/her body will be left to fool the attackers. Many of these young spoiled brats were saved from Paul before until he realized how they can be alive after he obliterated their bodies into pieces.

 

The body left behind is something sort of a homunculus which will change its appearance to the one with the first seal similar to the prior condition of the user. So it would fool others easily unless they check closely as the only give away is that the decoy has no organs.

 

The user will be teleported to where the second seal is stasis bubble that will suspend the physical status of the user to give time for medical care to be administrated. This will make Paul sure that the young Shang-Chi will have his trauma and lead to when his father will go back to being bad again.

 

Only thing he plans to change is the mother surviving at the end which he will do a surprise reveal at the end should Ta-lo open up again. Paul knew his knowledge is limited if only the events happened as they were so he did not want to interfere too much after his whole beating up Apocalypse event.

 

Using his telepathy and telekinesis, he caused a small incident where Ying-Li will be accidentally bumped by someone and pushing her a bit to hold onto what was near for balance while a small metal needle is waiting to prick her a bit. Then he'll use that blood to bond her with the first seal that will hide itself within her once the deed is done.

 

Though this plan went horribly as he forgot how Shang-Chi's mother is an expert martial artist. So he then used the wasps that were nearby and try to sting her out of nowhere, sure she'll suspect something but he got the blood in the end.

 

"Damn, I suck at planning things…" Paul said as he sipped his tea. He also found Xu Wenwu who was smiling and happily interacting with the villagers. So maybe as an afterthought he left a small suggestive thought to some close neighbors of the Family to call him in case some bad guys go to his house.