Chp. 91 A stow-away...

"…" The Fantastic Four were stunned, because after that brief altercation Paul felt it would be wise to wrap things up because there is much more pressing matters to attend right now.

He waved his hand then they were all suddenly in the living room sitting at the sofa like they were just having a relaxing chat between old friends.

"What just happened? Did we take some strong stuff guys?" Johnny jumped up from the sofa looking confused as hell while Phastos and Gilgamesh were rolling their eyes at these random actions of Paul.

They got used to be suddenly pulled away that they felt that Paul might be much more than they can imagine, having no worries at all in plotting against the plans of the Celestials was already crazy enough for them to put him into a list of people they could not offend.

"That was teleportation! But that's impossible, to manipulate space is something no man or machine could achieve and is purely science fiction!" Reed on the other hand was focusing on another thing entirely as his mind whirred at what he had just witnessed.

"Isn't being able to arrange the molecular attribute of your body as well as it being able to expand more than the initial volume also impossible? But here you are being able to extend to greater lengths making your volume larger than what it was at first, in some ways it is also manipulating the laws of space and matter." Paul retorted as he looked at the thoughtful Reed Richards.

"But that is hardly the concern here is it?" Paul then waved his hands and the research papers of Reed appeared in his hands.

"We came here for this, though it is not what we entirely need it is enough to give us inspiration in the current problem that we have at our hands." Paul pushed the glasses that somehow appeared on his face as he looked like an intellectual as he read the formulas written within the paper.

"Wait you cannot take that! Those are private and not something the government or anyone can take!" Reed said as he looked at the papers in Paul's hands and stretched his arm to grab it.

Paul did not resist as he had already copy and pasted everything already within the lab after they had arrived here.

He just wanted to see the machine Reed built to duplicate the Cosmic Storm with his eyes, even now he still cannot believe how he was able to make such crude tech on a rather backwater planet compared to other alien civilizations replicate the powerful cosmic storm.

Earth was not yet that advance to be able to do this but here he was seeing a technological marvel ahead of its time.

These made Paul want to meet Reed and remind him of something important.

"I am not affiliated to the government or any of that matter Doctor Reed, I am here just to remind you of something. Pursuit of knowledge is a great endeavor but there are limits to how much you can suddenly advance the Earth's technological level before someone takes notice." Paul said this in a grave manner as he looked at the rather confused Reed Richards as well as the fantastic four.

"What do you mean take notice? And who is this someone? You perhaps?" Susan Storm frowned at Paul's words.

"Yeah, if I didn't know any better you seem to be threatening us." Johnny said as he was alert since he and the others did not know how they were teleported from the lab to the living room in an instant. "And I'm still angry for my sandwich if you're asking."

"Look whoever you are you don't want to mess with us, we just packed a group of furballs earlier and if nobody's explaining what is happening here somebody's going to get hurt." Ben Grimm still confused of the events was a bit defensive since he feels that his friends might be in danger.

"Seriously why are we here?" Phastos asked as he looked at Paul who was admiring the bravery of the four in front of him.

"Hey pal sorry about the sandwich, I'll pay you double so how much do I owe you…" Gilgamesh said as he looked at Johnny who seemed a bit bitter but hearing he'll be paid double made him beam.

"Oh, that sub was about 15 bucks but I'll take 50 since I have to drive there. It's this really nice place you see…" Johnny forgot about the others as he pulled Gilgamesh to the side as he felt hungry and wanted to eat more, so getting at least two sandwich would be a great start.

Gilgamesh did not mind since he was curious as well since he liked the sandwich too so he wanted some more. He pulled out a wallet and gave Johnny fifty since he said he spent some gas money to go there.

"Oh shit, my car's totaled right now. We'll have to take a cab there…" Johnny paused as he and Gilgamesh was about to leave the room but the whole group was again teleported in an instant to the Van parked outside.

"Whoa! Dammit who's doing this? Stop it right now!" Ben felt a bit dizzy as the sceneries changed while Gilgamesh and Johnny who found themselves in the driver's seat were surprised but Gilgamesh just took a second to start the car and drive out the parking lot.

"Where's this deli you said you got that sandwich?" Gilgamesh asked Johnny.

"Okay enough with the sandwich already!! Please somebody explain what is happening right now!" Susan roared in annoyance but she paused as she saw Reed was in a daze as he murmured something as he looked at the change in sceneries.

"Okay I'll start if that is okay with you, so basically there is something we are lacking for a certain project that needed to be done and this guy right here have what that missing part is. I was skeptical at first but for you to be able to build that Cosmic Storm replicator is just genius even for me. Sure I could do that to but not with the limited technological advancement of humanity for the moment, this made me understand what he meant to be the dumbest supergenius of this planet so…." Phastos being an intellectual suddenly raved on and on about how Reed's talents were to advanced for the era but something about what he said made somebody pay attention.

"This planet? Wait I'm not dumb? I got several PhDs!" Reed sobered suddenly as this part of what Phastos said made him look carefully at the two people in front of them.

Ben and Susan were a bit late but when Reed said this they made a connection from what they had just heard.

"Yes, this planet…" Paul said as he was in a daze earlier since something just caught his attention.

From the moment he knew his telepathic powers were not yet used to their limits, he allocated a small part of his focus to scan the planetary systems around earth and beyond.

Slowly expanding to envelop their galaxy he was able to scan what was present within the solar System and just now he had reached at least 44 light years in radius away from earth and discovered something interesting.

The Cosmic Radiation that had affected the Fantastic Four seemed to be present in a single planet somewhat similar to earth and it made him curious so he took a peak with extra focus allocated.

And what he found was surprising, a civilization much advanced and rather utopian compared to Earth. And right now some of its citizens were voluntarily getting themselves exposed to the same cosmic radiation that mutated the Fantastic Four.

Reason for that was something that made Paul smile a bit as he looked at Reed Richards who had just noticed the small detail in Phastos' words.

"…though I am not alien, but they are. Yet that is the least of your concerns right now Doctor Richards, because right now an action of yours two years before had come to fruition and it really came full circle now that you have been affected by the Cosmic Radiation…" Paul chuckled a bit.

"Wait what? Hold up! What?! Aliens?!" Reed and the others were stunned while Johnny was slack-jawed as he just heard a bombshell of an information, he just wanted to ask what sandwich the others want.

"What do you mean came full circle?" Susan looked worried about what this part of Paul's words meant since she felt that it might have something to do with Reed again.

"You see this dumb idiot right here felt it was good to just send a blatant deep space scans towards space to seek some planets with the Goldilock's ratio. He is smart enough to make a signal powerful enough to be able to get him data but what he did not account for was for other alien lifeforms to pick up on that signal…" Paul sat back relaxed as he sipped his cup of tea that again just appeared on his hands out of nowhere.

"…so you're these aliens or something?" Ben asked as he sat down surprised to find the sofa was strong enough to hold his weight.

"Nope, these guys are different. 44 light years away there is a planet that is similar to earth called Spyre located in a binary Solar System form by the stars Kor and Kaylo as the natives called them. Your deep space scans were detected by these civilization and thought that it was a declaration of war, so what did they do? They responded in kind…" Paul waved his hand and made a holographic projection appear in front of them which was the events that happened in the Space Station.

"…they were scared of this alien explorers arriving towards their planet and seeing this particular alien was boarding a space station, they thought that you were going to embark on a journey to their planet. So their leader used what technology they have to make the cosmic storm much deadlier and arrive earlier than planned. You deductions were correct Doctor Richards but you did not think for once when you do things you felt would lead you to more knowledge…" Paul waved his hands and made a holographic projection in front of them showing a foreign planet.

"…" the others were silent as they listened, including Phastos who just didn't expect that there was such a close by civilization near Earth.

"…but that is not all, they were able to know your group survived and even got something out of the Cosmic radiation. Which spurred great fear in the hearts of those natives, so they closed all means of communication and blocked outside scanning probes in fear of the power you the Fantastic Four now hold…" Paul felt it was just a right moment to make Reed realize that sometimes his pursuit of knowledge could lead to unexpected disasters to others.

"…now these natives who call themselves Spyricans, are preparing for war. A planet who was used to being a Utopian society with no crime and experience for battles are scared because they fear the power of your group. How did they know? Well let's just say they have someone called the Overseer that was able to take a peek on earth and see the battles that occur on this small blue star…" Paul changed the hologram into the various wars happening around the planet as well as crimes committed by criminals all over the world.

"…so again, you are the dumbest Supergenius in the whole planet, nope the whole galaxy because your curiosity and genius was enough to cause trouble on two different planets…" Paul's words made Reed and the others silent as they processed what they just learned.

"…This is why I am here Reed Richards, you are smart and a genius which is a boon for this planet but there are times when a line must be drawn on your inquisitive mind if you want to prevent more trouble to come to this planet. Sure I can resolve a lot of problems but when I am not here then I suggest you stop searching for things beyond this planet for now." Paul snapped his fingers and the others were back in their seats again in the Baxter Building but now they have sandwiches on their hands or the table in front of them.

"Hey P, try this. I know you like a good prosciutto so I got an extra big one for you." Gilgamesh was unbothered as he gave Phastos a sandwich.

"So do these aliens have like super models as well in that planet?" Johnny raised his hands and asked what his balls wanted to know at the moment.

"They are humanoid like us humans, but they have something called the Great Eye which can scan and predict who might be the most compatible partner for them is. So their society have been living like this for centuries and everybody developed a lifestyle that brought out the greatest qualities in them, so if you want to find beautiful women you will find plenty in that planet." Paul looked at the day dreaming human Torch while the others were not yet able to take in the flood of information to their minds.

"But you are not to contact them in any forms whatsoever, telling you this much is interference enough already to the flow of what is &))&%#@#... Hmm, seems something is preventing any of you from hearing further of what I am about to say." Paul murmured the last part as he could feel the distortion in the area as he was about to finish his sentence.

He clicked his fingers and time stopped around him making him turn around and look at the empty space behind him. But he was not looking in a daze, rather his eyes were sharp and focused as he looked beyond what he is seeing.

"Watcher, seems like we will have a word or two. I'd like to know how much has changed since I arrived." Paul said as he looked at the ethereal eyes that peeked beyond reality.

{So you can see me? I figured as much, but why now? I can feel that you are powerful enough to seek me out at the first day you have arrived and has been preventing me from seeing past what you intend me to see…} a voice echoed as the pair of eyes looked back at Paul who was a bit thoughtful.

"I had to know, to see if 'He' has any plans for me but seeing that there had been no interference of any kind means that there is something different in this timeline." Paul said but this was just one of his clones.

His real Body was already traversing space and time and arrived in front of Uatu, the Watcher.

{I see, it is indeed peculiar this timeline of yours. It is aberrant but also fixed, tied very closely to your actions. So much so that I cannot see past this moment you have stopped and could only see what is happening in the present.} Uatu answered as he seemed a bit calm after Paul showed that he can go to the edge of the multiverse where he resides.

"Has 'He' tasked you to watched over me?" Paul asked as he looked at the Megamind looking alien.

{I feel insulted just now, but indeed 'He' has left me to oversee you actions. So far you seem to have no tendency to cause chaos or destruction, even when your powers are enough to decimate this Universe.} Uatu said as he looked at the weird mirror that showcased Paul's Universe.

"I mean no harm, but I know beyond that you know I come from beyond this world, beyond this multiverse. Yet somehow I need your help right now…" Paul paused for a bit and looked at Uatu who nodded and suddenly sent a punch towards Paul.

But Paul did not flinch, it was something else that moved. A spectral form of some sort as it got away from Paul's body.

"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa easy there fellas! Please don't hurt me!" A rather panicked voice said but what met him was a fully powered up Paul in Eight Gates and gigantified sending a rain of Evening Elephants towards him.

Uatu as well was suddenly armored and was in his battle form sending a cosmic beam towards this interloper.

"Aghh!! Stop it please I mean no harm! I surrender so stop attacking me!!" a panicked voice sounded out but Paul did not stop as well as Uatu.

There is a reason for this and Paul realized this for quite some time already and one instance was two weeks before.

[Snake Clone, Japan]

'How did this happen?' Paul wondered as he seemed a bit confused as to why he did this.

He looked around the room and found dozens of naked ripe bodies sprawled with satisfied faces. He was lying in a bed surrounded by a few women as well, he knew them because they were his 'employees'.

They were the Corn Stars that he had hired and trained to become the headliners in the industry as his fame soared after the few films he made that brought him millions in revenue.

Half of them were Japanese and the rest were foreign 'talents' that he had hired. But the problem was they were now all lying satisfied and tired from three nights of constant 'battles' with Paul.

Or mostly his clone, but this confused him a bit. He felt it all and knew it happened but it felt surreal and somehow not 'him'.

He knew his limits, he had taken an oath to himself he would not sleep with any woman using his clones since he is still exploring the intricacies of the ritual he used to make the clones.

But somehow 'he' broke that and slept with all these women and it was only now that he sobered up to realize what he had done.

'Something is wrong here…' Paul's mind went in over drive as he thought on how to figure out what happened.

Ever since then he had this clone go on a 'sabbatical' to calm his nerves so he can think of more scripts to write, but that was just an excuse to go far for a bit from the enamored 'actresses' who cannot forget what happened in those three days.

This event alerted Paul of something and this was the plan he thought to discover what was wrong. To find a being strong enough to see what was wrong, who better than a 'Watcher.'

So during the recent events Paul made himself close enough to the Fantastic Four who were the favorites of the Watcher to spectate on.

He wanted to see if he can change things slightly and then get the attention of the powerful Watcher so he can find where he is.

Then it finally led back to this…

[Present]

"I swear to you I mean no harm!" A bluish figure of a man was kneeling, or somewhat kneeling as he is currently only half a person, as his lower extremities were a fog like substance.

He looked like genie but his face was all beaten black and, well blue since the being is blue.

"Speak, or I will make sure you do…" Paul's eyes were burning as he looked at the person in front of him. He was confused at first when he attacked the guy since they both have the same energy wavelengths.

"Okay okay! I am a Djinn! There Happy!? I'm the one who gave you your powers and granted the three wishes you asked." The blue man said as he smiled shyly at Paul and Uatu.

{I really cannot imagine any of my race having such foul expressions…} Uatu said as he was still alert against the being in front of him and Paul.

"The three wishes? So you knew what happened to my home? Tell me all that you know?!" Paul's hands shone as a spear made out of concentrated chakra coupled with the will power of his strong soul pointed at the Djinn.

"Whoa easy there bud, I gotta be honest I have no idea. I was in a wishing well that time but I do remember the requirements for me to grant the wishes." The Djinn said as he looked at Paul and Uatu pleadingly.

{I remember a tale before, a word of mouth said in many languages in various realities. I might have been able to watch over all of them but some slip through my watch and it involves beings like these Djinns. Yet you do not exude power to be considered one…} Uatu mused as he looked at the bluish figure in front.

"You mean those weak plebs?! *Scoff* If I was in my prime they would not be able to handle a single finger of mine. But right now, I am out of juice since I had to fulfill the wishes of this guy here when he was the last man surviving in his planet. Which was supposed to be impossible if we considering the odds stacked upon his hometown." The Djinn looked at Paul with an expression that was hard to interpret.

"Impossible? How?" Paul looked at the being in front of him as he frowned thinking of the meaning behind his words.

"Well kid, the ones who laid waste to your home were Gods. Not strong alien gods like in this world but Gods that could wipe out a Universe all by themselves. My guess is they were just entertaining themselves by using your planet as a playground and best chances of the mortals winning the game is pretty slim…" the Djinn shrugged his shoulders as he looked at Paul with pity.

"These Gods, they were the ones that trapped you in the thing you so called a 'Wishing Well'?" Paul let the tip of his spear inch closer to the neck of the ethereal Djinn as he felt conflicted right now in his heart.

"Those guys? Heh, they can't touch my nails if they wished to. I was trapped by the wishing well because an old man of theirs got angry at me so I got sealed in the wishing well. Which you were able to receive in full boy, but that is not what you only want to ask is it?" the Djinn smiled mischievously as he looked at Paul.

Paul's frown deepened as he looked at the being that seemed to have surrendered but there was no fear in its eyes.

"How? How were you able to bypass my senses? As you said your powers were spent granting my wishes but here you are still no fear in your eyes…" Paul tightened the hold on the energy spear and made it become much more deadly.

{It seems he is bound to you, the wishes were his means of escape so when you emerged he used the technicality that you were the last survivor. Whatever he did, it is deeply connected to you.} Uatu said as he made the space around the walls of reality much compact to prevent escape.

"Bingo! Hehehe, technically boy you are the survivor of your world and you won the prize. I took that chance to activate the protocols of the wishing well which siphoned my power away to grant your wish but also used the moment to attach myself to you. They won't find me as long as I am hidden within you, hehehe…." The Djinn chuckled as he imagined the face of the man who sealed him might have been fuming at his escape.

{Djinns were no entirely as they were, they were powerful beings before but were only made as such since they were sealed to be used as a fuel for artifacts like a wishing lamp. So who were you and why were you sealed? Because if you committed a crime that led a being beyond there to chase you here then I might have to alert 'Him' to erase you right this instance.} Uatu's eyes sharpened as he looked at the being that was laughing.

The Djinn's laugh abruptly paused as he thought about the creator of this Universe then shook his head as he displayed schadenfreude on his face.

"Hehehe, even that old man who sealed me wouldn't dare step into this forbidden zone. Why else would I drag this kid here to this place? That old fart might have been a God of his own Multiverse he created but he is not yet on the level to handle an infinite number of them. He is nowhere near the person who created this place, who created all of you." The Djinn smiled contentedly as he thought he was safe from the chase of his enemies but he was suddenly slapped by Paul.

"You still haven't answered me." Paul's power was rapidly growing as he looked in anger at the Djinn on front of him who was stunned at his strike.

"You want to know? I am still not able to fully impart the wish the 'Wishing Well' granted kid. The demand is too high and you cannot take it all in one gulp, there is still an ocean for you to swallow but it seems a stream is already flowing inside of you." The Djinn looked at Paul seemingly unfazed by the strike given to him.

"But the Well is using my powers to slowly grant the wish you asked for, I was only able to bend the rules a bit for the well to allow me to attach to you. But whatever you wished for is not my fault, I don't even know what it is you asked for." Djinn looked seriously at Paul as he could see the slow transfer of powers was slowly getting traction.

"Yet even then I want to live, so I had to do what I did to gain something back to ensure even when my initial powers are gone I can still live. So I hijacked your clone to get me my essential energies to power myself up!" the Dkinn then showed a lascivious smile only to get a kick and a punch to his face.

Paul and Uatu felt something creep in their spine seeing that ugly expression.

{Your energies, they are Sin are they not? What did you do to earn the Ire of a powerful being as you have said so?} Uatu conjured a towel and wiped his fist as he still felt icky punching that face.

Paul nodded at Uatu's words as he burned his shoes while changing into another pair.

"Tsk! You assholes, but to answer your questions I did nothing much. Like big blue head here said I operate on Sin, mostly the Sin of Lust. So I did what I had to do kid, sure I get some energies after your sessions with your girls…oooFF!!" the Djinn stopped as Paul punched him in his groins.

"Monkey Steals Peach!" Paul shouted the move as he looked a bit pissed knowing someone was watching his activities in private.

"THaatT HuurtssSSS… and I can't watch because I…SssSS… did not have energy that time…. Ahhh…. I was only able to move after you did some few days with them… ohhhh, shit where did you learn such a forbidden move?!" the Djinn crouched in the ground as he looked like he was really in pain this time.

{Horrendous…} Uatu commented as he felt a phantom pain seeing the Djinn crouching in pain.

"…the reason I was sealed was because…ahhhh, shit still hurts… because I peeked at that old fart's wife while she was bathing…" the Djinn eked out an answer as he got back on his knees slowly.

"…"

{…}

Uatu and Paul was silent as they heard the reason, they thought it was understandable since this Djinn somehow is powered by Lust but it is hard to imagine powerful beings like these still trying to peek on women while they bathe.

"Trash.."

{Pitiful…}

A being driven by lust still trying to peek was pathetic in their eyes as they looked at the kneeling Djinn who was hit by the judgmental eyes of the two.

"Hey, don't look down on me like that. In my prime I used to make things like that big blob you fought as ping pong balls to play with. I had several universes in my hand empowering me with the energy needed, though they are a bit lost in the beyond but I'll find them again and regain my powers. This time I will not fail!" The Djinn's eyes were resolute as he swore on something but Paul and Uatu remembered the guy trying to peek the wife of the powerful being.

'Is he trying to Peek again?' that was what's inside the minds of Paul and Uatu.

"You think I'll let you be when you pulled a stunt like that on my watch? I might be selling 'Corn' but I still had the draw the line in sleeping with my 'employees'!!" Paul said with all self-righteousness but Uatu was also looking at him with judging eyes.

But the Blue man just shook his head and looked at the Djinn and then at Paul.

{So, what are you going to do with him?} Uatu asked as he seemed to not want this blue being to wander around without supervision.

"Hmm…" Paul looked pensive as he watched the Djinn sweat a little. He felt it was good that he found this problem while it was early, he could not think how much trouble he'll have if this guys is left alone.

Sure he was a powerful figure but right now he is nothing more but a dried husk of his former self.

Yet who could imagine if Paul did not find him early enough and was able to gather enough energy under his nose.

Would he have tried to get his past powers back from him?

Or would he just leave without a word, but Paul does not want to risk that since it is better for him to have this guy in close watch.

Such a being might be powerless now but if given a chance them it might bite back at him.

He also cannot kill this guy since somehow he is still connected to him, this guy earlier said that it was his powers that was being used to make him stronger and slowly fulfill the directives of the wishing well.

So he does not know if he might stop gaining power if he kills this being, not when he learned that there might be the culprits of the destruction of his home out there.

Sure he could destroy universes already if he fights in full power now but if the Djinn's words are true then these Gods were numerous.

And there was this older one who owns a multiverse of their own as well.

So he'll need very power he might get to even survive if the day comes he'll have to face these beings.

Paul then looked at Uatu at his side and asked. "You don't happen to know of an abandoned reality would you? One where nothing else exist and there is not one sight of light and life anywhere?" Paul's words made Uatu look at this new singularity that does not conform to the natural laws.

But strangely enough the creator had told him to watch over this man and to not let the others interfere as it might just be a boon for this Universe to let this guy be.

{I know a place…}

[Present]

Paul was again back in the Baxter Building face to face with the confused Fantastic Four.

"Anyways, this alien problem is for you to solve for now doctor. Meanwhile we will tackle this problem of ours but maybe someday soon you'll be able to take part in it. But before we leave, go to this place with only you and nobody else, better if you can go now." Paul then vanished along with Phastos and Gilgamesh leaving the Fantastic Four to digest the enormous amount of info they just learned.

"…"

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"…"

"Reed, make a spaceship now. I want to get a space girlfriend." Johnny said as he seemed excited about his prospect.

(A/N: Sorry if the updates are going to slow down but I'll try to write as much as I could during my free time. Life's been a bit hard but I'll manage, anyways here's a new chapter with 5k+ words which might have some grammatical errors here and there but pardon the mistakes. I just hope it is coherent enough to be understood.

Like I said in the past chapters, I've sobered up a bit making me think about the direction where the MC should go and this chapter is going to show a rough place where this might end up.

But since I reread I found myself with quite a few restrictions since I made my MC able to travel anywhere but only randomly and mostly at variant worlds of movies and other fictional worlds.

Be that as it may, I want to at least show a modicum of character development for the MC which I am working on right now. First thought that it should have been a world hopping adventure but I felt it would be better if it was here on the Marvel Universe. Just need to find the storyline that would be able to push the MC forward so this means more research on the net.

Updates will be erratic as always but I'll try my best to deliver. Hope you enjoy this chapter...)