Chapter 28

"I would prefer if we could find a less… brutal solution as at the end of the day my lord's orders are absolute, they will be carried out. So it all comes down to you. Either we use the easier way and that is you name a price that is reasonable or ... Kekekeke, The other way." Demiurge said with his usual creepy smile while intensely observing the mad scientist.

"Ahem, Well first of all I am glad to be talking to a polite ... Demon like you. As you already know my name is Dr. Nathaniel Essex but you could call me Dr.Sinister. And as for my options, I would humbly and politely choose the first option. Mr.?..." Even though his state is miserable, Sinister manages to show a polite smile but his eyes though showed a calculated intense gaze that he threw at the demon in front of him.

"...Demiurge, You could call me Demiurge." The demon gave the same gaze to his opponent resulting in making the room tenser, Even a normal person would notice it. Two ruthless genius schemers on an unseen war with each other. (Game of Thrones vibes)

"...So, About the deal, what I want is truly simple. Simpler than you think." Sinister said with the same polite tone as he knows he's at a disadvantage. Then added but this time with a cold gaze "I want someone or something if you will, dead. Of course, not now as he's in slumber but after he wakes up."

"Hmmm, Seems simple enough and this 'Something's' name is?..." Demiurge said with questioning and at the same time approving tone.

"His name is ... Apocalypse" Sinister replied.

~~Scene Change~~

'I would have killed him anyway." Ashborn thought to himself. Then not listening any further he teleported from his position to who knows where.

~~Five years later~~(1995)

On a relatively small farm, you could find a small ordinary two-story house, and outside that house, you could see 3 figures. A little girl, a dark-skinned woman who seems to be her mother and the third one is the most flashy of the three as she was wearing a costume with a star on it, that she seems to be glowing. Anyone who would've seen her would think that she's some kind of a superhero. (She is)

"... I hope we meet again." The flashy woman said before flying to space.

A few meters away from that from where she flew a figure came out of the shadows, who has just finished spyi*Ahem* Observing the whole events of the Captain Marvel movie and he seems under the orders of someone. Suddenly the figure vanished from his position to his shadow.

On top of the Blackheart Skyscraper, that same shadow soldier appears Infront of Ashborn to report his mission.

"My lord she's gone just as you predicted." Said the shadow soldier to his monarch.

"Hmm, Alright, you're dismissed. Now I have something to do." After saying that Ashborn teleported from his position then came back 20 seconds later but this time with a glowing blue cube in his hands, and yes it is the tesseract that has inside of it one of the infinity stones. He has just finished 'borrowing it forever' from the shield headquarters but not before leaving a duplicate in its place.

"Hmm, I could've done it earlier but meh, better late than never. Now, I should do it in another place." Saying that he disappeared from the planet earth and appeared on his second favorite planet and that is Orde.

Transforming to his other form which is a 7ft knight and crushing the cube in his hands, He placed the space stone in another hole beside the reality stone that he just made in his armor. A couple of seconds later the power of the stone started flowing through him, And while he was enjoying himself a familiar figure teleported beside him.

"Congratulations my lord for adding a new stone to your collection. If you had ordered us we would've searched the whole galaxy to find the other ones." Said Demiurge while adding even more ego to Ashborn.

"... Thank you Demiurge but as I said before, it's not the time yet. On another subject, you didn't come here to congratulate me, did you?" Ashborn said while looking at him.

"Unfortunately not my lord, as a new threat threatens the safety of our empire." The demon said hesitantly.

"Hmm? Who dares?" Ashborn said not truly paying attention.

"... The devourer of worlds, Galactus." He said, gaining Ashborn's full attention.