Chapter 97 Party crashers
POV Max Draco
Location: Stane Estate
'Tron im so bored right now," I thought as I sat at a table by myself and watched the 'party' unfold in front of me.
[It hasn't even been 10 minutes since you got here]
'I know but it feels like it's been hours,' I leaned in my chair as I ate a grilled salmon.
[You haven't even tried talking to anyone]
'Yes, I have,' I thought.
[Glaring at people who try to talk to you isn't trying]
'Hey when someone here talks about anything other than money, politics, or gossip then I'll try to remember their name,' I said only to notice a familiar girl approaching.
Thea: "Is this seat taken," she asked and I gestured for her to sit "Thanks been here less than 10 minutes and I'm running out of reasons to be here," she said and I nodded my head.
"I'm wondering why I came here at all," I said getting a smile from her Thea Queen the sister of Oliver Queen the green arrow himself and his future sidekick.
Using [observation] I saw she had yet to become a vigilante
Thea: "I guess I should introduce myself Thea Queen," she said reaching out a hand and I took it.
"Max Draco," I said shaking her hand and her eyes widened.
"You're the kid who got saved by Zilla," she said a little too loud as some people turned to look at us and she quickly sat back down "What was it like how big was he-," she began to question me.
Warren: "Thea I think you're getting a bit too excited," turning to the new voice I saw Warren Worthington or The Angel standing in front of us and I quickly used [Observation].
<Name- Warren Kenneth Worthington III>
<Title- The caged angel, ????>
<Lv- 11>
[Stats]
Str- 80
Dex- 75
Int- 67
Energy- None
[Skills]
•Wings- "You have found your wings"
(passive)
-User can fly from the wings.
Thea: "Warren it's been forever how have you been," she asked and he sat down next to her "Max this is Warren Kenneth Worthington III," she said and I shook his hand.
Warren: "And your Max Draco but enough introduction I assume you don't mind talking about your experience with Zilla," he asked and I shrugged and told them the story.
I told them the story and got to know the two as I answered some questions as well it was an interesting conversation until I felt the familiar sense of a psyche probe.
Unfortunately, unlike most times where I just let the probe wash over me like a stone in a river, I instinctually lashed out throwing off the probe a second after it touched my mind.
Only to then feel the three gazes of the Frost sister lock onto me a second later completely ignoring the group of rich boys surrounding them oblivious to them being ignored.
'Shit didn't mean to do that,' I thought as I continually tried to continue the conversation.
Only to stop mid-sentence when I felt all three try and enter my mind and I couldn't hold down a *Growl* as I lashed out like a viper at them.
Thea: "Are you ok?" she asked and I nodded my head smiling sheepishly.
"Yeah just a bit of a headache I'll be fine," I said fighting off another probing I was very close to just walking over and butchering the three.
Unlike Jean who gave up on trying to enter my mind after one go, these three would back off only to come back like a wave.
Whitney: "We'll I'm sorry to hear that Max Draco do you need anything," a new voice asked, and turning around I saw the hostess herself Whitney Stane.
She was about my age with blond hair that reached past her shoulders and pale blue eyes she wore a pink dress that almost touched the ground.
"Nothing especially from a hostess who's already provided so much for her guests," I said taking her hand just in time for another probing.
'Ok, that's it!' I thought excusing myself politely I got up and made toward the three sisters who upon noticing my approach didn't look away.
The three Frost sisters had sat themselves in a gazebo and surrounded themselves with boys and a few servants to fawn over them as I approached I tried to move past the group.
But to my surprise, the group of boys did get in my way and I was reminded of the anime trope of girls having fan clubs.
"𝙈𝙊𝙑𝙀," I said my aura projecting out causing all the boys to suddenly get a clue and flee leaving me alone with the three frost sisters.
Esme: "Max Draco to what do we owe the pleasure," she asked and I simply glared at them my Aura not seeming to affect them.
"I'm only going to say this once 𝙂𝙚𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙," I said each word brimming with frustration but each kept a half-amused smile that I found infuriating.
Sophie: "oh whatever do you mean it's not our fault you find yourself charmed by our beauty," she said each relaxed and I felt the mental probe again this time lashing out.
The three looked at me with surprise as my aura flared up and to protect themselves put up mental barriers blood dripped from their noses as my aura pressed down on them.
The three tensed as they tried to push against me but I simply slowly unleashed more causing the three to sweat as they tried to defend themselves.
Celeste: "What. . .is. . .this," she said only for her defenses to finally crumble and she fell unconscious and laid back in her seat.
Sophie: "Wait will st-," a second later her mental warrior scattered leaving her bowing as her sister fought on.
Esme: "Alright well stop," she said but I just doubled my aura causing her warrior to shatter leaving her and her sister bowing.
For a few more seconds I let them stay like that before pacifying my aura letting them sit up a moment later the unconscious one awake suddenly.
"Now you're going to answer some of my questions if you don't ill make you all unconscious if you lie or I simply don't believe or like what you say I will make you beg for death," I said leaning back in my chair the three glanced at each other.
Esme: "What do you want to know?" she asked.
POV 3rd person
Location: Monarch Outpost 15
???: "You'd think watching over a 700-foot-long snake would be more interesting," said a man in a lab coat sipping a coffee.
???: "Actually Titanus Ophiophagus is 656 feet long," the person next to him said as he watched the instruments in front of him.
???: "What made you think keeping a Giant snake cold would be interesting," said a woman leaning back in her seat, and the first man shrugs.
???: "I thought containing a Titan would be more interesting than watching beakers but I guess I was wrong," he said and after a few minutes the door to the room slams open
???: "Wha-*Bang**Bang**Bang*
???: "Control room clear continuing the operation," said a man wearing military black gear as three more behind him walk into the room closing the door.
???: "Alright this will only take a moment," one said as he pushes the dead body out of the chair.
Across the outpost to most, today is like every day until the alarms begin to blare across the outpost that stops everyone in their tracks.
~Alert Temperature is rising in Titanus Ophiophagus containment Alert possible containment breach imminent~
POV Nick Fury
Location: S.H.E.I.L.D Hq
*Bam* "What do you mean you've lost contact!" I yelled blaming my fist on the table.
Serizawa: "We just got the alert a few minutes ago and have just lost contact with outpost 15 a few moments before contacting you was successful
"We need to contact the prime minister of Japan and begin an investigation," I said, and Serizawa nodded.
Serizawa: "I will have my team deployed as fast as possible," he said and I nodded my head when I got a message.
Draco: 'Here's your information you can talk to my board of directors to iron out the details of our deal' (File attached)
POV Max Draco
Putting away my phone I try to enjoy the party having got my information from the Cuckoos I sat back down with Warren and Thea.
Warren: "So what did you need from the Frost sisters," he asked as I sat down and I shrugged.
"Just wanted to introduce myself nothing more anything happen while I was gone?" I asked.
Thea: "I wish the most interesting thing that's happened was a waiter dropping our food and drink," she said and we had a good laugh.
And just in time as a server comes to the table and drops off Warren and Thea's food as he does I notice something about the man and used [observation] and my eyes widened at the info.
<Name- Alexander Popov>
<Title- Hired Gun>
<Lv- 10>
[Stats]
Str- 25
Dex- 25
Int- 50
Energy- None
Alexander: "Is there something wrong sir?" he asked and I shook my head and the hired gun left.
Thea: "You ok Max you look like you saw a ghost," she said and I shrugged while looking around at all the servants using [Observation].
"I'm fine just wondering if I'm going to eat anything else," I said looking around I saw that most of the servants were mercenaries when a mission popped up.
[Misson: Party crashes]
•Defeat the mercenaries from completing their mission.
[Bonus]
•No guests killed.
•Defeat the mercenaries as a monster.
'hmm this could be fun,' I thought to myself as I formulated a plan and excused myself to the bathroom.
Going inside and locking the door behind me I immediately created a duplicate of myself.
Clone: "So what monster are we thinking?" it said and I shook my head.
"I'll be deciding that you have a party to get back to," I said throwing my clothes at the duplicate who caught it and frowned and grumbled as he put on my clothes and left.
"Now what to choose what haven't I used in a while," I said to myself going down my increasingly long list of transformations.
*Bang* *Bang* *Bang*
"And it sounds like I'm out of time," I said as I transformed into [Black Light Virus], and in an instant, I changed my appearance to that of Alex Mercer and I smiled at my work when someone began *banging* on the door and my eyes glowed red.
POV Alexander Popov
"We know your in there so no point in hiding," I yelled but after a moment got no response.
???: "Are you sure someone in there could have been your imagination," he said and I shook my head.
"No I definitely heard someone talking in there," I said backing up to break down the door when someone put a hand on my shoulder stopping me.
???: "Watch and learn," he said pointing a shotgun at the door handle and was about to pull the trigger.
*Crash* the door burst into splinters as a man wearing busted through it coming from the inside catching us by surprise.
???: "What the-," *SNIKT!* the man's hands and arms extended turning into a black fleshy arm that ended with a large hand with each finger a blade that now was wrapped around my partner's head.
I tried to bring up my gun but I looked down only to see my and my partner's gun both cut into pieces on the ground.
"Wha-" I began but the man silenced me as his free hand morphed into a whip or identical that wrapped around my throat.
???: "Please ill tell you everything I know ju-," my partner began to say when *CRACK* his skull was suddenly crushed in this man's hand.
But it didn't stop there as my partner's body began to get entangled in red tentacles that dragged his body into the man and in just a few moments his body was gone.
???: "So your not just robbers and thugs you are after the girl and hired by her daddy no less," he said the identical around my throat tightening making it almost impossible to breathe.
"Wha-wha. . .rrre. . .u," I said search word coming out more as a sound but the man cocjed his head to the side.
"What am I well that's simple," he said lifting me and brought me in close, and as my vision turned black I heard him say.
"I̶̼͐ ̵̳͊a̷̰̋m̵̬͑ ̴̼̈t̷̯͂h̶̡̐e̷͉͘ ̸̨̒v̷̻̌i̵̼͌r̵̛̻u̸̙͒s̷͇͊ ̵͙͠t̶̖̽h̵͉̿a̴̗̋t̷̼̊ ̸͍̿c̶̛̻ả̴̧n̸̨͊ ̶̙̔c̵̭̈́u̵̦͘r̶̬͛e̷̫͊ ̶̨̏h̶̘͝ǔ̵͕m̸̦̽a̷̧͑n̵̜͋i̶̢̇t̷̨̀y̴͍̕.̷̩̀"