CHAPTER 53
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[Yon-Rogg POV]
Vers was not replying, and in her mind there were already doubts about our people. Doubts the Skrull had reawoken within her, with their mind probing machines, releasing dreams and memories into her head that should have never been released to begin with.
She was our greatest weapon, our nuclear deterrent, our key to conquest, and now she was in doubt.
Our mission was clear now. We needed to retrieve her from Earth, and connect her to the Supreme Intelligence for reconditioning.
Or kill her, both paths were okay. For if we couldn't have her, no one would.
"The Supreme Intelligence summons you."
I turned around to see a soldier standing at the door with the summons of our great leader. "Understood." I replied, for whatever the supreme intelligence wanted, I would provide.
Walking out of my station, on my way to the supreme intelligence, I started to contemplate about what path I would actually have to take, killing Vers would certainly prove to be difficult, and wasteful, but if it was what the Kree empire needed, then I would.
But, without her. We had no weapon against the Mad Titan. So and all and all, it was a complicated affair altogether.
Sighing, I opened the door to the Supreme Intelligence and connected myself to the matrix.
"Yon-Rogg…" The Supreme Intelligence said, appearing as the person I admired and loved the most, me. "You lost her."
"She will return, doubts she might have, but… I trust in our training. I trust she will believe us, over those inferior beings called humans." I replied, if not, she would die.
"Naive, as always, Yon-Rogg." The Supreme Intelligence sighed. "Humans are emotional beings, fragile creatures, weak… but is that weakness that will make her our enemy, she will believe, and she will come to us, as our enemy."
"Then, I will kill her." I declared, which made the Supreme Intelligence laugh.
"No, we need her alive, for now. We need to extract the source of her power, once that is done, once we successfully extract the core from her, then we will kill her." The Supreme Intelligence said.
"Understood." I nodded.
"Good, now go… and bring me the girl."
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[Carol Denvers POV]
Years living a lie, years serving what Alex described as an authoritarian regime whose sole objective was conquering the known universe, for years I thought I was fighting on the right side of this war, but in reality, I was nothing but a fool, being used by others.
"So, now what?" Fury inquired.
"I don't know." I replied, for I really didn't know what to do right now. Well, I did, but I just didn't want to say it out loud, not yet.
"So where is the guy that almost gave me a heart attack?" Maria asked, looking at Fury.
After showing me all the proof I needed to believe him, he teleported us to Maria's house, and left, no one knew where he was, or what he was doing, which had us on edge.
"Don't look at me, that guy is impossible to keep tabs on." Fury chuckled. "But wherever he is, he is planning something."
"How did he know about me though?" I asked, getting Fury's and Maria's attention. "I mean, I remember you Maria, I remember Mar Vell, but… him, I don't."
"I don't know him either." Maria added.
"I doubt you girls knew him." Fury replied. "He is a mystery, one that happens to work with us, but all I know about him, is at best on a surface level, he has no prints on this planet, no documents connected to him, what he has, what little paper trail he has, is because of me. But in truth, he is a ghost by human standards in terms of information."
"Maybe he's an alien?" I offered, I mean, humans didn't have power according to Kree files, then again, I had powers, so perhaps he was like me? An enhanced individual.
"Hmm, it is a possibility. But, I highly doubt that's the case." Fury replied, opening a can of pepsi from Maria's fridge.
"Well, as long as he's an ally, nothing to worry about right?" I chuckled.
"He is more than an ally, he is earth's mightiest hero but that's just my opinion." Fury chuckled.
Before I could ask Fury to elaborate on that, the bell on Maria's house rang.
"Get ready." I said, ready to break some bones if need be.
"Calm down, lantern girl." Fury chuckled, seeing my fist glow. "I know who's outside." At this he opened the door, letting in a man with a metal arm come inside.
"Alex told me you guys needed my help." The unknown man said, looking at everyone around the house, with a look I was all too familiar with, a look soldiers, trained soldiers had. He was assessing who was the biggest threat in the room, and he did so spectacularly, for his eyes eventually locked on me.
"I am your ally." I said with a smile, ready to fight if he was.
"Alex would beg to differ." The man replied with a cold tone.
"I suppose Alex has his reason, but for now, we are allies." Fury said with a smile. "So for now, don't start anything. James."
"I won't start anything." James replied, his eyes on me. "But if push comes to shove, I will finish things."
"Don't mind him, he's a little protective of Alex, and Emily." Fury chuckled.
"I owe him my life, it's the least I can do." James replied, without missing a beat.
"He saved mine as well, I think." I replied.
"Brainwash?" James inquired.
"Apparently." I nodded.
"I get the feeling then." James said, his tone getting colder.
"Adorable, but where the fuck is Alex?" Fury asked, getting everyone's attention.
"He said he had something to do, he didn't elaborate on what, and I didn't ask." James replied.
"Ok… I guess we wait then." Fury said.
"Is that a Hello Kitty sticker?" I snorted, pointing at James' metal arm.
"It is, any problem with that?" James challenged with a cold gaze.
"None." I replied, with a small chuckle.
"Emily did that to my gun last week." Fury chuckled. "All agents on district seven were laughing at my ass for it."