CHAPTER 90

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Back at the lab after eating a big ass lunch that included, but was not limited to three house specials, pork, and Teriyaki chicken, I resumed my work, now with newfound energy.

There was no time to waste, I was so close, so close to completing my project, that I just couldn't rest. 

"Can you pass me that box?" I asked Bucky, who passed me the box with parts as I levitated the Chamber above me to work under it.

"Telekinesis, such a useful power," Bucky acknowledged as I moved things around me with my mind.

"It is," It was, especially with projects like this.

"So how we doing?" Bucky asked.

"Almost done," I replied, connecting a few cables under the chamber, "It should technically work after this," I added, putting the chamber on the floor, so far, everything looked like it had during Steve's transformation, maybe a bit brighter if anything.

"So now what?" Bucky asked, approaching the chamber with a curious look.

"Now we check if everything is functional," I replied, signaling him to get back as I turned the machine on, checking all the readings I was getting from it, and so far, everything was up to standard. "I think that's it," I grinned with excitement.

Finally, the moment to test my project was here.

"What do I need to know?" Bucky asked, knowing what came next.

"Not much," I replied, "I wired the entire chamber to work with two buttons, one to turn the machine on, and the other to start the process," as to avoid confusion.

"And the buttons are?" Bucky asked, pointing at the control panel, "They all look the same, which is which?"

I hummed, apparently, I had forgotten to color code the buttons, "Give me a sec," I said, taking a piece of tape, "the one with tape is the first one,"

"Ok," Bucky chuckled.

"Now, all I knew to do is get the super-soldier serum," I nodded, going to where I had stacked the serum I had made.

"This will hurt," Bucky stated.

"I know," I nodded, putting the serum where it was supposed to go.

"Are you ready?" Bucky asked as I finished checking everything up.

"Yes," I nodded, triple-checking everything.

"Then let's do this," Bucky replied.

"Let's," I nodded, taking my shirt and pants off before getting inside the Vita radiation chamber, as to have no resistance for the injections of the serum.

"Ready?" Bucky asked once again, closing the chamber.

"Yep," I replied, feeling a bit claustrophobic, huh, you find new things about yourself every day. 

Bucky nodded, walking to the control panel, "Here we go," he sighed, pressing the first button, which initiated the process.

At this, the serum was forced into my body in a rather painful way, which was to say something, I mean, with the amount of pain tolerance I had, it was surprising I was feeling pain, a lot of it.

[SUPER SOLDIER SERUM - REBIRTH 1%]

It was like someone was grabbing my muscles, and tearing them apart with unyielding rage.

[SUPER SOLDIER SERUM - REBIRTH 2%]

It didn't get better, how can people pay for this?

[SUPER SOLDIER SERUM - REBIRTH 5%]

"Press, the second button!" I hissed, this shit was only getting more and more painful as the seconds went by, how the fuck did Steve didn't die with this shit was beyond me.

[SUPER SOLDIER SERUM - REBIRTH 10%]

I needed to find a way to reduce the pain, for me it didn't matter, but if I was ever to give this to Emily, and Nat, I needed to ease this part, or I would not go through with it.

[SUPER SOLDIER SERUM - REBIRTH 17%]

Maybe, I can modify the formula, or perhaps the pain came from the sudden change of muscle mass, I had to research about it.

[SUPER SOLDIER SERUM - REBIRTH 23%]

"I told you it would hurt," Bucky said, I could almost taste the I told you so.

"Eat a dick," I hissed with a chuckle.

[SUPER SOLDIER SERUM - REBIRTH 25%]

Each passing second.

[SUPER SOLDIER SERUM - REBIRTH 27%]

Was excruciating.

[SUPER SOLDIER SERUM - REBIRTH 41%]

Utter pain, as I felt my body gain strength too fast for it to process accordingly.

[SUPER SOLDIER SERUM - REBIRTH 55%]

I now understood the saying that said, there is no gain, without pain.

[SUPER SOLDIER SERUM - REBIRTH 67%]

I had to admit, I had a newfound respect for Steve, a scrawny kid from Brooklyn, taking all of this.

[SUPER SOLDIER SERUM - REBIRTH 71%]

Almost there… so much pain, but almost there. It's almost as bad as Hydra's torture, how ironic.

[SUPER SOLDIER SERUM - REBIRTH 100%]

Finally.

[SUPER SOLDIER SERUM - REBIRTH PROCESS COMPLETED!]

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I took a moment to breathe, as I slowly walked out of the chamber, noticing the changes, I was bulkier now, noticeably so, kinda like Captain America, but bigger, but I didn't care about muscles, those were for show, no, what I wanted was to see my stats.

[STATS

Name = Alex Walker

Title = The Gamer

Occupation = Scientist.

Level = 163

EXP = 3945008/39451230

HP = 812.500/812.500

MP = 785.000/785.000

STR = 890 >> 1690 (+1098.5) = 2788

VIT = 825 >> 1625

DEF = 750 >> 1550

DEX= 789 >> 1589

INT = 770 >> 1570

CHA = 351

WIS = 500

WILL = 472 >> 1272

PER = 465 >> 1265

LUK = 369

STAT POINTS = 250

MONEY: 12.548.142.752$

]

Holy fuck.

The changes were unreal, I… holy fuck.

"Are you okay?" Bucky asked with a concerned tone.

"I am," I nodded, "More than okay," I added with a smile, "I feel awesome,"

"I wonder what are you now," Bucky muttered.

"What?" I asked with a curious look.

"Before this, you were physically almost as strong as me," Bucky chuckled, "Meaning you were in super soldier level already, so what does this make you? Ultra soldier?"

Well, that was a good question. "I don't know, but I certainly am stronger, by a lot…" I smiled, putting my hand on his metal shoulder.

"You should probably avoid physical contact with the girls until you reign your newfound power," Bucky stated, pointing at his shoulder. The metal had twisted under my grasp, holy fuck.

"That was pure titanium," Bucky added.

"I see your point," I nodded, if I had done that with a simple friendly grasp, a hug… he was right, I needed some control training.