Alternate Story 4/One Future of Many

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March 24, 2035

Crystal Room

Hope Wayne had a proud smile on her face as she easily finished off the Ant-Man zombie.

"That was simple, I thought these things would be stronger" the redhead said.

"It's not dead, Hope" Elena Wayne said quietly with a frown.

"Ehhh, but I did reduce it to ashes..." Hope replied puzzled.

At that moment, as if the wind around them turned malicious, Ant-Man zombie's ashes rise up and head towards Hope, who is startled to see this almost supernatural action.

But before even a particle of those ashes makes contact with Hope's body, a barrier is created in front of her, blocking it.

Hope's tense face relaxes and with a small sigh, she says:

"Ufff, that was close, thank you very much sister"

Elena was the one who created that barrier.

"You're welcome, but next time be more careful" Elena replied as she locked all the Ant-Man ashes in a small psychic sphere.

"Yes, you are right sister, I was overconfident and I couldn't react in time" Hope said accepting her mistake.

"Well then, what do we do with this?" Elena asked as she carefully examined the ashes using her psychic powers.

Hope sits next to her sister without disturbing her as she does her work.

"This is fascinating" Elena muttered in surprise after examining the ashes.

"What's wrong sister, did you find something?" Hope asked curiously seeing her older sister surprised.

"Well, this thing is really amazing, even when it's destroyed to this level, I can still feel traces of psychic energy but that's not the most interesting thing, I also feel quantum energy that seems to be alive. Let me take a closer look and see how does it work" Elena answered as she continued examining Ant-Man's ashes.

"What are you two doing, why are you making such a fuss in this place? The others are a bit upset" a slightly puzzled voice asked.

Hope looks at the one who spoke and sees a very beautiful blonde haired young woman who is wearing a black suit.

This young woman is Luna Wayne, Alex's daughter with Crystalia.

"Ohh, Luna, I'm sorry if we bothered you, but an intruder wanted to cause problems" Hope greeted her as she told her the cause of the scandal.

"I see, that's why it seemed strange to me that you used your flames in this place... and then, where is the intruder?" as Luna nodded, she asked a little curiously.

"Well, it's this thing right here" Hope answered as she points to the psychic sphere in Elena's hand, who was still examining it ignoring her two sisters.

Luna looks at the psychic sphere and realizes that inside it there is what appears to be ashes.

"You sure overdid it Hope, you couldn't just leave something" Luna said looking strangely at her sister Hope, since she knew that she was to blame for those ashes.

Hope feels a little embarrassed to hear her sister's words and says:

"Hey, don't blame me, that thing wanted to eat me, so I taught it a lesson"

Elena, who had been quietly examining the ashes, says to Luna without looking at her:

"Don't blame her Luna, besides this thing is still alive and it's very dangerous for people. Well, but for us since this won't affect us"

Hope's ears perk up and looking at her sister Elena, she asks:

"Have you found out how it works, sister?

Luna also looks at her curiously to hear her answer.

Nodding her head, Elena answers:

"Yeah, its operation is very interesting. It is a form of quantum radiation that works as a kind of «virus» that when in contact with an intelligent being and with energy, turns it into a kind of zombie that not only eats fresh meat to feed itself, but also the energy of living beings, which is why it is more attracted to heroes than normal people. Also, it is very difficult to control the hunger once converted, I think they suffer from a kind of addiction to feeding, and if they do not do it, they will act irrationally"

Luna and Hope are surprised by the information and look strangely at their sister.

"How did you discover that from those ashes?" Hope asked a little confused.

Elena rolls her eyes a little exasperated at the dubious look her little sisters are giving her.

"You brats, don't you trust my words?" Elena asked them while she frowned not very satisfied with the attitude of her sisters.

Luna and Hope look at each other realizing that they had upset their sister a little.

"I'm sorry sister, but your words were too wise to understand and we just want you to simplify it" Luna said trying to act cute.

Hope is not far behind and looks at her older sister, putting on a sad expression.

Elena just sighs a little and decides to drop the subject since she can't get too angry with her sisters.

"I have analyzed Ant-Man's memories of the remaining psychic residue, but first I had to separate the quantum energy residue that surrounded them, that way I was able to draw a conclusion about this «virus»" Elena explained calmly to her sisters, who nodded quickly in understanding.

"You're amazing sister, you can already manipulate quantum energies with such ease" Luna said with a look full of admiration.

"So what do we do now, do we tell our father?" Hope asked as she looked at her sister Elena waiting for her opinion.

"We will inform him, after all those things will come here sooner or later if we don't do something and I don't want them to touch the place where our mothers sleep" Elena answered while looking at her other siblings in the center of the room.

Luna and Hope nodded and agreed with their older sister's words.

Thus, the three went to see their father.