CHAPTER 25
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After settling in New York in my new cozy apartment, I decided to change a few things in my life for the sake of Emily, I had to be honest, I had been a pretty crappy dad with her, leaving her in places all in the sake of keeping her safe, but what good would that do if she wasn't happy, or rather if I wasn't there, I guess in a way my thirst for vengeance had consumed me more than I thought, if for a moment I thought eliminating Hydra was more important that her, I guess this entire Dark Phoenix scenario had really taught me something.
Seeing Charles and Jean struggle like they did really put things into perspective for me, I needed to be better, not only as a father, but as a warrior.
I knew this would be hard, and that I had much to learn, but I wanted to be part of her life, I wanted to see her grow, and not through the eyes of others.
Hydra would always be a threat, and even if I eliminated their bases, they would inevitably come back, for as long as a single soldier remained, the organization would come back, meaning my hunt would never end.
So with that in mind, I decided to hunt them down at a normal pace, giving Emily more of my time, doing normal stuff, like taking her to school, or buying her ice cream, stuff a dad is supposed to do.
"Can we go to the park?" Emily asked, and I nodded.
"Sure," I smiled, happy with my new resolution.
"Enjoying your dad duties huh?" That voice, Fury…
"Yes," I nodded.
"About Hydra…" Fury began, but I stopped him.
"I will hunt them down, but I need to prepare… think of them as a disease, I can't purge them off the earth as I am now, nor can you, but… we can prepare, grow…. And learn," I said, my eyes on Emily as we crossed the street to the park.
"And how do we do that?" Fury asked.
"By not rushing into things," I replied, "Look… we need more than us to eliminate Hydra, and by us I mean me, you are a normal human, smart, very good at spying, but normal at the end, Hydra is full of people like me,"
"So we need to find more mutants?" Fury sighed.
"Not really, just give me time to prepare, and I will eventually erase them, besides… we are already winning against them, I mean… we know they exist, which means... we know how to act now," I winked.
"I suppose that makes sense, but how the f…" Fury started stopping at the F… aka FUCK word, his eyes on Emily, "How the motherfudgering fudge we'll deal with them inside of shield."
"I will tell you a secret Fury, because I honestly like you," I chuckled, "I can see people's alliances with a simple glance, if you ever need someone to see if someone is working with Hydra, just… ask me, and I will tell you."
"That has to be the most useful power I have ever heard of," Fury whistled in appreciation, "I would kill for that."
"In the meantime, let's pretend we are ignorant and blind, I will play my role as Tom and you play yours as your run of the mill oblivious agent of shield, soon we will kill them right out of this world… soon…" I sighed.
"Well… you are the expert," Fury sighed.
"Can you push me on the swings?" Emily asked as soon as we reached the park.
"Yes," I nodded with a smile.
"Well… I will leave you to enjoy the pleasures of being a single dad, bye!" Fury waved at us as he left.
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Occupation = The Gamer
Level = 92
EXP = 38751/450428
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MP = 20050/20050
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DEF = 145
DEX= 195
INT = 205
CHA = 130
WIS = 172
WILL = 140
PER = 140
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STAT POINTS = 860
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Builds builds, so many options, and I still couldn't decide, I liked them all, but you know what they say… you either master a path, or master none. I guess if I had to pick a favorite, it would be the warrior path, being able to throw hands with the strongest beings in the universe, magic was good and all, but I had always liked the warrior route a bit more, I mean… in my case, I would still have magic, but it would not be my primary skill.
"Well… it's decided, beefy route, here I go!" I chuckled. Starting to spend my hard earned points.
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Occupation = The Gamer
Level = 92
EXP = 38751/450428
HP = 89800/89800
MP = 20050/20050
STR = 469
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DEF = 301
DEX= 321
INT = 205
CHA = 151
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WILL = 175
PER = 161
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STAT POINTS = 0
MONEY: 580074$]
Already from the get go I felt stronger, like I could break through a wall like it was made out of paper.
Now all I had to do was to get a few skills to go with this, mixing my style a little, maybe a sword, ohh and some armor… maybe a vibranium armor and an adamantium sword, "It's good to dream.." I chuckled, both of those things were extremely hard to find, one was created and the other was protected by Wakanda.
But… not all the Vibranium was in Wakanda… so I at least had a way to find some vibranium, through the sins of another man. "I guess I'm stealing from Ulysses Klaue…" but that for later, I have enough enemies as it is right now, and don't want to add others to the mix, at least not now.
"Can we watch a movie tonight?" Snapping me out of my train of thought, Emily came into the rescue. "I wanted to see Snow White," right, 1992.
"Sure sweety," I nodded.
"Yes!" Emily cheered running into the living room. It could be worse, it could be frozen, thank goodness Frozen still doesn't exist, if I hear…let it go one more time I will kill someone.