Chapter 2 Knowledge is Power
[NEW YORK TIMES]
[TONY STARK MISSING]
-BILLIONAIRE PRESUMED DEAD AFTER MISSLE ATTACK-
Tony Stark? What is this some sort of ad promotion? I tried to dismiss this but the more I read the more I began to realize things had just changed.
If this newspaper was legit and not some sort of movie campaign then things have just become a lot more dangerous on several levels. It would mean I was no longer in a somewhat peaceful world where we only had to deal with corrupt politicians and woke propaganda.
Instead I was in the Marvel Universe where a villain attack is just another Tuesday and a world ending threat is like a holiday. I could already imagine the multiple ways I could die by just being here.
Especially here in New York where the invasion happened!
"Why you making that face kid, just another rich guy ain't matter nothin to us common folk."
The man's words brought me out of my thoughts as I realized I had been standing in front of him for a while and should probably get on the move to find more information.
"Yea your right old timer just shocked a bit. Never expected to see someone like Stark die just like that"
"Aye I hear you on that one. It definitely did cause quite a stir a couple of days ago and even now it seems to be all everyone is talking about. I'm surprised you didn't know you must live under a rock or something." He said as he gave me a mocking grin in which I just laughed it off with him before handing him back his newspaper as I made my way out of the alley.
As I walked I thought back to the newspaper and the face of RDJ or should I say Iron Man.
If he's in this world then does that make this the cinematic universe? At least I hope so as things are not as crazy in the movies when compared with the comics.
What to do… I still need more information. That one news article was not enough. All it did was bring me more questions. Well if what I'm lacking in is knowledge then I should go somewhere with plenty of it. Knowledge is power afterall. Looks like I'm heading to the library.
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As luck would have it I seemed to already be near a library. Specifically the briarwood library in queens which wasn't hard to find after I asked a couple of strangers for directions.
Once Inside I quickly made my way to the receptionist where I had a library card made.
I had a lot of ground to cover from checking for information on mutants too corporations and scientists that may or may not exist in this version of the world. With such a wide range of books and articles to look for I ended up spending the next three hours in the library. Which thankfully proved more than fruitful as my understanding of the world grew.
The first things I had searched for was any information on mutants and the X-gene which proved to be quite difficult to find with only a few books mentioning them. Someone was clearly trying to suppress information on mutants to keep people mostly uninformed.
While they coincidentally left other types of information that painted them in a horrible light akin to monsters trying to push the rest of humanity to extinction. The only book I found that seemed to support mutant and human coexistence came from a very familiar name, Professor Charles Xavier.
Great that's one mind rapist confirmed who has no respect for mental boundaries. He's also a bit of a control freak even if he doesn't realize it, which paired with his powers isn't good.
Well that's one group confirmed and it's best to avoid them if I can. Their stories always involved genocide, time travel, and crazy experiments that could doom humanity. All things in which I want nothing to do with even if they have some of the best waifus like Storm, Jean, and Rogue.
After I finished reading my findings on mutants I transferred over my focus to companies. They always seemed to be the cause of mass destruction as well as being responsible for the creation of multiple villains and heroes.
Surprisingly they all seemed to exist in this world. Companies like Oscorp, Rand, Frost, Stark, Hammer, A.I.M, and many others. While looking through these companies I even came across a couple scientists like Doc Oc, Bruce Banner, Reed Richard, and Victor Von Doom.
Speaking of Reeds and Doom, after I found out about them I quickly made my way to the computer section and looked up some information on them. Where I learned that they had a planned space flight in 5 months. Practically confirming the creation of the fantastic four.
However, the most surprising thing was the images I found on the computer. Reed looked exactly the same as his movie counterpart and so did Charles Xavier and any other famous character I looked up.
This world wasn't just the MCU but every single marvel movie! From the Original fantastic four to even the Nicholas Cage Ghost rider movies.
If all these movies existed here then there was a high chance of the shows all being here as well. Making this world much larger and far more deadly.
Technically I should be safe if I just let the heroes handle all the problems but I for one hate the feeling of leaving my life in the hands of others. Who's to say that I'm truly safe? I don't even know how I got into this universe and I don't know what sort of beings may be aware of me.
For all I know I could be watched at this very moment by someone like the ancient one. Then there's also the problem of psychic's possibly seeing my memories.
Things are definitely not looking good but there is no use crying over it. I still have a chance and there are plenty of opportunities to get stronger. Who knows I might even have an X gene? This version of me isn't exactly the same as my original self so there is a chance.
Looking back at the computer screen I saw that it was already quite late and was most likely already beginning to get dark outside.
I should get home, I don't know these streets and I don't want to get into some sort of trouble on my first day here. Getting up I began to hear something like the sound of an old windows computer turning on.
[System Booting]