CHAPTER 57

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Free from the feeble restraints that once hold us, I smiled as I walked up to Yon-Rogg with a rather condescending look as he stood up from the ground. "Well, I think it's safe to assume Carol broke free from your Skynet wannabe."

Yon-Rogg hissed, baring his teeth at me like an animal in dismay.

"Is that all? A hiss, frankly I expected something more eloquent as your last words." I chuckled, punching the Kree general on the face with enough strength to send him flying across the room. "Though I suppose a hiss has its charm." I added.

"I will kill you, and then Vers." Yon-Rogg growled, standing up from the ground as he did so.

"Good luck with that." I said, cracking my knuckles.

"I need no such thing." Yon-Rogg smiled, aiming his arms at me, and it wasn't after a second after that I realized what he was doing. "Die." With that said, Yon-Rogg used his gravity gauntlets to blast me into the wall with moderate strength.

However, the attack did way, and I mean way less than he expected, for I simply stood up, brushing my clothes. "You know. I've been wanting to try my armor for a while, wanna be test subject one?"

Angered by my attitude, Yon-Rogg took a blaster from one of the few men he still had alive and started to shoot at me.

"Want me to kill him?" Bucky asked as he snapped the neck of a Kree with shocking ease.

"Nah, I got it." I smiled, equipping my armor as I did, it was time to test my masterpiece. "Ok, now, go ahead and attack me as much as you can." I said, armor on, ready to experiment.

However, before I could even get hit by the Kree general, a violent roar was heard at the distance, the sound slowly approaching with each passing second, making the intensity of the roar grow exponentially. "Yon-Rogg!!!"

"I guess I won't get to test my armor." I sighed in disappointment, as Carol blasted through the walls like the Kool-Aid man, coming into view.

"I am free Yon-Rogg." Carol grinned, glaring at her former mentor with pure unadulterated anger. [Carol Denvers- Captain Marvel LV 270]

Level 270, that was quite a jump on power, though I expected her to be stronger, perhaps with time her level would increase.

"So, you got this?" I asked Carol.

"Nice armor." Carol complimented.

"I know." Of course it was a good set of armor, I made it! "Well if you are gonna kill him, then I'm off."

"Evacuate everyone." Carol said, turning to look at Yon-Rogg.

"You heard the lady, let's go." Fury agreed.

Not gonna lie, I was a bit disappointed I didn't get to test my armor and such, but all and all, the Kree were cannon fodder for me, all I was doing here was buying Carol time to deal with Windows XP to unlock her powers.

Now that my mission is complete. I had no real reason to care for the Kree.

"Fine by me." I nodded, opening a portal for everyone.

"I am too human for this shit." Fury sighed, as he watched the Skrull walk through the portal. "Even your fucking cat is better equipped to deal with shit like this."

"To be fair, he is an alien cat." I chuckled.

"I'm a human, and you don't see complaining." Bucky said, with just the hint of a smile.

"Same here." I nodded.

"Hell nah, you are a fucking super cyborg." Fury pointed at Bucky, then he turned to me. "And you, I don't even fucking know what you are, a magical mutant that pulls powers from his ass when the time calls for me, or something."

"But we're still human." Bucky grinned.

"I hate you both." Fury sighed, rubbing his temples.

"We love you too buddy." I chuckled.

"That we sound like a lot of people." Bucky said with a snort.

"So, you think she will win?" Fury said, pointing at Carol, who was now currently beating the ever living shit of Yon-Rogg. "Forget I asked. I almost pity the bitch, but my pity lake is pretty much empty, so…"

"Are we missing anyone?" Talos asked, being the last Skrull still in the ship.

Checking my minimap, I confirmed he was the last one and pushed him Spartan style. "So… ready to go back to earth?"

"Yes." Fury nodded. "By the way, since when do you have an armor suit?"

"Since a few months ago." I replied.

"Looks sturdy." Fury tapped the armor, narrowing his eyes at me. "Too sturdy…" his eyes narrowed even more. "On a scale of one to ten, how illegal is this?"

"Zero." I replied with a smile.

"A twelve it is then." Fury sighed. "You are a pain in my ass!" With that said, Fury walked through the portal, followed by Bucky and then me.

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[Two hours later]

Two hours after leaving Captain Marvel on the Kree ship, she arrived at earth with two things at hand, one a ship and two a cocky smile.

"The Kree won't bother anyone anymore." Carol stated, hovering above the ground.

As for us. Well, as soon as we got back to earth I started a barbecue, inviting the Skrull, Maria, Fury, Erik, Bucky and the Ancient One.

"Dad, who's the shining lady?" Emily pointed at Carol as I flipped a burger.

"I don't know." I shrugged.

"You know I can hear you, right?" Carol said.

"Oh Carol, sorry. I didn't see you there." I waved at her with a smile.

"So, while I fought to the death… against an army. You guys started a barbecue." Carol asked, her eyebrow raising as she looked around.

"That would be an accurate assessment." The Ancient One nodded.

"I could've died." Unlikely.

"He was ready for that outcome." Erik grinned, levitating the black flags I had under my truck.

"Who are you two anyway?" Carol asked with a chuckle.

"I'm Erik, a friend of Alex." Erik replied, going back to his station. The beer tossing station.

"I'm the Ancient One." The Ancient One replied.

"And that is supposed to answer my question." Carol pressed.

"Not really, but it is all I am willing to share." The Ancient One smiled ever so lightly.

"Fine by me, anyway. This is for you." Carol sighed, tossing the ship in front of my grill.

"You almost ruined my burgers." Nothing gets between a man and his meat.

"Sorry, but I thought you would want the ship, as Fury said you were interested in space and such. So here you are." So that's how I got my ship reward, odd but I'll take it. "Now, for the other matter at hand, I need the core." I knew this time would come, just not this sooner.

"Yeah, no." I replied, flipping my burgers.

"I wasn't asking." Oh shit, here we go again.