FAKE DATA & THREAT AROUND WANDA

[Peter's first person POV] [A few hrs later] [Baxter Building]

After that mess, the workers cleared up the floor, and construction work began to repair the broken walls, floors, and windows. The Thing was busy dealing with the hacked robots on the ground floor. That girl did think through everything. She first hacked the ground floor's security then went up to hack the robotics department. She sabotaged the entire security system of six floors. It will keep everyone busy for some time. That fucker Reed did such a shitty job making the security system. And people call him the most intelligent human on Earth.

The injured and unconscious were taken to the hospital for treatment. The other floors are under shutdown for now.

I sat on the couch and a large yawn left my mouth as I stretched my limbs. Sue and Ben were looking at the footage of Black Cat that I recorded using my suit's camera.

"Damn! It's Black Cat!" Ben said as he punched his rocky hands together, feeling annoyed and worried at the same time. "A woman like her has no problem getting under a man's skin." He glanced toward me.

He's kinda mad at me for letting Black Cat go and stopping them from pursuing her. Catching her now would be pointless. They will interrogate her and she won't open her mouth, they might torture her, which won't bear any fruit, and then as always, she'll escape. I want to catch the one who hired her in the first place to steal whatever data she stole. With my magic tracker on her, I'll be able to track her down with no effort.

Sue glared at me from her spot. She wasn't as mad as the rocky menace over there, but she sure wanted answers.

"I guess you have a good reason for not catching her?" Sue asked raising her eyebrows.

She knows that with the new suit, it wasn't impossible to catch someone like Black Cat. So, I explained my plan to them.

"Wait! A magic tracker?" Ben scratched his rocky chin, "Never heard of something like that before."

"Yes! Magic tracker," I smiled under my mask. "It's not that complicated actually, but the spell itself is quite advanced. It allows me to track anyone anywhere as long as it stays on the target. And unlike your tech trackers, mine is undetectable, unless we are dealing with a Sorcerer."

"Huh! Interesting..." Sue nodded as she crossed her legs and leaned back on the sofa, "I assume it works like a runic compass?"

"Something similar to that..." I nodded.

"So, what are we waiting for?" Ben stood up from his seat excitedly. "Let's track her down."

"Not yet. We need her to take us to the one who hired her for the job," I explained. "We don't know the target or the employer. If she delivers whatever she stole to them, we might be able to catch them red-handed."

"Hmm... Makes sense," Sue nodded.

"But what did she steal?" I asked her.

"That USB stick contained the data of your Cybernetics and Neural implants project. She stole almost everything related to it," Sue answered with a sigh as she pinched the bridge of her nose, feeling frustrated. "If the data falls into the wrong hands, things might go south very soon..."

"You guys didn't start working on it already, did you?" I asked as I crossed my arms over my chest, feeling worried. Cybernetics and neural implants are a dangerous technology when misused. I don't want human cyborgs running around the city anytime soon.

"We were just prepping to begin. But no, nothing serious yet," Sue answered as she looked at me with a frown.

"Good..." I nodded. "You see the data you guys were protecting till now was a fake one."

"Huh?!" Both Sue and Ben exclaimed surprised as they stared at me wide-eyed.

"Yeah, it might look like the real deal, but once you build it, it will fail big time. Especially the software. I made sure to make it buggy as hell, and I guess I did a good job, huh?" I smirked under my mask, feeling proud of my deception that even the Fantastic Four couldn't catch, "Considering the fact that even you guys didn't notice it till now, I doubt the one who is going to use it is gonna notice."

Sue rubbed her temples and sighed tiredly while Ben scratched his head awkwardly.

"So, you are telling me the data we were keeping in the vault here and protecting it for a year is just a hoax?!" Sue asked exasperatedly as she raised her voice.

"Yep! Pretty much so..." I shrugged nonchalantly as I leaned back on the sofa. "An identical, yet fake algorithm and a couple of minor but important things changed inside it, that will lead to a system crash after the first usage. That will completely destroy any prototype built using the algorithm along with damaging the nervous system of the user too. Probably killing them if the damage is severe."

"And the original copy?" Ben asked curiously with a frown.

"Safe and sound in a place no one would ever think of looking," I smirked under my mask. "It's in the big wall clock in my room. With the amount of people knocking at my door asking for collaboration and blah, blah, blah... I decided to hide it in plain sight, where no one would even think of searching. I was about to give it to you this morning, but as you know things happened."

Both Sue and Ben chuckled hearing my answer.

"Well, I guess we underestimated you, kid," Ben grinned as he patted my shoulder playfully.

"Haaa..." Sue sighed.

I quickly opened a portal to my room, webbed the clock and pulled it through the portal, then closed it.

"Don't worry; this one is the real deal. An improvised version of the one you used on Johnny and Reed," I assured Sue as I twisted the back open, took the USB stick, and handed it to her.

Sue took it and inspected it for a minute before looking at me with suspicion.

"C'mon, don't look at me like that. It's the real deal. You should thank me for hiding it for this long. Or else, you already know what happened. Besides, even though I'm collaborating with you guys, I don't want anyone to start working on the first version without me! Anyway, I think someone insider is mixed in this mess, or how else would you explain the hacking and all?" I asked Sue, changing the topic.

"Someone insider? Who do you suspect?" Ben asked with a frown as he crossed his rocky arms over his chest.

"Could be anyone from the security department," Sue answered as she shook her head tiredly and pinched the bridge of her nose.

"Or someone from the Robotics department too," I added with a shrug. "Well, we'll know soon enough." I opened my palm, summoning a circular inscription, showing a holographic map of New York. On it there was a blinking dot, moving out of the city.

"They are leaving the city!" Ben exclaimed surprised as he looked at me wide-eyed.

"Yes, probably heading to their employer or a meeting point," I nodded as I closed my palm, canceling the spell. "I'll track her down with Wanda. You focus on quickly fixing this damage and start the research as soon as possible." I stood up.

"Need a hand? I'm free," Ben asked with excitement as he flexed his rocky biceps.

I looked at Sue and she shook her head, answering my unasked question.

"Working with a veteran hero, let's do it. I'll pick you up once she stops. For now, give those poor workers a helping hand," I opened a portal at Frank's hideout and walked inside, leaving Ben behind.

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[3rd Person POV] [Location: Central Park] [Evening around 6 PM]

Wanda, Maddie, and May decided to walk home today. Their car broke down in the middle of the road and since they were close to home, they decided to walk the rest of the way and when they came closer to the park, they decided to take a little stroll and grab some ice cream or sodas and just sit and chat. Wanda wanted to open a portal right away but May stopped her...

"You should walk sometimes and take things a bit slower, Wanda. Just walk and take everything around you slowly," May smiled gently as she smiled at Wanda who was pouting cutely. Maddie also agreed with May. Walking sometimes is nice, especially in a beautiful park like Central Park.

With no particular destination, they started walking aimlessly through Central Park.

Then Wanda saw the good old ice cream stall. She looked toward May excitedly, not wanting to wait anymore, "Mayyyy..."

May chuckled, understanding Wanda's enthusiasm, and led the trio of girls toward the ice cream stall.

As the trio was walking, Wanda, felt a weird sensation around her. She glanced around. 'What the heck is this feeling?' Thanks to her special training under the Ancient One, she learned how to detect danger around her. She quickly spread her chaos magic in the air, trying to search for the danger.

"Humf!" She touched her forehead as her eyes gleamed with a red spark. Someone just tried to invade her mind but got repelled back pretty harshly.

Wanda's actions didn't go unnoticed.

"Is something wrong, Wanda?" May looked back and saw Wanda standing still, touching her forehead as if she was hurt or had a headache.

'It's gone!' She looked around, but couldn't find anyone suspicious. She didn't sense anyone near her too. No ill will or malicious thoughts either. Whoever it was, they were gone.

"It's ok," Wanda smiled towards May and kept walking. "I'm good. Something fell into my eyes, is all."

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[Somewhere in the park]

Emma Frost grabbed her head as blood began to drip from her nose. Her eyes looked bloodshot. She was breathing heavily and groaned in pain, not able to concentrate due to the hammering pain coming from her head. She's in her diamond form.

"Who the fuck are you to get in my way?" She mumbled as her eyes were fixed on Wanda who was going to the ice cream stall.

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