Trade Off

Heading home after receiving the location for our little trade and at what time, was a joy to know. The only hard part was deciding which Nomu would be the first to go, I think the first Nomu I made, Nomu #1 and Nomu #2 would be a good choice, both had regenerative abilities and could take quite a bit of damage before their inevitable death. 

Both were overall good options as time went on I would be able to create far more Nomu, perhaps I wouldn't even have to kidnap supe's anymore if I found people desperate enough to sell their bodies. Those willing to undergo an extremely dangerous experiment for even a little cash, and well let's just say that's common in today's America unfortunately. That would be far down the road though as for right now the safest option would be those whose bodies are already adjusted to having powers. 

Arriving at my house, I saw that the Nomu were helping themselves with some raw food and water, just as I instructed. In a way they almost acted like pets, getting into anything they could get their hands on and eating it. Snapping my fingers they stopped and bowed down, waiting for my instructions. 

"Take some of the food and any water bottles you have with you back downstairs and get ready for my instructions, two of you are going to new homes."

They went back downstairs and I sat on the couch, turned on the TV, and flipped through the channels, looking for anything interesting to help pass the time. 

Once nightfall came, I went back downstairs to grab the four-armed black Nomu and the female sickly yellow Nomu, leaving the one with no regenerative abilities and the one with a gigantic eyeball with me. Bringing the other two to my car, I loaded them in the back and made my way into the city, I did have to avoid the cameras after all, which reminded me that I would soon need to buy a truck or something of the same type. 

Both to better hide any future employees and my own face from any cameras both in the open and hidden. That and hide the Nomu's in the back and in case of cargo checks well, the back can be easily cleaned as well. Even if I didn't like randomly filling people (even if the Nomu's previous consciouses are gone) that doesn't mean I don't know how to hide it. 

Especially with the amount of mind control or brainwashing-type powers I've gathered up until now because both "Persuasion" and "Impression" were just two of the five I've gathered over the years. Honestly, I thought they would be more common, but most supe's abilities manifested in a physical way one way or another. The only reason I didn't use them so often was that they do lose their effect eventually and even then these weren't really strong ones nor could they go beyond a certain point no matter what combinations I've tried. 

About an hour passed before I made it to the docks where I was meeting "Little Nina" as the underworld called her. Then I saw a couple of hired guns, each one wasn't holding any weapons but I knew they probably had something hidden away just in case. 

Parking my car, I opened the doors let the two Nomu's out, and walked towards Nina with them following close behind. 

"So these are the creatures you told me about, not really as impressive as you made them out to be."

Hearing that I chuckled a bit before responding.

"Sorry about laughing but I never claim they were top of the line, superior to most human weaponry, yes, but these are simply low-end products."

"You see I need more materials to further create and upgrade the Nomu's and hence the reason for this trade, I need more materials to create the Nomu's that I just can't get my hand son legally and you would like some more muscle."

"More specifically the kind not afraid to charge head first into gunfire if ordered, and these Nomu would help with just that."

"But do keep in mind that even magnificent creatures like this have limits to them so be careful." 

With that, she looked at her men and shook her head, and they brought the material inside multiple wooden boxes. Next was my own deal, I sent the two Nomu to her giving them the order to obey her every command, well except for the few I already put on them in case she tried to do anything against me. 

I waited for her and her men to leave first and each one took a different method of transportation, two cars and a boat. Then once I knew they were gone, I got into my car but not before I heard something in the distance, probably The Deep and Stralight foiling another crime. 

What was funny would be that a moment later a media frenzy would catch them and their points would go up. It was laughable how manufactured the whole thing was, whilst a real crime went down and two weapons of mass destruction made their way into the hands of the Russian mob, they stopped a crime all probably preplanned by Vought. 

In fact, they probably could've stopped my first step towards forming a connection with one part of the criminal underworld. However, that would have only delayed my plans temporarily and stopped me from making sure the vast majority of the future remained unchanged well the front of it all at least. The background of it all however would be mind to control. Then when all the cards are stacked against Vought and the US government I would make my move.

I would be the final winner in the end, after all, I may not want to be king of the world, or America for that matter. That didn't mean I couldn't control things from behind the scenes and make things better for me and whoever supported me. 

"Well let's get back to work."