As Peter stepped off the ship in the Spider-Cave, a line of NS-5s was waiting for him.
Once he was completely off, the line started moving and passed by his sides to unload the equipment, arranging it elsewhere.
As he approached Sony, who was in the middle of this line, he gave him the bag with the Nanocubes, and in his other hand he gave him the Vibranium Nanocube.
Then he took off his helmet, placed it on his left arm, and gave him some orders.
"I want you to reactivate the program for the ships. We now have the weaponry we did not have before. You already have the design and everything you need to start working with your brothers. Also, take that Nanocube to the lab," he said while pointing to his left hand, "and inside the bag are the other things for the ship," he said while pointing to his right hand where Sony was holding the bag.
"Understood, Doctor Parker."
"Thanks, Sony," he said as he walked past him and approached a wall where he placed his ungloved hand and then scanned it.
The walls opened, revealing an elevator. Upon entering, he pressed the only button and began to descend.
This was, so to speak, the place where he kept everything related to Red Hood.
A secret lair within a secret lair. When it opened, you could see a completely white room. Taking a few steps from the floor, a compartment with a mannequin inside began to ascend. The doors opened, and from them came the many gadgets he used when he was Red Hood.
Little by little he began to undress and put Red Ronin's clothes on the mannequin.
As he did so, he felt as if someone was watching him.
The only person who knew about this place was a girl in blue, which made him smile slightly to the side.
Once completely changed, he moved away from the compartment that slowly began to lower and disappear underground.
He walked to a desk with computers and started to dress in the clothes that were folded there. A blue shirt, black boxer shorts, black jeans, and dark brown boots. Finally, he rolled up his shirt sleeves and unbuttoned one button.
Once dressed, he left the place and headed toward the house to have dinner with the girls.
He had left the office at 6:15 PM and it was now 10:27 PM. It had taken him a while to do everything he wanted, but it was worth it for what he had in mind.
As he stepped out of the elevator, he walked through the lobby and headed to the next one.
He sighed, knowing Susan would probably scold him for leaving her alone with the Vice President, but the good thing was that he got to see her angry, and whenever she was, she became a little more attractive. Every time he told her that, she ended up blushing like a tomato.
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Taking advantage of what little night remained, he dressed in his Noir suit, which had no technology whatsoever, meaning he would have to use everything he had learned to sneak into his destination.
High atop a mid-rise building, he spotted an ordinary-looking, medium-sized house. Using the shadows, he slipped inside and approached one of the windows.
Using a device, he opened the window and entered with absolute silence.
Upon entering, he saw that he was in a hallway with three doors.
Approaching the first one, he silently opened it and saw that it was a bathroom.
Upon opening the second, he found a closet.
Upon opening the third, he found a bald man with a woman beside him. Crouching down, he silently threw a sleeping grenade under the bed and closed the door.
Going downstairs, he took out a device and started scanning the house. As he walked through one part of the house, the device started beeping.
Approaching a wall, he began scanning it until the device showed him that what he was looking for was behind a coat hanger. Putting the device away, he started touching the hanger until he touched two hooks and heard a buzzing sound.
Moving the hooks forward, he saw that the door concealed a staircase. Using his new ability of night vision, he went down until he found a switch, which he lifted, and all the lights turned on, revealing a laboratory. Ignoring everything else, he approached a computer, inserted a Guber, unlocked the computer, and began copying all the files.
"Interesting. It seems Doc has what he was looking for, a small fragment, but he has it. The most intriguing thing is that this investigation has been going on for a while but is severely incomplete. It seems that what will trigger Doc to complete it is Gwen's death, Great. It seems my other project could become a reality if I get some of the Beast's DNA."
Once he had copied all the files, he erased everything from the computer and began sabotaging the lab.
Once everything was done, he left the house again through the same window he had entered, but not before going into the couple's room and retrieving the grenade. He did not want to leave any evidence.
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Upon entering the Spider-Cave, he went to a secluded area and entered another laboratory. Unlike the one he usually used, this one was designed so that Cortana and no one else could enter.
As every person needs a space to be purely alone, he inserted the Guber and began transferring all the files he had borrowed to the computer, which was encrypted so that no one and nothing could access it.
It took him a while to read the doctor's file and research, but once he did, he started making a list of everything he needed. Once he had the parts and things on the list, he would create the machine inside the lab where no one would be able to see what he was working on.
As he left the lab, he had a list of everything he needed in his left hand. As he headed toward the mainframe computer, he gave the paper to an NS-5 and asked it to look up everything on the list and, if necessary, seek help from Cortana or Sony.
"Peter," Cortana said.
"Yes, Cortana?" he said as he removed his mask.
"You have a call from one of your friends."
"Hmm, whose exactly?" he asked, intrigued and hoping it was not Wade and one of his strange calls.
"Logan." He was pleasantly surprised to hear the name.
"Connect."
"Understood."
"Hey, bub. I am calling you about something important," Logan said.
Upon hearing him, he was intrigued by what would come next. The only thing that came to mind was that Magneto had done something or something like that.
"I ran out of the beers you gave me and I want you to bring me more."
He put on an expressionless face, looked ahead, and rolled his eyes at the incredible thing he had just heard.
Did he call him for this? Was this something important? Of course, if talking about Logan, important meant two things: one, beer, and two, fans.
"So get your ass over here. I guess you already know where I am so do not hac-...."
He could not continue listening because Logan's voice was drowned out by the screams of some children and explosions. He wondered how chaotic it must be inside Xavier's Institute.
"YOU BRAT! IF I HEAR ANOTHER SCREAM, THERE WILL BE CONSEQUENCES! AND IF YOU ARE THE ONE WHO CAUSED IT, YOU MENSTRUAL-EYED BLOODY MESS, I WILL MAKE YOU A KEBAB! KITTY, STOP WALKING THROUGH WALLS! I AM ON A LIFE-OR-DEATH CALL, SO IF YOU DO NOT SHUT UP, THERE WILL BE CARNAGE!"
That was the first time he had heard Logan so angry. He wondered if Carnage would press charges for his line being stolen. Meh, not his problem.
"So, bub. You heard me. Bring my beer in two days or I will hunt you down and leave you worse than I left Sabertooth."
"Who are you talking to, Logan?" said another voice.
"With a colleague."
"You have colleagues outside the institution who support you, besides us.... Wow."
"Grr....."
The call was cut off. He wondered which woman from that group had spoken with Logan. With a sigh, he approached an NS-5 and told it to prepare six packs of Meta-Human beer and store them in a Nanocube, and that he would bring it to Logan tomorrow.
The only good thing was that he would be able to enter Xavier's institution and maybe collect a DNA sample from a certain mutant serum he needed for a project.
It could also be the perfect opportunity to strengthen ties with the X-Men, but he would have to consider that carefully since he did not want to reveal his identity. Especially when a certain mind-rapist could enter the mind of anyone in that place, well, except his.
Having nothing else to do, he changed out of his old clothes and stored the suit in the cave. Once changed, he went upstairs to his room where May, Missy, and Yuri were lying on his bed.
Yuri would occasionally come and sleep with him, but most of the time it was with May and Missy. Changing into something more comfortable, he lay down in the middle and soon after the girls hugged him and settled in. May hugging his left arm, Yuri his right, and Missy lying on his chest.
With a sigh, he entered the world of dreams, where they were actually glimpses of the lives of their counterparts from another universe.