Doorman (MCU SI)

[IdleMuse0307]

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DoorMan #91

Xandar [February 2008]

–Colin Baxter–

He was escorted to a processing chamber of sorts, where a number of people with similar restraints were waiting, entering a glowing door, which was yellow, one by one. He was told to sit and wait for his turn, as the sphere placed on every single alien beeped once before they got up and walked into the glowing door calmly.

"So, how goes your first space trip?"

He sent a sudden spike of anger through their mental link as Jin'Ya finally blessed him with his presence. "Where the hell were you? I thought you had links with Nova Prime. Get me out of here right now."

"Well, think of it like this. We were going to register your abilities anyway so might as well do it this way, and don't worry, this is just a civil offense. They will just write you a fine and leave you back in the city."

"I don't have much money on me, certainly not enough to pay any fine." He hissed back, mentally, as he waited for his turn to enter the glowing door.

"No need for that. They will just put negative units in your bank account. We can pay that off later on."

With that, Jin'Ya cut off the conversation before moving on to do whatever he was doing. Meanwhile, he saw that only two more people were left before it was turn, and honestly, he just couldn't wait for this to be over so he can finally start enjoying his trip.

He knew that Jin'Ya was loaded and he had no intention of letting that dragon screw him over, so, he was going to enjoy the finest hospitality that Xandar had to offer, on Jin'Ya's money of course.

Once he was out of custody, obviously.

___xx___

Wakanda [Same Time]

–Shuri Udaku–

With a grunt, she threw her brother back, as he impacted the wall of the training area, far above the training ring. It was quite comical to watch T'Challa slide down from the wall, as if he was being held by something to the wall.

"You will have to try much harder than that," She commented about T'Challa's move, trying to put her in a deadlock. Well, thanks to her many tests, she knew exactly how much T'Challa could handle which is why she never went easy on him.

Her bother dragged his tired and battered body back to the sparring ring, barely getting through without collapsing, as he raised his fists towards her, apparently eager to get beat up again.

Well, she was not so, sparing her brother's pride, she replied, "Let's take a break. I am really tired."

T'Challa smiled as he relaxed and all but collapsed on his behind, "Really? I can do this all day, Shuri."

"Sure you can."

She sat by his side, drinking water filtered through Vibranium blocks, something about the entire process doing something to the water, enhancing its taste and also creating water that could not be contaminated. Like, if she took this water and poured it in the river water that was found outside the borders of Wakanda, she would find this water to be its own solid mass, without mixing with the rest of the water.

She'd already built the purifiers into all the Royal Palace filtration systems and would soon have that installed at the entry points of all the Wakandan rivers, including the three underground ones that they pulled up from the ground for Wakanda's water safety, before they had the power and technology know how to just harvest unlimited seawater.

They also had a direct pipeline to the ocean, buried a hundred feet below the sea bed, completely untraceable, supplying essentially unlimited amounts of water, gravel, salt, and some other minerals to the Wakandan water processing stations built underground.

They were one of the very few Wakandan facilities built outside of the dome that surrounded Wakanda since secured water supply was something that was taken very seriously a hundred years before, which is why Wakanda had over engineered, and overpowered water systems.

There was a moment of silence that was broken by T'Challa's somber voice, "Does it really have to be this way?"

She sighed, and replied, "You know it can only be this way. The Council and most of Wakanda will not accept me unless I defeat you and Father in direct combat."

"Then why doesn't Baba wish to give you the throne? Why is he preparing, even at this age, to somehow defeat you?"

She snorted at that as if anyone in Wakanda could defeat her at this point. She'd checked with the High Priests, who were already notified of her visit by Bast, it would seem, and after some trial and error, they were able to confirm that the potion blessed by Bast that can be used to strip away Bast's blessings does not work on her.

She literally could not be depowered anymore, which is the only scenario where she could see T'Challa winning because he was always the better fighter of both of them. That was all before she had to take some drastic steps and turn herself into Bast's chosen, the strongest Black Panther that Wakanda has ever seen.

"You know as well as I do that I cannot be defeated."

"I wouldn't be so sure about that, Princess. I mean, sure, now? You're freaking unbelievable. But once we are both on the same–"

"We can't be on the same stage anymore, T'Challa." She said, standing up. Pulling T'Challa up, she continued, "The High Priests confirmed it for me. My blessings, unlike yours, cannot be stripped away. So, the fight? It's pointless. I've already won."

Her piece said, she turned around, heading to her lab. She still had some work to do before she could begin scouring the Earth for any entrances to folded spaces, or pocket dimensions like Ta-Lo.

___xx____

Ta-Lo

–Red Matron–

"You know, I know this is like within the terms of my contract but I don't like it." She made sure her opinion was heard by everyone involved as she floated in the air, waiting and watching as the Bald headed demon and the Water Dragon did something to the seal that kept the being that made chills run down her spine, at bay.

As usual, it was the Water Dagon who replied, "We are just making sure that nothing in the seal was altered, in the chaos before we can move on to the next step."

Ah, yes. The next step. Apparently, all of the fights that the brat went into was just so the Bald headed demon could confirm something. Something that she could not see and needed that brat's help to confirm, was the presence of the Dread Lord, in the abandoned areas of Ta-Lo.

It was quite funny, the way that the brat and everyone in here believed that their great Water Dragon was the one who made this space. Well, the Water Dragon certainly carved out a place for themselves, creating an atmosphere that is habitable for humans and other animals.

What they most certainly did not do was create this space. That was clear the moment she stepped foot in this space in the first place. This was clearly a much larger plane, abandoned for some reason by their ruler, that the Water Dragon then found and made their home here.

Which meant that none of them knew about the Dread Lord's infestation that was happening in the areas beyond the Water Dragon's sight.

Dormammu. A being beyond time.

Her eyes glanced at the glinting metal around the Bald headed Demon's neck, as she thought of the threat they were about to face. Apparently, she has called in the big guns for the extermination they were about to carry out today.

The Dread Lord spreading his realm into other empty realms was an ongoing concern for everyone with an iota of rational thought but she never imagined that the Dread Lord had gotten this close to the planet, without anyone realising.

Hell, this was one of the few ways that the Dread Lord could bypass the shield around the planet and send his forces everywhere.

Kamar Taj must have been both pissed and afraid of this becoming reality. She too did not want to live in eternal anguish, which is why she would have gladly provided her services to the noble cause, for a fee of course.

But signing that damned contract put her in a fix once more as she was forced to help, for free, which hurt her damned soul.

Once this was done, she was going back to Colin's side. At Least the chances of gaining neutral CHI increased a lot when he was close by.

All she could get from the bald headed demon was trouble and misery.


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DoorMan #92

Xandar [February 2008]

–Colin Baxter–

"You know I am going to get you for this, right? One day, you are going to regret doing this to me," He made sure to stress the threat as he walked out of the detention facility, with a thorough profile built for the Nova Corps, along with total body scans, showing an uncomfortably precise amount of information.

They even let him see what all was being scanned and what data they had in their database and he had to say, it made him drool over what they were capable of scanning, and to what level.

The SCIENCE! bros would just go mad in this place, if they were allowed to buy that technology on the open market. Realistically, as long as something was commonplace enough that it was available in a dozen different places, it was bound to be stolen and sold on the black market. Another thing that he wanted to do before he had to leave, added to the mental to-do list.

"Sure, I will await the day you do something," Jin'Ya smirked at him as they both exited the facility, by flight. Yup, he could legally fly now, he had the license to show for it. The license had nothing to do with speed or how high he could fly. It was all about speed and the small ring in his hand.

Placing it above his eyes, he smiled as it unfolded to secure itself on his face, creating a slightly tingly sensation before that too faded away, revealing dozens of different roads in the sky.

A real time Air Traffic controller, he realised, as they both began floating on the small path that was marked blue for him, which meant that was the path he could use right now. The rest of them were either orange or red.

Orange meaning civil fines, could be used in case of an emergency but reckless use will result in fines and after sustained fines, eventually imprisonment came into the equation.

The red roads were meant exclusively for pre-authorised high value vehicles. Nova Corps patrol ships, government vehicles, shipments for Nova Corps, high net worth private ships carrying expensive cargo or people, and more.

Even here, the rich got preferential treatment which was to be expected but he was fine with that as long as the ones on the bottom got good enough treatment, which, judging by the way facilities were maintained and how he was treated as an absolute nobody, were very good.

He really needed to find out what policies they had in place to combat corruption and abuse of power. Maybe something he could eventually introduce to Earth, possibly?

"So, where to?" He asked the dragon as they eventually crossed the forest that separated the High Citadel from the rest of the capital and slowly landed on the ground as the area ahead of them was not cleared for their travel. Jin'Ya apparently had the same clearance as him, which might have been grounds for making fun but he was on the same level, so the joke would have been on him so he let it go.

"Well, I asked around and while there are no equivalent global networks in this place, to the one that you humans have built on your planet, they do have a library of sorts, but you will have to pay, a lot," Jin'Ya said and he smiled sweetly at that. After all, he was not the one who was going to have to pay, now, was he?

"What is with that smile? It looks creepy."

He ignored the statement and jumped on the air roads as soon as one turned blue for him. The system was heavily organised as it also indicated a gap in existing roads for him to use, to ascend to the higher altitude roads. A system like this might become a necessity on Earth once jetpacks become ubiquitous enough. Then again, considering the durability of normal humans and how regularly people die from falling down, it might be a good idea to never bring jetpacks into the mass transportation equation.

He followed Jin'Ya as he was the one with the mental map as they, after almost 30 minutes of slow flight, landed on the ground, and then walked a couple of minutes before finally reaching the unassuming looking storefront, right in front of the main street.

He looked confused as the door opened and a being with far too many legs and eyes slithered out of the door. Wait, was that a monocle? For a single eye out of the 9 he could spot?

"Greetings, Hoarder. I wish to access your hoard, for a short period of time."

His eyes widened as he took a step back, Doors already appearing in front of him as he was assaulted by a very potent Killing intent, coming from the alien in front of him who hadn't even spoken a word regarding Jin'Ya's proposition.

"And why ss-should I grant you acces-ss?" Oh, the stereotypical snake talk. Lovely.

"Because we can pay, handsomely." He finished the sentence for JIn'Ya before flashing an innocent smile at the dragon who grumbled but took out a card and floated it towards the snake.

"Here, take 50000 credits for a one day pass, for whole access."

One of the limbs was floating towards the card, only for it to freeze as soon as Jin'Ya said the last part. Then it lashed out and flicked the card back at them, the card slowing down as Jin'Ya did his part.

"You think me a fool, Dragon? Your boy here," Why did that sound extremely insulting and derogatory to him? "Has barely been an entry in the Nova Corps registry for a day. I will not be risking everything I have for that. 300,000 credits or you can leave the same way you came from." The snake literally hissed at them, just without rolling its 'S' this time.

"Do you know who I am?" He looked to the side, somewhat surprised as Jin'Ya had assumed his draconic form, towering over everyone in front of him, releasing a concentrated blast of psionic energy, aimed at the snake in front of them.

Jin'Ya did his thing for about 10 seconds before the bored voice rang out, "Are you done?" Jin'Ya deflated back into his tiny form after his failed method of intimidation.

"Yeah, sure." Jin'Ya said before flicking the card back at the snake who eagerly took it inside, not before ordering them, "Wait here."

He mentally asked the dragon why he backed down and the reply he got made him deadpan at the Dragon.

"He is one of the older ones, not quite at my level but still strong enough, at least mentally, to sustain my regular psionic output. Plus, he has friends in high places so harming him was never an option. Even Nova Prime would have to request for information as he is known for hoarding every piece of information he can find." Jin'Ya mentally replied.

"So, he is our best bet then?"

"Yes."


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DoorMan #93

Xandar [February 2008]

–Colin Baxter–

After about a minute or so of just standing outside a store, he was starting to get antsy. The damned snake could have at least invited them in. What was taking so long for just a normal transaction anyway?

Before he could voice out any of his concerns, the door slid open and the snake tumbled out, throwing the card back at Jin'Ya who stored it in the pockets of his outfit, which was probably magically enlarged to store a freaking house in there if need be.

"Go to the docks. Someone will take you to the Archive. Remember, if you die down there, no refunds."

Jin'Ya just nodded calmly at the insane demands that the snake put forth and he was standing there, shocked about the conditions of refunds. Die down there? What does that mean?

"Is the archive not here? We have to go somewhere else for that?"

"Human," once again, did not like the way it was used as a derogatory term, "Were you born yesterday? Why would I keep myself and my treasure in the same place?" saying that, the snake slid back into his store, without giving them anything to confirm. No receipt, nothing.

Jin'ya began floating by so he did the same. Catching up, he was about to ask the multiple questions on his mind when Jin'Ya beat him to the punch, "No, there are no receipts. The product we are about to receive is not legal and is only allowed to exist by the major powers of the galaxy because it is equally helpful to everyone and also because the Old One is conscious of the fact so he deliberately withholds anything that can destabilise the current status quo."

He nodded, deciding to keep his questions to himself as they changed lanes and floated into the first entry lane, heading towards the Main Docks. He couldn't wait to get his hands on sweet, sweet information.

___xx___

"Huh," Standing on the edge of the ramp, he looked at the vast forests that dotted his vision, smelling the fresh air, he couldn't help but be speechless. This was…not what he expected when he was told that they were going to a secret underground information archive that was apparently equally coveted by many major players in the world.

He hesitantly floated down and yup, it was a tropical rainforest all right. No illusions, magical or otherwise, because the one thing that is really hard to duplicate without the power of Chaos Magic, is the sense of smell.

Nevertheless, a Door appeared in front of him and shot out a wave of air, and he nodded as the trees all wavered a bit, and one even dropped some sort of odd fruit from the top, confirming that it was indeed a forest.

"This is as far as I can take you. You'll have to reach the location on your own. I will be back here in exactly one rotation, and will not wait for long so be on time." With that rude statement, the ramp closed on its own and the ship rocketed up to the sky, forcing him to use a large Door to ward off all the sand that was displaced from the launch.

Once the jet was gone, he looked up at the giant trees that extended as far as his eyesight could go and then jumped, using Air Doors to propel himself further and further, until he finally reached the top and…

"Holy SHIT!" he cursed as he saw the view. Greenery as far as his eyes could reach and even then, they were all composed of trees that were about the height of the current one. As far as his knowledge went, none of the trees on Earth that were alive anyway, had reached this height and they probably never will.

He might have to thoroughly decontaminate himself before leaving for Earth because he couldn't imagine it being good for Earth's ecosystem, to introduce an alien species to the mix.

"Come on," Jin'Ya said as he flew forward, at very high speeds so he did the same, keeping in mind to keep a Door in front of his face, turned almost transparent because he did not want a bird just drilling into his face, and then cracking his neck due to the whiplash.

One time was more than enough, thank you very much. It was a very unpleasant sensation, to crash into a forest, and be unresponsive for a couple of minutes, unable to do anything, as the Chi door worked on getting his body back to operating limits.

Fun times.

Soon, he was left far behind Jin'Ya, who then had to cocoon him in Psionic energy before their speeds increased further, turning the landscape below into a green blur. Curiously, there was no hint of blue in those blurry shapes, despite them covering a very large distance.

Did this planet not have large rivers? Or were the giant trees covering all of it?

All of his questions however were pushed aside and replaced by a single one as they finally slowed down.

"What the f*ck is that?" he pointed ahead, at the massive, and he meant it, a massive volcano that had sprouted out of the ocean, with lava continuously streaming down from the volcano's sides, with small openings facilitating the flow, resulting in a constant steam being generated because the lava fell into the ocean, or lake of sorts because the whole water body was surprisingly short, way shorter to hold a volcano of that size.

"What is this place?"

"This is the Archive," Jin'Ya stated as their journey picked up pace once more, as they headed straight to the mouth of the volcano. Knowing that Jin'Ya could easily survive this, he still had some concerns.

So, naturally, he voiced them, "Um, why are we headed to the one dangerous thing in this place?"

Jin'ya did not answer but the change of trajectory was confirmation enough as they veered off course and just dunked themselves straight into the bubbling lava. He had already summoned Doors, on instinct but then dispelled them as Jin'Ya took them both straight down through who knows how deep layers of Lava before their bubble finally hit something solid.

He watched as it hit some sort of energy field, as Jin'Ya stopped. He couldn't hear anything legible because lava did not conduct sound like normal substances but he could most definitely hear movement of sorts all around them.

Soon enough, the answer was clear because the Lava all around them was being sucked away into a large opening on the wall beside them. He looked up from the bubble and saw a similar energy field holding the lava at bay, as the area around them was cleared of any lava before the energy field below them was opened up, allowing them entry.

Jin'Ya exited the bubble first, presumably to check if the atmosphere was hospitable for him or not as he kept observing the entire process of how the second energy field collapsed, allowing lava to furiously crash on the force field right above him, making him duck a bit on instinct.

A second later, the bubble dispelled, as he looked around him and saw a fairly nondescript room with a similar snake person pushing some buttons on a console nearby, presumably the one that operated everything about those forcefields.

He wondered how others came to this place? A ship small enough to protect from lava and traverse this opening would almost certainly be a rarity.

That left superpowered beings throughout the galaxy who could make this and there were certainly a handful who could but even between them, the ones who could make it as effortlessly as Jin'Ya would be few.

The snake person did not even look at them as he began walking towards a door that was previously a wall. He followed suit with Jin'Ya, as the view made his jaw drop.

"Surprised?"

Surprised wouldn't even begin to convey the feeling he was having right now. In front of him, for what must have been miles long, there were books, and shelves. A library.

"A literal library, on paper? What are you, the 80s?" The statement blurted itself out before he could process anything.

"Alright, let's move on," Jin'Ya said as they sailed to the platform in the middle, the elevated one.

"It is not as bad as you think it is. There is an index and the file you request comes to you instead of you having to navigate this whole thing. So, don't worry. Secondly, I am granting you level 1 access."

"What? I am being restricted? Why?" He exploded as he stood up. The thought of being denied potentially salivating information was unacceptable to him.

"There's stuff in here that would drive even you mad so yes, level 1 access so only stuff you wanted to find. General information, technical know-how for everyday systems, and a little bit more." Jin'Ya waved his hands and a small card flew out of his pockets before it landed on one of his Doors.

"Now, if you'll excuse me, I have some stuff to find. Feel free to read whatever you have authorisation to access." Saying that, the dragon f*cked right off, leaving him with a watered down access to such a cool place.

Hell, he could even feel traces of magic, strong Asgardian magic, somewhere in this place and because of Jin'Ya, he couldn't even access it.

He had no doubt that forcibly trying anything would just make things worse so he just resolved to get the stuff he needed.

Such a spoilsport, Jin'Ya.



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