The Epic of Leviathan (A Mutant's Ascension)

Chapter 342 - Powers, & The Red Room (I)...

[POV Reo]

After a couple of minutes, all of us finally returned to our house... Flavia bid us farewell and left saying that she had something to do... I arrived followed by Jean and Ororo and found a younger Fleur was being scolded by Momo... ??

"...What happened?" I asked curiously... and I am sure that something has happened, after all, Fleur was currently looking like a middle schooler.

"She blew herself up" Momo snarked looking really angry... Fleur simply cowered under Momo's scathing glare.

"...It was calculated risk... and I knew that I was going to come back... it's not like that I can die" Fleur whined and started to pout cutely... wow... so she blew herself up.

"...Fleur you shouldn't take unnecessary risks because you are going to come back" I said while I sat down beside her... Fleur looked towards me and used her deadliest attack... puppy dog eyes...!! Ugh...!! Critical damage... she looks so cute!!

"Fine... just be more careful from now... we can't have you bringing down the whole house..." I said and she happily nodded her head. Momo shot me an annoyed look but she just hmphed and didn't say anything for now. "So... how long are you going to stay like that?" I asked her curiously.

"...Half an hour probably... it takes me a total of 4 hours to completely grow up after dying" Fleur said with a thoughtful look on her face. "If I become stronger then I will be able to resurrect directly into my adult form within seconds" Fleur said with a proud look on her face.

"The Phoenix says that you could become even stronger... you are a True Phoenix... when you reach your strongest... you will be unkillable" Jean said in a cheerful tone... that's way more impressive than resurrecting.

"I am also unkillable as long as I have any kind of energy inside my body..." Ororo said with a proud look and puffed out her chest. Damn, that's cheating but I am pretty sure there aren't any things like unkillable... after all, the Creation God killed me, yes we can't be killed permanently but we can still be killed.

"Jean... are you like her too...??" Momo asked curiously while looking towards Jean... all of our eyes turned towards her. Jean looked thoughtful for a few moments, she must be having a chat with her Phoenix...

"The Phoenix said I am still killable but when I become strong enough to wield all of her powers... I will be a pseudo-immortal..." Jean said in an unsure tone, after all, she didn't know this herself, the Phoenix gave her the information.

"What about you Momo?" I asked Momo who simply shook her head with a smile.

"No fancy powers like that" Momo said with a grin. "To be honest, I have no problems because of that... after all, I don't like fighting... when I was young, things were different but now, I simply want to research and invent new things..." Momo said with a grin... I understand what she is saying but it would have been better if she had some powers like that.

"Oh... love, don't need to be worried like that... I might not have any fancy powers like them but as long there is a sun... I am practically invulnerable... my body keeps absorbing the sun's radiation all the time but if I actively absorb the sun's power then I will practically heal before getting injured" Momo said with a small smile and pulled me her arms...

Looks like I was worried for no reason... "By the way, where are Nemuri and Luna?" I asked and Fleur perked after hearing the question.

"Luna said she wanted to buy some news stations, so Nemuri took Luna with her" Fleur said and I simply nodded my head. Looks like Luna wants to control the media. Good for her I guess...

"And what about Nat and Dora?" I asked and Fleur simply pointed towards the direction of Nat Cave... pfft!! I need to stop saying that.

"I don't know much, but Nat asked Dora to infiltrate some meeting" Momo said trying to remember the conversation... and I didn't need to ask about Rumi... I had a pretty good idea about where she was.

"Girls... I have something to do... so I will be going. Now that I have the Space Stone, I think I should start looking for Death's avatar" I said and all of them nodded their heads in understanding. After all, all of them knew about my meeting with Death and my old friends.

I left them and went straight towards our bedroom... I conjured a chair near the balcony and sat down. I closed my eyes so that I could concentrate better... the Universe was a huge place and looking for Hela would be like looking for a small needle in a whole field of haystack.

But I already had a plan... I remember Death's aura, and she had said that Hela was her avatar, it meant Hela will also have that same aura... and I am pretty sure that there aren't many beings in the Universe who would have Death's aura.

I have no idea how much time had passed but I haven't found anything... so, I decided to take a break. I stopped and finally opened my eyes... it was already evening... a released a defeated sigh and a house-elf to bring me some snacks... when I finished munching down the snacks, I decided to start again.

A couple of minutes passed and I have finally found something... well, it seemed to be minutes, at least from my perspective. It was a completely separate dimension from ours... the dimension seemed to be locked but it won't be a problem for me...

I opened my eyes and saw that it was already dark. So, I left a message for the girls and with a simple wave of my hand, a tear in Space opened beside me. After steeling myself I finally entered the portal... there was a good chance that Hela would attack me and I knew that she was going to be the strongest opponent I have ever faced...

[POV Nat]

Ugh...!! I hate waiting... why can't anyone pop up on the scanners?? I want to kill some people... hah...!! All of a sudden my stomach grumbled. Fine, let's find something to eat... I pulled myself up from the chair... even my bones are creaking wanting some action.

A portal formed in front of me and I arrived in the kitchen... I sat down and then I called a house-elf. I asked for some exotic dish... like always, everyone was busy with their own stuff... Dora was yet to return, after some time the house-elf returned with some food and popped away. After filling up my rumbling belly, I returned to my Spy Room.

Walking also seemed boring so once again I decided to use my portal powers... some might say that I am wasting my potential but who cares... I didn't have anything better to do... my eyes snapped towards the screen when I noticed a picture on the screen.

No... it can't be... I am sure that he died... a lot of memories from the past starting to flash in front of my eyes... memories that I had long buried deep in my mind. SHIELD told me that he was dead...!! My hands rushed towards the keyboard on their own and I started to look through the files... and with each passing moment, my anger kept rising...

SHIELD knew that he was alive but they kept it hidden from me... why won't they?? After all, they took over Red Room to train Agents like me after I went AWOL in New York after the Kelly assassination incident and even when I was working for SHIELD, they kept a close eye on the Red Room, so that SHIELD could hire their services.

I clutched my fists in anger... Fury!!! I wanted to strangle Fury with his own intestines... I got up from my seat and I threw my chair in anger... after pacing around the room for some time, I was finally able to calm down... I released a deep sigh... I needed to take care of this... even if the last thing I do.

A portal formed in front of me and I arrived in our room and found that it was completely empty... I found a note on the bed... 'I found Hela... I don't know when I will be back *smiley emoji*' I guess Reo is not here...

I was about to leave when I heard a loud thump and Dora came in while fumbling around, still trying to get a proper footing... she tripped once again and she was about to hang her head on the bedpost when I used my telekinesis to catch her... "Are you ok?" I asked her in a worried tone.

"Oh... yeah... yeah, thanks... I am fine!! It's pretty common for me... it wasn't the first time I was about to bang my head on the bedpost... you won't believe it but I have a really thick skull..." Dora started rambling and I wasn't sure if that's something she should be proud of.

"Ah... sure, Nat... though thanks for the catch... my poor face is really grateful" Dora said while giving me a thumbs up... at least she is done with her ramblings.

"Sure... any time Dora" I said dryly...

"Hey... do you know where Reo is??" Dora asked me and I simply handed her the note... her hair flashed through several colours and it finally stopped on neon orange... her tastes her are really... eccentric.

"So... Nat, what are you doing?" she asked curiously while she returned the note to me, I left it on the bed.

"I have some business to take care of... from my past" I said and Dora seemed to look excited after hearing my words... "Wanna come?" I asked her, she might be a klutz but she is my sister and she is damn good and unbeatable when it matters.

"Oh... sure let's go... so what are we doing??" Dora asked me in a cheerful and I am simply smiled... all of my anger was completely gone after chatting with Dora...

"You know, Dora, never change..." I said with a small smile on my face... she gave me a confused look and a portal opened in front of me...

"...Yeah sure" Dora said in an unsure tone and followed me through the portal...