Chapter 44 – Uru Metal
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"How do you even know my name? Are you stalking me?" Skye pulled back a little, with her legs crossed and a joking smile, and a slight suspicion.

Jay put his right elbow on the right arm of a long sofa, resting his chin on the palm on his hand, watching her with a smile, "think about it. If you could figure it out, I will give you a candy."

"What candy? No, wait," She thought about it, frowning, "I deleted all those files. Either you restored them somehow...or..."

She looked up at Jay, "Or...or you knew me from before I deleted those files."

Jay opened the first of his other hand, dropping sour apple belts in her palm, "right. That's exactly it."

He popped a candy in his mouth, happily chewing, letting the fact sink into her mind.

Skye stood up, taking a distance from his, dropping the apple belt making Jay catch it in the air. She stood behind the sofa chair, "what do you want from me? Why have you been keeping an eye on me?"

"Do you know about SHIELD?"

"The one you hold in your hand?"

"No, The Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and Logistics Division one."

"That's a mouthful, no wonder you call it SHIELD. No, I don't. Is this some kind of secret government agency?"

Jay stood up, offering her apple belt, "are you sure? You don't want this?"

Skye cautiously shook her head, making Jay pop it into his mouth, "I really love them."

He walked over to the table, bending across it, pressing a holo button. The glasses on the side of the office became tinted black, the lights dimmed, and a hologram appeared.

Jay straightened his body, looking back, only to find Skye staring at his ass. He cleared his throat, "over here."

Skye looked up. Still, a bit lost, "Huh?"

Jay pointed towards his eyes, "my eyes? Up here."

"Uh-huh...they are," Skye nodded, still not sure over what to say, "I...that...Mm...Beautiful eyes...you have. Right, you were saying something?"

Jay walked over to the other side, sitting down. He typed on the keyboard, and a file appeared, over SHIELD, "it's a counter-terrorism and intelligence agency, tasked with maintaining both national and global security. The Director is advised by World Security Council."

Skye looked at the buildings in the hologram, the symbols, the icons, faces of people, "why are you telling me?"

"Because SHIELD is being attacked by a group of superpowers people. So far, hundreds of agents have been killed, and dangerous items have fallen into the hands of these people. The Director wants me to create a team and stop these people. I want you."

"Why? Why would I help you? I am no fan of government agencies." Skye shook her head, taking her bag, "you have the wrong person."

She walked towards the door when she got pulled back, screaming, falling onto the sofa, "I thought you wanted to find your parents."

Skye looked down, "right, Wizard, I forgot. Yes, I want to find my parents. Do you know where they are?"

Jay didn't reply, looking at her, making Skye uncomfortable in her seat, "what?"

"What is SHIELD?"

Skye inclined backward, "a government agency?"

"What kind of government agency?"

"Intel-" Skye clapped her hands on her thighs, her eyes filled with expectation, "you think they would know?"

"They should," Jay waved his hand, and a pyramid appeared, "there are ten levels among the Agents of SHIELD. Depending on your ability, the higher you climb the pyramid, the more information you can see. Depending on who your parents are. You should be able to find them accordingly. The tough part? To be patient until you are an Agent."

Skye held her hands together, nodding, "I can do that. I can be patient. But I am just a hacker...and you are telling me that you want to fight against a God. How can I help?"

Jay raised his chin, his lips parting a little, narrowing his one eye, raising his eyebrow, looking at her doubtfully, "God?"

"You haven't seen that video? Human or Wizard. Gods or Monsters. It has more than fifty million views. Tony Stark is the human with technology; Wizard is the Wizard. Gods are Primo and Thor. Monsters are Hulk and Abomination. You just said that we are going to fight against a God. How?"

"Wait, how did someone know about Thor? Echo, find out."

"Yes, Sir." 

"Is that an AI?" Skye tried peeking towards the other side of the table as if she could see Echo there.

Jay stood up, walking beside the table, standing in front of her, "well, for that...I have you."

"Yes, you possess a gene, that if activated, can give you a superpower."

Skye laughed, stepping back, "a superpower? Me? No."

"Yeah, and I can help you awaken it. When and if you are ready for that," Jay leaned on the table, crossing his arms, watching Skye, "Now, I understand how this could be too much for you to decide."

He opened the portal in front of her, "my card is in your pocket. If you decide to accept the offer, say yes."

Skye put her hand in her pockets, checking, taking out a card. Freaked out, she stepped into the portal.

Standing in the alley, she hesitated, looking back, seeing a few sparks of orange light fall to the ground.

She stared at the card, staring at the sparks of portals disappearing. She glanced around, hastily running off.

She rushed back to an empty parking lot, where she parked her van, entering inside.

She took out her laptop, typing, determined to figure out everything about SHIELD and Jay.

Jay's office,

"Sir, are you going to just let her leave?"

"No, I already let her leave. Don't worry. She will find her way to jail."

"Sir, I don't think- Nah, it's a good idea to deal with her. I thought you'd be more manipulative. I am disappointed."

Jay sat down on the chair, putting his legs on the table, closing his eyes with a smile, "now then...what should I do?"

"How about you check on Tony again? Or maybe Dr. Bruce Banner?"

"Nah, Bruce is busy. He wants to understand the experiments to the minutest details and come up with something better. I don't mind letting him try. Steve is busy learning more about the world or going to meet Peggy. I think...I'll go check on Pepper. Is she in the office?"

"No, she didn't come to the office today."

"Then let's go meet Tony and Pepper, shall we," He stood up, opening the portal, stepping inside Tony's workshop. But there was no one there. His eyes glowed, scanning the whole mansion, stopping on one of the bedrooms, seeing Tony and Pepper lie there.

His eyes stopped glowing, turning towards the Destroyer at the corner of the room, with portions of its metal missing.

Jay sat down, staring at the Destroyer, rubbing his chin, "Jarvis, you there?"

"Yes, Sir."

"I am in a mood of creating something. Did Tony give me the access to use this equipment here?"

"Yes, you have the permission, Sir."

"Now, your Sir is a lot more respectful. I like it," He raised a hologram, starting to draw.

"Sir, do you want to create a suit?"

"No...a weapon, actually," Jay narrowed his eyes. He had many different sets of powers. But the one that Primo used, the Grand Flames, could be easily counted in the top three.

If Magic gave him versatility, then Grand Flames...well, they gave him even more versatility and a lot more firepower.

If he wanted to have even a mock battle against himself, then he needed something more than spells, something more destructive.

"What kind of weapon? A gun? Cannon? Suit?"

"No, I want...a ring."

"Ring?"

"Yes, a ring," Jay smiled, glancing towards Destroyer, "and Uru metal would be perfect for this."

"Uru metal, Sir?" Jarvis politely asked.

"Yes, the metal that the Destroyer is made up of. It's called Uru metal. Unlike in our world, where Magic and Science are two different fields. On Asgard, the two are one and the same. Destroyer is a combination of enchantments and technology. The metal used is Uru, which is like the best conductor and retainer of Magic. So, I am going to use that to create a ring."

Once he was done creating the blueprints, he pushed it back, "can you read all this?"

Jarvis tried to read before he started to glitch, "I am trying...to read...read..re...re...re...re...reeeeee." His voice became low before he shut down.

Jay let out a breath, "Oh boy. We need to give Jarvis an upgrade when it comes to the Magic Department. Echo, help me out."

"Yes, Boss."

Jay chuckled, "don't tell me you changed that because Jarvis called me Sir?"

"Upgrade, Boss?"

"Yeah, upgrade."

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