Chapter 124 – Fourth One
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"You had Parachronal Connection?!" Tony shouted in surprise while Natasha dazedly looked at Primo.

Primo leaned on the chair, supporting it's on its hindlegs, "yeah, that's about. It's easier when talking to someone start. You don't have to explain much."

Tony paced around, "So what, you lived in multiple universes at the same time?"

"About a thousand of them."

"So that is why no one saw you for the longest of times? You didn't have an address. You didn't live. You just acted when needed?"

Primo shrugged, "well, a universe Hydra won in 1945, another where Xander was destroyed, so they came to live on Earth. Another where Sakaar and Earth fused, another Asgard was destroyed, so they came to live on Earth. These universes were going through upheavals, so I paid a bit more attention to them than the others. Moreover, at that time, everything here was going smooth, from the surface information that I got, and nothing stood out."

"Until my Dad died," Tony narrowed his eyes, making Primo nod, "yeah. It wasn't like it couldn't have been an accident. But being in so many universes...I saw too much, so I got suspicious and decided to give a thorough look. I owe Howard that much, to say the least. And I found signs of foul play."

"You could have taken out Hydra at any time," Natasha frowned, "more like..."

Primo shook his head, "I won't give you a reason...I actually can't. Do you want to understand my powers? I existed in parallel universes simultaneously, but I could also see the future, all the future possibilities. To not get overwhelmed, I transferred those powers to my subconsciousness. It produced what I call an event lock."

He looked up at Natasha, "I tried to come to you. To save you...but my body would stop every time I did. Now I kinda understand...the world needs...Natasha Romanoff. Some things are bound to happen...and I couldn't change that."

Natasha's eyes became colder, "I think you could have if you used your powers."

"Probably..." Primo glanced in the distance, "but you don't know the seduction of Omnipotence. Knowing everything, understanding everything. It gives you an unimaginable ego boost...for the lack of better words. A God Complex. And with my ability...I wouldn't be just a threat to one universe, but literally thousands, and maybe the multiverse. With all the parallel universes combined...I have lived for more than twenty-five thousand years. I have protected numerous Earths for that many years. The only thing that kept me going was a rational mind."

He pressed his lips, "I do apologize...if it was not...then maybe I'd make a different choice."

"What's different now?" Tony raised his eyebrow, making Natasha widen her eyes for a moment.

But she calmed down when she heard his reply, "there were two realities...two soul stones...needed two souls. I am soulless two, and that somehow broke my ability, freeing me from the curse of existing in thousand universes. Now...I can live just as a person."

"Oh," Tony disappointedly looked down, making Primo smile.

"You wanted to see...if I can help you talk to some version of your father?"

Tony shook his head, "I know he wouldn't be my father...but still...I don't know. It would be good knowing that he and mom are living somewhere."

"Mmm, I can help with that. One of the universes I was in was during World War 2. There was an attack when Steve was about to be injected, and so, Carter became the Captain. Your dad...is doing great. He's young, and you know how Starks are when they are young."

Tony let out a laugh, "that's interesting. Captain Carter. I bet Steve would love to hear that."

He lightly looked down with a smile, "and Dad's still alive."

Primo looked at him, smiling, "there are plenty of other universes where he is living a good life. You mom too."

Tony took a deep breath, rubbing his eyes, "yeah. I am starting to feel sleepy. So, I'll see you later."

"Really? No other questions?" Primo raised his eyebrow, "I was expecting a lot more questions."

Tony hesitated, looking back, "I think I can tell you this, and you will understand. I want to put armor around the world. I want to create an app that secretly keeps an eye on people. I want to create an AI that could control legions and stop crimes before they happen. I have seen Ultron...I know the bad end of some of the things I want to do. I don't have Omniscience, but I do have the ability to invent. That is hard enough to keep in check...I can't even imagine what you must have gone through."

Primo curled his lips, "thank you. Tony."

Tony smiled, walking out, looking at Natasha, who had plenty to say. He shook his head, walking out.

Natasha glanced at his back, closing the door. She locked it, "you said...the difference between then and now is that you lost all connection to all the parallel parts, right?"

Primo looked at her back for a moment, "I always thought that your intuition is troublesome. How?"

"You said that you have been active for 25000 years. That's about the same age as Jay...who should be 25 now. Although it sounds insane that you became active when you weren't even a year old. But once we take in the fact that you lived in thousand universes...you would be more than a thousand years old before your physical body reach the age of one."

"That all?"

"No..." Natasha walked to him, sitting down on his lap, kissing his lips, sucking on it, putting her tongue in his mouth, "I felt jealous of Hope...that doesn't happen. The only one that affected me enough to become jealous...was...Jay...or should I say you?"

Primo took a deep breath, "too many people are starting to know my secret."

Natasha raised her eyebrows, "excuse me? Someone else knows of it?"

Primo pointed towards Wanda, "she does...Hope kinda does...and I have been slipping because I lost my soul...so Ava found out. You are fourth...and hopefully, last."

"Wow, and here I thought I was jealous before. Now, I am burning," Natasha raised his chin, putting her forehead on his, "so the thing that changed was..."

"I fell in love with you."

"Good answer," Natasha softly kissed his lips, making him close his eyes.

She put her forehead on his, "it's kinda different...you taste different...feel different. Yet, you are the same...a bit exciting. Is there another body that I do not know of?"

Primo didn't answer, making Natasha pull back, looking at him, "I was joking. Is there another body that I don't know of?"

"There is...I met," Wanda opened her eyes, making Natasha ask, "Since when have you been awake?"

"Since Tony was shouting," Wanda sat up, "I met the new one...what wrong with it? I never felt such power...such darkness before."

Primo pressed his lips into a smile, "you know that ever since my bodies disappeared...or my connection was cut. Even if I don't try, I have a thousand thoughts at the same time?"

Natasha shook her head, sitting down on the bed, "I did not know that. And when you try?"

"A million."

"Right," Natasha smacked her lips, looking down, taking a deep breath, "and?"

"So, my thousand processes were divided into two parts. 500 processing parts for Jay and 500 for Primo. Although I am aware of all of them, two are in front, and others are in the back."

"I'll agree that I understand that. You?" Natasha glanced towards Wanda.

"His mind is complicated, so I am used to reading it like a long book. I understand what he is saying," Wanda nodded.

Primo continued, "but then my mind started slipping...and frankly...getting confused, corrupted. You know the part of your brain that shows you violent, evil things. Like dropping a baby when you hold it?"

"That's evil," Natasha agreed, "but isn't that more like fear?"

"Yes...so from thousand of thoughts, there were about 150. Motivated by fear, evil, lust, wrath, and things like those."

Wanda frowned, "tell me all those are not in the third one?"

"Mmm, yeah. And I used the power of the Heart of Innocence today to gain enough power to battle Ultron, which caused more parts of my mind to degenerate."

Natasha covered her face, "how much?"

"All 341 that have been assigned to Sephiroth...As Sephiroth...I am afraid I am pure evil."

"Wait, so you are three different people?" Natasha asked, "three different thought processes of the same person? That still doesn't make you a person, but three parts of a person."

Primo shook his head, "to be precise, there are 1024 core parts of my mind."

He explained, "each body has 341 parts assigned to control the body and everything else; there is one part that is at the core of all three. That part is me. That part is what makes the all three me."

Wanda glanced at Natasha, opening her palm, making an illusion of one big sphere, empty sphere, "this is him." She created three groups of the smaller sphere, "it's not like he isn't aware of what his counterparts are doing. Right now, Sephiroth is hearing us...just like Primo and Jay are seeing us. It depends on what they are focusing on."

Natasha held her head, "so complicated."

"Natasha...I have a favor to ask...I want you to control me...and my actions as Sephiroth. Because it's me that is deciding, so I can't stop it. But...you can."

"Why?"

"Because he loves you. Good or Evil...you are one person he won't hurt."

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