Chapter 134 – Deciding A Plan of Action
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Silence reigned in the meeting room, the only sound being of the hands moving and pages turning.

Tony was the first to throw the stack on the table, "Everything seems to be in order. There aren't any signs of foul play. He gets commercial, and we get Military right."

"The trick is that he is asking for the rights on both Earths and for the whole Solar System," Nick frowned.

"You think there is someone else in the solar system?" Steve asked in confusion.

"No, it's probably for the future. Sephiroth might be thinking about creating a colony on Moon or Mars."

"Is that possible?" Natasha furrowed her bows since she didn't think it would go that far.

Reed nodded with a glint in his eyes, "With a technology like that? It's possible."

"If it were me, then with the colony, there could be space shuttle service. In Hours on Mars," Bruce spoke, raising his head, "Huh, that's a good rhyme."

"Or maybe Moon? Vacation spots on Moon and Mars? Field trips? Rich people will pay for that kind of stuff," Doctor Strange suggested.

"There's also Pluto. If he could create a livable environment on Pluto, the gravity's effect would prolong human life. Everyone would seem to have supernatural abilities, jump to 10 meters, enjoy 9 to 10 seconds of floating. Lift vehicles. People would give anything to enjoy that kind of experience," Tony frowned even more.

"So basically, sign these, and we are basically giving him the key to treasure house," Nick scowled.

Peggy nodded, "And right now is the only time when this is possible because Omega Flight has been given authority to make any deal that could save Earth. From Invasion, or Extinction. Here we have both."

"I don't like this feeling of being played. We are all here. Can't we reach the alien?"

Doctor Strange thew his stack, "He was clever. He never said that which Earth. Moreover, if I open the portal, we will be in space. And we can't survive there. Even if we manage to make the team and I open the portal? We can't fight in the spacesuits and those who can? Won't be enough."

"By that theory, if we go in a spaceship, then we'd have to separate in two teams, and we don't know where he is, how far. Or even if he's in our solar system," Reed leaned back on the chair, "And we have only one hour to do that."

"What if we call his bluff?" Steve asked, "There is a chance that it might just be his bluff?"

"You have seen him, right? I don't think it's a bluff," Tony shook his head.

"I don't either," Doctor Strange looked towards Captain, turning his head towards Nick, "What do you think?"

Nick scowled, "I don't think it's a bluff either."

"What about bone demineralization?" Reed suddenly leaned forward, looking towards Bruce and Tony, "Long-term space travel would cause bone demineralization. Does he have a counter for that?"

"Extremis," Tony didn't even have to think when he spoke out, but soon he made up a lie to keep the Jay and Primo secret, "And Sephiroth knows how to make it. Jay reverse engineered Extremis 0.2."

"So you are trying to say he hold all the cards?" Natasha asked, leaning back in defeat.

"Hmm, there is one that we hold," Ororo narrowed her eyes.

"Do enlighten me?" Nick looked towards her with interest.

"Jean...she can go into space and even defeat the alien," Ororo stood up, "I should give her a call."

"Jean Grey, A.K.A White Pheonix? She can do that?" Reed looked at her with interest.

Ororo nodded, "From what we know, the Pheonix isn't her mutant powers, but rather a cosmic force that she harbors. The Pheonix is a semi-sentient force that chose her to be the host."

Doctor Strange stood up, "Good, where is she? I'll open a portal?"

"A cosmic force?" Tony leaned back, exchanging a glance with Bruce, who repeated, "A cosmic force."

Steve stood up, "Wait, let's just Miss Ororo and Doctor go. We need to stay here and try to buy them time."

Tony stood up first, "Wait, wait, wait. They would need a coordinator and even someone who could take the data. And someone who could be in space. My suit has that capability."

Tony clicked on his watch, and numerous holograms appeared on top of his watch. When he clicked on one, "Activating Gemini."

He patted on the watch, and nanites appeared, forming an armor. It had a white, black, and silver color scheme designed to suit space travel. Attached to the back were removable secondary thrusters to get through the atmosphere. The Arc Reactor design, with three lines from each corner of the triangular reactor joining together in the middle. Additionally, the gold coloring of the face mask extended further up the forehead than most armors, implying a larger field of vision equivalent to astronaut helmets.

"See, I have one ready."

Reed wanted to go, but he had nothing, so ready for battle in space, making him disappointedly sit back down.

Nick thought for a moment, "Good. Tony, Doctor Strange, and Ororo go get Jean and bring back that data."

Tony clapped his hand, "Great. Where is she?"

Ororo hesitated, speaking, "Sokovia."

"Please tell me Sokovia of our Earth?" Doctor Strange frowned, making Ororo shrug, "Theirs."

"Oh, Great," Doctor Strange let out a breath, "One place that I can teleport to. It's going to take time."

"Not if we teleport outside. I go in and ask Ms. Jean to come with me," Tony shrugged, "I can travel that distance with a minute."

"You still haven't solved the problem about which Earth and where?" Natasha crossed her legs, looking at them.

"That...Jean could solve that," Ororo spoke, "How about this. We go to the edge of Sokovia, and Mr. Stark goes to call Jean. And Doctor Strange teleports me back to the school, and I take Kitty?"

"I am enough," Tony proudly patted his chest.

"Trust me. Kitty has a talent, and I am not talking about her mutant powers. Just trust me," Ororo looked at Tony with confidence.

"I think that I should go to."

"Shit!" Tony nearly jumped up when Vision abruptly spoke, "I almost forgot you are here."

"My apologies."

"No, Vision. You are not going anywhere," Nick shook his head, "Even I don't have permission to you on such a dangerous mission."

"I'd say that being in the same room as Mr. Sephiroth was the biggest danger."

"Hmm," Natasha looked towards Nick, "You want him to attack Vision so you can draw out people like Scarlet Witch to fight him?"

Nick Fury shot a look at her, "nothing like that. Anyway, Vision is not going."

Tony looked at him, "All right. Let's go."

Outside Sokovia,

Tony stepped out of the portal with a red and golden suit, firing his repulsors when he passed through a barrier, falling down. He turned over, "Ok, good thing that no one saw this."

Suddenly, he found himself sitting on a sofa, looking at Scarlet Witch sitting in front of him, "You could have just asked me to teleport you."

Tony removed his armor, "Uhhh, yeah. Now that I think about it, that would have been a better idea. You watched?"

Wanda turned the laptop that was on the table, turning it to face Tony. The live feed showed her sitting, changing to the laptop until Tony took off his lens, "Good. I wasn't sure it would work."

Wanda smiled, "Thank you, Tony. I knew that my recent outburst would cause a problem but didn't think they wouldn't invite me to such an important meeting."

"Well, you did barge in the school and freed what was thought to be a world-destroying weapon. Then you barged in again to take a world-saving weapon. And then, manipulated reality across two Earth? Yeah...they are going to be troubled."

Wanda pressed her lips, nodding, "When you put it like that. It does seem fair. Anyway, I have prepared for what you wanted."

"You say like you prepared an object," The sound of heels filled the room, but it was the sound of other footsteps that made Tony look back.

"Rubes," Tony said out in surprise, looking at Ruby, Skye, and Crystal walking behind the redhead bombshell, "What are you doing here? Your father knows?"

Ruby curled her lips, ignoring him, making Tony rub his head. Since he didn't convince Primo, this little girl had been ignoring him. He turned his head towards Wanda to get some answers.

"The man you saw. His name is Hyperion, and I don't know of his powers in this universe. But in most universes that I have seen him, he possesses absurd powers. Not only that, there are times that he has a group of other superhuman beings with him. They call themselves Squadron Supreme.

There is a chance you might not have to face one man, but a team. So..."

"So we are here."

Tony stood up, clapping the back of his hand on his palm, "That's why I said you should be with us! This is the stuff that we need to know if we want to keep up-"

He wanted to say keep up with Sephiroth, who had Jay's memories, but he changed the sentence, "Keep up with these new threats."

"Don't worry. They can't hear us. Now they will."

"There is one more," Wanda clapped her hand when someone flew in from the roof, landing in front of Tony, "I can attest that there is no Hyperion around Earth's surface."

"Rambeau?" Tony raised his eyebrows.

Rambeau shrugged, "space is my territory. You can't go without me."

Wanda smiled, "This team, with you four, should be enough to face the Squadron if needed. Or even Sephiroth."

Tony sucked in a cold breath, "Oh, rigth. There's that."

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