Earth Nine Oneshot
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I arrive at basic training for the Marines. The day I get there is 4/6/3/1993 Fresh out of Hogwarts, I'm 18 years old and was scouted out by a few government agents due to some experiments that were performed on me when I was young. They sent a fellow military trainee named Billy Russo to keep an eye on me and make sure that I took the offer they gave.
I step out of the vehicle that I was transported here in from the airport. Russo is following close behind as we walk to the barracks on base.
"Did you actually know who you were looking for, Russo? Or did you just guess at it?"I ask as we walk.
"I knew. They gave me a full profile because they wanted to be sure that they really got you and that you weren't hiding out or faking. Did they run tests yet?"
"No. Just the longest interview I've ever had to do and the most personal one."
"Hopefully you're used to being poked and prodded then because you'll be dealing with quite a lot of that tonight."
"Why be honest with me though? You're probably safer if you don't. You could've just told me it was some chance meeting. Acted like you didn't know who I was or something."
"Yeah, that sounded awful. You've had enough issues as is you don't need more of them. I read all the things they found out about you. Your mom dying when you were hardly two months old, being left on the street as an infant, being kidnapped and genetically engineered until age ten, being adopted and taken in by wizards. Must've turned your whole world around."
"Oh it did. How'd you know I was kidnapped though?"
"Because apparently our boss knows a lot about the guy who did it though they haven't been able to catch him yet. Apparently he's known for genetically fucking people over."
"Wow. So he's been stalking me. Great selling point."
"You have abilities that others don't and the people we work for now think it could help with whatever they're trying to do. So they just want to make sure you're who they think you are. And that you can actually do what they're hoping for. Hopefully it just means some quick tests and extensive training. I don't want anything further that could endanger you."
"I'm sure you're getting tired of my questioning you but, why did that come off as 'in danger' to you?"
"I guarantee you can handle yourself. I met your mom. But I just don't want anyone else doing worse to you than has already been done. You've had one hell of a life. I just don't want to make it any harder if it can be avoided is all."
"Sounds like you've had a shit life too."
"Yeah, but I'm not explaining that."
"Fair. Probably smart too."
"They only do background checks on those with such... unique problems. Mine probably are nothing of interest to anyone but me."
"Unique? Sounds like I'm not the only one with my issues."
"Oh believe me, you're unique. How many blood tests have you had since you were born?"
"Like a million. Why?"
"Exactly. If you weren't unique, they wouldn't test you like that. They would've known that it worked and moved on. It's not a routine procedure if they have to keep testing it to make sure each and every awful thing they did to you actually worked. It was an experimental thing. They wanted to know what you could take even if you died doing it. Luckily they got their creepy ass order right because you're still alive and you're doing just fine. Apparently fine enough to be a soldier."
"You could not have read all of that."
"We have the results of every test they ever did to confirm things."
"Like what?"
"Like the fact that your original parents were demons that's why your last name is Morningstar. And why you were instructed not to use it because if it ever came up on your ID you'd be cast aside and put in an asylum for the rest of your life whether you could control it or not."
"I knew that part. Sarge explained it to me. What else?"
"Well, you're related to more deities than humans as far as we know. The tests they did weren't extensive enough to find out everyone those experiments effected. You also use magic, but you knew that part. That magic extends much further than just the spells you were taught in school and the kinds of magic that you were told about. You also have superhuman abilities that haven't been explored nearly enough to tell what all of them are. There's a lot of them that we hadn't heard of before your case."
"Wow, you sound like you know more than they wanted you to."
"I saw the blood tests and didn't want to be completely oblivious to what was going on."
"At least you're smart."
We make it to the barracks and are immediately met at the door by the sergeant and doctor that I talked to upon signing my contract for the military.
"You won't be joining the other soldiers just yet."the doctor says.
"May I ask why?"I reply.
"There's still some processing needed before we can determine your starting place."
"What does that entail?"
"It'll all be explained later. Just not here."
"Fine."
"Russo, you're dismissed."Sergeant Orange says.
"I apologize if it's considered disrespect, sir, but he's not going anywhere if I'm not next to him. I was told to overlook everything that happens regarding him and I'll do it. That part isn't optional. I go with or I will drive him back to England myself."Russo replies firmly, crossing his arms over his chest.
"And who assigned this?"
"Schoonover did, sir."
"I suppose I can't undermine that then. But if you're out of line even once or if you're preventing any of us from doing our jobs, you'll be removed and put on patrol for the rest of the week, reports only."
"Understood sir."
Russo and I follow our two superiors to a chopper which takes us to the only normal looking building on the whole base. We go inside to find a decked out hospital room. I look around me, trying to ignore the itching feeling that something's wrong about this that's sitting in the back of my mind.
"The tests we're running are only to confirm and extend our knowledge of what you went through. You'll see the results and the whole process so that you can refuse at any time."the doctor explains.
"I don't know that I will refuse. I remember too much of what happened to just not want to know exactly what they did."
"That's understandable, Mr. Gold."
"What's first?"
The next week is endless hours of repeated tests all testing different things including a ton of workout training. We must've written a novel just about my heritage and abilities by the end of that week.
I get a few days off before I start basic training and in turn so does Russo since he's to be by my side regardless of what's going on at least for now.
Russo and I are just sitting in the barracks talking.
"So when you said 'superhuman abilities', you neglected to mention that you meant almost every one ever mentioned in any superhero ever."I say before taking a sip out of my water bottle.
"Well, in my defense I thought it'd only be a few of them. Maybe some super strength or something. Not so much, everything. I guess when that lunatic saw what you could take as a little kid, he wanted to do everything he could."
I laugh. "Wouldn't you?"
"No. I wouldn't wanna accidentally kill you."
"Awe, already attached, Billy?"I tease him.
"Something like that. I just don't wanna lose my job for hating you enough to do something like that."
"Yeah, because you're so sweet."
"I'm really not. I just happen to give a shit about you."
"Wow. I must be special."
"Oh shut up."
I take another sip of my drink. Schoonover walks in here and sits on the cot beside mine.
"I apologize for not having reached out since our first meeting. I got a bit overwhelmed with work. How'd those tests go?"he asks.
"One, your demeanor changed which means you know what they found."
"Usually that tone would be insubordination."
"Why am I special then?"
"Because firing you could end worse for us than it could for you. Continue though."
"The tests were fine. I'm used to that kind of intensity for things I don't have any control over. I would advise that you find someone more attuned to administering them though because it seems that your military operation lacks the proper equipment to deal with supernatural and superhuman abilities. I understand this is the same military that curated Captain America but it doesn't seem to be far enough."
"I see you know quite a lot then."
"Yes sir."
"Have anyone in mind that you would prefer to work with?"
"No sir. I'm not the type to request that kind of information. I just happened to notice that your doctors seemed out of their element when they saw what I could do."
"And what can you do?"
"What? Expecting a showcase?"
"Only so I know what I'm dealing with on some level."
"Russo you're gonna wanna back up."
Russo gets up from where he's laying on his cot and moves to one a few feet away. I get up from where I'm sitting and take my uniform jacket off. I use magic to create two matching longswords, blades so black they could be considered nonexistent, the handles slightly curved.
"Simple magic."Schoonover says.
"I know. Might as well start slow though."
Russo walks over and takes the blades from me, putting them in one of the crates under his cot before sitting back down on the one he'd moved to before.
"Try something with more of a kick to it."Schoonover says.
"Yes sir."
I use a spell to make a suit instead. It's a spiderman suit with a black chestplate and a dark blue hood with black lining. It already appears on my body when I make it. I shoot a web onto one of the rafters and wing from it, repeating that from one end of the barracks to the other.
"So the superhuman part was right then."Schoonover says.
"Yes sir."Ireply, taking my mask off as I sit back down.
"The tests said you could create living things as well."
"With powers you mean?"
"Yes."
"I haven't tried it but I probably can. I'll need an idea though cause it doesn't just come right off the top of my head."
"Any animal. Mythical just to see if it works."
I use magic to create a baby Gryffin egg. The egg appears in the palms of my hands and when it does, it cracks open and an infant Gryffin sits on the inside of it.
"Is it living? Like could you call it or something?"Schoonover asks.
"If it is, my mom's gonna have to come down here and get it. Or Lupin will I suppose."
"That's fine. We have contracts with them as well."
"Understood."
I slide one finger gently along the Gryffin's beak, waking it up and causing it to snap at me. I curse softly and pull my hand away, gently setting the egg on the cot beside me.
"Yes, it's awake."I say."I'll send an owl for my mom."
"Can you create other weapons than just blades?"
"Yeah."
I use magic once again, making a silver pistol appear in my hand, a magazine full of bullets already loaded in it. I set that aside as well.
"Anything else or did you just need confirmation that the creation spell worked?"I ask.
"Nothing else. I'm sure I'll learn everything else when you begin training."
"Sounds taxing."
He laughs at that and leaves once more. I write a quick letter to my mom Minerva Mcgonnogal and have an owl send it. The Gryffin I spawned climbs out of its egg and sits in my lap. It's maybe an hour later when mom arrives.
When mom gets here she sits beside me on the cot.
"Why would you choose a gryffin? You know they're birds. They form bonds before they're even fully removed from their shell."she asks.
"Because it's the first creature that came to mind. I though about being home and well, it sort of just happened."
"I can't take it with me. You've created a bond by touching it. I understand you're under quite a load of stress at the moment but it's important that you don't forget what you've learned."
"So I have to raise it now?"
"Yes. When you leave the military, it can stay at Hogwarts. But until then you need to take care of it."
"Could you at least send supplies and explain all that to my commander? I mean, I don't fully know what I'm doing. I don't know what to do with companions or pets seeing as I've never had one before."
"I'll still make sure that you're successful in taking care of it. I'm still your parent and your teacher. But you'll also need to learn how to take care of things on your own."
"Yes ma'am."
She leaves to talk to my commander. I pet the Gryffin's head, making it make a vague purring sound at me.
Billy Russo, Agent Orange, Sergeant Schoonover -The Punisher (2018)
Minerva Mcgonnogal - Harry Potter
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