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  Discimer - All the owners have their respective rights. I only own the characters that came from my addled brain (don’t worry, I am pletely sober).

  Manhattan, New York

  –Bruce Banner–

  “And that is why Jack Sullivan, the Green Guardian had to take the fight to Dormammu, resulting in Manhattan bei defenseless, if Ms.Maximoff didn’t intervene, saving many lives nearby and tless more throughout the world as she held what could only be described as the apocalypse inate. Nothihrew at it was even scratched….”

  He watched as Captain Rave his speech to the world on one s, making sure that it was uninterrupted, while also timing the release of dots depig everything with proof so that the Govers would not be able to suppress the information. Going a step further, Jarvis had already downloaded the reports into billions of devices worldwide, to be decrypted at a certain point in time if no new orders were issued by Jarvis himself.

  It was written in all the majuages and in multiple digestible formats. He didn't want to leave anything to ce, give no opportunity to anyone else to alter the truth even slightly, that had already happened on regards to him and he didn’t want that to happen again.

  On another s, he saw the progress of Wakanda’s team. He was the one who had tacted Wakanda as soon as he khat the Hulk would not e out to front Maximoff, not that it was ever needed because she was there for the good fight that time. Instead, the Wakandan ti had bee useful for a pletely different purpose.

  Jack’s dition was…..unique, aic. They didn’t know what the Purple Fire was, except it was absurdly dangerous and energy dense in measurements he didn’t even know if they existed or not. Not even Wakanda had ever measured something like this ever before and that was saying something since Wakanda actually had early records of the Tesserad the work they had done on it. He had reviewed those and realised that Wakanda could have ht stoleesseract from SHIELD and hidden it from the world, making sure that the Loki fiasever happened.

  He shook his head to get rid of those thoughts and focused on the s as the drones from the ships held on to the Large Vibranium block, which was going to be used to extract the Purple Fmes since he knew from his research that Vibranium, especially after it was stripped of its processing alloys, could absorb any and types of energy, which is why the Block itch bck si also absorbed most of the light i on it.

  Jarvis’ sed volley of drones had reached Manhattan and are currently cirg the air above Manhattan, keeping at bay ahat might try to e close though realistically, he khat not even Ross was crazy enough to send io finish them off. The more realistic approach would be ground troops uhe guise of rescue operations and that was rendered moot because there were no roads left that led straight to Manhattan, most of them were destroyed in the fight and the ones left standing were in perilous ditions, hence Jarvis’ destru of them.

  As he thought, Jarvis really was angry at the i. Tony had gotten gravely injured in the fight and there was not much Jarvis himself could do to either Help Tony or Jack or even Wanda.

  “Hey, Minion no. 1,” He smiled at Shuri as she called him something that had started off as a joke but had stuck around after he got fortable enough around Shuri and the way she did things. There was no denying that Shuri was brilliant but she needed someoo keep her grounded, like the time she made a pn to turn the Giant mound of Vibranium in Wakanda into a vessel holding enough energy to make a sed sun and thehat as a tre point of civilisation so that Humanity would never have to worry about energy ever again.

  He had to remihat not even her own brother would ever agree to that because the Energy sector would just colpse from that and that would just result in pandemonium around the world. He had to expin to her that Tony was doing something simir with his Arc Reactors even though they were much less effit, only because he was doing it slowly so that the world markets wouldn't colpse.

  “Yes, Overlord?” He asked back, addressing her with her preferred niame.

  “You think it will work?” He hummed and looked over the series of charts, pies, and more depig the energy output and how it should… “Theoretically.”

  Shuri rolled her eyes at him, “I’m serious. We need a win, like, really bad. Wakanda’s general popution was already isoted from the wider anyway so there was not much there but still, one of the Dora Mije had to be hospitalised. It…It doesn’t look good for her. Maybe, if we wake him up, then–”

  “Then there’s something he could do?” He asked her, not knowing how to break the o her.

  “Shuri, I’ve read over the reports, both the ohat were preseo the world and the real ohat were hidden from the public. The ehing is aic, alien phenomenon, something that ot be expined by our knowledge. The thing damages anyone looking at it and the more you look, the more damage is accrued.”

  “Yes, and it doesn’t even matter what the quality is or how much of the spa your vision it captures. Once yaze nds on it, people just get brain damage and then, bodily injuries.”

  He exhaled at that, it was something that weighed heavily on his mind. The Dark entity Dormammu might have been repelled, at great cost but what about the cost it would tio extract from the world in the form of that one final gift it left to the species that was used to sharing anything and everything that it id eyes on.

  By the time Jarvis mao lock everything down, there were very few copies left on it in the world but evehey couldn’t risk even a single copy of that remaining because it was an untraceable one shot solution to everything.

  Sure, the Captain had recovered remarkably quickly but that robably only because he was enhanced in ways they still don't pletely uand. His own mutation didn’t rea as deep as Steve's did. It was as if his entire body was switched with only his….mind…trans–

  “Shuri, I think I uand why the Captain was able t off the effects, at least on his mind.”

  “Why?”

  “Because he is enhanced. I think the atta question does something to the souls of people. I have heard Jad Tony talk about it before. When a person is enhanced or born with power, their souls always have somethira. The people who practice magic also have stronger souls than normal, which would expin why The Captain recovered so quickly and why Ms.Maximoff didn’t receive any damage.”

  “It was because she was so massively overpowered that she could shrug off its effects, whereas a normal person would be crippled instantly?”

  “Yes but that doesn’t solve our problem. There is no way we reverse the damage. We only hope that the people recover if the exposure was low.” He sighed at that, yet another loss on his end.

  He was actually feeling pretty useless these days as the Hulk refused to e out because of his fear and he–

  “Dr.Banner, I am deteg multiple unches, both jets as well as rapid a ships, headed our way.” Jarvis chimed in as Steve had finished his broadcast, ending the ehing with a still of Jack’s current dition with scars, burn marks, and purple veins criss crossing his entire body shown to the world.

  He sighed once more, “Great, exactly what we needed.” Standing up, he pced his gsses oable, and spoke up, “Jarvis, just make sure I have something to stand on.”

  “Affirmative,” On the s, he saw multiple ptforms emerge from the ground, creating a rge regur floating ptform for him to stand on, “Perfect.”

  He got out of the tent, looking at the Drohat had already progressed, abs some of the purple Fire aing closer to Jack, and sighed. Straightening his shoulders, his eyes fshed green as he reached an accord with Hulk.

  Now that Scary Lady—Wanda- was gone, he could finally e out and SMASH—no–protect Jack.

  His thoughts remained in a state of disarray before he took trol of the transformation, turning into the Hulk. Opening his eyes, he saw green for a brief moment before it narrowed os he could see in the distance.

  Growling unsciously at the anger he felt i himself, at Hulk, at the situation, he jumped, hundreds of metres up in the sky before he tched onto the ptform that was waiting for him, in the crevice that seems to fit perfectly in his hand.

  Lifting himself up, he crossed his arms as his legs were embedded into the ptform for extra stability, zooming straight towards the Jets. The Jets, seeing him scrambled in different dires.

  Sighing, “Jarvis, get to the Optimum point please, a me a direct link to the man in charge.”

  “Yes, Dr.Bahe person in charge is General Waters, given orders to scout the city for ‘exotic materials’ that be recovered iermath.”

  There was a slight static before a crisp and cold voitered his ear, the speakers on board the ptform making sure that the voice reached him perfectly, despite all the air interference because of travelling at high speeds, “This is General Waters, you are in direct viotion of multiple federal ws by breag this secure line. Identify yourselves.”

  He made sure to make his voice extra gravelly, just for the effect it had on people in authority, “General Waters, this is Dr.Bruce Banner or Hulk. It doesn’t matter what you call me, what matters is that you make sure that you stay the hell away from Manhattan at the moment.”

  “Dr.Banner, need I remind you that you were only pardoned for your previous crimes. We and will detain you if you stop us from doing our duty.” As if in respoo his statements, the Jets began cirg back.

  Stretg out his joints, “General, I will only give this warning oay away from Manhattan until I am sure that Jack Sullivan is out of danger, or do you wao make sure that the world knows that you are endangering the World’s Hero, who sacrificed himself, just so that you recover ‘exotic materials’. I am sure that you would love it if the words came from Captain America himself.”

  There was a beat of silence before he saw the Jets veering off to the side of his vision, “Dr.Banner, please hat this is only because Mr.Sullivan is injured and if I may offer, the Military has already authorised anything that Mr.Sullivan might o recover.”

  “Thank you for your eneral but I think we have it handled. You will know wheuation has stabilised enough for you to e in and start rebuilding the city or you know, do the thing you were ordered to do. Retrieve any useful onry at any costs, what stupid orders.” He ehe call with those parting words, sighing and slumping on the spot as the ptform desded to take him back to the tent.

  Thankfully, it was not Ross in charge otherwise they would have learhat having the Hulk’s strength and Banner’s mind to el that rage would be a terrible bination, especially since he would not be holding Hulk back from exerting his full strength.

  “World breaking Strength?” He muttered to himself something that Jace told him. The Hulk had strength in spades, more than what it knew what to do with, and if the Hulk truly were a mindless mohe world as they k would be gone because the Hulk was capable of splitting tis.

  He shook his head as he shrugged off the Hulk transformatiourning to his normal form. Dealing with the sudden bout of exhaustion and weakhat assaulted his mind, he thought of Jack’s words, whether they had any truth to them or not. Everything that Jack has told him, has helped him at one point or another. Nothing has been useless but that si had him doubtful because why would Jack run around and stop threats when the single biggest threat to the world would be right at his side, all the time?

  “ected!” He perked up as he heard Shuri’s excited voiing from ihe tent. Turning sharply, he ran right to the Crater, seeing multiple h Jets standing behind T’Chal as the drones did their jobs. The purple fire that had been fring out of the crater was o be seen now.

  The tent was moved a fair distance away, just in case anything happeo the Vibranium so he had to jog quite a bit before he stood beside T’Chal and the Captain.

  “Did it work?”

  “Acc to Shuri, the Vibranium block has just made tact with Jack's body, which should be good but I am doubtful of the Vibranium’s ability to hold that muergy. We already have another block of unrefined Vibranium ready just in case but as you see, there is purple energy all around it now.”

  Yes, that could be a problem. The purple fire was go the Vibranium Bloow had criss-crossing purple veins that were only spreading as it absorbed more of the Purple energy.

  “Shuri?” T’Chal’s voice was anxious, rightfully so because he was not sure if even the Hulk could survive an explosion followed by Vibranium shrapnel enhanced by energy that vaporises anything it es into tact with.

  “Don’t worry, almost there,” Shuri’s voice was one of tration as she used minimal data to properly apply force, otherwise Jack’s body could misstrued that as a threat and bsted everything away.

  He was about to speak up when the block dipped down a bit, barely noticeable but it did definitely dip. Something ged in the air as the veins of purple that were increasing at an arming rate stopped expanding.

  “Uh, Shuri?” he spoke out loud, knowing that the hundreds of mics all around them would pick it up.

  “Just a sed, the energy levels dropped pletely. Lifting the bloow,” The drones actually groaned in protest as the block was slowly lifted from Jack’s body, revealing a naked Jack with…

  “What the hell..” He muttered as he saw a Stone, glowing purple embedded in his hand. The purple veins emerged from there then.

  “He is safe to approaow. Jarvis?” Shuri’s voice echoed in the clearing as the whines of repulsors came closer. He looked up to see a giant bloing towards them. IT abruptly stopped right above the crater, releasing multiple smaller cuffs of some sort that reached Jad attached themselves around his limbs, lifting it slightly before a sheet of some sort exited the ptform and attached itself to the cuffs on Jack, creating a makeshift bed.

  “I believe Wakanda will be the best pr.Sullivan to recover. I give you my word, as the King of Wakanda, no harm shall e to Mr.Sullivan under my watch,” T’Chal crified to the Captain who looked suspicious initially.

  He Captain, knowing that it was in the best i of T’Chal to do so.

  The Captain finally sighed and nodded, “Fine. Just make sure that Jarvis knows when he is awake. I’ll deal with the stuff here. Jarvis,” Steve gestured at the bed as it slowly entered one of the jets, with T’Chal and the Dora Mije following through.

  “I will see you in Birnin Zana, Dr.Banner,”

  He T’Chal before turning around, looking at all the destru, the only thi after the Invasion.

  “Jarvis, infeneral Waters. Let them take all the Exotic material they wish to take. I need a nap.”

  “What, tired? I could do this all day,”

  “Ha!” He ughed tiredly, chug at the Captain’s sad attempt at a joke. It reciated but after the day they just had, jokes were not going to cut it.

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  A/N - Hi! First of all, let me thank you all for reading this far along but as most things, the muse for this story has hit a creative end. I have written the same chapter with the same premise many times but have been uo e to a clusion for the end of Volume 1.

  Funny thing is that I already had ideas for Volume 2 written down but my creative brain ran out of steam even before Volume 1. Because of that, I have decided to put this story on hiatus.

  I know that is not what you guys would like to hear but I have just been uo write for this story for a while now.

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  Getting that out of the way, if you would like to read something else that I have written, you guys check out DoorMan (MCU SI), a new fic I have written and published.

  As always, Thank you for reading! Toodles!