Chapter 128: Plans and Rest
After separating with the Spiders, Benjamin let Gamora, Groot, and Rocket out of the Soul Realm and no longer bothered with them as he went home.
Having gone home after what feels like a really long time, Benjamin found Natasha, Ophelia, Mors, and Mara along with Hela and Selene wearing maid costumes standing behind the two Deaths.
Anna, Ororo, and Elsa were also present beside Natasha while Janice was there for Ophelia.
Benjamin paused for a moment when he saw Elsa but then remembered that he brought her out from Limbo a while back.
This girl was usually out singing so Benjamin had unconsciously distanced himself from her, fearing that he would suddenly break into a musical. Because of that, he also somewhat forgot about her presenceâ¦
Thankfully, it seems she has stopped her habit of singing every now and then. Natasha and the others mustâve scolded her about it.
Benjamin smiled seeing all of them together.
Whether it was the good, the bad, or those high cosmic beings, there were now all smiling while chatting with each other.
This was the sort of peace that Benjamin wanted to see.
âIâm home!â
The girls looked back at him and smiled.
âWelcome back.â
The end.
â¦Well, of course not.
While the scene seemed like a perfect way to end this story, events continued to unfold in the background.
This was still the calm before the storm.
Meanwhile, in the the Life Foundationâs (not so) secret facility.
Five figures in stealth suits sneaked in through the vents and appeared at an empty room.
Spiderman grinned.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
âMan these suits rocks!â
âShut up! The whole point of stealth suits is âstealthâ!â
Spiderwoman knocked Spidermanâs head.
Black Cat rolled her eyes.
âYou both shut up.â
After making sure the surroundings were safe, Black Cat pressed a button on her brace and a holographic 3D map appeared before them.
There were five blue dots in one room, representing the five of them.
Black Cat quickly issued her orders while highlighting key areas.
âSpiderman and Spidergirl, check the area where Venom was initially contained. See if you can access any computers. Copy everything and grab anything of note.â
Spiderman and Spidergirl nodded.
âSpiderwoman, Silk. You two take control of the security room. I want eyes on everything. Also, secure any footage from the past month till now.â
Spiderwoman and Silk nodded.
Spiderwoman then asked.
âAnd you?â
âIâll be checking all the offices and grabbing all the data I can.â
âJust data?â
Spiderman was doubtful.
Black Cat grinned.
âSome personal things might get misplaced~â
The four spiders rolled their eyes.
âAnyway, remember weâre only here to grab information. Donât make any commotion no matter what!â
Black Cat said in a serious tone.
Several minutes laterâ¦
*RING*RING*RING*RING*
Black Cat groaned.
She quickly shouted in the intercom.
âWho is it!?â
âIt was Spiderman!â
âIt was Spidergirl!â
â...â
Black Cat sighed.
She regretted assigning the two in that area.
It seems that after the two saw the various cells with people inside being experimented on with the other symbiotes, they lost control and ended up causing a commotion.
Now all the symbiotes were loose and started attacking people, causing the facilityâs alarm systems to ring out noisily.
Moreover, the noise seemed to have intensified the anger of the symbiotes, causing them to attack even more wildly!
Black Cat quickly regrouped with Spiderwoman and Silk who had already taken control of the security room and they saw the situation with Spiderman and Spidergirl through the monitors.
Black Cat sighed.
At this rate, it would be detrimental to let those symbiotes continue to let loose.
âAlright, thatâs it. Iâm pulling the plug. Ben!â
âYo. Whatâs up?â
Benjamin immediately appeared beside her.
Then, he saw the monitors and couldnât help but smile wryly.
âWell, I kinda saw this comingâ¦â
Benjamin patted Black Cat on the shoulder and then waved his hand.
Suddenly, the symbiotes attacking Spiderman and Spidergirl froze in midair.
Spiderman saw this and sighed.
âIt seems Capt. Freed is hereâ¦â
âWe are so in troubleâ¦â
Spidergirl also groaned.
As expected, a portal appeared and Benjamin appeared from it along with Black Cat and the others.
Benjamin looked at the two and asked.
âWell?â
âWeâre sorryâ¦â
âItâs justâ¦those peopleâ¦â
Benjamin smiled and shook his head.
âI understand you wanted to help them. Butâ¦couldnât you do it more subtly? Or at least, inform the others first? Felicia wouldâve made a proper plan to save them without causing any commotion.â
The two hung their heads in shame.
Benjamin sighed and walked to them, patting their heads.
âAlright. Itâs fine to make mistakes as long as you learn from it. Since it has come to this, no need to remain stealthy. Go and grab all the data and information you can find. Iâll contain these symbiotes first. Afterwards, weâll deal with the Life Foundation.â
âUnderstood!â
The two nodded quickly and went to grab all the data.
Spiderwoman and Silk did the same while Black Cat approached Benjamin.
âSorry. It was my mistake assigning these two here.â
âItâs fine. Things have been going well for them and theyâve become lax. Since they made a mistake, just let them learn from it. Itâs not a big deal.â
Black Cat nodded then grinned.
âWell then, Iâll go misplace a few more things~â
Benjamin chuckled at that.
After containing the other symbiotes, Benjamin thought for a moment.
Will he be able to find hosts for these other symbiotes?
Benjamin shrugged.
Oh well. Weâll deal with it when the time comes.
Benjamin then scanned the place once with his mental strength to make sure that every thing was okay before deciding to leave it to the others.
However, when he scanned just now, he noticed a peculiar object in a sealed vault room.
Benjamin went to that room and easily pried open the vault door.
Inside was a large room with only a single object placed in the center.
A large rock.
No, it wasnât just any rockâ¦but a meteorite.
The rock contained elements that werenât present on Earth so it mustâve come from space.
This shouldâve been where the Life Foundation found those symbiotesâ¦
However, when did this meteorite fall here?
Benjamin wasnât aware of any meteorite falling since he arrived to this world.
Was it before he arrived to this world?
Benjamin shook his head.
No matter. In any case, Iâll have to deal with where these symbiotes come from.
â¦Well, after Natasha and the others give birthâ¦
Benjamin felt that he has been off-world too much lately and wanted to rest for a while.
Besides, that wasnât the only urgent thing.
He still need to go to the TVA and deal with whatever the System wanted for him to do.
Thereâs also the matter of finding Heven to look for Odinâs eldest daughter.
He has put it off for a while now due to being busy with other things.
Then thereâs the matter with Stephen Strange.
As the Ancient One had told him before, the future had changed a lot and it seems that Stephen Strange has yet to become the Sorcerer Supremeâ¦
What elseâ¦
Oh right, I also need to find the Inhumans City at some pointâ¦
Also, the matter with Wanda and Pietroâs mother missing somewhereâ¦
â¦Thereâs indeed so many things to doâ¦well, I can slowly do these things while waiting for Nat and the others to give birth.
Calculating the timeâ¦it should be almost two months now since Natasha said she was pregnant?
It kinda feels longer than thatâ¦
[Host, that is because you have been jumping on and off worlds for a while now. Your sense of time had already changed. It is suggested that you take a moment to rest.]
Benjamin nodded.
But that matter with the TVAâ¦was it anything urgent?
[The TVA exists outside of time. What has happened has already happened. What hasnât happened wonât happen anytime soon. Who knows. Maybe a âfuture youâ has already dealt with the problem so nothing is happening right now. However, the host must still visit the TVA in the future to complete this.]
Benjamin groaned.
This time stuff is a real headache and if possible, he didnât want to deal with it.
But as the System said, it seems that there is indeed something happening outside of time right now so he should take a visit in the future.
Until then, he can handle other smaller things.
There were still at least seven months until Natasha gave birth.
Although Benjamin decided to rest in this period, he wouldnât always be idle.
For starters, he had already started the investigation of the Inhumans City before. Benjamin figured he should check in sometime later with Jiaying regarding where the Inhumans City was.
Yes, Benjamin had actually already met Daisyâs mother, Jiaying and her little group of Inhumans hidden somewhere in China.
It happened sometime before Benjamin went to Xandar with Carol.
At that time, Gordon, an inhuman without eyes capable of teleportation, had appeared and took Raina away who was in custody in SHIELD.
Then, he appeared in front of Daisy to take her away as well but Daisy managed to attack him properly due to her training.
Once Gordon was incapacitated, he was brought over for questioning after waking up.
Benjamin was also there and they found out about a group of inhumans hidden in China.
Then, Daisy managed to reunite with her mother Jiaying and since Benjamin was there, things didnât escalate as they did in the TV series.
There wasnât anything like what happened in the TV series where terrigen crystals were scattered in the ocean and eventually processed into food and distributed to the whole world.
And so, no panic or major changes happened.
Instead, Benjamin asked them to investigate the location of the hidden Inhumans City.
At this time, there should already be some findings.
But wellâ¦it isnât anything urgent. Iâll just wait till they report to me.
Benjamin shook his head.
Other than that, he still had no idea where to start to look for Wanda and Pietroâs mother.
And as for going to Hevenâ¦
Benjamin thought for a moment before nodding.
I should be strong enough now to go against Heven in case I have to. Iâll go ask Thor where it is later on.
After deciding that, Benjamin sighed and went back home.
For now, letâs get some long-overdue restâ¦