Research Earth.
Alex was currently in an elegantly decorated office with Reed and Ben, naturally accompanied by Gwen. This single room held the two smartest people on this planet without a doubt. After gaining the support of a version of Reed Richards and seeing his capabilities firsthand, Alex had grown to appreciate just how big a deal Gwen's ‹Superhuman Intelligence› was. While it was impossible to accurately quantify sothing like intelligence, Gwen had done a damn good job of working at the sa pace as the supposed smartest man in the universe and even surpassed him on multiple occasions.
Still, with both of them working together, one of the things that Alex had been most desperate for had now been completed. But for now, their eting had a different agenda.
"Gentlen," Alex said with a smile, holding Gwen in his arms as she unabashedly sat in his lap while he faced his capable scientists across the table. "I have a proposal for you all. Sothing you've been asking for a while."
"Awfully nice timing," Ben said with a hint of displeasure, scowling. Though on his rocky face, the expression was barely discernible. "As soon as we complete your project."
"Timing has nothing to do with it, Ben," Alex shook his head. "Contrary to what you might believe, I am no saint or philanthropist. You spent your ti working for and achieved tangible results. That warrants a reward. That's all this is."
Before Ben could respond with greater aggression, Reed cut him off.
"I appreciate your bluntness, Mr. Hunt," he said. "But I believe that your compensation has been more than fair."
"There can always be more," Alex said. "Gaia, transfer a thousand creds to these gentlen here."
Both of their wrists imdiately beeped, signifying a notification, leaving them sowhat incredulous.
"By the conversation rate, this is around ten million dollars," Reed said, unsure how he was supposed to feel right now.
"This was just the appetizer, Reed," he said. "I'm here to offer you a path to normalcy. I can extract the cosmic factor within your genetic makeup and revert you to normal. It's a short and painless process, after which you will be turned into a full-fledged human. No more powers, no more mutations, and no more accidents."
Reed's reaction was sowhat llow as he fell into a deep contemplation, but Ben's was in stark contrast to his, gripping his chair to the point of crushing the handlebars as he stood up.
"Are you serious?" He asked, his breathing growing shallow. "How can you do it when even Reed can't even begin to think of a solution?"
"You know sothing, Ben," Alex didn't directly answer Ben. "The reason I don't particularly mind dealing with your brash and sowhat disrespectful attitude is that I empathize with your situation. Your whole life was turned upside down because of this. I understand that you're hurting and are prone to lashing out."
"What's the point?"
"Get your shit together," Alex said flatly. "Once I revert your mutation, I expect you to be a fucking model employee, understood?"
"Alex…" Gwen whispered in his ear, gently caressing his arm.
"Hm," he glanced at her, his stern expression softening as his fingers continued caressing her thigh under the table. "I know…"
"I understand," Ben nodded grimly, sitting back down in the custom tal chair that had one of its handlebars crushed.
"Did sothing happen yesterday?" Reed suddenly asked. "In the years we've worked together, Gwen has never acted so… indifferent to everything around her."
"It was just a small accident, nothing major," Alex said, feeling Gwen's fingers tighten around his bicep as she shifted herself even closer to him, sticking her face in the crook of his neck. "Ben's decision is clear. What about you?" Alex asked Reed.
"May I ask how you plan to do this?" Reed's attitude was far more polite. "Per Ben's words, I've researched extensively into this in my free ti, but to no avail."
"It's just a matter of perspective, Reed," Alex said. "To you, manipulating a person's genetic makeup is a highly complex process that cannot be achieved with the current technology that we possess. To , it's an innate ability that rely requires to articulate what needs to be done. I've never tried it, but I can probably turn a human into a banana with so effort."
"Please don't try that," Gwen mumbled. "That sounds like a horrible way to kill soone."
Alex smiled, rubbing Gwen's head with his free hand. "What do you say?" He asked Reed. "Interested?"
"I think I'll pass," Reed said. "After so long, I've grown used to these powers."
"I understand," Alex nodded. "Ben, et at the lab in the evening. We'll take care of your powers."
"Uh, Apex," Reed said, prompting Alex to raise his brow. Over the years, they had, more than once, heard Gwen calling Alex by his na, but everyone still maintained a tacit understanding and continued referring to Alex by his so-called screen na. "Mind if I ask a question?"
"What you've done for is enough to warrant a Nobel Prize, Reed," Alex said. "Ask away."
"What about them?" he asked. "Johnny and…Sue—ah, Susan."
The sheer longing radiating through Reed as he uttered Susan's na almost made Alex burst out laughing. While he was still pining over her, she had long moved on without him. Considering how deeply intimate Alex's relationships with his primary hosts were, by the ti things moved to the point of forming the level three bond, it beca nigh impossible for any degree of separation to occur. And Alex had to learn that particular piece of information the hard way.
When he'd broken his bond with Mary Jane, the effects on him were a sense of weakness that lasted a sowhat significant amount of ti, aside from the imdiate pain during the process. While he'd bounced back quite easily—mostly because he didn't have a single host, Mary Jane wasn't so lucky.
The redhead had chosen to beco the first occupant of his Gaia Penetentiary as Alex downgraded her to the tertiary bond stage, which was no more than a passive presence that he had on a person with essentially no contact. It hadn't taken long for her to ntally break down. Losing the bond had been equivalent to ripping away a part of her own being, which left her hollow and depressed.
It had taken years of constant pleasure-based therapy administered by Gaia to treat the suicidal tendencies that she had developed. As for Alex's initial thought of making her a sort of warden for the prison, that was impossible considering her ntal state. Not to ntion, Gaia did that particular job with far better efficiency.
As for Susan, after forming the level three bond with Alex, the two of them were completely inseparable.
"They both plan to keep their powers as well," Alex said. "Johnny enjoys being the center of attention, and Sue… There's no way in hell I'm getting rid of her powers. Not that she wants to in the first place."
Reed picked up on the way Alex was talking about Sue and let out a sigh, nodding. He seed to have accepted the situation.
"Thank you for satiating my curiosity," he said.
"Anyti," Alex waved his hand. "Since you didn't accept my offer, I'll give you a blank check. Within certain limits, you can ask for anything. How about that?"
"Appreciated," Reed nodded. "We should be off."
"Take a break. From next month, we will put our full focus on the next big thing," Alex said.
"Upgrading the bracelets, right?" Reed asked. "For sure."
With that, the two of them left Alex and Gwen alone. Before the door even closed, Gwen's hand had slipped into Alex's trousers, gripping his rapidly hardening erection.
"Still not satisfied, huh?" Alex asked, grasping her breast over her shirt as she bit her lip and gave him an aroused look.
"I'm still mad at you," she said poutily. "How dare you make panic like that? Do you have any idea how terrified I was in that mont?"
"I thought you'd be more mortified about the black sli that almost fell out of your ass in the middle of the lab because I lost focus on my body."
"Don't remind ," she rolled her eyes. "If I went through that kind of social death, I wouldn't be able to show any of them my face ever again."
"I'm perfectly fine," he said, reassuring her. "I just went through a bit of a rough patch and got caught off guard. I have no intention of letting it happen ever again."
"You better," she said. "I don't know what I'll do if you ever disappear."
"Getting back on topic… The almost-accident clearly hasn't made you resistant to my butt plugs," Alex said.
"Like my resistance would an anything," Gwen said. "Eventually, you would coax into wearing it."
"Keep telling yourself that," he said. "Admit it, you've co to start enjoying butt stuff."
"That is false, and this is the end of this conversation. The actual main topic here is the completed Infinity Radar, not your obsession with my asshole," she snapped. "Now, you're going to bend over this desk and rail , fill up until I'm all warm and cozy, and then we will test that radar."
"What a demanding woman," Alex comnted before sweeping her up into his arms.
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