Thirteen Years, Part One and Two

"Sir, I have it in my sights, but it is 3 kilometers away from waiting, being 7 kilometers away, I am good, but I am not sure" Natasha said while pointing her rifle.

Nick who had just heard the news from Natasha should be happy that his calculations were not so bad, but he was shaking with anger, thousands of lives were lost, and even that was not enough to end that monster, and if it wasn't that Nick Fury imagined the worst, then that mutant would have escaped.

"Complete your mission agent Romanoff, you already know about the specifications of your weapon, aim as if it were 100 meters away and you will hit the target" it would have been nice if Natasha had time to practice, but since there were only two bullets, then there was no room for some mistake.

Natasha continued adjusting her sights, while looking at Alex walking slowly.

Alex was almost to the limit, if he kept using his powers then he might pass out, so it was time to camp, the only good thing was that he was no longer on sand, and there were some trees in the distance.

But being unable to use just one hand, all Alex could do was lean against a dry tree to get some sleep and wait for his powers to recharge.

Step by step, Alex approached his goal, but an ominous feeling flooded his head. Alex immediately scanned the place, but found nothing, but he still wasn't calm.

Alex's instincts never failed him, and it's something he has honed for years, so if he felt something was wrong, then it wasn't time to relax.

The silver hair had been trying to detect an anomaly, but there was nothing, so Alex decided to go away, although it was not his style, he had just survived an atomic bomb, so it was a good excuse.

But first of all, Alex's heart contracted as a great sense of danger surrounded him.

It was completely silent, and Alex only detected it when it got dangerously close.

Alex acted as usual, he created a repulsion field, but an anomaly occurred, the object increased its speed at the same time that the gravitational distortion disappeared.

That was completely new, but Alex acted on instinct and brought his strength to maximum, the object increased its speed again while it seemed to destroy all the energy, but it got to the point where it stopped accelerating and started to stop, it seemed that it could store or destroy a certain amount of energy, but there was no time for Alex to study that phenomenon.

And the worst thing was that Alex did not have time to catch his breath, when he detected another object, and if he had to guess, it was possible with the same properties.

At Alex's best moment this wouldn't be too much of a problem, but now Alex's vision was already failing as his head looked like it was about to explode,

With no force to stop that object again, Alex used the rest of his energy to generate negative pressure to slow down the object and thus not increase its speed, while he used his last drop of energy to hit his own body.

* BOOM *

Alex flew backwards on impact, making it a purple bullet. The silver hair had lost all the air from his lungs, while a bloody puddle began to form.

In order for Alex to use his powers more efficiently, he trained his body to the extreme, giving them a resistance that far surpassed that of a normal human, but he was still flesh and blood, so he always tried to bring extra protection, since The last time an arrow took him by surprise, leaving a scar on his shoulder.

But whatever that projectile was, it managed to penetrate a thick plate of a platinum-gold alloy, which was supposed to be the best alloy in the world.

From a distance Natasha worried that something would go wrong, as the last bullet was supposed to explode, since the gravitational interference technology had been implemented.

"We have a problem, the bullet did not explode as planned, but the target was shot, I will confirm the target." Natasha got up immediately, heading to where Alex was.

............…

From the difficulty with which Alex was breathing, he could guess that one of his lungs had collapsed. And even if he were alive, in his situation that could change at any moment.

The only thing Alex could do was see the clouds, it was quite relaxing, but that did not stop the whole body screaming pain, the last impact had to break all his ribs, it was a miracle that he had one lung and heart left in one piece.

Some thoughts went through Alex's mind, but the main one was that if someone would appear to end him, then hurry up, Alex was not a lover of pain, and the last thing he wanted was someone's monologue, although the doubt of how they anticipated him, that would be an interesting thing to hear before he died.

10 minutes passed and Alex's blurred vision noticed a white spot approaching.

"Yes, you took ...… .. your time, I really didn't feel like .... of dying of boredom "Alex exclaimed with difficulty as he spat some blood from his mouth.

Natasha took off her white helmet, letting her long fire-colored hair fall out, "Sir, the target is still alive, but it wouldn't give him much time."

Nick Fury from his office was reviewing his plan from his head, weaken the mutant with an atomic bomb, push him to the limit with a Vibranium bullet, and finish him off with a modified Vibranium bullet that would explode from gravitational interference, launching pellets to return a Cheetah cheese to the mutant, but in the end the second bullet hit, but did not explode, causing Fury's expression to darken, but what was done was, most likely, that mutant has run out of energy, but still the impact must have left a huge hole.

"Agent, immediately check if the bullet went through the body of the mutant, if so, execute it immediately"

Natasha acted immediately and with a quick kick turned Alex making him gasp.

"But let's look at who had any luck" Natash could not help saying sarcastically, when she saw Alex's back was intact.

"Sir, the bullet didn't come out, it's still inside, I'm waiting for orders" although Natasha wouldn't mind giving Alex another kick.

While Nick was meditating, Alex's hoarse voice interrupted them.

"As the loser of this round, ... ... I'll give you some advice, take out your gun and shoot me in the head right away, ... ... this will be your last chance" Alex could guess from the actions of Natasha, who inside him had of those annoying explosive bullets, meaning he couldn't use his powers, unfinished as krillin, making getting out of this situation really annoying, and since suicide was a cowardly ending, it was the winner's decision to decide.

Both Natasha and Fury who heard Alex's words took him as a lunatic in his last moments.

"Sir, although I really don't want to listen to that mutant, I am very tempted to do it, although I would wait for five minutes before finishing the job" Natasha couldn't let Alex go so easily, so she wanted to download all her frustrations before putting a bullet in his head.

Nick Fury did not expect this result, a very badly injured mutant, without the possibility of using his powers, it was as if someone put him on a silver platter, and although there was another subject who had powers related to gravity, it was very dangerous to wake him up Since his mind was destroyed and he could commit suicide by his own powers, but the new mutant was different, getting a living test subject could help him recover all the losses, and there would be huge gains in the end.

Natasha's face wrinkled when she didn't hear any response, but she couldn't act without an order, so she kept still.

But the one who didn't hold still was Alex, since he struggled to turn around, "I don't think you're so innocent, even I know he's planning to make me a test subject, and as a live one he's more valuable, your next orders are very likely to make you become my babysitter. "Alex found human greed quite funny, but if they both wanted to give him a chance to escape, then who was he to refuse.

Natasha clenched her teeth at the mutant's attitude, that monster had lost, but he behaved as if this whole matter did not concern him.

"Don't take it wrong ... .., it would show weakness that you assassinate me when obviously I don't have any chance to escape, since you're supposed to be tough guys" Alex I can't help but tease, it seemed that his escape would be simpler than he expected.

"Sir, I don't know what his decision is, but I'm sure he didn't need that mutant to have all his teeth" rarely did anyone look at such a beautiful woman with a scared face, a normal person would find it difficult to see Natasha directly when she was really angry.

"You can try, but it is very possible that you explode with me crazy woman, so I challenge you" Alex did not like to be threatened, and although he really does not like the idea of ​​committing suicide, that was better than to support that sadistic woman making fun of him .

Natasha was ready to draw her pistol, but Fury's voice stopped her.

"Calm down agent, he just wants you to end his suffering, but for all the sins that mutant committed he still has to pay" Fury made a decision, Alex was completely neutralized, and without his powers it was nothing, but what was still a perfect test subject.

Natasha had to swallow all her anger, to complete the mission, but the idea of ​​Alex being dissected relaxed her.

"WAIT" Alex couldn't help but spit out a big mouthful of blood when he struggled to speak, but since he was still alive, then don't blame him for cheating to escape.

Both Fury and Natasha were somewhat curious what Alex would say, there wasn't much that mutant could do anyway.

It was quite painful, but still Alex continued, "If you can get me a bag of cookies, I can give you the names of the Hydra infiltrators in your organization," if there was any luck, that information might help their escape a little, But now everything was said, Alex wanted to close his eyes for a moment, this day was really exhausting.

Both Fury and Natasha maintained a silence, when the first to break the silence was Fury when I speak from Natasha's communicator "it seems that you don't even know what year it is, and for a second I thought you would say something interesting"

Hydra had disappeared years ago, now Nick Fury was tempted to accept Natasha's suggestion about teeth, but since that mutant experienced many things worse than hell, it didn't matter too much.

Unfortunately for Fury, there is a sleeping virus on SHIELD's servers, and every time Hydra's word is named, it alerts internal executives.

With everything said Alex closed his eyes, it was a good time to rest.

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World leaders did not know that Fury stole two pieces of Vibranium for his plan, when the atomic bomb failed, but he was not supposed to survive, so he would take possession of Alex for testing, so Fury sent a SHIELD squad, but It will take as it was not planned.

Having to wait a few hours, Natasha sat somewhat close to the mutant to keep an eye on him, but after things calmed down, she finally noticed that the mutant was a fairly young boy, maybe 14 or 15 years old, which caused her some conflicts, as it meant that when it all started that mutant was just a little boy.

Natasha had killed a 12-year-old girl, and that was one of her biggest regrets, and although she knew what that mutant did about it, part of her began to hesitate.

"Because you did" Now in a more neutral voice, Natasha addressed the mutant as she cleaned her gun.

Alex's eyes widened slowly, "Do you want the truth ?, or the version that would let you sleep at night" Alex's ribs were still broken, and although he still had a bullet in his right lung, the silver-haired boy recovered some of fluent to speak.

Natasha is already waiting for such an answer, but now doubts began to appear in her head, "Just tell the truth, maybe this way you can atone for some sins"

Alex was not begging, as he was the loser of this round, it was the least he could do.

"The day my powers appeared, I murdered many people, including my parents, and although I had no intention of doing that, I still did it, I was still young at that time but from that moment I made my decisions, I could live hidden or live it how I lived it, but whatever my decision, I would live a life being persecuted, and what followed I think was everyone's fault, they attacked me and I defended myself, at the end of the day everyone wanted something, including me, but so it's life "Alex didn't say more, in any case it was very likely that one of them would die in the next few hours

Natasha was not completely convinced with that answer, but decided to end the conversation.

The atmosphere recovered its silence when Alex remembered something important.

"Before he forgets it, as they did to get ahead of me, that did take me by surprise" Alex almost forgot, since that was something that intrigued him quite a bit.

Natasha thought about it a little, but she was hesitating, but maybe that could break the calm of that mutant "Although you never went twice to the same place and everything seemed random, after 5 years small patterns appeared, and one of the recurring was that After you were in a desert place, you would look for a place with a beach to relax as your next objective, you have already been in Europe and Asia, and although you are from North America, you were never in South America, and for the time you were in Africa , and the path you were following, it was very likely that you would leave that continent, so it was a bet when we decided to intercept you before you headed to Brazil, so after changing the direction of the helicarrier in the last moments of its explosion, but we had something of help doing the calculations, but at the end of the day we took you where I was already waiting, there were several failures for a few kilometers, but you know the rest of the story "

Alex did not expect that, and he thought he was being random, it seems that even he was being of customs.

"You can call me Alex, I think giving my name is a sign of respect for the person who earned me, even if only for a moment"

Natasha snorted, she didn't know where Alex got his trust, but as the helicopter arrived, the talk time ended.

"Come on, it's time you get to know your new house" Natasha said to Alex.

Having finished her mission, Natasha decided to sit forward, although she would not hesitate to put a bullet in Alex's head for all her sins, she had a small weakness when it came to young people, so it would not be good for her to get too involved.

............…

Alex's strength far exceeded that of a normal human, so even if he couldn't use his powers he could still use his fists. But now most of his bones were broken, every breath was painful not to mention that he was completely handcuffed as 10 men pointed guns at him as they flew five thousand meters above ground level. Which meant it was the best time to escape.

The humans were careful enough with their plans, but after fighting Alex for so long, they too made a big mistake when trying to understand the nature of his powers.

Alex always acted as the core, then interacting with nearby bodies, but there was still a level that Alex didn't dare touch. But desperate situations required more desperate measures.

Now it depended on how lucky Alex was, "Hail Hydra" Alex said addressing the men who were pointing their guns at him.

Alex studied the reactions, and to his luck, he saw two looks to understand the message.

The other people did not seem to realize that these two companions were no longer targeting the mutant.

BAM! BAM! BAM!

The noises alerted Natasha as she imagined Alex attempting suicide. But what she found left her completely confused, eight dead officers with bullet wounds to the back. But there was no time to speak, from another flurry of shots he intended to take Natasha's life.

While all of this was going on, the silver haired pelt crawled over to one of the corpse grenades on the ground.

The best scenario was for Hydra's forces to gain control of the helicopter, while giving Alex time to pull the bullet out of his chest, but it seemed like too much to ask, why Natasha had already shot one down. So Alex squeezed his strength out of the grenade, so it was time to roll and hope for the best.

Natasha was still waiting for another opportunity while protected with the door that separated the compartments, but Alex's actions did not go unnoticed, but it was too late when an explosion left a hole for the helicopter, and being a pressurized room, the external pressure began to suck everyone.

Natasha closed the door to keep from flying away, and now she didn't know what the hell had just happened. If Alex had mental powers, then Natasha did not understand why he let himself be captured, but the important thing was to avoid crashing to find Alex's corpse, since it was impossible for him to survive that fall without his powers.

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Alex was in a free fall right now, and with several extra injuries, in this situation even he would not survive this great fall. And without the possibility of using his powers, everything seemed to be said.

But as a resourceful man, Alex had a little plan. The silver-haired man raised several hypotheses of the possibilities for his powers, and one was to be able to interact with the gravity of the universe.

Alex tried once, but his mind is almost lost in infinity, not forgetting that he was in a coma for a week. But Alex felt lucky today. Anyway if he made a mistake, lost concentration, if the pain controlled him or took too long, he would miss the opportunity to see how far his powers would go.

Forgetting the fall, Alex concentrated very carefully, slowly connecting his mind to the very concept of gravity. It was very overwhelming, but being the second attempt, Alex's mind only focused on a very small part, tremendously lightening the pressure.

Alex's will seemed to synchronize with the gravity that surrounded him, turning it into his own will, everything flowed correctly, until Alex tried to modify the laws of nature to reverse the gravity of this part of the earth, but the silver-haired man understood the bad way it was much more difficult than he imagined.

Alex's body ended up hitting the ground anyway, although he managed to stop gravity a bit so as not to be paralyzed, but it was definitely necessary to go to a doctor.

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Natasha's helicopter had crashed, leaving her with several bruises, but nothing she wasn't used to.

And after reporting his situation it shouldn't take long for the reinforcements to arrive, but finding Alex was the priority. As a skilled tracker, it only took her an hour to find the wreckage of the helicopter.

In a few minutes she found the bodies of the other officers, so she began to methodically check the area, it was complicated because it was rocky terrain, but after a few seconds Natasha saw a long suspicious-looking bloodstain. Being a good clue, Natasha prepared to continue as she readied her pistol.

Natasha nimbly approached a group of rocks following the trail, but a small object struck her foot. Natasha's blood froze when she recognized the bullet made from Vibranium.

Hoping she still had time, Natasha ran to finish Alex off as fast as she can, but her hopes were dashed when she saw her pistol turn into just a foil.

"I told you to shoot me agent, I never tell a lie" Alex said with a mocking smile of terror, since he was completely bathed in his own blood.

Natasha was speechless, she already imagined that Alex's condition was bad, but she only confirmed it when she saw him at that moment.

The upper part of Alex's clothes had disappeared, revealing dozens of bruises and extreme lacerations, his charred arm was pointing him in the wrong direction, and his other arm was broken on several sides while his hand was covered in blood. But the most disgusting thing was the hole where the bullet hit, which surprisingly seemed to have invisible arteries where anyone could see how the blood circulated.

This if he put Alex to the limit, if he would take longer after the last impact, then he would have bled to death, since he did not have much delicacy when he pulled the bullet from his chest, but now with the control he has, recreate a system circulatory was a simple thing.

Natasha was completely lost, although Alex's body seemed to break at any moment, but his powers made up for that part by a large margin, so she unconsciously sat on the ground waiting for whatever happens.

Alex was tempted to tease Natasha a bit, but from a distance he could sense a group of planes, and while it was a good way to take some stress off, the body ached like hell, and there were bodily functions that couldn't be emulated. with his powers.

But now the question remained, what to do with Natasha, but killing her would be very simple and boring, so after giving an extra load of blood to his brain, he made a decision.

"Next time you guys should bring millions of those weird bullets, but some atomic bombs would be a good way to start, I have some theories to do in that situation, I really have an interest to find out if I could survive that, today it was quite productive , but also fun, so I will not be stingy and I will give you another chance in the future, also I prefer a beautiful woman to try to kill me, so keep your figure "until now Alex had not felt his true limit, and he thought of several ways to become stronger, so it will give Natasha one more chance.

Natasha couldn't understand Alex's words when she saw a silver flash in the sky. It was difficult for her to know how to feel, but the only thing she was sure of was that she met a completely insane.