Chapter 641 - Theft (2/2)
”On it, Colonel,” the calming voice of Jarvis interjected while Nik's actions weren't only affecting the general populace. Aside from Shield and Strange, nobody actually knew that Vanish was capable of superhuman athletic feats but his limits were not tested even by the Shield. This provided them the opportunity to find out a symbiote's true abilities but much to their shock, they found that all it took Vanish was one attack against a falling bot and it would bring the other down. From jumping to the side of a building and crashing a bot into the ground, creating a crater for that matter, Vanish's physical strength stunned them all.
”Whooo!” Anna and Ray cheered with Anna finally opening up to the extremely cute boy and sharing popcorns while Pickle was delighted by getting some of the action. It was about time she got to stretch a bit and she enjoyed every second of it. Not only that, with Nik giving her the control of his body, Pickle enjoyed the sensation of moving, jumping, and crushing. Her smile widened every second and the black patches of eyes narrowed ever so slightly. Though terrifying many hidden organization from her expression and salivating grin alone, Nik only found the lass a cutie as she continued to play.
”Nice crush!” Nik cheered, waking Sky and the others to witness Pickle in action. After all, to them, a piece of metal, whether in the shape of armor or missile, was junk in the end. However, information about the killer bots brought by his [Psychic Aptitude: S-] allowed him to practically understand more than half the technology behind the Iron Man suits and also a bomb fixed within, inch in size but with a powerful bang which Nik would simply teleport away when Pickle would punch another one of the fallen victims. Soon, she cast her gaze upon the different bot rushing towards Iron Man and sharing sense with Nik, she inquired eagerly, ”Nik, can I drench that man's blood upon my skin and enjoy the taste of his body?”
As if to answer to her queries, War Machine instantly diverted its flight and gunned down the nearest bot, making Pickle groan internally. ”Damn, I wish that were a bad guy!”
Feeling the subtle shift in Pickle's mind, Nik reprimanded her harshly instantly. ”There's no good guys or bad guys!” his shout ringing loud within Pickle's consciousness as he continued, ”There are only good girls and bad girls. Sweet boys if I have sons and they can settle for some chums cause Tanya and other daughters are definitely getting the best side of the pizza, and rooms. So, if you feel hungry, eat the nearest delicious thing and only stop when I say. Or if you feel stuffed. Or if you feel pity for someone. Never ever think of bad and good or we may as well rule hell given our nature!” His self-righteous tone only earned a suppressed and admiring whimper from Pickle, who would have turned into wet goo if she actually felt physical l.u.s.t despite her bloodline and now she wished she could while Sky led the spirits with the roll of her eyes.
However, the lecture proved useful to Lola, who smiled once again and kept her grim away from the senses of others. Maybe the rest of them still weren't ready for her tendencies but it was good that Nik was bound by 'evil' and 'ethics' and ran with a high-powered fuel of hypocrisy. After all... she was, to quote Nik, a bad girl. A bad AI, technically.
”So, we'll go out for dinner,” Nik continued, ”I'll even bring Ignit and let you feast on whatever you like... but yeah, we'll strike a terrorist group.” He coughed as— Vanish— seemed to gave regained his vigor suddenly and brought down the remaining bots quite elegantly. A broad grin touched Mary as she gestured the camera to be brought in front of her and closed off the deal with an epic statement while the surrounding civilians clapped. Amongst these were prominent decision-makers who transmitted the data to the top brass which was interested in Tony Stark's technology. Some of which turned out to be Nick Fury's bosses.
”Vanish!” Mary took to her 'lover' whose action of being a hero she refuted but now shamelessly profited from, ”That was amazing! You saved all of us!” She burst happily, stating the mind of everyone present as they looked at Vanish with unconcealed joy and appreciation. Looking around for a while, Nik's eyes lit up the moment he saw a young kid with an iron man helmet on, making him question just what kind of groups did the convention allow but walking to the young boy with heavy steps, he knelt on one knee and still managed to tower over the boy.
”Uh...” the kid looked around, unable to find his parents who were just a few steps behind him, and looking at the ice cream cone that had fallen near the kid, Vanish inquired softly, ”That yours?” He pointed at the mint-flavored choco-chip ice cream, making the boy nod.
”Here you go,” Nik managed to hold off from cringing and scaring away the boy as the same ice cream appeared in his hands. Somewhere in the city, a hard-working citizen paid for his ice cream and lost it to a sneaking teleportation circle but that was a story for a different time.
Under the cheers and kind applause of the crowd, Vanish disappeared once again but didn't leave quite yet. He really... just vanished and stayed right there, making his way towards Mary to return the favor. She needed to provide adequate compensation after all and Nik knew just what he wanted.