MARVEL: GAMER PATH

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The surgery was a success, the bomb had been successfully removed, meaning Emily was safe from the grasp of Hydra, and I was free from their shackles once and for all, eight hours it took me to remove the bomb, all while Hydra tried to figure out what or who was attacking them with the EMP, little did they know it was me who had brought the EMP bomb inside.

Not that I judged them for not knowing, because during my unwilling stay here, I never revealed my inventory or the true nature of my powers, I kept that in secret, even when they tortured me, I knew… this was my only way out, and I had to keep it quiet.

"Time to kill some Nazi bastards," I chuckled, delighted with how things were playing out for me, finally I was free from this bastards, "But first…" I muttered as I gazed at Emily who was still sleeping on the bed I had operated on her. She looked so fragile, so breakable, I wonder if this is how it feels to be a dad. Chuckling, I put my hands around her back, and carried her, then I opened the door and walked out of my room, as if nothing had happened.

Right now, it was phase two of my plan, reaching the dungeons with Emily safe. My reason for going to the dungeons was to get a dog cage and to leave something above the big tank of gas in the dungeon that supplied the entire base with heating, two small tasks, but the most important was the cage, that place had many, for Romania would use them to keep the children without agents in place, right now there were no kids, but… there were cages, and those babies were quite durable, with Emily inside one of them, I would be able to move freely.

"Where do you think you are going?" One of my superiors hissed, his name, [Jurgen Weber - LV 21] "We are under attack, get back to the main floor, and wait for--" before he could finish his sentence, I slit his throat with the scalpel I had used to operate Emily. Jurgen was shocked, his eyes told me so, and as he fell to the ground, I continued walking, leaving the man to drown in his own blood.

Inside the dungeon, I went straight to the dog cages, grabbing one as I woke Emily up, "Time to shine baby girl~" I tickled her.

"Stop!" Emily giggled, yawning as she stretched her arms around my neck, "Where are we?" she asked, looking around. Seeing her so lively, so happy, made me sigh with relief, the operation had not only been a success, but my healing had left her without any post surgery side effects.

"We are in the dungeon," I answered, while very innocent, she wasn't stupid, she knew the people that held us were bad, and that we were both their prisoners.

"Did we do something wrong?" Emily asked in a worried tone, and I chuckled.

"No," I shook my head, ruffling her hair as I did so. "But it is about time we leave this awful place, so I will ask you a favor, I need you to get inside this cage, and don't make a sound, for what is coming next I need total concentration," I added, pointing at the cage.

"I can do that," Emily nodded, with adorable resolve.

"Good, now get in," I chuckled, giving her a pair of noise cancelling headphones as she scurried inside the small cage. While I connected my ropes to it in knots so that I could carry the cage as a backpack. Once I was done, I looked at her in the cage, and reminded her not to make a sound. "Let's go…"

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[Romania POV]

Someone had attacked our base with a powerful EMP that had only left us with the emergency radio system, and it had taken all of our assets to keep things in place, now the question was… who had attacked us, no one knew about this base, none of my operatives were disloyal, and those who were a flight risk, were under a tight leash, like Mr. Walker.

{We need reinforcements!} someone cried over the coms, their voice full of worry and fear.

Grabbing one of the radios, I pressed the button and said, "Do we have visuals on the target!?"

{It's… my leg!!! Ahh!!} The com was cut short.

"I need to know who is attacking us!" I roared through the coms, slamming my fist to my desk.

{No need to shout, Romania...} that voice, Mr. Walker.

"Do you have visuals on the target?" I asked, if someone was competent, and as long as I kept the leash around his neck tight, there was nothing he could do.

{Well... all I can say is that he is extremely handsome, and very very angry with what you guys did with him…} It… couldn't be… he would not let Emily die, his one weakness was his emotional attachments, he would not kill her with his actions.

"I will assume this was an ill judged attempt at humor, Mr. Walker," I hissed.

{Oh, no… this is just the opening act} He laughed, {I am the one you are looking for, I am the one that attacked the base, and I am the one that is going to kill you with a fiery end, ending my act, closing the curtain of this unique tale}

"You do realize I hold Emily's life in my hands right?" I reminded him.

{I know… by the way… I love your new outfit, it highlights your eyes...} My outfit, but… I haven't seen him today… Turning around, I looked at the window in my office, to see him smiling at me, on his back, one of the cages I used to keep children and animals, and on his hands a gun.

"If you move, I will explode her!" I hissed, hoping he would believe this lie, for the EMP had fucked most of our equipment, meaning I didn't have the power to actually kill her by exploding the bomb at her heart.

Breaking the window that was supposed to be anti bullets with one hand, he hopped into the room with a wide smile, "With no power, how do you pretend to do that?" he hummed, "The way I see it… you don't have the power anymore…."

"Then what? You'll kill me?" I scoffed, even if he did, the moment we recovered power, Emily would die, and we would hunt him down, shackling back to his cage, "And here I thought you were smart… but don't worry, soon you will be retrained."

"Adorable," He chuckled, "But… I didn't come here to kill you… I came here to rip your hand off, the elevator needs your fingerprints, so… you know…" he winked.

Before I could reply to that statement, he slammed his hand against my neck, and with a serrated knife started to cut my right hand off, while keeping his lock on my neck so tight, I couldn't even scream…

"Well, off I go~" he whistled, hopping out of my office as I screamed in pain, he would die for this… he would! He would regret leaving me alive!

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[Alex Walker POV]

You know the best part of having a minimap? That you know where your enemies are, at all times, especially if you know the place, which is the reason I had been able to find Romania so easily, and now with her hand, all I had to do was wait for the power to come back on, use the elevator and be free.

On my way to the elevator, I killed a few Hydra Agents, most didn't even have the time to react, mostly because none of them expected me to attack them, but sooner or later Romania would tell them it was me the one they had to hunt, but I was ready for that.

After killing around fifteen agents, I reached the elevator, where I took a seat in the ground and waited for the power to come back on, if my calculations were right, and if Stark Industries didn't lie about the duration of their EMP, in about three to two minutes the power would be back on, after all, this EMP was part of their products for small missions or something.

"I suppose my next plan will be getting the citizenship… or some semblance of legal paperwork… then again, having papers mean having tracks… maybe--" Before I could finish that idea, the power came back on, fucking Tony, lying to his customers, the EMP effect didn't last nine hours, it lasted eight and fifty minutes, I will demand a refund… then again, I didn't pay. With a chuckle I stood up, and pulling Romania's hand, I opened the elevator, "Thank you for handing me a hand Romania~" I laughed at my own lame joke. Inside the elevator, I pressed the button that would lead me to my freedom, as I danced to the elevator music, "This is my Jam~"

It took the elevator a few seconds to reach the top, where I for the first time in some time, took my first step as a free man, and ten started running, Usain Bolt style, for things were about to get… hot.

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[Romania POV]

As soon as the power came back on, I knew what I had to do, Alex would die for his disobedience, but first he would see the child he came to care about die in a bloody mess, first he would feel the pain of losing a child! Grabbing the control remote to explode Emily, from the cameras in my office, I watched as he danced in the elevator with a goofy smile, fool he would see I was not to be messed with.

Granted he had cut my hand, probably thinking I would die out of blood loss, but I knew how to avoid death by such wounds, and here I stood, as powerful as ever.

I continued watching as he danced, and felt as if he had won, and all I could think of was… how sweet it would be to see him suffer after having a taste of freedom.

In a matter of seconds, the elevator opened at its destination, and with a hasty step, he ran out of the elevator, faster than I have ever seen him run.

"Time to die!" I laughed, smashing the button, but instead of Emily exploding, a loud noise coming from the dungeon was heard, followed by a fiery inferno of death that engulfed us all, so that's what he had done… well played...

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[Alex Walker POV]

Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit shit! That was the only thought in my mind as I ran like a fucking madman, I knew the moment I stepped out of the elevator, Romania would detonate the bomb she thought was still inside Emily. But instead was now about the most explosive thing in their base, the big, massive, gas tank used for heating and other things.

And just as I had predicted, a few moments after I ran out of the elevator, she pressed that button, I mean if the fire coming out of the "antique shop" was anything to go by, oh yeah, apparently that was the cover for their base, an antique shop.

Anyway, the shop blew up, in a fiery show of death, it was quite satisfying.

[ Mandatory Quest Completed! = Escape Hydra!

Objective = Your plans to escape Hydra are already in motion, but even then you have to be careful, Hydra has ears everywhere, and will do it's best to keep you down.

Bonus Objective = Escape with Emily, the poor little girl shoved into your life.

Reward = 500000 EXP, 50000$

Failure = Death]

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[STATS

Name = Alex Walker

Occupation = The Gamer

Level = 55

EXP = 13875/25170

HP = 10000/10000

MP = 16500/16500

STR = 128

VIT = 100

DEF = 85

DEX= 145

INT = 165

CHA = 74

WIS = 130

WILL = 110

PER = 100

LUK = 59

STAT POINTS = 500

MONEY: 74500$

]

Holy shit, ten levels in one go, I feel like a cheater, which is good, I enjoy getting easy shit, "Well.. I better find a car, so that I can get the hell out of here…" I whistled, as I looked over my stats.