When I woke up it was raining blood. Apparently while I was asleep a couple of the druid and other fringe cults launched a teleport attack against me. They hit the teleport blocker and got scrambled. Teleporting is all well and good but higher level supers have issues with long range teleporting. Also its easy to set up a teleport block. I know mine can go for miles. I know I feel sick every time I am teleported. Hans actually liked it but then Hans liked having his ass checked.
Hans was waiting for me with Jessica and a nervous looking man in a suit. I looked up it was sweltering the man must have some sort of cooling device. Hans grinned “Thomas here is a lawyer for the world Bank.” I pulled out a recorder unit and try to get it to operate. The recorder exploded and I looked at Hans who winked at me.
Thomas began “The world bank has decided that this new nanite infestation will disrupt business so we are offering two hundred million credits for a solution. I understand you have a decent understanding of these matters. We would be willing to pay say thirty million credits for your help.” Hans grin widened and Thomas looked at him with concern. Thomas went on “We would also help move your family from the fourth Reich control.”
Hans chuckled and Thomas looked at him “Do you mind letting me in on the joke?” “Max does not like Nazi's but we are the only people with a half safe old people home that he can afford. You understand he has many of his family even those of less than stellar genetic make up living in our forward outposts. Thirty million is not enough to move them all. They have families and they will not want to move. Besides the world bank has a history of going back on there deals ask Frans.” Thomas turned red “Those were lies spread by” Hans bend down in laughter “Lies spread by me and my colleague Max.”
It suddenly dawned on Thomas who I was. “You helped with the cure for the black goo and then spread the cure free of charge.” I nodded “It seemed to be the thing to do.” Thomas gulped “But you helped even the ones the fourth Reich wanted dead.” I looked at Thomas “That's why I do not live in the fourth Reich. That and the whole master race thing is not for me. As far as I am concerned I am heading to space as soon as I can.”
Thomas pressed a button on his phone and I was flying threw the air. I heard a scream heat vision and I pretended to be dead. I stayed still while the war machines opened up and began to fire at what I took it was a assassin group. I heard the explosions as the war machines used missiles and rail guns to slaughter the supers sent to kill me. Do not get me wrong in a city the war machines would have been slaughtered as the supers hid with there powers. Invisibility the ability to blend into shadows the ability to change shape and blend into a crowd. Given enough time the assassins could have slaughtered the war machine operators when they left there machines.
Now the supers launched there lightening against twenty foot tall machines which were equipped with six inches of the best self healing armour in the world. I even felt a force field pop up nearby. It was one of those new fancy deflection ones. Designed to deflect the energy blasts of a super. But why a twenty foot tall robot would even use something like that was beyond me.
Hans kicked me “Thomas was just hit by a blast of rainbow energy that was deflected off a force field he is missing a head” I got up and Hans tossed me a small silver card “It has four million and fifty credits on it. Bring it to the luna bank. I hope you make it.” I stayed down and released control of the teleport block.
I felt Hans vanish and above me several Supers teleported. I did not have the full mapping experience that most supers had but I did have a amazing set of ears. From above me I sensed a massive energy signature. Level unknown or S for supers so powerful they could destroy a hill with a single punch. What I was feeling was Electra a female super number eight on the most powerful scale and a right evil bitch. She grinned at me and slowly for her landed. I think she was trying to toy with mme.
I focused and got ready. I waited until Electra had landed and released all my energy in one go. Electra force field faltered and I grabbed her hand and leg. Electra was a super and all supers had there bodies reinforced with nanites. All I had to do was switch off the part of the nanites that stopped the electricity flowing threw Electra turning to heat. Electra hand came away and she fell backwards with a chunk of her leg missing. I grabbed her other leg and pulled before jumping behind a war machine. I switched on my teleport block and it started to rain blood as the assassins who suddenly appeared in the sky turned into little pieces.
I tapped the war machine I was hiding behind no reason not to be a coward “Could you please step on Electra. I would prefer if I was certain she was gone.” The war machine stepped on Electra and her body sank into the ground. Running forward I made sure she was dead by tapping her skull and frying her brain. Dozens of missile streaked threw the air. The Americans had ploughed billions into making missiles work against the super powered and it showed. Several of the supers attacking me were hit by three or more missiles and turned to ash. One super shrugged off three missiles only to be struck my what I was assuming was a massive missile moving to fast to be seen even for me.
The massive missile did not fully kill the flying super he survived but what looked like burns over most of his body but then three more of the regular missiles hit him. Whatever his power was he was running low on juice and when the dust settled he had lost a arm and most of his head and was pushed back a dozen feet. The super began to scream and the war machines began to target him with lasers and more missiles.
I looked at the war machine and called out “I need a lift lets go” The war machine turned and a voice called out “Listen we have to defend you but I would have to call in if you wanted to leave.” I tapped my card “One hundred thousand Luna credits thats credits that can be used on the moon.” The war machine cockpit cracked and I saw a man inside a tube of green goo. The war machine called out “You can breath in the goo climb in”
I swore and got into the goo. I fired up my power and had the nanites eat any of what the pilot might have left in the goo. He had been in the goo for days. The war machine took to the skies at speed and I focused on cleaning up the nanite mixture. The pilot turned on the radio and I listened in to the news.
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“It looks like America has reclaimed its place as a second rate power.” “That's not true sure they killed a S class super but bear in mind they were to afraid to move until Max took her down.” “Your missing the bigger picture here Electra is dead she ruled over twenty million people. This new super Max has shown his grit and given the fact he picked off a S class super there is a large chance his powers will grow.”
I heard Hans voice “That's true when you kill a super using your powers you can sometimes gain extra traits. But in this case its a given. Max always was good at manipulating nanites. With this he will be able to increase his strength greatly.” A gruff voice butted in “It was a surprise to me as well but it will take him months to increase his strength and right now he is being hunted.” A female voice called out “Can he survive?” The gruff voice spoke “If he can get to one of the garbage cities or get a super power behind him a first class one America does not have military power or will to fight for him. His best bet is to head to one of the colonies. The dark side of the moon would be ideal. Once he has gotten stronger he could of course return to the earth. Given what he just did to Electra the other supers will not want to make a move against him. Well as long as the nanites he just released do not do to much damage.”Yet another voice called out “Why are we focusing on Max what about the nanites he released into the sea.”
The war machine soon reached the swamp a giant dump that had one day let loose a horde of giant rats. The local city had been decimated as had the first few armies sent in to clean up. As it was to expensive to kill all the rats the powers that be sent in the supers like me to alter the local nanites. I remembered quitting after the third time we were sent in. The rats had become more resistant and I felt a few drones would be better. I looked around at the giant snakes that now made the swamp there home.
The nanites in the air spoke to me and I grinned. I was much stronger here. My main ability was to alter nanites and I could use the nanites in the air to boost my strength many fold. The war machine landed on top of a make shift building built of old buses held together by vines. I got out of the goo and breathed in. For some strange reason when I breathed out I could see my breath. I looked at the war machine and its operator spoke “No idea mate unless its your new power. Might be fun at parties make the girls nipples visible.”
I reached out and realised he was right I could alter the nanites to make it colder. I pulled out my phone and called Hans. I sensed Hans confusion when I explained my new power. “” So what about this new power makes you think sticking around earth is a good idea?” “Hans I can freeze large areas say like the swamp where I am now. The snakes are not suited to survive in that sort of environment.”
Hans became silent and then spoke up “You still need to leave until things cool down. Cool get it because of your powers. The real nazi's are pushing for us to expand again. The first generation of the genetical engineered children have come of age. They have been heavily brain washed. Luckily most of the old Nazi guard were unclean and purged by the newer super children. But things are still up in the air. Its why I pushed for the carbon reduction before I was pushed out. Ok try to reduce the temperature where you are and if you deliver the goods I will send a unit to bring you to the pit before sending you to space.”
I reached out and tweaked the local nanites. It seemed so simple but I knew this was my own ability I drained energy from the local area and sat down to wait. Altering the energy caused a lower level teleport block on the local area anyway. The War machine I had just got out of stood guard as the temperature slowly lowered. About five hours after I started a bunch of black war machines and flying supers appeared. Most of them were blond with blue eyes and could fly they were all young the oldest being around sixteen.
They looked at me with the eyes of true believers and I heard voices “Jutonn ice giant” A little girl of around ten ordered the sixty foot war machine to protect me or she would rip out the war machines guts. It was almost funny but the fact she meant it was chilling. I sat down and looked at the little girl before speaking “The local snakes have a lot of nanites there about to be a lot weaker we should kill them and gain strength.”
The girl put her hand over her face and spoke into a communicator. I do not know what ability she had but I was not able to overhear anything. The little girl nodded “I have candy would you trade your portion of the kills with me?” Her communicator squawked and she blushed “How about we trade you credits for your portion?” I nodded and waited for the flying barges that dropped teenagers.
A bald older soldier tossed me a power checker and I used it to see how I had changed
My old levels
Physical level C
Reinforced bones enhanced skin blood and organs
Powers Passive
lesser regeneration
advanced neural structure enhanced memory reaction time
Spacial sense level E
Powers Active
Control of nanites level S
Energy control Level B- allows for blasts of energy from the surroundings
Create nanites level D can create nanites in own body
My new levels
Physical level C+ potential (B - A)
Reinforced bones enhanced skin blood and organs
Powers Passive
lesser regeneration
advanced neural structure enhanced memory reaction time
Spacial sense level D
developing muscular strength
Powers Active
Control of nanites level S+
Energy control Level B allows for blasts of energy from the surroundings
Create nanites level D can create nanites in own body
Drain energy level ?? developing ???
What was interesting was the drain energy skill. It looked like there had not been a skill like it yet. That meant there was no standards to measure my new skill against. The muscular strength was something I really wanted it was still developing but once developed I would be a lot physically stronger.
I would not be as powerful as Electra she could smash a entire army by herself. But I would be able to defend a area where I had taken control of the local nanites against any army and most supers. A class A physical super with class B energy control was officially one the the 100 most powerful people on the planet. Looking at the little girl flying around giving orders I decided I would more than likely be in the top 1000 without my nanite control skill.
The flying blonde girl brought the teenagers around to kill the weakened snakes. First they zapped them with cattle rods then they used knives and in one case there teeth to finish the snakes off. Several of them looked triumphant but there were a couple of casualties as well. A couple of the snakes found the energy to lash out just before they died and there were a few rejections of the nano infusions that happened when you killed something.
The flying girl flew over and passed me some chocolate and flew off before I could thank her. Its never to early to start sucking up to a high level super that can kill you by looking at you. I switched on my radio and listened in. A gruff voice spoke out “So I think what will happen is that the Fourth Reich will extract the powers Max gained from him. There have been rumours that the technology has progressed. If they manage to succeed they will have a top super one capable of reaching the top three.”Hans voice spoke out “Your being idiotic I respect my friend Max he is a amazing person and I would never stab him in the back like that.”
The gruff voice spoke out “There is no way you would stand up to the kind of pressure the banks will be putting you under for anything less. I have satellite images of your forces moving to block several units of NATO. In fact it looks like the civil war many feared was about to break out had stopped. There are rumours of defences being set up near the Mediterranean sea and seaweed processing factories being set up. But those are all things Max did for you. If you acquired a major super you could propel yourselves into a proper super power.”