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Still Defiant! SI [Marvel/DC] 53: Questioning

53: Questioning

"Sir, The commissioner Stacy is at the reception and wants to speak with you. It seems he’s asking for your statement about what happened."

Tony, who was applying cream to treat the burns on his body, grimaced at hearing Jarvis's voice. He then turned and saw one of the projected screens showing the image of several police cars surrounding his building.

"Tell him I have nothing to declare and let Pepper handle it later." She wouldn’t be very happy about ...

Merry Christmas!!!🥳

A little late but Merry Christmas everyone! :D!!!!!

SuperSoldier (SI-OC/MCU) 37: Ancient One

37: Ancient One

Pietro was a simple man, born Italian and raised as a rancher. His life in the countryside was always straightforward and, in a sense, even a bit boring.

At some point, the monotony began to wear on him, and like any young man with desires greater than himself, leaving his home became tempting. He longed to be something more, to explore other options.

His father, of course, hadn’t been too pleased when he told him. There were arguments, fights, and shouting...

You're My Special (SI-OC/Naruto) 14: Warning

14: Warning

"Are you ready?" Sukuna asked Izumi, who stood in front of him, her sharp eyes extremely focused, her chakra covering every inch of her body uniformly like an invisible protective layer that made the air around her vibrate slightly.

The girl did not respond immediately; instead, she continued to focus on her chakra control in the way Sukuna had been teaching her. After making a few simple movements and once she felt ready, she raised her guard, assuming a defensive sta...

Still Defiant! SI [Marvel/DC] 52: Ambush

52: Ambush

Moments earlier.

With the sound of the electric guitar resonating through the speakers of his new workshop, located at the top of his still incomplete Stark Tower, Tony nodded his head to the rhythm of the music while simultaneously controlling various projections with his hands, a new design slowly coming to life before his eyes.

After his success in defying death and "creating" a new element to replace palladium, Tony felt inspired once again. Not that he ha...

Still Defiant! SI [Marvel/DC] 51: Old Dilemma

51: Old Dilemma

Luthor, a surname that resurfaced in his memories ever since he discovered Carol's true identity, but one he hadn't paid much attention to for several reasons.

Daniel had a small personal classification system for threats he remembered—nothing really sophisticated, just a way to assign them importance based on what he recalled about them and how much they might threaten the world and humanity.

Luthor, or rather Lex Luthor, wasn't among those he considered u...

SuperSoldier (SI-OC/MCU) 36: Encounter

36: Encounter

Breathing felt different, existing felt different. Every part of him had undergone a qualitative change that he could barely comprehend. And yet, at the same time, he still felt like himself—he was still him, and for John, that was the only thing that mattered.

Slowly, his body, which had been lifted into the air, began to descend, landing softly on the ground. It was natural, instinctive, as if he had always been able to do it.

"Are... are you okay?" Rav...

Still Defiant! SI [Marvel/DC] 50

50:

Carol would have liked to say that she saw it coming, that she was completely prepared, and that it was no surprise at all that she was about to be run over.

She knew she'd be lying.

It's not like what was happening was faster than her senses, of course; it was simply that she hadn’t been paying enough attention.

Sure, she could move and interact with the world at speeds several times faster than sound, but that didn’t mean she did so all the time. There was a ...

SuperSoldier (SI-OC/MCU) 35: Ascension

35: Ascension

Nothing can help you release stress better than a good and intense session of "fun" with a beautiful lady. John did not exactly boast of being virtuous and chaste, so being without a woman’s touch for so long had been a challenge in itself, considering the kind of man he was. Even so, with the ongoing war, he knew he couldn't let himself be too distracted. Thus, he had made a great effort to suppress any carnal desires and focus on his war duties as expected.

An...

Still Defiant! SI [Marvel/DC] 49: Exile

49: Exile

Antarctica was a strange place. Not for the first time, Daniel found himself admiring the peculiar frozen landscape, lost in deep thought.

In his previous life, he had heard countless conspiracy theories about the site. He had even come close to believing some of the more convincing ones. You couldn’t blame him—there were days when he was simply bored, and reading about secret government experiments seemed far more entertaining than playing online games until he fe...

Author status update

Hello, everyone. I didn’t think I’d need to make this announcement, but I finally decided to do it. As you may have noticed, updates have been a bit slow. If you read the notes on the last chapter of Supersoldier, you’ll know I started getting sick (nothing really serious, I hope). I thought it would be something fleeting that I could handle, but I guess it’s that time of the year when your body decides to mess with you. Now I also have a throat infection, along with a cough and a run...

SuperSoldier (SI-OC/MCU) 34: Vibranium

34: Vibranium

The work never stops increasing. Peggy looked at the stack of papers on her desk with that thought running through her head. Slowly, she took a sip of her freshly brewed coffee, letting its warmth flow through her body, briefly dispelling the morning chill.

She knew that becoming S.W.O.R.D.'s vice director would take a lot of effort, but she had underestimated just how much. Fortunately, she wasn’t doing everything alone, or she’d really have headaches—she was ...

You're My Special (SI-OC/Naruto) 13: Shadow Clone

13: Shadow Clone

"Thanks for your purchase!" Sukuna bid the customer farewell, a satisfied smile on his face. Looking at the stack of bills in his hand, he couldn’t help but chuckle. Who would have thought he had a knack for sales? Being a merchant would certainly be an interesting career if his original self ever tired of fighting.

But what would he know? He was just a simple shadow clone, handling the tasks that the original couldn’t be bothered to do, tasks like helping his...

Still Defiant! SI [Marvel/DC] 48: Consequences

48: Consequences

November 6, 2007

“Well, we’ve finished reviewing the structure. Fortunately for you, the foundations remain intact and with no issues, so there’s no need to rebuild everything.” Upon hearing the final verdict from the inspector who had been brought in to assess the damage to his home, Ben Parker couldn’t help but let out a long sigh of relief.

Peter, who was watching the house from several meters away, eavesdropping on the conversation with his new...

Still Defiant! SI [Marvel/DC] 47: Moral Differences

47: Moral Differences

Badassium

was the name Tony ultimately chose after giving it some thought. Where he had gotten it from or how it occurred to him? Daniel had no idea, but since he had already decided to leave it in his hands, he didn’t bother questioning it.

"For all our hard work and effort!" Tony exclaimed, smiling, handing a glass of sparkling wine to him and Natasha. The new badassium reactor now glowing in his chest seemed to have made him more energetic than usu...

You're My Special (SI-OC/Naruto) 12: Deal

12: Deal

Izumi adjusted the ninja headband on her forehead, patted her shinobi tool pouches to check that everything was where it should be, and then nodded with satisfaction—she was ready.

Three agreed days had already passed since her fight with Sukuna, and her body had almost fully recovered thanks to the benefits of chakra and the Uchiha clan's medical remedies.

For an ordinary person, injuries of the magnitude she’d received during that battle would have required mo...

SuperSoldier (SI-OC/MCU) 33: Champion

33: Champion

With his decision made and a clear objective, John began preparing to return to the SWORD base in Europe, which was located in northern Italy and was actually part of the Allied army base. The place, of course, wasn’t a real base but rather a provisional front so that John and his team, as well as the scientific team led by Howard and the soldiers and agents under Peggy’s command, could be near the warfront and carry out their mission against Hydra as needed.

John...

Cassandra & Raven sketches (Supersoldier)

I didn’t want to go without posting anything, so here are two of the sketches I’ve been working on from time to time. I usually rest on Sundays from my formal job, but there was an unexpected situation, and well, I ended up having to work, which sucks, but there’s nothing I can do. At least I get paid double for the day.

That said, I’m still working on the chapters of the stories. Supersoldier has fallen a bit behind, so I need to get at least two or three chapters out before th...

Still Defiant! SI [Marvel/DC] 46: New Element.

46: New Element.

"What do you think of this?" Daniel moved the blue light projections with his hand, causing the atomic structure map in front of him to change and reshape once again. Both men in the "laboratory" silently watched the image until the projection turned an alarming red, and the entire structure collapsed in an instant.

Another failure.

Exhaling all the air he had been holding, Tony placed his hands on his hips and shook his head.

"Alright, this isn't work...

You're My Special (SI-OC/Naruto) 11: Opportunity

11: Opportunity

"So, you've been spying on me this whole time!?" At the almost shrill scream, Hinata shrank into herself, trying to make herself as small as possible, while her gaze dropped to the floor, tears threatening to fall from her eyes and shame beginning to consume her.

"That's incredible! I didn’t even notice," though also a bit creepy... Naruko managed to keep that last part to herself as she noticed how the black-haired girl seemed almost on the verge of bursting int...

SuperSoldier (SI-OC/MCU) 32: The Path Forward.

32: The Path Forward.

"How much longer do you think he’ll be unconscious?" A soft feminine voice reached his ears, her tone clearly expressing boredom. The language was one he didn’t understand but vaguely recognized as the one Americans used.

There was a hum, as if someone were thinking about the answer for a moment before speaking.

"Why don’t you tell me? Go ahead, take a look and tell me what you see." This time it was a man’s voice, familiar but only slightly, an...

Still Defiant! SI [Marvel/DC] 45: Friendship

45: Friendship

His consciousness, which seemed to have been submerged in a deep well of darkness, began to return thanks to a vaguely familiar sound.

It was something irritating, a continuous and monotonous beeping. It brought back annoying memories of his old days as a rookie agent, when he got into more trouble than he should have. With a groan, his eyelids, which felt extremely heavy, began to slowly open.

The blurry vision took a few moments to clear, and when it did, it...

Still Defiant! SI [Marvel/DC] 44: Objective.

44: Objective.

Carol looked at the crimson red "crystal" the size of an apple that she held in her hand. Freezing every drop of blood before it could hit the ground had been easy, then she simply gathered all the genetic material turned into ice, and using her super strength, compressed it into a form she could easily hold.

"It's surprising that even in this state, the cells show no signs of beginning to deteriorate. Maybe you could take it to the fortress so I can—" Before she ...

You're My Special (SI-OC/Naruto) 10: Training Partner

10: Training Partner

“This is the reality of the world.” Her dark eyes surveyed the battlefield; wherever she looked, corpse after corpse lay, piled up on one another like small hills as far as her sight reached. Rivers of blood began to form, aided by the torrential rain falling over the scene.

Some of them belonged to Konoha ninjas, others to ninjas from different villages, but regardless of whose body it was, they all shared something in common:

A look of grievance an...

SuperSoldier (SI-OC/MCU) 31: Magnetism

31: Magnetism

"Get out of my way!" Erik roared, and the metal trembled.

With a wave of his hand, a rain of bullets heading in his direction was easily deflected; the projectiles made a 180-degree turn in the air, returning directly to where they came from.

"Argh!" There were choked screams followed by several bodies collapsing lifelessly to the ground.

Without sparing them a second glance, the former prisoner hurriedly stepped over them, focusing on that sixth sense th...

Still Defiant! SI [Marvel/DC] 43: A bad joke.

43: A bad joke.

"- by that, I mean that I believe he's a demigod!"

Harleen blinked, stopped staring at the plate of food she had been merely picking at, and instead raised her head to look at a dark-skinned woman with brown hair, wearing an all-white uniform—a nurse's uniform.

Isabella beside her also glanced at the third member of their group with a raised eyebrow.

"A demigod? I don't know, Grace. I thought the widely accepted theory was that Defiant was a secret go...

You're My Special (SI-OC/Naruto) 9: Yin Release

9: Yin Release

In an instant, the calm of the night was disturbed.

BOOM!

Crashing in the middle of the clearing, two figures, like blurry smudges, collided repeatedly with each other, making the wind swirl, swaying the nearby grass and stirring the tall trees around.

Fists, kicks, elbows, and knee strikes—agile, fast, and precise movements—were executed without hesitation in barely a breath.

Eyes as red as blood glowed intensely as their bearer easily blocked...

Still Defiant! SI [Marvel/DC] 42: Breaking the World 3

42: Breaking the world 3

Why now? That question came to his mind as he stumbled into his apartment, inside could be seen the typical clutter of a young, single man who often left things to the last minute.

“Why can’t disasters wait for the weekend when there’s no work?” He muttered as he tossed his old briefcase aside while using his other hand to unbutton his shirt.

‘I should have stuck with the idea of wearing it under my clothes,’ he scolded himself as he took...

SuperSoldier (SI-OC/MCU) 30: Two Steps

30: Two Steps

A good strategist must always know when it's time to retreat.

Sebastian Shaw, or Klaus Schmidt as he was currently known, realized that the moment to leave Poland had arrived. It was unfortunate, as his research had yet to yield the results he expected or sought, but as a man who preferred to keep a low profile, he knew it was best to abandon ship when you could see it was about to sink.

And the Third Reich's ship was not only about to sink but also about to ex...

SuperSoldier (SI-OC/MCU) 29: Heroes

29: Heroes

The sound of cheers echoed across the battlefield, flags of white and red colors waving in the wind.

Standing atop the tallest building still standing, John raised his hand, shield in hand, and shouted at the top of his lungs, his voice reaching every corner of the city and even beyond.

"Warsaw is Free!"

The ovations didn’t take long to follow. People celebrated, cried, kissed, or hugged—no matter where you looked, even the wounded ignored their batt...