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"Doctor, no one was near the Tesseract just now. And the power's been shut off for a while, but the energy levels on the Cube are still rising," said an assistant in a fitted suit and safety goggles, anxiously reporting to Dr. Erik Selvig.
"Hmm. Let's inform Agent Coulson. I'll go check the situation myself. Hopefully, it's Clark and the others returning—rather than some new surprise."
Maybe it was because similar incidents had already happened twice before, but Erik's first instinct wasn't that the Tesseract was going to explode. It was that something was about to happen.
He felt that this Tesseract was indeed difficult to manage. Though S.H.I.E.L.D. had possessed it for quite some time, Nick Fury had never mentioned it being this troublesome.
But regardless of what Erik thought, his current priority was figuring out how to shut it down.
"Doctor, is there any way to disable it?"
Agent Coulson had arrived as soon as he received the alert. Having already experienced two Tesseract "outbursts," Coulson had grown extremely sensitive to its energy fluctuations.
"It's a power source in itself. Even if I cut the power, it can run independently," Erik replied while conducting tests with his assistant. He was trying to find out why the Tesseract had suddenly activated on its own.
"How much time do we have left?" Coulson suspected this latest outburst could mean something—maybe even bring back something miraculous. What he didn't want was another one-on-one showdown with Wonder Woman. That had not been a pleasant experience.
After comparing the energy growth rate of the Tesseract with the previous spike that occurred when Clark disappeared, Erik gave an estimate.
"This time, the energy surge is much lower. Based on the current rate, we've got nearly four hours."
After hearing that, Coulson checked his watch. "That's enough."
He pulled out his phone and dialed, "Director, the Cube's flaring up again. I think we need more people here—ASAP."
After hanging up, he looked at the glowing Tesseract and muttered, "Clark, I hope it's you coming back this time."
He couldn't help but recall the moment when they saw that figure punch Diana straight into the space portal. To be honest, if that figure had come through the portal instead of Diana, there'd be grass growing on his grave by now.
So Coulson sincerely hoped this energy spike meant Clark's return—not the arrival of some unknown, dangerous creature.
At that moment, the "Clark" Coulson was hoping for was sitting in a shell-shaped spaceship drifting through space.
Well—drifting wasn't the right word. Clark had no idea where they were. Space corridor? Wormhole?
Honestly, Clark didn't understand how Ego's ship even worked. After getting onboard, Ego didn't touch a single control, and yet the ship immediately flew forward and entered a space gate for a jump.
Once the jump began, Clark felt like the ship was trapped in a kind of cosmic molasses—moving at high speed, yet feeling squeezed, stretched, and stuck all at once.
It was a sensation that felt both fast and slow. If you tried to feel the speed, it felt fast. But if you focused on how long it was taking—it felt slow.
But in reality, no matter how you perceived it, the ship was traveling at the same speed.
After a while, Clark gave up trying to understand the phenomenon. Even with his superhuman mind, it was mentally exhausting.
Still, he did conclude that this method of space-jumping was quite similar to how the Bifrost Bridge worked.
Eventually, Clark recalled that Asgard didn't always have the Bifrost. Back then, Asgardians traveled between realms using similar space-jumping tech.
So maybe Asgard's Bifrost was also powered by a Tesseract? After all, didn't Thor take the Tesseract at the end of Avengers 1 to rebuild it?
With these thoughts circling, Clark turned to Ego with a question.
"Ego, how long until we reach Earth?"
Although he didn't think Ego would pull anything sneaky at this point, Clark still felt it best to be cautious. After all, this brain was a million-year-old cosmic schemer.
"About three days. If I remember correctly, we'll need to pass through three jump gates. Once I get you to Earth, will you let me go?"
Now that his life wasn't in immediate danger, Ego wanted to negotiate. It didn't feel good having someone else hold your fate in their hands.
Still, judging from Clark's previous actions, Ego didn't dare threaten him. So he used a more "diplomatic" tone.
Ego really didn't want to die. Maybe he was just one of those people who feared death more the longer they lived.
That's probably why Ego had never been the soft-hearted type. He was the kind of guy who'd kill his own wife if it helped his plans.
The longer he stayed alive, the more important he thought he was. Especially now—on the verge of conquering the universe all by himself.
Sure, Ego Prime had been destroyed by Clark—but that didn't matter. He could still grow a new body and father a new son.
Once that happened, the day he reassembled himself would be the day he ruled the universe.
"No. I can't let someone like you roam free. But don't worry. I'll find a place to monitor you—and maybe even help rebuild your body."
Clark couldn't help but smile as he said it. Honestly, starting today, he was about to have his own planet.
And not just any planet—a living one.
He could shape it however he wanted. It was basically a galactic version of a planet-building simulator game.
As for where to place the planet, Clark considered a few options:
Somewhere inside the solar system—maybe in a spot where it wouldn't affect Earth.
Or… destroy the moon and replace it with this new world.
Or maybe park it near the edge of the solar system—far but still reachable.
Either way, Clark had already decided on a name for it.
"We'll call it... Krypton."
"What did you say?"
Ego was startled by the excitement in Clark's eyes. He thought he heard something like "Krypton?"
Krypton? What's that? Ego had no idea.
Though he'd lived for millions of years, he spent most of his time doing physical labor, chasing women, or searching for children.
So even though he'd lived on Earth before, he knew next to nothing about Earth's culture—especially things like comics or movies.
"It's nothing. Just focus on flying the ship."
Four hours later, S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Nick Fury and Deputy Director Maria Hill arrived by helicopter at the Tesseract Research Base.
Another incident was about to occur.
And with them came a squad of elite S.H.I.E.L.D. agents.
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