'So, this is where it begins!'
A young man, silently sitting on the chair, tied with metal cuffs, thought.
His eyes stared at a bulb hanging on the ceiling. There was light, but it wasn't enough to fill the room.
'It's funny how I am just a mutant? Mutant!'
He almost wanted to chuckle.
After all, being a mutant meant having a superpower.
So, where was he?
A world full of gods, mutants, superheroes, and villains, where curses and death were treated as a disease that could be cured.
This was truly a hell start.
But was it?
'Such a potential! Such an amazing talent….. All restricted by creativity!'
He released a deep breath. Despite the collar on his neck, restricting his X-Gene from working, it wasn't enough.
When he was awakened, he sent energy throughout the Earth.
People with insane psychic powers felt that energy, but they couldn't even track it.
If this person wasn't idiot enough to tell others that he was a mutant, he wouldn't have been caught.
No psychic power could track him, no mind-reading could read him, and no restrictions work against him.
Because he was the One with the Universe, a being whose mutant ability created a completely different dimension, making him a potential Dimensional Lord.
But of course, this truly didn't help in this universe.
Inside his mind, there existed a small space with nothing but energy.
It was brimming with excitement, but every time it tried to leak out of his body, the reality itself blocked it.
This was his power.
Power of Imagination, Reality Manipulation, restricted only by Eternity itself.
The boy didn't understand. He was clueless about his powers; only the idea of creation emerged in his mind, but every time he released it, it stopped.
Weird yet now understandable!
This universe wasn't just an ever-expanding space-time. It was an Entity.
This Entity wouldn't let someone else replace its body with another one.
His power of imagination wouldn't just create something, it would replace the space-time itself, reality would change, and that remained permanent.
Thus, when it was released outside his body, the power stopped.
It was forcefully pushed inside him and, slowly, all of that power created a universe inside his mind.
'It feels weird. Having so much power but no ability to do anything.'
He could understand the boy's mentality. As much as this ability gave him the idea about his power, he couldn't utilize it.
Because he always tried to let the energy flow out. That wasn't supposed to work. It wouldn't work.
So, what he needed to do was use the energy inside the universe to create something, or change the situation entirely.
Something that could affect him, without being restricted by Eternity.
He couldn't manipulate this space-time around, but he could manipulate space-time inside of him.
Because his universe and, by extension, he existed outside the space-time of Eternity. That's why psychic powers would never be able to track him.
They could track his location, his identity, and even his GPS signal, but not his mind and body.
'Are they worried about you? Will they even try to find you?'
He couldn't help but question.
This boy had a family. The leak about his mutant powers happened due to his friends, not his family.
But even so, he was a mutant. He wasn't sure how his family would view him.
This, with his frustration over his inability to use his powers, constant experiments made his spirit collapse.
Although his spirit collapsed, it didn't die.
And, he arrived in his body.
Death by an accident, his soul passed away, and mysteriously came here.
Maybe it was attracted, maybe it was summoned.
He didn't know. All he knew was that he possessed a mutant boy who had the power equal to the Power of Creation and Reality Manipulation.
Maybe he wasn't going to be anything more than an experiment. Maybe he was supposed to die here.
But now, he had a new life, a new chance.
'Let's do this!'
After several hours, the door opened and two people walked in.
Creek!
One of them held a syringe and started using it on him. At this moment, he had already woken up, but there was something different about him.
Especially a purple energy flowing through his palms.
After it drew some blood, he put it away and took out another syringe. This time, this syringe had a yellow liquid.
He recognized it.
This was a nutrition to keep him alive.
After giving him some nutrition, they inserted two more syringes with two different and unknown liquids.
They waited, but nothing happened.
They looked at each other and shook their heads.
But just when they had turned around, they heard a sound from behind.
Crack!
The metal cuffs were pulled out. They didn't turn back.
The moment they heard that sound, they just wanted to leave this room.
It was supposed to be that way.
But before they could, two large energy arms emerged from his body, grabbing them by their heads.
Wak!
He slammed their heads into each other. Because of the impact, they couldn't even scream before they fell unconscious.
He controlled the energy arms and used them to unlock the cuffs.
Crack! Crack!
He didn't stop there. He also took out the cuffs on his legs and the collar on his neck.
"Finally, free!"
A huge grin appeared on his face.
It felt amazing, not just to use the power like this but also to be free.
At this moment, he could feel a joy in his soul that came from the parts of this boy's soul.
"Subject 202, get to your knees and put your hands behind your head!"
Four soldiers came in front of the door, pointing their weapons at him.
Two of them were holding a bazooka, while the other two held guns.
The ones holding the bazooka didn't even hesitate to pull the trigger. But the ammo wasn't explosives or bullets.
A ball of strange metal flew towards him and struck him, releasing a large amount of purple gas.
They immediately tried to close the door.
Whoosh!
Suddenly, a figure dashed out of the room.
Before they could even close it, the young man extended his arms, turning his energy arms into sharp drills and piercing through the heads of those people.
Splash! Splash!
The blood splattered everywhere, but with the purple energy protecting him, he wasn't harmed.
His ability was simple. It allowed him to manipulate reality, but it didn't make him extremely powerful in this universe.
Instead, it restricted him from reality manipulation because this would only replace Eternity with his creation.
Knowing he couldn't do this, he chose another way.
He brought the space connected to him outside the universe, turning his universe into a pocket universe.
This allowed him to exist as a dimensional creature. And since he was the only one in the universe, he claimed for himself the throne of the Dimensional Lord.
His dimension was similar to Dark Dimension, but the energy came from him. After all, he was the one who created this universe.
After knowing this, he summoned himself into that universe. His ability was reality manipulation, not teleportation or telekinesis.
But since his reality manipulation didn't work in this universe, he could only do it within his universe.
So, he gave his soul the ability to summon his real body into his universe. But as soon as he became Dimensional Lord, he realized a problem with this status.
Since he was a Dimensional Lord, his energy was automatically suppressed on Earth. Previously, Eternity blocked his powers; now, the Ancient One.
He realized there was a magical shield around Earth, protecting it from dimensional invasions.
So while he did get the ability to do pretty much anything Dimensional Lords could do, it also came with the restriction.
Unless he broke that magical shield. But knowing the threats outside this universe, he felt it was much better to let that shield exist.
And even if he wanted to, he wasn't sure he could defeat the Ancient One.
Of course, this wasn't even the main problem.
The main problem came from he fact that after he summoned himself, his real body couldn't return to Earth.
Fortunately, he could still open the portal to Earth because of his special energy.
It was a good thing his energy didn't come from this universe. He was able to create his own energy.
This was done by turning matter into energy.
It was basically a Nuclear Physics done using Reality Manipulation.
But this also meant that if he consumed too much energy, he would need to find more space to create more energy.
Otherwise, his universe would shrink to the point where it would only be able to hold one person.
At this moment, he was truly glad he chose to become a Dimensional Lord.
Now, as a Dimensional Lord, he could basically pull different spaces into his own universe.
This would not only help him absorb more space but also the energy existing within those spaces.
After settling everything, he used a portion of his energy to create a clone, directly linked to his real body.
His real body would stay in his universe while his clone would enter the Marvel Universe.
And, the clone would be able to borrow the energy from him and use it similarly to Energy Manipulation powers.
This was the only way for him not to pick a fight with Eternity or the Ancient One.
Tap! Tap! Tap! Tap!
"Subject 202, surrender!" "Subject 202, surrender!"