Chapter 2
“What the hell? You got something in your throat?” Skye asked, coming over and standing behind Scott and Daisy.
“No, she’s got someone else in her head…” Scott said “I’m not the only alien in the room. Ladies, meet Evolt of the Blood race.”
The face sitting across from them smirked
“So that’s what they call me in English…? The alien merged with Vicky Stark said, “I must say, I’ve never met someone who could be considered a ‘fan’ of my mine.”
“Well, that wouldn’t be the term I’d use…” Scott said, “So have you been here the whole time or what?”
“We’re both here.” The voice of Mrs. Stark said “Makes for a difficult living arrangement but he’s a much better conversationalist…”
“You know that Japanese superhero show I’m always watching on the internet?” Scott asked Daisy
“The Japanese Power Rangers?”
“No the other one. You’re talking to a someone who lived the events of that show. It’s like sitting and talking to Harry Potter or Captain Kirk… It’s like… a person from the world that Comic book I have came from… getting to talk to you.”
“How much do you know about me?” He asked Scott. “Where did they leave things off with myself and Sento-kun?”
“Um… You’d been brought back to life, when your brother Kilbass showed up…”
“Good, so you’re up to date on that end. After I got brought back, I left. At first I just wanted to go back to the way things were, so you can imagine my shock when I found myself on Kasei… I mean Mars, again. My body lasted a few hours before the cold got to me. I reverted to my dormant state, figured I’d get lucky.
“Low and behold, it was like Groundhog Day. Spacecraft lands. Astronaut picks up the box, I jump in. Figured this would easy. But no… something went wrong. Very wrong…
“I tried to exert control, like I had Souchi, but nothing happened. Worse, Stark realized I was there. I tried to influence him, but I think I only made it worse. When he put his hand on the box, I figured, at best, I’d be free with him dead, but no. No such luck.”
“What happened with the box?” Scott asked “I though it was that Martian spirit who caused it to fail and sprout the walls?”
“Virnage was at fault on Sento’s Earth, but, best I can tell, the box that was brought here with me might not be the original.”
Mrs Stark took back control.
“After the walls appeared, I was dying from the damage the radiation had done to my body. Tony brought me inside the remains of one of the pavilions…”
“And then struck a deal with me…” Evolt continued “I merge with his wife to keep her alive, he gives me a way to get what I wanted.”
“He already had one of the devices, didn’t he?” Daisy realized. “Why would he…”
“Simple… he’s insane.” Evolt said.
“So what do we do?” Skye asked.
“Scott here finishes getting his new toy to work…” Evolt told her. “I see you got my little gift.”
“You had Howard send me this?” Scott said, holding the device up.
“It was my idea.” Mrs. Stark said. “My… what’s left of my daughter was feeding back information via the infected spy on the helicarrier. We got access to the information and figured you could use some help,”
“So, what do you say? Let’s see what you can do…” Evolt smirked “…Kamen Rider…”
Scott spent a few more minutes with Tallus, finishing the operating system for the Driver.
“Well, you’re not exactly Sento, but not a bad job.” Evolt said, looking at the device. It was an oblong octagon with the Arc reactor set in the center and a small grip handle attached to one side on the front
“I used parts from the scrapped drones and a few surprises SHIELD didn’t realize I’d gotten my hands on.”
He locked the device to his belt and turned it on.
“DRIVER ONLINE- SYSTEM STANDING BY…” The onboard computer stated.
Scott took a deep breath and put his hand on the control lever.
“ARE YOU READY?”
“Nice touch…” Evolt said.
“HENSHIN!” Scott slammed the lever into place and then doubled over in pain.
“SHIT! There’s a short circuit.” He yelled, ripping it off. It sparked as it hit the ground before powering off.
“I’m not going to be able to fix it without my tools.” He said “We’re going to have to get out of here without it.”