AN.: Uh, guys, I skipped posting the actual chapter 3 by mistake. What you read after chapter 2 was chapter 4. I've fixed it now, so please check out chapter 3.
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"YOU BROUGHT THEM TO MY LAB?!!!"
"Relax. They are heavily sedated and completely bound." Will had done with while Helen was still busy saving Patricia so she hadn't noticed.
After that, Will had to bring Helen along to double check on Jessica and Kilgrave's 'harmlessness' to reassure her.
He also had to explain exactly how Kilgrave's powers work and its weaknesses, which made her fear go away and even made her eyes brighten, realizing what a valuable research subject Will had brought.
Will then fell asleep on the computer desk while watching the news updates on the Mid-Town High situation.
When he opened his eyes, he found himself lying in a soft bed. Also, his hand seemed to be enveloped in a soft feeling.
He turned his head to the side, only to see a gorgeous woman sleeping beside him, hugging his arm to her chest. It was Helen.
Her hair, dark and silky, was a gentle mess across the pillow, a few stray strands brushing over her lips.
Her face, which is usually stern, was softened in a sleep state, brows relaxed and mouth slightly parted.
She clung to his arm with a lazy possessiveness, the curve of her figure outlined beneath the sheets in a way that was both disarmingly cute and quietly dangerous.
Will tore his eyes away from her to the time on his wristwatch and had to take a double take.
It was already the morning of the next day. Somehow, he had slept for more than evening and the whole night.
He checked the system interface and was shocked to see the huge increase in the aura. It seems his PR yesterday has worked. Though, the mission completely prompt was still not here yet.
His stomach made a rumbling sound at this moment and Will realized he hadn't eaten at all after the morning meal.
What's more, he also has to check on Jessica and Kilgrave. God knows if that monstrous girl breaks free and even if Kilgrave's mouth is unusable, his luck cannot be accounted for.
Will slowly reluctantly began to retract his hand from Heave—from Helen's embrace. But Helen frowned in her sleep, took a deep breath and tightened her grip on hand.
Will could only increase the force.
As expected, Helen woke up, looking at Will with sleepy eyes.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to wake you up."
But then, she just closed her eyes right back, hugging his arm again.
"Helen…? Hey, can you stop pretending? I have to check on Jessica. I've been sleeping more than 15 hours."
"I already did last night," Helen murmured lazily. "She has a fast recovery ability. I gave her another dose before going to sleep."
Hearing that, Will relaxed a little.
"What about Kilgrave?"
"You mean Kevin Thompson? He's doing fine. I had the machines seal up his mouth completely."
"What? His name is actually Kevin Thompson?" Will asked, turning his head.
"Yeah, and he's actually the lost son of Dr. Louise and Albert Thompson."
"What? How did you know?"
"I was curious about his mind control powers, so I checked his brain, and—"
Will suddenly rolled over, pinning her underneath him. "You did what?! Do you know how dangerous he is?" '
"Relax. The whole thing was done by the robotics arms. I was in a different room. Anyways, his brain condition matches the condition that Dr. Albert and Louise described their son Kevin had when they wanted to know the feasibility of Kevin's cure."
"Fuck… is he really their son?"
"It's true. Their call records show that they've been in contact. And I went through their lab footage and found out that they unknowingly gave him a lot of information, including the fact that you went to your brother's PTC yesterday."
"Damn…" Will really regretted not watching Jessica Jones series. He had unknowingly recruited the parents of a super villain.
"Why did he attack me though?"
Helen shrugged. "There could be many reasons. But I think it's because he was afraid we might have discovered his powers."
"And he was right. I did get a clue from the samples his parents gave me. I just didn't think it was possible."
Will rolled off of her, blankly staring up at the ceiling. "It seems that you've done everything."
"Yep." Helen hugged his hand again. "So, stay for a while."
His stomach rumbled again at this moment. "I'm still starving though."
"I can arrange that," said Helen, picking up her phone. "That's to someone's generosity, we have all the famous cuisines available in the company, prepared by the best chefs? What would you like to order?"
Will usually only eats scientifically customized meals that provide him with max nutrition. But today, he decided to indulge Helen.
She did so much last night without even being asked.
"I'll take the Japanese A5 Wagyu steak (12 oz), the Wild-caught halibut with bok choy, and the Chilean sea bass quinoa."
"Also, an additional portion of the lamb chops, medium rare, no extra starch for some extra protein. And… sweet potato mash, wild rice, and roasted root vegetables for carbs.
Helen looked at him, one phone in hand, another still around his arm.
"Are you gonna finish the whole thing or throw it away?"
"I'll eat it all. I told you, my appetite has increased ever due to the Reconstruction Pod sessions."
Helen quickly ordered the meal word for word without needing him to repeat a thing.
"Anything else?"
"Yeah, I really need to pee."
After a while, Will sat on the bed with his back against the bedrest while Helen fed him the ordered food while also eating herself using chopsticks.
Will's hands had been injured, making it inconvenient for him to eat himself.
While eating, Will took out his phone to check the response to his edited video. But when he saw the large number of messages and missed calls from Harry, Aunt May and Gwen, he suddenly jumped.
"Fuck! I forgot to inform others!"
"Oh, I did that too," Helen said casually. "Your watch kept lighting up with notifications so I sent Harry a picture of you bandaged up but safe and told him to inform the others too."
"Woman, what have you not done for me?"
"It's nothing," said Helen casually, feeding him another bite.
Will gripped her hand that was holding the chopsticks. "I won't take it for granted. I promise." That's all he could say for now. Whether Helen believed it or not, he was serious. Helen is going to have the backing of a transmigrator.
"Aww," Helen put away the plate and gently hugged him. "Don't think too much. Noona likes spoiling you," she said, rubbing his head.
Will swallowed, adjusting the blanket over his legs.
As Helen began feeding him again, Will finally checked the news.
"Damn, it's all blown up."
As expected, the videos Will had posted on Facebook and Youtube had gained millions of views and were also shared and reposted extensively.
Will turned on wall mounted tv and found all new channels talking about the video.
Everyone had now learnt about Kilgrave, a person who seems to be able to control people's minds.
Currently all major media news channels were continuously reporting the things they had found about the Kilgrave or the school shooting case.
All of the people who had witnessed Kilgrave's outrageous acts in the past few years were being interviewed, explaining what happened in detail and how no one had believed them until now.
There were also all types of theories explaining Kilgrave's powers.
The main one was, of course, that he was a mutant. Yes, the existence of mutants is not a secret in this world, and the Xavier Academy exists as a government approved 'safe haven' for mutants.
The only reason mutants are never mentioned in the Marvel movies was because they didn't have the copyright of X-men, meaning they didn't have the authority to do so.
The various Mutant Associations had already clarified that Kilgrave was certainly not a mutant.
like he was hit by a truck carrying radioactive substances, which gave him powers, while some were claiming he was a test subject who escaped area 51 where the government does human experimentation.
The parents were also out of Kilgrave's control now and thus, Jessica's powers could no longer be hidden anymore.
Lastly, there was the white armored individual who blew away the doors and saved the day, forcing Kilgrave to retreat and also took bullets for the child star 'Patsy'.
This along with the interviews with the parents, and he was now being called the White Knight by the people for saving everyone.
Needless to say, after the video evidence and the parents' interview, the Police was completely bashed for reporting the White Knight as the fugitive.
"White Knight, huh? They don't know that the brave White Knight needs his noona to feed him," said Helen with a giggle.
Will and Helen watched the news together in amusement while they ate. After they were done, it was time to get to work. Helen also knew that, so she did not insist.
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Helen looked through the results of all the tests she had conducted on Jessica.
"So, what did you find out?" Will asked.
"It's not coincidental. She has been modified using very high level Gene editing. Of course this kind of thing needs a lot of human experimentation so we have not gone this route."
"Artifical, huh? No chance that radioactive substances fell on her and got enhanced?" Will asked.
That was how the classic Jessica Jones had gotten her powers. But of course, since this world is a combination of many different marvel stories, Will wouldn't be surprised if that's not the case.
"Falling into radioactive substances? Of course not possible! What kind of fantasy world are you living in?"
"So, if her powers were scientifically obtained, who did this?"
Now this was what Will wanted to know. If they find out who was able to do it and get their research or recruit them, it would be a huge gain.
"That is what I'm trying to investigate now. It seems that she got into a car accident and was sent to the hospital. Curiously, all of her medical bills had been paid even before the Walkers decided to adopt her."
"Ok, you can stop there. I'll have more professional people look into it. Are you done with the tests? I'm going to wake her up."
"Yeah, that's pretty much it."
Ignoring his injuries, Will downed the White Elf Suit again and glided up to the room where Jessica was.
He first peeked in cautiously in order to make sure Jessica wasn't awake. The previous fight had left somewhat of a psychological shadow on him.
In that fight had discovered the gap between normal people and superhumans.
"Boom!"
A noise suddenly sounded in his ear, causing him to jump. But, it was just Helen screaming his ear buds.
"Hahahaha.. don't worry she's sound asleep for now. I'll wake her up when you are ready."
Pissed Will opened the door and flew in directly using his hoverboard.
'If I can deal with her once, I can deal with her again.'
"Are you sure you want to do this?" Asked Helen once again.
"It needs to be done," Will answered resolutely. He needs to subdue Jessica again in case she's still under Kilgrave's control but mostly… he wants to take Jessica under his control now.
And this was the best opportunity. From the background search, Will can tell that Jessica is the type of reclusive girl who is always on guard, very rude, doesn't like authority, and doesn't trust people easily.
If they meet under normal circumstances, he would not be able to make someone like her submit to him. Now is the only chance to do it.
Under Helen's command the mechanical arms injected and extracted various things before retracting and gradually, Jessica began to stir.
Her eyelashes quivered after which her eyes shot open.
"Patricia…" she murmured softly before suddenly exerting force. "No! Trish! NO!"
Seeing her like this, Will had to raise his hand. The laser blaster on his hand glowed with green power, completely recharged.
"Calm down. Or your face would have permanent tattoos."
With the laser flashing dangerously close to her face, Jessica finally calmed down, pain flashing through her legs where she was hit before.
Jessica tore her gaze away from the blaster and squinted her eyes at Will, recognizing him.
"You… you were carrying my sister! How is she?! Is she… is she still alive?" She asked, her last words only ending whispers as she seemed to recall what she had done.
"Your sister has been safely rescued," Will answered, making her head snap back at him.
"A more important question is, are you still going to try to protect Kilgrave?" He asked again, bringing the blaster closer to her face to the point she could feel the heat radiating off of it.
"Protect hi—? Not at all! No! I had no control over my actions back then! I am fine now!" She explained hurriedly.
Will already knew that the moment he saw her speak. Otherwise she wouldn't be able to ignore Kilgrave's order to keep her mouth shut.
"And are you going to continue using your powers to commit crimes like protecting a psychopathic killer and running away with him to be used as his tool and sex slave?"
Listening to these words, Jessica's eyes were filled with horror, realizing that this would have been exactly her fate had Will not stopped her.
"No! Of course not! I was really forced! Believe me, I am not like that!"
"Okay.... Last question. Have you ever used your powers to intentionally hurt innocent people?"
"No! I live just like an ordinary girl! I really haven't used my powers for bad things!"
"Please! Please believe me! What happened back then wasn't me! I wouldn't do anything to hurt Trish," Jessica began to cry, calling out her sister's name. She was just a teenage girl after all.
"Please… please let me see Trish…" she kept saying.
Will figured this much intimidation was enough.
"Alright. I believe you. I will be releasing your bindings now. But remember, don't make any sudden moves," he said, lowering his launcher.
"Yes, yes!" Jessica nodded vigorously. "I will not do anything!"
But while freeing, Will suddenly paused, and pressed his finger on the ear of his helmet, pretending to be listening to something.
"Yes, yes I know she's dangerous, but I don't think she's a threat. She's just a kid!" he said, sounding like he was trying to convince someone.
"Yes, but If she was still under Kilgrave's control she wouldn't look for her sister. She would have looked for Kilgrave instead."
Will glanced back at Jessica, who was listening to his imaginary conversation with all her attention.
"No, I don't think she'll do that. She doesn't look like a bad person."
Will shook his head and looked at Jessica.
"You wouldn't understand, Helen. When she was fighting with me yesterday, I saw it in her eyes. She didn't want to hurt anyone."
"Yeah, I will bear the risk," he said before forcefully lifting his helmet.
Will shook his head, his dark hair settling back to reveal his handsome face.
He nodded at Jessica.
"Well, I hope you won't let me down," he said, approaching her as he began opening her bindings again.
As Will manually entered the password, Jessica's metal locks snapped open. Jessica's eyes were still fixed on Will.
"You… you are that—"
"Yes, yes I am. I am William Osborn, Heir to the Osborn Group. I'm sorry for what I put you through, we had to be sure you weren't a threat."
In his ear, Helen's disgusted voice still sounded, having watched the whole thing. "You are such a manipulator! Did you use this on me too?!"
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