Marvel-ous Ninjutsu

00182. It only takes once.

A couple weeks passed after Theo visited Bruce Banner. While some more security was added to Banner's lab nothing else was changed and they didn't find the backdoor Theo planted in the servers. Ross didn't even show up which surprised Theo the most since he figured that guy would have at least checked in and made sure the project wasn’t compromised. But Theo didn’t really waste much time on it, he just wanted to at least meet Banner and give him a warning.

Since that goal was completed, Theo focused on his other projects instead. The first one he checked in on was his Mars project that was about to enter the next phase. Magneto already collected all the ice they would need and crashed them into the planet a month ago and now Theo wanted to test a theory that might make terraforming the atmosphere a lot easier.

Theo arrived on Mars through a portal at the temporary base he created there. With him was the person who might be able to speed up the terraforming process. Theo glanced at Hashirama as he asked, “How big of a forest do you think you can create with your chakra reserves?”

Hashirama laughed before he said, “Maybe a hundred feet if I'm lucky.”

“What if you make smaller trees and not full grown ones?”

Hashirama rubbed his chin in thought for a while before he said, “It’s doable, but would smaller trees be better?”

“The more trees breathing in carbon dioxide the better. Our goal is to get a higher oxygen mix for the atmosphere. We also need to heat up the planet, but Tao was talking about doing that with some spells to save time.” Theo said.

“Alright, with younger trees I could expand the size to a few hundred feet… Maybe.”

Theo nodded in understanding as he said, “I'll just send you here every time your chakra is full to create another patch of trees until this area is full.”

Hashirama looked out over the desolate martian landscape as he asked, “You think the trees will survive here?”

“Tao created a magic circle that keeps the temperature in this area for about ten miles at around seventy five degrees fahrenheit for this experiment. We also dropped a few ice asteroids in this area, so it has ground water for the trees.

Hashirama nodded before he said, “Alright, I’ll give it a shot.”

Hashirama walked off the platform and out onto the red martian soil before he did a few hand signs as he said, “Wood release secret technique: nativity of a world of trees.”

Hashirama slammed his hands onto the ground and a moment later a pulse of chakra spread out to cover just over three hundred feet. After a few seconds trees started to sprout and shoot out of the ground all over the area. The trees weren’t that large, most of them only growing to seven or eight feet tall. As Theo watched he was surprised because not only did trees get created, but small bushes and other plants also grew up, all around the area. Once Hashirama was finished the area looked completely out of place with its greens and browns surrounded by red.

Hashirama walked out of the forest he just created about a minute later and said, “I'm surprised it worked so well. I half expected it to fail because of how alien this planet is.”

Theo smiled and patted Hashirama on the shoulder as he said, “If it wasn't for chakra and how stupid it is, I would agree.”

Theo glanced at the newly created forest one more time before he asked, “How long until your chakra pool is fully restored?”

“I'll need to eat and a few hours of rest, then I should be able to use that again.”

Theo nodded in understanding as he created a portal back home and left to go train while Hashirama recovered. With the Mars project in its next phase, Theo turned his attention towards his next Vibe project. He already had his first video game created and was almost finished with two more.

Both games were ones he knew would be extremely popular and planned to release around the same time as he launched a new service for Vibe. The service itself would be for video games mostly, but would also tie into the rest of Vibes platforms seamlessly.

The game service was basically Theo's own version of Steam and would function the same way once it was completely up and running. Theo already checked and as far as he could tell, no one was currently making Steam or the games he planned to release.

The first game was basically Counter Strike but with updated graphics closer to CS:GO because of how advanced the hardware was. He already had the game finished but he was just polishing the game up to make sure it was perfect. He also created some very user friendly modding tools so people could create all kinds of fun maps.

The other game he created was Half life, we'll Black Mesa if you want to get technical. The game itself was also finished besides some more polish that his clones were doing. It's surprisingly easy to build a complete game when you work on everything yourself and can create hundreds of clones to help.

Sure Theo needed to learn some new skills along the way he didn't originally know like 3D modeling. But it honestly didn't take long at all and with the help of ninjas to act as the voice actors for the game. Theo in theory created the game for almost no money besides the computers he needed to buy for his clones.

Those three projects would all be launched at nearly the same time just before Christmas of this year. Theo already picked out the Vibe users he planned to give the games to. His goal was to give them early access copies so they could produce content just before launch. He doubted he needed to do that, since he was sure both games would be massive hits, but it never hurt to help.

He also started working on other popular multiplayer games he knew would do well like TF2, DOTA. As for single player games he already started on building a customer game engine for single player games and planned to make games like Fallout, Elder Scrolls, Witcher, Dark Souls and others. Sure there were a few games that were similar to ones from his past life, but overall a lot of things were different. It was the same thing for some popular movies and TV shows. Sure they were close to the same, but maybe the story was slightly different or they used different actors.

Theo also planned to start a production company in a year or two to go along with the publishing company he was working on. His end goal was to dominate all media from books, movies and games since it would provide a lot of money.

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It was early morning and Theo sent a clone to school today because he planned to check in with Adrian. He would normally send a clone to do it, but he wanted a break from all the kids at school he had to deal with. Theo first henged into Ezekiel before he created a portal to his temporary office building.

His office was still the same as before with the whole top floor gutted. The only thing in the room was a couple of desks, the model for the Vibe building and a contractors table with some plans on top of it. Ezekiel walked over to the windows that faced the area currently being worked on and smiled.

From the top floor Ezekiel could see the whole area and was happy with the progress Adrian completed so far. It was slower than it could be, but if nothing unforeseen happened, he would meet the contract deadline for his bonus.

The area in question was already halfway torn down with the larger more troublesome buildings already taken care of. It left more buildings left to tear down, but they were all a lot smaller and easier to do. If it wasn't for the fact Adrian was making sure everything was recycled properly, he could just bulldoze the buildings and be done in a few weeks to a month.

Ezekiel studied the whole place for a little while before he focused on one area. He was pretty sure that's where Adrian currently was, so he created a portal there and walked through it. As Ezekiel stepped out he was greeted by the noise of a busy construction site along with dust in the air.

Not far from him was Adrian as he talked with a couple of people who were in hard hats. Ezekiel wasted no time and walked up to them and said, “Good morning.”

The three men turned around and Adrian smiled before he said, “Good morning Ezekiel.”

Adrian glanced at one of the people he was talking with before and said, “Go grab him a hardhat.”

“On it boss.” The man said before he took off.

Ezekiel glanced around the area as he said, “Looks like things are coming along nicely.”

Adrian nodded as he said, “We estimated we should be completely done with demolishing by summer next year about three months ahead of schedule.”

The man came back and handed Ezekiel a hardhat as Ezekiel said, “Great, that's even better than I expected.”

“Well everything has been going smoothly and we haven't run into any major issues with these smaller buildings.” Adrian said before he knocked on the top of his wooden contractors desk.

For the next hour or so Ezekiel hung out around the construction site as he chatted with Adrian about a few things before he received a text message from Tony that read, ‘HELP!’

Since Tony didn't call him a million times but sent a single text message. Ezekiel excused himself and created a portal to Tony's workshop. When he stepped through the portal he was greeted by Tony's lab being a little more trashed than normal.

As Ezekiel glanced around the room JARVIS said, “Welcome Ezekiel. You will find Mr. Stark upstairs along with Miss. Potts.”

As Ezekiel walked towards the door he asked, “Where’s Happy?”

“He was given the day off and I believe he is spending the day with his girlfriend.”

Ezekiel opened the door and as he walked up stairs he heard Pepper as she yelled, “God damn it Tony… It was only once!”

“I know…” Tony said, his voice low and hollow.

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“I don't know.” Tony said as Ezekiel walked out into the living room area to see it was also a mess.

Pepper picked up one of the couch cushions and threw it at Tony as she said, “This is your fault, so you need to fix it!”

Tony dodged the cushion and glanced at Pepper as he said, “We could get married.”

“We aren't even dating properly yet and you want to get married!?!” Pepper yelled as she picked up a flower vase and threw it towards Tony.

“Ummmm. Maybe I should come back later.” Ezekiel said as the vase crashed against the wall behind Tony.

Tony looked at Ezekiel like he found his savior and moved towards him as he said, “No, you're perfect! Just the person we need.”

Ezekiel shook his head as he said, “Not from what I heard. I think you guys should work this out yourselves.”

Pepper frowned at Ezekiel as she said, “That idiot got me pregnant.”

“Last I checked it takes two people to create a baby, so it's not completely his fault.” Ezekiel said with a shrug.

Tony nodded in agreement as he said, “See, he at least understands.”

“Fine, we are both at fault… But that doesn't solve the fact I am still pregnant and we aren't married, let alone really dating!”

“Then just get married.” Ezekiel said with a sigh.

“I don't know if I even like him that much!” Pepper said with a huff.

Ezekiel shook his head as he created a portal in front of himself as he said, “You liked him enough to sleep with him, so figure it out.”

Ezekiel quickly disappeared through the portal before they could respond and left them alone to work out their own mess. While he was happy they finally got together, he didn't expect this mess… Well it didn't matter too much, he was sure this would just force them together sooner or Tony would end up with another baby's momma.