Torch Bearer

The Torch Bearer



A/N: Kisara Lawson gets dropped in Marvel by a ROB with some changes to her body and soul, a Green Lantern central power battery, a portable power battery, the Maltusian technological database in her head and a power ring. Chaos ensued.

Possession:

• Central Power Battery
  
• Portable Power Battery
  
• Power Ring
  
• Maltusian Technology and Science
  

Abilities:

• Indomitable will
  
• Genius level intellect
  

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Part 1

(Kisara Lawson)

I never asked for this.

All that power and for my body and soul to be changed; I had just been having fun reading some comic books and doing some research for my next fanfic and boom, I got kidnapped and given a power ring and genius intellect on par with Tony Stark. I was told to amuse the guy who dropped me in this Composite universe.

Because of that I felt myself being apart from the normal humans around me. But I helped when I could, this world was so wrong, humanity had so much to focus on, but it kept tearing itself apart. I never looked for trouble, but it had a way of finding me.

This is how my story started…

# # #

I was dumped through a purple portal by a woman glowing with green light, and landed in a dumpster full of trash bags. She winked at me and then closed the portal. I gave her the middle finger and extricated myself from the dumpster with difficulty.

Somehow I ended up in an alley, the back door of a restaurant and a rusted old car and the odor of piss and trash were the only thing here. The ring on my right middle finger started glowing green. I know exactly what it was, even how to build it.



Ugh, my head was killing me, that bitch loaded my head with so much information… I looked at the sun slowly dipping down in the horizon while massaging my temples. I didn't recognize the landscape, nor the city I was in. "Where am I?"

My power ring flashed with green light and constructs in the form of bubbles came into my field of vision.

[Torch Bearer Lawson]

[Current age: 18 years old]

[Earth-11052 Y]

[Marvel composite universe: Cartoon, Comics, MCU light]

[Planet Earth/North America/New York]

[May 23th, 1999]

This is the X-Men Evolution universe but with comic and MCU elements; it says 'Light'... I hope I won't have to deal with the TVA and the Eternals. Fuck those add ons, I will just fuck them up if I ever meet them. I didn't have the time to panic and needed to find shelter, make myself an identity and secure some finances. Fortunately, I have the perfect tool for that… hesitantly, I raised my arm and looked at the emerald green ring on my middle finger.



"Um… Ring charge, Please."

[Current Ring charge: ∞]

[Central Power Battery charge: ∞]

Okay what the fuck, what did that bitch do to me? I closed my eyes and something shifted. When I reopened them I saw the central power battery before me. Did that bitch place it in my body? As I looked around me, the central battery was placed on a pedestal and there were consoles and workstations around it. I walked up to the workstation in front of the Central battery, there was a palm scanner on the right.

With a slight green glow, the computer came alive and multiple holographic screens appeared, surrounding me. That was when I realized that this was a pocket dimension… tethered to me? At least that’s what my new senses and the Maltusian knowledge was telling me. So I have a variant of the Fortress of Solitude, sweet.

[Authentification…]

[Access Granted to Torch Bearer Lawson]

[Unpacking Smart AI… 100%]

On top of the workstation an almost naked woman in blue materialized, she was extremely familiar. My eyes focused on her breast and hips. Fucking hormones… I didn't miss this at all. Cortana continued to pose for me as if she knew exactly what she did to me.



"Hello there, Kisara." Cortana said in a classic forties pinup pose.

I gaped. "Cortana? This must be a dream, there's no way my number one waifu could be here."

When I pinched my right forearm, I shouted, "Ouch!"

The smart AI giggled. "I'm flattered that you like my avatar, dear administrator."

The Avatar looked around herself, the glowing giant battery almost turning her green. "I see we finally arrived at our destination. Good, then we can start the tutorial."

"Huh?" What Tutorial?

She must have seen the surprise on my face, because she said sarcastically, "You thought I would let you use your Power Ring without training?"

Putting a stray lock of hair behind my ear, I said, "Yes, you know… I thought I would be alone in this new universe."

The smart AI continued to explain my situation. "Your kidnap- patron is smarter than that, she knew that you'd like lessons on how to manage and use the tech in your possession and gave you someone who you could trust."

My eyes fell on the holographic avatar of my waifu. "That someone is you."

"Yes, me." Cortana nodded her little head.

"Is it because I love you?" I said shamelessly.

For once the smart AI didn't answer right away, her cheeks darkened and then she said, "You love a version of me, Kisara. I am not the Cortana that you know from the games you played. I am basically a copy just fresh from when the original was created. I am me, can you accept that?"

I tilted my head, that was fair enough. She was asking me to treat her like a person and to not put her on a pedestal like the fangirl I was. "This… I can do it. This means that we can become friends right?"

I desperately wanted to not be alone in this universe, this Cortana might not be the one I know of, but she knows where I come from and that we're in a dangerous universe.

"Oh I intend to be more than this to you." Cortana's tone made me shudder in pleasure.

Gulp. I swallowed with difficulty when she went from doll to human sized and she winked at me. Next she became serious and said, "We can flirt later, are you ready for the start of your training?"

"Hit me." I said and killed the horny, I needed to focus on what was going to happen.

Cortana began with, "We will start with manifesting your suit…"

# # #

Sol System/Mars' orbit



Deimos is the smaller and outermost of the two natural satellites of Mars, the other being Phobos. Deimos has a mean radius of 6.2 km and takes 30.3 hours to orbit Mars. Deimos is 23,460 km from Mars, much farther than Mars' other moon, Phobos.

Zipping around Phobos and Deimos, I allowed myself to shout in delight, "Woohooo!"

Emerald light covered my body but it was in fact a force field around me; it protected me from the hazards of the void. One of those protections included the filtration of stellar radiation and microscopic particulate matter in space which would ordinarily be fatal should the space debris strike me, the ring wielder, at high speeds.

An atmosphere appropriate to my biology is created inside the force-field while my body temperature is maintained and waste products are removed. Gravitational stresses which could cause injury are stabilized as well, so I could technically enter Jupiter's atmosphere and be fine.

That forcefield is instinctive and programmed with defensive subroutines to always keep me safe; technically the ring could be my sole source of life support

"Fucking nice!" Flying in space was such a rush.

By the direct application of my will, the graviton manipulation of the ring allowed me to fly. Cortana manifested hologram circles in which I should enter while on my flight path to train my mobility.

Cortana's avatar in her doll size appeared on my shoulder, the hologram always was solid. She smiled at me and said in a cheering tone, "Great job, Kisara."

I puffed out my chest as my tiny waifu was complimenting me. But she dosed me with icy water with what she said next, "Now, You'll have to do these drills daily, I will add it to your schedule."

"Awww." I said sadly, sometimes I forget that Cortana is a military Artificial Intelligence.

Cortana jumped up from my shoulder and started floating before my face with a stern expression. "Training is important. Okay, next, we are going to master the basic functions of your power ring. You're lucky that you aren't under the Guardians of Oa's rule, you'll be able to do a lot of things that normal Lanterns aren't able to like… make money by mining the asteroid belt and hacking into planet Earth’s internet infrastructure to craft an identity."

It was reassuring that my ideas on how to make Bank and infiltrate a country's governmental database were the same as my friend's. No man is an island and all that.

"I understand about the ID stuff, but… How am I going to mine? Is this going to be like in minecraft? I was never good at it."

I was dissembling, I knew exactly what I needed to do, but I didn't have the patience to be a miner. But Cortana cajoled me by saying, "It's easy, honey, don't you have that Maltusian tech in your head? Look for a mining laser and some drones, take advantage of the ring’s dimensional folding to store the material harvested."

Listening to her… I found the answer in my mind right away. "Okay then. I already see the type of drones we want, I know how it works and they are equipped with mining lasers like you said."

Cortana raised her hand to cheer. "Nova! Then let's set a course to the Asteroid Belt!"

Pointing my hand before me, Cortana declared, [Opening Slipspace causeway.]

Entering the portal, I resolved myself to work hard to create my base of operation.

# # #

8 days later
Pacific Ocean
Hawaii

Data.gov is the United States government's open data website. It provides access to datasets published by agencies across the federal government. Cortana used my access to the place to remotely hack through the US government website. Damn, the connection was slow, it's like it was back then in the late 90s and debut 00.

It was rather easy to sneak into the library and city hall to give myself a solid ID. I even printed myself a Driver’s License, social security card, and a high-school diploma coming from the island. My power ring could do anything and I loved it.

I took on meditation courses and Tai-Chi once I made myself a sufficiently garnished bank account. To not attract the IRS, I only had 5k in my account. It wasn’t a lot, but it was enough to get myself situated and eventually move from Honolulu to New York; I used my ring to fab more clothes for myself and bought a suitcase and a plane ticket at a travel agency.

I could just fly there myself and be there with an orbital flight in 30 minutes, but I wanted a trail of my being from Hawaii. SHIELD and other alphabet agencies will no doubt look into me eventually. I would sell my gold and platinum later, I had a plane to catch and I wasn't going in economy, I’m going to experience first class.

The movies didn't lie to me, traveling first class was peaceful and the service was awesome. I could even watch movies here and listen to music, but I was more busy writing Oan computer language on my fabbed laptop computer. It was like an omni-tool but more efficient, I hoped to run Cortana on it.

I hoped to open a company and later commercialize a watered down version of my technology. Becoming a poor and struggling hero wasn't in the cards for me. Spiderman was always getting shit on huh.

# # #

11 hours and 30 minutes, that's how long it took to fly from Honolulu to New York. I resolved that the next time, I would fly with my own private experimental Jet. I took a taxi once I was out of the airport and just demanded to be brought to the Queens, not too far from here. I intended to buy an entire building in an isolated place and start tooling up while going to university.

Engineering and Energy should be sufficient for now… it's 1999, there shouldn't be a decline in teaching yet. I really want to avoid gender study bullshit and not get brainwashed for it. When the taxi driver left me in Astoria park, I looked for the nearest building for sale, well… Cortana did.

And she led me to the most isolated part of the city where a brick 16-unit building stood. There was a for sale sign on the doors. I used my power ring to structurally scan it and there was a lot of work there. Cortana was going to need to wire me the 1 million dollars the owner was asking for.

I guess it was resource gathering time, I have left so many pallets of gold, platinum and precious metal back on my base on Mars. It was time to gather half of it and start my life here.

# # #

1 week later

I am a proud owner of the 'for sale' apartment building that I discovered the last time. And I am a millionaire I guess, it's strange how ass kissing some people become when they discover that I have a black Amex card from my bank.

I was still a miser with my money and spent time scanning dresses and shoes to make my own wardrobe for free by fabbing them later, but I did buy at Victoria's Secret for full price. I admit that I went crazy and bought enough underwear there to empty their stock; then I stored it all in the private apartment in my building. I intend to turn the rest of the apartments into my workshop.

The hydrogen-injected internal combustion engine was going to be my project to make it, as well as quantum computing, but for that… I needed superconductors. That also meant that I needed to patent everything and lawyer up. I decided to enroll at Cornell University in Ithaca next year after I finish setting up all of my stuff, because I was realistic on how all this would go.

I need to reinforce the building's structure, place defenses around it, and make it completely independent from the city's power grid with my own support system. Cortana found disturbing stuff happening in the city, Ghost-Spider and Spider-Man are active, mutants causing chaos, magical disasters, gang activities…

Now that I am a rich person, I need to see to my own safety right?

# # #

(Cortana)



June 13th, 1999

Kisara was decently paranoid, this universe was… dangerous. SHIELD was already looking into her, looking for where her money came from. Fortunately, her ID was foolproof and her inheritance excuse seemed to hold up to their scrutiny.

The fledgling planetary network was still in its infancy and almost nothing could hold a candle to the current technology and information gathering Kisara and Cortana possessed. The girl built a basic Oan supercomputer which was light years more advanced than anything on this world with just some material and a power ring.

Right now, Kisara was covering the walls with plascrete, a compound that was as hard as steel once it was dry. She also transmuted the bones of the structure of the building with something called adamantium that Cortana found (read stole) from the current US government. But it wasn't enough for Kisara, she wanted a force-field around the property; so Cortana had to purchase the land the building sat on and obtain a permit to make a garden and disguise Kisara efforts as landscaping efforts.

Cortana was also busy creating a company for her current partner, she was still blocked on a name for it. That is why, when Kisara was done, Cortana asked for her input. The human spent over 30 minutes thinking and then finally offered, "Why not Cygnus Industries? It's my favorite constellation."

"I like it!" Cortana decided.

So, she started filling up the paperwork to start the small technology company with a starting capital of 10 millions dollars.

# # #

Back with Kisara…

I thought that I wouldn't have to participate in that masquerade, but I was clearly wrong. It was just as I was floating in the sky, invisible thanks to the Power Ring that I noticed through the window that a guy was lugging around this woman in a hotel room. Or should I say that he went caveman and threw her there, she seemed drunk.

I wasn't a pervert, but… Cortana automatically made a facial search. The man was called Ryan Reynolds and the girl was Felicia Hardy and I phased through the wall right away and shot him with a concussion beam when the girl was clearly refusing to sleep with him.

Appearing in my Green Lantern armor, I fabbed some zip cuffs and restrained the man. When I turned to the platinum blonde she looked frightened but still had that drunken look.

"Cortana, can we flush the alcohol from her body?" I asked my Smart AI by looking at her avatar in my hand.

A beam of light scanned Felicia, making her even more scared. Cortana replied after some deliberation, "Sure, but bring her to the toilet first."

She disappeared and returned to the background, leaving me with the blonde while she stared at me as if I was some kind of unholy angel. Well the green glow force-field had that effect… "Hey, um sorry for frightening you. I saw what was happening and…"

She tackled and hugged me tightly. "Thank you!"

I patted her back, she was damn strong for a woman. "You're welcome."

Then I realized. Ah shit, I forgot to put on a mask… stepping away from the woman who was supposed to become Black Cat, I asked her, "Can you keep a secret?"

She slurred, "It depends…"

With a sigh, I said, "I don't want my face to be splattered in the morning news."

She tilted her head cutely. "You're not a hero?"

Wait cutely? Why did I think that? I shook my head and said, "In a certain sense, I am more of a philanthropist and scientist."

The girl frowned and said bluntly, "No way, a nerd can't be that hot."

I rolled my eyes. "I think you need to get the alcohol outta your system… come."

# # #

And kids… this is how I met your mother.

Let's say that because she knew what I looked like, Felicia found out who I was right away… it started innocently enough. She stalked me to Starbucks one week later and offered me a cup by sliding into my booth while I was coding on my laptop.

A woman sat before me and I recognized her, the platinum blonde hair, the pert and medium breasts and that smug smile. It was Felicia Hardy. She was wearing a beautiful black dress and boots, and the black leather jacket covering it was tasteful.



"Hi." She said with a beautiful smile.

I lowered the screen of my custom laptop and sighed. "You found me. How?"

She didn't look me in the eyes when she said, "I remember your face and a flying glowy Asian babe is not forgettable… and I have some… contacts in low places."

Yes, her dad is a fucking criminal; I can't underestimate how fucked this universe was and willing to bother me. "What-"

"Do I want?" She continued my sentence for me. She put on a winning smile as she said, "A date and your number."

My mind whirled at this, I knew that in some continuity she was bi… but wow, she got interested? Fuck, she was hot and she wanted a date? Wait, why? No, I know why… the girl is a thrill addict and I am a science girl who thinks she made something that gives superpowers.

Obviously she wants in. I would do the same in her position. "Ah, are you sure?"

She chuckled. "I have never desired something more in my life."

I took a napkin and my pen and wrote my cell phone number. "Fine, here."

With a winning smile, the green eyed blonde secured the napkin.  "So… you said that you're some kind of scientist?"

I was suddenly nervous. "Yes, I am about to go to Cornell University and try for two PhDs in Engineering and Energy Study."

She rolled her eyes. "You’re a nerd alright."

I frowned. "Is this going to be a problem?"

She answered right away. "No, my priorities have changed drastically since last week. I don't think I am attracted to men anymore… since the Ryan thing."

The sadness in her voice made me ask, "How did it go by the way?"

She took a sip of her coffee cup. "His father bailed him out of jail, but I am still pressing charges for attempted rape. It doesn't help that his friends are trying to back him up."

With a really neutral and cold tone I offered, "Do you want a lawyer? I know a good one based in Hell's Kitchen."

She looked at me with a small smile. "Let me guess. A blind one?"

I gasped, how is this girl always guessing stuff? First she stalks me and next she knows my contacts? "How do you…"

Felicia laughed. "I know Matt, he is a family friend. And like I told you, I have friends in low places."

I glared at her. "I won't underestimate your connections again."

Her smugness was annoying. The blonde then asked,  "So… dinner and a movie? What do you say?"

Oh yeah, she wants to date me, I need to act calm. "I am fine with it, not too fancy a place? I can take you somewhere good."

Her eyes sparkled. "You want to take me somewhere expensive?"

How to impress a girl, this is the first time I am about to date one in my life. Fuck, okay, let's go full throttle. "Yeah, wanna go to Paris?"

"Huh?"

# # #

5 hours later…

We were at a restaurant on top of the Eiffel Tower, looking at the sunset and the lights of the cities slowly coming on. Felicia was a bit subdued since I flew her up to another continent.

She looked at the French dinner we were having, the violin music and everything. The girl looked at my smug smile and pointed a finger at me. "You ruined me for anyone else…! You took me to Paris on our first date!"

I shrugged. "Babe, I like my French cuisine."

Money wasn't a problem for me anymore, but I know that I couldn't do this all the time. The secret for a good relationship is to drip feed compliments and reward the girl when she does things for me. At least I am doing what my ex husband did for me before he died.

"Our next date will be simpler, don't worry." I adventured, telling her that there will be a next time.

Felicia looked stunned. "Oh, you're already thinking of the next one?"

The girl was really expressive. What made her think that I don't want to date her? "Well you're beautiful and funny… who wouldn't want to be with you?"

Felicia smiled as if she was the Cat that ate the canary, it was pretty annoying.

# # #

(Felicia Hardy)

June 26th, 1999
Kisara's building

How could she be so lucky? Right after the Ryan thing -she spat on the ground- she began dating her savior. First she gets saved and the next thing she does is starts stalking the girl who saved her; find her courage to approach her and get to date her just like that. And what a date it was, Kisara got all glowy again, took her hand and off they were in the sky, seeing the curvature of the earth and space.

Next, they are in Paris in twenty minutes. Felicia couldn't understand how Kisara thought sometimes, money seemed to not matter to her; and yeah Felicia discovered that the girl was a millionaire but that's not what's important. Kisara was an alien! Or at least an interdimensional exile, that's what she says she is at least.

All the tech she was building at her house would make Toni Stark or Hannah Pym green with envy. Felicia's girlfriend was building an armored car currently, she didn't understand the mumbo jumbo about what she said, but Felicia heard the words hydrogen injected combustion engine and it was supposed to make her a lot of money, like the superconductors she planned to sell to Stark industries.

Felicia's girl was going to make it big if she succeeded.

The Asian girl tended to build stuff with her power ring, the thing that allowed Kisara to do all the bullshit she's capable of. She wanted one, but Kisara would say no, there were certain criteria to wield one. At least that is what Cortana, her current love rival, had told her.

Cortana was a snooty territorial bitch who was always with Kisara. The only advantage Felicia has over her is that she has a body. When Kisara was going to build what she calls holo-emitters in her home, things were going to get annoying for Felicia.

"Done." Kisara said as she was done tinkering with the engine she just built.

"Cortana, start it." Kisara said out loud.

The small blue woman appeared on Kisara's shoulder and there was a rumbling in the room. Vrrrrrmm. Shhhh!

Felicia came next to Kisara and jumped up and down. "It works!"

The Asian girl smiled at her, put a hand on her cheek and said, "We're in business, Felicia. Thanks for your encouragement."

Felicia kissed chastely the girl who blushed furiously. *She's so cute!*