7 Something Worth Protecting

About an arm's length away from me, the Living Fence stood, waving its vines in a seemingly random pattern, but what I could hear in my mind was the feminine, high pitched, childish voice exclaiming in awe at the shadows on the ground. It was like watching a child play, especially the literal innocence and curiosity which it managed to exhibit. Like a few moments ago, it talked to me, asking what I was doing but now it was distracted by the shadows made by its own vines and was now busy playing with them.

Approaching slowly, I made my way over to the place the shadows were made and made a dog, a bird with my hands and had them roam around the vine's shadow. With pure excitement in its voice, I heard it say- 'Dada? Play?' and for once, I immediately replied with a smile on my face- 'Yes' "Dada Play". The entity before me stilled for a second, before suddenly becoming overly active. Agitatedly waving its vines, I could feel its surprise, confusion and apprehension while muttering over and over again- 'Dada? Hear? How? Dada? Like?' It was no different from a child waiting for its parent's validation.

I did not leave it hanging, and simply said aloud, "Yes, I hear you my precious, and I like you. You need not worry about me not liking you, for you, my dear, are just perfect."

Like spring had come early, I could practically feel my precious blush, with various buds rapidly growing and blooming unnaturally as she could not control her emotions. Hearing her squeal in joy, I played with her while thinking about the actual repercussions of my ability. What I wanted was a defense, a structure to safeguard me against the possible enemies I would face. But what I created was a new life, an existence which looked up to me and completely resembled an innocent child. While playing with her, I once again referred to the Concept Card, with one line holding most of my attention- '-It can easily regrow its lost parts using the blood absorbed, plus gaining memories and knowledge from blood.' I knew what I had to do, for the blood will prove to be an invaluable aid in helping her grow.

I had decided, that I will raise her as a daughter. Not that I had never thought of it before, and I won't lie when I say that even in my previous life, I was pretty much excited by the prospect of my own child, like being responsible for a new life, teaching her about life and being responsible for guiding her through life. While it was a bit early, as a twelve year old, raising a child would prove somewhat of a difficult job, but she was not exactly an ordinary child, was she, plus it was another world, Marvel no less, and I sure as fuck will not give up on her, not for society or anyone else. One might wonder why, especially when there were so many ways this could go wrong. With Hydra and SHIELD roaming around, with Mutant extremists and whatnot running around capturing people to experiment on, there was no guarantee that she would be safe. But I had always been stubborn, and never one to back down from a fight. I hated it when someone eyed what was mine, and the same carried over even after I got transferred over here. Here, she was mine, and I would make them watch their world burn twice before anyone dared to harm a single leaf of her's.

Haah! I know this seems a bit sudden and a bit edgelordish, with the whole-'Burn their world' part, but for me it is the equivalent of throwing the gauntlet at anybody who dared to touch my bottom line. My creation was not just my newly declared daughter, but was also my attempt at grounding myself so that I don't let my power control me, something that gave my life purpose other than survival, a place where I could return, somewhere I could call home. Not because I owned the place, no, but because there was someone waiting for me home. Some might question why I was doing all this, especially for my daughter who was still yet a plant. I'll answer it like this- Her innocence, its something worth protecting.

This may seem nice and the whole scene peaceful, but to make sure that all that I promised comes true and she stays safe, I'll have to make a lot of preparations. So, after playing with her for a while and telling her that I'll play with her later, I started using my Card Creation ability to defend us better.

Re-entering the house, I went back to my room, and used my computer to search for wolves, bears and shadow magic. I used {Copy} to create [Wolf Pack], [Shadow Magic] and [Ultimate Predators] , and used the tried and tested method of -

{Replicate}{Merge} {Replicate}{Merge} {Replicate}{Merge} {Replicate}{Merge}

All this to finally get the conceptual card I wanted-

[Shadow Wolf Pack]<Mythic> level

//[Shadow Wolf Pack]<Mythic>

-There are 128 shadow wolves you can control

-These wolves can use shadow travel, shadow movement, shadow stalk, stealth and shadow spikes

-These wolves can manipulate their sizes

-These wolves can heal in shadows, enter shadows and transport people through shadows

-These wolves are loyal to their creator- Alex Crawford and follow his instructions

-These wolves are born predators, made with one purpose: to hunt\\

Using {Replicate} and storing the spare, I used the card near my daughter, and wolves simply shifted into existence. These wolves were huge, approximately car sized, with thick hide and midnight black fur. Their red eyes seemed to glow in the darkness, with a certain amount of bloodlust which seemed to radiate from them. These wolves, even individually were enough to scare a lesser man, but all of them together were more than enough to give an army nightmares. I won't lie, but even I was a bit tense, I mean being surrounded by a horde of wolves does that. Still, that was before they all bowed down to me, submitting to me and acknowledging me as their creator. Taking a moment to bask in the glory of the sight, I didn't lose sight of my goal and gave them their instructions- I tasked 30 of them to guard the block, patrolling the immediate surroundings of my house and abducting any suspicious individuals, crippling them and feeding them to my daughter. The rest were tasked with roaming across the entire world, and follow people with a thick aura on blood, which usually proved that they were people who had killed a lot, and were either soldiers belonging to Hydra or SHIELD or some such fishy organization, follow them to their bases and homes, and kidnap them when they were alone, cripple them and feed them to my precious. This would serve two purposes-

Firstly, this would provide an excellent source of information, nutrition and education for my daughter, and would impart the needed survival skills and knowledge to her to survive the harsh, cruel world.

Secondly, this would serve as a perfect distraction for both Hydra and SHIELD as they would be too preoccupied with the 'Mysterious Abductions' happening all over the world, with their bases and homes of their precious agents being raided and their personnel continuously being abducted all over the world with only their bloodstains left at the sight.

Some may call this cruel, but never did I claim to be a saint; nor do I have any explanation or justification for my actions. I am a hypocrite, who is not afraid to accept that I will gladly sacrifice numerous strangers to save myself and my loved ones.

As the myth, the legend, the baddest bitch of them all- Katerina Petrova likes to say, "Better you than me." I'll gladly sacrifice innocent strangers to keep me and my loved ones alive. It's alright to be selfish, for no one else would fight for your rights.

This is the real world, where all of humanities' vices are exposed;

Only after looking out for each other can people be reposed.

While equality and kindness form a story full of wonder;

Anyone who followed them here can be found six feet under.

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