Almost two months later, after the holidays, State University, (Earth-616150) 1993Reed Richards POV
The holidays are finally over. I worked too much. I added biological scanners into the building so I will know what kind of person enters the building, on which floor he is, in which room he is, and I will even know his heartbeat rate. I also added biometric quantum scanners to my doors. They can scan the blood, the DNA, the iris, the brainwaves, and even the voice. As a result, the building is clone- and Skrull-proof. None of these ugly green Xenos will enter this building and attack me like in the comics. Many would ask how this would work, but it is easy. They use quantum sensors in order to get all the information about that person.But still, I don't feel secure. Maybe I'll add stealth boys from the Fallout universe to my own "doom-bots" so they can attack intruders in invisible mode. I would also need those stealth boys for some of my operations, like "Operation Ant", where I will steal Pym Particles in order to create my unstable molecules.After building and installing all those scanners with the help of my bots, I started to prepare for my trip to Greenland. I rented a plane for 11,000 USD per hour, and that almost for a month. But luckily, my gaming products started to get more and more popular, so there are no money problems. We will land at the airport of Narsarsuaq and use a helicopter to transport all our things. I also built a ground-penetrating radar that helps us find Steve Rogers faster because his vibranium shield makes it easy. The radar sends radio waves into the earth, and because ice is electrically resistive and transparent to radar, it will penetrate deep. In addition, Steve Rogers' body and his shield can reflect those waves back to us. I created an atmosphere-ground scanner too. I will use it in order to get my PhD in atmospheric physics. As a result, S.H.I.E.L.D. or Hydra won't be too suspicious of why I'm in Greenland.Oh, I was too focused on thinking. I didn't notice my surroundings. All the students are looking at me. Some started whispering to each other. Some of them weren't discreet. They whispered something like "It is him" or "Dude, that is him." It is cringe. I would like to just lay on my bed and sleep or work on my expedition. It is kinda creepy being famous. Luckily, I made it into my room safely. And there I see my lifesaver, Benjamin Grimm."Damn, you are built like a brick now, Ben." I'm astonished that he gained more muscle mass during the holidays."Of course, my mother made a buffet after I came back home." He gave me a sheepish smile and looked embarrassed. "So, I heard you did some crazy stuff while I was back home," he said seriously. "You were all over the news, Reed!" he screamed happily. "It was crazy. I was drinking my cola and turned on the news. I had to spit that thing out of shock!" he exclaimed, frustrated."Heh, is someone jelly?" I teased him."Jelly? Me?" He felt a bit insulted. "Never. It all came so suddenly. I thought you just left university because you became super rich," he defended himself. "You didn't even write back!" he exclaimed."Wait, what? You wrote me?!" I was shocked because I now realize I was too cooped up with building all those things and forgot to look at my phone."Yeah, I sure did!" he said sassy and gave me a smirk. "That's why you need someone to bring you back to reality and touch some grass!" He now begins to tease me.I'm a bit embarrassed because of it. Those things didn't happen in my old life."Ey, as an apology, you can join me in Greenland?" I asked him. "I'm going tomorrow," I added."Wait, Reed!" he exclaimed. "You can't do this to me!" He was caught off guard by my apology. "I need to buy things for preparation!""Don't worry, I'm going to be your sugar daddy today." Giving him a mocking smile and two thumbs up."Asshole."
Tomorrow, JFK Airport, New York City, AIRBUS A330-200FReed Richards POV
"So, you are the millionaire that booked us?" said a typical-looking pilot. He has blond hair, looks a bit old, and wears pilot glasses. He looks me up and down and states, "You don't look like one to me, kid.""Don't worry, kid, I paid for you guys' hotel, so don't worry. I could always cancel it," I retorted back."Ha, you are funny, kid.""Thanks. Is everything finished?""Yes, all your cargo is on the plane. We just need to do our checks.""Could you let my friend Benjamin Grimm see what you do? Because he would like to become a pilot.""Yeah, sure, no problem, or else we're gonna lose our hotel room," he joked.We all laughed."Thank you for it," exclaimed Ben happily.
After 7 hours and 35 minutes, Ikeq Island, Greenland, Earth 616150
"Finally, we arrived here!" I exclaimed, relieved. After we arrived at the airport of Narsarsuaq, the workers needed to put all the cargo we had from the plane into a cargo helicopter I booked. Then we realized our pilot has to fly two times because the helicopter is too small."True, but it is fucking cold," Benjamin whined."Pussy.""Fuck you, Reed.""Hah, let's just unfold our small house," I commanded Benjamin."Unfold? Shouldn't you say build?" he asked me, confused."Nah, unfold is right. We just have to open up our house. Then we install quantal solar panels and humidity electricity generators, so we have unlimited free energy. We use electric radiators for heating, and the water comes from the ice around us.""Wait, WHAT?! You invented unlimited clean energy?!" Benjamin looks baffled at me like I am an alien."Yes, truly!"He still looks shocked, baffled, and bumbuzzled. His mouth is wide open and eyebrows raised.We two then unfolded our station. It has one medbay, one laboratory, one sleeping room, and one living room. We also put all the cargo in it. After we put all the furniture and machines into our station, I began to take out my scanners.
Benjamin Grimm POV
Finally, it is over, and we finished unfolding. It started to get cold, but luckily my friend here is a one-in-a-billion genius. He just creates clean and unlimited energy on a whim. Says something about quantum solar cells and so on. I don't get most of it, but it is funny to see him talk about creation as if I knew something. I see he started to immediately use his scanners."Ben, can you help me with all the scanners?" asked Reed Richards, the smartest man I know. He asked for my help! Calm down, Ben, calm down, don't fuck it up, or else Reed is never gonna ask for help.I began to take the ground drill to the destined place. However, I don't know jack shit about how to operate it. "Reed, how does the drill work?""It is easy. The joystick there controls the drill levels. The red button is for starting it, and the green button for drawing samples. You also have a little monitor so you can know what you are drilling." Interesting. I give Reed a thumbs up and began to start the drill. It went almost 164 yards deep. I pressed the green button, and it spit out many numbers and letters. Some I can identify as elements from the periodic table like Fe for iron or H for hydrogen.
1 week later, Ikeq Island, Greenland, Earth 616150Reed Richards POV
"What do all your analyzing devices say? Any big changes in the atmosphere or in the ground of Greenland?" asks Ben, curious. I looked through all those numbers and found out,"Nothing much. I only see a higher concentration of iron oxide Fe2 and Fe3 in the ground and in the atmosphere. There isn't much change in the concentration of all the elements, but there is still an increase of 0.36 Fahrenheit or 0.2 Celsius compared to the previous years." I explained it to Ben, but he looks completely lost at what I just said."Is it a bad thing?" Ben looks at me confused because he doesn't know."An increase in iron oxides in the ground means that either something crashed into this land nearby or there is a big reservoir of iron somewhere. So it isn't per se a bad thing, but it gives us interesting information." I explained and added, "It could be maybe because of Captain America's crash...""Reed, you mean we could find Captain America in this ice wasteland?!" As I see it, Ben is shocked again. "Life with you is truly an adventure, Reed.""Heh, I'll try my best," I joked. "And yes, we could find Captain America's body.""Really? What do you need?" Ben began to talk excitedly. "Or do you have everything?" He began to walk toward me and shake me. "Let's do it, Reed, let's find Captain America!"Now I've had enough of his nervousness. "Benjamin, stop!" I ordered, annoyed. "Breathe, Ben. I have everything. We just have to wait for the helicopter to arrive," I stated.
6 hours later, in the south of Greenland, unknown location, on the helicopterReed Richards POV
"I found a new signal that is stronger than all before!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. The helicopter is flying loudly, so those other two can hear me. It looks like they still can't hear me. I tap the pilot and make a gesture with my hand to land.Arriving on the ground, we immediately took our ice cutter out. We started to cut the ice. We made stairs in order to get to the signal. It took a long time, but we arrived in front of Captain America after cutting ice until we reached the signal. We can see him now: Captain America, Steve Rogers, in ice, wearing his iconic costume."Is it truly him?!" The pilot and Benjamin were shocked to see Captain America. They were still not believing it. They even rubbed their eyes; they couldn't believe it."Yeah, it is him. Now help me get him into our helicopter," I ordered them both. We first started to cut a little floor to his left and right, then back and after that the top.
As a result, we now have an ice block of Captain America that we secure in our helicopter.
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Author here: I'm back with a chapter. I didn't have much time last week because two family members visited me and I had to attend a wedding.
I might add a next chapter, but I'm not sure, because my exams will start next month and I really need to study. After that, I'll be on vacation. It might be possible to upload a chapter, but I'm not sure.
So in the next chapter, we will have Captain America back alive, and this version of Reed might troll him. I'm still thinking about whether he should start talking to him in German, which would be hilarious :D.