Damian Pov- Current Day- June 13th,2003
A lot happened after they got back. The loric were given Apartments On the Top three Floors of Swift tower that his uncle registered under their new subsidiary it took some time for them to trust The swifts but after the first two weeks they all stopped sleeping in one room and became slightly more trusting. Well... besides Stanly who had chosen Damien as his owner which Damien didn't mind one bit He could think of worse pets than a super powered badass shapeshifting cat following him around. They soon fell into a routine.
Every morning Uncle Simon, Mike, and Damien would train with the loric. After They would Have lunch and go over Plans. Whether it correlates to S.H.I.E.L.D. or about Tech or even talkingabout Lorien They never seemed to run out of topics. They also helped Damien learn a bit of Loric. It was there that He had convinced Lexa to help Simon Replicate basic loric tech including the Loric's ship cloaking technology. It took her a week to make it so that it would work with what she called "Crude Ancient Technology".
In The Afternoon, He had classes with his all new set of Private tutors. Though He was just Six years old he was easily on the high school level acadmeically for most subjects of general education.
At First, He wanted to have Ella to join him but he realized It would be Kind of rough to deny her being around other regular kids to build proper social skills. Damien Ended up helping up her Join the Same elementary school As Rachel. She was slightly older than he thought she would be but not by much. She had a few months before she turned 5 so instead of preschool she was starting kindegarten.
Since Rachel would Come over about once a week the Two had grown close. She was old enough that they could play together without much complication though she was young enough that losing at anything would make her get very pouty and angry which was quite adorable. They also would Hang around with Ella doing flashcards to help her learn how to read better. On that specific day he was walking to the kitchen to get a snack and he saw Crayton helping Ella with her Cards.
"What's this one?" Crayton asked in a supportive voice.
"Thas you papa? Farter" She said. which caused damien to laugh at her immaturity showing. It was adorable.
"No, that says Father" He Corrects her with a slight chuckle. She was starting to grow bored she let out an adorable little kid-style groan.
"I'm sleeeepy cam I go watch tv," She asked.
"Just, A few More, What this one?" He asked. He holds up the next card in the deck
"Thas Damam can I go now " She responded
The card said Brother on it. Damien kind of knew that this was staged By Crayton but He doubted he told her to say that He probably showed her the card because he knew damien was there trying to pull at his heart strings and forge bonds with their benefactor. It worked completely Damien swore in his heart he'd never let anything hurt her.
The Old man and Ike had been keeping close eyes on Number One and Damien was planning to take a trip with Janus, Uncle Simon, and Lexa to confront them and give them the support necessary to ensure they were never captured or killed and hopefully To introduce One and her Cepan to S.H.I.E.L.D. and set them up in a better safer place with better safer identities and keep Number one from making the mistakes that would originally end up Costing her life. Damien felt a bit bad about making Ike stay with the old man according to Ike the old man was a real slave driver. Damien wanted to Wait until they get their identities burned to approach them because He knew Number one was in the middle of a teenage rebelion and that would need to handled carefully. It would be trouble if she pulls a stunt like four and insists on never leaving leading to his cepans death and the battle of paradise high school.
Other than that, Simon and Damien had buffing out the details of the overall structure of S.H.I.E.L.D. itself Damien had proposed to Keep it similar to the original S.H.I.E.L.D., A 10 level System, Levels 1-4 were operatives that had limited information that operated in the daylight, these would be the agents that the world would see swift board approved security team rebranded as a seperate but allied budding intelligence agency.There would be two main types of agents in this level The field and scientific type, The combat type were mostly new recruits that Mike and Ike were poaching from the military, those they tristed explicitly got better offers and higher positions as well a few poached from criminal lifestyles by The Old man, And a few fresh faced hires from various private security firms that my uncle was buying out they would start at the bottom until loyalty was proven. The combat type would be split into two portions tactical teams filled with a level 6 agent or individual operatives that focus more on infiltration and information gathering,The scientific type were mostly made from new fresh face straight out of college mega geeks that my Uncle simon had hired, some would act as the face of my uncle's R And D subsidiary, the trusted few would help him dessiminate Loric technology as new inventions keeping S.H.I.E.L.D. in the green. Though that wasn't S.H.I.E.L.D.'s only money source it was the most profitable, They were split into sectors as well even though R and D would be the biggest most well protected of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s factions we were already looking into making a S.H.I.E.L.D. scientific acadamy so they could focus on not just protecting the future Damien wanted to build S.H.I.E.L.D. into something that could mold the future as well. The price of building such a massive agency was astronomical even as billionaires they needed support from others with deep pockets. Simon and Amon had secured support from several high level government officials those close to the agents we had managed to recruit a few that had been approched by mogodorians but didn't trust their gifts and promises, though simon was especially cautious of those every meeting was cloaked in secrecy especially since simon didnt trust his own board members. of course they didnt give them any real information to the investors mostly they thought they were just investing in the research and development department of S.H.I.E.L.D. and with the loric tech, S.H.I.E.L.D. would have a steady stream of harmless advancements that they would show thr investors to sseem intriguing enough that they will keep throwing money at without giving it away that it was loric tech minor improvements in code or improvements in electrical field technology believable that it could be some smart earth scientist that got lucky but the biggest secrets such as the existence of the loric or the mogs would be kept only for those who are trusted.
But because of their steady steam of growing support the image of S.H.I.E.L.D. had already grown at a startling speed but they were at least two years away from when they would go public for now they would build in the shadows and recruit loyal people save as many loric that they can secure their future incase of worse case scenarios, build a reliable reputation in the intelligence comunity. Damien wanted the world to see S.H.I.E.L.D. as international peacekeepers and the best way to do that would be to assist in operations worldwide they would assist CIA, FBI, ABIN, SEBIN, MI6, etc. with their level of technology it wouldn't be difficult and Once they built more connections They would be able to become officially recognized by the U.N.
One day about a week after the loric had arrived in new york crayton made a one off comment about the security team mocking them slightly which they didn't like and ended up challenging him to a spar and since Crayton was a master of loric Martial arts he wiped the floor with them but the lesson he taught them inspired Uncle Simon to open The Facility.
The Facility as it would be called would let All new recruits go through hell training with the loric, Though the Loric wouldn't give away all of their knowledge Zophie and Janus had reluctantly jumped on board to train the new recruits understanding it would be a smart idea to have strengthen the people who would fight allongside them and just like that S.H.I.E.L.D. would be one step closer to being taken seriously on the worlds stage since no earthly martial arts had a direct counter for loric arts even with only a month of training most of the Agents would leave the facility more skilled in combat than the average initelligence asset. Though since we were trying to hide that were affiliated with the loric a new blended style was invented through the combined brainpower of Simon and crayton. It was marginally less effective but unrecognizable from the original loric Martial arts.
Levels 5-6 were Given a bit more information but it would be selective and only be given out when it was necessary they wouldn't be anything too crucial Like Knowing about the Loric and the Mogodorians but Most people that got this level had something to offer to S.H.I.E.L.D. For now the only people that really Qualified were the people on Mike and Ike's security detail and about a dozen people the poached from with Swift Co. They all had passed deep backround checks and had at least 3 years of expierence in the company. The most Sensitive Information they were allowed any access to was real loric Tech but they were heavily safegaurded from intrusion with the help from lexa.
Level 7 was when an agent learned about the Mogodorians plans for world Domination and S.H.I.E.L.D. 's true goal of trying to protect the world maybe that would change in a few years to the new recruits it would look like Swift co. Was just entering the private security sector and/or maybe Simon was building a power base to lauch a poltical career.
Level 8 was meant for those They trusted the most Crayton, Janus, Zophie, Mike, Ike, and Amon. They were given access to most of the big secrets but still, certain information would be limited like every location of every safe house or every piece of technology.
Level 9 was given to The Old Man and Lexa, Lexa needed access to most information to be able to ensure that the Garde would be safe, The Old man because he had access to his international network,
Level 10 was Uncle Swift as Director He Needed Access to keep moving our political connections forward and recruitment. Unofficially Damien was also Level 10 but slightly more limited then his Uncle as he was a child and they didn't let him have certain access but when he mentioned how he knew the future and accessing that information would be the only way to monitor if the timeline to see for changes that mostly shut them down but still they treated him as a child in certain instances which frustrated him especially since he was the only one in S.H.I.E.L.D. That knew the existence of the gods.
He wanted to tell Uncle Swift but he just didn't have any way to prove it. Even if he did he didn't want the loric learning about them yet.
With the structure set the Growth speed of S.H.I.E.L.D. was unstoppable, Amon had chosen to step away from Head of African affairs to build S.H.I.EL.D. overseas, and along with two others from the security team he started setting up safe houses and emergency transports all over the world off the books. Mike and ike's most trusted subordinates Steve was sent to set up S.H.I.E.L.D. across europe.
In just Four months we Already Had 34 Safe houses all over the world each one completely off the books And four Small aircraft with cloaking technology that Lexa helped us with that were completely off the books. We Were nowhere close to the original S.H.I.E.L.D. but if we keep Growing at this rate in 3-5 years we would be.
Onto more personal projects Damien had tried nearly a dozen times to talk to Uncle Simon about his mother and after he kept repeating the same information. He had come to face the fact she was most likely a goddess. He Just had to Figure out which one. The only clue He had was that thing with the Mogadorian.
He had been trying to recreate that feeling when He popped away from the Blaster but He just couldn't do it. He had Meditated every day Since they had gotten back from Giza trying to lock on to that feeling. At first, the only progress He made is this intense sense of calm for a couple of seconds that made him think He was on the right track.
After a Month He was able to see that stupid cabin in the woods where the God and Devil had our meeting. It even got to the point He would Imagine the Evil Dead Surrounding the Cabin. At first, He thought he was slipping into a Daydream while He was meditating but soon he realized that it was way to vivid fo a daydream he felt the cold calm feeling intesify when He saw the cabin.
For the last Three months since He first saw it he made absolutely no progress it was just the same thing over and over again But He Trusted in himself so every day He would Think over and over today's the day. He would spend entire nights trying to make progress beyond meditating in that Cabin. Which just made the hellish training with Uncle Simon Worse.
He knew every inch of that cabin in those three months He tried everything to make any kind of progress. When He would go to the Evil Book in the Basement It Would make Him slip out of meditation. For three weeks He tried opening the book thinking there was some trick to it but each time it would kick him out of his Meditation by pushing random thoughts and memories into my head randomly Like the first time Him Tried he couldn't stop Smelling Fresh cookies for like 10 minutes, Another time he was looking into my fathers face as a baby, He was watching my first steps with a Gorgeous woman dressed in black dress after days. He soon realized that the Cabin was kind of like a mind palace from sherlock jolmes which made hima bit depressed how dark and dreary it was.
After weeks of no progress, He decided to try other ways to find whatever power He had locked away in my body. He tried leaving the Forest, He tried Killing all of the Evil dead that would Randomly pop Around the Cabin but they would just reappear, He even tried destroying the evil book. He honestly Felt like I'd never be able to figure it out but I didn't give up hope.
As soon as He woke up, He would try to meditate and today after seeing the Cabin again for Three months This Over whelming sense of frustration, Anger, and fear that He'd never figure it out burst through him For the first time his confidence shook he felt hopeless. He Instantly lost the image of the Cabin and felt this Cold and Dark Pulse out from me as He screamed in frustration.
The tips of my Fingers, hands, and forearms started to be coated in something resembling dark black ink he'd never seen ink this dark though it was like the light was avoiding his arms. He was too Angry to notice that though.
As his Voice Rose so did everything else in the room The furniture started lifting into the Air, My Desk Mirror Shattered into a Million pieces, The Room became frosty and the walls became coated in frost, the books on my shelf floating on the rack the room looked like there was a tornado going through it. He didn't notice it all He knew was the frustration and anger at myself and that stupid Cabin.
As the scream died in my throat everything dropped to the ground his hands were back too normal. Uncle Simon Urgent footsteps were coming heard from the hallway. He opened the door immediately worried about me because of the noise'
"Damian...wha?" He asked as he saw the room the bed flipped on its side the books scattered the room coved in ice. He walked over to Damien. Simon put an arm over him. He was on guard still but very worried about me. He smoothed out my breathing calming down a bit at my uncle's presence.
"What happened in here?" He asked. Damien thought for a moment. He didn't know He was a little scared of it. Then He remembered a book and in that book, there was a story about a boy who could set fires and lift furniture with his mind when the Children of the orphanage picked on him. It all fits into place at once. He had finally found what the Third Book was. He looked his Uncle Dead in the eye and started to reply.
"I'm a Wizard," he told his uncle as if it was the answer to everything.
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Name: Damien Swift Age=6
level:140
str:73 agi:67 vit:78
Int:250 charm: 250
Powers and Abilities=
Ximic-Unawakened
Telekinesis-Unawakened
increased intelligence-Super Big brain Stark Who?
increased learning/training speed-Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger, Smarter?
Devilishly Handsome- women want you, men want to be you(beware some men will want to be with you as well)
Devil's secret gift- Bridge between Worlds The First Hybrid of Loric, Greek gods, and Wizard.
Son Of ?
Awakened Accidental Magic
Billionaire: Money is Power-Throw money at small problems it goes away
Great Hand-eye coordination- can catch and throw a ball
Intermediate Earthly Martial Arts- Anybody under ten should fear you
Intermediate Lorien Martial Arts- Ten-year-old Mogadorians Beware
Common sense- Don't walk into traffic
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