CHAPTER 98 — Mindy's Upload
Mindy was lying on the couch in her room back on her Earth. Her legs hung over the armrest, a bowl of chips beside her, while the screen in front of her showed one of Gaius's old mission broadcasts. She wasn't even watching seriously. It was background noise. She enjoyed the heavy metal stomps, the bolter fire, the way the giant space marines moved like living tanks. It felt like watching action movies… except it was all real.
She watched one moment in particular where Gaius and his squad launched from a drop pod and smashed straight into an Iron Warriors-held vessel. Every time she saw that clip, she grinned.
"That part's so cool…"
The drop pod punched through a hull plate like it was paper. Then the hatch blew off, smoke rushed out, and the Ultramarines stormed forward with perfect timing, bolters raised, firing in short controlled bursts, blue armor gleaming against the dark metal of the warship.
Mindy paused the video.
Then a mischievous idea surfaced in her mind.
"…What if I upload just this part?"
She knew it wasn't some huge secret, Gaius had broadcast the mission live at the time. Anyone in the chat group had seen it. But on her Earth? Nobody knew what an Ultramarine was. Nobody knew what a drop pod was. Nobody knew what Astartes meant.
It would look like…
Like CGI from a movie never released.
The thought made her laugh.
Without hesitation, she opened her video editor and trimmed the broadcast down. She cut out the parts where people talked, cut out the long tactical exchanges, cut out anything too heavy. She left only the short, two-minute sequence of:
—The drop pod entering atmosphere
—The brutal entry through the enemy warship
—The Ultramarines punching through servitors
—Gaius smashing an augmented slave's head like a melon
It was clean, fast, and absurdly cool.
She exported it, named the file ULTRAMARINE_clip…
And then created a new YouTube channel:
ULTRAMARINE
No profile picture.
No banner.
No description.
She uploaded the video and pressed Post.
"Okay… done." She dusted her hands and stretched. "Let's see… maybe ten views? Fifty? Whatever."
She turned off her PC and went to sleep without thinking about it again.
Across her Earth, miles away, a well-known content creator named Zion sat in his studio. Two monitors lit his face, the LED lights behind him glowing blue. He was scrolling through trending tags, looking for new videos to react to.
Baking fails.
Comedy.
Drama.
News.
Nothing caught his eye.
Then one random video popped up.
No title.
Just "ULTRAMARINE" and a thumbnail of blue futuristic armor.
"What the…?" Zion leaned closer. "This looks like some sci-fi movie trailer."
Curiosity won. He clicked.
There was no intro. No talking. No text.
The video began instantly with a massive drop pod launching from a ship, fire and metal streaking past the camera.
"What is THIS quality?!" Zion said, leaning forward.
The pod slammed through a giant armored fortress in space, sparks and debris flying everywhere. The hatch blew open. Ultra-detailed armored giants stormed out like living tanks.
Zion's jaw dropped.
"Bro… bro… there is NO WAY this is fan-made CGI. This looks like a legit Hollywood trailer!"
One augmented Iron Warriors slave charged at the blue armored figure in front, Gaius, though Zion didn't know the name. The Astartes didn't flinch. He swung one armored fist, meeting the slave mid-air.
The head exploded like a crushed fruit.
Zion shouted, "WHAT?! THE IMPACT! The SPEED! This looks better than half the movies coming out this year!"
The bolter shots echoed. Ultramarines moved with flawless discipline. The musicless, raw sound made it twice as intense.
Then the clip cut to black.
Only 2 minutes and 14 seconds long.
Zion stared at the screen. Then he checked the uploader:
ULTRAMARINE
—No profile picture
—No banner
—Only one video
—ZERO other uploads
"Wait… what? This is your FIRST video?!" he said, shocked. "Is this from an unreleased film? A game trailer? What studio made this?!"
He immediately commented:
"What movie is this from? When does it come out???"
Then he smashed the subscribe button.
And he wasn't done.
He made a reaction video instantly, him shouting, shocked, analyzing the scene, replaying the punch ten times. He shared it to his Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok.
Within hours, the clip started spreading.
People were asking:
"Is this Warhammer?"
"No way this is fan-made."
"Hollywood can't do CGI like this."
"This is insane!"
"Why does the armor look so REAL?"
"Is this dude leaking a top-secret movie?"
By the next morning…
The video had gone viral.
Three days later…
Mindy returned home after a short mission with her father. She dropped her bag on the floor, turned on her PC, and opened YouTube casually.
Then she froze.
"Eh…?"
Her ULTRAMARINE channel…
Had 40,000 subscribers.
Her single video…
Had 5.2 million views.
She stared at the screen, mouth open.
"…HUH?!"
She clicked the comments. There were thousands.
"THIS HAS TO BE FROM A MOVIE RIGHT???"
"NO WAY THIS CGI IS FAN-MADE."
"WHEN IS THIS RELEASING?!"
"UPLOADER ABOUT TO GET SUED LMAO."
"RESPECT TO WHOEVER LEAKED THIS."
"THIS IS THE MOST GRIMDARK TRAILER EVER."
"UPLOADER ARE YOU ALIVE???"
Mindy grabbed her hair with both hands.
"I didn't think it'd blow up THIS much! I didn't even edit it that well! It was just a cool clip!"
Her heart raced.
She jumped straight into the Multiversal Chat.
[Mindy]: guys! guess what!!
[Mindy]: i uploaded a clip of gaius from his old live broadcast and it reached 5 MILLION views!!
Diana was sipping tea in her Apartment, when she saw the message.
[Diana]: what was the reaction?
[Mindy]: they all think it's from a movie hehe
Tony, who had just opened the chat, blinked.
[Tony]: oh… is this okay?
Mindy paused.
[Mindy]: okay what?
Tony typed slowly.
[Tony]: is it okay to upload Gaius's broadcast to your world… without his permission?
Mindy stopped breathing for a moment.
Her soul left her body.
[Mindy]: @Gaius IM SORRY I DIDN'T ASK FOR PERMISSION, I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS COOL PLEASE DON'T BE MAD
Inside his private quarters, the multiversal interface blinked open. Gaius read the messages calmly.
He responded:
Gaius: It is fine.
Mindy slumped over her desk in relief.
[Mindy]: thank you Gaius!!
Gaius didn't mind. He had been broadcasting missions knowing they might be discovered eventually. After learning about the internet in Tony's house, he expected something like this to happen sooner or later.
Tony, seeing Gaius finally respond after staying quiet for days, used the moment.
[Tony]: Gaius, are you on a mission right now?
Gaius replied simply: Yes
Tony grinned behind his screen.
[Tony]: Perfect. I made equipment for you. Remember the first time you came here and used me as a flying carrier? I've been thinking about it ever since.
Mindy perked up.
Tony continued:
[Tony]: It's a flight pack. Connects to your back. Powered by two arc reactors. Same flight system as my suit, repulsor thrusters.
[Tony]: Two main thrusters on the backpack, and 2–4 micro nozzles for balance.
[Tony]: High-speed flight for 30–40 minutes before heat buildup. I made it to match your weapon loadout perfectly.
Gaius read the specs silently.
Gaius: Thank you. This is far superior to the jump packs we use.
Tony smirked.
[Tony]: Of course it is. It's made by me, Tony Stark.
Then:
[Tony]: Gaius, broadcast it when you use it, okay? I want to see how it performs. I tested it only in simulations.
Gaius nodded to himself.
Gaius: I will begin a live broadcast before the mission starts.
END OF CHAPTER 98
P.S. It's our last day of school tomorrow, so after that I can finally focus on writing. I also need to attend a scholarship orientation at our school, gotta save some money, haha.
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