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> "You can't solo the apocalypse," Rox muttered, sitting in the darkened war room of his underground base.
The fight with Subject 9 had shaken him—not because he lost (he didn't), but because he almost could have.
Luck wasn't enough anymore. There were enemies in this universe who could bend probability, break logic, or worse—ignore it entirely.
He needed people.
A team.
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🌀 [System Expansion Unlocked: Command Protocols]
> 🛡️ New Feature: Companion Recruitment Tree
→ Traits auto-enhanced by host's luck field
→ Recruits gain passive protection during missions
→ Limit: 3 Active Operatives (Expandable)
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> "Time to start with someone who hates both HYDRA and SHIELD."
He tapped into the global database—filtered through back doors he'd left in SHIELD systems—and pulled up a name:
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Codename: GHOST
Real Name: Ava Starr
Status: Former SHIELD experiment
Abilities: Quantum Phasing
Location: Off-grid – Near Prague
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12 Hours Later – Prague
Inside an abandoned steel refinery, Rox found her—moving like a shadow through rusted beams.
Phasing in and out of reality, half here, half gone.
She noticed him instantly, materializing with a snarl. "Who are you?"
"I'm someone offering freedom… and a cause."
She attacked first.
Her punch phased through his chest—until his luck field twisted gravity just enough to disrupt her balance.
She stumbled.
Rox didn't flinch.
> "I can stabilize your condition," he said. "But I'm not SHIELD. I'm not HYDRA. I'm worse."
Ava blinked. "...You're crazy."
He handed her a quantum stabilizer—repurposed from stolen HYDRA tech.
> [Luck-enhanced device calibration – 100% efficiency]
→ Ava's phasing stabilized for 30 minutes
She gasped as her form solidified, truly grounded for the first time in years.
> ✅ [Operative Recruited: Ava Starr – "Ghost"]
→ Role: Stealth/Assassin
→ Loyalty: Cautious Alliance
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Back at the base…
Ava looked around the clean metal walls, the drones building a new lab wing, the core reactor pulsing at the center.
"This place is illegal."
"I'm illegal," Rox replied. "You'll get used to it."
> 🛠️ [Adaptive Combat Suit Blueprint: 60% Completed]
🧬 [DNA Analysis: Subject 9 — 48%]
☢️ [Next Recruitment Target Suggested: Erik Lehnsherr – Codename: Magneto]
Rox paused.
> "Magneto…? That's risky."
But the System replied:
> [Magneto respects power, not peace.
And your luck? It's rewriting power itself.]
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Meanwhile – Unknown Location
A cloaked figure watched Rox through a crystalline mirror.
A whisper of ancient magic curled around him.
> "The boy's luck bends the world like a string.
But the more he pulls… the more fate will snap."
The man stepped into the shadows, a crimson cloak trailing behind him.
Doctor Strange had entered the game.
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