Chapter 10: Hulk's Hideout, New Recruits, Scientific Curiosity
Bruce Banner, exhausted and perpetually on the run, finally found a moment of peace in the dilapidated shack Adam had subtly guided him towards. General Ross's forces, still chasing a phantom Hulk deep in the jungle, were miles away. Adam, watching from a discreet distance, felt a flicker of empathy for the man. Being a walking, green rage monster couldn't be easy.
"Poor Bruce. All he wants is a quiet life, maybe a nice cup of tea, and instead he gets to be the world's most wanted, gamma-irradiated pinball. Someone needs to give this guy a break. Or, you know, a really good anger management therapist."
Adam decided to make Bruce's temporary hideout a little more secure. He focused, a hum building in his palms. He pictured the military's comms frequencies. Not breaking them, not yet. Just… scrambling them.
[Technopathy activated. Target: Military Communications. Effect: Signal Scramble.]
Miles away, General Ross slammed his comms unit down. "What is this?! We're getting nothing! Just static! Someone fix this!"
Adam grinned. "Phase two: The Technopathic Tantrum. Always a classic. Keeps the bad guys guessing, and gives the good guys a much-needed break."
With Bruce temporarily safe, Adam turned his attention to recruitment. He'd done his homework. Jemma Simmons. Brilliant bio-chemist. Stuck in a lab, probably dreaming of real-world applications. Skye. Gifted hacker. Probably bored out of her mind, itching for a real challenge. They were perfect.
He found Jemma Simmons at a rather dull scientific conference in London. She was presenting a paper on… something incredibly complex involving cellular regeneration. Her eyes, though sharp, held a hint of boredom.
Adam approached her after her presentation, his most charming, slightly disarming smile in place. "Dr. Simmons? That was… truly fascinating. The implications for… well, for pretty much everything, are astounding."
Jemma looked at him, a polite but weary smile on her face. "Thank you. It's a rather niche field, I'm afraid. Most people just glaze over."
"Not me," Adam said, leaning in slightly. "I'm Adam Stiels. Private Investigator. And I think your 'niche field' might be exactly what I need. I deal in… unusual cases. Cases that defy conventional science. Cases that might just blow your mind."
Jemma's eyes widened, a flicker of genuine curiosity replacing the weariness. "Defy conventional science? What exactly do you mean?"
Adam paused, then subtly activated his Illusions. For a fleeting moment, a small, shimmering, perfectly formed miniature galaxy appeared to spin in the palm of his hand, before vanishing.
Jemma gasped, her scientific mind reeling. She blinked, rubbed her eyes, then looked at his empty hand. "What… how did you do that? Was that… a holographic projection? But the resolution… the detail…" She was practically vibrating with scientific excitement.
"Just a little parlor trick," Adam said, winking. "But imagine what we could do with real problems. Problems that involve things that shouldn't exist. Things that need a mind like yours to unravel. I'm building a team, Dr. Simmons. An unconventional team. We solve problems no one else can. And we have a lot more fun doing it than sitting in a lecture hall."
Jemma stared at him, her mind clearly racing. "A team… problems that defy science… I… I'm intrigued, Mr. Stiels. Very intrigued."
"Excellent," Adam grinned. "Let's talk. Over coffee. Preferably coffee that doesn't turn into Jell-O."
Next, he found Skye. She was holed up in a dingy apartment in L.A., surrounded by monitors, her fingers flying across a keyboard, clearly hacking into something she shouldn't be.
Adam knocked on her door. "Skye? I hear you're the best hacker on the west coast. Or at least, the one who hasn't been caught yet."
Skye, startled, spun around, her eyes narrowed. "Who are you? How did you find me?"
"Adam Stiels. Private Investigator. And finding people is kind of my thing," Adam said, stepping inside. "I'm looking for talent. The kind of talent that can break through any firewall, unravel any conspiracy, and generally make the bad guys' lives a living hell. And I hear you're a prodigy."
Skye scoffed. "And what's in it for me? Another boring job, chasing cheating spouses?"
"Oh, no, Skye," Adam said, a mischievous glint in his eye. "We're talking about aliens. Gods. Super-soldiers. Secret organizations. World-ending threats. The kind of stuff that makes your current 'hacking into the local DMV' look like child's play."
He then subtly used his Technopathy, making all of her monitors flicker, displaying random, coded messages that only a hacker of her caliber would recognize as incredibly complex, impossible-to-trace algorithms. Then, just as quickly, they returned to normal.
Skye stared at her screens, then at him, her jaw slightly agape. "How… what was that? That was… impossible."
"Just a little preview," Adam said. "I'm building an agency, Skye. A place where your skills won't just be appreciated, they'll be essential. A place where you can actually make a difference. And where you'll never be bored. Plus, we have better snacks than the DMV."
Skye looked at him, a slow, intrigued smile spreading across her face. "You're serious, aren't you? You're actually… doing this?"
"Dead serious," Adam confirmed. "So, what do you say? Ready to join the weirdest, most effective PI agency on the planet?"
"This is going to be amazing. A scientist who wants to dissect my powers, and a hacker who wants to break into my brain. What could possibly go wrong? Probably everything. But at least it won't be boring."
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