DoorMan (MCU SI)

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DoorMan #92

Xandar [February 2008]

–Colin Baxter–

"You know I am going to get you for this, right? One day, you are going to regret doing this to me," He made sure to stress the threat as he walked out of the detention facility, with a thorough profile built for the Nova Corps, along with total body scans, showing an uncomfortably precise amount of information.

They even let him see what all was being scanned and what data they had in their database and he had to say, it made him drool over what they were capable of scanning, and to what level. 

The SCIENCE! bros would just go mad in this place, if they were allowed to buy that technology on the open market. Realistically, as long as something was commonplace enough that it was available in a dozen different places, it was bound to be stolen and sold on the black market. Another thing that he wanted to do before he had to leave, added to the mental to-do list.

"Sure, I will await the day you do something," Jin'Ya smirked at him as they both exited the facility, by flight. Yup, he could legally fly now, he had the license to show for it. The license had nothing to do with speed or how high he could fly. It was all about speed and the small ring in his hand.

Placing it above his eyes, he smiled as it unfolded to secure itself on his face, creating a slightly tingly sensation before that too faded away, revealing dozens of different roads in the sky.

A real time Air Traffic controller, he realised, as they both began floating on the small path that was marked blue for him, which meant that was the path he could use right now. The rest of them were either orange or red.

Orange meaning civil fines, could be used in case of an emergency but reckless use will result in fines and after sustained fines, eventually imprisonment came into the equation.

The red roads were meant exclusively for pre-authorised high value vehicles. Nova Corps patrol ships, government vehicles, shipments for Nova Corps, high net worth private ships carrying expensive cargo or people, and more.

Even here, the rich got preferential treatment which was to be expected but he was fine with that as long as the ones on the bottom got good enough treatment, which, judging by the way facilities were maintained and how he was treated as an absolute nobody, were very good.

He really needed to find out what policies they had in place to combat corruption and abuse of power. Maybe something he could eventually introduce to Earth, possibly?

"So, where to?" He asked the dragon as they eventually crossed the forest that separated the High Citadel from the rest of the capital and slowly landed on the ground as the area ahead of them was not cleared for their travel. Jin'Ya apparently had the same clearance as him, which might have been grounds for making fun but he was on the same level, so the joke would have been on him so he let it go.

"Well, I asked around and while there are no equivalent global networks in this place, to the one that you humans have built on your planet, they do have a library of sorts, but you will have to pay, a lot," Jin'Ya said and he smiled sweetly at that. After all, he was not the one who was going to have to pay, now, was he?

"What is with that smile? It looks creepy."

He ignored the statement and jumped on the air roads as soon as one turned blue for him. The system was heavily organised as it also indicated a gap in existing roads for him to use, to ascend to the higher altitude roads. A system like this might become a necessity on Earth once jetpacks become ubiquitous enough. Then again, considering the durability of normal humans and how regularly people die from falling down, it might be a good idea to never bring jetpacks into the mass transportation equation.

He followed Jin'Ya as he was the one with the mental map as they, after almost 30 minutes of slow flight, landed on the ground, and then walked a couple of minutes before finally reaching the unassuming looking storefront, right in front of the main street.

He looked confused as the door opened and a being with far too many legs and eyes slithered out of the door. Wait, was that a monocle? For a single eye out of the 9 he could spot?

"Greetings, Hoarder. I wish to access your hoard, for a short period of time."

His eyes widened as he took a step back, Doors already appearing in front of him as he was assaulted by a very potent Killing intent, coming from the alien in front of him who hadn't even spoken a word regarding Jin'Ya's proposition.

"And why ss-should I grant you acces-ss?" Oh, the stereotypical snake talk. Lovely.

"Because we can pay, handsomely." He finished the sentence for JIn'Ya before flashing an innocent smile at the dragon who grumbled but took out a card and floated it towards the snake.

"Here, take 50000 credits for a one day pass, for whole access." 

One of the limbs was floating towards the card, only for it to freeze as soon as Jin'Ya said the last part. Then it lashed out and flicked the card back at them, the card slowing down as Jin'Ya did his part.

"You think me a fool, Dragon? Your boy here," Why did that sound extremely insulting and derogatory to him? "Has barely been an entry in the Nova Corps registry for a day. I will not be risking everything I have for that. 300,000 credits or you can leave the same way you came from." The snake literally hissed at them, just without rolling its 'S' this time.

"Do you know who I am?" He looked to the side, somewhat surprised as Jin'Ya had assumed his draconic form, towering over everyone in front of him, releasing a concentrated blast of psionic energy, aimed at the snake in front of them.

Jin'Ya did his thing for about 10 seconds before the bored voice rang out, "Are you done?" Jin'Ya deflated back into his tiny form after his failed method of intimidation.

"Yeah, sure." Jin'Ya said before flicking the card back at the snake who eagerly took it inside, not before ordering them, "Wait here."

He mentally asked the dragon why he backed down and the reply he got made him deadpan at the Dragon.

"He is one of the older ones, not quite at my level but still strong enough, at least mentally, to sustain my regular psionic output. Plus, he has friends in high places so harming him was never an option. Even Nova Prime would have to request for information as he is known for hoarding every piece of information he can find." Jin'Ya mentally replied.

"So, he is our best bet then?"

"Yes."

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