DoorMan (MCU SI)

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DoorMan #93

Xandar [February 2008]

–Colin Baxter–

After about a minute or so of just standing outside a store, he was starting to get antsy. The damned snake could have at least invited them in. What was taking so long for just a normal transaction anyway?

Before he could voice out any of his concerns, the door slid open and the snake tumbled out, throwing the card back at Jin'Ya who stored it in the pockets of his outfit, which was probably magically enlarged to store a freaking house in there if need be.

"Go to the docks. Someone will take you to the Archive. Remember, if you die down there, no refunds."

Jin'Ya just nodded calmly at the insane demands that the snake put forth and he was standing there, shocked about the conditions of refunds. Die down there? What does that mean?

"Is the archive not here? We have to go somewhere else for that?"

"Human," once again, did not like the way it was used as a derogatory term, "Were you born yesterday? Why would I keep myself and my treasure in the same place?" saying that, the snake slid back into his store, without giving them anything to confirm. No receipt, nothing.

Jin'ya began floating by so he did the same. Catching up, he was about to ask the multiple questions on his mind when Jin'Ya beat him to the punch, "No, there are no receipts. The product we are about to receive is not legal and is only allowed to exist by the major powers of the galaxy because it is equally helpful to everyone and also because the Old One is conscious of the fact so he deliberately withholds anything that can destabilise the current status quo."

He nodded, deciding to keep his questions to himself as they changed lanes and floated into the first entry lane, heading towards the Main Docks. He couldn't wait to get his hands on sweet, sweet information.

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"Huh," Standing on the edge of the ramp, he looked at the vast forests that dotted his vision, smelling the fresh air, he couldn't help but be speechless. This was…not what he expected when he was told that they were going to a secret underground information archive that was apparently equally coveted by many major players in the world.

He hesitantly floated down and yup, it was a tropical rainforest all right. No illusions, magical or otherwise, because the one thing that is really hard to duplicate without the power of Chaos Magic, is the sense of smell. 

Nevertheless, a Door appeared in front of him and shot out a wave of air, and he nodded as the trees all wavered a bit, and one even dropped some sort of odd fruit from the top, confirming that it was indeed a forest.

"This is as far as I can take you. You'll have to reach the location on your own. I will be back here in exactly one rotation, and will not wait for long so be on time." With that rude statement, the ramp closed on its own and the ship rocketed up to the sky, forcing him to use a large Door to ward off all the sand that was displaced from the launch.

Once the jet was gone, he looked up at the giant trees that extended as far as his eyesight could go and then jumped, using Air Doors to propel himself further and further, until he finally reached the top and…

"Holy SHIT!" he cursed as he saw the view. Greenery as far as his eyes could reach and even then, they were all composed of trees that were about the height of the current one. As far as his knowledge went, none of the trees on Earth that were alive anyway, had reached this height and they probably never will.

He might have to thoroughly decontaminate himself before leaving for Earth because he couldn't imagine it being good for Earth's ecosystem, to introduce an alien species to the mix.

"Come on," Jin'Ya said as he flew forward, at very high speeds so he did the same, keeping in mind to keep a Door in front of his face, turned almost transparent because he did not want a bird just drilling into his face, and then cracking his neck due to the whiplash.

One time was more than enough, thank you very much. It was a very unpleasant sensation, to crash into a forest, and be unresponsive for a couple of minutes, unable to do anything, as the Chi door worked on getting his body back to operating limits.

Fun times.

Soon, he was left far behind Jin'Ya, who then had to cocoon him in Psionic energy before their speeds increased further, turning the landscape below into a green blur. Curiously, there was no hint of blue in those blurry shapes, despite them covering a very large distance.

Did this planet not have large rivers? Or were the giant trees covering all of it?

All of his questions however were pushed aside and replaced by a single one as they finally slowed down.

"What the f*ck is that?" he pointed ahead, at the massive, and he meant it, a massive volcano that had sprouted out of the ocean, with lava continuously streaming down from the volcano's sides, with small openings facilitating the flow, resulting in a constant steam being generated because the lava fell into the ocean, or lake of sorts because the whole water body was surprisingly short, way shorter to hold a volcano of that size.

"What is this place?"

"This is the Archive," Jin'Ya stated as their journey picked up pace once more, as they headed straight to the mouth of the volcano. Knowing that Jin'Ya could easily survive this, he still had some concerns.

So, naturally, he voiced them, "Um, why are we headed to the one dangerous thing in this place?"

Jin'ya did not answer but the change of trajectory was confirmation enough as they veered off course and just dunked themselves straight into the bubbling lava. He had already summoned Doors, on instinct but then dispelled them as Jin'Ya took them both straight down through who knows how deep layers of Lava before their bubble finally hit something solid.

He watched as it hit some sort of energy field, as Jin'Ya stopped. He couldn't hear anything legible because lava did not conduct sound like normal substances but he could most definitely hear movement of sorts all around them.

Soon enough, the answer was clear because the Lava all around them was being sucked away into a large opening on the wall beside them. He looked up from the bubble and saw a similar energy field holding the lava at bay, as the area around them was cleared of any lava before the energy field below them was opened up, allowing them entry.

Jin'Ya exited the bubble first, presumably to check if the atmosphere was hospitable for him or not as he kept observing the entire process of how the second energy field collapsed, allowing lava to furiously crash on the force field right above him, making him duck a bit on instinct.

A second later, the bubble dispelled, as he looked around him and saw a fairly nondescript room with a similar snake person pushing some buttons on a console nearby, presumably the one that operated everything about those forcefields.

He wondered how others came to this place? A ship small enough to protect from lava and traverse this opening would almost certainly be a rarity.

That left superpowered beings throughout the galaxy who could make this and there were certainly a handful who could but even between them, the ones who could make it as effortlessly as Jin'Ya would be few.

The snake person did not even look at them as he began walking towards a door that was previously a wall. He followed suit with Jin'Ya, as the view made his jaw drop.

"Surprised?"

Surprised wouldn't even begin to convey the feeling he was having right now. In front of him, for what must have been miles long, there were books, and shelves. A library.

"A literal library, on paper? What are you, the 80s?" The statement blurted itself out before he could process anything.

"Alright, let's move on," Jin'Ya said as they sailed to the platform in the middle, the elevated one.

"It is not as bad as you think it is. There is an index and the file you request comes to you instead of you having to navigate this whole thing. So, don't worry. Secondly, I am granting you level 1 access."

"What? I am being restricted? Why?" He exploded as he stood up. The thought of being denied potentially salivating information was unacceptable to him.

"There's stuff in here that would drive even you mad so yes, level 1 access so only stuff you wanted to find. General information, technical know-how for everyday systems, and a little bit more." Jin'Ya waved his hands and a small card flew out of his pockets before it landed on one of his Doors.

"Now, if you'll excuse me, I have some stuff to find. Feel free to read whatever you have authorisation to access." Saying that, the dragon f*cked right off, leaving him with a watered down access to such a cool place.

Hell, he could even feel traces of magic, strong Asgardian magic, somewhere in this place and because of Jin'Ya, he couldn't even access it.

He had no doubt that forcibly trying anything would just make things worse so he just resolved to get the stuff he needed.

Such a spoilsport, Jin'Ya.

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