Almost the same time the the lab opened, in an unknown location, more precisely inside a house shaped like a hat, a completely black figure dressed in incredibly elegant attire suddenly sneezed and released a burst of green fire that completely incinerated the wooden door in front of him.
"Flug!"
As if summoned by some kind of magic trick, a man wearing a lab coat and a paper bag over his head appeared in front of him.
"Good morning, my adored little boss. How can I help you?"
"I recently felt as though some kind of non-hero hero was stealing one of my perfect and beautiful lines. Create a machine, find him, and bring him to me for punishment. No one steals from the number one most powerful villain."
"Yes, sir. Of course, Mr. Black Hat," Flug said.
With every word he spoke, his voice rose higher and higher until it became so shrill that several windows shattered throughout the building.
"WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? GET TO WORK!" Black Hat roared.
Flug disappeared again as if by magic.
"When I find you, hero, you will suffer the worst consequences imaginable for stealing from me."[1]
....
I sense a disturbance in the Force, he thought as he looked around cautiously.
"Even the greatest inevitably fall into the vile and stormy realm of creative block," Franklin said.
"How unfortunate," he said as he turned around and walked along the ceiling until he reached the antenna, "for them."
Taking off from the ceiling, he performed a somersault and landed perfectly.
He approached the antenna and opened the electrical panel, taking a small button-like device from his belt. Once activated, it connected to the wires and circuits before transforming into a small spider that began crawling through the circuitry.
After closing the electrical panel again, he climbed up to the antenna housing and began writing some code along with several algorithms, finally adding an address. When he turned his head to the left, he saw something that caught his interest: a small piece of cloth stained red.
He quickly recognized what it was.
Taking it, he tore off a small piece, placed it inside a tiny bag from his belt, and then returned the remaining cloth to where he had found it before storing the sample.
8-0-0-0-8-5-D6-4B-196D-16C.
"Okay. This is ready," he said as he turned around and saw Valeria and Franklin looking up at him. "You finished quickly."
He started walking down the wall toward them.
"Surprisingly, there were only a few things. I finished quickly," Valeria said.
"All the better for this Peter. The less information anyone has about his DNA, the better," he said as he reached the floor and approached the children. "Let us go to your mother's lab."
He said this before leaving the laboratory, which was riddled with things calling themselves inventions.
Going back along the same corridor, they reached a staircase. After going up, they turned left and found another door with a digital panel. When he was about to approach it, Valeria stepped ahead of him and raised her hand. Once the scanner recognized her palm, the doors opened.
"Well done."
He entered Susan's laboratory.
Wow. It is not so different from the one at Baxter, only this one has more machines, which makes things easier for me.
Before sitting down, he searched through several drawers and display cases for a few things. After gathering everything he needed, he finally sat down and carefully arranged the equipment.
"Come closer, please. Val, do you have the sample?"
She handed him a vial of blood.
"Thank you."
He transferred the blood into a test tube.
"Now I need some of yours too. Do not worry. I will not do anything bad. I am not Richards."
He clarified this before the children extended their arms.
"Thank you."
Applying a tourniquet, he felt along their arms until he found the right veins. After cleaning each area with cotton and alcohol, he carefully drew a small amount of blood with a syringe. When he finished, he cleaned the areas again and placed a small bandage on each of them.
Moving his hand behind his back, he took two small lollipops from his belt and gave one to each child.
"Here you go."
"Do you always carry those?" Franklin asked.
"It helps calm children down when I have to work."
"Do you have everything on that belt?" Valeria asked.
"I am cautious. Tell me, how long do you think it will take your parents and uncles to return?"
"We do not know. Uncle Johnny, I think, was going to a party after doing whatever they had to do. Uncle Ben was going to meet his girlfriend or train with Jennifer at Avengers Tower. Mom said she was going to take care of some things and would try to come back quickly. Dad had a meeting with certain people, including the Tin Man and others."
What a father and uncles of the year. The only concern is Susan, in case she comes back too quickly. I have to work fast.
He moved quickly throughout the laboratory while the children watched him go back and forth. When he finally finished, all that remained was to wait for the results to print. During that time, the children watched videos on the laptop to keep themselves from getting bored.
"HAHAHA! I KNEW IT!"
He shouted euphorically while reading the papers in his hands, startling both children.
"By Galactus, do you want us to have a heart attack?" Franklin asked while clutching his chest, with Valeria doing the same.
"Kids, I have good, very good, excellent news!" he said with a huge smile.
"Are they not always supposed to come in pairs? Good news and bad news?"
"No... Not this time."
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"You fool! You disturbed the natural order of things!" came a distant voice, followed by a scream from somewhere beyond the omniverse.
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"Did anyone else hear anything?" Franklin asked while looking around. "A scream, maybe?"
"No. It is just your imagination," Valeria said.
"Okay. Do you want to know the news, yes or no?"
"Do not leave us in suspense. Speak up."
"Okay..okay, listen carefully."
[1] [Animated Series Reference: Black Hat and Dr. Flug are characters from Villainous. Black Hat is the terrifying demonic owner of the Black Hat Organization, while Dr. Flug is his nervous paper-bag-wearing scientist and inventor. The hat-shaped building is Black Hat Manor.]