My name is Ben Parker (The Knight's Multiverse X MCU)

Chapter 7 - A dangerous but tempting offer (Part 1)

Hospital Room, Somewhere.

Ben's P.O.V.

A smile and she was gone, leaving a headache to the convalescent man. A frown turning into a sigh conveyed perfectly his current thoughts. 'What a mess. I've no idea how to handle that...' Feeling a bit exasperated, Ben decided that he just had to let it go. Instead of focusing on something he had no control over, he might as well try to find out a bit more about the attack. Luckily, just like in every decent hospital room, there was a TV hung on the wall. Finding its remote on his bedside table, he turned it on and switched to the News.

[..."This is Sophie Turner, for the Daily Bugle, here live in the middle of Time Square, New York. Behind me is the aftermath of the Unknown Alien Attack starting from the top of the Stark Tower a week ago. As you can see, the restoration effort is going well with most of the broken vehicles and other wreckage having been removed.

Thanks to the many donations, the non-profit organization F.E.A.S.T. was able to help many New Yorkers hurt and/or displaced from their home. Several of their shelters have been used by the organization to house and treat a part of the victims while the situation was sorted out by the authorities.

Mayor McCarthy allocated everyone under him to this case, whether to rescue people stuck under buildings and vehicles' wreckage or to remove the latter.

Speaking of rescue, the members of the new Superhero team 'The Avengers' were seen all over Manhattan, helping the rescuers find and extricate the victims wherever they were stuck. The Avengers were the ones who fought off the invading Aliens, even succeeding in closing that gigantic blue portal over the Stark Tower, and putting an end to the invasion."

Pausing for a second, her face tightened as it seemed that the next piece of news would be explosive. Taking a deep breath, she resumed talking. "Speaking of 'The Avengers', Mr. Stark, A.K.A. Iron Man, leaked on the internet that the explosion at the end of the attack came from a nuclear missile launched on the island of Manhattan at the behest of several political higher-ups. Their real identities are unfortunately unknown, prompting many to protest in Washington.

A few politicians were even victims of attacks, however, most survived without too many injuries. A few sources in the white house that I won't name told me that some members of politicians' families were also attacked. The result is unknown to me at this point." Sighing a bit, she added.

"Tension seems to rise in our country, a sad continuation of an already terrible event. We can only hope that the situation doesn't escalate even more from here on out.This was Sophie Turner for the Daily Bugles."]

As the report ended, Ben muttered in curiosity. "The Avengers, ugh? I wonder who's in it?" Pondering a bit, his expression turned into a frown. "A nuclear missile? I knew they didn't have any integrity, but to go that far... Millions of innocents would have died, but would it have destroyed that portal? I doubt it. From what I saw during my fight, their technology seemed a lot more advanced than ours, so the nuclear missile may not have even done anything..."

Because his mind was too focused on speculating, he did not notice the door of his room opening up and a pair of feet silently moving toward his direction. That is until the person was a few meters away, disturbing his train of thought and prompting him to turn toward the new arrival.