Running on Fumes
"Marvel's Magnetic Field Rotation"
Stretching, Bruce Banner leaned back in his office chair to relax his shoulders and neck, which were tired and sore from long hours of desk work.
By registering under the name "Doc Green" with S.H.I.E.L.D.., he was now nominally an employee of S.H.I.E.L.D.. With such powerful backing, General Ross could no longer arrest him, and Bruce Banner could finally live a peaceful and stable life.
However, he didn't expect that S.H.I.E.L.D.. was a den of dragons and tigers. Since his discharge from the hospital, he has hardly had any free time. He was either with field agents and rapid reaction forces to crack down on certain arms trades (without the involvement of the five major powers), or dealing with some Mutant who acted recklessly because they had some superpowers. He had basically not had any contact with his scientific work.
His previous field mission was with Agent Shilvert to hunt down a man-made vampire. To do so, they traveled almost across half of the continental United States, eventually cornering the monster in a secluded Amish community.
It was a village that resembled the Middle Ages, with almost no trace of modern civilization. There were no household appliances or cars in sight, and not even a mobile phone.
The locals relied on farming and selling agricultural products for a living, and traveled entirely by horse-drawn carriages—which ultimately led to their complete annihilation.
When the S.H.I.E.L.D.. convoy arrived, the villagers' bodies, drained of blood and eaten, leaving only their limbs, heads, and parts of their torsos, stretched a long distance from the east entrance of the village to the west side of the road. The road was littered with damaged wagons and the carcasses of horses.
Therefore, they also came to the conclusion that the artificial vampire had no affinity for animal blood, and that it killed the horses pulling the cart only to prevent its food from escaping.
After cutting off the Amish people's chance to escape, the artificial vampires began to slaughter and feed on the village. They spared no living human, whether it was an elderly person on the verge of death or a newborn baby.
Unable to escape, the remaining Amish people gathered and hid in the church. Firstly, their piety bordering on folly led them to believe that the gods they worshipped could protect them. Secondly, the church was the most sturdy building in the village, constructed of large stones and bricks, far superior to their wooden houses, and was enough to hold out for a while.
However, they underestimated the power of the artificial vampire. The heavy oak door was as fragile as paper in front of its claws and was easily breached. Then, it began to feast on the food gathered together.
Upon witnessing that scene, Bruce Banner was instantly enraged. He pulled out his dual-drive, transformed into the Doc Green, and began battling the artificial vampire.
The battle between the two monsters was of a cataclysmic scale, as evidenced by the architecture of Fifth Avenue.
However, Hulk's Gamma Blood is extremely toxic; a single drop of Gamma Blood mixed with a beverage could knock out even Stan Lee, let alone the artificial vampire. Furthermore, the Doc Green, a fusion of Bruce Banner and Hulk, would not allow it to have that chance.
However, neither side could gain the upper hand. To the artificial vampire, Doc Green was like a piece of poisonous bread; absorbing his blood was tantamount to suicide. It couldn't win in a fight, and Doc Green wouldn't give it the chance to escape.
The artificial vampire's powerful self-healing ability makes it almost immune to physical damage. When Doc Green punches it flat, the damage is restored as soon as the fist is removed, and the shattered bones and muscles are repaired to their original state in an instant.
Although it cannot achieve time-reversal healing like Wolverine, the Bat Memory Stick grants it the ability to repair its body, which requires a certain amount of energy. However, it has lost count of how many people it has eaten before, and the vast Life Force it has accumulated is enough to keep it occupied with Doc Green for an entire day.
When S.H.I.E.L.D..'s rapid response team arrived with their equipment, they found the artificial vampire curled up in the crater created by Hulk, clutching his head, being punched repeatedly by Doc Green.
As a force for maintaining world peace, S.H.I.E.L.D.. could not be without equipment to control Mutant. The artificial vampire was thus captured, imprisoned in a narrow cage specially built for superhumans, and escorted back to an S.H.I.E.L.D.. base.
Then a Legion of experts began to study this artificial vampire, one of which was to crack the secret of the Gaia Memory, to figure out how it gave an ordinary person powerful and strange abilities, and then use it as a power for S.H.I.E.L.D.. itself.
Secondly, they need to find a way to kill it. Although, due to issues with comic book sales and the writers' reluctance to create another character, slightly famous supervillains are usually imprisoned rather than executed.
However, artificial vampires are no longer considered human, so there's no need to discuss human rights with them.
After the long manhunt ended, Bruce Banner felt he deserved a paid vacation, during which time he stayed in the car the entire time, except for taking a dump.
However, after handing over the artificial vampire, Nick Fury gave him another task: to participate in Captain America's defreezing process, because he was an expert in the Super Soldier Serum.
After using the two-man driver and becoming one with Hulk, they became more compatible. Bruce Banner's physique and appearance became more robust, and his personality also became more tolerant under Hulk's influence, which made him not refuse the task given to him by Nick Fury.
God knows why the Hulk's character development, which is based solely on his vandalism, is described as kind and simple.
However, once he entered research mode, Bruce Banner devoted almost all his energy to it, leading him to constantly lament that working for S.H.I.E.L.D.. was more tiring than working in a beverage factory in Brazil.
He was at least a technician there, responsible for the maintenance and repair of the filling machines. Although his responsibilities were not great, he was at least a minor leader. Although his income did not match his seven doctoral degrees, at least the work was not tiring, and he had two days off every week.
But at S.H.I.E.L.D.., he was working non-stop, without even a moment to rest or slack off. He was exhausted!
"Thank you for your hard work, Dr. Banner."
A slightly hoarse female voice rang in Bruce Banner's ears, accompanied by a cup of hot coffee on the desk in front of him.
Bruce Banner turned his head and saw a woman, very beautiful, with red curly hair that added to her charm.
"Oh, it's Agent Romanoff. Thank you for the coffee."
As he served coffee, Bruce Banner distanced himself from Black Widow Natasha —though the Hulk consciousness within him felt a sense of closeness to her.