This was a world of dead silence.
There was only endless darkness and enormous stones floating in the air.
The place where Bor, an ancestor of Asgard, had sealed the Dark Elves.
"What the hell is this place..." Jessica fell to the ground, rubbed her butt, and climbed back up.
"This... this doesn't seem to be Earth." Jane Foster stared at the floating stones around them, her face full of shock.
"Obviously not..." Jessica rolled up her sleeves, revealing her silver-white arm guards as she prepared herself for a fight at any moment.
As they looked around and explored, the unknown fluid sleeping within a massive stone pillar and giving off an eerie red glow seemed to sense the presence of the living.
It suddenly boiled over and burst outward!
"Watch out!"
Jessica's superhero instincts sent her rushing in front of Jane. She instantly deployed a defensive barrier, using her body to shield the mortal scientist.
"Bzzz—!!!"
Yet the red fluid actually ignored the shield's obstruction and seeped directly into her body.
"Aaaagh!!"
Jessica let out a scream. It felt as though ten thousand fire ants had burrowed into her veins, or boiling magma had been poured into her heart.
"Jessica!!" Jane was terrified and tried to pull Jessica away.
"Don't touch me!!" Jessica roared in agony.
But it was too late.
The instant Jane's fingers touched Jessica's skin, the red fluid seemed to find a new outlet.
It spread from Jessica's body to Jane's in an instant!
"No—!!"
Two screams overlapped.
The Aether greedily enveloped the two women.
Five hours later.
Inside the warehouse of an abandoned factory.
Homelander sat on a concrete block with a bag of chips in his hand, waiting patiently.
Darcy had been pacing frantically beside him. She had called the police, but when