Gwen's Strange Condition, Resonance Across Universes
The underground Main Control Room of Eden.
Amber-colored Bourbon Whiskey spilled down the shattered glass, dripping onto the cold metal floor. The air was thick with the pungent smell of Ozone, mixed with the aroma of malt alcohol, making it hard to breathe.
Lynn's hand was still frozen in mid-air.
He had just tried to grab Gwen Stacy's shoulder, but the sensation he felt at his fingertips was neither human flesh nor the supple fibers of the nanosuit. It was an extremely eerie emptiness, like grasping into a rapidly vibrating Quantum Foam.
"Ugh--!"
Gwen Stacy huddled on the holographic control panel, her hands gripping her hood tightly. The white Ghost-Spider Suit was flashing wildly at an extremely high frequency of dozens of times per second. One second, she was solid; the next, her body would become a semi-transparent phantom, and you could even see right through the metal wall behind her.
She is being rejected by this universe.
"Lynn..." Gwen Stacy's eyes, hidden beneath her mask, were bloodshot. Blood trickled from the corners of her eyes down her chin, hitting the control panel but passing right through without leaving a mark.
Ignoring her fading body, she strained to reach out her trembling right hand and gripped Lynn's clothes tightly. Even though half of her hand had turned into a shimmering pixel, her knuckles turned white from gripping so hard.
"No... don't send me away..." Gwen Stacy's voice sounded like it was coming from an old radio, heavily distorted with electronic audio. "I'm not going anywhere... I'll stay right here by your feet, I promise I won't upset that old woman..."
Even at this point, this crazy girl is still thinking about how to win Wanda's favor right under her nose.
Lynn's brows furrowed sharply.
His Top-tier Spider-Sense was screaming wildly, a needle-like stinging sensation constantly Impact his central nervous system. The danger didn't come from S.H.I.E.L.D.., nor from Hydra, but from the void behind Gwen Stacy.
"Sizzle--!"
A blinding purple lightning bolt cleaved through the air without warning, tearing a two-meter-long Spatial Rift above Gwen Stacy's head.
The crack's edges were extremely unstable and jagged. Inside, there were no stars, only countless distorted geometric blocks of color and Quantum Turbulence. A terrifying suction force, powerful enough to instantly tear Main Battle Tank to shreds, suddenly erupted from the depths of the crack!
The Holographic Projection Device on the console shattered instantly, and scattered documents, broken glass, and even the heavy metal chair were all sucked into the air by the force and flew towards the crack.
Gwen Stacy's body jerked upwards, her feet already off the control panel.
"My world... is forcibly pulling me back..." Gwen Stacy painfully tilted her head back, the veins in her neck bulging. She could feel that the universe she belonged to, numbered 1610, was activating its forced Containment Mechanism, trying to drag her, this "Variant" who had forcibly crossed over, back to her original Timeline.
But she didn't want to go back. That world without Lynn was a cold tomb to her.
"I'm not leaving!!"
Gwen Stacy let out a hysterical scream. She would rather be torn into Fundamental Particles in this universe than let go of Lynn's clothes. She even shot out a Silk in the opposite direction, tightly wrapping it around Lynn's arm, trying to anchor herself there in this self-destructive way.
"Crazy woman, loosen the Silk! Your arm will break!" Lynn shouted sternly.
The high-pressure Silk was stretched taut under the pull of the two universes, making a teeth-grinding snapping sound. Gwen Stacy's right arm muscles had been stretched to their limit, and the bones made a cracking sound as they could not bear the weight.
But Gwen Stacy just stared intently at Lynn, her eyes revealing a chilling obsession and madness.
You promised me... on the Clock Tower... you promised you wouldn't leave me!
Lynn took a deep breath.
Explaining the laws of physics to Yandere is obviously futile.
"What I, Lynn, say, even if it's a universal rule, you'd better keep quiet."
A ruthless glint flashed in Lynn's eyes. He didn't use Chaos Magic, because that would instantly wake Wanda in the adjacent intensive care unit. Once that Chaos Yandere woke up and saw this scene, New York wouldn't exist tonight.
He suddenly exerted force with both legs, and his bones and muscles, modified by the Super-Soldier Serum, exploded instantly.
"Bang!"
Two deep dents were left beneath Lynn's feet on the Special Alloy floor. He defied the violent spatial suction, took a step forward, ignored the Quantum Turbulence that cut like blades into his skin, and precisely probed his hands into the shimmering Quantum Foam.
After merging with four top-tier energies, Lynn's physical body had already surpassed the limits of mortals. He forcibly used his Bio-Electric Field to create an invisible barrier around Gwen Stacy's ethereal body.
"Pay close attention."
Lynn grabbed Gwen Stacy by the waist and pulled her tightly into his arms.
The moment they made contact, the repulsive force of the two universes surged wildly into Lynn's body through Gwen Stacy's. Lynn groaned, a trickle of blood spilling from the corner of his mouth, but his arm around Gwen Stacy remained as still as if it were made of iron.
He used the remaining TVA Source Code within his body to forcibly alter the flow of time around Gwen Stacy.
"System, use my coordinates as her temporary Anchor and lock it in!" Lynn gave the command in her mind.
[Command confirmed. Establishing a physical Anchor using the host's "variable" trait...]
As the system notification sounded, a faint Purple-Gold Light emanated from Lynn's body. This light spread from his arm to Gwen Stacy, like a nail, forcefully pinning Gwen Stacy's collapsing quantum state to the coordinate system of this universe.
The high-frequency, blurry flickering around Gwen Stacy finally began to subside.
She gasped for breath, her body drenched in cold sweat. Feeling Lynn's heartbeat and warmth from his chest, the despair in Gwen Stacy's eyes finally faded, replaced by an almost greedy obsession.
She buried her face deep in Lynn's neck, inhaling his scent deeply, her arms wrapped tightly around Lynn neck, her nails almost digging into Lynn back.
"I knew it... you are my world..." Gwen Stacy murmured nervously, a morbidly satisfied smile playing on her lips.
The Spatial Rift overhead, having lost its pulling target, began to contract and vibrate violently. Its jagged edges gradually squeezed inward, preparing to close completely.
Lynn breathed a sigh of relief and was just about to put the crazy girl in his arms down.
Suddenly, something unexpected happened!
"Buzz--!"
A low-frequency mechanical roar suddenly emanated from the depths of the closing crack. The sound didn't resemble a naturally occurring spatial vibration; it was more like a heavy engine operating at overload.
Lynn's Spider-Sense completely exploded at that moment!
A stinging pain ten times stronger than before shot straight to the top of his head. Lynn abruptly raised his head, his pupils suddenly contracting.
Suddenly, two Scarlet electronic prosthetic eyes lit up in the crack, which was now less than half a meter wide.
Those eyes, filled with extreme coldness and a killing intent, were fixed on Gwen Stacy, who was being held in Lynn's arms.
Immediately afterwards, a mechanical claw encased in dark purple Heavy Armor suddenly emerged from the other end of the crack, accompanied by a sonic boom that tore through the air!
"Creak!"
The mechanical claw got stuck at the edge of the crack that was about to close, its sharp Titanium Alloy fingertips digging deep into the Spatial Barrier. It actually tore the Spatial Rift open by half an inch with pure physical force!
"Found you, Variant."
A rough voice, altered by a voice changer, came through the crack.
The Prowler.
Number Earth-1610's top bounty hunter and Gwen Stacy Stacy's nemesis, actually managed to forcibly cross over and descend into this dimension using some kind of powerful Spatial Stabilization Device, following the Dimension rift torn open by Gwen Stacy!
"Boom!"
The crack was completely torn open, and a tall, burly figure, completely encased in Purple-Black High-Tech Armor, crashed to the ground, slamming heavily onto the metal floor in front of Lynn.
The Plasma Blade his wrist instantly sprang out, its dark purple light illuminating the entire Main Control Room. The Scarlet electronic eye swept over Lynn, finally fixing on Gwen Stacy, its killing intent palpable.