DoorMan (MCU SI)

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DoorMan #96

Xandar [February 2008]

–Colin Baxter–

"You know, you could at least tell me what you found there. I could help," He offered to Jin'Ya who just looked down at him and then scoffed, resuming floating languidly towards their rooms.

"Come on!"

They were back on Xandar, and Jin'Ya had booked a complete relaxation package for him. Jin'Ya, being in an artificial body, did not have much need for that, but apparently, Jin'Ya knew that Colin needed all the massages he could get.

Essentially, a forced pampering session that was imposed on him despite his many protests to turn the ship around and dropping them at 4 different planets he found with higher gravity than Earth and in various adverse environmental conditions.

Hell, two of them even had oxygen rich atmospheres. But noooo, the pickup and drop service was only to and fro from Xandar, nowhere else.

He bickered, right up until they reached their rooms and Jin'Ya phased through the door, while he had to use his Doors to push open the Door and go inside. Honestly, that was becoming second nature to him, using his Doors as Hands.

They had more range than his hands since they could float away, had more versatility and more importantly, could be sacrificed without any issues, something that could not be said of his hands. The only major drawback he could think of, was the use of a sling ring.

Dimensional Energy had to be guided through a soul and into the sling ring using one's body, and he did not think that his Doors counted as part of his body. Maybe if he could do something even more drastic, like the time he ripped apart the door on the Chi Door, allowing him permanent access to neutral Chi.

Before he could even think of entering his mindscape to figure out if anything else could be done, he heard Jin'Ya essentially shout through their mental link.

"Don't even think about it!" 

Well, he would have done it either way but he was not in a hurry. Who knows, whatever Jin'YA found in there might end up working or even better, help them perfect their existing methods.

He was not that worried about them now, not nearly as much as he was when he was back on Earth. Part of it was seeing multiple alien species with fewer limbs and mobility thriving and living happily in this place.

Honestly, if he was not already so invested back on Earth, he might have settled here. Sold some Vibranium, used his powers as services for the high class, paid his taxes to the Nova Corps, helped defend Xandar if need be, and then lived a very happy life on this planet.

Then, he sighed. Alas, he loved Earth and would love to see Earth take steps in the right direction, even if he intellectually knew that he would not be able to see Earth adopting even a fraction of Xandar's policies in a human lifetime.

___xx___

His eyes fluttered open, as he found himself facing the ground. He blinked the sleep out of his eyes as he remembered how he had fallen asleep. Who knew a massage by someone with four limbs would be so relaxing?

He slowly lifted himself using his Doors, looking around the empty massage room, really thankful for the great sleep he had just now. Man, Jin'Ya was right, this was the best massage place on the planet. HE wondered how that dragon knew about it but he just chalked it off to ancient contacts having other contacts pointing him to this place.

He knew that despite Jin'Ya's claims of having contacts in every sector in very place, the reality was that the dragon had contacts who probably were alive at some point in time. The dragon had a horrible sense of time and probably had naps that were longer than humans lifespans at some point.

One of the quirks of having an extremely long, almost indefinite lifespan, he supposed.

Quickly getting dressed, he saw that he had been asleep for about 2 hours, which was a lot for him because he barely needed to sleep 3-4 hours each day and that was pushing it because he slept extremely lightly, such that after the first hour, he could be awoken by a small rustling sound as well.

"Thank you," he thanked the staff, and the receptionist as he exited the massage place, which was built into the hotel they were staying in, and went into the elevator. It was frowned upon to use flight abilities inside the hotel so he just went with the regular method.

In his opinion, getting rid of his mandatory 7-8 hours of sleep per day requirement was one of the better things he had received from his powers. He just had more time in a day than most people on the planet and that helped him a lot, for multitasking.

"I suppose you are well rested enough to begin your training?" Jin'Ya was waiting for him at the door.

He raised an eyebrow, curious about Jin'Ya's method of training but willing to finally work on his situation. "Yeah, just give me a second to change."

"No need. The place we are going, none of your clothing can survive."

"What?"

He did not receive a reply as he was covered in purple psionic energy and whisked out of the hotel. "Wait! I didn't get my stuff!"

"It's paid for, for the entire month. So, quit squirming!"

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"Uh, what is this?" He asked Jin'Ya as the ship was parked in orbit around something he would hesitate to call a planet. It was just a swirling mass of purple and pink, oddly reminiscent of the colour of Jin'Ya's psionic powers.

The shape continued to change as well, and it was a free planet with no star or satellites around it, which made him question if the thing had substantial mass or not.

"That, Colin boy, is the training that you were so desperately asking for."

"No!" He snapped at the dragon, "I did not ask for this. What I asked for was a planet with a breathable atmosphere, with some minor tweaks in environment and gravity. Not this!" He pointed at the swirling mass, through the glass.

"Well," Jin'Ya shrugged, "this is the best training spot, trust me. We will have your energy routes redesigned in no time."

Then, he was covered in an air bubble and the ship's bay was opened, exposing them to the vacuum of space as they slowly drifted out of the ship, as the ship itself moved away from the purple mass.

Jin'Ya spoke into his mind as they slowly went closer to what he suspected to be a mass of psionic energy mixed with some other energy, "You will need to work on getting a proper defense mounted against the flood of energy, other than your Chi. This is the fastest method to get you back up to passable levels in Dimensional Energy manipulation."

"What?" He had so many questions but before he could vocalise any of them, Jin'Ya spoke a final warning into his mind, "Don't worry. I will be right here, just in case something unexpected happens. Don't worry though, no limbs will be destroyed today. Some layers of the skin can disintegrate but most of your muscle and all of your bones should be fine."

There were so many things wrong with that sentence that he couldn't even begin to list them out. 

"F*ck yooooou!" He snarled through their mental bond as the air bubble he was in, abruptly accelerated and punted him into the energy cloud.

Within a second, he had already covered himself in Doors, sealing himself within, as an Air Door pumped it full of air that was roughly the same composition as the current atmosphere back on Earth.

The purple bubble of energy around him moved away from his Doors and was turned into a rectangular box. He could see it all through the transparent doors. One moment, the entire rectangular box was empty and the next, thin strands of purple energy came pouring in.

"It is a diluted form of extremely heavy energy. It will hurt but once you have Dimensional Energy manipulation down, we can move on to denser energies. Yes, Dimensional Energy is capable of blocking this, if you have the will to do it." Jin'Ya answered his question before he could ask so he shrugged and sat down, cross legged.

This time, it was a lot easier to just get a clear coating of Dimensional Energy on his head and torso, along with manifesting two arms.

He looked up as the sealed Door space he was surrounded by, changed shapes, eventually creating a very small Door that he could shrink in order to create a small opening for the external hostile energy to come through. 

He also made sure there was enough space to trap that energy if he could not dissipate it.

Taking a deep breath, he removed the other hand, and just kept his right hand manifested. In a single motion, he shoved the hand towards the smallest Door, just in time for a small stream of energy to come crashing through to directly hit the hand made up of Dimensional Energy.

He blinked as it shattered immediately on impact, as he jumped back a bit and summoned a Door to lock that energy down.

"Uh, this was going to be a long day," he sighed and sat down once again, determined to create an even stronger hand. If he could make something that could survive this, he would have made conjurations that would be stronger than even his body.

The mere thought of it filled him with excitement.

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