As Micheal walked through the halls of the M.I.T. biology department building he only half listened to his tour guide.
Because he was instead focused more on her than what she was saying.
Given her actions in the future.
Dr. Maya Hansen.
A brilliant biology who wanted to change the world, and in her quest to do so developed Extremis.
A virus that incorporates nanotechnology that would rewrite the recipents DNA and allow them the power to heal and regenerate from physical damages, such as lost limbs, or deformities. It would also fix mental issues as well.
Wanting to make that world a reality Maya put her all into Extremis. Only to continually come up short-handed in her research. But with her good heart and slightly altruistic nature she never gave up.
But then one day everything changed after she met one Tony Stark who "hit it and quit it" turning Maya slightly jaded and angry.
So with that she lost a few of her morals and decided to go to work for Advanced Idea Mechanics, or A.I.M. for short, in particular with its founder one Aldrich Killian.
A short-sighted fool in Micheal overall opinion.
Sure he can understand how upset Killian would've been if a person he admired simply dismissed him.
Like Stark did to Aldrich.
But Micheal certainly wouldn't become a terrorist and kill innocent people, nor manipulate others all to get some form of petty revenge.
In Micheal opinion the better move for Killian would've been to perfect Extremis and then use it to change the world. Allowing him to become more celebrated than Tony might ever be.
But that didn't come to pass.
No, instead he sought only vengeance.
Leading Maya to get caught up in it and lose her life.
Which led to the Extremis virus falling through the cracks.
A damn shame in Micheal opinion.
Well at least now he can rectify that.
But the question is has Maya even begun work on Extremis yet?
Among others.
As these thoughts rolled around in his head Micheal didn't notice the look Maya was giving him.
It was one of curiousity.
For after all this is her first time meeting a teenage genius.
One whom Maya knew was obviously much smarter than her.
Though that's why she agreed to be his tour guide today.
To satiate her own thoughts surrounding Micheal.
"Seems like you're deep in thought about something." Maya spoke.
When she did Micheal looked at her. "Hm. Not really." He replied. "And if I was ignoring I apologize. It's just sometimes I've got so many thoughts going on in my head I lose track of the world around me." He admitted.
Which was the truth.
"I get that. Happens to meet some time as well." Maya replied. "So, how are you liking things so far? The school, being here?"
"Well its only been a week since I arrived but so far everythings been well." Micheal replied. "And I hope it stays that way."
"It might. That is until finals week. When that comes you should watch out. Things get rowdy around here." Maya spoke.
"I take it you're speaking from experience?" Micheal asked.
"Yeah." Maya replied. "Though thankfully that part of my higher learning education experience is over. Though now I've got a new challenge in the form of my dissertation."
"So you're a PhD student?" Micheal asked. Maya nodded in confirmation. "Cool. But if that's the case why did you decide to be my tour guide today?"
"Never met a literal teenage genius before and was curious." Maya easily admitted.
Surprising Micheal bit.
"Really?" He questioned. "That's why you wanted to meet me?"
"Yeah. Surprised?" Maya questioned.
"Yes, actually. I am." Micheal said. "It's never happened to be before. But then again there is a first time for everything."
"That's true." Maya agreed. "So, what do you say we get this tour over with. Then if you're willing I could treat you to the best pizza around here."
"Yes to both." Micheal replied. "And if you don't mind me asking what is the subject of your dissertation?"
"It deals with gene editing and DNA manipulation in regards to cellular regeneration." Maya replied.
"Sounds interesting." Micheal said.
"Well to me it is." Maya replied. "I just hope those that read it do to."
"Oh, I think they will." Micheal said.
Maya having no idea how right he was.
"Thanks kid."
"Please not kid. You can call me Micheal or just Mike please." Micheal spoke.
"Sure." Maya replied. "Well then let's go."
"Right." Micheal replied.
The two of them then quickly finished the tour of the biology department building.
After which Maya kept true to her words and showed Micheal an amazing pizza place just off campus.
Leading him to make it his go to pizza place immediately.
Parting ways with Maya after he did.
Happy that he had met her.
As well as confirmed she was already thinking about the Extremis virus.
Now all that was left was to do was wait and see what happened next.
***
A chocolate donut in his left hand, and a Sprite in the other, Micheal leaned back slightly in his chair.
In his dorm room, which was single occupant, as M.I.T. had provided him that he requested, he had his eyes glued to the three computer screens laid out on the desk in front of him.
Each of them running through different images, from photos to new articles, every few seconds.
All of them hooked up to the servers Micheal had purchased using his grant money given to him by the school.
Still relaxing Micheal finished off his chocolate donut.
He then took a sip from his Sprite bottle.
Then right after he did all images going across the computer screens stopped.
After which each of them all began displaying the exact same thing.
A face created simply from pixels.
Seeing this Micheal sat up in his chair. His eyes focused on the computer screens. "Welcome back A.D.A.M. So, how was your stroll across the internet?" Micheal spoke.
To the being in his computer he referred to as A.D.A.M.
Which is an Artificial Intelligence that Micheal had begun the first stages of creating a couple of years ago when still lived at home.
But it wasn't until he arrived here at M.I.T. that he could well and truly get the ADAM progejct off the ground and running.
The acronym of ADAM standing for Artificial Data & Analysis Manager.
Or ADAM for short.
A project he finally completed six months of hard work a week ago.
Now ADAM was fully operational.
Of course with the necessary safeguards.
For Micheal is not looking to create his own version of either Ultron or Skynet and inadvertently bring an end to humanity.
But on the flip side he wants an actual A.I., not like Tony Stark J.A.R.V.I.S.
No, he wants a cool A.I. companion like R2-D2 or C-3PO were for the Skywalker family or HK-47 was too Revan.
But again Micheal doesn't want that so badly he would rush creation of such a being.
He didn't.
And from what he's seen in the past week ADAM seems to be working out quite well.
"It was interesting Micheal." ADAM replied to his creators words.
His voice sounding exactly like Peter Cullen, or Optimus Prime from the Bayverse Trandformer films.
Since they aren't a thing yet in Micheal New reality.
So there's no such thing as copyright issues.
"In what way?" Micheal asked.
"I find it so baffling how at times humanity can inflict the cruelest of horrors on each other yet at others display great acts of kindness and compassion." ADAM explained.
Micheal lightly shrugged his shoulders at ADAM's words. "That's just hummanity for you. We're a bundle of contradictions. And I think most sentient species are in the same boat." He explained.
"I see." ADAM replied. "This will require further investigation."
"Of course my friend. Take your time." Micheal said.
For it's not like hummanity was going anywhere anytime soon.
And if Micheal had his way that would be certain for a long time to come.
***
A/N: Yeah, I brought back the AI ADAM from my previous fic that I deleted. I hope you like him back readers. I really do.