00185. Family breakfast?

    A little over a week passed by and the deadline for Fisk was almost up. From Theo’s surveillance it didn''t look like Fisk would take the deal but it didn''t matter too much. If Fisk wanted to keep trying to be a crime lord, Theo would shut him down before long since he was proactive when it came to threats. Even if Fisk wasn’t really a threat to him in the grand scheme of things.

    Theo instead turned his attention to the Mars project while he waited for Tao to finish up the magic items to contain the infinity stones. He transported Hashirama at least five times a day to produce plant life around the staging area. They weren''t even halfway done yet, but at least the plants and trees had no issue surviving.

    Since water was basically taken care of and he was working on oxygen with Hashirama. Theo decided to also start collecting what else would be needed to heat up the planet which is greenhouse gases. Sure they were already using magic to do it in a small area, but that took a lot of time to make and Mars was massive compared to what it covered.

    Theo thought about it for a while and after talking with a few people he came up with a solution that could help the Earth and Mars at the same time. Well it would take a while to do properly, but with the help of magic it was possible.

    The plan was to build a magic device that collected pollution from manufacturing plants, power plants and other places that produced large amounts of greenhouse gases. They would then be installed in place and hidden with magic so normal people couldn''t find them. It would help reduce carbon emissions around the planet and Theo could send those to Mars through the device.

    It would take a lot of work, but a few masters of the mystic arts liked the idea and already started work on some prototypes. As for the more complicated part, Tao would be in charge of creating the receiver device which would be placed on the opposite side of Mars from where the forest was being planted.

    While it wasn''t perfect and would definitely take a while, it was better than nuking the planet to heat it up. Well, they wouldn''t nuke the whole planet, but Theo didn’t want to deal with that mess. Besides he would also be helping the Earth at the same time, so this was a better solution overall.

    Whether or not he created even smaller devices to help with smaller pollution producers like transport ships. Well, Theo would need to think about it because there were millions of places he already planned to target and the devices took time to make.

    With not much for Theo himself to do towards the project and having already completed his training for the night. Theo decided to call it an early day and head to bed. After a shower and swapping with his clone, Theo fell asleep quickly, only to be woken up before his alarm by someone poking his cheek.

    Theo opened his eyes slowly to see Milly''s smiling face looming right in front of him in the dim light of his bedroom. She poked him again as she said, “Get up, we need your help to make breakfast.”

    “We?” Theo asked as he sat up in his bed to see Issac standing behind Milly.

    Milly pulled back from leaning over Theo’s bed as she said, “Issac and I wanted to make breakfast for mom and dad.”

    “And you need my help?”

    Both of them nodded before Milly said, “We''ve never used the stove before so we need your help.”

    Theo focused on them both for a moment before he asked, “So you want me to cook?”

    “Yeah. Can you? Pleaseeee.” Milly said as Issac nodded in agreement and said, “Please, big brother.”

    Theo smiled at his siblings as he said, “Sure, but I am not doing everything alone. Both of you are going to help.”

    Milly and Issac both nodded seriously as Theo started to get out of bed. As he did he looked at his alarm clock and froze since it was over an hour and a half before he normally got up. He glanced at his helpers as he asked, “Why did you wake me up so early?

    After the second batch of pancakes Theo checked on the bacon to find it almost finished, so he waited before he started more pancakes. After a few minutes he pulled out the bacon and turned down the oven before he placed the completed pancakes inside it to stay warm.

    As Theo started on another batch of pancakes, Milly placed the bacon onto a paper lined plate as Issac started to wash the dirty dishes. The three of them worked seamlessly together for the next ten minutes before a camera flash filled the room. Everyone turned to find Jacob with his phone in his hands as he smiled at them and said, “Smile.”

    Jacob ended up taking a bunch more photos as Daniel walked into the kitchen and said, “Thanks for making breakfast this morning kids.”

    “Yeah, thanks a lot. This was a nice surprise.” Jacob said as he put his phone down and started to make a cup of coffee.

    “You''re welcome.” Theo said as he started on another batch of pancakes.

    Milly smiled at her mom and gave her a hug as she said, “You''re welcome mom.”

    Issac followed suit and did the same thing before Theo had them take the pancakes out of the oven and put them on the kitchen table. After Theo finished the last batch of pancakes, he sat down at the table to eat with his family. Their meal was mostly quiet as they ate while both Daniel and Jacob praised the kids for their cooking.

    Afterwards as they cleaned up the rest of the dishes Milly asked, “Dad, can you teach me and Issac how to bake again tonight?”

    Jacob sipped his coffee before he said, “I don''t see why not... How about I show you how to make cheesecake.”

    “Okay!” Milly and Issac said together excitedly as Theo felt something was slightly off.

    After a few more minutes Jacob and Daniel left the kitchen to go get ready since they were still in their pajamas. After they left, Milly high fived Issac before she said, “I told you it would work.”

    Theo turned to glare at them as he asked, “You told Issac what would work exactly?”

    “Nothing!” Milly quickly shook her head as Issac nodded in agreement.

    “Did you do all of this just for dad to bake sweets?” Theo asked with narrowed eyes.

    Milly shared a glance with Issac before she said, “Nooooooo.”

    Issac nodded in agreement before he said, “I think dad just called me, I should go.”

    “Me too.” Milly said before they both bolted out of the kitchen.

    Theo stood there stunned for a few moments as he realized his siblings used him to get some sweets... Theo could only shake his head at the antics of his siblings as he turned around to finish the dishes.