It was a bustling evening at a quiet outdoor restaurant when a ripple of tension swept through the diners. Hovering above the terrace, Anissa descended with unyielding authority, her eyes locked on the man at the table.

"Mark Grayson, Invincible. Come with me now or this woman dies."

Before Mark could react, she seized the neck of his dinner companion. "Did you hear me?" she snapped, her tone leaving no room for negotiation.

Stammering, Mark managed a hesitant, "Wow wow wow. Hey, hey hey. who are you?"

With cold precision, she replied, "My name is Anissa, and I'm an agent of the Viltrum Empire... And if you think you can cross the space between us before I tear this woman's head from her body, you're welcome to try."

When Mark pressed, "What do you want?" she coolly stated, "To talk. Somewhere we can speak alone."

A silence fell over the terrace as the gravity of her ultimatum settled in a fateful moment that would forever change the path of Earth's future.