The next day.
Agent Sharon Carter, after parking her car and getting out, sighed internally as she looked at Hawk's front door, then walked over and knocked.
She had packed her luggage the day before and was even waiting at the airport for her flight.
After all, Christmas was approaching.
Sharon didn't plan to return to London today because she didn't want to eat stale dog food, so she had already bought a ticket to Texas to watch the recently popular motorcycle stunt performer Johnny.
She had finally managed to get a ticket.
But...
The Commander called.
Waiting for the front door to open, Sharon felt a slight regret. If time could rewind, she would absolutely not have followed Hawk from Quantico back to New York.
Just as Sharon was thinking, the door opened.
Sharon instantly composed herself and greeted Gwen, who opened the door, with a smile.
"Good morning, Gwen."
"Sharon."
Gwen's eyes lit up when she saw Sharon at the door. She stepped forward and hugged Sharon, then said with a hint of apology, "Sorry to trouble you again, but there was a reason for yesterday."
She warmly invited Sharon inside, then lowered her voice and briefly explained what had happened to Carrie last night.
Bullying.
Having pig's blood poured on her at the school dance.
God!
Last night, while changing Carrie into her spare pajamas, Gwen couldn't help but exclaim internally as she listened to Carrie's ordeal.
After all, she thought the most malicious school bullying was at most like that of Flash Thompson, the Midtown High School bully.
But even Flash Thompson would never bully any classmate at any school dance.
Because every school dance in high school would become one of the most profound memories in the students' lives.
But what happened?
Gwen had never imagined that a girl could be so malicious as to ruin another girl's memorable school dance in such a way.
After hearing about it last night, she returned to her bedroom and told Hawk about it. When she learned that Hawk had already ended the life of the school's 'big sister,' she immediately commented.
Well done!
Even the gentle and kind Gwen, when she imagined being treated like that, she would definitely kill that school 'big sister' without hesitation.
What?
Forgiveness?
Forgiveness is for God; Gwen would send her to meet God!
After listening to Gwen's brief explanation, Sharon's expression was also one of indignation and disbelief.
"How could there be such a malicious woman?"
"Yes, it was too malicious."
Gwen nodded.
Just then.
Hawk also came down the stairs and greeted Sharon, who had already been invited by Gwen to sit on the sofa in the living room, with a smile.
"Good morning, Sharon."
"Good morning."
"Here about last night?"
"Yes."
Sharon nodded, then glanced at Gwen, and then said to Hawk, "But it's fine now."
Hawk nodded.
The next second.
He looked at Sharon: "Coincidentally, I have something."
Sharon, who was just about to get up to catch her flight, paused slightly and looked at Hawk.
Hawk didn't play coy.
"I remember when we were in Africa, your Commander Hill seemed to have mentioned that S.H.I.E.L.D. has a Witch, right?"
"...Right."
"What's her character like?"
"Uh..."
Sharon blinked, seemingly not quite understanding Hawk's question.
After Hawk sat down next to Gwen, he said, "Carrie, a newly awakened Witch. Last night, a friend of mine contacted me and asked me to rescue Carrie. Then my friend asked me to find a Witch for Carrie, to mentor her. Her strength doesn't need to be too high, as long as she can teach Carrie some basic Witch knowledge. After Carrie's magic stabilizes, she will inherit knowledge from the Salem Witch dimension. So, I thought of what Commander Hill told me last time."
Witch.
Newly awakened.
Self-contained inheritance.
Entrust her to us.
Sharon quickly grasped the keywords in Hawk's sentence.
Her eyes couldn't help but light up.
At this moment, she had even completely forgotten about going to Texas.
Please.
This was a Witch, and a Witch with an inheritance of extraordinary dimensional knowledge.
There were only a few such Witches in the entire World.
And...
Because the surprise came so unexpectedly, Hawk seemed to be entrusting this Witch to S.H.I.I.E.L.D. to take care of her.
Oh my goodness.
Sharon was so excited she could barely speak, but she still tried hard to remain calm, nodding frantically at Hawk.
"Yes, yes, we do have a Witch."
"What's her character like?"
Hawk looked at Sharon: "Although my friend didn't say, I think she definitely doesn't want Carrie to be led astray."
He had originally thought of asking his good friend Anna.
But Anna seemed busy and didn't answer the phone.
And then he thought, Anna is with HYDRA, what if Carrie goes there and is trained by HYDRA to become a World-destroying Witch?
So he thought of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Because besides HYDRA and S.H.I.E.L.D., he didn't know any other Witches or organizations that might know Witches.
No, wait.
Hawk did know two Witches.
Scarlet Witch Wanda.
However, at this point in time, it was questionable whether Wanda had even awakened, and even if she had, Wanda herself was a rookie Witch at this time, so expecting her to teach Carrie was not realistic.
The other was Witch Agatha.
But she wouldn't do either.
Agatha herself was a Witch, and she was indeed a good teacher, but Agatha also absorbed Witches' magic.
Hawk strongly suspected that if he handed Carrie over to Agatha, it wouldn't be long before Agatha returned a skeleton to him.
The Hell Witch trusted him enough to ask him to help find a home for Carrie.
So...
After much thought, Hawk still felt that S.H.I.E.L.D. was more reliable.
Although at this point, S.H.I.E.L.D. was about to disband, there was still a year. A year was enough time for Carrie to learn basic Witch knowledge and stabilize her magic.
Even if S.H.I.E.L.D. disbanded then, it wouldn't matter. By that time, Carrie should have already received the knowledge inheritance from the Salem Witch dimension, and she could find a place to live and study on her own without any problems.
Sharon once again caught the key points in Hawk's words.
Bad?
She looked at Hawk, who was seriously asking about character, and couldn't help but recall Hawk's various achievements since his debut.
Wearing a mask, he went to Quantico to steal gamma stone, and several soldiers died.
At Calver Lake, he killed Hulk, and Hulk died.
Then it was Quantico again. Quantico was destroyed, armored vehicles worth millions were destroyed, tanks worth tens of millions were destroyed, fighter jets worth hundreds of millions were also destroyed, a large number of soldiers died, and General Ross also unfortunately perished.
And...
The more Sharon thought about it, the more peculiar her expression became, but she quickly reacted and then looked at Hawk, asking with some curiosity and confusion, "Um, Hawk, may I ask, what is your definition of 'bad'?"
Hawk was stunned by the question and looked at Gwen, who was sitting beside him.
"Destroying the World?"
"..."
Gwen opened her mouth, wanting to retort, but destroying the World was indeed part of the definition of 'bad,' so she swallowed her retort.
Sharon was also slightly stunned by Hawk's answer, then quickly said, "Don't worry about that, absolutely not."
Alright.
At least she now knew where Hawk's bottom line was, at least she didn't have to worry about Hawk destroying the World.
Sharon said quickly, comforting herself internally.
Hawk looked at his fiancée, who was looking at him with a somewhat amused expression, and chuckled, saying to Sharon, "Just kidding. Not actively harming others, you can guarantee that character, right?"
Sharon regained her composure and nodded.
"Yes."
"I'll consider that you're vouching for this."
Hawk looked at the nodding Sharon and said with a smile, "If you lead Carrie astray and my friend comes looking for trouble with me, then I'll come looking for trouble with you."
Still the same words.
The Hell Witch entrusted Carrie to him, and he was ultimately responsible for Carrie.
Sharon nodded again without hesitation: "Yes, this Witch who cooperates with us was once a member of Captain Rogers' Howling Commandos and is now our extraordinary consultant."
Hawk raised an eyebrow.
"From the Howling Commandos?"
"Yes."
"Then no problem."
Upon hearing this, Hawk no longer had any worries.
In a word.
He didn't know the character of that Witch, but he knew the character of Steve Rogers.
And the extraordinary beings who could join Steve Rogers' Howling Commandos back then...
Let's put it this way.
Regardless of their abilities, at the very least, Captain America was once able to confidently entrust his back to these people.
So...
A Witch trusted even by Captain America, her character was naturally self-evident.
Captain America's strict selection, trustworthy.
After a while.
Because she had talked a lot with the Hell Witch last night, and was still somewhat uncertain about her future, Carrie had only just woken up.
When she came downstairs and learned that she would be leaving with Sharon soon, she didn't show any excessive behavior or words.
Because the Hell Witch had already told her.
She wasn't some demon's daughter.
She was a Witch.
A new generation of Salem Witches, and she could trust Hawk. Hawk would arrange a Witch teacher for her, to teach her basic Witch knowledge and how to integrate and control her magic.
As for Maine?
No need to go back.
Carrie recalled the future that the Hell Witch, who claimed to be her elder—no, who was indeed her elder—had shown her using magic: her original predetermined future.
She saw the scene where, if she hadn't been brought back to New York by Hawk, her mother, who had always viewed her as a demon's daughter, would attempt to kill her. After seeing that, she no longer had any desire to return.
So...
Carrie obediently left Hawk's home behind Sharon.
Hawk and Gwen also drove to Stacy's apartment.
Helen had called this morning, asking them to come back for lunch.
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