New York S.H.I.E.L.D. Central Operations Command Room.
After an iris scan, Sharon led Hawk straight to the operations command center and then glanced at the large screen in standby mode.
"Connect the Avengers communication."
"Yes."
The S.H.I.E.L.D. agent nodded. After receiving authorization from New York S.H.I.E.L.D.'s First Agent, he established communication with the Avengers, who were currently attacking a HYDRA Base in the Middle East, in the Rub' al Khali desert, the World's largest shifting desert.
The large screen flickered.
Black Widow Natasha Romanoff's figure instantly appeared on the large screen.
"Sharon."
"Natasha."
After Sharon greeted Natasha, who appeared on the screen, she immediately said, "Where's Tony? He said he found something that Hawk might be interested in."
"A secret passage was found at the bottom of this Base. Tony and Thor went after it."
Natasha on the screen first revealed the whereabouts of Iron Man and Thor, then turned the camera. Immediately, something similar to a stasis pod appeared on the large screen.
Natasha zoomed in the camera, and through the external observation window of the stasis pod, she saw someone lying inside, seemingly asleep: "Anna Pierce, Alexander Pierce's adopted daughter, belongs to HYDRA. Tony remembers Hawk was looking for her."
Sharon looked at the Anna who appeared in the Middle East HYDRA Base, paused slightly, and looked at Hawk.
"Shouldn't Anna Pierce be with Strucker?"
"Strucker isn't here."
Hawkeye Barton's voice also came from the large screen: "Jarvis just scanned all the documents in this Base. This Base is indeed Strucker's, but according to the Base diary, Strucker hasn't been here since HYDRA's second struggle. Jarvis is currently investigating the Base's communication records."
Hawk looked at the Water droplets appearing on the external observation port of the stasis pod on the large screen and rubbed his chin.
"Did you cut the power first, then attack?"
"Yes."
Then it's correct.
Hawk thought to himself upon hearing this.
The Avengers chose to cut the power first this time, preventing news from the Base from leaking out, and at the same time, cutting off Anna's life support, causing Anna, whose life was hanging by a thread, to completely perish, her soul going to the underworld.
Just then.
Natasha's voice sounded.
"Hawk, why don't you come over and confirm?"
"Alright!"
Hawk snapped back to reality, looking at Anna quietly sleeping in the stasis pod on the large screen: "Send me the coordinates."
Natasha reported a set of coordinates.
Hawk then turned around and instantly disappeared from the command center.
Natasha's voice came again.
"How long until you arrive."
"He's already gone."
Sharon chuckled.
Natasha flipped the camera back, took a look, and then seemed to hear something: "No, he's already here. I have to go, Sharon, see you later."
Sharon hummed.
The large screen instantly showed signal loss.
Sharon then turned and left the command room. When she returned to her office, she saw Gwen sitting alone on the sofa.
The red-haired girl was not in the office.
And... the melancholic man Hawk brought back as a trophy was also gone.
Sharon took a deep breath, looking cautiously at Gwen, who was sitting on the sofa, propping her chin with one hand, seemingly deep in thought.
"Gwen?"
"Hmm."
Gwen, sitting on the sofa, looked up at Sharon.
Sharon frowned and said, "That red-haired girl and that melancholic man..."
Gwen lowered her right hand from her chin, letting it hang naturally, and looked at Sharon.
"Her name is Jean, and the man is Pietro, Jean's uncle."
"..."
Sharon opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but hesitated.
Gwen knew what Sharon wanted to ask and chuckled.
"Yes, Pietro took Jean and left."
"Why?"
"Pietro said if he didn't take Jean back, Strucker would kill her sister, as well as Billy and Tommy."
"Uh..."
Sharon's expression was unreadable.
Gwen looked at Sharon, her face calm: "Billy and Tommy are Jean's younger brothers."
Sharon was slightly stunned, then reacted, almost instinctively widening her eyes as she looked at Gwen.
Their eyes met.
Sharon fully realized, taking a sharp breath.
"Hiss, there are two more?"
"Yes."
Gwen nodded, and then, as if remembering something, shook her head and chuckled, "I was still thinking of having one daughter and two sons. It turns out, I haven't even acted yet, and HYDRA has already given Hawk a daughter and two sons."
Sharon listened to Gwen's words, looked at Gwen, and once again became cautious.
"Gwen, this isn't Hawk's fault."
"I know."
"Uh..."
Sharon looked at Gwen, who was looking back at her, and pursed her lips.
"You... don't blame Hawk?"
"Why blame him?"
Gwen was slightly stunned, then looked curiously at Sharon: "Hawk didn't betray me. He's always been loyal to me. If I'm to blame anyone, I blame HYDRA, I blame Strucker, and I blame... myself."
She shrugged when she said the last sentence.
Sharon raised an eyebrow.
"Blame yourself?"
"Yes."
Gwen remembered the scene of accompanying Hawk to Jersey Port and sighed: "I was there when Hawk sold his blood, but if I had known what would happen today, I would have stopped Hawk from selling his blood no matter what."
However, after she let Pietro take Jean away, she also thought seriously.
Actually, this matter cannot be blamed on herself.
After all, who knew HYDRA and Strucker would play so wild?
Good heavens.
They couldn't find Hawk's weakness, so they personally created a weakness for Hawk.
And they created more than one.
Three, to be exact.
One daughter, two sons.
For a moment, she didn't know whether to curse HYDRA for being inhumane or praise HYDRA as the Virgin Mary.
Gwen gritted her teeth, her eyes flashing with a Fire of anger similar to when she heard her cousin was treated like a toy by Vampires in Waterfall Town—no, even more furious.
"Damn HYDRA."
"...We'll find him."
Seeing this, Sharon quickly said, "Since Strucker and his plan have been exposed, then we are only one step away from finding him. And as long as we catch a weakness, Hawk will be able to find him."
At this point.
Sharon quickly changed the subject, pulling Gwen to her feet, her gaze sweeping over Gwen from head to toe.
"That melancholic man didn't hurt you, did he?"
"No."
Gwen shook her head, and then, as if remembering something, returned the 'Vibranium Energy Absorption Collar' and the key, which she had left on the sofa, to Sharon: "Sorry, I let him go without telling you."
Sharon took the S.H.I.E.L.D. Vibranium technology crystallization, which had just been used to secure Pietro's neck to prevent him from escaping again if he suddenly woke up, and said with a smile that it was fine, then looked at Gwen: "The person was originally caught by Hawk."
Gwen smiled, a hint of worry appearing on her face.
"I'm a little worried about Hawk."
"Hawk?"
Sharon blinked: "Hawk went to find Thor and Tony. He shouldn't be in any danger, should he?"
Gwen heard this, thought for a moment, and said with a smile, "That's good."
She wasn't actually worried about Hawk's safety.
After all, Hawk had proven one thing through countless battles.
I am invincible, you can do whatever you want!
Gwen was worried about something else.
When Hawk brought Pietro in, she felt Hawk's intense, almost uncontrollable killing intent.
But that killing intent was not directed at Pietro.
At first, Gwen thought Hawk's killing intent was directed at Strucker.
However... when Gwen heard Pietro beg her to let him take Jean and leave, she learned about the existence of Billy and Tommy from Pietro's mouth.
Her heart suddenly sank.
Gwen was worried that Hawk's killing intent, which was stronger than ever this time, also included Jean, Billy, and Tommy.
Hawk also had this motive.
For her.
But!
Although today's events made her feel like she had a dream, she truly knew that Hawk could not be blamed for this matter.
If Hawk had betrayed her, there would be no question. She, Gwen Stacy, the sheriff's daughter, would definitely land a heavy punch, which she had been practicing for ten years in secret, on Hawk's face immediately.
But this really wasn't Hawk's fault.
So... Gwen thought silently, glancing at Sharon, who was looking at her with concern, then took out her phone from her pocket and called Hawk.
Sharon watched this scene from the side, remaining silent.
She wasn't stupid.
When Gwen shook her head and said she was fine, although Sharon responded, she knew that Gwen actually had something on her mind.
Just then.
Hawk's call was answered immediately.
Hawk might miss calls from anyone else.
But Hawk would not miss Gwen's call.
Raising his left hand, Hawk threw a wisp of Phoenix Fire onto Anna's body, which had been taken out of the stasis pod, while holding his phone in his right hand.
"Gwen, I'll be right there..."
"Pietro and Jean left."
"..."
Hawk's eyebrows raised as he heard these words from the phone.
But he didn't speak, because he knew Gwen hadn't finished yet.
Indeed!
"Oh, right."
"After you left, Jean woke up. I gave the andromeda necklace to Jean and asked her to take it back to Billy and Tommy as a gift from me. You won't blame me, will you?"
Gwen, in Sharon's office, looked down at her now empty neck.
Sharon, listening to Gwen's phone call, also realized that the golden Andromeda-shaped necklace that had been around Gwen's neck was now gone.
Hawk, listening to Gwen's words, his thoughts turned, instantly guessing Gwen's intention, and then he chuckled.
"No."
"Really?"
"It's just a necklace. If you like it, and you gave it away, then so be it. I'll give you a better one when I get back."
"You promise!"
"I promise!"
Gwen smiled upon hearing Hawk's reply, then hung up the phone and looked at Sharon, her face bitter: "Sharon, now I have no security. After Hawk returns, you are not allowed to leave my side."
Sharon smiled and nodded at Gwen, who was making a bitter face.
"No problem, I'll be with you every step of the way."
"..."
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