I used to believe in science

"Come here, Natalie." The professor held out his hand to her, as happy as seeing an old friend he hadn't seen for many years. "Come on."

"..." Hope hesitated for a while, and finally sat down on the seat next to him according to the professor's wishes.There were two cups of coffee on the table, the heat was rising slowly, and the professor pushed one of them in front of her.

"Long time no see, Charles." Hope held the cup in her hand, but didn't rush to drink. She looked down at the slightly rippling brown solution in the cup, and finally sighed heavily.Her shoulders slumped, and her straight back was slightly bent. When she looked up at the professor again, the sharp agent who made people want to shy away was gone, leaving only the hesitation of a student.

"How are you recently?"

"I'm fine?"

"No, seriously, how are you?"

"...Charles, I thought we agreed that you wouldn't just read my mind." Hope froze for a moment, she raised her head and squinted at the other party.

The professor, however, raised a hand. "I haven't read it, but I can guess it from other sources."

"Where are you from... oh...you read the news." Hope rolled his eyes, "It's buzzing."

"Yeah, a big event." Charles nodded. "How will it affect you?"

"..." Hope looked at Charles, and finally swallowed the "very good" that he wanted to insist on after several twists and turns, and shook his head, and answered honestly, "I once had a fugue, and I lost my memory for a whole day. It’s not good to wake up from the environment.”

Hope looked at Charles frowning, his expression was more serious than she imagined, "Tell me the truth now, doctor, how many days can I live?"

However, Charles frowned even tighter. "It's not funny, Natalie." But he clapped his hand on her shoulder, and Hope obediently leaned towards his wheelchair. "What do you need me to do?"

"Charles, you don't believe in prophecies, do you?"

"What we're doing is keeping those bad things from happening."

"What if it can't be avoided? I have a hunch..."

"Then find a way to solve it." Charles patted her on the head as if comforting her with a glance at all his children, "Don't think so much, I will let Orolo clean up an empty room, and you can rest here for a few days. "

After Antoinette woke up, he stayed in Gotham Central Hospital for a week before leaving. Things were abuzz, and his stay during the hospitalization was very unstable.

Finally, under the double nod of the doctor and Dr. Banner, she can leave the hospital and go home to recuperate.

Antoinette has always disliked the gloomy weather in the city of Gotham, and she was kidnapped twice here, so when she walked out of the hospital, Stark Enterprise's private jet took her back to New York non-stop .

"I didn't realize I had so many friends before." When the car arrived at the mansion and stopped, Antoinette was complaining to Pep about the past few days, "Everyone is trying to make me fat, Oliver still Gave me a three layer plain chocolate cake…”

"Isn't that a good thing?" Pep listened with a smile and raised one eyebrow.

"That's the problem, the doctor won't let me eat."

"Oh...that's a pity." But Pep's grinning face showed no regret at all.

"Isn't it?" Antoinette didn't look back, so she didn't see Pep's expression, and continued to speak, but when she walked into the yard, all the words she wanted to say were stuck.

Pep caught up and looked at Antoinette, who was standing there, squinting his eyes, and looked at the huge cartoon bear in the yard holding the sign of 'Welcome Home' in his hand, and said in a bad tone, "What is that?"

"That's a cake, to celebrate your discharge from the hospital."

"...It's actually a cake." Antoinette cautiously approached the one-story cake in the shadow in front of the mansion, and at a close enough distance, he saw a layer of cream hanging on it.So she let out a breath and turned back to look at Pep "Please, tell me it wasn't Tony's order."

"I really don't know. It was already here when I saw it." Pep shrugged, and she patted Antoinette on the shoulder. "I suggest you prepare yourself mentally before going in."

"What?" Antoinette blinked, not understanding what she meant, but Pep had already waved his hand and turned to leave.

At the same time, the door of the mansion opened, and Antoinette was pulled into the door by a pair of hands.

Stepping into the door, Antoinette was first flashed by the shiny cards piled up in the hall.She froze for a moment before being sprayed all over with ribbons.

"What's all this?"

"These are all greeting cards for you, most of them are from Wayne Enterprises." Jane's voice sounded behind her, and she helped her pick ribbons from her hair. "After all, the news of your hospitalization is confidential, so they are sent to Headquarters of Stark Industries."

The terrorist attack on the Wayne Building was a hot topic, and the entire Gotham media followed the follow-up reports of the incident, picking up Antoinette's identity all over.And the matter of her hospitalization was kept confidential, and everything she wanted to send was actually sent to Tony.

Antoinette walked to the table and picked up a few greeting cards, most of which were written with thanks, and most of the gifts on the table were still packaged, and she picked up a pot of small goldfish, which was one of the few One of those gifts that wasn't covered by wrapping paper.The little fish in it hid in the rockery when she picked up the fish tank.

"Don't look at those, we have prepared a party for you." Antoinette hadn't fully recovered yet, her hand holding the fish tank kept shaking, and Jane took the fish tank from her hand carefully, Then push her into the living room.

The living room is already in chaos, three men and Natasha are sitting on the sofa playing cards, Thor, Clint and Steve have all thrown their shirts aside, only Natasha is still fully dressed and waiting for her nails to be trimmed The three men whispered to each other.

"Jane... I think you guys have had a good time." Antoinette looked at an empty wine bottle that had rolled to her feet, and looked back at Jane.

And the latter was picking up a popcorn bucket and throwing it into the trash can. When her name was called, she smiled guiltyly and tried to find a reason, "You know, everyone has nothing to do recently... I have a chance to have a good time." relax for a moment."

"That's not it." Antoinette rolled her eyes. Banner and Pim were whispering in the corner and gesticulating at the same time. She confirmed that it might be some kind of topic that ordinary people could not understand.She looked around, made sure she didn't see Tony, and felt Jane poke her. "No one can pull him out of work, so we decided to leave this task to you."

Tony's lab is underground.When their father was still there, he dug the ground of the positive film manor into a large underground garage and turned half of it into a laboratory.Tony later remodeled several times before it became what it is now.

Antoinette stood in front of the huge iron gate and entered the password.Except for Antoinette, only Pep and Rody have the password of this laboratory.So when she walked in the door, Tony didn't even look back at her, just waved her "Come here."