I used to believe in science

"Hey, slow down." When Antoinette opened her eyes and sat up suddenly in bed, she probably startled the people next to her because she heard the screeching sound of a chair dragging on the floor.

Antoinette ignored that, she lifted the white sheet and stretched out her hand to pull out the needle as she fell to the ground.But she was caught by a hand, which was broad and powerful, and stopped her movements directly.The other hand was on her shoulder trying to push her back on the bed, "Slow down, slow down."

Antoinette turned her head and saw Steve leaning over beside her, the one who stopped her series of movements.

"Slow down, slow down." Steve stood in front of her and completely blocked the light like a wall, which made her feel good, at least not hurting her eyes by the strong light, but he had a great Antoinette It's a bit tricky if you don't cooperate with his never-give-up momentum.

And he is indeed such a stubborn person, Antoinette knew that the other party would not move half a step until she lay back down.

A day ago, Antoinette would absolutely lie back obediently, and even asked Steve to help her tuck the quilt, because she knew that following the other party would reduce disputes, and she would never win and waste time with the other party's quarrel, So compromising and following the other party's meaning is a good way for a win-win situation.

But Antoinette doesn't want to be a good kid now.She was tired of following other people's wishes in everything, and she asked a question in her heart that she had never thought about in so many years-why do I have to give in every time?Why.

Then she waved her hand, and Steve's hand was thrown open and thrown aside.

Steve hadn't had a moment to startle at the event, an invisible force pushed him back, it felt polite at first, like a hand pushing against his chest, but when he tried to resist the force, The force also became so strong that he couldn't shake it, so he had to push back along with the force, watching Antoinette sit up and pull out the drip needle.

"Hi, Steve." Antoinette still noticed him, and turned to him and smiled. "How long have I been asleep?"

"You were brought back one day," Steve answered her, a little cautiously.

"So we are in the mansion now?" Antoinette looked around and smiled knowingly. Stark's old mansion is where she grew up, and she is very familiar with every room here.But then she shook her head, her expression stiffened, and her smile disappeared. "Save the small talk, Steve, can you tell me that Clint Barton is here now?"

"What do you want him for?" Steve didn't answer her right away, but looked at her vigilantly. He had already heard about her from Tony and Banner, the mage known as Doctor Strange Confident that his spell had worked, but having no idea what she would be like when she woke up, Steve figured he'd better be on the lookout.

"I need to ask him something." Antoinette answered him, smiling at him again.

When she laughed, she resembled the girl he'd known all along, the easy-going girl who was always ready to help.But the way she asked the question just now...

Steve didn't dare to say that he knew everything about Antoinette, but they had dated for a while, and the sharpness that Antoinette showed just now did not belong to her.

"Well, I don't want to do that." Antoinette rolled her eyes, that strange little expression that didn't belong to her appeared again, and she nodded in satisfaction the next second, as if she had obtained what she wanted and did not forget to say "thank you."

"What?" Steve didn't react, he didn't answer anything, why did the other party act as if he told her everything?

A bad feeling rose in Steve's heart in vain, he couldn't stop the other party drawing a circle in the air, the crack was torn from the light, and it became a portal as tall as a person.When Antoinette walked in, he could only follow quickly.

"Tell me about your mission, Clint."

When Antoinette arrived at the conference room on the basement floor, Tony was pressing Hawkeye, as if what he wanted to know was the same as Antoinette.

"Any work in S.H.I.E.L.D. has secrecy regulations... Tony, I can't..." Clint shook his head, halfway through the conversation, he was interrupted by someone who suddenly came out of the portal.

"I don't think what Tony wants to know is not your mission in S.H.I.E.L.D.." Antoinette walked in, ignoring everyone's surprised eyes, and calmly found an empty chair and sat down, with one leg raised and both hands raised. Knock rhythmically on the knee.She kept her eyes on Clint the whole time, ignoring everyone else's reactions.

But everyone else was gearing up and watching her nervously, some worried, others wary of her sudden strength.

Natasha flicked a knife from her sleeve. With her keen intuition as a female spy, she had already noticed something was wrong when Antoinette walked into the room. The girl even had a subtle change in her stepping posture. , looked more confident and dangerous—Natasha didn't want to use this word, but she saw some of the same temperament in her—so she looked and followed Antoinette, walking before the portal disappeared. Steve came out, who gave her a veiled shake of the head, which made her more wary but decided to hold back for now.

"Then I don't know what you want to ask." Clint glanced at Black Widow to communicate with Steve, and then answered Antoinette's question.

But Antoinette didn't buy his account. On the contrary, when he was sloppy, he spoke directly and made it clearer, "I want to know the details about the mission of the IMF, and the information about the Ten Rings. These missions have passed through your hands. Even A lot of you have a hand in it, Clint... oh, you still prefer me to call you 'William'."

"..." The way Antoinette raised his chin and tilted his head and smiled at her made Hawkeye feel strangely familiar. He was thinking for a while, and then he realized that he opened his eyes and looked at her in disbelief. "Na Tully?"

"..." The other party didn't answer, but her inscrutable smile said everything.

This made Clint feel unbelievable. He heard Banner tell them what happened to Antoinette. Of course, he would never think that the "other half" belonging to Antoinette was still an acquaintance of himself.

Antoinette didn't give him too much time to be surprised, she continued to remind him "Ten Rings, William, about the last mission, I only remember that they will make a big move recently, I hope you can help me fill in the details I lost .”

"The Ten Rings?" Tony's attention was distracted by the word.This organization has brought him enough suffering that he decided to become Iron Man because of that loss in Afghanistan, and it was the Ten Rings that killed his savior Ethan.

And now the organization is haunting his sister.

"What do you want to know..." Clint obviously lacked confidence. He didn't know how to deal with the current situation. He could neither completely lie to a person who asked the right question nor refuse to answer, because Na Tully Hope was part of their team, and she was supposed to know all the mission details.

"All the information you collected about the Ten Rings." Natalie, or Antoinette, raised a hand before he could speak. "Before that, I'll ask another question." Are you affiliated with Aegis? Bureau or IMF? "

This is a very dangerous question.Clint was keenly aware that his answer would affect the judgment of at least two people in the room. He thought it over and answered conservatively, "It depends on what you think. Hawkeye belongs to the Avengers, Agent Barton belongs to S.H.I.E.L.D. Brandt was on the staff of the IMF."

"..."

This obviously isn't satisfying, Clint hastened to add as Antoinette squints "Before we got intelligence that the CIA was infiltrated, we wanted to at least make sure the response team was clean. So I joined IMF."

Antoinette's expression softened, so Clint went on to say in one breath, "The Ten Rings Gang is a terrorist organization that originated in China. Their leader is called 'Mandarin'. We snatched Two of the ten rings were sealed up. The Ten Rings have been waiting for an opportunity to get them back. Natalie's latest mission is to go undercover to the Ten Rings to see if they can get them. The latest information... and the last message she sent back, she got some amazing things... but we couldn't get her out."

"Wait a minute, are you saying that before this whole thing started, Natalie got hurt because she was undercover in the Ten Rings?" Tony raised a hand, and while everyone was digesting what Clint just said, Tony, who had more information, was already one step ahead of the others. He recalled what Batman had said to him before, "But the Justice League decided that Hydra did it."

"..." Clint was silent, he looked at Tony suspiciously, frowned and asked "Are you sure?" Natalie's task was assigned by him, there's no reason for him to get it wrong.

Tony thought about the data provided to him by Batman, and finally nodded, "I've seen it, and that kind of information encryption method is indeed Hydra's style."

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Everyone else fell silent because of this conversation, and after a moment Steve looked around the room, frowning at the inadvertent information leaked in this conversation. "What's the worst?"

"Hydra and the Ten Rings gang have joined forces and have come up with something." Banner straightened his glasses and whispered the most terrifying part of this speculation.