[Comprehensive English and American] Ripples in time and space

Time flies, and history will not stop for Professor Erskine. In a blink of an eye, the spring of the second year has come again.

"I've always regretted that I couldn't fly to the sky during the day to see the panorama of NYU." Kelly said casually while walking on campus with Bucky, "It should be beautiful."

Since taking back Dr. Erskine, she has often traveled to Europe to perform other missions over the years, either to kill or save people. Recently, she has cooperated with Howard to bring out a large number of Jews with Portkey, and rarely attends school.These are her last days at the school, from which Kylie is graduating in a week with a double degree in Russian and French. SSR has not yet been established, but she will go to work in Stark Industries - as she and Howard gradually become friends, Kelly gradually feels relieved to show him more of her magic.The original caution was because she had no background in this world, she had no ability to fight against the government at all, and would only be completely passive, but now that she has become friends with Howard, the situation is no longer the case, and she can use her own magic to do more things.

"Do you want to fly?" Bucky blinked at her, before Kelly could react, she was suddenly hugged by his waist, lifted high, and spun.

"Bucky!" Kelly was startled, and then laughed excitedly, spreading her hands in the air, making a flying gesture.Bucky turned around several times before finally putting Kelly down. Kelly pressed against his chest and rested her head on his shoulder.

"I'll wear a skirt with a big skirt another day, and I'll let you do it again." She said with a smile, "I've seen this scene many times in movies, and I've wanted to try it for a long time."

"As many times as you want." Bucky gestured to lift her up again, and Kelly quickly laughed and twisted away from him, brushing the broken hair around her ear.

"Been in Europe before, no chance to come back, do you want to come to my house today?" She asked Bucky, "I found that the illusion spell can be transformed with the idea of ​​​​3D modeling-never mind what 3D modeling is, it doesn't matter-- In short, I am likely to build a physical image of the starry sky, didn’t you say you want to be an astronaut, and you can experience it at any time in the future.”

"I may not have many opportunities in the future. I have already signed up to join the army." Bucky said, as if explaining, but also as if apologizing, "When you graduated, I should have started training-maybe I can't participate in your graduation It's the ceremony. I'll try asking for leave."

"No need, I may not even attend the graduation ceremony myself, who knows if some emergency will happen suddenly and require me to apparate to Europe." Kelly sighed softly and shook her head, "But you are joining the army now, Bar Kei? Germany has been at war with Britain and France for less than a month! Moreover, the United States is not involved in the war now, and you will have to wait until the United States enters the war before you will be sent there anyway.”

"Sooner or later America will go to war, won't it?" Bucky said. "I hope to be on the front line sooner. I can't watch the soldiers die on the battlefield over there and I don't do anything."

"I know that's what you are, or I wouldn't like you." Kelly sighed, "But I wish you weren't...well, I get it." She paused, "Before you go to battle, come back and tell me to tell Steve.—By the way, speaking of Steve..."

She hesitated.In fact, she herself doesn't want Steve to be Captain America right now: it's too dangerous, too painful, too much for him to give and sacrifice.She didn't want him to be that Captain America, risking his own life and the lives of his comrades, spending 70 years frozen in the North Pole.From the perspective of a friend, she only hopes that he can be Steve Rogers himself, not to mention that she can even use magic to ensure that he will live to old age safely.She also knew that Bucky wouldn't want him to take risks like this.The world has been changed too much by her, and even if it hasn't changed, it's a real world, not a movie, Steve won't have the halo of the protagonist, and super soldiers may lose their lives on the battlefield at any time.

But on the other hand, this should be Steve's own choice, and neither she nor Bucky has the right to cut off his opportunity in advance - and she knows too well how Steve will choose.

"What? What's Steve doing stupid again?" Bucky asked.

"It's nothing, it's just... I don't know if I should stop him from doing something stupid." Kelly smiled wryly.

"Come on, you know you can't stop it." Bucky embraced her, and the two continued to walk forward, "He has to make up his mind to do something, and you can only accompany him all the way to the dark."

"That's right." Kelly smiled bitterly, "I know what to do."

Two years later.

1941, Christmas, New York, USA.

Christmas this year was extremely cold, and the outer walls of the houses were always covered with a layer of hoarfrost early in the morning, but it never snowed.Kelly pushed open the door of a used bookstore and walked in.

"It's so cold, isn't it?" the white-haired old woman stood up from behind the counter and asked.

"Cold enough to freeze the flames of hell," Kelly replied.

The old man smiled and nodded, and closed the store door. Kelly pushed open the secret door and walked into the newly built SSR office.The hallway still smelled of paint and metal, and boxes of files and metal utensils were scattered along the walls.Kelly took a few steps inside, and a beautiful girl with brown hair and red lips came up to her.

"Hi, Peggy!" Kelly greeted her with a smile. In this era, women are still subject to all kinds of discrimination in the United States, and the difficulties encountered in joining the army and the government are even more obvious.As rare women in SSR, the two quickly became friends. "Howard must have thought of the code word this time, didn't he? I almost laughed when I said that."

"Needless to say." Peggy led her inside, "The machine hasn't been assembled yet, so we need to put Dr. Erskine's machine in first. Is that also a product of magic? Howard said it far exceeds the existing ones." Technology, even he can't understand it."

"At least that is not a product that can be produced by the magic I have mastered. Although I can use the copy spell to copy it, I don't understand its principle either—it seems to be resistant to ordinary spells, but it is completely immune to it. Like a magic item," Kelly said, following her down the long hallway, "what did Dr. Erskine say?"

"He said that the cultivation chamber was discovered by him in a ruin many years ago, just like you and Bill discovered the Rubik's Cube. The jar of liquid discovered at the same time is the raw material of the super serum. But he doesn't know more." Ji said that when the two of them were talking, they had reached the door, and the door slid open, and the main workshop suddenly appeared in front of them.The circular room is surrounded by large boxes containing machine accessories, and two huge training chamber-like instruments have been placed in the center. Howard is squatting next to him, carefully inspecting something.

"Did something go wrong with the copy?" Kelly had already drawn out her wand as she walked down the stairs.This machine can't be copied in its entirety—it seems to be resistant to spells, so Kelly had to reluctantly dismantle it into several relatively large parts with the help of Howard, and then copy and put them together part by part.

"Nothing wrong, just study it." Howard didn't look up.Instead, Dr. Erskine came over and greeted the two girls: "Miss Cosmo, Agent Carter. Sorry to disturb you at Christmas."

"It's okay, doctor." Kelly smiled, and Peggy nodded to the doctor. After saying hello, she walked away to attend to her own affairs, "What do you want me to do?"

"Actually, we found that using the Cosmic Rubik's Cube is enough to power two machines at the same time." The doctor replied, "You know, after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor failed a month ago, the congressmen began to pay attention to your proposal. Serum development The plan now has the support of Congress, and I estimate that human trials can begin in less than a year."

"That's great," Kelly said sincerely, "but you're here to...?"

"The first batch of human experiments is going to be carried out on two people at the same time, one male and one female. The male General Philip intends to select from among the best soldiers. As for the female," Dr. Erskine paused, "I recommended you to him." .”

"Me?!" Kelly was genuinely taken aback, "Why me?"

It cannot be said that when she entered this world, she did not expect super soldier serum at all—in fact, it was precisely because the serum was successfully developed in 1943 in the original plot that she chose to enter in 1933, with such thoughts in mind.But after so many years and so many changes, Kelly has long put this idea behind her, and now Dr. Erskine suddenly mentioned it, which surprised her inexplicably: "Why did you choose me?"

"First of all, I want you to know that you have the right to refuse." The doctor said seriously, "The first batch of serum is just an experiment. I will improve it, but after all, it cannot be guaranteed [-]% safe."

"It's okay, I don't mind the risk." Kelly shook her head, "But I...serum will strengthen all parts of a person's body, including the good and evil qualities in his heart, isn't it? You really believe that I can take it Liability like that? I mean, I'm certainly not as bad as the Red Skull, but I'm definitely not as good as Steve..."

"Steve?" the doctor asked with interest.

Only then did Kelly realize that she had slipped her mouth inadvertently, and she shook her head: "I'll explain this to you later—do you really have such confidence in me?"

"I'm afraid you think too little of yourself," said the doctor gently. "I'm sure you have enough good qualities, Carrie. Integrity, kindness, bravery, and loyalty are not lacking in you. Those who have the courage to go to war There aren't many girls—sorry, at least we can't find many, and we can't conduct a large-scale selection like we select soldiers, you are the most suitable candidate."

"I've killed people," Kelly said. "More than one."

"But you are not like the Red Skull, who doesn't care about other people's lives, and even takes pleasure in bullying others. You kill people to save people, Kelly, this is a very brave and great thing."

"Then why not Peggy?" Kelly asked. "She has none of these wonderful qualities."

The doctor showed a slightly embarrassed look and hesitated.At this time, Howard's voice came from behind Kelly, and he answered the somewhat difficult question instead.

"General Philip thinks that Peggy's status is more important. It's too dangerous to be the first batch of experimental products. If the experiment proves successful, she can participate in the second batch of transformation." He said and stood up from the instrument. "In addition, Also because they know you can do magic. Whether the serum will enhance your magic, I think that's the part they're interested in too."

"I have to admit that this is a subject that I am also interested in, but it will also put you at a greater risk of participating in the experiment." The doctor said with some guilt, "You can refuse, Kelly."

"...I'll think about it," Kelly said. "As for Steve..."

She hesitated for a moment, still feeling that only Steve had the right to make the decision, "He is the kind of person who I think will be bettered by the serum - the kind of person who can try his best to join the army, but never wants to kill, just wants to protect Human fool. If you're interested, Doctor, you can go and see him, and I promise I won't mention a single word to him..."