[Comprehensive English and American] Ripples in time and space

"I told you, we'll find you." Fifteen minutes later, the joy of reunion and the outburst of emotions were over, and Steve, who had changed his clothes, sat down again in the tent with everyone, Kelly said first.

"Yeah, thanks, Kelly." Steve smiled at her. "I'm frozen..."

"It's only three days," Kelly said. "Don't worry, it's not very long."

"I still need to worry about it." Howard shrugged, "These three days are enough to cause chaos. Captain, if you don't go back, your death notice will be sent out; Kelly, you are now a criminal wanted by the military. .”

"What did I do?" Kelly asked, "Blow up the SSR base?"

Howard nodded.He is very familiar with the people in the SSR temporary base, and when he mentioned this topic, his expression became serious, "Almost no researchers were spared, the entire base was destroyed by explosions and fires, and all the materials and traces of the battle were completely burnt to pieces Net. There are not many survivors, and most of them don’t even know what happened, but one survivor pointed out that your magic power erupted and destroyed the entire base.”

Kelly shook her head and sighed: "They should have received the confession information I left, right? What's the reaction?"

"By the time the three of us sneaked out, the senior management was still arguing so much that we almost rolled up our sleeves and started fighting." Bucky said, "To be honest, I was almost worried for the lives of the other Roaring Commando brothers. Bundle."

He was half-joking, and Kelly could hear the seriousness of the situation, and both she and Steve frowned. "And Kelly..." Steve asked.

Howard spread his hands, Peggy shook her head, and several of them frowned.Kelly thought for a while and said, "I want to leave for now."

"Now?" Bucky was a little surprised, "I—"

"No, you're not going with me," Kelly said. "It's just me this time."

Bucky frowned: "Where are you going?"

"Parallel world." Kelly said, "I will go to the parallel world of this world at least 50 years later, maybe 70 years later-the historical data of another world are not enough to convince them, so I will use the data of the parallel world to testify. In short, I must prove my innocence as soon as possible, I can't be dragged between interrogation and confinement, this time has proved how dangerous it is."

"Then why can't I go?" Bucky asked a little hurt and worried, "Is there a principle that I can't meet in parallel worlds—"

"No, I think it's okay," Kelly said, "but... well, it would be a world where I didn't exist. And you guys can't say that the ending in decades is too good, this bad ending is not here. It will happen again, so I don't think there's any need to bother you with it."

"If that's the case, you have no reason to stop me," Bucky said. "That's my own future, isn't it? Isn't it right for me to see what my future looks like?"

"But this future will never happen again!" Kelly said. "Why should you care?"

"Since it's a future that won't happen, why are you worried?" Bucky asked stubbornly, "I won't let you go alone at this time, Kelly, unless you tell me what kind of future it is .I never asked, but you can see things in another world every time, and you must see our future, don't you?"

The two stared at each other for a while, the other three were afraid to say a word, and finally Kelly sighed and turned her head away. "Okay," she said quickly, "in a world where Dr. Erskine was killed by a Hydra killer and Steve was the only super soldier. Neither you nor anyone else was ever given a serum. So When you got off the train—"

"I thought he was dead?" Steve asked, horrified. "Didn't I—me in that world go find Bucky?"

"You in that world have an urgent task right away, and you don't even have time to find his body." Kelly said, she gave Steve a comforting look, then turned to Bucky, but didn't look directly into his eyes: "Then You were rescued by the Soviets, and then you fell into the hands of HYDRA, brainwashed and wiped of all memories by them, and became their killer—”

She spoke very fast, but the other four heard it clearly, Qiqi gasped.Bucky's face turned pale: "So you mind..."

"I don't mind," Kelly said, "but you will!"

Bucky opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.But before he could think of a suitable retort, Steve said, "Then I think you should take me, Kelly."

"What?" Kelly yelled, "No! Steve, you just—you almost died!"

"But I'm completely fine now. You know how quickly the super soldier's serum recovers, you all know." Steve said, "And, it was my mistake in that world, I should have to make up for it."

"Don't be silly, it's not your fault, Steve!" Bucky said.

"You know it's my fault," Steve said quietly. "I couldn't hold you... I couldn't hold you in two worlds."

"It's really not your fault, Steve..." Peggy persuaded softly.

"That's my fault." Steve said in a deep voice, and Kelly already regretted it: just telling this incident made Steve blame himself so much, if he saw the Winter Soldier again... she couldn't imagine him How painful it will be.She opened her mouth to decline, but was interrupted by Steve. "You said you didn't exist in that world," he said, "which means it's hard for you to gain the trust of other people, because no one in that world knows you. They know me. Come on, Kelly, if Bucky was caught by Hydra, so you need help to rescue him. I can help you."

Kelly's refusal stuck in her throat again.Yes - Steve was right.She will not interfere with the judgment of old friends such as Peggy and Howard with spells such as the Imperius Curse or the Confusion Curse. This is a matter of principle.But beyond that, she had a really, really hard time gaining their trust.She vividly remembers the hostility and predicament the Winter Soldier was in in Captain America 3, with the Captain and half of the Avengers helping him.

If she was going to save the Winter Soldier—really save him, give him a fair trial, get him the treatment he deserved—she needed help, any help.And Steve, the only person she knew who would do anything to protect Bucky like herself.

Either bring Steve, and let him suffer great pain and guilt; or not bring Steve, and then the Winter Soldier may suffer more suffering and unfair treatment, and may even be planted and sacrificed again, Like the movie - it's a dilemma.

"I think you should take Steve."

Unexpectedly, it was Peggy who broke the silence first, "Since he already knows, even if you don't take him, he will always apologize. Let him go there, at least you can make amends."

Steve gave her a grateful look, and Peggy gave him a helpless but loving smile.Bucky worried: "What if he feels more guilty instead?"

"Then let Kelly beat him up," Peggy said bluntly.Even Kelly couldn't help laughing as Steve clutched his chest pretending to be hurt.

"If you want me to say, I think it's better to take the captain. What he said makes sense. If I didn't know you, I don't think I would help you rescue a certain killer." Howard said, "However, you don't consider taking me with you." ?So we don't have to dawdle here."

"Oh, no." Kelly shook her head, "Two Howard Starks, plus your son, the three of you will destroy the world!"

"I'm married? I have a son?" Howard became interested. "What?"

"Hmm...it's quite similar to you. Genius, romantic, with a good heart." Kelly said, "I think I can give you a more detailed description when I come back."

She bit her lip and looked at Steve.She couldn't bear to have Steve see the Winter Soldier—but at the same time, the Winter Soldier had already suffered too much, and she didn't want to risk any further lengthening the list.

"Well, either way," Bucky said, "Even if the military wants to chase them, it will be the next day. We can camp here for one night. We can discuss this matter slowly, how about you? Look," he gestured to a few people, "no matter who you want to take, you can't just go there like this?"

Indeed, including Kelly, everyone looked tired, not to mention Steve, whose complexion hadn't fully returned to ruddy yet.Kelly knew that Bucky's main goal might just be to continue convincing her, but this proposal was indeed necessary.

Peggy also nodded: "They won't be so fast, I think General Philip should be able to hold them for at least a day. Kelly, can you pack up a camp and come out?"

Kelly glanced at Steve and Howard, who didn't object either.She nodded, raised her wand, and pointed it to the right side of the tent.The space there expanded rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, and cots, kettles, portable stoves, and other objects appeared on the ground.When the equipment was ready, Kelly waved her magic wand, and the middle of the big tent was separated by a thick tarpaulin. There was an exit on each side, and the middle could be connected or sealed.

Peggy and Steve lit up the portable stove and started boiling soup on the stove with the emergency food that Kelly was carrying.Kelly went out with Howard and Bucky to check the status of the plane, mainly to see if she could refuel the plane.This small plane flew here for thousands of miles, and the fuel has been almost consumed. Howard and others are actually taking a desperate risk.Although the military plane will probably arrive tomorrow, who knows if they have extra fuel.

"Kelly..." They walked to the side of the plane, and as soon as Bucky opened his head, Kelly turned around and shook his head at him: "Don't."

"I just want to be by your side, Kelly." Bucky said softly.

"Me too," Kelly whispered, turning to look at the plane, avoiding his gaze, "but I... but... just don't do it. Don't talk to me, okay?"

"Then at least I guarantee that you will think about it seriously." Bucky gave way.

"I will." Kelly said, but she already knew her answer very well in her heart.

Now that the dust had settled, everyone was exhausted, and immediately fell asleep after eating hastily.Only Kelly did not fall asleep.She lay quietly for a quarter of an hour, then slowly took out her wand, tapped a little to Peggy beside her, and then lightly tapped to the other side of the partitioned tent.

The power of the spell infiltrated the other four silently, ensuring that they fell asleep and would not be awakened.Kelly got out of her sleeping bag and slipped out of the tent without a sound. She flickered, and the next moment a huge white wolf was already standing on the snow, running quickly in one direction.

The wolf ran much faster than the human. Within a few minutes, the white wolf had come to the sea far away. It stopped and looked back: from here, the tent was just a small black dot.It turned around, and suddenly turned into Kelly the next moment. Kelly jumped up and flew forward close to the sea.

There is no land near the North Pole. Howard just parked the plane on a huge ice floe, which is not strictly speaking a coast.So, here is also very close to where Steve crashed, and Kelly flew over there very quickly, flew a little further, stopped, pulled out her wand, and quickly added the Bubble Charm and The warming spell, and then plunged into the sea.

Even with the spell to keep her warm, Kelly shuddered when she entered the near-zero water.She gritted her teeth, lit her wand and dived down, getting deeper and deeper... It was not until she dived several hundred meters below the sea surface that she finally saw her target: not far away, the Cosmic Rubik's Cube was emitting a glowing blue light, illuminating Light up the surrounding sea area.

After being exposed to the shadow barrier, Kelly's sensitivity to magic is far from what it used to be. Far away from where they camped, she can clearly perceive the approximate location of the Rubik's Cube in the universe. Now when she is close to her eyes, she can almost feel it The same attraction as when I first saw the Rubik's Cube that day.But she didn't come here to take it away.

Kelly waved her wand, and the sea area was filled with the magic power radiated from the Rubik's Cube. She didn't need to exert any effort at all, and powerful spells came out one after another smoothly: defensive spell, shielding spell, Muggle expulsion spell... a few minutes later , when she stopped, the protective magic within a radius of two meters was comparable to that of Hogwarts: whether it was artificial diving, radar, energy detection, infrared rays, magic induction, or any other means, it was impossible to find it. trace.If looking for the Rubik's Cube in such a vast sea area was like finding a needle in a haystack, now it is almost completely cut off the possibility of being found.Of course, just in case, Kelly still left a magic mark here after casting the magic shielding spell-unless another Hogwarts-born wizard with magic at least at the level of Professor McGonagall came along Otherwise, she is the only one in this world who can sense the mark and find its location.

After doing all this, Kelly waved her magic wand for the last time, and even the blue light emitted by the Rubik's Cube was completely covered up. There seemed to be no abnormality in this sea area. Even she herself could not see the abnormality in front of her, and could only sense it. To the magic mark you made.Kelly looked at the seemingly empty sea, and unconsciously pursed her lips.

To be honest, when she did this, she couldn't help feeling guilty: she knew Howard would really want to continue working on the Rubik's Cube, and she also knew that the military would let him search for the whereabouts of the Rubik's Cube in order to continue making super soldier serum.But she also did not forget that in the Avengers movie, the Rubik's Cube was used by S.H.I.E.L.D. to continue to manufacture weapons; and more importantly, Thor said how the use of the Rubik's Cube brought the disaster of alien invasion to the world .

She turned into a white wolf and left the tent. On the one hand, she ran fast in wolf form, and on the other hand, she didn't want other people to notice.She didn't even know when she'd have the courage to tell Howard about it—presumably they'd have a big fight.But she believes she's doing the right thing, and after knowing what's going on in The Avengers, she really can't keep the Cube in Howard's hands.It would be fine if it was just Howard, but it is impossible for the US government and military not to intervene.And Kelly, after the trump card agent, after seeing how those politicians ignored the destruction of 99% of human beings in order to save their lives, she no longer believed in any government.

She stood there silently for a few seconds, then turned and turned back, drying off the water with her wand as she flew back.When she landed on the shore, she turned into a white wolf again and ran back, but after running a few steps, the wolf's ears trembled suddenly, and she raised her head to look towards the sky.Although it is nearly twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, the polar day in the Arctic Circle is still sunny, and several planes can be clearly seen coming from the sky.