In the VIP room of the New Amsterdam Hospital.
After sleeping for about an hour, Sharon Carter refused to go back to sleep. With Gwen's help, she leaned against the headboard, her gaze through the window at the night sky outside.
Sharon was worried.
Sitting beside her, Gwen looked at Sharon's demeanor and smiled to comfort her: "Sharon, don't worry. Since Hawk promised, he certainly won't break his word."
It was well-known.
When Hawk says someone will die, they surely will.
No exceptions.
Reliability guaranteed.
Upon hearing that, Sharon withdrew her gaze from the window and looked at Gwen, forcing a smile and shaking her head: "It's not that I'm worried about. I wonder if I need to find a new job."
Gwen froze in place.
"What?"
"Do you think that after Hydra's second uprising, even if the situation calms down, will S.H.I.E.L.D. continue to exist?"
"Uh..."
Gwen listened to Sharon's question and fell into contemplation.
At that moment.
Hawk appeared in the ward, just in time to hear Sharon's words, and chuckled: "That's definitely impossible."
Gwen's eyes lit up upon seeing Hawk return.
"Hawk."
Sharon also reacted at Hawk's return, propping herself with both hands on the hospital bed, looking at Hawk with a face eager but hesitant.
Hawk knew what Sharon wanted to ask, and said directly: "Victoria Hand is fine. I've also helped you reclaim your S.H.I.E.L.D. Combat Command Center."
Sharon was overjoyed inside.
"Thank you."
"You're welcome. We're friends. From now on, it's up to you."
Hawk said with a smile.
Once more.
Sharon was his friend, and Anna was also his friend, indeed one of his earliest friends.
Moreover, Anna also agreed to channel her anger into the toilets of Japan.
So...
After shutting down Dr. Zola, he planned to do nothing but stay at home with his fiancée, eating snacks and watching the show.
"By the way."
Hawk recalled Zola, raised an eyebrow, and looked at Sharon: "Wasn't Captain America trained at a military base in New Jersey before participating in the Super Soldier Serum trials?"
Sharon instinctively nodded: "Yes."
Upon hearing this, Hawk followed up with: "Do you know which base? Where is it?"
He knew all the major events that happened in the past, present, and future of the Marvel Cosmos.
But...
He didn't know everything.
For instance, now, he knew Anim Zola converted himself into electronic life and had been hiding in S.H.I.E.L.D.'s early server room for years.
But he didn't know the specific location of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s initial base.
After all, neither the original movie nor historical books mentioned it.
But that's okay.
Others might not know, but Sharon Carter, related to Captain America, surely did.
Sure enough!
"Jersey City Third Army Base."
Sharon blurted out the name of the base where Captain America had trained: "It's thirty kilometers east of Jersey City, but that military base was abandoned in the nineties. Why are you asking?"
Hawk smiled slightly without answering, instead he examined Sharon: "How are you feeling now?"
Though curious as to why Hawk suddenly asked this, Sharon still nodded.
"A lot better."
"That's good."
Hawk nodded, just about to speak when he seemed to sense something, turning his head toward the hospital room door.
In the next second.
Someone knocked on the door.
Gwen's heart skipped a beat.
"Hydra?"
"S.H.I.E.L.D."
Hawk uttered, looking at the door being knocked: "Come in!"
The door was pushed open.
The S.H.I.E.L.D. female agent and a male agent Hawk had seen before at New York S.H.I.E.L.D. appeared in his view.
The S.H.I.E.L.D. female agent looked at Hawk: "Mr. Phoenix."
Hawk nodded.
From the bed, Sharon heard the voice and peeked, looking at the S.H.I.E.L.D. female agent at the door, pleasantly surprised: "Martha!"
The S.H.I.E.L.D. female agent also saw Sharon in bed, her expression relaxing, then quickly ran to the bedside: "Sharon, it's so great, you're okay."
Sharon hurriedly asked: "How is Commander Hand?"
The S.H.I.E.L.D. female agent named Martha glanced at the blood-transfused Sharon and smiled: "Just like you, also receiving a blood transfusion. But don't worry, the commander is fine."
The worry on Sharon's face completely vanished. She then looked at Martha: "I want to return to the base and stay with you all."
While speaking, Sharon instinctively looked at Hawk.
Hawk chuckled.
"I'm not Hydra. I'm not holding you prisoner."
Hawk joked and then said to Gwen, "Alright, Sharon's family has arrived, let's head home too."
He planned to take his fiancée home and then rush off to cut the power to Zola's circuit breaker.
Gwen nodded when she heard this and looked at Sharon: "Sharon, we're leaving now."
Sharon responded with a hum, "Thank you, Gwen."
A S.H.I.E.L.D. female agent named Martha also said to Gwen, "Thank you, Ms. Stacy."
Gwen smiled slightly, waved at Sharon and Martha, and then left the ward with Hawk.
The black Audi A8 sped through the streets of Manhattan and took less than twenty minutes to get back to the garage at Palm Street No. 521A.
Back in the living room.
After turning on the lights in the living room, Gwen turned and smiled at Hawk, who had followed her, saying, "Alright, I'm home. You go take care of your business."
Hawk raised an eyebrow and looked at Gwen.
Gwen smiled and said, "Sharon might not know you well, but I do, Hawk. You're not the type to ask random questions for no reason."
Hawk looked at Gwen in shock.
"Nothing can be hidden from my dear fiancée."
"Stop the sweet talk."
Gwen rolled her eyes playfully at Hawk and then said, "Okay, go get busy. Meanwhile, I'll cook us something to eat. Come back soon."
"Yes, ma'am."
Hawk nodded seriously, saluted, and then with a whoosh, appeared in front of Gwen, sneaked a kiss, then turned around and vanished from her sight.
Gwen instinctively covered her mouth, then watched Hawk disappear in front of her. With a chuckle, she shook her head, then turned on the TV and walked towards the kitchen to prepare some supper, waiting for Hawk to come back so they could eat together.
Just as she lifted her foot to head towards the kitchen.
Hawk had already appeared over the long-abandoned military base located thirty kilometers east of what Sharon Carter had mentioned as Jersey City.
The next second.
He had appeared within the military base, which was covered in human-high wild grass and had been abandoned for a long time.
Soon.
Hawk's gaze locked onto an ammunition warehouse not far away.
Not because he vaguely remembered Captain America Steve Rogers discovered something unusual through a non-existent warehouse.
But because...
All the doors in the base were tightly shut, except for that warehouse door, which was wide open. This made it hard for Hawk not to notice.
After all, he wasn't blind.
Seeing the ammunition warehouse that seemed to have already been accessed by someone, Hawk was stunned, then seemed to realize something.
The plot timeline of Captain America 2 is actually the same as Thor 2, both are very short.
Not exactly.
Thor 2's plot happens within forty-eight hours, while Captain America 2 happens within seventy-two hours.
Hydra officially began their second struggle yesterday; today is the second day.
So...
It's no surprise that Captain America Steve Rogers and Black Widow Natasha Romanoff found their way here.
This thought crossed Hawk's mind as he stepped forward with his right foot, appearing at the doorway of the open ammunition warehouse. His figure vanished again, and when he reappeared, he was inside the warehouse.
Thud!
Not long ago, Captain America, who had just arrived here and already discovered the secret elevator, seemed to sense something after communicating with Dr. Zola and learning the true secrets of 'Paperclip' and 'Project Insight.' He looked up at the ceiling.
Natasha, who was also shocked by Dr. Zola's revelation, caught Captain America's movement from the corner of her eye, snapped back, and followed his gaze to the ceiling.
"Captain, what's wrong?"
"Someone's here," Captain America Steve Rogers said in a deep voice.
Upon hearing this, Natasha quickly entered combat mode, drawing the tactical pistols from her sides and watching their surroundings cautiously.
At that moment.
The bulky computer screen behind them was being flooded with streams of information, and at the same time, the antique servers around the computer room whirred to life at full power.
Natasha noticed something unusual, turned her head, and looked at Dr. Zola, who seemed to be calculating something.
Captain America also reacted and looked at the electronic face of Zola presented on the screen.
"Zola, what are you up to?"
"..."
Zola remained silent, only analyzing.
But...
No matter how much he analyzed, he couldn't figure out how Hawk managed to locate him so quickly.
Even if John Garrett sold him out, it wouldn't help.
Because John Garrett did not know his exact location either.
Unless!
Dr. Zola's data quickly locked onto a ten-minute blank spot in Alexander Pierce's signal.
He almost crashed.
Because Zola also couldn't understand why Alexander Pierce would do such a thing.
At that moment.
As Captain America stared at Dr. Zola, he caught a spatial fluctuation from the elevator entrance out of the corner of his eye.
Without hesitation!
Boom!
With a swift twist of Captain America's waist, the shield in his hand was flung towards Hawk, who had silently appeared at the elevator entrance.
The shield spun through the air.
The force was strong enough to slice an ordinary person in half at the waist!
...