Why did you break in?
"Now the elephant in the room." Felicity clears her throat.
"Why did you break into our facility?" Zara asks.
"I have to admit, that was my fault." Steve sheepishly admits.
"My turn." Zara looks at Tony. "Meaning?"
"I got a signal from... I thought it was a Hydra base." Steve shakes his head.
"Oh it was." Zara nods.
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T'Challa looks at Zara surprised.
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"What?" Steve asks confused.
"I suppose I need to explain." Zara looks down smiling.
"That might be a good idea." Tony snarkily responds.
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"What I do outside of Wakanda. Is I protect gifted individuals." Zara looks at Felicity, Averie, and Destiny.
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Felicity looks down.
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"I had a map of Hydra bases. I'd found before, leaving Wakanda. When I arrived to that base, it was my last one." Zara turns her attention to the men. "What I wasn't prepared for. Was to find they had kidnapped someone. Intent on experimenting on her."
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Felicity bites her inner cheek.
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"I had taken out half of the guards, the scientists, and the engineers. When I got to their lab." Zara sighs. "There I found Felicity in a glass box. It was meant to be her cage."
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Steve looks over at Felicity. His heart hurts, and it hits close to home for him.
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"Of course I broke Felicity out. I expected her to run, after I explained it was safe. But instead she stayed, and help me take out the rest of the team." Zara smiles at Felicity.
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Felicity looks up at Zara, and she smiles slightly.
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"The two of us took care of the bodies, we cleaned up the place, and we decided to use it." Zara shrugs. "Then I learn what Felicity is capable of."
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"How did you find-?" Steve begins to ask.
"I found a file Hydra had of gifted individuals. Destiny and Averie were their next targets." Zara crosses her arms. "So Felicity and I recruited them first."
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"Zara helped us practice our gifts. We were close to perfecting them, when you guys broke in." Felicity says annoyed.
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"Why would you let her-?" Sam asks T'Challa.
"If I had known she was taking out Hydra. I wouldn't have let her go alone." T'Challa looks at Zara.
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Zara clears her throat.
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"Why protect gifted individuals?" Steve asks.
"Because." Zara looks right at Steve.
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Steve has a shiver run down his spine.
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"Did I forget to mention. I can sense others fear Captain?" Zara smirks.
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Steve clears his throat, and he puffs out his chest.
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Felicity snorts.
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"You men are super soldiers, humans who have technology to make you inhuman, and you have herbs for the same purpose." Zara looks at all of the men. "Those make you heroes... I'm sorry, superheroes I mean."
"Tea." Averie whispers.
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Felicity and Destiny laugh.
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"While the rest of us, who are born with our gifts. You can classify us as mutants. But I prefer gifted individuals." Zara clears her throat. "We're considered monsters, abominations, and monsters."
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Sam sits down in his chair.
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Steve looks down.
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Tony turns away.
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"So I protect them. I help them perfect their gift, and I teach them to blend into the world. I've even made safe Havens for them." Zara explains.
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The room falls quiet.
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"What happened?" Peter asks, sitting up suddenly.
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Steve, Tony, and Sam jump.
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Felicity, Averie, and Destiny double over laughing.
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Zara hides her giggle.
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T'Challa smiles.