Confirmed Dead
“You!” Carol shouted as she kicked the door to Director Hill’s office down, “I swear to--”
Carol stopped mid sentence. There was some who was not Maria Hill sitting in her desk.
“Can I help you Captain?” A tall man rose from the seat that Hill usually sat in.
“Where the hell is Director Hill?” Carol demanded savagely.
The man nodded sadly, sat back down.
“She was relieved from duty, and taken into custody two days ago,” the man said sadly, “They instated me as the new director shortly afterword.”
“Why was Hill arrested?” Carol asked in shock.
“We discovered that she designed Stark’s mission to get him killed,” The new director said sullenly, “She kept certain details under wraps so she could send him in blind. She was using him as a test dummy.”
“So what we thought was true?” Carol sat down in the nearest chair. She had been hoping that all of this had been a big misunderstanding, but it wasn’t. Hill had actually planned the whole thing, and she had known very important information that she neglected to tell Tony for the sole purpose of research.
“If you thought that she created a fake file to trick him then yes.”
“I was hoping it wasn’t true,” Carol said absent mindedly, “Does she know if he is still alive?”
“She at least gave us that much. Tony Stark is confirmed dead, killed in action.”
Carol’s stomach dropped. She suddenly felt very light headed.
“Does Pepper know?” was all Carol could force herself to say.
“Two agents are going to tell her right now.”