The last time Hawk returned from Kamar-Taj, he went to Westview and met Wanda, maintaining the habit of visiting Westview every Friday.
He had originally planned to go once a month.
But Gwen felt that once a month was too long, so she suggested Hawk go once a week.
It was still the same sentiment.
People outside wouldn't think the three children weren't Hawk's just because he gave the Chloe surname to Jean, Billy, and Tommy.
Hawk was both Phoenix and Chloe.
So... Hawk also, following Gwen's suggestion, returned to Westview every Friday to spend time with Jean, Billy, and Tommy.
As for Amy?
After he asked Sharon to send Amy to Westview, he never saw Amy again.
After all, what would they talk about if they met?
Better to wait until Anya is resurrected.
The S.H.I.E.L.D. cloning Base was showing very good results; if all went well, he would be able to open the vault and retrieve his sister's DNA by the end of this month.
Hawk thought to himself, watching Wanda's incoming call, he raised an eyebrow and looked at Gwen.
"Didn't Friday just pass yesterday?"
"...Maybe something urgent happened."
Gwen shook her head, then reached out her finger and answered the call directly, speaking before Hawk could say anything: "Good morning, Wanda."
Hawk listened to Gwen greeting Wanda, his expression unchanged.
Although he was also curious why the relationship between Gwen and Wanda had become somewhat akin to more than friends, but less than best friends.
But after thinking about it for almost a month, he decisively gave up trying to understand.
Because women's logic is very strange.
Just like Gwen and Wanda, who achieved her dream, would become more than friends, but less than best friends.
It was also like the Sorcerer Supreme, who had clearly said she would retire and take a long vacation two months ago, but this time, suddenly said, "I think I can still be saved."
Once again.
Ancient One was the Sorcerer Supreme, but it was undeniable that Ancient One was also female.
So—
Don't try to understand a woman's thought process.
Wanda's voice came through the phone after the call connected.
"Hey, Gwen, is Hawk there? There's someone around Amy... someone I don't know how to describe."
"..."
Gwen opened her mouth, looking at the suddenly empty bar stool in front of her, and after realizing what happened, she grabbed the phone that had been tossed aside: "He's already gone."
Wanda, at this moment, also saw Hawk appear in front of her just as her words fell, and she too opened her mouth, speaking to Gwen on the phone.
"I see him."
"Oh, by the way, next month is Christmas. Want to go shopping in Times Square together?"
"...Can I?"
"Of course."
Gwen, who was on Palm Street, said with a smile, "I'll call you then."
Wanda acknowledged.
After a while.
Wanda, having hung up the phone, looked at Hawk, who had walked over to the kitchen nearby, standing in front of the stove, looking through the window at the house diagonally across the road.
Hawk's seven senses were released, instantly covering the entire Westview.
In an instant.
God's Eye activated.
Hawk, as if overlooking Westview, saw various scents and lingering smells in his golden pupils.
The next second.
His gaze fell on a peculiar smell, a mixture of two distinct scents, lingering in the house diagonally opposite.
Vampire.
Angel.
Blood Angel?
Andrew Chloe?
A name appeared in Hawk's mind.
But whether or not the owner of this scent was Andrew Chloe, he was no longer in the house diagonally opposite.
This scent seemed very immune to being tracked.
If it weren't for the house being relatively sealed, if it weren't for him having seen both Vampires and Angels, he might not have even caught this special scent.
Moreover—
If he had arrived an hour later, the lingering scent in the house would have instantly dissipated.
Hawk thought to himself, then his gaze shifted, falling on Amy Kloe, who was leading a group of one adult and two small children playing in the amusement park across the road.
Indeed.
The lingering scent was not on Amy Kloe.
But one thing was certain.
If all went well, the owner of that scent was Andrew Chloe.
The reason was simple.
Amy was very happy; today, Amy looked happier than ever before.
So—
"Andrew Chloe."
"Who?"
Wanda, hearing Hawk's whisper, raised an eyebrow, then seemed to remember something: "The Mr. Chloe you told me to look out for, who might come back?"
Hawk withdrew his gaze and nodded.
Ever since he learned that Andrew Chloe had escaped the control of those two bird-people for some unknown reason and arrived in New York, he had guessed that Andrew might come looking for Amy.
So, after Hawk came over that time, he told Wanda about it and asked her to keep an eye out.
Admittedly.
Before meeting the Witch Agatha, Wanda's control over her Scarlet Chaos magic was almost primitive and wild.
But that was in the original storyline.
Regardless, the three children with Hawk's bloodline were with Wanda, so Hawk had also taken Wanda to Kamar-Taj once.
After all, Ancient One hadn't reached her time yet.
Hawk pondered, taking advantage of Ancient One still being on duty, to let her exert her remaining influence and teach Wanda how to control her Scarlet Chaos magic.
The Witch Agatha might be powerful.
But Ancient One was definitely strong.
After that, Hawk didn't pay attention until Friday yesterday, when Hawk was about to leave, he just found out that Ancient One hadn't left yet.
Good gracious.
Hawk, because Ancient One had once said she didn't want him to interfere when she retired, hadn't paid attention to the change of Sorcerer Supreme at Kamar-Taj.
As a result... he went to Kamar-Taj that morning and only then learned that Ancient One planned to postpone her retirement plan, feeling that she could still be saved.
Getting off topic.
In short!
After being personally taught by Ancient One for two months, the current Wanda was no longer comparable to the Wanda who was trapped in the underwater Base back then.
The current Wanda could dismantle Strucker's underwater Base by herself.
In short, the current Wanda, even if she didn't pay much attention, her Scarlet Chaos magic would remind her when unknown energy entered the vicinity.
"I also only smelled that very special scent on Amy when she came to pick up Jean for breakfast at six-thirty."
"But I didn't realize it at the time."
"It wasn't until just now, when Amy came to pick up Jean and the two little ones for the amusement park, that I realized and called you."
Wanda explained her discovery, as she currently had combat power but almost zero practical experience: "I feel like the scent isn't malicious, but it doesn't seem human."
Hawk chuckled.
"Blood Angel."
"Blood Angel?"
"A hybrid of a Vampire and an Angel."
Hawk looked at Wanda and briefly recounted how, twenty years ago, after Andrew Chloe died, his body was taken to Europe, and then for some unknown reason, he became a Blood Angel, subsequently escaping from the two bird-people who were guarding him.
He hadn't mentioned it the last time he came.
After all, at that time, he wasn't sure if Andrew Chloe would be able to find Amy and come here.
After Wanda finished listening, she looked at Hawk with a strange expression.
"So you and Jehovah..."
"In an era of great contention, the strong thrive, and the weak perish!"
Hawk met Wanda's eyes and smiled slightly: "He provoked me first; I was merely acting in self-defense."
This was a fact.
Even if Marvel's Holy Mother came, it couldn't be denied that Hawk became an orphan because of Jehovah's dirty tactics.
So... Hawk glanced out the window again at the three children playing in the amusement park, and Amy, then returned his gaze to Wanda and said, "I'm leaving."
Wanda was slightly startled.
"You're not going to ask Amy?"
"No need."
Hawk shook his head: "If he appears again, I will know."
Although this aura was very good at concealment.
But that was when one was prepared and the other wasn't; now, his seven senses were fully extended, like a Skynet covering New York and Westview.
If this aura were to reappear and enter his net, his seven senses would trigger immediately, instantly pinpointing his location.
But not now.
Because he had just searched, and there was no trace of this scent in either New York or Westview.
However, it didn't matter.
Where there's one, there's two.
Hawk's intuition told him that since Andrew Chloe had already found Amy, Andrew Chloe might come to find Amy again tonight.
Indeed.
His guess came true.
He didn't even have to wait until night; in the afternoon, as he and Gwen had just left his future mother-in-law's apartment and were about to drive home, Wanda called.
"Bought a car?"
"Yes, a gray, used Chevrolet."
Wanda stood in the guest room, looking through the window at Amy, who was driving the car into the garage across the street, and said, "Oh, and when she came back, Amy also withdrew ten thousand in cash from the town."
The car was bought because Amy drove it back.
As for withdrawing money, Pietro, who liked to wander around the town, told her about it when he returned.
Gwen relayed Wanda's words to Hawk, who was driving.
Hawk nodded.
Gwen then said a few words to Wanda, hung up the phone, and then, as if thinking of something, turned sideways and looked at Hawk, who was concentrating on driving: "Amy isn't planning to elope with Andrew, is she?"
Upon hearing this, Hawk's steering wheel instinctively veered, and after quickly stabilizing it with his telekinesis, he looked at Gwen, who had suddenly said such a thing, with a strange expression.
Good gracious.
Elope?
Did she think they were seventeen or eighteen?
Gwen blinked.
"That's how it always is in TV shows; when a woman suddenly prepares a car and money, it's either elopement or fleeing."
"Uh..."
Hawk met Gwen's eyes, which seemed to sparkle with gossip, and chose to remain silent... (End of chapter)
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