Chapter 19: Like a Warrior
Belle temporarily lives in the Avengers Mansion, along with Vanessa. For obvious reasons, Deadpool didn't move in with him.
"I'm actually very envious of you, even a little jealous," Vanessa said, taking a shot of the tequila in one gulp, picking up the bottle, and deftly filling herself up, while pointing to the untouched drop of wine in front of Belle, and motioning with her eyes for her to have a drink too, "You, the Gothic Witch, and the Black Widow." This is the second time I've been caught and used to threaten Wade. You'll probably never understand it, and that feels terrible. ”
When Vanessa brought in the pizza and wine, Belle was looking at the pile of reports with a sad face.
Investigators from the insurance company somehow obtained evidence that there were explosives exploding, shrapnel residues, and the presence of well-trained combatants at the scene, and decided to activate the [War Exclusion Clause] to recognize the incident as property damage in the war, so the insurance company refused to pay compensation for Belle's bombed home beyond recognition.
She suffered the same treatment as her hapless neighbors. The insurance company rejected them for the same reason, and the gang took all their anger out on Belle. In just a few days, she received several lawsuits for damages to her personal safety, property, and spirit.
At the same time, the agency she belongs to also asked to terminate her contract. With a fight at the home of a model who has just begun to show off her talents, Belle is almost identified as a dangerous person with gangsters and even terrorism in the media, and the prosecution of her wealthy neighbors has also taken a very serious toll on her reputation, and it seems understandable that the agency is reluctant to waste resources on a man who is almost discredited.
However, this was not a rush at all, but an outright attack. The decision of the insurance company, the actions of the neighbors, the media rendering, and the practices of the brokerage companies highlight the unprecedented uniformity. Needless to say, this is clearly a trick by General McConville and Hydra's men in Congress.
The good news is that there were no civilian deaths in the incident, and Belle's conscience is at least a little more secure. In addition, Hydra was involved, and the New York police did not have the right to participate in the investigation, and were directly taken over by S.H.I.E.L.D. under the banner of the FBI. So now, Belle can still sit on a comfortable couch in the Avengers Tower, instead of squatting in a cold cubicle in prison.
Another piece of good news is that the school did not expel her. But she received a bunch of phone calls and emails, all of which meant that the school had given Belle a long vacation for safety reasons.
For some reason, her agent Dan still didn't give up on her, but helped her around. Speaking of which, Belle didn't know what Dan's surname was, and the two had never signed any contracts, and they had always gotten along as friends. When Belle embarked on the path of modeling, it was also when she was still a minor, Dan came to her guardian's house as a friend and accidentally discovered her. Belle is a very curious person, but since Dan deliberately doesn't mention his last name, she still respects his choice and never looks into it in any way.
It's easy to understand that one of my German friends had a German friend's maiden name translated into English as stupid, which is hilarious and true. Anyway, if my surname is stupid, I don't want to tell anyone. However, the German sister's married surname is not much better, her husband's surname means "cemetery" in German, it is said that the ancestor of this surname is a grave keeper.
And when it comes to why Dan doesn't want to talk about his surname, there are naturally his reasons. But that's not the issue at hand.
Now that we've come to this point, it's better to take advantage of this time to completely solve all this mess. Belle thought so, but seeing the mess of papers on hand, she couldn't help it.
Vanessa said, seeing that Belle didn't react, she knew that she was worried about what was going on. She didn't say much, grabbed the pile of papers, threw them into a very high-grade metal trash can, poured vodka on them before they had time to drink, and lit a fire.
"Hey, hey, hey!"
Belle was startled and quickly tried to activate her ability to extinguish the fire, but was stopped by Vanessa.
"Leave them alone, there will be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and you have to spare people and spare them."
"You've drunk too much, haven't you?" Listening to Vanessa's two words that didn't match the preamble, Belle suddenly felt that Deadpool's wife seemed to be even worse than Deadpool, and it was really not a family, not entering the door.
"yes," Vanessa admitted, shoving the glass into Belle's hand, "I'm teaching you how to forget your worries for a while." ”
"That's too light, trouble? It's the end of the world, isn't it? ”
"It's the end of you, but what about us?" Vanessa said, "You're a superhero!" These things don't matter to your abilities, right? ”
Vanessa didn't know what abilities Belle had, only that that day, the girl appeared like a god, and when she looked at her, the kidnappers fainted, and she even opened a portal. What could be the end of such a person for her?
She wasn't wrong. Belle's abilities can indeed help her solve all her problems, she can modify everyone's memories one by one, get the neighbors to drop the lawsuit, get the insurance company to pay, let the brokerage company fulfill the contract, heal all the injured like Peter's legs, and even manipulate the editors-in-chief of all the media to make it impossible to publish news that is not good for her. But does that really solve the problem?
The answer is no, and, most likely, the more she uses these abilities, the more intimidating she becomes. Perhaps in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, those who are empowered are treated as superheroes, praised and sought after, girls want to date Thor, and boys want to be as strong as Captain America. But Belle has never forgotten that in the same world, those who cheered for the Avengers also had a fear of mutants rooted in their hearts. Fear, on the other hand, is more persistent and profound than any other positive emotion.
It's almost like Jurassic Park, where people love to see dinosaurs and love dinosaurs, but that's limited to dinosaurs being kept in cages and under human control. Once the dinosaur escapes, or the person falls into the cage, there is not much to say.
Belle was stunned again as she thought about it, and Vanessa shook her shoulder to bring her back to her senses.
"If you want me to say, you think too much, Wade never thinks about that, so he is very happy every day."
"That's because he's a madman."
"He's a madman, he's a warrior, so he's fearless." Vanessa, who was drunk, went straight into philosophical mode, "You seem to be stronger than him." ”
Vanessa and Belle had drunk too much, and the two of them leaned crookedly against each other, complaining to each other about the mess in their lives.
Vanessa hated the people who kidnapped her, and she hated herself for being a burden to Wade. She screamed and cursed, saying that if she could have superpowers, she would have to chop those mongrels into minced meat.
Belle laughed on the side, telling Vanessa that she wished she didn't have any superpowers, so she could be a vase behind a superhero, be stupid, show off her body if she had nothing to do, scream twice at a critical moment and then sit and wait for rescue, and she didn't have to worry about any aliens, Hydra. Of course, the premise is that this is not a horror movie, nor is it The Amazing Spider-Man.
When Pepper Potts came to Belle with a pile of papers, she could smell the pungent smell of alcohol through the door. She pushes open the door and finds Belle and Vanessa lying on the floor, bottles topped up next to them. Vanessa snored softly, a piece of pizza in her mouth. Belle was also drunk and asleep, crying quietly in her dreams.
She quietly withdrew, of course, she didn't have to do it quietly, and she didn't wake them up. She also took a photo before leaving, this kind of handle is simply hard to find, and it will be of great use in the future if you keep it.
When the two drunks woke up the next morning, they didn't seem to remember much about what had happened yesterday. Vanessa is a regular at the wine table and doesn't have a hangover at all. It's just that Belle has a terrible headache, and although she has many magical superpowers, she can't avoid symptoms such as pain, illness, and physical weakness.
Seeing Belle so uncomfortable, Vanessa was quite happy, "I feel like I also have superpowers, no matter how much I drink, I will never get a hangover the next day, it's really a good ability for me." ”
The two of them went back to their rooms to take a shower, change their clothes, and have breakfast by the way. Vanessa can continue to watch TV and see the scenery, but Belle still has something to do.
She arrives at the top-floor office, which Tony and Pepper share, and Pepper is waiting for her, along with a silver-haired man in a suit and glasses, who is not too old, and a handsome motorcycle rider who was born during World War II but looks to be in his thirties.
"Colin Stredge," Pepper said to Belle, introducing the silver-haired man in a suit, "Chief Counsel of Stark Group, I personally ask him for a favor to deal with all the legal issues you need to resolve right now. (Note: This is actually the chief legal counsel of Facebook in reality)
However, this is obviously Tony's handiwork, although everyone knows the relationship between Tony and Pepper, who is also the chief consultant of Stark Group, but with Pepper's "personal name", the Avenger can be removed from the PR incident to the greatest extent.
"You've probably seen this one," Pepper continued, "and since he's not wearing that circus suit today, in case you don't recognize him, I'll introduce you again, Captain America, Steve Rogers." Mr. Stark asked him to come and help you with anything other than legal issues. ”
This is simply a fairy sister! Belle thought to herself, almost crying out in excitement.
"Hello, Mademoiselle de Tauffle-Peake." Legal counsel Strelche reached out.
This is a gesture of goodwill, since Tony Stark must know what it means to shake Belle's hand, then there is no reason for Streich, who was assigned by him, not to know, he will take the initiative to shake hands, just to dispel all of Belle's concerns.
"I have mastered most of the relevant contents, and now can I ask you to sign these documents, and I can officially start working." Strachey said, handing Belle a folder. The latter didn't even look at it, and signed it all.
Strachey got what he needed and left without saying much, leaving Pepper, Belle, and Captain America behind.
When the legal counsel left, Steve Rogers stood up and said, "Anyway, the Hydra business has something to do with me. I'm really sorry to get you involved. ”
"You're serious." Belle still has respect for Captain America, and she won't complain about him like she complains about Iron Man, not to mention that she really thinks it's her own fault that she is like this.
"Let's make a long story short, I hope you cheer up, you, me, and that one, uh" Captain America looked a little unnatural, "that Mr. Wade Wilson, he has a strong request to join the operation, and we will solve this problem together." ”
"What are you going to do?"
"When a warrior faces an enemy, there is only one option: defeating them. I want you to be like a warrior too. ”
"I'm not a warrior." Belle said.
"Now, you are." Said the captain.