The last time Hawk returned from Kamar-Taj, he visited West View Town and met with Wanda, maintaining the habit of going once every Friday.
Originally, he intended to visit once a month.
But Gwen thought once a month was too long, so she suggested Hawk go weekly.
It's always the same.
People outside won't think these three kids aren't Hawk's just because he gave the surname Chloe to Jean, Billy, and Tommy.
Hawk is both Phoenix and Chloe.
So...
Following Gwen's suggestion, Hawk returned to West View Town every Friday to spend time with Jean, Billy, and Tommy.
As for Amy?
After asking Sharon to take Amy to West View Town, he hadn't seen Amy again.
After all, what would they talk about when meeting?
Better to wait for Anya's resurrection.
The response from the S.H.I.E.L.D. Cloning Base was quite good; unexpectedly, by the end of the month, he could retrieve his sister's DNA.
Thinking about it, Hawk looked at Wanda's call, raised an eyebrow, and exchanged a glance with Gwen.
"Wasn't it just Friday yesterday?"
"...There might be something urgent."
Gwen shook her head, then reached out and directly answered the call, speaking before Hawk could: "Good morning, Wanda."
Listening to Gwen greet Wanda, Hawk's expression remained unchanged.
Though he was curious why Gwen and Wanda's relationship seemed a bit above friends but below close friends.
After pondering for about a month, he decisively gave up thinking about it.
Because women's logic is strange.
Just like how Gwen would become above friends but below close friends with Wanda, who accomplished her dreams.
Similarly, like the Supreme Mage who clearly decided to retire two months ago but suddenly said "I think I can still save it" this time.
Once again.
The Ancient One is the Supreme Mage, but undoubtedly, The Ancient One is also a woman.
So—
Don't try to understand a woman's thought process.
Wanda's voice came through as the call connected.
"Hey, Gwen, is Hawk there? There seems to be someone by Amy's side that I don't know how to describe."
"..."
Gwen opened her mouth and looked at the suddenly empty bar stool in front of her, then grabbed the phone thrown aside: "He's already there."
At that moment, Wanda also saw Hawk, who appeared in front of her as soon as she finished speaking, and she opened her mouth, speaking to Gwen on the other end.
"I see him."
"By the way, Christmas is next month; want to go shopping at Times Square together?"
"...Can we?"
"Of course."
Gwen, who was on Palm Street, smiled and said, "I'll invite you then."
Wanda agreed.
A while later.
Wanda hung up the phone, looking at Hawk who walked to the kitchen nearby, standing at the stove, peering through the window at the house diagonally across the street.
Hawk released the Seventh Sense, instantly enveloping the entire West View Town.
In an instant.
God's Vision activated.
As if overlooking West View Town, Hawk's golden pupils observed the various scents and lingering scents there.
The next second.
His gaze landed on a scent left in the house diagonally across the street, a mixture of two distinct scents.
Vampire.
Angel.
Blood Angels?
Andrew Chloe?
A name emerged in Hawk's mind.
But regardless of whether the scent belonged to Andrew Chloe, he was no longer in that house diagonally across.
This scent seemed immune to being tracked.
If not for the house being fairly sealed, if not for him having seen both vampires and angels, he might not have captured this particular scent.
Moreover—
If he were an hour late, the lingering scent in the house would have completely dissipated.
Hawk thought, then shifted his gaze, focusing on Amy Chloe at the playground across the street, playing with two kids.
Sure enough.
There was no trace of that lingering scent on Amy Chloe.
But one thing was certain.
Without surprises, the owner of that scent was indeed Andrew Chloe.
The reason was simple.
Amy was very happy; today's Amy looked happier than usual.
So—
"Andrew Chloe."
"Who?"
Wanda heard Hawk's whisper, raised her eyebrow, then seemed to recall something: "The Mr. Chloe you told me to keep an eye on, who might return?"
Hawk withdrew his gaze and nodded.
Since he learned that Andrew Chloe somehow escaped the control of those two Birdmen and came to New York City, he guessed Andrew might come looking for Amy.
Therefore, after visiting that time, he mentioned it to Wanda, asking her to keep an eye out.
Indeed.
Before meeting Witch Agatha, Wanda's grasp of her Crimson Chaos Magic was almost primitive and savage.
But that was the original plot.
No matter what, the three children with Hawk's bloodline followed Wanda, so Hawk also took Wanda to Kamar-Taj.
After all, The Ancient One hadn't retired yet at that time.
Hawk pondered, seizing the opportunity before The Ancient One retired, to teach Wanda how to better control her Crimson Chaos Magic.
Witch Agatha might be strong.
But The Ancient One was certainly stronger.
Hawk didn't interfere further until yesterday, Friday, when he was about to leave and found out The Ancient One hadn't retired.
Oh boy.
Because The Ancient One once said he didn't want interference when retiring, Hawk didn't care about the Supreme Mage transition event at Kamar-Taj.
The result...
He went to Kamar-Taj in the morning and discovered that The Ancient One planned to postpone his retirement, thinking he could still make a difference.
I've strayed a bit.
In short!
Having been taught hand-in-hand by The Ancient One for two months, the current Wanda is incomparable to the Wanda trapped in the underwater base years ago.
Nowadays, Wanda alone could dismantle Strucker's underwater base.
Now, even without much attention, her Crimson Chaos Magic alerts her to any unknown energy nearby.
"I also only noticed the special scent on Amy when she came to pick up Jean for breakfast at 6:30."
"But I didn't realize it then."
"It was only when Amy came to pick up Jean and the little ones for the amusement park that I realized and called you."
Wanda shared her discovery, as her current battle power was strong but she lacked practical combat experience: "I feel the scent has no malice, but it doesn't seem human."
Hawk chuckled.
"Blood Angels."
"Blood Angels?"
"A hybrid of Vampires and Angels."
Hawk looked at Wanda, briefly recounting events from twenty years ago when Andrew Chloe died, and his body was taken to Europe, somehow transformed into a Blood Angel, and later escaped from the two Birdman guards.
He hadn't mentioned this last time.
After all, he wasn't sure if Andrew Chloe could find Amy and come here.
After hearing this, Wanda looked at Hawk with a curious expression.
"So you and Yahweh..."
"In a world of chaos, the strong survive and the weak perish!"
Hawk met Wanda's gaze and smiled faintly: "He provoked me first, and I only defended myself in return."
This was the truth.
Even if the Marvel Saint Mother were here, she'd have to admit that Hawk became an orphan because of Yahweh's dirty tactics.
So...
Hawk glanced again at the three little ones playing in the amusement park outside the window, along with Amy, and then turned to Wanda: "I need to leave."
Wanda was slightly surprised.
"Aren't you going to ask Amy?"
"No need."
Hawk shook his head: "If he appears, I will know."
Though the scent was adept at hiding.
But now, with his Seventh Sense fully active, it envelops New York City and West View Town like a net.
If this scent appears again, enters his net, the Seventh Sense will instantly trigger, locking onto its location.
But not now.
Because he just searched around and found no trace of the scent in New York City or West View Town.
However, it's not a problem.
Where there's one, there's two.
Hawk's intuition told him that since Andrew Chloe had found Amy, tonight Andrew Chloe might come looking for Amy again.
And indeed.
His guess proved correct.
Without waiting for nightfall, just in the afternoon, as he and Gwen emerged from the prospective mother-in-law's apartment and prepared to drive home, Wanda called.
"Buying a car?"
"Yes, a gray second-hand Chevrolet."
Wanda stood in the guest room, looking through the window at Amy driving the car into the garage across the street and said: "Also, on the way back, Amy withdrew ten thousand in cash from the town."
The car purchase was because Amy drove it back.
As for the cash withdrawal, Pietro, who liked wandering around the town, told her.
Gwen relayed Wanda's words to Hawk as he drove.
Hawk nodded.
Gwen then said a few words to Wanda and hung up the phone, then seemingly thought of something, turned to look at Hawk concentrating on driving: "Amy wouldn't be planning to elope with Andrew, would she?"
At her words, Hawk instinctively moved the steering wheel to the side, stabilizing it with telekinesis, and looked at Gwen with an inexplicable expression for her sudden suggestion.
Oh boy.
Elope?
Do you think they are seventeen or eighteen?
Gwen blinked.
"That's how it happens in TV dramas, if a woman suddenly prepares a car and money, she's either eloping or fleeing."
"Uh..."
Hawk met Gwen's eyes, which seemed to glimmer with gossip, and chose silence.
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