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The cool wind of New York tangles my hair and hits my cheeks. I fly all over New York until the outside of New Jersey. Trees, houses, trees... an empty lot. Wait. That could be it. I lower myself just meters from the lot. Piles of concrete, all ruins, no grass, nothing except dust. I land and make my way closer seeing broken fences and one burnt sign "Camp Lehigh Army Base". With careful steps, I climb some broken pillars and reach the middle of the lot.

"you came!!" someone says and I turn to look at Sam who has his arms crossed in his chest, gray t-shirt and black trousers with his signature combat boots

A wide smile forms in my face as I walk to him and quickly hug him scanning his face, light bruises in the side of his eyes

"of course I did!" 

"good, because we need to talk," someone says behind me and I turn again seeing Nat who is blonde now

"sure blondie" I step near her and give her a hug, she returns it tightening her arms around me

"A serious talk..." a deep voice sounds on my left and I catch Steve's broad figure so I run to him and embrace him, his growing scruffy beard tingles my cheek

"are you ok? last thing I knew is that you escaped... Ross is seriously looking for you three and of course your little friend with the metal arm" I say pulling away and walking backwards to properly see them

"Don't worry about that Tannie... we are staying under the radar now" he nods and I walk to sit on a piece of concrete

"so... what are you doing now? I don't think you're relaxing huh?" I say noticing more bruises in Nat's arms and fading scratches in Steve's forearms

"no way, work is keepin' us busy T" Sam replies

"I have some contacts at KGB that are helping us tracking down some illegal organizations" Nat adds

"really?! KGB? I seriously thought it collapsed with the Soviet Union..." I ask her and she shakes her head with a snort

"what... now you also are an expert in History?" Sam asks me and I roll my eyes at him

"listen Tannie... we need to discuss two things with you" Steve says with a stern face, the one he used to give me when I helped Bruce with a dangerous chemical

"go on..." I say and Nat sits down across from me, Sam also sits beside her and Steve walks closer to me

"are you Quantum?" he directly asks, my eyes averting to the rocks under my feet "don't lie" 

"Yes, I am Quantum... how you figured it out? well, I mean... I'm wearing a suit, right? your KGB contacts helped?" I simply say and Nat rubs her temples

"words fly fast Tannie" she trails "...Vision told Wanda and Wanda told me..."

I huff "well, there goes the secret. Wait, you talk to Wanda?"

"We keep in touch, she's in Scotland"

"Really? Scotland?"

Nat sighs and mouths a 'shit' and I chuckle

"I believe keeping secrets it's not out forte" 

"tell me is not true, please" Steve manages to say and I look up at him, brown brows knit together in a soft frown

"it's true... I had some kind of accident at that airport and I entered the Quantum Realm... weeks later my first powers emerged..." I explain

"how's your dad handling it?" Steve stretches his shoulders trying to sound as neutral as possible

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