Hailey Potter: here's to Saving the World again... (harry potter x marvel)

8//information on HYDRA

The Next Day...

Hailey woke up the next day to find breakfast waiting for her. The thought of somebody in her room while she was sleeping made her uncomfortable but she waved the thought away. She had plenty to worry about.

She noticed a thick pile of paper on her desk. It could have been here last night but she hadn't noticed or they could've dropped it off today. Having nothing else to do, she brought the files to her bed and opened them. It was about HYDRA but not the HYDRA she knew of.

She picked up the first article and began reading it.

HYDRA was an authoritarian paramilitary-subversive terrorist organization bent on world domination. It was founded in ancient times, formerly as a cult centered around the fanatical worship of, a powerful Inhuman that was exiled to the planet Maveth by ancient Inhumans. Ever since his banishment, the cult had been determined to bring him back to commence a planetary takeover.

It scared her as to how similar it sounded to Voldemort and his cult of death eaters. She continued reading.

Over the centuries, the cult evolved, taking many forms, with its most recent incarnation coming into existence shortly after the rise of Nazism in Germany under the leadership of Johann Schmidt as the scientific branch of the Nazi. During this time, the cult took on the name HYDRA, which soon became the organization's most colloquial label. During World War II, Schmidt separated HYDRA from Nazi Germany to start his own conquest of the world, and it was during or before this time when HYDRA seemingly abandoned the cult's original beliefs. Converting from occultism to draconian anti-freedom principles, HYDRA became an organization with a hell-bent nature that is dedicated to this newfound political doctrine.

After its defeat at the hands of Captain America in 1945 and the subsequent disappearance of Johann Schmidt, HYDRA continued its operations through secret bases worldwide. Its' association with many terrorist attacks and inhumane experiments has been confirmed.

The inhumane experiment part instantly reminded her of Wanda and Pietro. She had promised Wanda she would go back and hadn't been able to return. She pushed those thoughts aside. The real question was whether she should believe this or not. She decided to continue reading more articles that had been left to her.

Some on Captain America a.k.a. Steve Rogers and some on Ironman a.k.a Tony Stark. There was information on every Avenger and the missions they had fought. If the article was anything to go by, the Avengers were heroes and the HYDRA was the main villain.

They could've easily made this up. Tony was tech-savvy apparently but she didn't feel like they made it up. They were a lot of things but they didn't look like liars.

She pulled out the last article and read the headline in bold.

BOMBING IN JELAN BASAR, SINGAPORE

Hailey felt her hands tremble as she read the headlines. The newspaper had been oh-so kind to include a picture of the culprit, pictures from the bombing wreckage, and victims. She found it hard to breathe as she realized she may have killed people out of sheer stupidity.

But this article could be fake. Right?

RIGHT?

Hailey spent the rest of the day wallowing in guilt. Natasha had brought their lunch and dinner but she hadn't touched any of it. She just sat on her bed thinking about the families of the people she had killed. They had a life before they had died as a result of her own stupidity.

She was pulled back into the real world as her door practically burst open.

"What is it with you!? You just have to keep making it harder! You need to run away and we have to chase you. Now you have decided not to eat a single thing all day. What am I supposed to do? Spoon feed?" Steve started as soon as he entered the room.