While GAZ decrypted the sentry head, Aaron and Jimmy explained the multiverse as much as they could, and told them about the situation at hand.
Once they finished, Yelena and Aaron had a much-needed talk.
Yelena explained that she was blinded by grief-induced rage when she received false information from Valentina Allegra de Fontaine that Aaron killed Pietro and Clint killed Natasha, and that she believed it.
Yelena: I made a mistake, and Bobbi and Barton nearly paid the price for it.
Aaron: But they didn't. You didn't go through with it.
Yelena: It doesn't matter...When I hurt your mother, I did it against my will, so you forgave me for that. But this...I was fully conscious when I tried it. You have every right to hate me.
Yelena looked down in shame.
Aaron: Grief can mess with your head...make it easier to exploit. de Fontaine knew what you were going through, and she exploited it. You're not at fault for it. I'm glad you saw it sooner than later.
Yelena looked up at Aaron holding back tears. She was fully expecting Aaron to at least yell at her, she didn't expect him to forgive her at all. But she was grateful that he did.
Yelena: Thank you.
Aaron: Don't mention it.
Aaron got up and was about to walk away, but Yelena spoke.
Yelena: Bobbi told me that you had Pietro buried in Sokovia.
Aaron: I did. It was the least I could've done for him after...(sighs) I owe him a lot.
Yelena got up and, unexpectedly, hugged Aaron. He didn't see that coming, but hugged back nonetheless.
Yelena: (tearfully) Thank you...
Aaron: Don't worry about it.
Suddenly...
GAZ: Decryption complete.
Aaron and Yelena separated while Jimmy approached the head.
Jimmy: Okay, show me.
Several holograms appeared around the living room, surprising Scott and Shang-Chi.
Shang-Chi: Whoa!
Scott: Still awesome.
Jimmy looked at the holograms and saw several schematics and blueprints, all signed by the same name.
Jimmy: Tony Stark?
Hope: Stark? That's not possible, he's dead.
Charlotte: He is in this universe.
She looked at the lines of code from the sentry head, and so did Aaron.
Charlotte: Ultron, maybe?
Aaron: No. This isn't Ultron. (points at a line of code) Look at this. They're not programmed to keep the peace, they're programmed to follow someone's orders, most likely Stark.
Jennifer: (gestures to Aaron and Jimmy) I'll just leave the science talk to you guys.
Jimmy: I got something on this Stark. According to this, there was an event known as the Axis Event. When several villains, including Red Skull, harnessed the powers on a being called Onslaught and a Professor Charles Xavier. In order to counter, Doctor Strange and Wanda Maximoff cast an inversion spell that flipped the morality of everyone who fought the villains. That spell was reversed, thankfully. And almost all the heroes came back to normal, except one.
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