Everybody's eyes went wide when John said the name. It was as if they were struck by lightning.
"How.. How.. How do you know that name?" Luke asked, trembling.
"So she did pass by. Good, bring her here. We need to talk." John ordered.
"Why should we bring a young child here? So that you can torture her?" Barabara asked.
"Do I look like a paedophile to you? Stop with your disbelieving nature. I told you, if I wanted to hurt you, you would have been dead a thousand times. Bring her. I am sure you all have questions about her too. Yes?" John asked.
"How do you know all this?" Moon Knight asked as they were confused with this small girl who showed up at their doorstep yesterday night. The things which she said felt pretty confusing to them.
"I know a lot. You past, your present and even your future to some extent." John smiled and said.
"Bring her. Since he says that he can answer our questions about her, let her face it." Cloak said. A member of the Resistance went out and brought her after a minute or so.
The girl looked like 11-12 years old. Was blonde and she tied her hair from behind. She had a doll in her hand. She was shy so she put her head down. John got up from his seat and bent down to touch her head.
"Hello Layla." John said.
"uhhh.. hiii..." Layla replied in a meek manner.
"I am John Jameson. It's nice to meet you. Do you want a candy?" John introduced himself. He wanted to make the kid as comfortable as possible. So he brought out candies.
"Nice to meet you too." Layla now had a smile as she took the candies from his hands. She put them one in her mouth and her smile became bigger. She really loved the candy that John just gave.
"So Layla, what did you tell these grown ups?" John asked finally.
"I said that this world is a fake one. It's not true. This world shouldn't be like that. But none of them believed me." Layla said with almost tears in her eyes. John looked at her with sadness. She was a mutant but was an orphan.
She was the fail-safe of Scarlet Witch if anything went wrong. It was because of this that she knew everything from the original world. And she knew that this world wasn't supposed to be like this.
"It's okay Layla I believe you." John said.
"Really?" Layla said with almost a twinkle on her eyes.
"Yes. I believe you even if others don't. Now we both know that this world isn't what it is supposed to be." John said. The other members who were listening to the conversation were confused now.
The girl told them that this world wasn't real and was not what it was supposed to be. But they didn't believe her. But since she showed up on the doorstep they couldn't turn away for security reasons, so they let her stay in a separate room.
"Are you crazy or something? What do you mean by this world isn't what it is supposed to be." Clint said as now all were curious about this. John didn't reply to her but instead said
"Cloak, you should roam around the city. I am sure Logan will be causing havoc all around. Bring him. And yes, take out the chip from his body. You don't want sentinels to come after you." John said.
"Are we listening to his orders now?" Clint said.
"Clint, don't get on my nerves. This is the last warning." John said with a stern tone to him. Clint hearing this clenched his bow tighter but didn't rebuke John.
"Why should Cloak go and bring him here? He is a very high level agent of SHIELD." Luke asked instead. He wasn't sure why John spoke of Wolverine but he was curious.
"Because he is on your side! Go Cloak. The way you 'rescued' me, you can do the same for him. Just make sure of the microchip. You will understand why I said so after you go out. Be careful though." John said.
"What Wolverine is on our side? What a joke. A mutant will never side with us." Barbara said.
"They don't. But as Layla said, this world isn't supposed to be like this. Layla knows. And Logan knows too. Go bring him. He can't fight the SHIELD alone." John said. Cloak then nodded and vanished from his place.
"This is dangerous. We are playing with fire." Barbara mumbled.
"You were already playing with fire the moment Cloak decided to bring me here." John replied.
"And to be honest your team isn't much of a Resistance. So few members and you will just die out there. Why not try something else. Layla, do you want to eat something? I am sure you are hungry."
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