Lily sat on the ground as she took a short break after winning the spar. Ava sat nearby without speaking.
As Lily was resting, the Agent that brought her here approached her and spoke.
"There are some questions I would like you to answer truthfully."
Lily already knew what he was going to ask; it was about the energy blast ability she showed. He most likely wanted to know what it was, how long she had it, and things along that line.
She had no reason to refuse, nor was she really in a situation where she could refuse, so she nodded her head.
"First, I would like to know what exactly that blast of energy was."
The Agent asked, and Lily replied by shrugging her shoulders.
"I don't know; I just felt like I would be able to do something like it, so I did."
It was a part lie, part true, as she did know what it was, but she also did know she could do something like it.
The Agent wasn't happy with the answer, but he couldn't really do anything about it. Writing what she said down on his board, he asked another question.
"How long have you been able to do it?"
"I've never done it before just now."
Lily replied as the Agent marked it down.
What Lily was going for was basically that she had awakened a new mutation, or rather a new strand of her mutation, while in the situation she was in.
This was completely normal.
As far as people were aware, the people that researched mutants, that is, mutations tend to appear when the person is put into a stressful or stimulating situation.
That tends to cause the mutation to become more apparent; before that, it is almost undetectable.
Lily was using the excuse of being in a stimulating situation, the fight, to explain why she had another mutant ability.
And while it would be somewhat attention-grabbing that she had three different mutant abilities, it wasn't impossible.
Mutants exist that have multiple abilities; two were uncommon, three were very rare, and in some special cases, mutants even had a lot of different ones.
So while it would be rare to have three mutant abilities, it wasn't rare to the point of her ending up on a HYDRA research table.
Not to mention, one of those abilities was rather weak and showed little to no signs of having a use for them.
Her radiation cells.
Plus, if it comes down to it, she could explain all her mutations to actually be linked together as one and that her powers are just a byproduct of that one mutant ability.
Something like energy manipulation.
"Alright, that's enough for now. I'm sure the doctors would like to run some tests on you again to learn more about this new ability; please be on standby for that."
Lily nodded her head, and the man left to report this matter to those above him while leaving Lily to her own.
Lily didn't try reading the man's mind for the same reason she avoided reading anyone's mind that worked for S.H.I.E.L.D.
She didn't know what they had.
If she tried reading someone's mind and they had a device to detect it, an ability, or anything that could expose her, it would be bad.
Not to mention, around this time, Skrulls were all over S.H.I.E.L.D. and the government. And certain Skrulls had abilities that had to do with the mind.
Not to mention Mutants, Inhumans, and other superpowered beings that might be working for or with S.H.I.E.L.D.
Lily was no fool to think that this was the same organization as it was in the movies, especially so since she saw little to nothing about them in the movies.
"My name is Ava Starr; I realized we never properly got to introduce ourselves. It's nice to meet you."
Lily was brought out of her thoughts as she heard the voice coming from beside her; turning around, she saw the girl had already taken off the suit and was in her normal clothing.
"My name's Lily; it's nice to meet you too."
Lily said as she smiled, extending out her hand.
She purposefully did this, coating her hand in energy so that she could interact with the girl.
'It doesn't hurt to get to know some people around here.'
Lily had no reason to not get close to the girl.
Not only did she pity the girl because of her tragic life in the movies, but she also had no benefit from devouring her because she already had other plans on how to gain a more stable version of her ability.
Not to mention, she couldn't devour her now even if she wanted to because S.H.I.E.L.D. was constantly monitoring Ghost, even more than they did her.
Plus, making connections she could use as a cover was always useful.
And she was pretty good-looking.
'Not that her looks are the reason I'm being nice or anything.'
Lily would never allow her emotions to overpower her rationality. However, in this situation, both simply lined up with not needing to kill the girl. So she could just be nice.
"Oh."
The girl looked down at Lily's outstretched hand, not used to it since her accident. Slowly she extended out her own hand and shook Lily's hand, pleasantly surprised that she was able to do so.
A small smile decorated her lips as she found herself finally able to touch someone properly since her accident.
"Let's get along from now on."
Lily added as she shook the girl's hand.