Black American Comics: Start with a Snap

Chapter 101: Fierce Battle in the Conference Room (Updated)

"General Rhodes?"

Hearing this name, everyone present looked at each other. The only person who could make Natasha call him like that was probably James Rhodes, who was also a member of the Avengers.

"Yes." Natasha did not hide it, she said calmly. "I have some personal matters to deal with and need to see him. You guys will be in charge of the work here."

"But this is an order from Congress. As a member of the Avengers, you must be present." said the man next to him.

"I have only just resumed my identity as an Avenger. You have done a great job. I believe that you will be able to come to a conclusion with or without me present."

Having said that, Natasha took a step forward and prepared to walk towards the door of the conference room.

But at this moment, Ms. Kalina couldn't help but stand up.

"Natasha, this meeting is extremely important. It's a mess outside now. We don't have time to deal with the affairs of Hell's Kitchen."

Ms. Kalina was about to say something when suddenly, Natasha paused and stopped where she was.

At the same time, Ms. Kalina herself reacted and suddenly stopped talking.

The atmosphere froze for a moment, as if a cold current was blowing, and everyone in the entire conference room froze in place.

Natasha narrowed her eyes slightly, turned her head and looked directly at Kalina, her red lips moving.

"Just now, I don't think I ever mentioned the place name Hell's Kitchen?"

Kalina also realized that she had said something wrong, but she reacted quickly. "I just thought of the news I saw just now. Someone down there said there was a riot in Hell's Kitchen and General Rhodes was handling it."

"riot?"

Natasha's eyes turned cold. For no reason, she felt that Kalina in front of her was a little strange.

"Why did Rhodes capture Kaia? And why did Kaia appear in Hell's Kitchen? I looked up his information after I came back from space. If I remember correctly, Kaia should be in your charge, right?"

"I am indeed Kaia's supervisor. His actions in Hell's Kitchen were instructed by me. This is the operation mission assigned by me personally. It seems that I don't need to inform you in advance, right?" Ms. Kalina replied indifferently.

"Don't take me for a fool." Natasha's expression was extremely serious.

During this period of time, although she didn't know what exactly happened, Natasha always felt a little uneasy.

Although she was surrounded by colleagues who saw her every day, she always felt that something was wrong, as if she had an indescribable awkwardness.

Since the Shining Crisis, Natasha originally wanted to leave the New Avengers Base and personally solve the problems in various states, but every time she had this idea, there would always be various meetings that kept her inside the base.

Not only that, her long career as an agent has made her extremely vigilant. She always feels that someone is secretly spying on her, but she has not been able to find any evidence.

And now, when she saw Kaia being surrounded by the police on the viaduct in Hell's Kitchen, and even War Machine Rhodes was dispatched, but as a member of the Avengers she knew nothing, she finally couldn't bear it anymore.

Being in the most powerful intelligence and information agency in the world, she actually learned about this matter through the news media. If this were to be spread, it would definitely make agents from other countries laugh their heads off.

Natasha glared at Kalina coldly, then turned around and walked out the door without saying a word.

But at this moment, a man in a suit suddenly stood up and stood directly in front of Natasha.

Natasha stopped and frowned slightly.

"What do you mean?"

Hearing this, Kalina sighed deeply.

She stood up and looked at Natasha with some regret, but the look only flashed for a moment and was soon replaced by murderous intent.

"Originally we just wanted you to leave in a more dignified manner, but now that you've discovered it and things have come to this, we don't need to continue."

Although the voice was still the same as Kalina in her memory, Natasha felt a sense of strangeness in the tone and demeanor.

Looking at Kalina's vague mockery and smile, the memory of the invasion by Hydra resurfaced in Natasha's mind.

"Kalina, do you know what you are doing?" Without understanding what was going on, Natasha could only speak tentatively, and at the same time she was prepared to deal with any emergency.

"hehe."

Seeing this, Kalina just smiled.

She shook her head slightly, as if looking at a hare that had fallen into a trap without realizing it.

"You don't think you'll be able to walk out of this door today?"

Ms. Kalina's words seemed to be a signal. At the same time, all the senior executives of SHIELD in the conference room stood up at the same time.

In the instant she stood up, the bodies of all the people present, regardless of gender or age, changed. In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen Ms. Kalinas appeared and surrounded Natasha. Seeing that even the man who had just stood up to block her path had turned into Ms. Kalina, even the battle-hardened Natasha couldn't help but show a hint of surprise.

Doppelgänger?

Illusion?

Dream?

Several guesses flashed through her mind quickly. Natasha tried her best to hide the uneasiness in her heart at this moment, but her slightly quickened breathing had already exposed the change in her emotions.

In this universe, Natasha, who had never even fought against the Red Skull, had no idea that there were Skrulls on Earth. This inexplicable scene made her freeze in place.

But this was not the time to think about these things. Natasha tensed her muscles and reflexively assumed a fighting stance. She subconsciously wanted to draw her gun, but found that all her weapons had been taken away before the meeting.

"Don't worry, I'll send the rest of the Avengers down to accompany you soon."

Opposite Natasha, Ms. Kalina sneered, raised her hand, picked up an exquisite pistol, and aimed at Natasha's chest.

"it's over"

As soon as she finished speaking, Ms. Kalina put her finger on the trigger.

Just as she was about to exert force with her fingertips, a loud sound of metal tearing suddenly exploded above everyone's heads!

Ms. Kalina looked up subconsciously, only to see a rectangular object flashing with cold light coming straight towards her.

There was no chance to dodge, and even Ms. Kalina didn't know what was happening. The next moment, she was hit head-on. She groaned in pain, her hand loosened, and the pistol fell directly to the ground.

Everyone present was stunned by this sudden change, but Natasha was the first to react.

She kicked Kalina behind her and at the same time rolled over with her back supporting the long conference table, quickly approaching the position of Kalina's pistol.

She pounced forward suddenly, and her agile movements and flexible body allowed Natasha to take aim the moment she got the pistol.

Without any hesitation, Natasha instinctively raised her gun and shot.

With a crisp sound of "bang", Ms. Kalina, who was sitting opposite the table, fell down on the chair, and then fell on her back due to inertia.

It was not until this time that the other Ms. Kalina reacted and took out the pistols from their waists and began to fight back towards Natasha's position.

There was a crackling sound, and everything on the table and the wall behind it were instantly riddled with countless bullet holes.

Natasha, who was well prepared, hid under the table, close to the cover, while quickly thinking about her next move in her mind.

Although he didn't know what was going on with all these Ms. Karinas in front of him, but considering the number of people in the room, the bullets in his pistol were definitely not enough.

Moreover, their firepower is much stronger than mine, so there is no chance for me to stand out.

If he wants to escape, he may need the guy who just saved him to take action again.

The fact was just as Natasha expected. The Rocket, which was at the ceiling position, did not disappoint her at all.

After Natasha attracted everyone's attention again, Rocket Raccoon jumped directly from the vent and rushed straight towards the face of the nearest person, Ms. Kalina.

"Ugh!!"

Ms. Kalina, who was shooting at Natasha, was completely unprepared to fight back. She felt her vision go black, and then a sharp pain came over her face.

Rocket's sudden arrival disrupted the Skrulls' plan. Ms. Kalina, who was standing opposite, turned her gun and aimed at Rocket's back.

However, just before he fired, Rocket seemed to have eyes on his back and jumped up in advance, and the bullet hit Ms. Kalina, who was being held by Rocket and had a bloody face, directly on the forehead.

After shaking her body slightly, Ms. Kalina, who was shot in the head, fell to the ground helplessly, and turned back into her green appearance like the previous man.

The entire Skrull community was in chaos!

Rocket jumped nimbly on the faces of Lady Kalina one after another, constantly attracting these Skrulls to shoot at each other.

It's not that no Skrulls noticed this, but in this extremely chaotic situation, they were unable to make any effective response, and the continuous gunfire covered up all other sounds.

In the blink of an eye, the entire conference room was filled with a series of explosions, as if a drop of water had flowed into hot oil.

Hearing the gunshots gradually becoming more chaotic, Natasha immediately took action. She suddenly jumped out from the side of the table, raised her hand and fired a shot in front of her.

Natasha loaded the gun skillfully and without any aiming, she had already pointed the muzzle at the head of Ms. Kalina who was still standing.

(End of this chapter)