Leo immediately returned home.
Riding Red Whale, he suddenly appeared in the living room beside the dining table. Red Whale's slightly massive body accidentally knocked over a chair nearby.
The sudden change startled Jenny and George despite their advance preparation.
Only after seeing Leo's face did they calm down. "Leo, you're back. Are you all right?"
Leo looked at Red Whale beneath him and gave a wry smile. He had forgotten to send Red Whale to the warehouse and had teleported straight back to the living room, allowing Jenny and George to see Red Whale as well.
"I'm fine. I just went to deal with a minor problem."
Leo leaped down from Red Whale's back. Red Whale looked somewhat dazedly at the two people approaching, then turned back to glance at Leo.
Weren't you going to keep me from appearing in front of them? Why did you teleport me straight back here?
George looked at the tiny Red Whale floating beside Leo, and his eyes immediately filled with surprise and delight.
"What is this? A flying whale?"
Jenny also stared at Red Whale as she asked.
Leo lightly covered his face and shook his head. All right, looks like we'll be talking about Red Whale for a long time again.
Pierce had not gone to sleep.
Sitting in his home office, he watched the incomplete file sent by Dr. Zola on the screen before him as it underwent analysis.
He had already learned that the search strike team he had dispatched had suddenly vanished without a trace, and that there had been no discoveries concerning Rogers and Natasha.
He knew that Rogers and Natasha must have escaped, but something abnormal had clearly happened. Otherwise, the S.H.I.E.L.D. strike team piloting the aircraft would not have disappeared so silently.
The incomplete file