Calling in a Favor

Quicksilver and Lorna Dane settling down in New York did not mean everything was over. The girl still had to transfer to a New York high school. Skye naturally hoped she could have one more friend at Standard High School, and this matter... was far simpler than expected. Lorna Dane's grades and teacher evaluations at her Atlanta high school had both been quite good.

She already met the basic qualifications for transferring into Standard High School. As long as she passed the test and final interview review, there would be no problem. Thinking about it, that made sense. Although the TV version of Polaris had thrown herself into the Mutant resistance early on, the comic version of Polaris had been an outstanding student who earned a doctorate in geophysics.

Skye's foundation was not weak either. The comic version of Quake had been one of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s ace agents, and both Nick Fury and Captain Marvel trusted her greatly.

Could someone who became an ace agent be an idiot? Of course not. Even the early TV version of Skye had carried the halo of a top-tier hacker.

It was just that here, she had barely cleared Standard High School's admission threshold, and her school grades were poor. Had she been raised into uselessness?

It was still Summer Vacation, so there was no rush to drag the two girls into studying. Henry still had something important to do: infiltrate Dr. Otto Octavius's Artificial Sun Project.

According to continued media coverage, the time for the initial ignition test was already drawing near.

Repeated delays over Lorna Dane's matter had left Henry with little time to maneuver, so he planned to use up a favor and take a shortcut to solve this problem.

After all, if a favor was owed for too long, it could