Hank and I are silent. Etana just sighs and turns to us.
"Oh, should I mention, I wasn't the one who gave him ideas of mutant supremacy? I thought he was a normal boy. I didn't even know he had survived until he attacked last Christmas."
"Magneto is…Max?"
"Yes. Do you have a problem with that?"
I shudder, remembering the quiet, introspective boy with silver hair and then trying to compare him to the powerful mutant I've fought. And then I realise where I've seen his helmet before.
"He has your helmet, doesn't he?"
She nods and looks slightly annoyed.
"Yep. Adamantine, unbreakable and I lost it in Haven. I gave it to him to keep him safe and he still hasn't given it back."
"Adamantium wasn't synthesised until recently!"
"Adamantine, not adamantium, Pym. Don't you know Herc? It was a present from Athena when I was about two-hundred-and-fifty. I still wear the complete set for battle scenarios."
She finishes binding her leg then gets up.
"I think I need to go. Just got a little call to arms."
"You're injured! You can't fight!"
She just stares at us.
"I've led charges in battles after marching for three days without food and an infected wound in my left arm, or for more of a point, my sword arm. I am more than capable of fighting today."
She then disappears in a black cloud and Hank just stares at me before mouthing 'Magneto?'
"What do I know? She never talks about what happened. I think it still hurts her."
Hank just stares at me.
"I don't know what you see in her Steve. She's dangerous, lethal and I think she has a great deal on her blood on her hands."
"So do I Hank. I was a soldier. I did kill people for a living."
"But I doubt you've killed as many as she has."
"Hank, I don't doubt 'Tana has killed a lot of people but I do know one thing."
"What?"
"She does not kill people who don't deserve it. You know the sword she carries? It's…well, not exactly magic but something close. You can't hurt innocent people with it."
Hank sighs.
"Steve, you're blinded by her."
"Listen Hank. You weren't there. You didn't see what she poured out to those people. She gave everything and expected nothing in return. I saw in her eyes she would die for any one of them. She's one of the first heroes Hank."
"The first hero? Steve, she's a vigilante! Not a hero!"
"That was what she had to be!"
