C (58) Is Natasha Skrull?

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A few hours later she was collected from her room by Fury who walked her towards the conference room.

When they entered the room, she saw Carol Danvers standing there is ordinary clothes, her blonde hair loose around her shoulders but her eyes were hard and steely as she considered the woman in front of her.

"Hi." Natasha stood in front of the other, watching as she was assessed by the steely gaze.

"I've never seen you before," Carol stated.

Natasha shrugged. She knew Fury would have filled her in on what she'd said. "I've met you."

"In this future, you come from?"

Natasha nodded. "I did. We were friends. You told me a lot about yourself as you grew to trust me over the years. I think we could do the same."

Carol frowned. "You know about Fury's eye. He vowed me to secrecy. And I know my best friend has had no contact with you either." She strode forward until she was directly in front of Natasha.

"So how do you know?"

"As I said," repeated Natasha, "I got to know you. Fury was lost. You were an ally of ours."

"It's hard to tell if you are telling the truth." Carol mused.

Fury walked around Natasha, hands in his pockets, relaxed. "I want to believe her. She wanted me to summon you. Would you have told her?"

Carol glanced at Fury. "It's not a question one can answer. She's a dilemma. I could have become close to her… especially if we shared experiences with you."

"'She' is right here!" Natasha frowned. "Tony and I have been trying to avoid telling people what happened to us. But we need to get out there." She pointed upwards.

"And Earth doesn't have the technology to do it yet. Tony could probably create something but…"

"That would be too suspicious," assumed Carol wisely.

"Assuming you really are from the future, how can we know for sure you have Earth's best interests at heart? How do we know you simply do not want to destroy the Earth?"

"I'm not a villain. I want to save it." Natasha gritted her teeth.

She'd always known convincing Fury would be hard but she hadn't expected it to be this challenging. It was reassuring that Fury wanted to believe her.

"Look, if you're not going to believe me, just shoot me and get it over with. At least then you'll be satisfied it really was me."

"I'd have taken her blood," noted Fury, "but Skrulls are capable of changing DNA and would be able to mimic the samples." He stopped and turned to face Natasha.

"The problem we have is how to rule out one hundred percent that you are not a Skrull without shooting you dead? I'd rather not kill one of my best agents. I called you in, Danvers, to see if you could help us with this."

"Most Skrulls I know are not hostile," replied Carol easily. "There are some fractions of the species that continue to remain hostile…"

Natasha was beginning to get fed up with this constant back and forth. "Can someone tell me what a Skrull really is?"

"Shapeshifters. They can take the form of anyone and mimic them in DNA. They also have the ability to maintain recent memories," explained Carol.

"How far back in memories?" enquired Fury.

"Not too far. A few days, potentially weeks at most."

Natasha folded her arms across her chest. "Happy now? Would I know how I became an agent of SHIELD if Skrulls only have recent memories?"

"No," confirmed Fury. "That was years ago. But you could have obtained that information from Stark. That's why I'm suspicious still because you were never close to Stark before and now you are. You've been working with him since May. You would have plenty of months of memories to be able to draw upon. We could bring Stark in, question him, and see if he is the real Stark too. But if he wasn't real he wouldn't have the knowledge to tell you about Agent Romanoff which makes his identity assured."

"He wasn't too pleased about leaving me here whilst you sought to confirm who I am," stated Natasha.

"There is an easier way to clear this up," interrupted Carol. She reached into her jean's pocket and pulled out a small device, almost a wristwatch.

"This is a scanner. It has the ability to determine if you are a Skrull or not. It can detect the chemical changes required for you to mimic others. It was developed a few years back. One simple scan is enough."

"And you couldn't have bought this up before?" argued Natasha. "It would have saved us this whole conversation if you'd shown it in the first place!"

Carol shrugged. "Fury's decision, not mine." She opened up the scanner and a hologram flashed up above the screen.

Pointing it at Natasha, she moved it up and down from head to toe and then from side to side. It beeped and then the hologram above the device turned green.

Carol turned to Fury. "She's human. Fully human."

"Finally." Natasha rolled her eyes, glad the whole thing was over.

Fury leaned back against the wall. "I suppose we do have a time-traveller on our hands then."

"Two of us. Tony and I. No one else knows."

"Apart from Pepper Potts," mused Fury.

"How did you guess?" Natasha had hoped to keep Pepper's identity as the other person who had known the secret.

"Stark only trusts three people," stated Fury carefully.

"Potts would be at number one and if he is going to tell anyone he is from the future, it would be her. It hadn't escaped my notice they had been taking a break and now they are back together." He leaned forward. "Stark may think he can spy on our activities but we also spy on him."

"Oh, he knows," replied Natasha. She turned her gaze to Carol. "We need your help which is why I asked for Fury to send for you."

Carol pressed her lips together. "What for?"

Natasha bit her lower lip. "A mission. One that can help Tony and I stop the inevitable from happening. We need to stop Thanos from achieving his goal. And only you can help us do so."

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