Luke didn't care: "Carol and I haven't seen each other for a while. If you don't mind, let's go to the side and catch up."
The girl frowned.
Carol didn't hesitate, took his hand and smiled at her: "It's okay, I believe him."
The two walked to the other corner of the fast food restaurant and sat down.
A waitress had just finished cleaning up the table next to her and asked casually, "Do you want to order?"
Luke: "I want a cup of coffee, how about you?"
Carol: “Hot chocolate.”
The female clerk nodded, took out a small notebook, wrote it down and walked away.
A moment later, the coffee and hot chocolate arrived and Luke paid for them.
The two sat opposite each other, and Carol couldn't help but ask, "You came to see me?"
Luke: "I was transferred to the NYPD at the end of last year. Today I took my girlfriend out for an outing."
Carol couldn't help but look out the window, where Elena was faintly visible.
She looked away, feeling a little disappointed, but then she realized she was overthinking.
The world is so big and Luke has no special relationship with her, so why should he look for her everywhere
But Luke took the initiative to speak: "I'm sorry, Carol."
She was stunned: "Why?"
Luke scratched his head: "After I came here, I looked up a lot of information, only to find that there is no Xavier School for Gifted People."
Carol was stunned, then burst out laughing: "Just for this?"
Luke: "Although you seem to be fine now, I pointed you in the wrong direction at the time. I'm sorry."
Carol immediately shook her head: "No, if it weren't for you, I would have been caught by those people a long time ago. And the words you reminded me helped me avoid a lot of danger. I still want to thank you."
Luke breathed a sigh of relief: at least he didn't lead the girl into the pit.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but show a happy smile on his face: "So how are you now?"
Carol hesitated, but nodded: "It's okay."
How could such an uncertain expression and tone be hidden from a certain detective
Luke frowned, "You're in trouble, and it's not small."
As he said this, he glanced at the girl over there, who was also secretly paying attention to this side: "She threatened you?"
Carol was startled.
She still vividly remembered how Luke kicked her away in Houston, so she didn't think he was as harmless as he seemed.
Besides, she was also well aware that Luke was a detective.
She definitely doesn't want to mess with anyone in officialdom.
In other words, she would only believe him if Luke had let her go once and helped her escape capture.
She shook her head repeatedly, looked around, and leaned her head closer: "She is my companion, that kind of "companion", you know?"
Luke's expression calmed down.
He has seen many people with super powers, so it doesn't matter if another one appears here.
He just nodded: "I don't ask what happened to her, I just want to know what trouble you have. Tell me, and I will help you solve it."
Carol's eyes widened, and she suddenly felt as if she didn't know the boy in front of her anymore.
Luke looked at her expression and smiled. "I gave you the wrong information last time. I feel uncomfortable if I don't make up for it. So, as long as you are not a hollow member, I will try my best to help you."
Carol's expression darkened and she said nothing.
Luke was suspicious: "You, aren't you really going to join some empty cloth organization?"
If that was the case, he would arrest her and the girl over there and question them without hesitation.
It would be fine if they didn't kill innocent people indiscriminately, but if they target civilians, they cannot be let off.
Carol immediately shook her head: "No, no."
She looked up and saw Luke frowning at her. She panicked and whispered, "We didn't do anything. We just ran away. But those who wanted to catch us said that what happened when we were escaping was an air raid and have been chasing us ever since."
Luke's expression became serious, and he finally activated the primary pheromone control.
He considered Carol a friend, or at least a friend in some sense, because he provided him with abilities out of gratitude.
And since Carol had never done anything bad before she escaped, he didn't use this ability on her.
But now, he needed definite answers.
"Is everything you said true?" he asked softly.
Carol immediately responded reflexively, "Really."
Luke: "The girl over there has never done anything bad?"
Carol hesitated and whispered, "At least after she saved me, I didn't find that she did anything bad. Except..."
"Except what?" Luke asked immediately.
Carol lowered her head. "We saved some of our companions, and she used her abilities to injure some of our captors when we escaped a few times."
Luke: "Murder?"
Carol shook his head repeatedly: "No, there were only injuries, no one was killed."
Luke laughed in his heart: I have a kneebreaker at home, I guarantee that even if all five limbs are broken, the person will not die.
But under the control of primary pheromones, Carol's words are highly credible.
He stopped dwelling on this question and asked, "What's your problem now?"
Carol: "It's those Sentinel Secret Service guys who have been looking for us and want to put us in a special prison."
Luke narrowed his eyes. "Sentinel Special Service? Are they specifically designed to catch people like you?"
Carol nodded, her body trembling a little. She couldn't help but hold her arms with both hands, looking very scared. "Yes. And I heard that when they catch people like us, they will use them for experiments, which is worse than death."
Luke was not surprised to hear the news.
Although Phil Coulson didn't say it explicitly when he chatted with him that time, it was obvious that this country's attitude towards people with super powers was not very friendly.
Not only are there special detection equipment to be on guard at all times, but once a person with super powers is discovered, S.H.I.E.L.D. will be dispatched, and Flagg's Joint Advanced Research Group will also come to arrest people. It is not surprising to have an additional Sentinel Special Service.
After a moment's silence, he asked, "So you are hiding now?"
Carol nodded.
Luke: "Have you ever tried hiding abroad? For example, in Mexico, Canada, Venezuela, etc."
Carol shook her head repeatedly. "No. I heard those places are more dangerous. In American cities, those people are afraid of their actions being exposed. In those places in Mexico, no one would know if they died."
Luke nodded, thought for a moment and asked, "If I can help you hide, would your companion be willing to come with me?"
Carol glanced at the girl over there unconsciously: "I don't know, Lorna has a bit of a stubborn temper."
In fact, she was being conservative.
The girl named Lorna is not just a little stubborn, but quite stubborn.
Carol had no confidence in convincing her to accept Luke's help.
Luke was confident about this, but he needed to make sure she was worth helping.