"I did tell you," he said softly. He'd told them all he'd speak with Hammer after the Scarlet Witch visited. "The day Wanda was here, I told everyone I'd go and talk to him." That it had gone spectacularly poorly, that he'd made promises he had no right to make and decisions that were wrong, that was the problem. "I'm sorry, though, I should have taken you with me." So you could keep me in check he added to himself, because he doubted the meeting would have gone the way it had if Kitty had been there to steer the conversation and work out the terms of any kind of agreement.
Their saving grace was probably laying low, and how careful they were trying to be with their missions. That seemed to be keeping them mostly off the busy Hammer's radar, the heroes based in New York City seemed to be putting up quite a fight. Still, it was only a matter of time before the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. came to inspect the school.