A/N: So I binge watched all the MCU movies a week ago… realized some significant discrepancies in my story, so did some rewrite, mostly regarding J.A.R.V.I.S., and replacing it with F.R.I.D.A.Y., and also some comments here and there between the Avengers that hint at the rest of the team who are not present in this storyline. And then had the idea of this omake…
Omake: Girl talk
"No, not a chance! Get that away from me!" Edeline protested loudly at Wanda.
"Come on, it's a great color, vibrant red. Goes well with your auto-mail," the Scarlet Witch insisted with a small bottle of nail polish in hand.
"When you said you wanted a girl's night in, I didn't think you meant this!" the alchemist cried out in horror, already looking for exists. "Not to mention no one outside this Tower will ever see it."
But alas, if the brunette put her mind to something she got her way in the end. Just look at exhibit A of the AnimeCon incident. Or countless others the short blonde couldn't even think of at the spur of the moment.
So there was the sixteen-year-old girl, grumbling as she sat in the armchair in Wanda's room, getting the first manicure and nail job of her life done.
"So… you were gone for a couple of days," Ed grudgingly remarked, trying to find something to take her mind off of her suffering.
"Yeah, I went up to the other Avengers facility in upstate New York," she mentioned nonchalantly, but something in her expression made the other girl question further.
"If I remember correctly, there are some other Avengers I never met, right? What are they like?" the blonde inquired, genuinely interested.
"Yeah, well, there is Rhodey, the Warmachine, he has a suit similar to Tony's, but is usually busy with military stuff since he is a Colonel with the US Air Force," Wanda listed, not breaking her concentration from the fine art of nail painting.
"Then there is Sam – aka Falcon – he has a backpack gear that wings come out of and some other cool gadgets. He is stationed at the facility as security most of the time when not on a mission," the brunette continued.
"And… the Vision," she glanced up with a sigh but didn't elaborate, which made Ed wonder. "And of course, Thor, the God of Thunder from the Norse mythology, but he is back in Asgard at the moment."
"Yeah, I read about those, most of it is hard to believe, religious mumbo-jumbo. But let's just back up for a minute. Vision?" Ed smirked. This was more of Al's area of expertise, but if her gut was right just now, Wanda liked this guy.
The Scarlet Witch put the nail polish down and a second of hesitation later spoke again. "How much do you know about what happened with Ultron and Sokovia?"
"Whatever I could find from news clippings on the internet," the alchemist stated, unsure where this was going exactly.
"The Vision is a powerful, synthetic being born from a Vibranium-laced body created by Ultron and Helen Cho, and programmed by Tony Stark and Bruce Banner using J.A.R.V.I.S.-based codes, and activated by the Mind Stone that was hidden inside Loki's Scepter," the brunette explained quickly in one breath.
"Okay, okay, you lost me there. J.A.R.V.I.S.?" she raised a brow questioningly.
"The AI that ran the place before F.R.I.D.A.Y.," Wanda clarified, waving her hand around to emphasize.
Edeline would have wanted to ask about that Mind Stone and Scepter, but decided to focus on her friend and the subject that seemed of relevance to her for now.
"So he is a machine, a robot?" the alchemist mused. She couldn't really imagine it, this was way beyond any technical knowledge she was able to pick up from this world so far.
"Not exactly, but he also isn't fully human. It's a bit hard to explain. He is more than just his programming. He has original thoughts, capable of emotions," the witch rambled on passionately.
"And you like him," Ed dared to point out. It was pretty obvious, even for someone like her.
"What? No! What are you talking about?" Wanda vehemently objected, but her voice was just a tad too high for it to be believable.
"Mmhmm… Right, if you say so," the blonde laughed out with a knowing look on her face.
"Alright!" the Scarlet Witch huffed, putting her hands on her hips. "Let's talk about Winry if you are so insistent on going there!"
"W-what does Winry have to do with this?" Fullmetal couldn't help but repeat herself, a sense of déjà vu hitting her, their talk after the library coming to mind. "We are childhood friends, I love her like family."
"Oh, she will be your family alright," was all that the brunette muttered under her breath as she snatched Ed's left hand back into hers to continue applying that shade of red to her nails that now went so well with the blush on the alchemist's face too.