DISCLAIMER: I STILL DON'T OWN MARVEL. THEREFORE NONE OF THIS BELONGS TO ME.
Hey everyone. I'm back! Last chapter was so fun to write so I decided to continue this story. Please R&R.
Wanda was sitting at her desk texting with Shuri, princess of Wakanda, when she heard a bang from the floor above. She rushed to the elevator and had Friday take her up to the next floor. As the elevator doors opened, she saw the room completely emerged in darkness. Allowing her powers to flow through her, the room began to illuminate red.
"What are you doing here?" A voice asked. Wanda jumped and turned around facing Steve Rogers.
"Hi Steve. Sorry I heard a noise up here. Are you ok?" She asked.
"I'm fine Wanda. You can go back to bed," Steve said. Looking over at Steve, Wanda noticed he was wearing civilian clothes. At 3am.
"What are you doing up?" She asked. Steve wasn't really the kind to share. He always kept up the Captain America persona never really letting any details of his personal life get out.
"Reading," He replied picking up a book next to him. It was total bull shit. Steve had no idea how to lie properly. Everything in his body language screamed he was lying, and that was without having to read his mind. "What are you doing up?" He responded. "We have training tomorrow at 7. I would have thought you'd be asleep."
"I was texting with Shuri. Time differences make it hard so I text with her whenever I can,"
"Ok well good night." Wanda turned around and walked into the elevator. When the doors closed, Wanda told friday to keep her on this floor and keep the doors closed. Then closing her eyes, she reached out with her mind.
She'd known something was wrong with Steve but he clearly wasn't going to share willingly. She knew he might not like it if he knew she was snooping around his subconscious, but she was worried about him. He hadn't been himself all week. Huge bags always hung under his eyes and his reflexes were slower than normal. Steve wasn't the most talkative person but he always conversed a little. But this week, unless the avengers were training he was nowhere to be seen.
Reaching out with her mind, Wanda brushed past the random thoughts about training and the team, and… whether or not the plant in the corner was too big? Sighing, she focused harder forcing herself into his deeper thoughts. Some of them were memories of the brooklyn, of the war, or coming out of the ice. Others were dreams of what could've happened if the Valkyrie hadn't crashed. Suddenly, those thoughts abruptly disappeared. Confused, she didn't hear the footsteps and opening of the elevator doors behind her.
"Wanda, what are you doing?" He asked leaning back against the elevator doors.
"Ummm…" She didn't really have a good answer for that so she thought quickly trying to think of something that made sense.
"Well your birthday is coming up and I was trying to read your mind to find out what your favorite cake flavor is. Damn I'm busted huh?" She lied quickly. Luckily Steve seemed to buy it.
"It's chocolate raspberry." Steve said with a fake smile.
"Ok thanks," Wanda responded quickly. "Goodnight."
"Goodnight Wanda," Steve responded. She quickly rode down to her own floor and got ready for bed. She was already in her pajamas so she just quickly brushed her hair out and crawled into bed. She wondered what was going on with Steve as she drifted to sleep.
Ultron laughed climbing into a quinjet and flying away. Wanda and Pietro stood by a group of children they'd rescued from a market as he came back around in the aircraft shooting everyone in sight. Wanda quickly used her magic to shield everyone from the onslaught of metallic projectiles. The bullets bounced off one by one as she closed her eyes in concentration. When the rain of metal hail finally stopped she opened her eyes and noted that all the children were unharmed. Turning to check on Pietro, she watched in horror as her brother's lifeless form crashed to the ground red splotches covering his whole body. Blood trickled out of his mouth as she telepathically tried to reach him wanting to see what she could do to stop her brother from dying. "You didn't save me," Pietro said in his mind. Then the connection broke as his heart stopped beating. Wanda screamed in agony her power going unchecked and soon enough everyone who was on the floating city was incinerated in a red ash leaving her as the sole survivor. And it was all her fault.
Wanda shot up in bed gasping for air. A fresh stream of tears flowed down her face. She wiped them away and went to the bathroom to splash cold water on herself. Every once in a while, she would get a variation of that dream. Pietro dying in front of her as she watched. Looking over at the clock, Wanda saw it was only 4am she'd only been asleep for an hour. Sighing she walked out onto her balcony. Looking out at the view she used her powers to just mess around a little. Red tendrils of magic swirled around the trees as they bent and twisted into odd shapes before reverting back to their original state. She let her mind wander until suddenly she was aware of someone's presence. She looked down to see Steve walking away from the building a messenger bag over his shoulder. "What is he doing?" Wanda thought to herself. She stifled a yawn before climbing back into bed. She was way too tired for this. Closing her eyes she let herself drift again praying that this time her sleep would be dreamless.
Authors Note: So who should I do next? I was thinking of maybe Clint or Sam. But I can't decide. Anyways, I will try to update soon! Until next time.
