She had to take the shot. If she didn't everyone would die. Oh but he was in the way and she couldn't risk loosing the only one she had left.
"Take the shot Maximoff! Do it now!" Came the voice of Captain Rodgers over the inter-com.
She was torn. She swore she'd never hurt anyone, hurt him, but her team was counting on her. Why couldn't he do it?
Oh yeah that's right. Everyone except her had been near when the HYDRA soldiers used their new invention to temporarily drain their powers. They had already started to gain some of their powers back. That how he was able to fly again.
She promised herself that she wouldn't do it ever again but she just had to. She had to know. She closed the distance between them with her mind and he knew she was doing it.
"Wanda, it'll be fine. I'll be ok." He sounded so sure. His voice was so calm. It didn't help much but she had also noticed that he would be in greater danger is she didn't.
So she did it. She used her magic and shot the red magic at the two. Praying it found its mark and he would be ok.
Her heart was in her throat the second she saw both go down. She didn't need anymore than that for her to take off running almost as fast as her brother could.
When she reached the clearing in the tees she had seen them fall to, the sight before Wanda broke her already damaged heart into a billion tiny pieces.
Both laid motionless on the snow covered ground. She could care less about the HYDRA agent, in seconds she was by her lover's side. The last person who truly cared about her.
She fell to her knees and felt the wetness starting to build up in her eyes. It was all her fault. She had killed him.
The snow was cold against her legs but she didn't care. All she wanted to do was to die. Everyone she loved and cared for had died...because of her.
She heard footsteps. It was the others. Or maybe it was more HYDRA agents. If it was maybe they'd kill her and she could be with everyone again.
Wanda felt a strong hand on her shoulder and didn't need anything else to tell her it was Steve.
She jumped to her feet and started backing away. "Stay away from me." It came out in a whisper.
When the others only made a move to come closer she spoke louder. "Stay away! I don't want to hurt anyone else..." Wanda took another look at the lifeless android body on the ground beneath her.
She couldn't hurt anyone else. They were better off if she had never agreed to aid them so many months ago. She would never have met The Vision. Her brother wouldn't have died. She wouldn't ever have agreed to become an avenger. And the love of her life never would have died at her hand.
She took one last look at the team before she turned and ran as far as she could from the scene. From the remains of the battle.