Disclaimer: I do not own the X-men or any other Marvel characters. The only thing that is mine is the plot.
A/N: I would like to start off by saying that this story is in response to a review I received from shejams, asking if I had any intention of ever writing a Sconda (Scott/Wanda) for the Evo-verse. Truthfully, I didn't; I had an idea for one that would take place in the Ultimate X-Men universe. I know I'm going back 10 years with that, but I actually have an Age of Apocalypse story that I would love to finish one day; so, 10 years doesn't seem so bad now, does it?
Anyways, this story just jumped into my head one night, while I was suffering from a little bit of writers block on the epilogue to 'I Want To Move On' that I'm working on, and a couple of hours later, this was born.
It takes place sometime after Wanda joins the Brotherhood in episode 28 'The HeX Factor', but before Mystique kidnaps Scott in episode 35 'Blind Alley'; so no Scott/Jean, or Scott/Taryn.
Seeing Scarlet
Scott runs after his car, shouting, "Kitty! I was only kidding about your driving! Get back here! You're not allowed to be driving without a licensed supervisor!"
He stops running, and watches as Kitty turns the corner, leaving him stranded at the park clear across town from the Institute. "I'm never going to see my car in one piece again." He says, out loud.
He searches his pockets for his phone, and then realizes that he left it charging in the car. "Ah, fuck."
He hears someone giggling from somewhere behind him, so he turns around to find the source. He eventually makes out someone standing by the trees, twenty feet away. "Wanda?" He asks.
"I think that's the first time I've ever heard you swear, X-Man." She says.
Scott immediately starts looking around for the other members of the Brotherhood, while preparing for an ambush.
"The Brotherhood isn't here; I'm alone." She says.
"Why should I believe you?" Scott asks.
"What reason would I have to lie?" She asks, starting to get annoyed.
"Ah, because you're one of them." He replies. "And you've done nothing but attack us since you showed up."
"No; I've done nothing but beat you X-Dweebs." She replies with a smile.
"Do you feel good, being one if the delinquents?" Scott asks, stepping closer to her.
"Do you feel good, having that stick up your ass?"
"Do you think it's alright for you guys to go around, doing whatever you want, and breaking the law?" Scott asks, stopping three feet away from her.
"Do you think it's alright for you X-Dweebs to go around, enforcing the law?" She counters.
"Do you answer every question with a question?"
"Do you?"
"Argh! This is getting me nowhere!" Scott shouts, throwing his hands in the air, and pacing.
Wanda watches him pace in front of her, mumbling under his breath. By his sixth pass, she can't hold it in any longer, and starts laughing.
"What's so funny?" Scott asks.
"You are. I've never seen you like this; out of your element." She replies.
"What do you know about my element?" Scott demands, stopping right in front of her.
"Oh please. It's obvious that you're so used to your perfect little world, where everything is in its place, and everyone follows the rules. Take that away from you, and you freak out."
"Shows what you know; my world is far from perfect." Scott says, beginning to pace again.
"Oh, is someone bitter that mommy and daddy sent them to live with the other freaks in a nice big mansion?"
Before she knows what happened, Scott spins around and covers the distance between them in two quick steps. He slams her back into the tree behind her, and pins her there with his forearm across her neck and shoulders. "Don't ever talk about my parents; you hear me?" He says in a menacing voice.
"What's wrong? They buy you the wrong color convertible?" She asks, with a smile at having gotten under his skin.
Before he even realizes what he's doing, Scott releases her, but immediately backhands her across the face; hard enough to stagger her.
She falls to her knees, her left hand covering her face where he slapped her. "What the hell is your problem, X-Man?" She shouts.
"I told you not to talk about my parents." Scott snarls back.
"Why not? I can talk about whatever the fuck I want to talk about." She says, standing back up. "What gives you the right to hit me?"
"Just don't, okay…don't." Scott says, his voice getting quieter with each word.
"Why not?"
"Because they died when I was ten!" Scott yells at her. "So unless you want to see me lose control again, you'll drop it."
"Maybe instead of repressing all that anger, you should let it out." She says.
"What; do you want me to hit you again?"
"I'd like to see you try." She says planting her hands on her hips. "You're too uptight and controlling; you need to let go, and give up control once and a while."
"Are you trying to recruit me to the Brotherhood? Because it's not going to work."
"Fuck the Brotherhood. I'm only with them so I can get to my father."
"Why do you hate your father?" Scott asks.
"None of your damn business, X-Man!"
"So what, it's okay for you to talk about my parents, but I can't ask about yours?"
"Hey, I stopped." She says.
'Yeah, only after I hit you." Scott says.
*SLAP*
Scott's head is spun around, as Wanda slaps his across the face.
"There! Drop it now!" She yells.
"What is your problem, you sick bitch?" Scott asks, looking back at her.
She swings again, but, this time, Scott catches her right hand with his left. At the same time, he grabs her by the throat, and pushes her back into the tree again; stepping up close to her.
She reaches up with her left hand, and grabs his wrist; trying to remove his hand from her throat. "What are you going to do now, X-Man? You don't have the balls to…"
Scott captures her lips with his own, cutting off her comment.
When he pulls back, he releases her.
She slaps him again, but when he turns back to face her this time, she places her hands on either side of his face, and pulls him into another kiss.
He pins her body against the tree with his own, pressing against her, while she runs her hands through his hair.
He's not sure how long they make out for, but the screech of car tires stops them.
Scott looks up, and around the tree they're up against, just in time to see Kitty bring his car to a screeching halt. She honks the horn, and yells out, "Scott! Where are you? I'm sorry I drove off like that!"
Wanda gives him a shove, and he looks back at her. "What?" She asks. "Head on back to your perfect little life."
"What if I'd rather stay here?" He asks.
"You can't." She says, crossing her arms. "Pretty-in-pink will eventually come find you, and that's way too much pep for me to handle." She sees the question on his face, and can't help but smile. "I come here every evening, to get away from is all." She says. "If you happened to show up sometime, that wouldn't be horrible."
Scott smiles back, and says, "I was just thinking of passing by here again tomorrow."
"I'll be waiting, Scott." She says, walking further into the cover of the trees.
"That's the first time I've ever heard you say my real name." Scott says.
She looks back over her shoulder, with a smile, and says, "Don't get used to it, X-Man."
Scott steps out into the open, and starts walking over to his car, and Kitty.
"There you are!" Kitty shouts, jumping out of the car, and running up to him. "Scott, I'm, like, totally sorry. I spazzed out, and I shouldn't have taken you car and left you here."
Scott glances back at the trees, and says, "It's okay Kitty; it gave me time to think."
She looks at him, waiting for him to elaborate; but instead, Scott puts his arm around her shoulder, and leads her back to his car, with a huge grin on his face.
THE END
A/N: That's it for this story, hope you enjoyed it. Feel free to review.