Here comes the next chapter :) It explains a bit about Ilea and Jamie(but of course not everything). Thank you again for the nice reviews!
Ilea didn't know for how long she was just sitting there. At least half an hour.
She had a plan. To get back into the building, find Jamie and then get away from here, or at least hide somewhere until she figured out if they brought them here to help them. Well, to be honest it wasn't much of a plan but it was better than just sitting there, waiting for something to happen.
There were a lot of people in dark uniforms walking around the campus, presumably searching for her, but they didn't find her yet. It seemed that her hiding spot was so easy that no one even tried to look there.
She waited a few seconds until the coast was clear.
Collecting all her courage Ilea stood up. She quickly sprinted back to the door she came through. It won't open. She smothered a curse and took a step back. Actually she really didn't want to use her power but it seemed like she didn't have any other way.
Ilea took a deep breath and concentrated.
"Hey."
The voice came from right behind her.
Startled Ilea turned around.
Behind her stood a man who seemed to not to be much older than her. Unlike the other uniformed people he just wore simple sportswear.
His hair had white streaks and he had a stubbly beard.
Kinda handsome.
She could've sworn that he hasn't been there a second ago.
"You have to be Ilea." the man continued with a calm voice. He had a bit of an eastern accent.
"How do you know my name?" she asked confused. He didn't seem like he wanted to harm her.
"Jamie told us." he answered unhesitant.
Jamie. They had him too. She took a threatening step towards him.
"Where is he?!" she asked forcefully.
"We don't want to hurt you." the man responded "Yesterday we rescued you both from the HYDRA laboratory. Jamie is still in the medical station."
"Who is 'we'?" Ilea asked further.
"The Avengers." he answered.
Of course. That's where she knew the logo from. The big battle in New York happened right before she got to the HYDRA lab and according to what the media told they saved the whole words ass. But that wasn't enough to make her trust him. She couldn't remember him being part of the Avengers.
"How about we go inside and talk about everything?" the man offered when Ilea didn't reply anything.
She thought about it. There weren't many other options. If this really turns out to be some trap she could still use her powers to find Jamie and then get away from here.
"Why should I trust you?" Ilea asked eventually.
He opened his mouth for an answer, then closed it again. Suddenly he lifted his arm, turning his wrist towards her. It was covered with small scars from injecting needles. Exactly like hers.
"Because," he explained "I was an experiment too."
Pietro looked over his shoulder to make certain that the girl was still following him.
He got his phone out of the pocket and send the others a message that he found Ilea and that they'd meet in the living room, since that seemed like the least threatening place to him. He's never been a big fan of those phones but Tony modified his so it worked even when he used his super speed. He also wrote that she was no threat, even though he himself wasn't completely sure about that.
"You can call me Pietro by the way." he told her as they walked up the stairs. Ilea hasn't spoken a word since he first showed her his scars. He saw her nodding, but her thoughts seemed to be somewhere else.
They went through the glass doors into the room.
To be honest it was one of his favorite places in the headquarter. The dinner table next to the open kitchen had place for many people and they often spend their evenings there. And when you go to the left and two steps downstairs there were some comfortable couches and a big flat screen where Wanda usually watched her new discovered TV-shows.
Steve, Tony, Natasha and Wanda already sat on the table.
As soon as Ilea stepped into the room the all stood up and came to greet her. She seemed to recognize Steve, Tony and Natasha, but still looked a bit suspicious as they introduced themselves and shook her hand.
"That's my twin, Wanda." Pietro told her as Wanda got to Ilea.
"Hello Ilea, I couldn't wait to finally meet you! How are your feeling? Do you want a coffee?" she babbled. Something Wanda always did when she was excited.
"I, um, sure." Ilea answered a bit overchallenged.
"Please, let her breathe." Steve said to the others.
"Where's Jamie?" Ilea asked them as soon as they sat back down.
"He recovered fast and he should be here in a minute." Natasha replied.
Through the door at the other side of the room came agent Hill, with Jamie holding one of her hands.
"Jamie!" Ilea called as soon as she saw him. He ran towards her and she kneeled down to embrace him into a hug. She gave him a kiss on his forehead and took his face in her hands.
"Are you alright?" she asked him.
"Yeah, the people here are so nice!" he answered happily.
Ilea nodded and stood up.
"We wanted to ask you a few things." Steve began "Just if you're alright with that. If you still need time to recover-"
"It's ok." she interrupted him.
Pietro watched Ilea sitting down on the table too and pulling Jamie on her lap. Wanda brought her a coffee and a hot chocolate for Jamie.
"Before you ask," Ilea said "I'm still not fully convinced that I can trust you. If this all should be a trap, you'll… get some big problems with me."
"I promise, we just brought you here to help you." Steve assured her.
"So, how did you get to that HYDRA base?"
Ilea laughed dryly.
"That sounds like I just walked in there."
She took a sip of her coffee.
"They captured me about a year ago." she started, "I was born with… a special ability. I was raised by my aunt and she forbid me to use it. She always told me if I use them that people will find me and lock me up. That's why I never really learned to control it. Of course that had its consequences. After years I had an, kinda accident where I lost my control. It leveled a whole village into the ground."
She saw their horrified expressions and added "But no one died! They all fled before I entirely lost it.
That was when I was 21. I fled into another country the year after, afraid that they would find me. And they did. They captured me and brought me into that base, started doing experiments with me." she clutched at her cup. "Then they brought Jamie. He-"
"I was in an orphanage. They said they wanted to adopt me." Jamie interrupted her quite sad. Ilea stroked his brown locks and placed a kiss on his hair.
"And what did they do… with him?" Steve asked carefully.
Ilea sighed as an answer and looked out the window.
"I don't want him to think about it anymore."
Pietro and Wanda looked at each other. He remembered those horrible times and understood that Ilea wanted to protect Jamie.
"How about I show Jamie a bit around?" Hill offered kindly, "We have some really cool cars and jets outside." she said towards Jamie.
He nodded curiously.
Ilea first seemed like she didn't want to give Jamie away, but then gave in.
She gazed after them until they both left the room.
"When Jamie first came," Ilea continued "our cells were connected through a door and I took care of him." her gaze was still fixed on the door. "He is like a brother to me. The only one I have left."
She shook her head and concentrated on the others again.
"They found a way too convert my blood into a substance. They wanted to know if a human could get my ability when they injected it. They needed Jamie to test it on him.
At first nothing happened so they tried something new every week. He got very sick and I always feared that he might die from it. I couldn't do much against it, they threatened us with weapons and… other things." she stopped for a short time and took a deep breath.
Pietro commiserated with her. It was his own fault when he volunteered for the experiment, but Ilea and Jamie were held there against their will.
"I began to train my powers. One day I tried to escape and almost made it. But they captured me again. Since then they drugged me once week so I would stop thinking and stopped me from seeing Jamie. I have no idea how long this went on until I woke up here."
She looked around.
Everyone was quiet for a minute, trying to understand what Ilea just told them.
Pietro couldn't take his eyes of her. The things she's gone through must've been horrible. Still she tried anything for her and Jamie to survive.
But there was one thing everyone still didn't know.
Tony was the first one to break the silence.
"But what is your ability? What could be so powerful that they want to get it at every cost?"
Sorry, I just have this thing for cliffhangers. But don't worry I'm already working on the next chapter! If you have questions simply just ask but there are some things I won't reveal until the next chapters.
