(Reed's POV)
After months of research I think I have finally found a way to get us back to normal. All of this time spent and it will all be worth it. I head to my sister's usual hiding area to talk to her about the extremely expensive surgery. As I get close I notice that she isn't there.
"Hey, Johnny?" I call.
"Yea?"
"Have you seen Gabrielle?"
"No, not since breakfast."
I walk out to the living room giving Sue and Ben a look asking them if they have seen her, they both shake their heads. Now I begin to panic a little, wait maybe she's with Peter and Maria like every other weekend! I will just call Maria, I quickly dialed her number and wait for her to answer.
"C'mon Maria, answer," I say getting antsy.
"Gabi? Why are you calling from your brothers phone?" Maria says when she answers the phone.
"It's me Reed," I say, "So Gabi isn't with you?"
"No she's not, I haven't seen her today."
"Oh no."
"Reed what is wrong? Do you have an idea of where she is?"
"No, no one has seen her since this morning," I say as panic sets in, "I hope Doom hasn't taken her."
"I will head down stairs to ask if anyone has seen her," Ben says as he walks off.
"Reed I have a feeling that Doom would of said something by now if he had her."
"Can you and Peter look for her?"
"Yeah we can, I let you know what we find we are out on the town right now any way."
"Ok thanks, I will tell you if we find anything," I say.
"Reed," Ben says coming back in, "the doorman said he saw Gabi leave with a tall man around 10 this morning."
"What? A tall man?"
"Yea some military man."
"Maria, keep looking and I will try to track her."
"Ok we are on it, and Reed be careful for her sake she may be mad at you but she still loves you."
"Right, goodbye Maria," I hang up and begin to track my sister, but I come up with dead ends.
(Maria's POV)
"Sis? Is everything ok?" Peter asks worry obvious in his voice.
"I don't think so, that was Reed on the phone apparently no one as seen Gabi all day and the doorman said she left with some man this morning."
"What?"
"Reed is checking into the dude, we are going to look around the city for her," I say to my brother as I jump from roof to roof following him.
"She went with some random guy? I thought she was smarter than that."
"She is, I don't think it was random I think she went with him for a reason."
"What reason would that be?"
"She had been talking about her legs again what if this guy said he could get her to walk again."
"You're right, great."
"Is it me Peter or are thinking she's not in the city as well?"
"Can you get into her email?"
"Yeah thats like kindergarten work for me."
We stop searching and head back home so I can hack her email. As I go through one email at a time to stop when I come across one that has a couple back and forth. This guy has promised she could walk again and give her powers that surpass her brother by far. As I read these emails I got more and more concerned that I would ever see my best friend again, to the point where I started to cry.
"Sis why are you crying?"
"Gabi, I was right, this guy promised to fix her legs so she could walk again and he promised her powers that would surpass what her brother has. Being told that she would go without hesitation. I don't think we'll ever see her again."
Peter looks over the email.
"This guy contacted her from Russia! She's half way across the world!"
"We better call Reed like this instant," I say as I pull out my phone and dial Reed's number, "Pick up Reed like now"
"Hello?" Reed asks answering.
"I hacked you sister's email and this guy she went with promised her she could walk and again and some other things. The major problem though is that he contacted her from Russia."
"RUSSIA!?" I hear everyone yell.
"Yes, Russia and my the looks of it I don't know if we'll ever see her again, I'm sorry Reed," I say calmly even though I'm completely freaking out.
"Don't worry Maria, we will get her back."
"I know but It seems like she doesn't want to come back."
"She will, she is just being irrational. She can get like this, for now just worry about you and your powers."
"Speaking of powers I should mention they promised her powers that would far surpass mine and yours."
"Great, now I have to find her. I'm going to go now to look for her."
"Be careful you have know idea what they could have done to her, Please bring her back home unharmed."
"Of course I will, goodbye," Reed says before hanging up.
I put my phone down on the desk and sigh I don't know what I'm going to do if Gabi doesn't come back to us. She has helped me alot just being who she is or was I don't know at this point, but I want her back and for that I will have to trust Reed and the rest of the Fantastic 4 to get her back.
"They are the Fantastic 4 they will get her back." My brother says reading my mind.
"I know I just don't know what I will do without her."
"You'll be fine for now why don't you work on your family tree project."
"Of course you are the one telling me to do homework."
He smirks at me and rubs my head before walking out of the room to his.
"Plus Aunt May is home she could help get you started," he yells from the other side of the wall.
"Ok I will" I say this by banging on the wall in morse code.
Me and Peter have done this forever so are aunt and uncle never knew what we were talking about it increased after Peter got his powers so she never figured out who we were. I get up from my desk and head to the kitchen where I find my aunt sitting at the table cuttinging out coupons.
"Hey dear what was Peter yelling about?"
"He said to ask you for, for help on my school project."
"What is it on?"
"Its a family tree project."
"Oh I was hoping this day would never come," she says looking down at the floor.
"What do you mean?"
"Your family tree is not the same as Peter's family tree."
"How is that possible? He is my brother."
"A year after Peter was born you were adopted, then not even a month later your parents had to go on a trip and died in a plane crash on the way home."
"Well if I'm adopted what is my actual last name and do I have any siblings?"
"Your last name is Barton and you have two older brothers and a twin sister named Gabrielle."
"Gabrielle? Wait no thats not possible."
"Yes Maria, your best friend is actually your twin sister."
I could not process all of this in one day, my life had officially been turned upside down. I couldn't take it anymore I just slid to the floor and cried. Peter walks from the doorway where he was listening and just wraps his arms around me letting me cry. When I finally pulled myself together I called Reed finding out he knew she was adopted but didn't know I was her twin sister, oh she was going to kill us both when she gets home.
It has been almost three years since Gabrielle left us to get her legs back, the email still haunts me since one said she may not survive the surgery. I have just graduated from high school last week and now I am with Peter at the Fantastic Four's penthouse. Reed has been trying to find Gabi for the last few years, the only thing he found out is that the guy who took her is called the Winter Soldier.
"The Winter Soldier," Peter says really slowly like trying a new word.
"He is somewhat of a ghost in SHIELD," Ben says, "He has been causing troubles for over 70 years until SHIELD fell 6 months ago."
"Yeah I have a feeling we should try and contact some old members to try and find out more about this guy," I say looking out the window
"I already have," Reed says with a little sorrow, "He used to be known as James "Bucky" Barnes, before the Soviets got their hands on him and messed with his head."
"Umm It must be the same Soviets that Gabs went to," I point out
"He was taken by Soviets, but after a while he started to work for Hydra, it is most likely Hydra that has her."
"Oh dear, Hey Reed did you do that digging on my last name?"
"Yes, your eldest brother is apart of San Diego's circus as the ring leader while your other brother is a...well...former SHIELD agent known as Hawkeye."
"Well they are complete opposites and it looks like he is going to be involved in this whole thing then if he's a former SHIELD agent."
Reed nods and we all become silent, please let Gabrielle be ok. I look back out the window and notice something really strange. I notice a guy perched on the roof across the street watching us or at least watching the building. I can see they have something in their arms but I cannot tell what.
"Hey guys I think we are being watched," I say to them not taking my eyes of of the guy.
"Hey Reed, the computers are acting strange," Johnny says looking at the computers.
"What?" Reed looks at the computers, "Someone is hacking into my systems."
"Peter come here can you tell if that is a girl or guy? I'm pretty sure it's a guy but you never know."
Peter walks over and looks, "That is a girl, I can tell since they are now standing and I can clearly see her curves."
"Then Reed may I remind you your sister can hack better than I can and she knows your systems."
"I bet she's doing this as a prank," Ben says.
"I'm not so sure Ben, she was pissed at you guys when she left and you never know what could have happened to her."
"C'mon she doesn't stay mad for long and she isn't one easily controlled," Johnny says.
Before any of us could do anything something comes out of the shadows.
"It's been a long time," a deep female voice says.
"Well Well It is my sister who came home," I say irritated all the sudden.
"So they told you I see, while for me I learned from Strucker," Gabi says walking up with a smile, "But that doesn't matter anymore."
