Chapter 4

I knocked softly on Wanda's door, who could be heard quietly sobbing from the other side.

"What do you want?" she whimpered.

"It's me." I replied.

"Come in."

My hands conjured a force that pushed the door open as quietly as possible and shut it behind me gently as I stepped in. Wanda was found sitting up against her headboard with her arms folded on top of her knees that were brought up to her chest. Her face was stained with tears that continued to fall.

I walked over and crawled next to her, letting her lean into my body.

"I don't want to seem insensitive, but can I ask for the exact reason you're crying?" I asked.

"It feels terrible to know that we used to work for someone so evil," she turned to look me in the eyes, "We felt like he was our protector... we were wrong."

There wasn't anything exactly comforting that I could reply with at the time, so I stayed silent and encouraged her to keep talking.

"I know how powerful he is, my, he is powerful. If he is the one creating this war, I don't know how we will end it." she continued.

The idea of fighting a war against Magneto was far past disturbing. Tony couldn't fight with us, Captain couldn't use his shield, Hawkeye couldn't use his arrows, Rhodey couldn't fight with us either, Falcon couldn't fly, Natasha couldn't use weapons... how would we fight?

"Well, I mean... I don't know how we're going to win. But I know that we are, especially if we work together. You and Pietro, you have been with him for a long time. You must know what some of his weaknesses are?" I replied.

There was a slight breeze and Pietro appeared leaning against the wall, looking unhappy.

"I suppose that he is a popular topic among the tower." he said.

I nodded and let out a sigh.

"He wants mutants to rule the world." Wanda added.

"Doesn't sound half bad!" I joked.

Pietro appeared several inches away from my face, leaning over me with a menacing look.

"You have no idea how it feels to grow up like one of them. The two of us have gone through hell and back because of our powers. You don't know how it is to be one of them, it is terrible," he spat.

I crossed my arms and scoffed at him.

"I don't know how it is to be one of them?" I asked, "I might not have grown up to be a mutant but don't think I haven't been through hell because I am now. I killed my own parents, and hundreds of lives. And almost killed myself. You don't think I went through hell?"

Pietro realized he had been defeated and sped back to where he originally stood.

"There is a requested meeting right now, if you would be willing to attend." JARVIS said.

I glared at Pietro and violently brushed past him out of the doorway. His hand cleched my arm tight as he yanked me close to him.

"Stop being a little bitch," he growled, "I'm sorry, okay? No need to get into one of your little moods."

"Please cease yourself. You have anger management issues and don't know how to control your emotions." I nudged his hand off of me and let Wanda walk alongside me as Pietro sped ahead. I realized I didn't sound so threatening, but I could be if need be. We kept our arguing as minimal as possible for Wanda's sake.

The team was sat around a very, very large table with a holographic videos presented mid-air in front of every seat. Much of the team looked disinterested and settled in their seat comfortably. Banner was looking at something on his phone, Thor bit his nails, Clint had a pile of his arrows on the table and was sharpening them with the help of Natasha. Pietro was sat with his eyes darting around the room.

Meanwhile, Tony stood at the front of the room showing footage of the earlier attack in Ukraine. Wanda sat next to me and I could tell she was reading the minds of the inhabitants of the room. Suddenly she turned to me, looking worried.

"Nobody cares about this attack," she took a shaky breath, "I don't understand-"

"Listen up, Avengers." Tony announced. We all looked at him attentively, but I knew that majority could care less at the situation at hand.

He flashed the video footage of the attack, booming the volume so the screams of the civilians were amplified. I watched again and focused on the man made of ice surfing through the town. Tony paused the video and zoomed in on him.

"JARVIS, update us." Tony said.

"Drake Roberts, or as he is known as, Ice Man, has the power to manipulate ice and has the ability to shoot it from his body in a water vapor. As shown, his body can turn into ice and freeze anything around him."

The video instead opened his profile with pictures of him and his abilities, as well as a biography. Tony continued to speak but I honestly couldn't focus either. I already knew that the team wasn't going to want to fight this, even though he would be an easy capture.

"So, what do you guys think?" Tony asked.

"Eh, I don't think this is a big issue..." Captain shifted in his chair, "I mean, are we really going to go all the way to Ukraine so Thor can blast him with his hammer and he shatters?"

I could see Pietro getting antsy and agitated from where he sat. Natasha let out a chuckle.

"If it's that easy, send Thor and we'll all just wait here." she suggested, "If it's that easy."

Tony became incredibly frustrated and began pacing around us in a circle.

"Guys, I don't think you see the big picture! I mean look, yeah, he may be easy but what? He just disappears and that's all? Trust that there's more of them. JARVIS?" Tony said.

On the screen appeared more mutants, looking equally as difficult to defeat as the Ice Man. I could see the team getting more irritated by the second and not paying attention.

"I don't think you guys see the big picture, either!" Wanda exclaimed.

The team half scoffed and half tried to pay attention.

"Do you know who is controlling all of these people? It's Magneto, and he's powerful." she added.

On the screen appeared his face and several, several news articles about danger he's caused. The team scrolled through the information as did I. His powers honestly scared me, he could do so many things. I looked around the room unnerved.

"I say we leave it. He's too powerful for us to handle and if he's not causing any direct trouble, I don't want a part in it." Banner declared.

"Are you insane?" Tony spat, "Sure, he only has one of his freaks out there but then there will be another, and another. You don't realize how serious this is!"

Pietro sped over to Wanda's side and hugged her. She was upset, incredibly upset.

"It just seems too minor at the moment. When something big happens, let me know." Thor said.

I stood up out of my chair which caused the steel to screech against the floor.

"Brielle," Cap warned.

"Listen. I need you guys to get a hell of a lot more serious about this. Alright? He's incredibly dangerous. He's controlling all of his mutants to distract us. Magento is more powerful than everyone we have ever faced combined. If we let them go off and keep doing this, he'll only get stronger." I said.

"It's too dangerous for us!" Thor roared.

I was scared and took the electricity out of the room for a moment before letting it flicker back on.

"Sir, I am-" JARVIS tried to utter, but his voice became construed and indecipherable.

"What did you do!?" Clint shouted.

"It isn't me!" I exclaimed.

The screens flickered off and a different screen came into view. There stood the President of the United States, a bandana tied around his mouth as a gag and his body hanging from a cross. One of the mutants came into view recognized as Storm.

"You want him back? Tell your Avengers to come and find us," she crossed her arms, "And if they don't, well, you can only last so long hanging like that."

The screens flashed and the original pictures of Magneto were shown, along with video footage of the message that had just been played. I sat back in my chair and waved the screen down so that it disappeared.

"JARVIS?" Tony asked.

"It seems that the message infiltrated every screen across America, oddly with the exception of Texas." he responded.

Pietro was hugging Wanda to his chest and staring at me meanwhile. I gave him a helpless expression, letting him know that I had nothing to offer him.

Maria Hill opened the door to our room and smirked.

"Get your asses in a quinjet."

Again, I'm not considering this a crossover considering they are apart of the MCU. I thought I would throw in what I believe to be one of the hardest villains to defeat. Tell me what you think! And maybe how you think Magneto could be defeated? (I myself have had to do tons of research on him) xx