How I Spent My Vacation

Wanda: (whaling on Writer's Block, a blocky man with swelled muscles) DIE! DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE!

Tyene: (watches with a mix of amusement and concern) Wanda's a bit held up at the moment, so I suppose I'll be the one bringing the interlude to you readers. To elaborate - Wanda's been under assault from Writer's Block for nearly a month now. She's made a little progress now, but that wasn't quite enough to make a fully blown chapter. So here's an interlude following Ginny and the pretty boy for now.

Wanda: WHY WON'T YOU FUCKING DIE!?

Tyene: Perhaps I should attempt to help her now. Harry Potter belongs to JK Rowling and The Avengers belong to Marvel.

Chapter 7: A Moment for Thought

"I'll take Barton and Natasha."

"I'm coming with you." Ginny said flatly, apparating so she was standing right next to Steve. Tony jumped and swore at her sudden appearance.

"Fucking hell, don't do that!" He protested.

"Sorry." Ginny said, though she didn't entirely mean it. She was busy staring sternly at Steve.

She wanted to see Wanda and Pietro. She wanted to help them. And Clint was right – where ever Ultron was, they would be there with him. Ginny felt as if there was a connection between herself and the two mysterious twins. Their lives were marred by tragedy...but Ginny had her family to hold her up after she suffered... the twins only had each other... It doesn't have to be like this, she thought. I hope I can convince them of that...

Steve met her gaze for a minute before clearly deciding the better of trying to argue with her. "Alright. Tony, you go deal with the internet mainframe." He glowered a bit. "I'm beginning to miss the times where the strangest thing science made was me."

Ginny scowled at him. "Steve, leave Tony alone. When Ultron gained sentience, Tony could no longer control what he did. And unless he was psychic, he couldn't have predicted this would happen – this was the first AI ever created on Earth. This is not his fault. Can we focus on trying to stop Ultron before playing the blame game?"

Steve started and stared at her like he'd forgotten she was standing next to him.

Tony's expression became a mixture of surprise and gratitude. Ginny gave him a comforting nod, assuring him that she was on his side, before snapping, "Let's go."

Glancing towards Laura, who was standing on the porch watching her husband leave with a worried face, she added, "Thank you for letting us stay."

Laura made herself smile, but her eyes were glassy. "Please...try to keep him safe for me."

"I will. I promise." Ginny promised, her fingers twitching slightly. Father had promised something us something like that before the battle for Hogwarts. He couldn't uphold it in the end.

I can't make the same mistake...I won't let another person I deeply care about die. ...I promise.

Ginny ducked into the Helicarrier and sat down next to Natasha. Steve joined them a moment later, not looking at her, and said, "Take us out, Barton."

-How I Spent My Vacation-

Pietro shifted from side to side, resisting the urge to grumble as Ultron worked on getting himself updated into the new body.

He hated waiting. The world always seemed to move so slow. People could never make decisions fast enough for them to matter; by the time anyone made a move someone was already dead. Trucks and cars moved too slow; they always ended up trapped when everything went to hell.

Sometimes, Pietro felt like the world was standing still, leaving him all alone except for his sister.

At least today, he had other things to occupy his mind.

Like the strange redhead who had joined the Avengers out of the blue.

Pietro could see her watching him whenever he thought about the confrontation in Klaue's rig. Her expression wasn't pity like the captain's. It was like she knew about grief, could see inside him and witness the memory that haunted him the most.

For all he knew, she had. Wanda had told him that the girl – Ginny – had been aware when she touched the girl's mind, and had forcibly thrown her out. When he'd asked what she'd seen, Wanda had shivered slightly, said that she felt sorry for the other girl and didn't feel comfortable elaborating.

Pietro couldn't remember the last time Wanda had reacted so strongly to affecting someone else's thoughts. He wasn't as good at reading people as her, so he could only wonder.

But mostly, he was just trying to figure out what her powers were. They seemed random – and incredibly strong. It seemed similar to Wanda's, yet there were several things she could do that should have been impossible regardless – like transforming Ultron's body, summoning that flying broom from nowhere, and creating invisible shields.

Who was she?

Pietro was brought out of his thoughts when Wanda let out a shriek of pain. He ran over and placed his hands on her shoulders. She was standing in front of the casket where Ultron's new body was, horror in her eyes.

"How...how could you?"

End Interlude

I hate writer's block...hate high school...it kills my brain, I swear...sorry it's so short...I hope this gives a little insight into the thoughts of our leading pair...

If I can ask, did anyone besides me find Steve kind of unlikeable in this movie? I don't know, but I feel like he was falling into that 'perfect moral crusader' archetype. In fact, there were two scenes where I outright disliked him strongly - the wood cutting scene and the scene where he physically attacks an unarmed Tony while the Vision is being created. I feel like we're being expected to accept Steve's opinions and beliefs as cold fact, something that bothered me A LOT about him in the comics. I don't know if I'm seeing things though, since I do love Tony a lot. So I ask you guys; did Steve ever feel like a 'perfect moral crusader' in the two Avengers movies?

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