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After finishing yet another movie, this time about a boy and a lamp, Wanda decided that it was best if she did end up going back to the base. She was still annoyed that Vision had interrupted her the way that he did. It was rude and invasive. Granted he was a naïve android that didn't really know better, but still, that had been an embarrassing moment for her. She would never interrupt anyone unless it was an emergency. Certainly her hanging out with someone wasn't an emergency! She just wanted to have a good time relaxing with someone that she liked. How was that too much to ask for? Well clearly Vision didn't like that. Next time she was going to stay with Xander, she was going to make sure to turn off her communicator, or at least tell everyone to leave her alone before she left.
Despite everything that had happened though, she did have fun. It was just a shame that Xander was injured; wearing that sling must be annoying. Well, at least his arm ort even worse shoulder wasn't broken. So the sling should come off in a few weeks. Still that was a few weeks that nobody needed to go through. Still she should be a little more grateful that he wasn't seriously injured. It was just that she wanted him to get better.
It was something she hadn't got the chance to do with Pietro. Pietro wouldn't have liked this; her hanging out with a boy her age. Despite the fact that they were twins with Wanda only 12 minutes younger than her brother had been when he was alive, Pietro was super over protective. That worked on the streets, but it sure didn't work here. She had to grow up sometime. She may never have liked the idea of a Knight in shining armor while she was a damsel in distress (technically speaking she was in the exact opposite situation.) but having someone to share your life with seemed like a wonderful idea. Or it would be if she weren't a super hero now.
But right now she didn't care she was standing by the door with Xander. Being the gentlemen that he was, he was going to take her to her bike, rather than remain in the house. And let her walk alone. She was a little annoyed by that, but it was a nice gesture so she couldn't really complain. She went over to her bike and hopped on, before turning to Xander. Xander, much to her surprise, leaned in and gently kissed her nose. Wanda blushed as she pulled away. She was never going to get used to these odd moments of affection. She gave a little laugh and just shook her head. Pietro would never let her live it down. She smiled, before turning on her bike. "Oh… Xander." She said, "If you would ever like to come over to the tower, just… wait a second. She grabbed her cell phone (once again, god damn it, thanking Tony). She had never been so thankful to have that cell phone. "Let me give you my number and I will get yours." They exchanged numbers and other contact info. Since Xander couldn't speak, he could at least text her. Afterwards, Wanda sped off to the tower.
Xander watched her leave smiling, before glancing at his phone. Wanda Maximoff was staring back at him. For once, he wished he could speak. He wanted to be able to say her name. Sighing, Xander just turned around and walked back into his house.
Wanda sped through the city her grin never leaving her face as she made her way back home to upstate New York. She was really happy, happier than she had felt in a long time. She knew that it was because of the events that had happened today. She enjoyed hanging out with Xander, more so than she ever could have thought possible. She remembered Maria's words, that she might have been latching onto Xander simply because of the grief she had held for Pietro. But here now, she had almost felt that same grief for Xander. She couldn't have abandoned him. it would have almost felt the same as abandoning Pietro if he had been left to die. She now knew without a doubt, that Xander wasn't just someone she was latching onto. No he was a true friend… and more. This entire afternoon had been about reassuring her self that he was alive and well. Besides, if she hasn't come for him he might still be at the hospital. Now who would want to stay in the hospital all alone until they were able to get into contact with someone important? So she had done the right thing after all.
Now she just had to get home and explain to the others where she had been. (except for Vision), and she still had to apologize for that outburst that she had unceremoniously had when he had arrived at Xanders. Well. He did deserve it, considering he had literally invaded her privacy. She knew he meant well, (but that still was no excuse but then again, neither was yelling at him) for doing what he had done.
She just wasn't looking forward to either of the conversations that would have to take place. She liked her privacy and quite honestly, the less people that knew about Xander the better. She knew that he was already in danger, it would be worse if people were able to use him against her. What if they came across a being who could read minds? Wanda could definitely repel that, given she had similar abilities, but what about the others? With the exception of Hawkeye, who had quite cleverly, she might add repelled her before she could even try to hypnotize him, the other Avengers had easily fallen to her powers. Plus Wanda was still untrained. The Asgardian Thor was a magical god of sorts; surely there were others like him, who could specialize in magic? If that were to happen and they found out everyone's weaknesses, Xander would be in the greatest danger of all. Wanda had said it before. she did not want to be responsible for his death.
Wanda shook her head. She knew that it wasn't just a unfounded fear, but the chances of running into such a being might be slim. In fact the only being she knew of with such capabilities was Thor's own brother Loki, who was safely locked away in Asgard (she knew this because Steve had made the Avengers study the history of the Avengers when they first arrived at the place. It had been boring, but she had enjoyed some of the history). What were the chances of running into a being with similar abilities? Loki had a deep-rooted grudge against Thor, what would be the excuse of another being who had similar powers. Wanda grimaced. Asking such a question wasn't exactly the best thing to do. In time anything could happen.
The only thing she could do was train and prepare her self for such an event; that was why she was an avenger, to prevent chaos from engulfing the world. Even if it didn't, she would feel much safer than if she didn't train.
After some time, Wanda managed to get back to the Avengers base, where she entered the garage and parked her bike. She was still wearing the same smile that she had when she left Xander. If anyone was going to ask why, she was just going to hypnotize any and all of them into hitting themselves. Ok not really, no one except vision deserved that, but she was just feeling happy. She was in a good mood and didn't want to ruin it (or have anyone else ruining it) she hopped off of her bike and made her way to the upper levels. She entered the lobby of the main building where to her surprise, she found Vision standing there waiting for her. Wanda gritted her teeth, her happy mood vanishing all together. Why hadn't she seen this one coming? Why was Vision so intent on making sure she was ok? She wasn't a kid anymore she could handle herself just fine! She knew that Vision was protective of the Avengers (he had saved her in Sokovia after all), but this was just to ridiculous, even for her. she walked into the room, intending on passing Vision all together, but to her surprise, Vision spoke to her "Wanda? Are you sure that you're ok?"
Wanda huffed turning to Vision. Her face was set in a hard glare her eyes blazing. She knew that she had to apologize (and get an apology for that matter), but right now she was in desperate need for some answers "Vision… I understand that you care about us. While I am grateful for that, I need you to stop worrying about me so much! You tracked me down when I didn't need to be! I was out on a…" she clenched her mouth shut, biting her tongue before she could say the word 'date'. She needed to not lose her cool. Especially over this
Vision just looked at her "Wanda, your heart rate has been elevated for the past few days and you have been crying. I'm just concerned for your health."
"That still doesn't excuse you for what you did, Vision. You can't just invade other people's privacy like that! Its not proper!" ok maybe she was being a little harsh, since Vision might not have known that, but still.
Visiion, shrugged "forgive me Wanda, its just that you looked like you needed help. I thought that I was doing you a service"
Wanda screamed, her anger level rising. She was fed up with Visions kind act. She turned heel and walked out of the room, leaving Vision alone, wondering what he had done wrong.
a young woman with long blond hair walked into the abandoned warehouse that she had been hiding in for the past few months. She hated the situation that she was in. After the little break out in Asgard, courtesy of the Dark elves as she would later find out, she had been hiding here on earth. She had had trouble, living so close to the Avengers, but it gave her ample time to study them all from afar. Most interestingly though, out of all the avengers that he had seen in the past few months of hiding amongst the human population, there was the young girl from the hospital. She recognized her as one of the news as one of the newest Avengers, who helped stop that Robot sentient from destroying the Earth several weeks ago. she certainly hadn't expected her to meet one of the patients there. It was unbelievably juicy. Wanda was in love with Xander. She was going to have a lot of fun with that boy. The only problem was that she had no idea how she was going to get Xander to trust her. Would anyone trust a random stranger, lest one that was much older than them? Xander was barely a young adult, while she was the equivalent of a woman in her mid twenties.
She would need to improvise. She made her way to her parlor room, where she gazed at herself in the mirror. With a wave of her hand, the woman allowed magic to engulf her, changing her body. She became short younger, her body becoming a little more pronounced in the correct places, or adjusting to her smaller stature. When she was finished she was staring at a younger woman with flowing blond hair and green eyes. She was wearing clothes more befitting a typical teenage girl. With a grin the young woman created an ID with a fake name 'Annabeth Lynn'. Now she just needed to go out and find out more about Xander.
She walked out of the room, hearing a small roar from within the warehouse. He was getting restless. He always did ever since she captured him "soon, my pet…"
Looks like Xander is in a bit of trouble… thats not good for Wanda… what will happen next?
