Wanda was about to spend her first weekend with Vision without any supervision from Sam or even Steve, he had arranged everything for them to have a quiet private time in a small town in Scotland, she was excited about being alone with him and finally formalize the little dates they had been in for the past years.
She was meeting Vision in the train station, Natasha had been kind enough to dye her hair so she wouldn't be recognized, after all they were fugitives and could not risk being seen by any chance, the color was alright but she still missed her original one...it remembered her about her roots and her brother.
Vision had changed as well...he took the form of a normal man, it was still strange for her, specially since she had fallen in love with him in his true form.
Seeing him made her smile and throw her arms around him, it had been months since they hadn't seen each other.
They reserved a hotel room and left her bags to be able to walk around the town. At noon they went to have lunch in a small coffee shop next to a touristic sighting.
"How's Stark?" She casually asked after a while
Vision was a bit surprised "He's alright, from time to time he's down, he feels responsible for the team"
"Like he should, he's the reason we have to hide"
Vision nodded and looked down for a while "He's been covering your tracks from General Ross"
Wanda frowned "What do you mean?"
"Well Ross has tried searching for you and every time he has a lead Stark's system wipes it all out...a technological error" he answered
Wanda bit her tongue, even after everything that had happened she still hated Stark although she knew Steve had been wrong too in a way.
"He's getting married as well" Vision told her
"Yes, I heard. He's a kind of celebrity so it was all over the news"
"Yes" Vision agreed with a small laugh "he's always felt like a star"
Wanda snorted and looked down at her finished plate, they asked for the check and proceeded to leave the coffee place, just as she was putting on her coat she felt the back of her neck sense something, like a sort of chill.
"Is everything alright?" Vision asked her
She blinked a couple of times "Yeah... it's just that... nevermind"
The two left the building but she still felt a strange sensation...it was as if something tried to communicate with her... someone.
The feeling had grown stronger and she had stopped midway of the street
"Look out!" An man from behind them yelled, he pointed at the sky.
In queue a ray of light crashed on the ground close to them, Vision immediately pulled her away from it.
As soon as the light disipated she knew it wasn't a threat, slowly she walked over and saw a man kneeling down, he was a complete stranger but still there was something about his clothing and his hair that seemed man was cursing and pressing his left side, he was injured.
She went inside his mind, he had recently been attacked, he was confused and hurt, worried even scared.
"Where am I?" He suddenly asked
Out of instinct she went to his side and helped him up, he tensed at first but seeing her he accepted the help.
"Earth" she answered
"Loki" Vision called him, he had caught up with them "you are not welcome in Earth, I suggest you leave before we force you to, your games will not work"
Loki grunted "I don't want anything to do with your Planet, I must find Thor or Banner"
Vision seemed confused "Bruce Banner?"
Loki rolled his eyes in frustration and turned to Wanda "I cannot waste any second, I hope you are more reasonable than him telepath, Thanos is coming"
She didn't understand him but after seeing what he had been through she knew they had to do as he said "Vis, we have to call Steve"
"We can't trust him Wanda, the last time he came here he tried to invade the planet, he's the one behind the New York attack" Vision told her
"Listen you synthetic being" Loki began telling him "I need to find Thor and the rest of the Asgardians, if we don't act now you and the stone that gives you life will be soon destroyed"
That seemed to have convinced him somehow
"I'll call Captain America, but if you are playing any sort of game Wanda will have you killed in a second"
Loki sighed and nodded
As Vision proceeded to call Captain America she helped him sit down in a close bench, now everything seemed to make sense, she had actually seen footage of him before, back in the Facility, the invasion of New York had been a celebration for her and Sokovia, specially the HYDRA facilities, it was almost funny to see the person who had caused one of her most celebrated times.
"Who is Thanos?" Wanda asked him after a few moments
He seemed rather confused about her familiarity towards him "I thought you already saw him in my mind"
"You noticed I was in?"
He smirked and rested his head on the bench "Of course I did, I also have the abilities of the mind"
She looked at his wound, it wasn't that bad and he barely seemed to notice it sitting down.
"We need to heal that wound"
He closed his eyes "I'd rather find Thor first"
She sat next to him, to be honest she knew very little about the god of Thunder and had barely spoken to him but he knew that him and Loki were siblings, he was adopted but still.
There was a noise close to them, she immediately stood up and prepared for a fight, Loki tensed and stood up pretending to be completely fine.
A golden ring appeared next to them, from there a man with with black hair and beard wearing strange clothing came through
"You" Loki muttered
The man smiled "We meet again"
From the ring Bruce Banner also appeared
"Loki! I had never been glad to see you but thank God you're here Valkyrie wasn't sure if you made it, we appeared in New York and Stephen helped us find you... oh hey Wanda"
She lowered her defenses
"Where's Thor?" Loki asked them
"We will find him" the stranger told him "now if you'll accompany us, you too Miss Maximoff"
She looked over at Loki and nodded, Bruce helped him go inside the ring while she ran for Vision, he was still on the phone with Steve, she took the phone from him and simply said "We will see you in New York, Banner is with us" and hung up
Vision was not sure this was a good idea but joined her with Stephen.