Author's Note: Warning: Kya x Pietro moments in this chapter.

What would be a good ship name for them?

Also there's a surprise for you guys at the end.

Enjoy.

The moment Kya and Steve landed on the rooftop of Helen Cho's facility, the pair ran inside to see destroyed halls and massacred staff. And based on the missing cradle, they had just missed Ultron and the Maximoff twins.

Spotting a barely alive Helen, the waterbender ran over and quickly set to work on healing the wounds with the water from her waterskin while Steve crouched next to the pair.

"What happened?"

Dr. Cho took a deep breath and tried to sit up. "He's uploading himself into the body!

Kya placed a gentle hand on her shoulder. "Easy."

"Where?"

Helen winced as Kya continued to heal her. "The real power is inside The Cradle. The gem... its power is uncontainable! You can't just blow it up, you have to get the Cradle to Stark!"

The silver haired woman turned to look at the man out of time. "We have to find it first."

With her wounds being healed, Dr. Cho sat up slowly. "Go, I'll be fine."

The two Avengers quickly stood up and went back to the roof, Kya pressing a finger to her comm. "Did you get that?"

Clint responded from the Quin-Jet. "We did."

Nat's voice followed. "I got a private jet taking off across town, no manifest. That could be him."

"There! It's a truck from the lab. Right above you guys, on the loop by the bridge, it's them. You got three with the Cradle, one in the cab. I could take out the driver."

Steve voice was sharp as he and Kya climbed up to the freeway. "Negative. If the truck crashes, the gem could level the city."

Kya's eyebrows furrowed. "We need to draw out Ultron."

The two shared a look before taking a few steps backwards from the edge. In complete sync, they both jumped over the railing and landed on top of the truck with the thud. The man out of time rolled and clung to the side of the trucks back door, and without warning, a blast of energy forced the doors open, and he clung to it desperately as it fell, dragging behind the truck.

"Well, he's definitely unhappy. I'll try and keep it that way."

Kya rushed to the back of the truck and used a water-whip to wrap around the super soldier's waist, quickly pulled him back to her direction.

"You're no match for him Cap, even with Tsunami with you."

Steve sighed. "Thanks Barton."

Ultron came out of the truck and sent a blast in the super soldier's direction, sending him flying back into a car. Kya created an ice bow and arrow before firing. The homicidal AI quickly whipped around before catching the arrow and crushing it. Without warning, he flew up to the top of the truck and wrapped a hand around her throat.

"Are you sure you don't want to tell me where your powers come from?"

The waterbender gasped for air. "That's... still... a... no..."

Steve used a passing garbage truck to flip back on top. Ultron spared him a glance before throwing Kya in his direction.

"You know what's in that Cradle?"

Steve ran forward so the impact wouldn't send them to the street and caught the silver haired woman with a grunt.

"The power to make real change. And that terrifies you."

Kya stood on her own before glaring at Ultron. "We wouldn't exactly call it a comfort."

She ripped the moisture out of the air and created a block of ice before sending it flying towards the 'bot. But before it could hit him, a red beam blasted through it. The waterbender turned the blocks of ice back to liquid form before she and Steve rolled to avoid more blasts from Ultron. She aimed icicles at the AI's to distract it so the super soldier could throw his shield, embedding it in Ultron's chest.

The AI growled before pushing the shield away, sending it to the street below. "Stop it!"

Ultron flew at them again. The two Avengers kept up the fight until Kya saw Natasha driving up to them with Steve's shield. The two shared a look before the ex-red room assassin threw the shield up to her. The silver haired woman caught it before turning back to the fight.

"Cap!"

Moments after the super soldier looked at her, she threw the shield towards him. Steve knocked Ultron off the trailer and into one of the columns of the bridge. Only for the AI to recover quickly and fly back towards them.

"Clint! Can you draw out the guards?"

Over head Clint flew and fired at Ultron. The few iron legion guards flew from inside the trailer and took flight after the jet. Kys braced herself for Ultron's attack and opened her waterskin. The icicles seemed to only slow him down momentarily as he continued towards them. A final swing from Steve's shield knocked Ultron off the trailer again and back into another column. He came back seconds later, tackling both Avengers and flying them straight back into the train that had been running along side the road they had been on.

Clint's voice came over the comm, probably talking to Natasha. "They're heading back towards you. So whatever you're going to do, do it now."

Kya winced as she landed roughly against the seats. Near by Steve was keeping Ultron occupied, and around her were hurt and/or terrified passengers who kept looking between to two Avengers.

"I'm going in. Cap, can you keep him occupied? Tsunami?"

Steve sighed. "What do you think we've been doing?"

Kya stood up before running head first into the fight. She pushed Steve out of the way before Ultron could slam him into the corner. Unfortunately, that meant she was now in the way, and bit back a scream of pain as Ultron slammed his first onto her wrist, effectively fracturing it.

The super soldier tackled the AI away from her. And then suddenly, there was a gust of wind, and blur came out of nowhere, taking Kya with it as it forced Ultron away from Steve. A red hazy mist bent and twisted metal bars in the train and blocked Ultron from coming after them. The waterbender turned to see Pietro standing next to her, his eyes traced over her before coming to rest on her fractured wrist, eyes harding with hostility... But not towards her.

"Please... Don't do this."

She turned and looked to see Wanda facing Ultron.

"What choice do we have?"

Knowing that this meant that the Maximoff twins defected from the homicidal AI, Kya rolled her eyes before addressing the Sokovian Speedster. "And here I was so looking forward to kicking your ass Maximoff."

Turning his gaze back to Ultron, Pietro chuckled. "Sorry to disappoint Princessa."

Ultron raised his arm and fired a bolt of energy out of the end of the train before flying out. Kya and Steve ran after him to the end, only to see that conductor of the train lay badly wounded in front of the completely damaged controls.

Steve gritted his teeth in frustration. "We lost him!"

Clint's voice came across the comm. "Cap. you see Nat?"

Kya froze. No... no no no please don't be dead... Мамочка паук please don't be dead!!!!

"If you have the package, get it to Stark! Go!"

"Do you have eyes on Nat?!"

The silver haired woman could tell that Steve was conflicted. On one hand, Nat was now missing and the man out of time's feelings for the red head weren't being very helpful. But on the other hand, they couldn't let Ultron and his drones get a hold of the Cradle again.

"Go!"

Steve turned to the male Maximoff. "Civilians in our path."

Pietro looked at his sister briefly before turning his gaze to Kya. And once again, his blue eyes held emotions that she wouldn't decifer. Then, he sped outside to clear the way.

Leaving Wanda with them.

Steve looked at the female Maximoff. "Can you stop the train?"

For the first time since they've met, Wanda looked worried. Kya stalked over to her and gripped her shoulders tightly. "Wanda, if you don't stop this thing, the people on it are going to die."

The Sokovian native gave a shaky nod over her head before extracting herself from the other woman's grasp. Focusing, red energy shot from her fingertips, slowing the train down before coming to a complete stop.

As Kya and Steve helped civilians off the train, Wanda ran to her twin brother, who was bent over trying to catch his breath.

"Are you alright?"

Pietro waved her off as he sat back. "I'm fine. I just need to take a minute."

Steve stalked towards the pair, anger radiating. "I'm very tempted not to give you one."

Kya stood back as Wanda looked at the man out of time. "The Cradle, did you get it?"

Steve sounded like he was trying to convince himself as well as the female Maximoff. "Stark will take care of it."

Wanda's shoulders drooped. "No he won't."

"Stark's not crazy-"

Kya walked forward, holding her fractured wrist in her good hand. "Think about it Cap. At this point, he'll do anything to make things right."

Knowing deep down that she was right, a worried look passed over the man out of time's face. "Stark, come in... Stark... Anyone on comms?"

Wanda took a few cautious steps forward. "Ultron can't tell the difference between saving the world and destroying it... where do you think he gets that from?"

Huh, looks like Ultron really is a child of Stark.

Kya looked at the twins. In their files, it said that they signed up for Stucker's experiments in order to protect their country. Just like Steve had. Ultron misled them, and it was clear that they both felt guilt about it. "Come with us. You want a chance at redemption? Then help us destroy Ultron."

Wanda walked back to her brother's side. He looked down at her, and Kya remembered the vision she had when the female Maximoff communicated with her brother mentally with her powers. After a while, they looked at the two Avengers.

"We will help you."

Steve nodded shortly. Now that he caught his breath, Pietro pushed off the wall and walked towards Kya. The waterbender kept her eyes on him as he came closer. When he was within reaching distance of her, the speedster carefully took her fractured wrist in his hand.

"How bad is it?"

The silver haired woman contained her wince at the slight spike of pain. "Trust me, I've had worse."

The speedster clenched his jaw, clearly not liking the idea of her having injuries worse than a fractured wrist. But the hardness in his face was gone a split second later as he gently lifted her wrist up before pressing a kiss to it.

Warmth rapidly spread through her cheeks and down her neck. The kiss on the forehead in Sokovia and the almost kiss in Africa came into mind as Kya stared at Pietro.

"Why are you doing this?"

There was nothing but sincerity in the speedster's blue eyes. "Forgive me, but I hate seeing the woman I love hurt."

All the breath in Kya's body disappeared. Over Pietro's shoulder, she could see Wanda with a surprised but proud look on her face.

Unfortunately, the same couldn't be said for Steve.

"Kya, a word please."

Sensing the conversation that was going to happen, the silver haired woman sighed before carefully pulling her wrist from Pietro's grasp and turning and jogging after the man out of time. Behind her she heard the following footsteps of the twins.

When Kya caught up with Steve, she looked at him out of the corner of her eye. "We need to get back to Dr. Cho's lab. I think we'll be able to find something to get us back to the tower."

Steve nodded but didn't speak. Wincing, the waterbender turned her head towards him. "Steve-"

The super soldier eyes were hard as he looked at her.

"Kya, the entire reason this is all happening in the first place is because of secrets. You're the last person who I thought would keep something like this from anyone."

He stopped abruptly, startling the twins who stopped a few feet behind them.

"So please, explain to me exactly what is happening between you and Pietro."

The silver haired woman knew exactly what she had to say. Looking over her shoulder, she saw Pietro looking at her intently, waiting to see if she was actually going to do it.

Well, I've never been one to disappoint.

"During the raid on the Sokovian Base... somehow, Pietro and I formed a mental bond with each other. I... I've been able to see visions from his past, and he's seen visions of mine."

At Steve's alarmed look, she shook her head. "He didn't known that we were going to the scrap yard-"

"That's not what I'm worried about. Why didn't you tell anyone?"

Pursing her lips, Kya tried to squash down her guilt. "I thought if I could figure out what the bond was exactly, I could destroy it."

She decided to ignore the growl came from behind her that sounded suspiciously like it came from next to Wanda as she kept her eyes on Steve. "Everyone was already worrying and turning against each other. You didn't need another thing to worry about."

The super soldier's eyes softened and he placed a hand on the waterbender's shoulder. "You shouldn't have to keep secrets from us Kya, we're family. We help each other."

She lowered her eyes to the ground. "I know."

Steve squeezed her shoulder. "You know you're going to have tell Natasha and Clint about the bond when this is over, right?"

Kya groaned. "Don't remind me."

-Time Skip-

Hours later, the silver haired woman sat near the back of the jet - that Dr. Cho let them use - healing her wrist, thoughts of today's fight going though her head.

"You can heal with your powers?"

She looked up just in time to see Wanda sit across from her. The brunette was looking at Kya wrist that was encased in glowing water.

"Yeah, some waterbenders have healing abilities."

Wanda tilted her head to the side.

"There are more of you?"

Kya narrowed her eyes. "Yeah, there are different benders too... what's this about Wanda? I'm guessing you didn't come over here to talk about my bending."

"You don't truly believe what my brother said, do you?"

The waterbender sighed. "I believe the bond has something to do with his... feelings. But what deters me is that the bond is the only reason why he feels something for me."

The female Maximoff chuckled. "Well, then allow me to put your worries to rest. Before he knew the bond even existed, before it was even affective, he had feelings for you."

A warm blush spread across her cheeks. "B-But that doesn't make any sense-"

Wanda grinned dryly. "Have you learned nothing from our previous meetings? My brother does everything fast. Just something to keep in mind."

Kya watched her stand up and walk away, only to quickly look back at what she was doing before when Pietro took his sister's place. The silver haired woman tried to focus on finishing healing her wrist, but the eyes drilling a hole into her head made it somewhat difficult. Giving up, the silver-haired woman bended the water back into waterskin with a huff before looking at Pietro with a glare. "Can I help you with-"

"That woman... your teacher..."

A wave of cold dumped itself over her head. Trying her best to control her breathing - and failing miserably - she looked at the speedster with wide eyes. But before she could find her voice, Pietro continued on.

"What was she doing you?"

Unwanted memories of training on the Water Island came flooding back. Memories of an all-too familiar grip on her entire being sprung from the deepest depths of her mind. And suddenly, there were warm hands cupping her face.

"Look at me Princessa."

Pietro lifted her face so they were looking each other dead in the eye, his thumbs brushing over her cheekbones comfortingly. "Deep breaths."

Kya did as she was told. Eventually, calming down enough to talk. "Thank you."

The speedster kept his bright blue eyes locked with hers. "You don't have to tell me-"

"Bloodbending. What she was doing to me... it's called bloodbending. That's how she was able to control me like a puppet.

Pietro's eyes widened in alarm. "How-"

"Something that she taught me that's always stuck with me that where there is life, there's water. It doesn't matter where it comes from, if it's liquid-"

"-you can control it."

With the memories of her body moving without her control still swimming in her mind, Kya clenched her eyes shut. She felt Pietro wrap an arm around her waist and pull her closer, causing her forehead to rest on his shoulder.

The speedster's hand gently held the back of her head as he held the waterbender close, whispering softly in her ear. "I won't let that happen to you again, I promise."

Kya took a deep breath before pulling back, a tired smile stretching across her lips as she drew her knees to her chest. "You plan on sticking around?"

Pietro chuckled, raising a hand to gentle cup her cheek. "After this Princessa, I'll follow you anywhere."

Seeing the sincerity in his eyes and hearing it in his voice, the silver haired woman felt heat slowly rise in her cheeks.

"You keep calling me that, Princessa. Why?"

A smirk spread itself across the speedster's face. "Because you are my princess."

A sudden wildfire bloomed in her cheeks, causing her to bury her face in her knees.

I guess I was kind of asking for that...

-Time Skip-

"I'm going to say this once."

Tony looked up from the computer. "How about 'nonce'?"

Steve took a few angry steps towards them. "Shut it down."

Tony didn't bother slowing down as he walked to another computer and began typing. "Nope, not gonna happen."

Kya stood silent as Steve continued to argue. "You don't know what you're doing."

Bruce looked disgusted as he pointed at Wanda. "And you do? She's not in your head?"

Wanda stepped forward hesitantly, "I know you're angry-"

Now Kya has only seen the calm, rationally side of Bruce Banner. So the icy tone in his voice caused her to freeze. "Oh no, we're way past that. I could choke the life out of you and never change a shade."

Kya held her hands up in surrender. "Bruce, after everything's that's happened..."

Tony shook his head. "That's nothing compared to what's coming,"

Wanda pursed her lips. "You don't know what's in there. The creature-"

Steve grit his teeth together. "This isn't a game."

Out of the corner of her eye, Kya saw Pietro roll his eyes before becoming a silver blur and dashing around the room, sparks flew through a few computers and the wires plugged into the cradle hit the floor with a thud. When Pietro stopped he was holding one final wire and glaring at Tony. "No no, go on. You were saying?"

He dropped the wire. Suddenly, there was a bang and the sound of shattering glass broke the tension. The silver haired woman's eyes widened as Pietro fell through the floor.

"Pietro!"

Both Kya and Wanda ran over to the hole in the floor. Below the waterbender saw Pietro lying on the floor with Clint standing above him, smirking. "What, didn't see that coming?"

Loud beeping caught everyone's attention, and Tony quickly turned to the computer. "I'm re-routing the upload."

Kya saw Wanda raise her hand but before she could do anything Bruce had her held tightly, "Go ahead. Piss me off."

Steve raised his arm and his shield flew through the air bouncing off from one computer to the other, Kya quickly threw an icicle at Tony's iron man hand before he could fire it at the super soldier.

Suddenly, Thor came flying through one of the glass walls and jumped onto the cradle. He held Mjölnir up, lightening surrounded it and his arm before he brought it down to the cradle, filling it with the energy from Mjölnir.

Things were silent for a spilt second. And then, the Cradle exploded open.

Kya felt a warm body wrap around her, shielding her from the blast. She looked to see Pietro with his arms wrapped around her.

"Are you alright?"

She nodded wordlessly. Peeking over his shoulder, she saw what the Cradle had created.

There was a red and green figure crouched on top of it.

Author's Note: Oh my goodness you guys...

There's only a few chapters left before Silver Waters wraps up. Probably three or four...

Now before you all freak out on me, yes. There is a squeal in the making.

And for your surprise!!!

I made a playlist for Silver Waters!!!

It's on Spotify, username is tiger-queen, check it out! For those of you not on Spotify the same playlist is on YouTube again under Tiger Queen. And if you have any songs that you think fit Kya and Pietro's relationship let me know and I'll add it to the playlist.