Hello audio monkeys! I know, I know it's been awhile since I updated this story, but I have finally have. Sorry about the long wait. Life and work has gotten in the way, but I can't be on the computer all the time. Plus, I was shopping for Mother's day gifts because I missed Mother's day two years in a row so I kind of need to make up for those two years so that's why I haven't been working on anything today. Also I will make notice for you guys. This entire week, I will be working long shifts were I won't be able to update all that much this week. I took a day off because my aunt and uncle were coming in to visit and we went to a baseball game on Sunday so I didn't update at all because I was too tired to even look at a computer screen or maybe I did. I don't remember, maybe I did on one story. Did I? Ugh, this is how tired I am because I don't remember if I even updated any of my stories.
Sorry about my rambling. Just thought you guys might want to know why I haven't updated for the past two days. Anyway, in this chapter we get to see what Bella is feeling after the death of her father and being the only survivor. Now we see her how she deals with all that anger and rage she has and how her darkened thoughts are controlling her. We also see a moment between Wanda and Bella, but a sisterly bond. Enjoy!
I do not own Marvel's the Avengers! I also do not own the Twilight characters!
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Chapter 3: The Hard Truth About Reality
Bella wiped away the fogged up mirror to look at her reflection. Her peach skin was finally free from the dried blood and dirt, her long hair looks natural and clean, but the life in her eyes started to fade away again. Her father's death has taken a hold of her. The ache in her heart is still there. The pain will never go away. Rage consumes her, but she calms herself down when she thought about her mother Renee. 'She's safe. That's all that matters.' Bella thought to herself. Renee and Phil are all she has left. Her family. Her friends at school has stopped talking to her a long time ago, Jake doesn't even want to be her friend anymore and Edward and his family up and left. As she thinks of Edward, she clenches her fists. Her stomach bubbles in fury. Oh how much she wants to hurt Edward. For now, she must wait. Plan her revenge later. Bella exhales the breath she was holding in and closes her eyes. Time to face reality. The robe that clinging to her body keeps her body warm and walks out the bathroom. She walks back to Wanda's room and finds all her personal belongs on the extra bed that Strucker put in Wanda's room. Bella slowly walks over to her bed and swallows the lump in her throat. She starts to rummage through her clothes and picked out a random dress. Bella quickly takes off her robe, puts on clean black underwear and bra and puts on the random dress she plucked out of her suitcase. She smoothes out the random dress which is a dark green sweetheart neck line with thick straps on her shoulders and a gold design on the front that looked Celtic design. The feel of clean clothes on her skin almost made her cries, but bit back the tears threatening to spill out of her eyes. Bella swallows the lump in her throat and grabbed her hairbrush and combed out her now damp hair. As she brushes the knots out of her hair, she becomes lost in her thoughts. 'How could this happen? How could Stark ruin lives and destroy cities? Does mom know this? Did she see the news? Does she think she's dead?' Her entire body starts to tremble as her thoughts start to betray her. That fear and rage starts to come back. Before she could last out, a hand gently touched her shoulder. Bella jumps from the touch of the hand and whirled around only to see Wanda staring at her with widened eyes.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you." Bella closed her eyes and tried to calm her rage down. Her entire body is trembling with rage. She lets out a shaky breath and ran her hand through her damp hair. Tears leaked out of her eyes and lets out a choked sob. Everything she's seen and heard came rushing back. She thought it was all a nightmare. It wasn't. Bella's father is gone. Her mother probably thinks she's dead. She has nowhere to go. Forks was out of the question. The Cullens left, her friends are no longer her friends and Jacob abandoned her. That promise he made to her was no longer a promise. Jacob's words were lies. Bella believed him. Now he was her enemy. "Bella?" She couldn't handle the pain in her heart. It's unbearable. She didn't even feel Wanda's comfort and led her towards the bed.
"I lost everything." Bella muttered as the tears run down her face and felt Wanda's arms wrap around her shoulders. Bella leaned into the comforting embrace from Wanda. She missed that. Her father's hug felt like he could take the pain away and she believed him. Now he was gone. Gone from this world. She will never feel her father's arms wrapped around her. She will never feel that feeling ever again. Wanda's embrace was the closest contact she'll ever get. She missed the human contact. Her emotions are all over the place. She needs to contain them. She needs control. The tears finally stopped, she started sniffling and hugged Wanda back around the waist and buried her face in Wanda's stomach. She didn't want the embrace to go away. She felt Wanda's fingers running through her damp hair and heard a faint humming sound coming from Wanda. She's humming a lullaby. Bella eventually calms herself down and wiped her snotty nose with the back of her hand. A tissue was now in her sight and she reached out for it. She muttered a thank you and blew her nose.
"We both know what you're feeling you know." Bella glanced up at Wanda who took a seat next to her on the bed. "We know exactly how you feel." Bella wanted to snort a laugh, but decide against it. It wouldn't have been polite so she swallowed the snort and let out a shaky breath. "Our parents were killed in the bombings too." She fully looked at Wanda whose hair was covering her face and head bowed. "We were eating dinner and then we heard an explosion close to us. The next thing I know Pietro grabbed me before I was swallowed by the floor caving in. Pietro and I dived in under the bed while our whole apartment building collapsed on us. We were trapped. A second shell hit the ground, but it didn't go off. The shell was two inches in front of our faces. We dared not move." Bella couldn't imagine what Wanda went through or even for Pietro. They both lost their parents. She shifted a little closer to Wanda for comfort and leaned her head against Wanda's shoulder.
"I'm so sorry." She whispered to Wanda and rest her hand on top of Wanda's. She then felt Wanda's head lean against hers and they both stayed like that in a comfortable silence.
"You have nothing to apologize for Bella." Wanda's voice was in a whisper. "You have every right to feel angry. Stark killed your father and ruined your life. My brother and I understand what you're going through." Bella slightly nodded and let out a silent sigh.
"I was just starting to get back to normal. I've been through so much. This was supposed to be a father and daughter trip. I just recovered from a break-up and now this? I," Belled removed her hand from Wanda's and clenched her fists to the point where her knuckles turned white. Her jaw clenched together and she closed her eyes. The images of Edward dumping her in the middle of the woods and leaving her there alone while Victoria is on a man-hunt for her. To say the least, she was heartbroken and angry at herself for falling in love with a vampire. What the hell was she thinking? How could she be so naïve? She's angry at herself for letting her depression affect her. She should have been stronger. She should have resist in falling in love with Edward. Breaking out of her thoughts, she opened her eyes and glanced at Wanda.
"What Stark did to you is unforgiveable. That so called Edward will never hurt you again." Bella tensed at the mentions of Edward Cullen. She loathes the man now. She wants to break him. The Cullen family are to blame too. Leaving without saying goodbye. What she doesn't understand is how did Wanda know? "You're wondering how I know about Edward, huh?" She nodded.
"The thought popped up." She muttered.
"My brother and I volunteered for Strucker's experiments and they gave us both powers unimaginable." Bella nodded.
"Can you show me?" She asked Wanda and she nodded. Wanda lifted her hand and red wisps of energy covered her hand and fingers. Bella looked at Wanda's eyes and saw her eyes a blood vibrant red. She then watched Wanda's hand as the red wisps of energy floated through the air and levitated her hairbrush. She then levitated the hairbrush towards Bella's hair and made it brush her hair. To Wanda, she didn't look surprised that Bella would be shocked at what she is witnessing.
"I can also send out psionic energy ball, I can read minds and mental manipulations." She then made the hairbrush move away from Bella's hair and levitated the hairbrush towards Bella's suitcase. Her eyes then turned back to the green forest color and blinked a few times. To say the least, Bella was impressed. "You don't seem surprised of what I can do." She shrugged her shoulders.
"I fell in love with a vampire who couldn't read my thoughts and tried to own me. Plus, his entire family are full of vampires with different powers and former best friend is a werewolf. I've had my share of seeing strange supernatural events." Wanda blinked a few times then nodded in understanding.
"How? If I may ask." Bella tensed a little and Wanda noticed. "You don't have to talk about it if you don't want too." She nodded and let out a shaky breath.
"It's still too fresh to talk about it. Still hurts too." Bella whispered to Wanda who nodded in understanding. "If you ever need to talk about anything, I'm here for you. Pietro and I both are. We'll be there for you." She nodded and wiped her runny nose with the back of her hand and lets out a shaky breath. Before Bella could say another word, a silver and blue streak appeared in front of her and Wanda and Pietro stood in front of them.
"Strucker wants to see us." Wanda nodded, but Bella hesitated to nod. She has no idea what's going on let alone what Strucker wants to talk to her. She stays sitting on the bed while Wanda gets up from the bed and stands next to her brother Pietro. Bella stares at her hands in her lap and gets lost in her own thoughts.
'What will happen to me? What's going to happen to me if I say no to whatever Strucker offers me? Will they hurt me? Or will they kill me?' Bella thoughts to herself. She starts to shake in fear and starts to lose control of her darkened thoughts. A pair of hands rest on her shoulders and snapped her out of her dark thoughts. She found herself staring into Pietro's piercing blue eyes.
"Bella it will be alright." His accent voice reached her ears and blinked her eyes rapidly. Bella shook her head and rubbed her eyes with the heel of her palm. "You project your thoughts very loudly." She felt her cheeks blush in embarrassment and avoided eye contact with Pietro. She heard a yelp from Pietro.
"Stop with your creepiness brother! Can't you tell she's uncomfortable?" Bella blushed even more and awkwardly cleared her throat. Wanda and Pietro stopped bickering while Bella slowly got up from the bed.
"Should we go see what Strucker wanted us for?" She asked softly. Wanda gave her a smile and grabbed her hand.
"Yes, we will take you there." Without hesitation, Wanda pulled Bella and Pietro following right behind them. Bella has no idea what Strucker wants to talk about, but she will find out soon.