Sorry it takes me so long to upload these! To be honest I kind of forgot, but this is a longer chapter soooo enjoy!
Ever had been with the Avengers for a few days and no one had talked to her except Wanda, who seemed to enjoy Ever's company.
They had searched for records of Ever's parents but found none.
Steve was determined to figure this out, and he was getting increasingly frustrated with his finds turning up unsuccessful. Ever had made her way to the training gym with Wanda, only to watch. But she was longing to get up and fight, to show off. Sadly, she would have to wait until much later.
She thought of Gamora and her father every day, wondering what mischief they were up to now. She snuck out every once and a while to look at the stars. She had never seen them from this planet before.
They looked small and insignificant.
Each day was the same, a piece of toast, a talk with Wanda, and then checking in on Steve and the others. Nothing new, nothing exciting, nothing to report.
She had not found the soul stone. They had not let her into anything that they were doing.
Up until now, the only people who had been in the facility were Steve, Wanda, Sam, and other trainees and workers. Ever had never seen the Vision before.
He walked into the kitchen, the red cape flowing out behind him, his skin glistening in the soft morning sun. As soon as Ever set eyes on him, she knew this mission was going to be ten times harder than predicted.
She would have to kill him to get the stone out of his head.
The others called out a greeting to him as he approached the table, the Vision giving them a tight smile in return. Ever resumed acting like a child, and started to play with her toast. Wanda looked down at her and smiled, her eyes straying to the ripped up pieces of toast.
"Are you planning on eating that?" Wanda asked her. Ever gave her a look, her eyes big and reflective. Pure innocence. Then she shoved a whole chunk of toast in her mouth. Wanda laughed and grabbed her hand, pulling her up and out of the kitchen away from the others.
"Let's get you cleaned up." Wanda said, tugging her down the hall.
"Do you like that red guy?" Ever said, her mouth still full of toast. "You kept looking at him." Ever pointed out.
Wanda blushed. "We are friends. He is a very nice gentleman." she pulled Ever in front of the sink, wetting a paper towel and wiping Ever's face with it.
BACK IN THE KITCHEN-
"That child, who was she?" the Vision asked, directing his piercing gaze to Steve.
Steve sighed and sat forward, wiping crumbs off of his jeans. "She fell out of the sky a few weeks ago. Left a big crater in the yard but I don't think she was hurt at all. It left her unconscious for a few days though. The weird thing is, we can't find anything out about her. She doesn't even know her last name."
"Has Miss Maximoff tried to get into her head?" The Vision responded.
"She wasn't going to do it while Ever was unconscious in case her mind was damaged, but so far she hasn't seen anything. I don't think Wanda is trying that hard, but she described it as not being able to get past a steel wall. It's like her mind is guarded." Steve said, shaking his head.
The Vision looked troubled. "There is something about her. A familiarity. She seems…. dangerous."
Everyone looked around at each other. "When me and Steve were interrogating her after she woke up, this thing happened. I don't know if it was her, but it something happened to my heart. It felt like it was trying to crawl out of my chest." Sam shuddered.
"Did you test her for any x genes? Anything enhanced?" The Vision asked, looking a bit troubled.
"Nothing came up that we know of. It all looked perfectly normal." Steve replied gloomily, picking at the remnants of his bagel. Everyone sat quietly for a few minutes, pondering the situation.
"Do you think she could be a spy in some way?" Sam asked slowly, looking around at Steve and the Vision.
"I think it would be safe to attempt an entrance into her mind. I don't like the feeling I'm getting from her. It is not a good one." The Vision replied. He stood uncertainly. "We will not know anything until we try. She is not innocent, I can tell that much."
Steve and Sam stood, pushing their breakfast away and leaving the kitchen in a state of messiness. If felt good though, they were finally getting used to the place. It was turning into a home.
The three strode down the hallway side by side, quite an impressive sight with the Vision's cape and Steve and Sam's aura of authority. They were the head honchos in town and no one wanted to mess with them. They quickly came up to the lounge where Ever and Wanda were drawing. Wanda was studying a drawing that Ever had done, a crude crayon depiction of someone getting decapitated, with a frown on her face. She looked up as the trio entered the room, smiled and stood to greet them. Ever ignored them. She had a feeling what was about to happen.
Wanda walked over to them, and they beckoned for her to step out into the hall. The smile disappeared off her face.
"You know I hate to ask you this, but we don't have another option. This is going to be hard for all of us." Steve said, a crease forming in between his eyebrows. Wanda looked sad.
"Why?" she asked quietly. She had dreaded this, not wanting the supposed bond she had formed with Ever to shatter because of what she might find.
"Vision doesn't trust her." Sam said, shooting a look at the red man. "Heck, I don't either. There's something fishy about that kid."
Wanda sighed and nodded, looking apprehensive. "This might be extremely painful for her. I haven't really tried to get in, but something is blocking her thoughts. She knows how to keep me out." Wanda took another deep breath and walked back into the room. Ever was still coloring, but had heard everything they said.
"Ever, um, we need to do something." Wanda said lamely. Ever looked up and saw all four of them standing together, looking down at her. Something glinted in her eyes.
She would not let Wanda in.
Wanda knelt down next to her, tucking her hands in her lap. "This might hurt a little bit, but it will be okay. We just need to find a bit out. I don't want to hurt you.
Ever continued to stare, but put a bit of confusion into her act. This would hurt a lot if Wanda was as powerful as she thought she was. Ever could be stronger though.
She would try, for her father's sake.
Wanda placed her hands on the side of Ever's head, holding it tenderly. A tear slipped from the corner of her eye. At first all she felt was a soft nudging on the front of her skull. It turn insistent, harder. Ever strained her mind and let out a small groan and her hands flew up to grasp Wanda's arms on instinct.
She would not let her in.
The pain grew, like someone was drilling into her forehead. She could bear it. Ever pictured a wall, wrapped around her brain. It was unbreakable, she kept telling herself. No one could get in.
But as she was thinking that, it felt like something peeled back the wall a bit, and her head jerked back, and she let out a cry, her eyes screwed shut. Wanda seemed to be struggling too.
There was a wall, there was a wall, there was a wall, it would be okay, she was the strongest, there was a wall. Wanda drilled further in, causing fireworks to go off in Ever's head. Too bright. She let out another cry.
The wall was crumbling. Ever fought back. It was like she was playing tug of war with her mind, Wanda would pull it out, and she would tug it right back in. And it hurt. Good lord, this was even worse than the procedure.
Wanda surged into the little crack of her wall and she screamed. Memories surged through and she clawed at them with her mind, scrabbling to get them back.
She wasn't ready. They couldn't know. The mission would be ruined.
The last thing she saw was her fathers disappointed face as she fell down, down into the darkness of her mind.
AYHHH sorry about that, I promise to update soon I swear. Please review and let me know what you think!