Chapter Four~
Once settled into the chair and as comfortable as she was going to get, Kyra looked up at Vision who seemed to be lost in his mind thinking before she said to him,
"Ok, I'm ready."
"I don't wish to harm you so let me know if anything I do does." he told her making her smile then closing her eyes felt him place a hand on either side of her head, resting them on her temples. Though she was scared Kyra trusted Vision, and exhaling deeply simply allowed her mind to go calm as he began searching for answers. For Vision it was upsetting that he had to do this, both because he was worried he may hurt her and because he wasn't sure if he did cause her harm how badly it would be. While looking around her mind it was as if he was walking through her memories—seeing her past layer by layer. Each day, week, month and year was another layer only he wasn't able to find anything that would explain how she would bring Pietro back from Death itself.
"I'm sorry Kyra, but I have to look deeper into your memories." Vision warned her aloud so that the moment he did she winced as within her mind he continued down yet another layer. Now Kyra was truly frightened because of what he would see—her past wasn't the happiest and her family life wasn't the picture perfect loving one. True enough, Vision watched a young Kyra experience a drunken father beating her mother, a young Kyra hiding in her room covering her ears from the screams and the yelling, a young Kyra running for her life from a group of attackers trying to—well—let's just say what Vision was watching made him furious. Yet as he reached one layer he found something strange—a sort of barrier or mental wall blocking him from accessing it. Gently tapping it he heard her whimper and looking down at Kyra saw a tear leaking from her eye.
"Kyra, this will hurt yet I believe that whatever memory is behind this mental block will tell us what the key to your abilities are." he said so that Kyra whimpered again as she began to try and catch her breath. To her it was as if he had taken a knife and started to stab her, only Kyra forced herself to say,
"Just do whatever you have to."
"But—"
"DO IT!" Kyra shouted so that knowing he shouldn't hesitate Vision blasted the mental barrier causing her to scream at the top of her lungs. In that moment Vision stopped almost pulling his hands back because seeing her in so much pain made him feel—upset. For Kyra she was actually crying as overhead FRIDAY asked,
"Is everything alright Ms. Hayes?"
"Yes FRIDAY we are fine." Vision replied as Kyra continued to try and collect herself whimpering,
"Finish V." despite not wanting to with nearly every electron of his being, Vision entered the memory and watched the scene unfold before him. It was of a young Kyra no older than six crying against a tree in what appeared to be a park at night. From a distance Vision saw something overhead coming towards the ground at an amazingly rapid speed which also caught young Kyra's attention. When it slammed into the ground creating a crater young Kyra slowly stood and went to investigate. Following, Vision and young Kyra peered inside the crater to see a shard of what seemed to be an orange glowing mirror. Only Vision instantly knew what this was as he in horror watched young Kyra carefully climb into the crater to see what it was closer up. Almost wishing he could stop her, Vision could only watch on as young Kyra in slow-motion pick up the orange glowing shard of mirror before he saw something that he couldn't believe. For the glowing orange shard in young Kyra's hand actually began to dissolve into her flesh so that by the time the memory began to fade and disappear it had completely morphed into her body. Quickly removing his mind from hers, Vision had to actually catch Kyra as she collapsed forward out of the chair still softly sobbing in agony. The whole time all Kyra felt was horrific pain—as if a cement wall had collapsed on top of her body and was crushing her body. Or as if every bone in her body was being ripped out from her skin. With eyes closed and head resting against Vision's shoulder, Kyra heard the Laboratory door open before a familiar voice asked,
"What the hell?!" unknown to the two, FRIDAY had alerted not only Tony but the others as well so that they all stood now inside the room.
"What happened V?" Steve asked seeing Kyra's tearstained face as Vision explained with a worried voice,
"She asked me to discover the reason why she had brought Pietro back from Death, though I discovered the reason—I unfortunately caused her great suffering."
"We can see that, we need to get her into the Infirmary." Natasha said while Pietro moved towards the two in order to lift Kyra into his arms. Allowing him to do so, Vision watched as he and Wanda along with Pepper left the room while the others stayed to ask what the hell had happened. So Vision began to explain yet FRIDAY told them,
"Mr. Stark a Director Fury and Agent Hill are here to speak with everyone."
"Shit why on earth is Mother here?" Tony cursed crossing his arms in annoyance so that Vision replied,
"He had called Kyra earlier telling her that he wanted to discover the reason behind how she had revived Pietro from near Death. That is why she had me search for the reason—and the reason I harmed her so."
"Well we have to see him." Rhodey said logically yet Tony added,
"Yeah and say that 'hey Vision managed to nearly kill Kyra!' sure that will go over wonderfully with Mother!"
"We aren't going to tell him that, if we do who knows what will happen or what he'll think." Sam frowned so that everyone agreed that they wouldn't say a word about what had happened as they went to greet Director Fury and Agent Hill. Finding them in the living room of Tony's apartment, Director Fury got right down to business asking,
"Where is Ms. Hayes?"
"She actually got sick last night, she's in the Infirmary right now being checked over. Doubt she's in the mood to see you Mother." Tony said quickly as if he had already planned the cover story. That surprised everyone as Agent Hill narrowed her eyes as she said,
"Even so it is important that we see her. Sick or no she needs to answer our questions on how she managed to revive Pietro Maximoff."
"Ok sure, go torture an insanely sick human being who probably can't even speak right now. What wonderful figures of humanity you both are." Tony said smartly daring them to continue as Director Fury now narrowed his eyes as he put his hands behind his back calmly.
"Stark, you should know better than anyone that she needs to answer for her actions."
"When she is feeling better. It would only be fair sir." Steve said simply before Natasha added,
"Come back tomorrow Director, I'm sure by then she will be well enough to answer all your questions." for a moment the two groups were silent before Director Fury nodded and the two headed for the elevators. As they both got in to leave he told them,
"If we don't get to see her tomorrow we will have to push our way to see her."
"No doubt Mother." Tony snapped before they watched the doors of the elevator close so that they all exhaled a breath they had been holding. It was Vision who had stayed silent who asked FRIDAY,
"How is Kyra?"
"She is currently asleep with Ms. Potts watching over her. The Maximoff twins are on their way upstairs." for the rest of the day the others stayed separate trying to understand what had happened and figure out what to do tomorrow. It wasn't until that night when Vision was able to visit Kyra and was surprised to find her awake leaning against the wall in her bed. When he entered the room she looked up and smiled weakly at him as he said instantly,
"I am so incredibly sorry for causing you so much pain Kyra." shaking her head Kyra patted her bed indicating he take a seat. When he hesitated she frowned at him saying,
"V come on I don't hate you for what you did, I told you to find out what was wrong with me after all." again she patted the bed so that he shook his own head and took a seat beside her. Grinning now, Kyra asked him,
"So since I actually don't know what you saw—what did you find out? What's the 'super-secret' problem with me?" when he didn't say anything Kyra made a face taking one of his hands before friendly punching his shoulder with the other.
"You'll have to tell me at some point right?" she teased so that when he did tell her she had no words,
"You posses with your very being a shard of one of the Infinity Stones; you have been given the abilities of the Soul Stone. That is the reason behind everything Kyra. That's what caused everything."