Hello audio monkeys! All finished up with chapter 3. Gonna work a little bit on chapter 4 and it will be up tomorrow night.
This chapter is the original version. It has not been edited at all. Once this story is complete, I will go back and edited the chapters that really need it and make some of the chapters a little more clearer.
I do not own any of Marvel's Avengers Age of Ultron characters! I only own Abigail Dugan!
Enjoy!
Chapter 3: Safe and Danger
Wanda Maximoff ducked behind a tree avoiding getting shot by HYDRA agents. She glanced around the tree and saw a tank slowly making its way down the snow covered path. Her green eyes widened in fear knowing she doesn't have the strength to take out a tank. She's barely holding on and started to tremble in fear. She doesn't want it to end like this. What will happen to her brother Pietro? What will happen to Abigail? They are the only family she has left. No! She couldn't think like that. She shook her head to get the negative thoughts out of her head. She must get back to Pietro and Abigail. Her family. She won't let them down. Wanda breathed in calm breaths and closed her eyes for a minute. As she took a step out of her hiding spot, a huge explosion went off. Her eyes snapped open, let out a scream and ducked behind the tree again. She covered her ears with both of her hands and slid down to the snow covered ground. She was heavily panting as her entire body tremble in fear. Before she had any time to compose herself together, a pair of hands grabbed her arms. Wanda let out a surprise yelp and tried to claw herself out of the grasp.
"Hey, hey, it's me." Wanda blinked away her and saw it was Clint. She flung herself at him and wrapped her arms around Clint's neck. She felt his arms wrapped around her shoulders and she buried her face in his shoulders. "Hey it's okay. It's okay. Your safe." Wanda nodded against his shoulder and let out a shaky breath.
"I didn't mean to get separated from you." She whispered to Clint. "A HYDRA agent jumped in front of me and I used my powers to attack him. By the time I was done, I had already lost sight of you." She was heavily panting again and started to shake. "I looked everywhere, but I still couldn't find you."
"Hey it's okay, it's okay, we found you." She felt Clint pull away from the warm embrace and look straight into her green forest eyes. "I found you." Wanda stared into his icy blue eyes. "I found you." She couldn't help, but feel something spark between them. Before she could say anything else, she heard someone clear their throat. Her gaze snapped towards a young man with blonde hair, wearing a red, white and blue uniform with a white star in the middle.
"Not that I want to ruin the moment, but we need to go. Natasha just comm me saying everybody is back at the quinjet. We need to go." She looked back at Clint who nodded. However, her eyes widened in realization. Pietro and Abigail. "Their fine."
"B-but y-you h-h-had her and I," She stuttered.
"Listen," She heard his voice was calm and firm. "Pietro and Abigail are fine. I sent them back to the quinjet since Abigail needs medical attention. My friend Bruce informed me of their arrival ten minutes ago. Their safe." Wanda nodded knowing Clint was telling the truth. She lets out a shaky breath before getting up to her feet. "You okay?" She nodded and brushed the snow off of her white prison gown. She glanced at the blonde man then back at Clint.
"I'm ready."
"Overall, she has at least four bruised ribs, a slight concussion and a bruise on the midsection of her stomach. She'll make a full recovery." Pietro rubbed his tired expression with the palm of his hand and nodded. He felt a hand on his shoulder and glanced up at Dr. Banner who gave him a warm smile. "She's gonna be okay." Pietro nodded once again and let out a shaky breath.
"Thank you." He managed to whisper out and felt a gentle squeeze of his shoulder.
"It's no problem." The hand of Dr. Banner disappeared from his shoulder. Pietro continue to gaze at Abigail who was now sleeping peacefully with no pain. He reached for Abigail's hand and gently rested his on top of hers. His thumb gently started to rub patterns against the top of her hand. He could only imagine how afraid she will be when she wakes up. Her life has been turned upside down. She was probably living a good life. Pietro could only think she was being treated good by the people she loves. Pietro wishes he could have been in more of her life. Even though, she was only staying Sokovia for the summer all those years ago. However, he would be there for her this time. He and Wanda. He's still fuming about the Winter Soldier's actions against Clint. He was only getting Abigail to safety. He had no right to attack Clint. Most importantly, he had no right to call Abigail "Abby". He heard her saying she hated being called that. Pietro let out a loud sigh and leaned his head against the bed. He turned his head the other way so he's at least looking at Abigail's face. He was so lost in Abigail's natural beauty he didn't even hear the door gently being opened. "Pietro." He lifted his head, glanced back to see Dr. Banner at the door. "Your sister and the others are back." Pietro nervously bit his lip before answering to Dr. Banner. "I'll stay with her. I won't let anyone in unless it's you or your sister." He felt a little bit better, but Dr. Banner held up his hand. "I'll come get you if she starts to wake up." That made Pietro loads better. He wants to be there when Abigail wakes up. To at least have a familiar face to wake up too. Pietro gave one last look at Abigail before getting up from his chair. He let go of Abigail's hand and in an instant felt his hand become cold. He walked over to the door and glanced at Dr. Banner.
"Lock the door behind me." He saw Dr. Banner nod and then walked out of the door. He heard the door closed shut and heard being locked. He sighed in relief and continue to walk down the short hallway. Before he rounded the corner, he already heard loud voices up ahead and one of them was his sister's.
"How could you attack Clint! He was taking Abigail to safety! She needed medical attention and you attack him with Abigail in his arms!? What the hell's name were you thinking!?" Yup, defiantly Wanda.
"I didn't know he was a friendly!" Pietro rubbed the bridge of his nose and let out a frustrated sigh. "I was only trying to protect Abby!"
"Don't call her that!" Oh boy. "Don't you ever call her that! It's your fault for bringing her into this mess!" Pietro silently rounded the corner of the hall and leaned against the wall. He saw Clint standing by his sister, a red hair woman standing right behind her, across from he was the Winter Soldier glaring at Wanda, two blonde men standing on either side of the Winter Soldier, a man in a red and gold metal suit and black man wearing military tactical gear and goggles resting on the top of his head. Pietro watched silently at the scene in front of him play out.
"I was only trying to help!" He heard his sister snort out a laugh.
"By kidnapping her!? Do you have any idea how stupid that sounds!? You put her life in danger! You put her on HYDRA's radar! She will never be safe! You put her in danger!" Pietro saw Wanda lunge at the Winter Soldier, but Clint wrapped his arms around Wanda's waist. His eyes flickered over the Winter Soldier who was being held back by the two blonde men. Pietro tilt his head as he watched the scene in front of him. He crossed his arms over his chest and silently sighed. He briefly made eye contact with the black man and shook his head. The black man gave him a short nod before anyone noticed. Pietro's eyes flickered towards his sister who was struggling against Clint's grasp. "This is all your fault Winter Soldier! It's all your fault!"
"Do not call me that you witch!" This time Pietro heard Clint yell.
"Watch it! You do not call Wanda that!" Pietro saw the red hair woman step in front of his sister and looked at her.
"Wanda, listen. I know your upset. I get it. I really do, but there's nothing we can do about it now. All we can do is protect her. That's all we can do." He saw Wanda shake her head.
"You don't get! He put her in danger! She shouldn't be here!" Pietro saw tears running down Wanda's tan olive skin cheeks. "I had a vision of Abigail." He heard her let out a shaky breath and lowers her head. "She was falling from a building and I couldn't catch her in time and she was fighting something with red glowing eyes. It killed her. We end up getting her killed! She shouldn't be here!" Her screams echoed off the walls of the quinjet that was already up in the air. He saw Wanda let out a silent sob and her shoulders started to shake. Concern eyes were shown from the other Avengers as they glance at each other. Pietro then decided to announce himself so he could take Wanda to see Abigail. He cleared his throat loud enough so that everybody could hear him. All of the Avengers head's snapped towards him, but was unfazed by their stares. His attention is focused on Wanda and Clint.
"Wanda." He whispered for her to hear, she snapped her head towards him and her green eyes widened.
"Pietro!" He saw Clint let go of her as she raced towards him and flung her arms around his neck. He wrapped his arms around her waist as she openly cried against his shoulder. He gently rubbed her back and glanced at the Avengers staring at them. He let out a sigh and pulled away from the warm embrace. Their foreheads touched as Wanda continued to sob.
"She's okay. She'll make a full recover." He whispered in her ear. She nodded and released a shaky breath. "Go. I'll be there soon." He saw Wanda nod and she let go of him and walked down the short hallway. Pietro glanced behind him and watched Wanda knock on the door. He heard the door being unlocked, opened by Dr. Banner who stuck his head out and spoke to Wanda in hush tones. He then saw Dr. Banner open the door wider, saw Wanda shuffle into the room. He let out a small sigh in relief and looked back at the Avengers. His eyes landed on Clint who shoulders were tense. "She needed to see her." He saw Clint nod.
"How is she?" Pietro shrugged his shoulders.
"At least four bruised ribs, a minor concussion and a bruise on her midsection of her stomach."
"Nothing major?" Pietro shook his head answering Clint's question. He saw Clint sigh in relief as did everyone else.
"She's gonna be fine." Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a tall, slender, brown haired woman walking towards him. He met her while Dr. Banner was doing a check-up. What was her name again?
"Screaming match over?" Pietro nodded. "Finally stepped in?" Pietro nodded again.
"Is there something you need Maria?" That's her name. Maria something. At least he remembers just not her last name. He was never good with names.
"I was actually looking for Pietro to see how Ms. Dugan is doing." Pietro closed his eyes and mentally cursed himself. He became tense in his shoulders and lowers his head. Now they're going to be questions about Abigail's heritage.
"Dugan?" Pietro held his breath as he listened to the conversation. The voice belongs to Captain America who is known as Steve Rogers. He heard all about him back at the HYDRA base. It became the chatter among the agents. He heard Maria softly clear her throat.
"You didn't tell them?" Pietro's eyes snapped open and glanced at Maria. He saw her eyes expressed concern and worry. He noticed her protectiveness over him and Abigail like they were her own children. Pietro knows that the situation is unavoidable. He's trapped in a mouse trap. He sighed knowing he has to come clean. He glanced at the Avengers, mostly the captain and the Winter Soldier. He really does not want to tell them about Abigail's case, but he may not have a choice. "Pietro they need to know." He nodded at Maria.
"I know." Pietro pushed himself off the wall and started to walk down the short hallway. "But not here. We wait until she wakes up. She doesn't need the stress." He saw Maria nod and sigh.
"Their gonna need to know once we land."
"Then we wait until then. For now, it stays between me, my sister, Dr. Banner and you." Pietro's voice was calm and firm. He sighed and started walking. "No one comes through this door. That's final." He yelled behind his shoulder as he continued to walk away. He knocked on the door gently and heard the door unlocked. The door opened and revealed Dr. Banner. Pietro gave the doctor a small smile, Dr. Banner moved out of the way. He swiftly moved to Abigail's side and sat in Dr. Banner's chair.
"I'm gonna step outside. To see if anyone else has any injuries." Pietro nodded without looking at Dr. Banner as he continues to admire Abigail's beautiful sleeping face. He heard Dr. Banner close the door behind him, his ears picked up Wanda's shuffling feet towards the door and heard door being locked. He glanced at Wanda who was sitting in her seat and reached for Abigail's hand and held it.
"She's in danger." He heard her whisper.
"I know." He whispered back. "We'll protect her." He felt his sister's gaze on him.
"Promise?" Pietro glanced at Wanda and nodded.
"Promise." He reached for his sister's hand that held Abigail's and rested his on top of them. "No matter what."
