"Do we have a plan? We can't do anything if he's in that state" Maria whispered over to Irene.
"I do-"Irene stopped and looked over at Jared.
"Maybe we can try multiple antidotes? Or the Captain can try to beat him until he's unconscious. What are you thinking?" Maria turned to her sister.
Irene couldn't answer her as she was staring perplexed at her ex-mutant boss. There was something about him that she hadn't quite noticed before. Jared pushed Fury roughly to the other side of the room and turned his attention to Captain America. Jared's body was in his statue form but his eyes had never changed into the similar stone form.
"His eyes" Irene said in a hushed voice.
Maria looked over the crates that they were hiding behind and noticed his only weakness. She turned and looked back over to her sister and gave her a nod.
"How close do you have to be?" Maria asked.
"Just close enough to see that he's looking at me in the eyes. Stay here, Maria. I don't want you to get hurt" Irene told her.
But before Irene could stop here, Maria took out her gun and started firing at the mutant once again. Jared turned around and his eyes seemed to have gotten brighter as he smiled to her. He suddenly didn't care about Fury or Captain America anymore, but only Maria. Maria's clip emptied and she reached to get another one but realized that she had run out.
"Out of luck?" Jared asked.
"I don't believe in luck" Maria replied.
"Stay away from her!" Irene jumped up from her spot and joined her sister.
Jared stopped for just a second but only cocked his head and gave a little smirk. Irene held onto Maria's hand as they used to do when they were little and their father had come home from a bad day at work.
"Ah, there's the big sister" Jared smiled, "You do realize that she just killed the person who had told you your future. Perhaps you should fill your sister in on what's going to happen. I'm sure she'll be happy that you will be joining SHIELD's side. But it doesn't exactly favor you now does it, Irene? Notice how you weren't in the vision at the later scene? You never realized that one now did you? Maybe it's because perhaps, you died. Everyone dies no doubt about that! But they never expect to die prematurely now do they?"
"You're lying"
Irene and Maria took a step backward as Jared slowly walked toward them, loving the feeling of power over the women. Steve looked up from his place on the floor as he edged closer to his shield.
"Don't, Steve!" Irene yelled out before turning back to Jared, "This is now between me and him"
"How romantic. Sacrificing yourself both ways to save your sister and boyfriend. This is the 21st century and it doesn't work like that anymore!" Jared yelled out.
Irene felt her hands get all clammy as she tried to keep her mind set straight on the plan. But with every step her got closer, Irene feared that her power would be no use on him.
"Things changed, yes"
Steve glanced over to Fury, looking for a command from the agent but then noticed that the old man was out cold. He glanced back over to the trio before reluctantly he went over and helped Fury instead of his girlfriend.
"They will still look at you like an assassin" Jared let out a cold laugh, "You think after you get rid of me, things will change for you?"
"Because of the vision, Jared"
"That doesn't mean that they won't accept you for who you really are"
Maria finally spoke up, "She's my sister"
"And look at where it got her"
"Ambushed by my own people"
"Only because of what is to come in the future. This is all on you, if you hadn't had gotten caught, none of this would've happened" Jared responded.
"She would've still had her vision" Irene let out.
Jared shook his head, "Wrong, Irene. You would've never had met Captain America. Thus, the visions would've never ensued"
Irene felt her back hit the cold hard concrete wall, making Maria looked over to her sister. Irene didn't look back but waited for Jared to come a little bit closer.
"Maybe you should've never left me there to die! This whole thing was your fault!"
"How so?" Jared questioned.
"You ordered that hit on the Senator"
Nick Fury looked up from his place on the floor at the mutant standing above the two women. It felt like the whole world had just stopped and stood still for a moment.
Irene gave her sister's hand a grip as Maria slowly moved behind her older sister. The moment of truth had finally arrived.
"You knew what he said was hitting a little bit below the belt, Irene"
Irene swallowed, "Maybe you should tell us the truth"
"The truth is that I wanted to order that his on the senator so that they could be distracted so I can get the blue print of the White House"
"You were planning on killing the President the whole time"
"Well, yes. But, getting the mutant vaccine and the cool weapons from SHIELD was also a bonus" Jared shrugged.
"Why would you want to kill the president?" Irene asked.
"To prove that we are Gods amongst humans. We shouldn't fear them but they should fear us" Jared answered.
"We could all live as equals"
"But I don't want to be equal to them" Jared smiled, "I want to be immortal"
"You're a coward"
"What's happened to you?"
"What are you talking about?"
"You've always talked about one day being able to use your powers in public and against Nick Fury in any form you chose" Jared replied.
Irene felt her sister's grasp stiffen as she felt her gaze look over to her older sister. She noticed the stare of Nick Fury just over Jared's shoulder. But it was the light blue eyes of Steve Rogers that had made her stop and look at the man. She took in a shaky breath and looked back into Jared's eyes.
Irene swallowed, "Like I said, things change"
There was something about Irene's response that made Jared sneer at the other mutant. She all of a sudden didn't feel afraid anymore. Even if Jared was looking like as if he was going to spit on her in any given moment. Irene glared back at her boss as the lights around the room began to brighten and flicker in her anger.
"You're weak" Jared finally said, "And disgusting! You had only been around humans for not that long and you've already become one of them! You look just as pathetic as your sister right now"
Instinctively, a blast of light shot down from the lights above and zapped Jared's stone appearance. Irene let go of her sister's hand and walked up to Jared.
"Don't talk about her like that"
Steve stiffened up as he watched the scene take place before his eyes. He wanted to move and fight Jared away from Irene, but he could tell that she was plotting something. Irene glared at him as her light brightened to the point that it looked as bright as day time. She could see that even in his stony statue of a body, his eyes were blinking rapidly.
"You see? You're going to have to do a lot better than that" Jared told her.
"Stop using your power" Irene said as she looked him directly in the eyes, "You've forgotten how to use them"
Jared gasped as his stony figure turned back into flesh. He looked down to his hands and felt his body before looking back up to Irene.
"You bitch!" Jared punched her, sending her to the floor, "What have you done to me! Turn me back!"
Bang! The sound erupted from above her head.
Irene looked up and noticed Jared's dazed face, a whole in the middle of his forehead. He slowly leaned back and fell to the floor lifeless.
Maria crouched down right next to her sister, "Are you alright?"
Irene looked up at her sister in a complete daze before she looked back down to her sister's hand. A mini- gun was there, most likely from her boot. Her sister had saved her from the flashbacks of their father. Irene got up and hugged her sister tightly.
"So much for questioning" Nick Fury and Captain America came up to them, "Well done everyone. Irene, I want to thank you. We probably wouldn't have been able to have done this without you. Well done"
"If it wasn't for me, none of you would've been in this situation" Irene remarked, "If I had-"
"Shut up! If it wasn't for you, we would've never have found the Mutant Mob. Not only that we know what's going to happen next" Nick Fury responded, "Take some credit for yourself every once in a while"
Steve looked down to his girlfriend and offered her his hand to get up. She smiled and took it as she got up and he lightly brushed her hair to the side. His fingertips made her heart flutter as she couldn't help but think of their future sons. Irene picked up her head and gazed into his loving eyes.
Steve finally nodded over to Nick Fury who had left with Maria Hill, "I think he likes you"