Skull

Chapter 9- Aftermath

Here a little song for this scene.

Katrina was alive. Which was lucky. She rolled with the woman and man just in time to avoid getting squashed. She pinned them on ground, (or was it a wall?) of the wreckage to protect them from more falling debris. Some hit. It hurt like a bitch but Katrina kept her mouth shut letting her sences take over so she could protect herself and her victims from the damage around them. When the building stopped moving she sat up with a groan.

The man and woman looked terrified.

"Get out of here!" She coughed pointing to a hole big enough for them to escape. The woman rushed out screaming for help as she did. The man tried to help her but she shoved him off.

"Go! Save yourself. Get help for the others!" She told him. he gulped then ran out after the woman. Katrina coughed and went deeper into the wreckage. She was covered in bruises and blood. she had gashed all over and her shoulder was defiantly broken. She was having trouble walking straight and her head was throbbing. She cough and stumbled and then fell. 

"I have to help people. " She groaned trying to press forward. But as she tried to stand she flopped down with a cry of pain.

He com crackled. It wasn't working. But she tried anyway. "Help." She croaked.

then she heard her name echoe through the building.

"Katrina!" It was Sams voice.

"Sam!" She croaked. Then he came into veiw coming from around a large cement peice.

"Holy shit! Guys I found her!" He said touching his ear. He bent down and picked her up being as carful as possible.

She still groaned.

"She's bleeding all over. I think she broke something too." Sam said as he rushed out dodging dibis and heding to the same hole she had sent the others through He took her out and she groaned at the sun. She could hear a chopper and sirens.

'Kate!" Nat yelled running over to Sam.

"There's people inside. You got to find them!" She told them as Sam set her on the ground.

"I already have redwing searching. Steve in there looking too. Wanda and Nat will help you."

"No I got to help too!" She groaned trying to get up from the ground. Nat pushed her down.

"Stay down. You did enough." Nat whispered as Sam ran off towards the building.

Kate responded with a moan as Wanda pressed a towel to a gash in her side.

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Kate lay on a bench in the quinjet heading home. Wanda and Sam sat with her. everyone was covered in dust and grim. Most of all Kate. her soot was almost white and grey with how dirty she was. Her healing was already kicking in but she still hurt like hell.

"So when were you going to tell us you could shoot webs from your hands?" Steve asked. Wanda glared.

Kate gave a snort then winced. "Never. Or at least not for awhile."

"Why?" Sam asked sounding hurt. "We're your friends."

"Oh I know. But what would you think when someone said 'Oh hey I'm Katrina, I'm part spider.' I think I was going crazy. Or that they were a freak."

"I control things with my mind." Wanda reminded her. She had been quite till now.

"Yeah, but mines not from an experiment. No this is actually apart of my DNA. I was born like this. And it's not from my mother or father being bitten either. No one knows how I got it. But if you look at my DNA I have actual spider DNA. Like I have super reflexes, I can climb walls beacause I have spines on my hands. I shoot webs from my wrists, not to mention super strength and heightened sences. My fire is just a perk. Also ecelerated healing."

No one responded. Then they landed with a light thud. Thought it was light it made Katrina hiss in pain. Then the jet door opened and a med team rushed in taking her out on a gurnny though she protested adimently. that she was fine.

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When Katrina had been releaced and had a shower she headed to Wanda's room. It had been only three days since the attack. Technically last month. She found her turning on the news channel. Her brother was with her. She sat with them watching as the news began to speak of the attack. She winced as she watched.

"Eleven Waknada's were among those killed during a confrontation. between the Avengers and a group of mercenaries in Lagos, Nigeria last month. The traditionally reclusive wakandans were on an outreach mission in Lagos when the attack occurred." The blonde new caster reported

Then the T.V swapped to King T'Chakka "Our people blood is spilled on foreign soil, not only because of  criminals, but by the indifference of those pledge to stop them." When this happened Pietro swore under his breath angrily in Russian then wrapped his arms around Wand's and Kat's shoulders who were silent and watching the TV with blank faces.

"Victory at the expence of the innocent," King T'Chakka continued "is no victory at all."

"The Wakandan king went on to say,"

Kate ignored what he said as she heard another T.V turn off.

Then someone else was on. "They are operating outside and above international law. Because that's the reality, if we don't respond to acts like these. What legal authority do enhanced individuals like Wanda and Pietro Maximoff along with Katrina Richard-Hellis have to operate in Nigeri-"  Steve walked in and cut the man off by turning the T.V off. Katrina turned slowly with a look of pure anguish on her eyes to the man who leaned in the door frame

Wanda and Pietro followed her movements though Pietro looked more harrassed than sad. Steve set the remote down and crossed his arms looking at the three enhanced in front of him.

"It's our fault." Wanda, Katrina and Pietro who was, like always, slightly ahead of them said together.

"That's not true." Steve protested calmly as Katrina looked away.

"Turn the T.V back on." Wanda ordered.

"It's being very specific." Pietro added.

"I should have clocked the bomb vest long before you had to deal with it. Steve said getting off the wall and walking towards them. "Then we wouldn't have had the whole problem in general. Or stopped Rumlow earlier so Pietro didn't have to save all the citzens from us. Or Kate had to almost die saving people from the building. But Rumlow said Bucky... and all of a sudden I was a 16-year-old kid again, in Brooklyn." He sat down with a sigh. he didn't look at them for a second before turning slowly as he spoke. And people died."

"is that suppose to make us feel better?" Katrina muttered before Steve continued.

"It's on me."

"It's on all of us." Pietro sighed flopping onto the bed.

"This job...we try to save as many people as we can. Sometimes that doesn't mean everybody. But if we can't find a way to live with that then next time... maybe nobody gets save."

It was silent for a moment before Katrina's nerves tingled. She looked up in time to see Vision fad through the wall before his density returned to normal.

"Vis!" Pietro snapped sitting up.

"We talked about this." Wanda sighed.

"yes. But the door was open so I assumed that...." He paused then change tacktics. "Captain Rogers wished Mr. Stark was arriving." Vision informed.

Steve nodded turned for a second then turned back. "thank you. We'll be right down." He said with a slight smile at Vision.

"I'll, use the door." he said then walked swiftly towards the open door. He paused and turned for a second. everyone watched him curious why he wasn't gone yet.

"Oh and apparently he's brought a guest." Vis stated evenly.

"We know who it is?" cap asked. She saw his eye flit and Katrina for a second but she contiued to stare at he rhands.

"The Secretary of State." He replied before walking out.