Chapter Twenty

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NIGHTMARES

─ NIGHTMARES ─

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Alessia threw one punch after another, images flashing through her mind of people begging for mercy. She could hear their pleas and screams, their lifeless eyes staring into her own as she threw a hit causing the punching bag to go flying across the room. "What'd that bag ever do to you?" Alessia turned to see Tony leaning against the door frame. She rolled her eyes and walked towards the broken punching bag, picking it up before carrying it over to the corner pile of damaged bags.

Alessia walked over to the other pile, picking up a new punching bag while Tony watched her. "Are you really not gonna talk to anyone? Not even Barnes?" Alessia ignored his questions and hooked the bag up and continued punching it as more memories consumed her mind. She heard Tony huff and then the door closed behind him as her hits got stronger, then the yellowish blue tinge appeared in her vision as she threw a ball of energy at the bag, dropping to her knees as the image of Pietro rested in her view.

It had been four months since the attack of Ultron and things had been rocky, the world unsure of where they stood with The Avengers due to the fact that Ultron was created by Tony yet The Avengers were the ones to resolve the problem. Wanda, Vision, Bucky and Sam had officially joined The Avengers and began training with Steve and Natasha.

Alessia was also approved into becoming a full Avenger but since Banner's disappearance, the psych reviews that Fury enforced were preventing her from joining as our psychologist, Darla Mennia believed that she wasn't stable enough to undergo the training whereas Bucky had a stronger handle on his mind. She believed that Alessia's powers conflicted with her mentality which caused her to be a danger to the world.

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"You need to talk to me..." Darla said as she held a notebook in hand, seated across from me in a bland grey office which two grey couches across from each other, a small wooden coffee table between them. I sat there staring at the wall behind her, my arms crossed sitting stiffened on the rough couch. She sighed, "I understand that things have changed. Mr Maximoff's death has triggered something for you but you must.."

My darkened gaze landed on her causing her to swallow slowly, "Pietro's death wasn't the trigger, I was broken way before then. And I don't want to talk to a complete stranger about this, simply because you could be anyone." I stood up from the couch and headed towards the door, "Fury expects a report." I scoffed before turning to her, "Tell him to screw off." I walked out the door, slamming it behind me.

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Alessia stood up from the gym floor, cleaning up the mess she made before making her way to The Avengers floor. Marcus and the team officially lived in the Avengers building. Stepping out of the elevator, her eyes landed straight on Steve who was talking to Darla. Both of them seemed to be in a heated conversation with each other, Alessia was gonna walk away until she heard Steve say her name.

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