Mercury // S. Rogers (Book Six) ✔

As I Was Saying

"Pietro...?" Freya whispers. Her eyes are still fixated on the "Please Stand By" message as she sits there, completely frozen.

"Freya?" Darcy asks cautiously when Freya continues to stare.

Freya ignores her and instead reaches her mind out to the barrier. Even with Wanda's new upgrade to it, Freya can still barely feel the minds of the people inside. She looks for one that resembles Pietro, but finds nothing.

"Doll?" Steve asks as he gently shakes her. Freya quickly blinks and brings herself back to the current situation.

"That's not Pietro," Freya states confidently.

"What if she ressurected him into a different body or something?" Darcy asks.

"No," Freya shakes her head. "I can't find a mind that matches his. That's not our Pietro. Plus, did you see the look on Wanda's face? She wasn't expecting him. I don't think she did that."

"What are you saying?" Steve asks.

"I'm saying, the presence I sense in there that I can't read, I think it's purposely blocking me," Freya elaborates. "And I think they're responsible for the Fake Pietro."

"Fietro," Darcy snorts, earning a scolding, yet somewhat amused glare from Freya. Darcy resorts to turning back to the TV and rewinding to check the part of the episode they missed while outside.

"So you really do think we're being third-partied?" Steve asks.

"At this point, yeah," Freya nods. "And I'm highly suspicious of that 'neighbor', Agnes."

"Hey, guys..." Darcy calls out uneasily. "Take a look at this."

Freya and Steve turn to the TV and watch the replay of Wanda and her sons finding Agnes with Sparky. The twins try to age up before Wanda is able to convince them otherwise. But they soon try to convince their mother to resurrect their dog. Wanda gives them a similar speech to the one that Freya gave her after Pietro died. Then, Vision soon walks up to them as he returns from work and consoles his sons when he realizes what happened. He leaves to bury the dog while Wanda puts the twins to bed. The episode moves to the kitchen where Wanda is cleaning up. Vision walks in from burying Sparky and goes to wash his hands.

"How are the boys?" Vision asks.

"A little heartbroken, but they'll be alright," Wanda nods.

"Well, it's not often you get a dog and bury it in the same day," Vision sighs.

"Well, life moves pretty fast out in the suburbs," Wanda tries to say nonchalantly. She picks up the basket of toys in front of her and carries it over to the cabinets nearby.

"I spoke with Norm," Vision says suddenly.

"Oh?" Wanda hums as she continues to clean up toys.

"I unearthed the man's suppressed personality," Vision admits. "And I spoke to him free of your oversight."

"Holy shit!" Darcy gasps.

"Ok, we're gonna have to go back and watch that later," Freya says with wide eyes.

Wanda looks absolutely shocked as she stares at her husband.

"He was in pain, Wanda," Vision frowns.

"Vision," Wanda chuckles. "Listen, can we just...-"

"What?" Vision interrupts. "Watch TV? Turn in for the night so that you can change everything over again? No, Wanda. You can't control me the way you do them."