Phoenix

Holiday or Hiding

"Wands?" I whisper into her ear. "I'm not going anywhere, your not there anymore, your safe. I know the whole memories thing scared you... I'm here, I'm okay. Look at me..." I rub her back trying to get her to loosen her grip, feeling her nails almost breaking the skin on my back. "You read my mind, you saw everything didn't you?" I ask her the wet patch on my shoulder still growing, her small nod, causes me to sigh. "It's going to take a lot more than my past, or some robot army to kill me. I'm always going to be here to protect you, you know that you are my sister my family. Now we are going to set you up with a nice little romantic getaway with Vision." her head pulls away from my neck, and her red puffy eyes meet mine.

"What are you on about?" her thick Sokovian accent cracks through her broken voice. Her comment makes me smile, it's cute that she thinks we haven't noticed.

"What me and nat, kinda know... The way you make lovey heart eyes at one another when you think no one is watching. The small excuses to touch one another, the way you sit close together when there are other couches in the room. You have feelings for him, he does for you" I smile, and tease her making a few kisses into the air and her jaw drops, her grip now completely gone from my body. She shoves me lightly.

"You aren't meant to know that!" she whispers shouts at me, Nat wanders over and stands at my side with the biggest smirk you have ever seen.

"You told her, didn't you. That we know" She teases. Wanda's eyes burn red making us laugh. "Calm down witchy, after we stop in Wakanda, we are dropping you off in Scotland he will be waiting for you. Then Steve and Sam will be dropped off in Italy. Scott and Clint are at home with their families, and we are heading to where first? France or Germany?" She explains turning to me at the last second, with some little sparkle in her eye.

"I was thinking France, I heard the pastries were good," I reply. "The conditions are, we stay in contact," I say to Wanda as her eyes dart between the two of us, her smile growing even bigger after we tell her our plan.

"Deal, I want to hear about your adventures" She wiggles her eyebrows after a small nose scrunch, implying she knows something. I look over at Nat and she just shrugs at me, with a small pink tint in her cheeks anyone would have missed.

"First destination" Clint Calls to all of us, as he enters the border to Wakanda. He settles the jet down and I and Steve walk out with Bucky.

"Your highness," I say to the king after actually never being introduced.

"Thomas Barnes, the Phoenix I believe."

"The Phoenix nickname is just from my dad" I explain smiling over at him. "I didn't realise he said it to everyone else..." I mumble

"Hmm, Thomas. One day you will understand. We will take care of him, we will contact you all with any updates. We advise no contact with him until safe." He shakes my hand and shakes the Steves too.

"Be safe little one, don't do anything I wouldn't" He winks at me. "Check-in with Steve, I think he will need it more than you will."

"Don't do anything stupid," I warn him, with a smile and a punch to the arm. This time both Steve and Bucky respond together.

"How can I? You're taking all the stupid with you" My jaw drops at their unison. I'm starting to get freaked out they are convincing me their soulmates...

"You two are freaking me out..." I say walking backwards slightly

"It is adorable how in sync they are leave them be" Natasha appears at my side I forget how quiet she can be. "Come on let them say their goodbye." she tugs at my arm shooting them a wink.

"Look after the pain in the ass Nat! He likes to smash and break things!" Bucky shouts as she's dragging me away.

"Fucking rude!" I shout back.