Loving Marianna

Chapter Sixty- Seven

Warning: drug use, violence

"It's a conflict of interest Yanis leave it be."

"I know him better than anyone else. If anyone is going to find him it's me."

"I have plenty of other things for you to do."

"And I will gladly do them after you allow me to find Xavier and bring him to justice. I promise I won't kill him."

"Oh great that makes me feel better." Fury says sarcastically.

"I won't risk going back to prison. Let me show you, you can trust me."

He looks at my determined face and sighs before saying, "if you kill him I'll turn you in myself." I smirk slightly but shake it off.

"Thank you sir. You won't regret this." I say turning to leave.

"Don't fuck this up." I nod slightly and take my leave. I pull out my phone and text Wanda to tell the others that I won't be back for a while.

I tuck my phone away and make my way towards the first place I think could offer me clues.

I turn onto a side alley and look around before walking through the brick wall and into a club. I push my way through the sweaty dancing people and find who I'm looking for snorting a line cocaine.

When they finish the current line they wipe their nose and make eye contact with me.

"Marianna!" I barely hear the blonde haired man yell over the music wide smile growing on his face.

"Victor, I see you haven't changed." I say moving closer motioning towards the drugs. He smiles.

"Of course not! What are you here for gorgeous?" I give him a look and his confused face shifts into a knowing smile.

"Xavier was here, told me what's going on, he's crazy." Victor chuckles his body swaying back and forth.

"I'm glad it's entertaining for you." I roll my eyes and he chuckles again.

"You need to relax." He raises an eyebrow to the cocaine.

"No, I need to find your brother."

"And what makes you think I'm gonna help you?"

We look at each other with straight faces nobody breaking eye contact until we both break out into a hearty laugh.

"Good one." I laugh clutching my side. He smacks me on the back still chuckling,

"you came to the right place and I know you have the right price."

"Half now, half when I have him." I hold out my hand and he shakes it.

He tells me the location Xavier has been hiding out and I wire him half the money as I leave. I step out into the cold night air. If only Fury had let me do this before, he'd have been caught.

I send a quick update text to Fury and quickly make my way to the location.

I stop before an old but well intact house in the farmlands of New York.

"Shield." I imagine myself being the size of a fly with a pair of black feather wings. And open my eyes happily seeing that it worked. So this is how Scott feels.

I fly myself through a cracked window and begin looking around the house. Everything is silent safe for a clock ticking somewhere. I make my way around and curse the timing. He's not here.

"Shield." I reimagine myself and begin looking through the drawers to find something that can confirm this is Xaviers place. I find what I'm looking for when I go into the bedroom and find a picture of myself at the beach on Xaviers shoulders. I frown and tuck the picture away. I make my way back out to the living room and plop down on the couch pulling out my gun and staring at the door.

After several hours and the sun beginning to come up the doorknob finally jiggles unlocking and opening revealing a shocked Xavier.

I stand with my gun fixed at his head and he smiles.

"I missed you Yanis."

"I didn't miss you." I bite keeping the gun fixed on him.

He purses his lips and shakes his head, "I know you don't mean that." I snort.

"You don't know shit Xavier. It's time to answer for what you've done."

He smiles crazily, "I didn't want to have to hurt you, but sometimes you need to kick a bitch to get her to understand her place."

I shoot at his leg but he deftly dodges pulling his own gun out. Before he has the chance to shoot I kick it out of his hands and lift my gun to smash in his face. I hit him multiple times until he can no longer stand and his nose is completely bent out of shape.

He looks up at me with his bloodied and fucked up face and I'm the one smiling this time.

I lean down squeezing his throat watching his face go red and eyes widen in fear, "I was always the better partner." With that I release his throat pull water from the air and create ice restraints. I call Fury and within a minute he, Stephen and a few other shield agents are taking him away and searching the house for evidence and weapons.

Stephen glares daggers at Xavier as he's dragged out and I wrap my arms around him just to be safe. Xavier turns to us right before the portal is about to close.

"As long as I'm alive I will keep coming for her." He speaks to Stephen who scrunches his face and goes to lunge at him but I stop him and the portal closes on Xaviers smiling bloody face.

I hug Stephen trying to control his tense body. He moves out of my embrace and turns to Fury eyes blazing.

"How could you let a sick son of a bitch like him live?!" He yells and I place my hand on his shoulder unsure what to do. I've never seen him like this.

"Strange-"

"Don't try to reason with me Fury. If anything happens to her again because of him I will be holding you personally responsible and will have no restraint in dealing with him myself."

"Is that a threat Strange?" Fury steps up and Stephen matches his energy pressing his chest to Fury's.

"You bet your ass it is."

They stare at each other neither willing to break.

"You need to watch what you say Strange."

"You need to watch what you do, Nick." I gasp and Fury punches Stephen across the face.

I jump in between them as Fury goes to swing again his punch marking my cheek before healing over.

Stephen does a spell that sends him flying through the wall outside of the house.

He goes to hit him with another spell but I grab his face.

"Please baby. Stop just take me home." He looks at my scared face and immediately opens up a portal. He brushes my cheek gently before pushing me in and closing the portal leaving him and Fury alone.

Fuck.