Chapter 5: The plan set in motion

265 9 1
                                    

"But where will you go?" A young Peter Parker asks as his brother, stood next to him, "When will you guys came back?" "We're gonna come back soon. For now you guys are going to stay with your aunt and uncle. Okay?" The two brothers then looked at the living room, seeing their mother talking to their aunt and uncle. "Hey, hey." Their father said, grabbing the attention of the two, "Just promise me, no matter what. You two will be there and protect each other. No matter what."  His phone then beeped and told their mother they had to go, the mother said her goodbyes to her kids and their aunt and uncle, tears in her eyes as they had to leave. The four stood in the doorway, watching the two leave. Their father's words echoing in their heads, "Be there and protect each other. No matter what."

"No matter what. No matter what. No matter wha-" Jacob slowly started regaining consciousness, his arms tied behind a pole, with Wanda sitting on a stool and Pietro leaning on a table next to her, "Are you sure you used your powers properly? I mean, you weren't in good shape at the time." She then created a red orb and it twirled around her fingers, "Yes, I did. It was like he was empty, I couldn't see anything." "Could you try now?" he asked, she just glared at him as Pietro held his hands up, "Just to make sure." She pulled her stool closer to Jacob, ready to try again, but when she did, she still saw nothing and was surprised by Jacob waking up, twirling his head, "Could you please stop whatever you're doing. It's giving me headache.", eyes fluttering open, shaking the pain away from his head. "At least we know it's doing something." Pietro said, Jacob finally putting everything together, "Wait... Where am I? A base? You're secret lair?! Well, you aren't getting ANYTHING out of me Mmm-mm.", he said, Pietro chuckled as he walked away, while Wanda giggled, "You're funny.", he was flattered by hear comment and kind of liked the sound of her voice, it was sweet, Russian, calm. WAIT WHAT?! WAS HE CRUSHING ON HE ENEMY? Nope, not gonna happen, he CAN'T let it happen. "I'm flattered... But what do you want from me, I am just an Intern, and literally just started working for Mr. Stark like, 2, or 3, days ago?" Her face changed from calm to anger and just glared at him, but then looked away. He then looked at the TV that was on the wall. What he saw shocked him. It was Iron Man in his Hulkbuster armor battling the Hulk, "Hey. Could you turn that up please?"  She just took the remote and turned it off, then looked at him, "Okay. Turning off the TV was not necessary." "Shut up and explain." "Okay? Right to it then. Explain what?" "You." "Me?" "You." "What about me?" "My powers don't work on you. Every time I look into your mind, it's empty. Every time I try to control it, I can't. So explain." "How do you even know it's doing something to me?" "Your head hurts." "Okay. Ummm, I don't know what to tell ya. I'm just your everyday kid from Queens." She leaned to face to face. Wow, she smelled nice... wait. "Liar."

"What?" "You're lying." "Why on Earth would I be lying?" "I can tell, It's always men like you." "Men like me?" "Like you and Stark!" she yelled, leaving me in shock. I knew why she and her brother hated him, "What makes you think I'm like, Mr. Stark." "You work for him, you and your brother admire him and wish to be like him." How did she know? "Ultron showed us, if you're wondering." My thoughts were interrupted by my phone, someone was calling. I had a good feeling who it was and if I didn't answer, I will be put in a grave. Wanda looked at my phone in wonder, "Who's May?" "She's my aunt, could you please give me my phone." "Not until you answer my questions." "Please! She just wants to make sure I'm okay, and so do I!" "She was silent, but then answered it and, handed the phone to me and put it on my shoulder, under my cheek, "Hey, May. I'm sorry I didn't call earlier. I was just very hung up on work Mr. Stark gave me you know. Yeah. Mmm-mm." Wanda just stared, seeing not the Tony Stark, but the other side. "Okay, I now. I call you back soon. Yeah. Bye." I gave the phone back to Wanda. There was an awkward silence. "You don't trust me. Do you?" "I don't trust anyone besides my brother and Ultron." "What happened to you? Who hurt you?" I knew the answers to these questions, but- "STARK IS THE ONE WHO HURT ME! WHO HURT MY BROTHER! YOUR PRECIOUS MENTOR!" I did not expect that, "Well, technically it was the missile." "THAT STARK DESIGNED!" She pulls her hair back, "Why would you care anyway." she started to tear up. "I do care. I know what it's like." "No. You. Don't. Nobody ever does." She turned away. "When I was a kid... or at least younger. My parents left me and my brother by our other relatives. Our aunt and uncle." She looks back, her eyes a bit red, "We never found out why they left. But just a few days later, police comes knocking at our door, we think it's our mom and dad coming to take us back home, but it's not. They tell us that the plane our parents were on crashed, there was no way they could have survived it... So when I said I know what it's like, I was telling the truth. We both got our parents taken away from us." But she was still silent as she went to sit back on the stool. Still in silence.

A few moments pass, we are still in silence as I start singing to myself silently for a bit now. "Baby don't hurt me, no more." "Could you please just stop that." "Stop what?" "That song. It's annoying me." "How? It's a classic." "Not since you started singing it." She rolled her eyes. "Ouch." A few seconds later, I don't realize it, but I started humming it again, "Stop!" "But I'm booreed, I may never have been kidnapped before, but from what I've seen in movies I though this would be more interesting... or talkative." She still stayed silent, "Fine, I'll just sing louder then. BABY DON-" but I was interrupted by Wanda rushing up and putting her hand on my mouth, we just stared into each other's eyes, not blinking, "Stop. Singing. Please." All she heard was muffled noises until she finally took her hand off his mouth, "You know yo don't have to be the bad guy right." 'We are not the bad guys here. Stark is." "Okay. Then if you think Mr. Stark is so bad then listen to this." She looked at him, "If Mr. Stark is as bad as you may think, and he made Ultron in his image. Who do you think Ultron will be like then. You can't trust him." "Okay, I'm tired of this. You can sing in peace, I'm going." She starts walking away, "You can't trust him Wanda! You and I both know that!"

Avengers: Age of Ultron (Wanda Maximoff x Jacob Parker)Where stories live. Discover now