The Alchemist Journey of Power

Chapter 17

With a very low growl, I made tree roots bind the boy to the ground, but then my surroundings changed. It was that field. During that day. The confrontation with Volterra about Renesmee. It couldn't be. My hands balled up at the sight of Felix laying dismembered in the snow. A yelp of pain brought me back to reality as my surroundings returned to where I was holding the boy.

'A gift, like Zafrina's and Renesmee's combined and yet this felt more powerful? Interesting.' This girl was doing some odd moves with her hands trying to break the boy free. They looked somewhat similar. "Stop it. You're killing him." I loosened the binds just a bit.

"You care for him? I thought Hydra's...employees weren't of the caring type." Who were these kids?

"He is my twin brother, of course I care. Wouldn't you?" She sneered.

"My sister and I are not that kind towards one another. It is almost making me jealous to see your bond." I answered. "Can't believe what I am about to do but..." I loosened the boys bindings. "Get out of here. Don't interfere any longer." I told them.

"Why are you doing this?" She asked.

"I suppose it is because I miss my own family, and because you two are still so young. You won't be as lucky next time. Go that way, the others are still at the base. Go." They left confused.

After a few minutes Tony said he found the scepter. "Leona, any sign of enhanced?"

"Not anymore. They got away from me, but I doubt they are still here." I answered. "I apologize for my failure to complete my part."

"It's fine. Just get back so we can go home." Steve said.

"On my way." I ran back to the jet and we went home. On the aircraft, I stayed quiet, thinking of what that girl made me see.

"What's wrong, Leona? You are so quiet." Clint asked. 

"I saw something I never hoped to see again. Did any of you see strange images?" they looked away in an awkward manner. 

"I will take that as a yes." I muttered.

"What did you see?" Natasha asked.

"The day I nearly lost my mate. It wasn't just an image. It was a memory. During a fight he got killed trying to protect me. If my master hadn't been so kind to allow his return, I would've gone mad with grief and an unquenchable thirst for revenge possibly leading to my own death." I answered perhaps a bit too honestly.

"Can you make a description of the enhanced that did this?" Hill asked. I had no idea she was on the jet. She wasn't. It was a videocall.

"Give me paper and a pen." Both requested items were in my hands in a moment. I drew both the girl and the boy from memory. "Those two are twins."  

"Maximoff twins Wanda and Pietro. orphaned after a bomb destroyed their home and killed their family. I understand their joining. It was a bomb from Stark industries." Hill said after probably checking the database.

"Why doesn't that surprise me?" I wondered out loud.

"I just make and sell them." Tony tried to defend himself.

"Doesn't matter to them. Anyway what happens now with the scepter?"

"We study it just for a few days. Thor stays while we do it as a guard of sorts." Bruce said. That was exactly what happened. I stayed away from the labs not quite feeling safe near the powerful energy I sense coming from scepter.

A few days after the mission, Tony threw a party in celebration of victories. I had been shopping and found a simple dress for it. The party was fun, especially watching some men trying to impress Natasha but failing. Or hearing this one guy tell a kind of boring story to impress girls. I helped at the bar to avoid annoying men myself.

"Leona, come here for a second." Thor called waving me over.

"What did you want?" I asked.

"He bet that you couldn't handle his realm's best alcohol and then win arm-wrestling from him." Steve explained.

"Tch. I am too sober to deal with this." I walked away.

"You too scared to lose?" He called after me.

"No, I just don't want to deal with your weeping after your defeat. What did you bet anyway?"

"A hundred dollars."

"Not good enough. When I win, each member of the team gets two hundred dollars, and you are cleaning the training rooms and doing the dishes for a month." He always leaves conveniently before that.

"Deal." He said without missing a beat. He didn't mention terms for me. So I didn't need to do anything if I were to lose.

We got a table I changed to be sturdy enough to hold. Then I drank the alcohol I was offered. The thing is, my gift immediately turns it into water. A little trick I found out about after a night out in Volterra. So I was still sober. It was strong stuff though. I have to admit that. It took longer for the change to take place. Steve would act as a referee.

"Ready, begin." to humor Thor, I pretended to be a bit drunk and to lose. 

"Aw the little girl tries to play with the big guys. It is so nice of Thor to humor her." Some human said. I snorted a little. If only they knew it was the other way around.

"She is way out of her league though but very pretty. Perhaps if she is drunk, I got a chance to play with her. Maybe we both can." That made my teeth grind. Game time is over. I slammed Thor's hand on the table sped over to the guy, making him startle and spill his drink.

"What did you say?" I growled. I knew my eyes were probably dark. 

"Ugh look what you did. This shirt was very expensive, and you ruined it." He said trying to change the subject. I suppose I did make him spill his drink but...

"Good. At least it shows the trashy asshole you are." I couldn't help but reply.

"Oh please. You wouldn't even be able to afford a thread of this shirt and you dare to call it trash? It doesn't matter, I know a way you can pay for it." He looked me up and down lingering on certain parts. It made me raise an eyebrow. Is he really doing this?

"Oh sweetie, I am worth way more than you could ever hope to afford. Why don't you just run home to get that dirt taken care of. Oh and your shirt too of course. Bye now." And I walked away. He better not  try anything else because I literally just beat Thor in front of everyone. I joined Natasha at the bar.

"You okay?" She asked. We watched as Steve and Thor worked the guy out of the room.

"Yes I haven't really had to deal with assholes like him before. either my mate or friends of mine took care of the problem before I could Not because they thought I couldn't take care of myself, they just wanted to make sure I left such men in one piece. And my friends were just protective of all women in the group." I explained.

"Oh I feel like there is a good story there." I nodded agreeing. She then flirted a bit with Bruce while I kept filling drinks.
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