A-Force Assemble

WandaCarol ~ I am so gay I can't hear straight

Never in her life, she would have ever thought about using her powers for anything else than to beat the shit out of someone that wasn't her enemy. And yet, she was currently using all her strength not to send a photon blast right between the eyes of the man sitting on the couch.

Because you see, Carol Susan Jane Danvers was cooking for her girlfriend (soon to be fiancée if she said yes), Wanda Irina Maximoff, when a certain black-haired man, James Buchanan Barnes, came in and decided to flirt with her girl. Again. And even if it certainly wasn't the first time, Carol was really close to make sure he wouldn't flirt with her ever again, or with anyone else for that matter.

It wasn't 200% Bucky's fault, to be honest. The two women hadn't come out to the public yet, or to any of the other Avengers. Partially because they both were very private and loved their alone time very much, mostly because Carol was very protective and had gathered a lot of enemies around the universe. She would never be able to look at herself in the mirror again if anything happened to Wanda because of her. So if killing Bucky sounded really appealing, Carol was still glad nothing had happened to the brunette and she would make sure it remained this way.

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They had grown close after Carol had been called as backup on a particularly tricky mission a year ago. The objective was to sneak into an old hydra base and gather information and Wanda had been the one who was sent. It should have been easy but as usual, things went south when the little witch barged into a room full of soldiers. Turned out the so-called abandoned base wasn't so abandoned and Hydra was using it to rebuild what Strucker had started in Sokovia. As powerful as she is, Wanda was so shocked that she didn't even have time to react before she was thrown into a cell with a shocking collar on her neck and bruises all over her ribcage.

It took three days for the Avengers to realize they were for once overpowered. Contrary to what they had thought, the base was heavily guarded, a barrier surrounded it just like in Sokovia. However, they had found out with horror that Wanda was used as a battery to create it, draining her energy and powers to generate the shield. As strong as they were, it was pretty clear that no one in the team would be able to penetrate Wanda's barrier without dying.

That was when Fury intervened. When every solution seemed unrealistic, he explained how he had met Carol back in 1995 and how she gained her powers. Even if they weren't a hundred percent sure it would work, Carol was their best chance to break Wanda's barrier. After all, she was the one other person they knew who could pretend to be the strongest being in the universe.

It took another 5 days for Carol to arrive. When she was paged, she was fighting on the other side of the universe and came as soon as possible. By then, the whole team was on the edge. Hydra had sent videos of Wanda being tortured and the team couldn't wait to get in and get their newest member back.

After a short briefing, Carol had taken off towards the base with the team following in a jet. As soon as they landed, the blonde flew headfirst into the barrier, blasting it with all her might. They would explain it later by Wanda's exhaustion and her will to be found but it only took a minute before the first cracks appeared and the shield broke into pieces. The team charged in, Steve and Carol leading them inside. They had established that Carol would go straight to retrieve Wanda while the rest of them fought the guards.

Carol found the brunette in the lab. When she laid her eyes on her, her heart broke. Wanda was on her knees, completely immobilized by heavy chains. Her eyes were closed but her features were tensed as if she was in great pain but didn't have the strength to express it anymore. There were bruises on her neck where the collar had choked her. Her hands were tied behind her back and multiple needles were attached to her to feed her (more like maintaining her alive) and to drain her powers.