𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐬

21) Loud

Wanda awoke the next morning, eyes pale blue. She remembered nothing of the night before. It blurred out after Loki had wrapped up her wound.

The ship was flying, she could feel that from the slight shake in ground as she walked. They must be traveling through different galaxies, otherwise it wouldn't feel like there were minor earthquakes every other minute.

Wanda exited her room, unsure of how the slash in her side looked. She made her way to the competitive room, not seeing Nebula. She walked in and moved over to the wall of weapons they had. They weren't as impressive as Thanos's personal collection, but they were good for sparring.

Wanda picked two knives from the wall and she threw them at the nearby wall, catching them with her magic before they made contact. She felt like her skills were wearing thin, considering she could've gotten killed from a simple bodyguard.

So for the next bit of time, she used her magic to fly around the two knives, occasionally letting them fly into the wall. As she did this, she wasn't aware that she was being watched.

When she heard movement behind her, her hands spun and the knives flew towards the man, stopping before they hit him. Loki plucked one of the knives from midair and tossed it aside, moving around the second one. Wanda retracted it, pulling the knife back to her and catching it.

"We will be arriving on Earth in an hour. Thanos claims to be able to sense a new stone there. The reality stone apparently opened new lines of sight to him." Loki told her.

"Earth?" Wanda repeated.

"Yes. Earth. Do not get distracted by the familiarity of your home. This is a simple get in and get out mission."

"Of course."

Wanda didn't remember much on Earth, being under the control of Loki. She remembered him saving her from HYDRA, then the two of them attacking the Avengers for reasons she couldn't remember. The Avengers took her in and tried to kill her with poisonous gas, then Loki saved her and brought her to Thanos. That's what she knew.

So this would be easy. She still fuel of hate against the Avengers for trying to kill her, so she could simply kill them too and take whatever infinity stone they were keeping.

If this was a dead end, she could just kill them anyways.

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Natasha had been brought into the tower to discuss a mission briefing from the day before.

She'd gone to a bank that a robber was at, took out the robber but then she robbed the bank since they were also thieves. Basically a lot of backstabbing stuff that she was able to clean up.

The meeting was only for a few Shield agents, Maria, and Pietro.

It was required after nearly every mission, so the group was just forced to sit through it. Maria seemed to be the only person fully paying attention.

After the briefing, Natasha left the room, Pietro quickly catching up with her.

"Before you ask, no I haven't found anything. Off world studies aren't easy." Natasha informed him.

"Have you spoken to the Doctor at all? It seems he should know a thing or two on off world appearances." Pietro mentioned.

"How about you go talk to him. I've been busy these past few days."

Pietro let a bit of an annoyed sigh.

He wasn't a huge fan of Steven Strange. He gave off a mixture of Tony Stark and Loki mixed together, only with portal making abilities instead of teleportation. Honestly he was kind of snarky and seemed to get along with everyone but Pietro.