𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐬

26) Monster

Wanda sat in front of the Avengers.

A long table was in front of them, Wanda at the end. Her hands were cuffed to the table. Sure she could break out of them, but she wanted them to trust her at least a little, so she allowed herself to be restrained for the time being.

"And that's all I can remember." She finished.

There was a long moment of silence until Tony spoke.

"Well then."

"Romanoff, a word?" Steve Rogers asked.

It seemed like Natasha was the head of the Avengers at this point. Wanda didn't exactly know why, but they treated her better then how Wanda remembered when she was last here.

The two left the room to talk privately, and Wanda remained still, gulping slightly. She was fine to be locked up. She didn't want to be, but if that's how they would trust her again, she could manage.

Pietro hadn't said anything the entire time, he'd barely looked at Wanda. She couldn't blame him. She didn't look at anyone specific either, just the wall in the back behind everyone. Steven Strange, the man who was apparently the sorcerer, seemed to be the only one keeping a steady gaze on her.

She didn't know what he saw with his magic, but she didn't think it would be anything good.

"Where are the infinity stones now?" The sorcerer asked.

"I don't know where the purple or blue one are, but I have the mind stone and the red stone with me now." She answered.

She didn't exactly know all of their names. Her guess was purple: strength. Blue: teleportation or transportation of sorts. Red: Reality or chaos. The only one she knew for certain was the mind stone.

"Where, with you?" Clint asked.

Wanda turned her head to face him.

"My left pocket."

The archer walked closer to her, carefully taking the two stones from her pocket. He stepped back and examined them, trying to see what was up with them.

"They don't look too powerful." He commented.

"They are- "

"-Be careful with them."

Wanda glanced to Steven, who had cut off her sentence with his own.

"So you just gave away the other two?" Strange asked.

"Yes. I gave them to two people who I don't believe I'll ever see again." Wanda answered.

"Why? Why would you give them to a villain and a girl who tried to murder her father, out of all people? Especially if you were coming to us?" He asked again.

"Because I trust them- one of them. And Nebula had every right to kill her father!" Wanda realized she'd raised her voice so she paused and went back to a normal tone. "You guys have the time stone, do you not? If you got four more, that would give you a lot of power. Even just having two more is a lot of power. No one should have that."

Strange sighed. Her response did make sense. Who knew what someone, let alone a team of people, could do if they had that type of power. It was risky.

"Fine. That makes sense. But why would you give one to Loki? He's had it before and it caused mass damage across the city." He stated.

"I read his mind. He's not coming back here." Wanda told them.

Their small argument was cut off when the door to the room reopened and the Black Widow and Captain America walked in.

"Have something you wanna share with the class?" Tony asked them before they could say anything.