The Violet Witch

VII.

I find myself once again in the jet, which I now know is actually called the Quinjet. Steve, Clint, Nat, and I are flying to Korea to check up on Dr. Cho.

"He's there, I can feel it!" I say, sensing my link with Wanda, and the familiar auras of Ultron, Pietro, and Dr. Cho near her.

"We're almost there kid." Steve says from the cockpit.

"Am I going to stay on the plane this time?" I ask steve.

"You ask that as if you don't want to stay where it's safe?"

"Because I don't!" I stand up and walk to him. "I can really help. I'm just as powerful as Wanda, and I won't let her get to me this time! And I could go with you if it makes you feel better? I could stick with you, and worst comes to worst, I plant myself in a shield, or turn myself invisible, or fly out of there!"

"You can fly?" He asks.

"Yeah! And I can teleport! Well, I've teleported once. During training. But my mother always said the no training can live up to the real thing!"

He looks towards the others then back at me, thinking.

"Alright. You're sticking with me though."

"Like glue!" I say, smiling up at him. I walk away and go to Nat. She gives me a hug, then crouches down to her knees to get on my level.

"Carlos, I need you to learn something for me okay?" she asks. I nod my head.

"If you ever need to find me in the field, I need you to do this whistle okay?" she whistles a two-tone note, one high note filled by one low. I mimic it.

"Good. and when I hear it, I'll respond with this:" she whistles another combination, this time one low, then one high. I copy it too.

"What do you do when you need to find me?" she asks.

I do the call whistle, and she does the response whistle. She nods.

"Good. And if I do the first one?" she does the call whistle. I do the response whistle back to her.

"Good." she pulls me into her arms once more.

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Steve and I are running through Dr. Cho's beautiful lab. I felt a little out of place next to him in his whole costume, when I was just in Stark-enhanced regular clothes, a pair of black sweatpants and a light purple t-shirt, but I was also given an earpiece that would connect me to everyone else, so that was cool. 

"Dr. Cho!" I yell, seeing her injured body sitting up against the wall. Steve and I run up to her. I press my hands on her injury, willing it to heal.

"He's uploading himself into the body." She says, grabbing Steve's arm.

"Where?" he asks.

"The real power is inside the Cradle. The gem, its power is uncontainable. You can't just blow it up. You have to get the Cradle to Stark." she says. She looks up at me, then down at my purple mist covering her injury.

"First, we have to find it." Steve says.

Dr. Cho grabs my hand.

"They betrayed him. The twins. Wanda freed me from his control, then they ran."

I nod and close my eyes. I cast a small spell to keep her injury healing while I'm away.

"Stay still. Once its done healing you, you should be able to scoop up the mist and contain it. You can use it on your assistants. I can't promise it'll stay for long, but definitely long enough to heal you."

She nods.

"Thank you Carlos. Now go!"

Steve and I run away, exiting the lab.

"Did you guys copy that?" Steve asks the others over his earpiece as we run into the city.

"We did." Clint answers.

"I got a private jet taking off, across town, no manifest. That could be him." Nat says.

Steve looks over at me.

"Can you try to find him?"

I close my eyes, and look up, sensing him nearby.

"There. It's a truck from the lab." Clint says. "Right above you guys. On the loop by the bridge. It's them. I got three with the Cradle, one in the cab. I could take out the driver."

"No!" I exclaim. Steve starts climbing up a ladder, taking him to the top of the highway. I fly up, meeting him there.

"That's gonna be a negative. If that truck crashes, the gem could level the city. We need to draw out Ultron." he looks towards me. "You're on clean up, kid. Protect as many civilizians as you can."

I nod to him as Steve and I spot the truck. As it goes under our bridge, Steve and I jump. He lands on it, and I fly above it. He makes his way to the doors at the end of the cargo container, trying to enter it. Suddenly, the door blasts open, and Steve swings on the door. He swings himself back and is met with another blast. He flies up into the air as one of the doors blasts off. I grab it with my magic and set it down carefully on the side of the highway.

"Well, he's definitely unhappy!" Steve says. I continue flying, zooming back to the truck. "I'm going to try to keep him that way."

"You're not a match for him, Cap." Clint says.

"Thanks, Barton."

Steve is blasted once more as he crawls into the truck. I flail out my hands before he can hit the car behind him. I catch him and toss him back onto the truck.

"Thanks kid!" Steve says.

"Steve!" I yell as Ultron flies out of the truck. I will myself to become invisible.

"You know what's in that Cradle?" He shoots another blast at Steve, who blocks it with his shield. "The power to make real change, and that terrifies you."

"Kid, Get out of here!" Steve yells. Ultron turns around, and he seems to look right at me. Perhaps he can see heat signatures. He raises a hand and begins to blast me.

I squeeze my eyes shut, then feel myself teleport away.