W A N D A x N A T A S H A - R E D

48. Knowledge is power

POV Wanda

'Maria.. we can't take him with us.' Natasha says.

I frown by seeing the both of them.

'Be glad that I came with him, he wanted to go alone at first.' Maria says when letting go of the hand of Otis.

Natasha ignores Maria and looks at Otis. She lowers her body and let's her knee rest on the road before him. 'Hey..' she says, her voice soft.

I look at the way she smiles at him, but it's no smile with any sign of happiness. Rather a smile of empathy, maybe even pity. Pity for the boy that has to go through all of this.

I see how Otis looks at her, his eyes are big, trying to convince her. 'I want to help you.' He says.

Natasha smiles emotionlessly. 'This is no place for a child, Otis. I don't want you to come with us.'

The disappointment that arises in the eyes of Otis makes me want to hug him.

'Natasha..' Maria says while crossing her arms. 'We need the boy.'

'We can't use a ten year old to..'

The backdoor of the car opens. The blond hair of Yelena appears before us. She jumps out of the car.

'Changing took you so long?' Maria says raising her left brow.

'Yeah I don't know, maybe it's the hangover from yesterday.' Yelena says while slamming the door shut behind her. She strokes over her white suit.

'What are you doing here?' Natasha says while slowly standing straight up.

'Natasha, listen.' Yelena does a step forward and looks at her sister. 'I know you don't want to bring him with us, but this is our only chance.'

Natasha sighs in frustration. 'We are not using a ten year old, because we want to kill somebody.'

Yelena shakes her head slowly while she smiles a little. 'God you do grew soft.'

Natasha crosses her arms, her gaze angry. As if she's about to start a fight.

'Look..' Yelena says, her face serious now. 'We both know how this works. Knowledge is power. And this kid knows where the Loki man is, so we better bring him so we can kill this guy.'

Natasha shakes her head.

'Look..' Yelena comes closer. She puts her hands on the shoulder of Natasha while her eyes lock hers.  'Clint won't be the last and you know that. That man will go on killing, more innocents will die and more people have to run for him.'

'You don't even know that.' Natasha says.
'Trust me I fucking know.' Yelena says while she let's go of her shoulders. 'And Natasha.' Her Russian accent speaks. 'I know he reminds you of us, of the way we've been treated. But you know what the big difference is? We had nobody.' Yelena points between her and Natasha. 'Nobody to tell our fears to, nobody we could show our tears to, nobody we could speak to. And he has us, all of us. And he has you. And her.' She looks at me. I frown for a second, not getting what she means.

Natasha sighs deeply. She bites her lip while she looks away, thinking about the words of her sister.

I than she looks at Otis, she walks towards him. Her eyes study his face for a second. 'Promise me one thing.' She says holding her index finger in the air.

Otis nods a couple of times, already agreeing without him even knowing what he promised Natasha. 'You stay with me from now on.' She sounds strict, but in her eyes I can see how much she cares for him.