Sunflower

56

My eyes were zoned out, lost. I was in denial, disbelief. They would never have!

"I can show you?" he asked as he pulled his phone out of his pocket, raising it to my eye height.

I looked at his hand, seeing him hand me the phone. Without thinking twice I grabbed the phone, immediately typing in his password, surprising him. I went into his gallery, somehow finding the video with no struggle. I saw Tony on the screen, which shook me completely. Before pressing play I paused for a second. Did I really want to do this to myself? I had no choice. I pressed play.

Tony walked forward, sitting down at a chair in a coffee shop, facing some man in a suit. I didn't recognize him, he was unfamiliar. Tony took a deep breath, looking around, before returning his eyes to this man.

"Why are we meeting here?" Tony asked bluntly, folding his arms, and leaning back in his chair.

The man sighed. "There are ears in the compound. And this is classified," he said, tapping his two index fingers together.

"How so?" Tony asked, leaning a bit forward. He didn't look much interested but tried looking the part.

"There are two members of your team that are particularly dangerous," he began off. I swallowed in fear, having a feeling of where this was going to. "We want to lock them up," he said.

Tony suddenly got a bit interested. "Who?" he asked, not refusing this man's insistence.

"Wanda Maximoff, and Amber Monroe, better known as Melion Kavan."

I froze. I mean, yeah I saw this coming a moment ago, but the blank expression on Tony's face made me feel betrayed.

"Why?" Tony asked calmly, glaring at mister Suit.

"As I said, their dangerous. Wanda, as you know-"

"You already locked her up-"

"And Amber broke her out. She is dangerous-"

"So is Romanoff," Tony said firmly, leaning forward, resting on his elbows. "What is the story about these two in particular?" he asked, tilting his head.

The man sighed again. "We need them. They are more powerful than most of the other that worked of Hydra. Romanoff does fight well indeed, but she's been out of the cells for too long. She's not as tough as she was before. She's no longer fresh as one can say." He took a sip of his coffee, making sure none touched his grey snore. "Amber was known as a witch, for making things disappear I heard from some certain soldier. She could help us. She could be an informant for us if we plead good enough. And Wanda could help us kill the entire Hydra army."

Tony looked unbothered by the man's words. "What is it in for us?" he asked, shattering my heart.

Would Tony really give Wanda and I up so easily? What the fuck man?!

"You can become private, or whatever you were before us. We retract the contract."

Tony shook his head up and down. He took a deep breath, looking past him, before clearly noticing someone outside the coffee shop behind the man. His eyes widened.

"Barnes is here. He should be one of the last to know-"

"He knows about the deal," the man said, seconds before the coffee shop door opened up and Bucky stepped inside.

That was it. Bucky knew?

He stepped forward, taking a seat next to Tony, looking around, making sure no one noticed them.

"Firstly, I am not involved," he began off, making my heart sink. "I'm just doing what is right."

I scoffed, feeling like throwing Baron's phone across the street, but I was curious. Curious about why Bucky was there. But yet, wasn't his betrayal enough for my anger?

"Is everyone in?" the man asked, turning his attention to Bucky.

Bucky shook his head from side to side. "Steve, Natasha, Thor, Vision and Clint refuse to be a part of this. I spoke to them about considering it, but they refuse," he said, making me feel more betrayed.

Almost everyone agreed to this? Especially Bucky?

"Sam, Bruce, Pepper, Strange, T'Challa and all the others all agreed to this as well?" the man asked, making my heart sink.

"Yes," Bucky said, not showing any look of regret, fear or even sorrow.

I broke.

"We'll get the girls first thing next week. Don't fight the men, they're only coming for Wanda and Amber."

I lowered my hands. How could they?

Baron took the phone, seeing my eyes turn fill with tears of anger.

"Melion, we have to get out of here. You are in danger. By Hydra and your own team." He placed his hand on my shoulder, hoping it'd calm me down. "I have more news, maybe you'd come if I shared that as well?" he said, forcing me to make eye contact with him. My eyes gave him the answer, desperation. He sighed, taking a second to form his words. "I still have Emrys, alive." My eyes opened wide, unfocused, and shocked. "He's alive and believe me when I say he is fine. He lives just outside of the city. If you come with me you can see him again."

At first I was in denial. I saw Baron shoot my brother, in front of me and my sister. I saw Emrys drop to the ground, bleeding out. I cried out his name, pleading for him to fight. I saw my brother bleed out in front of my eyes. Yet, my sister saw me die before I went to Hydra.

I shook my head repeatedly, hoping he was lying, but his eyes showed truth.

"Melion, it's not safe. We have to get out of here."

"Wanda?-"

"She's already been informed. She and Vision are gone, completely. She's secure off in some small town far away. Westview. She's safe."

My mind rushed back into reality, now with no feelings. I swallowed all my feelings, all my pain and all my anger, knowing it wouldn't get me anywhere.

"Fine. Compound, thirty minutes."