𝐏𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐎𝐑𝐀'𝐒 𝐁𝐎𝐗! wanda maximoff

001 : THE SOKOVIAN ORPHANS

chapter one
act i : age of ultron

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          "WHO GAVE THE ORDER TO ATTACK?!"

The voice of Baron Wolfgang von Strucker bounced off the walls of the compound as the man angrily glared at his men who were busily scampering about the base, desperately trying to get out into the open where a vicious battle was undergoing. The snowy landscape of the mountain where the HYDRA base was located was filled with the sounds of gunshots and explosions as the intruders clashed with the forces of the terrorist organization.

A soldier stepped forwards, fidgeting nervously. "Herr Strucker, it's the Avengers. They landed in the far woods and the perimeter guard panicked."

Speaking low enough only for Doctor List's ears, Strucker muttered, "they have to be after the scepter." Then, with a higher volume, he turned to address the soldier. "Can we hold them off?"

The soldier blinked in bafflement as if he hadn't properly heard what Strucker had asked him. "They're the Avengers!"

The HYDRA leader was undeterred. "Deploy the rest of the tanks."

"Yes, sir." The soldier spoke after a brief moment of hesitation and then dismissed himself. Strucker turned to address the rest of the soldiers.

"Concentrate fire in the weak ones. A hit can make them close ranks. Everything we've accomplished. But we're on the verge of our greatest breakthrough."

"Then lets show them what we've accomplished." Doctor List urged. "Send out the Enhanced."

Strucker shook his head, vehemently. "No. It's too soon."

"It's what we trained them for!" Doctor List argued.

"They are not ready to face the Avengers." The HYDRA leader told his subordinate, remaining firm in his decision. The doctor didn't seem to share his conviction in the decision he had made, but nonetheless gave him a reluctant nod.

It was not his place to question his superiors after all.

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          FAR IN THE CORNER OF THE COMPOUND, hidden in the shadows, three young adults had been listening in on the conversation and they perked up upon hearing the title given to the Earth's Mightiest Heroes.

Basil Mikhailov shifted slightly as his smoky grey eyes glanced from Strucker, to Doctor List and then finally to his two companions. He could practically the anger radiating from them. They were thirsty for vengeance; they always had been. Not that he could blame them. He too longed for justice to be enacted on those who had destroyed his home and killed his family.

Out of the corner of his eyes, he spotted Wanda's eyes glow an eerie red as her mystical powers began to stir. The glow faded just as quickly as it had come though, when he slipped his hand into the dark-haired beauty's smaller and paler one.