Red

The Ship

Kamila's POV

I fidgeted with the settings on the cuff of the suit I was wearing. It was a spare S.H.I.E.L.D. uniform that Steve found, once I had managed to convince him that I was coming with them. I listened from my spot on the balcony above.

"Stark is... He's a sickness!" Ultron yelled.

"Ah, Junior. You're gonna break your old man's heart." Stark said, landing in his Iron Man suit.

"If I have to." Ultron replied.

"Nobody has to break anything." Thor told him.

"Clearly you've never made an omelet." He said.

"He beat me by one second." Stark added.

"Ah yes. He's funny." A male voice called, and my heart stuttered, surprised. I glanced around the corner and saw Pietro Maximoff standing beside Ultron and his twin sister Wanda. "Mr. Stark. It's what? Comfortable? Like old times?" He looked at the missiles. I knew Pietro was bitter about the Stark Industries bomb that made him and Wanda orphans.

"This was never my life." Stark replied.

"You two can still walk away from this." Steve told the twins.

"Oh we will." Wanda replied.

"I know you've suffered." He began. Ultron scoffed.

"Captain America. God's righteous man. Pretending you could live without a war. I can't physically throw up in my mouth, but..."

"If you believe in peace, then let us keep it." Thor said.

"I think you're confusing 'peace' with 'quiet.'"

"Uh-huh. What's the vibranium for?"

"I'm glad you asked that because I want to take this time to explain my evil plan." Ultron droned sarcastically. He activated a magnet and drew Tony to him, blasting him with his repulsors. The two metal men began fighting back and forth. I lost track of them as I had to dodge gunfire from thugs. I fired back, hitting all my targets.

"Thor, status." Steve said on the com.

"The girl tried to warp my mind." He reported. "Take special care. I doubt a human can keep her at bay." I kept shooting, but my senses were heightened.

I felt a presence behind me and I turned around. Wanda stood there, her eyes and fingers red. I raised my hands in surrender.

"Wanda, it's me! It's Kamila!" I exclaimed. Recognition passed across her face and her eyes faded to their normal green.

"What are you doing here?" She hissed.

"The Avengers rescued me from Sokovia. And then Ultron tried to kill me." I kept my hands up as I continued, "I know what you're doing. Please don't. I'll leave you alone. I won't fight you. But please don't put me through that again." She sighed.

"Fine." I gave her a nod in thanks, before running in another direction.

"Whoever's standing we gotta move." Barton said on the com.

"Where are you?" I asked, tapping the com. He gave me his location. "I'll be right there." I found him and he nodded in acknowledgement.

"How are you..?" He began. I shook my head.

"Later. Right now, we need to find the others." I walked one way, Barton went the other way.

"I found Nat." Barton reported to me. I turned a corner and found Steve. He was in a daze and lying on his back.

"I got Steve." I added.

"Natasha, I could really use a lullaby." Stark said on the radio.

"That's not gonna happen." I murmured. "Not for a while."

"The whole team is down. You got no backup here." Barton said. I shook Steve.

"Hey." I said, giving him a weak smile. He sat up, sorrow in his eyes.

"What happened?"

"Wanda warped your mind. She's quite good at it." I blinked hard to fight off the onslaught of bad memories. "Let's meet up with the rest of the team." I changed the subject. He nodded and stood.

We found Barton with Natasha's arm across his shoulder. Thor was standing nearby. I led us to the ship, where we all sat waiting for Stark and Dr. Banner to return. I sat with Barton in the co-pilot seat.

"You should sleep." Barton said.

"I'm okay." I replied and he chuckled.

"Kid, you're exhausted. It's okay to rest for a minute." I sighed.

"Fine. But don't let me sleep too long." He nodded. With that, I laid back and fell into a blissfully dreamless sleep.