The Witch's Shadow (Wanda Maximoff x Girl)

Twelve

And so that's how the next several months went- Wanda and the others went on a mission every couple of weeks taking down a new Hydra base, and then Wanda would come and spend the night in my room.

Sometimes we talked about the mission but most times we just watched movies into the early hours of the morning, with Wanda in my arms. Nothing ever happened on these sleepovers, not that Natasha ever believed me, but she was hardly ever in her room anyway. Her and Bruce had started dating at some point and things were getting serious.

One day Nat, Wanda and Tony went on a mission leaving me alone with Bruce. I liked to watch the body cameras the team wore and since I couldn't go with them it the only way I could see what was going on.

This particular mission they were in Amsterdam trying to take down a Hydra base in the country. Everything was going smoothly until someone shot the jet down with a rocket.

Bruce and I watched helpless as the jet crashed and the sound of gunfire came over the coms.

"Nat!" Bruce yelled into the coms at the same time I called for Wanda.

"I'm fine," came Natasha's reply but Wanda didn't answer.

"Wanda!" I yell again, my anxiety rising with each passing second. "Answer me!"

"Im ok too guys, thanks for asking." Starks voice yelled. "Nat where are you? I can't see through all this smoke."

"I'm pinned down about a hundred feet to your left." She yelled back before shooting at more people. "Wanda! We need you!"

"I'm coming! I was occupied." Came the witches voice. I sighed in relief, her cam was dead but the audio still worked.

I watched through Nat's cam as guys in black commando suits came towards her, but before she could shoot, a red glow picked them up and threw them aside. Then Wanda came into view- She was covered in dust and her head was bleeding but she looked like she was having fun. She was glowing a bright red and throwing bad guys around.

I smiled at the screen, "thank god." Bruce gave me a look. "What?" I asked him.

He shook his head, "nothing."

For a minute it seemed like the team was winning until a shot rang out.

"Wanda!" Nat screamed. "Tony! Wanda is down! Can you get to her?"

"My suit is damaged I can hardly move." His cam moved and there was Wanda laying on the ground, a pool of red forming around her. Panic raged inside me and my magic pulled me towards the girl lying on the ground.

I turned to Bruce and grabbed his shirt. "Take off my collar."

"I can't. Tony said-"

"Fuck Tony! I can help them! I need to get to her, She's dying!" I cried.

A look of realization appeared in his eyes and he pushed a button on the computer. My collar fell off and I felt all my powers flood back. Tony must have kept the power dampener on so low I didn't notice. And then I was gone. Traveling through the shadows.

In a blink I was in the middle of a war zone. I looked around for Wanda and found her about 20 feet away, partially hidden behind some rubble. Shots rang out and peppered the ground around her. Anger overrode the panic and I released my magic. I stepped out from behind my cover and black smoke swirled around me. Commandos came charging at me I knocked them aside easily.

I got to Wanda and knelt beside her, my magic making a shield around us. "Wanda wake up!" I shook her shoulders and she moaned in pain. I scooped her up and she yelled out but I had to get to the shadows.

Had to get her home where it was safe.

I ran with her straight at a wall and as soon as we got into the shadow of it, we were back at the tower. Bruce watched as I set her down and looked at me alarmed but I didn't have time to ask why. and I turned back to the shadows and went to get the others.

Finding Natasha was easy, all I had to do was follow the cursing. She was crouched over Tony who was trying to get his leg out of his suit. When I appeared in the shadows beside them Nat gave me a look of pure wonder and then smiled at me. "It's about time you got here. Did you get Wanda?"

"No I thought I'd let her bleed out. Of course I got her." I looked at Tony and said, "give me your hand. You too Nat." Natasha didn't hesitate but Tony did. "We don't have time for this." I grabbed his hand and then we were back in the tower.

I fell to the floor gasping for breath. I'd never traveled with two people before and or used so much magic at once. My vision went spotty and Before everything went dark I heard Nat calling my name.