The Russian and the American (Bucky 1940's)

Chapter 31

  As Elizabeth quickly rushes back to the jet, her face goes to shock. She was too late to save Bruce. But then, she spots one of the twins. She quickly rushes towards him and towards the jet. This was going to end right here and now.

  She quickly gets to the boy and jumps onto his back and puts him in a choke hold. He instantly throws her off of him, sending her into a nearby. She quickly gets up and pulls out her gun and fires her gun. She was able to land one in his shoulder but then he starts circling her. So, Elizabeth places her foot out, sending the young boy flying.

  Elizabeth smirks to herself under her mask and right as she goes to take him, she drops to her knees with a shriek. Behind her, is the young witch. Red whips of energy fly around Elizabeth's head. The boy gets up and walks over to his sister who's face is contorting, trying to dig her way into the girls head.

  Elizabeth though, resists. She pulls out a knife from the side of her leg and as she tries to stab the girl, her brother quickly sees this and takes it away from her.

  "How does it feel being the one helpless?" Asks the witch with a smirk.

  Finally though, Elizabeths struggles stop and the witch is finally in her mind. As she's digging through her mind, Clint with the rest of the Avengers pop out.

  "Wanda, we need to go," he says in a panic.

  "No, I have to finish this," she insists.

  Clint grabs out an arrow and readies his bow, pulling it back. The moment he fires it, the boy catches it, only for it to blow up in his face. Clint pulls another arrow back and without another thought, the boy grabs his sister and take off, leaving Elizabeth in a state of coma.

  Elizabeth stays there, swaying back and forth ever so slightly as she stares out into the distance. Her eyes seem dulled over. Clint quickly takes her side as Thor, Steve, and Natasha stand around her.

  Clint takes Elizabeths face in his hands and tries to wake her up saying, "common Elizabeth. Snap out of it. Wake up."

  A tear trickles down her face. Clint shakes her, yelling a her to wake up. Finally, life gets shoved back into her eyes and her eyes connect with Clints.

  "Hey, you ok?" He asks calmly.

  Suddenly, Tony lands behind Clint with Bruce in his arms. Elizabeth looks at them with a blank expression. Clint stands up and helps Elizabeth up and then goes over to Tony.

  "We need to get out of here," says Tony.

  "Agreed. Let's get all of them into the jet. I know a place we can crash for now," says Clint.

  Elizabeth wipes the tear away with her finger and then looks down to the wet spot on her finger. She can't remember the last time she had cried. She never cries.

  As everyone is on the jet, they're all staring out into space. Their visions rushing through their mind. Steve can't stop thinking about the war and Peggy, Thor can't help but feel like he has to save his people. Bruce just feels dread and shame consume him, Natasha's past plays in her mind over and over again.

  Elizabeth on the other hand, is struggling to fight against her own mind. The witch had unlocked something that she had pushed away long ago, or so she thought. Dead bodies surround her mind and with the enhancement from the serum, both her and Steve feel as though they are actually in those places. Voices surround Elizabeth.

  She ever so badly wants nothing more than to kill the people on her team and then go back to Hydra. But she knows that it's not her mind. It couldn't be.

  As the voices get louder and louder, the deeper she gets in her head. The more she starts to second guess. How easy it would be to kill everyone and then escape back to her home.

  Elizabeth bends over and takes her head into her hands and scrunches her face in pain. She knew what the witch wanted. While she was in Elizabeths head, Elizabeth was able to see what the girl wanted. She wanted to do the same thing she did to Bruce. She wanted her to lash out and kill everyone, but since her brother took her away, she still had some control.

  By the time they land, Elizabeth isn't in her right mind. She's not fully aware of her surroundings. As they're walking up to a house, the sense change to snow, deserts, and other places. The people around her change as they're walking, people she had long forgot about.

  As the team makes it up the steps and into the home, Clint yells out, "I'm home! Brought some guests."

  Then, a pregnant woman walks out and in a pink flower dress with blue jeans. Suddenly, two kids, a boy and girl run out and into the room. Natasha puts on a smile for the two and picks them up. She smothers them in hugs and kisses.

  Tony makes a comment, which right after Thor leaves the house and Steve follows. Elizabeth looks down to the kids as a young girl stands in front of her. Dread washes over her, along with a voice telling her to kill the small child. The place around her then changes and suddenly she's standing with a group of kids in front of her. All of them are disfigured and warped. Behind them is a jungle background.

  "Kill them all," a voice whispers in Vietnamese.

  Instead of moving, she just stands there, watching as the kids yell, scream, cry, and others say nothing. She can hear the man yell at her again, until a hand is placed on her leg.

  The place around her changes back to the old farmhouse with a little girl tugging on her pant leg. Elizabeth's eyes go wide with fear and her body runs cold.

  "Liz, you ok?" Asks Tony.

  She turns her eyes to him then to Clint who grabs the girl and pulls her away from Elizabeth.

  "Elizabeth," Tony says again.

  She looks back to him then behind her, looking out on the grass filled land. She makes her way out of the room and Tony follows her.

  "Yo, Elizabeth, where are you going?" He asks.

  "I need to be rest," she replies, her old, raspy Russian coming through and leaving the house.