Witch Hunt || Stucky ✔

XVI - Revelations

"Nadia." James growls, trying to stand up while fighting off whatever spell Nadia has put on him.

He's been waiting for the day that he'd see his aunt again. He's been waiting to see her for years now, so he can finally kill her for the death of his mother. Though she may not have been the one that physically killed her fifteen years ago, she did play a part in her death. And James sure as hell blames her for his mother's death.

Managing to overcome the spell that she had put on him, his vision returns, and he stands glaring at her. She still looks exactly how he had last saw her, having found a spell that keeps the youthful look and all.

"James what a pleasant surprise to find you here." She says. "I haven't seen you since your mother was executed."

James doesn't say anything, just stands there staring at her. The hatred he has for this woman standing in front of him would be pretty clear to anyone, and all he wants to do to her, is kill her. Get his revenge for his mother's death.

The only problem though, is that Nadia is so much more powerful than he himself is. But that's not going to stop him from killing her, even if it kills him in the process.

"You don't seem happy to see me." Nadia comments, walking just a little closer to James.

"Tell me. Why would I be happy to see the woman who betrayed her own kin?" James asks. "You got my mother killed. You betrayed your own sister!" He shouts.

His bag dropping to the grass, James does quick movements with his hands, causing a gust of wind to blow towards his aunt in an attempt to knock her over. But in one swift movement she's blocking his hit, and sending one towards James.

Luckily though, James knew what she was going to do, so he's quick to dodge the hit, and send another back at her. This time making her stumble back, and James takes the chance to send another hit her way, causing her to fly right into one of the hay barrels.

Inside the barn behind where the confrontation between James and his aunt is going down, Steve groans as he regains consciousness, rubbing at the back of his head as a dull throb is felt.

He sits up, looking around the inside of the barn. He doesn't find James in there anywhere, which begins to make him assume that he's already fled. But as he hears a commotion outside, he gathers that he's still here.

Getting up slowly, he makes his way out of the barn, finding James sending a woman flying into one of the hay barrels. Though, as Steve notices who the woman is, his blood literally starts to boil with rage.

The woman who James had sent flying, is the witch who had killed Peggy. And it seems that James is familiar with this specific witch.

"Steve!" James shouts, looking over his shoulder has he hears someone approaching him. "Get out of here, now!"

But Steve just ignores him, and goes straight towards the witch. Wanting to end the wretched woman's life at once, and get his revenge for his wife's murder.

Though, he doesn't get so far, as James jumps at him, knocking them both to the ground. Steve tries to get out of James's hold on him, but it does no good. He's assuming that James must be doing something in order to keep him down.

"Steve, you must go!" James says. "You have no idea who this woman is, and how dangerous she can be!"

"I think I know just fine." Steve says, glaring over at the woman, who was just getting up and making her way over to them. "She's the witch that killed Peggy."

James stops, looking down at Steve under him. "She's my aunt." He says.

Steve stops struggling at that. James just said that woman is his aunt? "She's your aunt?" He asks, looking up at him.

James nods. "Yes, but you have no idea how powerful she is. She's much more powerful than I am." He says rather hurriedly, before standing up. "But she betrayed her own kin, and got my mother killed, and I've sworn to kill her. Even if it kills me in the process"

Steve gets up too, after noticing he's able to get up. The woman, who Steve knows as Nadia, stops in front of them, smirking at Steve.

"Nice to see you again, Steven Rogers." She says. "How's the wife?"

Steve glares at her. "Dead because of you." He seethes.

She chuckles a little at that, shaking her head, before turning to James. "This won't be the last time you'll see me, James." She says, starting to turn away.

James watches her, not exactly interested on letting her go just yet. He still very much wants to kill hr, and so does Steve so it seems. But he and Steve should probably discuss this all first before they go to kill her. And, they've got to figure out how they're going to do it. Nadia is a lot more powerful than James is, and Steve is just a regular civilian after all.

"When I see you next, you're dead, Nadia." James says, regretting letting her go so easily, but he knows that she won't be leaving just yet until she's finished what she came here to do.

Though, James can only speculate that she came here searching for him, so she can kill him just as she did to his mother. Or she's here to harm Steve and his daughters. There's no way that James is going to let her lay a finger on Steve, Elizabeth, and Grace though. He'd die to protect them.

Nadia just chuckles at that, shaking her head, before she's disappearing. Supposedly off into the forest. James isn't too sure, but he can still sense her presence and power close to the town. He's not sure how he didn't feel it before, but now that he thinks about it, Nadia probably did something to stop him from sensing her presence in the town.

"Why'd you let her go!" Steve exclaims, turning to James.

James looks over at him. "Steve, I know what you're thinking, we should've killed her right then and there. But you have no idea the power she possesses." He says. "She's the strongest witch that I know of. You and I need to discuss some things first before we go off and kill her."

"She'll probably have fled by then!" Steve says.

James shakes his head. "No, I can still sense her presence and power around here." He says. "And she won't be leaving this town until she's finished what she came here to do."

Steve sighs, reluctantly giving in. Even though he wants to go after that witch, he knows that James is probably right. He knows her more than he does after all.

"Alright, fine." Steve sighs, before folding his arms across his chest. "Though, we should probably go and talk about this."

It's James's turn to sigh this time, before he's picking up his bag from off the grass and following Steve back into the house. The time has finally come to tell Steve the truth. And, Elizabeth and Grace should know this as well. James assumes that they both know that their mother was killed by a witch, or at least he assumes that Elizabeth would know.

Whatever happens now, James isn't sure. But what he is certain of, is that he's going to protect Steve, Elizabeth, and Grace at the cost of his life.

And that the next time he and Nadia meet, he's going to kill her, and he doesn't care if he dies with her. Just as long as Steve, Elizabeth, and Grace are safe, he doesn't care whether he lives or dies....