𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 | 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒍

impetus

We walk for a minute or two across the compound, where Pietro takes me onto the small balcony that extends off the side of my room. We both sit, and I finally take a deep breath, my muscles and mind relaxing. After a few minutes my breathing calms, and I look up to Pietro, who's already looking at me. His eyes soften when I meet his gaze, and he bites his lower lip for a moment before speaking. 

"Are you okay? I know you're not a stranger to the blackouts and you're going to say you're fine, but are you actually? You know you can always talk to me."

"I know I can, thanks Piet. And though you're not going to believe me, I'm okay." When I say this, Pietro gives me an overly dramatic suspicious look, which brings a laugh out of me. 

"Really, I swear I am, it's just... a lot to take in, you know? I watched people I knew but couldn't see die, and I don't know which one of the Avengers it is. So much happened, yet I know so little. It just... the more I think about it, the less it makes sense. That's all." I look out across the facility, watching the birds fly across the horizon as the day begins to reach its peak.

"Yeah, that does make sense. I can't imagine what it was like for you to go through that, but do know if you ever need to talk about it, I'm always here, okay?"

"Okay. Thanks, love."

"Anytime."

We sit in silence for a few more minutes before a series of crashes from inside makes the both of us jump, and before I can even suggest for us to check out the noise, Pietro's already ran the both of us inside to where the rest of the Avengers were residing. No one's in the room anymore, and I look to Pietro with confusion. Despite Pietro's super speed, we're both just a little too late: Pietro's face changes to fear in a split second, and he opens his mouth to shout but before he can I'm shot in the right side with what looks like a tranquilizer, but hurts much, much more. I double over in pain, falling to the ground as my vision quickly darkens. I watch as Pietro shouts my name and tries to pick me up and run away, but he's hit with the same bullet as me. He yells out in pain, and I watch as he falls over me as my vision finally turns to black.