Run to You|Pietro Maximoff

Chapter Four

Ira, Pietro, and Wanda were led by Clint to a room stocked with equipment. "Gear's in the cabinets," he told them.

Ira nodded. "Thank you," She told him as he walked away. He nodded.

Ira walked over to a cabinet, and opened it. It was full of clothes. She searched through it, and found a dark blue shawl. She slipped it over her shoulders, and settled it in place. She turned towards Pietro and Wanda, and watched as Pietro threw a red jacket to Wanda. She caught it and put it on.

"Are we ready?" Ira asked them. They both nodded.

"Let's go," Wanda said, and they walked out of the room towards the hangar. When they got there, most of the team was already in the Quinjet. Ira looked around. It was a wide space, with electronic panels on the ceiling of the cockpit, and metal plating inlaid on the walls. Steve handed them communication devices, and Ira took hers. She studied it, before slipping it into her ear.

"Ultron knows we're coming," Steve told them on the jet as they took off. "Odds are we'll be riding into heavy fire, and that's what we signed up for. But the people of Sokovia, they didn't." He looked at Pietro. "So our priority is getting them out. All they want is to live their lives in peace, and that's not going to happen today. But we can do our best to protect them. And we can get the job done, and find out what Ultron's been building. We find Romanoff, and we clear the field. Keep the fight between us. Ultron thinks we're monsters, and we're what's wrong with the world. This isn't just about beating him, it's about whether he's right."

Ira sat on the jet next to Pietro and Wanda. She looked at them, her friends whom she had known for so long. This might be the last time they were together. She loved them both, and she didn't want anything to happen to them. "Wanda? Pietro?" She began.

"Yes?" Pietro asked. They both looked at her.

I just wanted you to know that you both are my closest friends. I know some of us may not make it out of this, and I want you to know that I have cherished our time together, and that I wouldn't change a thing." Ira told them. She meant every word of it.

Wanda and Pietro smiled. "Ira, we will always be close friends." Wanda said kindly, she put a hand on Ira's arm. "Not even death can change that.." Ira smiled, knowing that she meant it.

She looked at Pietro. He looked troubled. His normally bright blue eyes were shadowed with worry. "Ira, there's something I have to tell you-" He began, but was interrupted by Steve.

"We're landing!" He called.

"Yes?" Ira asked Pietro.

"It's nothing," He said, and looked away.

Steve walked to the back of the Quinjet. Ira looked up as he came over and crouched down beside them. "Your job is to get the citizens out," He said to them. "Pietro, tell the officials to clear the city. Wanda, use your powers to evacuate the citizens. And Ira," He looked at her, "Stay with Wanda. Protect the people. Make sure that nothing happens to them." She nodded.

Steve stood up. "Alright people. This is it. Let's move."

The door opened, and Ira got a glimpse of her home. It was like she was seeing it in a whole new way. The buildings and streets were the same, but now she was looking at it from the view of an Avenger. And she saw thousands of people she had to protect.