Run to You|Pietro Maximoff

Chapter Seven

They flew back to the compound in the first Quinjet. The reached base in a few hours, and then began unloading the criminals into the holding cells, and the civilians into an empty room. Emilia was specially escorted to a secure cell, one that guaranteed that she couldn't use her powers.

Ira went to the room with the civilians, where Tony had set up a computer system. "What are you doing?" Ira asked him as she walked over to one of the tables.

"I'm finding out where these people live using facial recognition, so we can return them to their proper homes." Across the screen, a woman's picture lined up with an identical one. "Aha!" Tony exclaimed. "We have a match."

He read more on the screen, the scribbled something down in a notepad. "She lives in Edinburgh, Scotland." He turned back to the screen. "Once we have everyone, we're going to take the Quinjet and return them to their homes. The only problem is, we can't find a way to not be seen. We can cloak the Quinjet, but we'll be seen when we deliver the Enhanced."

Ira tilted her head, thinking. "We could deliver them to the local police station as an anonymous favor, and they would deliver the, to their families."

Tony scratched his neck. "That could work. Once we have everyone down, we'll send you out."

Ira nodded, and walked around the room. She drew her fingers lightly across a table, and noticed a pile of files stacked near Tony. She walked over, and opened the first one. It showed the picture of one of the Enhanced men, along with his abilities, stats, and where he lived. "Why do we have these?" Ira asked.

"We want to keep the Enhanced on our radar." Tony said, his eyes flitting over the screens. "You never know if we might need them. They could be potential allies."

"Or enemies," Ira added, scanning through the files.

"Way to be paranoid," Tony muttered as he entered the location of one of the Enhanced into another computer.

She shrugged. "I'm gonna go train. Tell me when you find all of the locations." She left the room, and made her way down to her room. She changed, then went to the training room. She found some of the team there. Pietro sped around the track, and a crimson glow shone through the crack under the Enhanced room, meaning Wanda was in there. Clint shot at targets, and Natasha and Steve were practicing hand-to-hand combat.

"Hey, Ira." Clint said as she walked in. She waved and came over to stand by him. "You wanna work with the bows again?" He asked her, and she nodded.

"I want to get better at archery." She said. He placed the bow in her hands, and showed her how to notch an arrow. He walked around her, moving her feet into position and correcting her stance.

"Alright," Clint said. "Breathe, and release the arrow." Ira did as he said, and let go of the arrow. It flew through the air, and sunk into the target, towards the center. Ira smiled. It wasn't a bullseye, but it meant she was getting better.

Clint smiled. "Nice job." They practiced a bit more, and then Ira went to the Enhanced room. Wanda had left, so she had it all to herself. She had already gotten good at her telekinesis and energy manipulation, but she wanted to practice sending her healing energy through the air.

Ira took a deep breath, and opened her hands. She imagined that inside of her was a well, full of the healing energy. She envisioned drawing energy from that well, and bringing up to her palms. Once she did this, she sent the energy in streams out of her hands. It only lasted for a few seconds, and it only traveled about a foot, but she was still working on it.

After this, she walked back out. Steve had left, so Natasha was alone. "Do you want to practice hand-to-combat?" Natasha asked her. Ira nodded, and they walked to opposite sides of the mat. Ira spread her feet, lowering her center of gravity so she was well-balanced.