Robin's Cousin

chapter nine

Wanda's POV

The heroes were coming to us, so we had the home field advantage. Knowing this gave me a burst of confidence as I strolled into the conference room, slamming the doors open and startling those inside. My eyes immediately found Queen Bee's and she smiled at me, looking over my new outfit. "Love the look, my child. Are you ready to take down those pesky brats once and for all?"

I nodded, taking a seat at the table and kicking my feet up onto the surface of the mahogany. "Of course my queen, I was born for this."

I felt a warmth spread through my body starting at the back of my neck before Queen Bee spoke her next words. "Your primary job is to protect the lab on the lower floor. Leave the fighting to us unless the heroes approach you, got it?" I nodded once more, feeling tingles shoot through out my limbs. "Good, well, you better get down there."

Standing up from the chair, I made my way to the elevator and pressed the button for the lowest level. Once the doors were closed, I used some of my magic to make the elevator go faster, sending me to my destination at an accelerating pace. At the bottom level, I stepped out into the corridor and proceeded to take up position by the front entrance to the Light's personal lab at Lex Corp. Using my magic, I reached out telepathically to watch through Queen Bee's eyes the happenings of the floors above me.

Lex Luthor stood by the window overlooking the city, his hands behind his back as he spoke to the room. "Is it wise to leave the child by herself?"

I felt Queen Bee's eyes narrow as she glared at the bald man. "Are you questioning my decision, Lex?"

Lex shook his head. "I am merely playing devil's advocate, my Queen. We should prepare ourselves, the heroes should be here any moment."

And as if on cue, the windows shattered and in flew Miss Martian telekinetically carrying the rest of my old team. They exchanged glances before nodding, a flash of silver heading out the door as another flash of red yellow swam in Queen Bee's vision. The Queen was too slow to stop Kid Flash as he ripped the necklace off her neck, sending the beads flying as he held onto the gemstone that was in the middle. "That does not belong to you." He growled, speeding out of the room and out of sight.

"He has the stone, get him!" My Queen screeched, gesturing towards the direction where Kid Flash went running.

"Do not fret, my Queen, we already have what we need." Lex chuckled, watching as his body guard engaged in hand to hand combat with Nightwing. 

Curious as to what he meant, I was about to jump from Queen Bee's mind to Lex Luthor's when a sharp pain radiated from the back of my head and everything went black.

Mount Justice, six hours later

I felt my eyes groggily blink themselves open, a pounding immediately taking over my head. With a groan I sat up and tried to rub my temples, only to find my hands restricted to the bedside by what I assume to be power dampening chains. Panic began to spread through out my body as I called out for my brother and team. "Pietro? Dick? Artemis? What's going on?" Moments later the door to the room I was being held in opened and in walked Batman, Zatanna, and Natasha. I narrowed my eyes in confusion, gesturing to my wrists with a nod of my head. "Is this really necessary?"

"Given what you can, and have, done, we believe so." Batman grunted, crossing his arms over his chest. "What do you remember, Wanda?"

I thought back to the past few weeks, starting with when my tattoo was discovered. "I-I remember these dreams...visions, more like, of who I now know to be Queen Bee. She used the mind stone to coerce me into believing my team was out to get me and that I was destined to work for the Light. She must've had Simon tamper with my brain as well."