More Than Just Friends? | Wanda x Reader (1/3)

Chapter 8 ~ A Lead

Y/N had been gone for 10 days now, the Tower's top floors and their occupants were eerily quiet. Nobody spoke to one another about anything else, other than Y/N. Nobody did anything else, other than looking for Y/N. Y/N was their friend and now they were gone.

Wanda had hardly moved from her room in the 10 days since their mission had been cut short, she missed them. They were her friend, her best friend even, although recently she wished that they were more than that, despite knowing that Y/N didn't feel the same way. Every day since Y/N had been taken, Wanda had told herself every day that they would get them back, but each day that went by, she held less and less hope in that thought.

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In the evening of the 12th day, Wanda emerged from her room and took the elevator to the Common Room. The whole floor was devoid of life: completely silent. Making her way over to the kitchen in search of some food, Wanda was unaware of Natasha watching her from the doorway. Suddenly sensing her thoughts, Wanda wheeled round, got into a defensive stance and summoned her trademark red wisps of energy to her fingertips. On realising it was only Natasha watching her, she relaxed. In silence, Natasha walked up to her and engulfed them both in a hug. As Wanda started to break down, Natasha tried to calm her.

"We'll find them, Wanda, Y/N's out there somewhere."

"Wha-what if I never see them again?" Wanda stuttered out through her tears.

"You know Y/N, they're resilient, they'll hold out 'till we find them."

"They've been gone almost t-two weeks, Nat!" Wanda replied as she broke down again.

Natasha stayed quiet; Wanda was right. Each day it seemed less and less likely Y/N would be found. Even she had started to lose hope.

She realised Wanda was no longer crying and on looking at her, she saw Wanda was asleep in her arms. The spy carried Wanda to a nearby couch and set her down on it. Wanda was lighter than she should've been and Natasha made a mental note to talk to Bruce about it. After sitting opposite Wanda's sleeping form for a bit, Tony entered the room. Natasha heard his oncoming footsteps and snapped up when he walked in.

"Any news?"

"No sorry, we're trying, we know they haven't left the country."

"If you know they haven't left the country, you must have some sort of tracker on them." she suddenly glared up at them, "Have you put trackers on the rest of us Stark, because I swear to God, if you've been tracking me I'll make sure you-." Natasha was standing now.

"Hey, hey easy there." Tony responded, he's hands raised in a surrender-like position, "I don't put trackers on my friends. I know Y/N hasn't left because I've viewed the CCTV cameras of every major airport or airstrip in the country, they're still here."

Natasha sat back down and Tony sat across from her in a leather armchair. After a few moments of silence, he spoke again.

"How is she?" he asked, indicating with his eyes to Wanda.

"Still bad. I saw her in the kitchen and she just broke down, so I carried her to the couch. She's too light for her age, I don't think she's eating enough, I'm going to talk to Bruce about it."

"I'll tell him, I'm heading back to the lab now."

Natasha just nodded and said, "Find them, Stark."

Tony saluted and replied, "Yes ma'am!"

Natasha rolled her eyes and picked up her book that laid patiently on a nearby coffee table.

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Natasha heard running footsteps approaching, so she put down her book and reached for her hip holster. As she saw Bruce, Tony and Steve come around the corner and enter the room, she released her grip on the holster. Bruce went to speak, but Tony got in first.

"We found them. We found where Y/N is being held."

Wanda, who had stirred and woken up when the three men tore into the room, was now standing; red energy surrounding her and a fire in her eyes. She simply said four words, all four emblazoned with anger and pure hatred.

"Where?! Tell me now!"