Bea. (an Avengers fanfic)

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"Bea" Tony says.

"the one and only." I give an awkward smile. "so, you recognise me now."

"yeah." I say. He gives me a hug and I do my best not to burn him with my hands. He pulls away and tries to hold my hands I pull away. "hands still hot."

He smiles a knowing smile before he says. "you haven't changed a bit; it has been forever. how?"

"doesn't matter I will tell you later."

Still no one moves. Clint looks around and he is the next person to move he pushes past people. Seeing him move I step forward. I give him a hug when we meet. when we let go Wanda is there and crying, she gives me a massive hug. squeezing me so hard.

"after I got vis back, I thought I would get you too, so I went back to the cave" She says still holding onto me. "and you were gone I looked for you but could find you I thought you were dead."

"no. not dead" I say looking down at the floor when we let go of each other.

I can feel tears starting well up again. I quickly turn back toward Wanda who was holding onto my right hand. I punch her in the arm. "what was that for?"

"you didn't make them forget."

"I couldn't bring myself to"

"so, they just thought I was dead."

"well at first yes but then they asked where your body was and got really suspicious, but I still wouldn't tell them, and then I heard you outside with Steve and Bucky and I knew you were alright. So, I notified fury."

"I was fine. I am fine."

When I looked at everyone else, no one else has moved.

"why did you leave?" Steve asks. I look towards him. sadness was written all over his face.

"I didn't want to see everyone get emotional and you were doing so well without me."

"we could have used your help. It was horrible seeing you and then you left us."

"but you seemed fine."

"how do you know?"

"in the first week I kept tabs on you."

"then why did you make contact with me." I could hear the hurt in his voice.

I turn around towards Nick and then back to them. I say, "HYDRA found out about me and captured me. 2 days ago, I escaped, and fury found me a day ago." There was silence for a while.

"you knew." Tony says turning towards Nick.

"yes. I had a tracker put in her when I lost her when she had wandered off when she was two. When Wanda had told me what she did I made sure to activate Bea's tracker again. I got an alert 7 months ago that her vitals had spiked. I tracked her down. Found the hydra base but I was a day too late you were already gone. Thank god I found you in the woods."

"I'm sorry." I say. A couple of tears slip down my face.

"you shouldn't be. You did exactly what I taught you to do." He says wiping them away.

"wait your saying you both knew." Clint asks. "and you didn't bother to tell me." we could all the hear the curt in his voice. My stomach knotted.

"I didn't know for sure till we got a hit." Fury says simply.

"and you have known for years." Clint looks at Wanda in total disappointment.

"how did you know?" Sam asks emotionless.

"she helped her disappear." Petro says from the other room.

"you knew as well." Nat says completely giving up on the strong look. Tears starting to well up in her eyes.

"I'm her big brother."

"we are twins." Wanda Says.

"still older." He says cocky.

"by twelve mins" I say. "doesn't really count." I looked towards Petro and in a blink of an eye he is giving me a hug. "it's good to see you."

"you to." He says giving me a hug. "did you see the mural?"

"yeah it was cute."

"Bucky Mc boing boing's idea." I chuckle at the old nick name.

I turn towards everyone else to find Bucky, but he isn't there. my happiness melts away. Was he ever here, where is he? I look down. I can feel the guilt squirming around my stomach intensify.

"and Nat I've known for two years to be honest I don't know why you didn't tell me sooner." Petro says the last part directed to Wanda.

"or any of us." Sam murmurs loud enough for us to here.

"well I for one are glad that you are not dead." Tony says giving me a hug.

"so am I."

Steve comes up behind Tony and hugs me straight away after tony moves away. "I am so sorry. I had to leave."

"I knew you weren't dead. I knew I didn't make you up. I looked for you."

"I know you got so close."

"if I just kept going, I would have been able to save you from them."

"we can't change the past."