Hero

You were hurt; not physically, but emotionally. Kate had hurt you without even knowing it. She was keeping things from you.

You had no idea what she was hiding, only that in your opinion it seemed to be life or death. She had been more absent in your life than ever. She had ignored calls and text, when she did answer it would always be rushed.

Kate always had labored breathing on your calls and only used quick phrases to reply to text. You were worried about the girl. She was adventurous and that always led to danger for her.

When she finally told you what was going on, you didn't feel relief. In fact you were angrier than before.

" You could've died, Kate."

" That doesn't matter Y/n, innocent people were-"

" It matters to me, Kate. Innocent people? You mean a mass murderer ," you looked at her in disbelief.

Her jaw set," Clint is a hero and I am too. I thought you'd be happy for me."

You turned your back to her," Thrilled. My best friend has been lying to me and putting her life on the line for a grown man that should be fully capable on his own."

" I'm going to stay with Clint and his family for a bit. I just wanted to see you before I left, but I guess it was a mistake," she headed for the door.

You thought of your last words to Kate. They could've been a confession or a plea of sorts.

They could've been a farewell, but instead you let out a barely audible," I guess it was."

When Kate left, you let all of your emotions fly. The angry tears did little to stop you from throwing whatever was near you at the wall.

Glass, magazines, pillows, and your phone had all been victims of your rage.

Why couldn't she see it, how you did? You never doubted Kate's abilities, but that didn't mean you wanted her throwing herself in danger.

" Fuck"

When you were done throwing your tantrum, you end up with your back against one of your walls. The tears were now purely sadness, knowing your friend was gone.

" Oh you poor thing"

Your eyes shot open to see a woman in front of you. Her black fingertips are surrounded by cloudy red magic. Her attire could only be described as powerful.

She was floating at first but you had seen her feet hit the floor as she strode to you.

" I could feel your sorrows from miles away," she was closing in on you.

" Wh-what do you want?"

" I don't want anything from you. I'm simply here to make you an offer."

You shook your head," No thank you."

She laughed," I know you're lonely. You've lost the last person that your heart could take. You're upset and confused. I can't mend the broken relationship, but I can offer you something even better."

Your eyes are trained on her. So much so that you didn't see her figure sitting besides you as she whispered in your ear, " Power."

You jumped at her sudden presence, " What does power have to do with Kate?"

" Well she's going to be a hero right? Every hero needs a villain," the woman shrugged her shoulders.

She was right. If Kate wouldn't heed your warning maybe you could make her change her mind another way.

" Who are you and why are you helping me?"

" I am Wanda Maximoff. I sense a great dormant power within you, Y/n. A power that only I can help you unlock. Something that would get Kate to come back to you. I've lost a lot and I'm tired of seeing the people with power lose everything," her eyes glowed slightly.

She was the villain. There was no denying it. Her aura told the story and her appearance aided it beautifully. Maybe you could be a villain too.

You'd do anything to stray Kate from this path, regardless of what it took. You found yourself slowly nodding at Wanda.

" Fine," your gaze steeled.

" Perfect, while Kate trains with Clint, you will train with me. Let's open up that power."

You try not to freak out as Wanda reaches her hand into your stomach. You feel her grasp something inside of you.

Her eyes are locked on yours," You feel that?"

You nod and she smiles. She uses her free hand to caress your face," That's pure, unfiltered, power."

She squeezes tightly, popping whatever it was inside your body. You feel it instantly. It's not painful, if anything it's like an adrenaline shot has run through your body.

You feel yourself changing as your body begins to levitate. Horns begin to protrude from your head and your eyes completely turn black. Your skin is no longer its normal color; it's a dark red. It's stained with patterns that you never knew were there.

Wanda's eyes got wide as they took in your new figure," Oh you're such a pretty little thing aren't you."

She drags a single finger up your skin and you shiver at her touch.

You get a glance at yourself in the mirror," Am I a demon?"

" Something of sort," Wanda stands behind you, leaning down to rest her chin on your shoulder.

You couldn't deny that the pair of you painted quite the image in the mirror. She was slightly taller than you, which worked in favor of her dominance. You looked like you had the potential to be as powerful as she looked. It was almost as if you were the child and she was the mother. An evil fairy god mother to be exact.

" Can I change back and forth or am I stuck like this?"

" Try it," Wanda suggests.

You closed your eyes and when you opened them, you were back to your regular self. You tested out once more becoming the demon before addressing the witch," Well what now?"

" Now, we train you," she placed a firm hand on your arm and in an instant you were no longer in your house.

Wanda broke you and built you back up in a three month period. You trained both forms of yourself. The human form was in the best shape you had ever been in, in life. You hardly even recognize yourself anymore.

Now your other half was a little more difficult to take. The powers you had acquired were quite unique. You had a lot of magic which Wanda made sure you could do flawlessly. Between flying, ruins, and general spells you felt unstoppable. Not to mention the fire control or the small distance teleportation.

Wanda had taken you in as her own project. She treated you with a care you hadn't known for years. She was almost like a mother in some ways, in other's she was like Dr.Frankenstein.

She poked and prodded and tested you a lot. It wasn't weird like the day you had first met. There was a weird tension the first day you met, but it dissipated in the weeks following.

You were still doing this for Kate. The robberies, the jailbreaks, the permanent injuries, everything you had done was for her. Now, you finally felt good enough to scare Kate into retirement.

" I think you're ready," Wanda interrupts your weight lifting.

" Ready for what?"

" To make a statement. I heard from a little bird that Kate has finally gone back home, specially to try and catch a demon," you drop the weights at her words.

" She's going to regret choosing the hero's life over me."

Wanda places a comforting hand on your shoulder," You'll have her back and when you do you should tell her you love her."

You looked up at the woman," What happens after this?"

Wanda smiles at you," After this, you go and live happily ever after."

" What about you?"

" I'll be here," the witch shrugged her shoulders.

" I still don't fully understand why you've helped me Wanda, but I'm eternally grateful."

You hug the woman, who is in shock. It takes her awhile but she ends up closing her arms around your back.

" I was lonely and I could feel that same loneliness shoot through your veins when Kate left. I admit I thought that maybe there was another path for us. But then I started to realize that you were just a kid in love who needed some guidance."

"Thank you for guiding me," you melt into Wanda and she places a kiss at the top of your head.

" Whenever you need me you need me, I'll be here ok? If you're having boy problems, or life problems, or just want to come see me, I'll be here."

" Thanks Wanda."

" Now go and get your girl."

You were back in your house. It felt unfamiliar to you, the mundane aura of it all felt so far removed from you. Part of you wanted to wait and see if Kate would come to you naturally, but the impatient part of you said to hunt her now.

You decided to just walk around the city to see if you could spot her. It wasn't uncommon for heroes to patrol the streets, so maybe you'd be able to spot her somewhere.

It didn't take nearly as long as it should've. You spotted her on a rooftop not too far from your place. She had a new suit on, it fit her well. The pair of binoculars in her hand as she looked for any crime.

You let out a heavy breath. One last time you would try to reason with her before things had to go too far.

You slipped into an alley and then teleported yourself to the roof that Kate was. Looking at her this close caused your breath to hitch.

It had been months since she got to lay her eyes on the girl. She didn't look extremely different but you noticed every little change.

" Kate," as soon as her name left your mouth there was a bow and arrow pointed at you," Easy there Bishop you're really going to shoot your best friend."

Kate's eyes went wide," Y/n? You look-"

" Different, I know," you watched as her eyes raked the length of your body.

" How'd you get up here?"

You deflected," I have my ways. So you're really set on this hero thing?"

Kate set her jaw," I am."

" There's nothing I can say that would change that is there? Not that I care about you or that this is all too dangerous or that I can't bear seeing you hurt."

You see a slight blush appear on Kate's face before it dissipates into a frown," No, there's nothing you can say."

You step up to her. Kate doesn't back down, but that's because she doesn't know what you're capable of," Not even if I told you that I love you."

Kate's eyes snap to yours," What?"

Your hands rest hesitantly on her waist," I love you Kate. It's not that I don't believe that you can do this. I know that you can, but look around you. What has being a hero everI otten anybody? Black Widow, Iron Man, and Captain America are all gone. When's the last time you saw Thor or Hulk? You can't deny that even Clint is fucked up from doing this for so long. They all have the same fate; the world loves them and then they either leave or die, Kate."

She falls out of your grasp," They world needs heroes and ai can be one of them. I can make the world a better place Y/n. I will be different."

Your gaze hardened," If you aren't going to stop then I guess I'll have to force you into retirement."

" What are you talking about Y/n?"

You begin to transform," You're not the only one with a former Avenger mentor. Just a quick fyi, mine is better."

Kate's jaw drops as she sees your new form," What happened to you?"

" Well turns out, I had this power inside of me the whole time. Wanda was able to unlock it for me," you kept your glare.

" I've seen this thing on the news. Y/n tell me you're not a criminal," she was pleading with you.

Your eyes soften before you pull yourself back together," Every hero needs a villain, Kate."

You see the apprehension on her face," You're better than this Y/n."

" You're stalling."

You teleported behind her and pushed her. She stumbled forward before turning to glare at you. Only you weren't there, you were behind her back," I hate to have to do this to you Katie."

You lock her in a sleeper hold and she struggles. Instead of making her pass out you lift her in that position and then slam her back on the ground.

You hear groans as she lands with an unforgiven thud.

When she stands she looks at you with a pained expression," I won't fight you."

Her emotions stirred something in you, but you kept your jaw set," You will. Everyday until you're done playing hero, we will fight."

" You wouldn't," she argues.

You narrow your eyes," I wouldn't kill you, but I'll do whatever it takes to get you to stop this."

" This is the only thing that makes me happy and I can't believe you seriously want me to give it up," Kate takes a fighting stance.

" I used to make you happy and you seemed to have problems tossing me aside for this."

You didn't give Kate a chance to respond instead you threw a fireball at her. She ducked out of the way of the first one, but you followed up with more. Soon trapping Kate in a circle of fire.

You stepped into the circle without flinching. Your black eyes were locked in on Kate, " Come on Kate, I thought you were supposed to be good at this."

Kate grunts and throws a few punches at you. Each one was blocked by your forearms, but a strong kick to the gut was able to catch you off guard.

" I am," she shot an arrow at the ground which extinguished the flames around her.

" Then aim the next one at me," you charged her.

She shot a netted arrow at you, but you teleported behind her. Your hands shot to either side of her head.

You took a dive into her mind, " The mind can be such a fragile place. Wanda taught me that."

You were struck in the stomach with an elbow from Kate," Clint taught me how to fortify my mind."

You growled at her," He teach you how to lie to your friends too?"

" I was trying to protect you," Kate hissed back.

With slight twitches of fingers you were able to lift her in the air and turn her upside down. She struggles against the magic.

You approach her so that you are almost eye to eye," And I'm just trying to protect you."

" Y/n please, you're supposed to be my best friend," Kate tries to plead with you.

You flip her right side up, " You never cared about our friendship Kate."

Kate's eyes widened in disbelief, " How could you say that?"

" Cause it's true," you sneered," you chose Clint over me. Some guy you just met. You lied and hid things from me, for him. You even left me to be alone on Christmas for him."

A lightbulb flashes through your mind and you smile darkly.

" Maybe I shouldn't be fighting you. I should go for the big bird," you caress Kate's face with the back of your hand," I'm going to clip his wings."

You had no clue how she did it, but Kate clocked you straight in the face. It was off guard that your hold on her was gone.

Before you could scramble to your feet, Kate pinned you down. One of her hands held both of your wrist. You struggled underneath her, but her grip never faltered.

" You going to put me in jail, Katie? Have me locked up in the name of justice. I'm sure your super friends will be so proud of you," you taunted her.

" No, I'm not sending you to jail," you could see her practically grinding her teeth.

" A hero would. No matter the relationship, I've done bad things, including trying to fight you. So lock me up, Hawkling."

Kate glared at you," Don't you see that this is pointless Y/n? You aren't going to kill me, I'm not putting you in jail. This has no end."

You teleport out of her grasp and reverse the roles. Now she is under you and you're holding her wrist," In the end, you will choose me for once Kate."

" Y/n for fucks sake, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have lied to you. I should've told you what was going on. It's not that I didn't trust you. I just didn't want you involved with all of this," you see tears escaping her eyes.

" You walked out on me. You broke my heart for some old man, Kate. Do you know how it feels to have the most important person in your life turn their back on you for a practical stranger? The moment Clint walked into your life he was more important to you than me," Kate diverts her eyes as you speak.

" Y/n, I didn't mean to hurt you."

You transformed back into a human and released your grip on Kate. You took a few steps away from her with your back turned," But you did Kate."

With a scowl on your face, tears began to flow down your cheeks. Your fists were clenched at your sides as you silently cursed to yourself," Fuck, what am I doing? "

Kate cautiously walked over to you. She put a hand on your shoulder, making you turn around. For a moment you just stared at each other. Then she slowly wrapped her arms around your waist. Your head instinctively rests on her shoulder.

" Kate-"

" No, I'm sorry. I was being a shitty friend. I was putting being a hero over our friendship. You have every right to hate me."

" I don't hate you, Kate."

Kate chuckles," Right, you were just trying to fight me because head over heels for me"

A tired smile finds its way onto your face," That's exactly right."

You feel Kate's body freeze up," What?"

You lift your head off her shoulder and place your forehead against Kate's," I said, that's exactly right."

" Y/n," you watch as she closes her eyes and her breathing shallows.

She leans in and you do nothing to stop her. Her lips touch yours and it's exactly what you've been craving. Her hands find a place in your hair tugging you impossibly closer to her.

You're the one to break it. You speak as you try to catch your breath," This won't work out for us."

" You don't know that," Kate kisses your cheek, then your jaw, then your neck.

" You're a hero Kate," you unconsciously crane your neck to give her more access.

" You don't have a problem with me being a hero, Y/n. You're mad that I lied about it. I won't keep anything else about this from you, I promise."

" Kate, I-"

" I love you," Kate blurts out, stopping your sentence in its tracks," I love you and I want the chance to show you how much you mean to me."

You look away from her, " Kate, I'm not the same as I was before. I'm a monster."

" You're not that different," Kate gently turns your face back to her.

You transform with her hand still on you. Your black eyes train themselves on her brown ones. She takes this time to get a good look at your other form.

The hand that was once touching soft plush skin now settled on tough patterned flesh. Her thumb traced over the intricate details.

" I love every part of you. Even the ones that I haven't met," her eyes followed her finger, marveling over the designs.

You turn back and lean into her touch," This might end horribly."

" I don't think I'd forgive myself if we didn't try."

With Kate here in front of you laying it out on the line, it was hard to say no. It was hard to turn away the only thing you've ever wanted in life. She was right, this fighting was pointless.

You had learned a lot during your time with Wanda. One of the main things being that you weren't truly evil. Wanda told you all the time that you weren't a bad person. That love can drive people to do crazy things.

You were just a fool in love hurt by what you felt was treachery. Now the love was back, right in front of you promising honesty. How could you stand to deny it?

"Ok," you whisper.

"Ok?" Kate repeats searching for hesitation in your eyes.

"Ok," you say in a more concrete tone.

Kate surges forward one more time to capture your lips. This time it's light. The airy pressure of her lips against yours felt surreal.

" I think this makes you my favorite hero," you say when the kiss ends.

Kate laughs, " I guess you're my favorite villain."

You both laugh and hold each other a little tighter. The both of you determined to give this everything you could. Hopefully the two of you will be able to overcome whatever the universe has in store for you.

This is a love that could either make or break the cosmos, unbeknownst to anyone involved.