Haunted Memories
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Everything around you is fuzzy. You can barely make out the room you're in as they strapped and attached needles to you. Blinking the fuzziness away, you find yourself looking at someone that strongly reminds you of him. He had this satisfied and knowing look on his face when he noticed your stare. With one final contraption, he motioned someone outside for it to begin.
Pain starts to shoot throughout your body and your brain can barely comprehend how you will react. Your consciousness faded in and out throughout the session, barely registering the doctor on your side prepping to cut you up.
You woke up feeling groggy and confused. Sitting up from the bed you're in, you feel the familiar tug of a metal chain around your ankle. Still feeling weak, you just let it be and hugged your knees close to your chest. After some time of silence, your ears perked at the humming sound coming from the small vent in the corner. The chain let out a rattled noise as you descended to the floor to check on it.
You listened for a while when you found out that it somehow soothed you. It stopped abruptly, and you let out a tiny whimper from the lack of it. Instead, it was replaced by a feminine voice through the small space of the vent.
"Hello?" came from the voice.
"I don't know if you can hear me, but... I can feel you, you know." You don't know how to respond to that so you opted to be silent.
"My name is Wanda, by the way. You can talk to me if you want.'' Again, you didn't respond. There's a beat of silence before she starts to speak again.
"What's your name?" You rack your brain for an answer because, seemingly, you have forgotten your own name.
"I- I don't know..." your voice sounded hoarse when you finally answered. You heard a soft 'oh' from her before the silence takes over once again.
"W-what were you doing earlier? It sounded... nice." You genuinely ask.
"Oh uhm, thanks I guess. I was just humming to a song." You wanted to hear it once again, so you didn't hesitate to request from her if she could do it again.
She starts humming again, and a small smile makes its way onto your face. You didn't notice you were starting to drift off to sleep as her humming lulled your disoriented state.
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"Hey, Y/N. W-wake up. It's over..."
"Come on. It's t-time to go home..."
"I'm so s-sorry. P-please..."
"We need you. I-I need you..."
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The walls of that cell did nothing to keep your agonizing screams from resonating all over the room. Finding an opportunity to run past the guards, Wanda ran to where you were being held.
"Dammit Sestra!" Pietro could only follow his sister as they navigate to your cell.
"Stop! You're hurting her!" Before any of the guards could drag them away, a blinding light engulfed everyone's eyes in that room, and after that, there was no one left except you and the twins. Both were sprawled out on the floor, unconscious.
That accident made Strucker fume in anger, but it gave him a significant finding from the three of you. From that moment on, the three of you formed a bond as you were subjugated to a series of tests in order to hone your profound abilities.
Unknowingly to themselves, the twins gave Strucker leverage to use you. He successfully made his own version of the Winter Soldier, which is you, the Scythe. The twins were deemed not ready yet, so it was only you being sent out on missions. Of course they were worried about you, but you, under his control, always reassures them that you'll be fine.
Gradually, your recollections of the Avengers faded away, replaced by the memories of the twins and the horrors brought by the Hydra.
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"...in a state of comatose."
"Can she h-hear us?"
"S-she's gonna be okay, right? She has to."
"I c-can't get into her mind. It's pushing me back... she d-doesn't want me to..."
"...I can't lose you. Y-you're too important to us... to me."
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"P-please. S-spare me. I-I'll give you anything! Let me go!" Piercing the hook through his shoulder blades, he screamed his throat out and struggled. Dozens of lifeless bodies were mercilessly strewn around the vicinity.
The objective is very clear: to eliminate everyone in this warehouse. Sweep the entire facility with no life being spared, but not without sending a clear message to those who dare to go behind Strucker. With a little struggle, the man is recklessly hung in the middle for anyone to see when they come to find the place.
Dark crimson blood painted your half-masked face and entire suit. You left mindlessly and without a conscience after completing the mission.
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"Apparently, we are now officially part of the Avengers... but I think they just want to keep an eye on us."
"I know we hated them but... We don't resent them that much now."
"The training sucked... Natasha's really kicking our asses, and Tony is being annoying."
"I want you to meet someone... I just found her again after all these years. I hope the two of you will go along with each other, but I doubt it'll be a problem."
"Pietro gets along with the team now, and he even found a prank buddy. But he made a mistake pranking his own sister, so let's just say, pink is officially his color and it suits him. He's not allowed to dye his own hair back... Not until you see it for yourself."
"Everything's going fine... Wake up soon, okay?"
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"Are you trying to defy me now, pet?!" A calloused large hand harshly gripped your little arm as he found your 11-year-old self cowering at the corner of the room.
"When I say get in here, you follow immediately. Understood?!" A whimper escaped your lips as the doctor pushed you. The procedures are getting painful and you find yourself dreading the sessions more, so you try to hide when it's time for them. The doctor didn't like it a bit, so he became more aggressive and inconsiderate.
"If you ever try to stay away from me, know that I will find you and you will regret that you thought you could. You have no idea what I'm capable of. Do you get it?!" Tears tried to escape, but you held them back and gave the doctor a terrified nod.
"Good, now where were we?"
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"You've been resting for so long, you missed your own birthday. I tried baking you a cake, but it was a disaster. Luckily, Wanda was there. Her 'wiggly woos', as Sam would like to tease, are very helpful."
"Natasha should be banned from the kitchen."
"Vision tried making a paprikash. Honestly, it was awful, so I had to re-cook it again... I wish you could try it. I'm sure you'll love my cooking."
"I just...really miss you. If you can hear me, please, come back."
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Wanda groaned in pain as her face came in contact with the mat. She could feel her entire body aching, thanks to Natasha. Having had enough of being a ragdoll, she flicked her wrist to fling Natasha off of her.
"Hey! No using of powers!" Natasha protested as she recovered from being thrown off. She could only roll her eyes at the assassin but stayed in her position, lying face down.
"Yeah, yeah. Sorry, force of habit." She pushed herself up after some time to return to the normal position. Natasha is in front of her in no time. They were the only ones left in the gym as the others finished some time ago.
"You do know why we're doing this, right? You can't always rely on your powers. You have to be prepared." As annoying as she finds Natasha sound, she could only nod at her words.
Natasha gave her a sympathetic glance. She could sense the girl's frustration, and she was well aware of the source cause she feels exactly the same.
Today is a sore spot because it officially marks the first year of you being in that state. She admits guiltily to herself that she's projecting her own frustration through this training. She knows it's unfair, but she can't help it.
"Look, I know it's been hard-" She was taken aback when Wanda snapped. Her eyes, engulfed in a red glow, stared angrily back at her.
"Don't." Wanda's chest heaved as she tried to gain control of herself. Noticing this, Natasha calmly approaches her, but stopped when she sees her take a step back.
"Wanda..." She gently calls out, but the other girl just tears her gaze away from her.
"I'm going back to my room." Wanda declared as she hugged herself and left Natasha without waiting for her reply
Natasha could only sigh as she watched her walk away. A sudden urge to drink washed over her, so she left soon after.
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As soon as the door shuts, Wanda collapses on the floor and breaks down. Ugly voices echoed the same words since the accident began haunting her. It's all your fault.
She stayed like that for about an hour before she decided she should take a shower. The sweat and tears that clung to her skin started to bother her. As much as she wants to visit you, she can't bring herself to see you today lying on that bed. Guilt and shame will immediately flood her at the mere sight of you in that state. All because of you, Wanda.
After cleaning herself up, she plops on her bed and turns on the TV for some sitcom she couldn't care less about. The noise from it is just enough to drown out all those awful voices somehow.
Pietro should be back any minute now as he tagged along with Sam and Bucky on an errand. She'll forever owe you her brother's life that day. It was still a mystery how you managed to bring someone back to life, but it nearly cost yours in the process. The team and Nick Fury are keeping a close eye on you right now, with all the precautions, because you have the potential to be their most powerful asset or their worst enemy.
A lot of what-ifs ran through her mind if things had gone differently. She could only hug the pillow tightly and pretend that it was you. She began to drift to sleep as she let her mind wander on the memories of you.
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"Piet, slow down. You're gonna choke yourself if you don't chew carefully." Wanda gently chastised her twin. She flips the pancake so it doesn't burn, and sets another plate for him. He flashed her an apologetic face but still stuffed the pancakes into his mouth.
Today is a relatively normal day for the group of superheroes. No missions for the day. Sam and Bucky bickering at the table while having their breakfast, Bruce is reading his book and drinking coffee in the armchair, while Natasha brews her own in the corner. Yelena and Kate are annoying Clint on the couch. Tony is nowhere to be found as he spends his mornings at the lab. And Thor is off-world at the moment, while Steve still hasn't come back from his run.
Passing by the room where you're currently at, Vision strongly felt compelled to enter so he did. Needless to say, he's curious about you, especially at the gem, but he hasn't had a chance to get close to you alone. His curiosity led him to phase his hand to where the stone was. As he finally grabbed it, a hand gripped his own. He's met with your e/c eyes staring right back at him.
Their peaceful morning was interrupted when Vision came crashing into the room they're in. Everyone instinctively went into their defensive stance. The sight of you greeted them once you emerged from the hole that Vision came through.
"Y/N..."