Part 11
N/A: I had an idea here and I´ll use it.
Thor is the one to enjoy a good storm in all its beauty and right now even the darkest clouds covering the sky with all its shape and beauty ready to form thunders, something Thor truly loves, is not enough to lift his mood.
And the fact most of the Avengers are busy with their private lives to notice Thor´s change of mood is telling something about the team, yet, as his blue eyes notice the figure of Scarlet Witch, wearing crimson as her trademark and gazing forlon at the empty chair where her brother should be.
There´s a sense of awkwardness among them. Thor greets Wanda first as the woman nods in second and asks, out of polite and nothing else after all Thor and Wanda are hardly friends, at best just co-workers. "How is your brother doing?"
A dumb question to make, after all, wasn´t Loki who poisoned and almost killed Pietro? Wanda can only reply without given so much of her emotions "He´s much better now...we found a cure for his poison...a friend of sorts" Wanda is a good liar but even she has her limits.
"But, why the God of thunder is so forlon?" Wanda asked crossing her arms and let Thor offer a fake and polite answer such as "nothing, I´m fine" and sees Thor ready to leave but Wanda won´t let him.
"Let take this out of the way, I´d not blame you for what happened to my brother, I have Loki and unless you´re to tell me how you ask Loki to almost murder my brother ...I doubt this is your fault" Wanda concludes and Thor only sighs now tiredly.
"Loki is my brother and sometimes I still feel his misdeeds are my own" Thor confessed "I´d not know why his soul is so wicked...nor where did I failed so much on him"
"Not your fault, and Pietro the one who is the victim here held no ill-feeling towards you, now, we can´t promise you if we come across Loki we won´t retribute ...and if Pietro is to opt for his death...I´ll help" Wanda promised and Thor nods but she continues which surprises the God of thunder very much.
"I know Thor, I know about Hela and you..." Wanda speaks not minding the thunder he´s crafting "I know that Hela trapped you and...I know about Veella" Wanda states as Thor is silent "and all I can say is, why you didn´t ask for help?"
"I´m a man, Miss Witch, men don´t feel this type of pain and we can´t be taken seriously if we do talk about such a thing...They will say I´m stronger and I could have escaped, but, Hela´s domain is without an exit unless she says otherwise, and she would let me there until...the end when the Crawler God of Chaos arrived to destroy everything" Thor concludes shivering and is a bit relieved that Wanda fears that creature as much Thor does.
"Still...you asked help from Enchantress, do you think is wise?"
"Maybe, Amora is very fond of kids and won´t question and I´m thankful for her for this"
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Jean is the one giving lessons to Michael in regards to his physic´s powers and she is doing a fine job in pretending this is normal, inwardly, she admits how powerful Michael can truly be and needs to thread this carefully, of course, she won´t seduce or lure Michael with false promises, but, Jean can offer friendship and this is something equally precious to Michael at the moment.
Michael´s eyes gaze at Kitty talking to a bunch of kids and feel uneasy at the moment and start to fidgeting his fingers as Jean deemed the lesson over. "You´re a natural, Michael" Jean offers and Michael nods shaking a little.
Jean sees Kitty looking at them. Young love is hard when you used to be locked down on an attic. "Do you think...will I ever be normal?" Michael asked and Jean is really expecting this question (is selfish of her, but, this question makes her relieved as Michael can be a normal boy too)
"Michael, you´re a normal boy, one that suffered what no one should endure, your experiences are unique and make who you are...trying to be like the someone else will only hurt...trust me, I try and...only gave me heartache" Jean confessed and smiles as Kitty is coming towards them, while is nice to see Kitty caring for Michael is worrisome to see how dependent he can be and Jean does not want this to be a toxic relationship.
(Then again, she cut some slack to Michael as the boy spend all his life in an attic)
Her smiles die off when she sees who is flying near the school. "Wanda" she mutters bemused and it is enough to make the two kids chuckles at her reaction.
Scarlet Witch arrives landing gracefully on the ground of the X-mansion´s courtyard and is amused to see Jean sullen expression direct to her and Scott mowing the grass shouting "Hey, Wanda, how Pietro?" and it prompts to Jean to repeat the same question with the same expression of before.
Wanda is amused. "He´s much better now, thank Zaorva, He´s Quicksilver once again" she answers in a gentle tone and Scott sends his regards to her brother and Jean did too, in a more polite way, but still with that sullen expression.
Kitty is surprised to see Wanda again. The last time she saw her it was in the detention room and no one was there to chat. "I´m here to speak with Kitty and ...Michael" her eyes are a bit evasive on Michael, yet, Michael does not seem to care...for now. "First, I want to apologise for what happened, I found out my seals were the thing who was keeping you in that attic, I didn´t design those seals to trap kids and I feel that I should apologise if nothing else" Wanda speaks honestly and Michael didn´t speak anything and Kitty show kindness by not forcing him to accept the apologies if he truly does not want.
Wanda continues not expecting she and Michael to be best buddies. "Also, I hear that Raven was, well, is a bit insane and I would like to offer to teach Kitty in the realms of the mystic if is still your wish," Wanda asked and Kitty ponders for a moment and asked if Michael would be ok with this.
"You´ll not be my favourite person so soon, but, you didn´t trap me...if Katzchen wants to learn magic, won´t be me who will stop her" Michael states and is enough for now.
Jean, however, is not amused. "Wanda, you´d still insist on the whole magic thing? Magic is not real"
And Wanda only shakes her head amused with a mocking smile. "Jean, how can you look into my eyes and say that?"
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Hela is highly satisfied to see Enchantress and Loki, her half brother, in her court if anything else, because she can kill them at any given moment and/or brag about her new power, oh yes, Veella may not be what she was hoping but her mere existence increase Hela´s power and she asked to the two. "What are you two doing in my court?"
Loki is throwing quips here and there, but, is Enchantress who is taking the lead. "Us? Oh, my dear, we just came here to inform you about the whereabouts of your beloved" Enchantress begins and Hela starts laughing.
"Are you sad that I bed Thor and you didn´t?" Hela taunt and Enchantress didn´t flinch in the slightest as she continues with the same calm posture.
"Oh no, Hela, I wasn´t aware you have any feeling for Thor, I was talking about your paramour, Thanos" and this is the magical word that prompts Hela to stop the smile. "Mephisto and Warlock are in the Eterial, and Thanos is there as always and is ...waiting for you"
"Why would he be waiting for me?"
"Because ...he killed your enemies and wants to offer their heads to you, Hela. Isn´t romantic? He is ready to marry you" Enchantress then sweat her lie "and is ready to make you his one and only Queen"
And Loki has to smile if nothing else as Hela believes wholeheartedly and goes to Eterial. A realm where Death and Life rule. Meanwhile, Teresa Pryde and Clea Strange are taking Veella out of this hell dimension.