If Eyes Could Talk

Both of them woke up the next early morning smiling, unsure of what was happening but liking the proximity that was appearing between the two of them. They found each other over breakfast. No one was awake yet but Ellie was making coffee and the smell of it had Wanda go to the kitchen even though she hadn't planned on having anything before the others, she was curious to know who was up this early. Of course when she saw it was Ellie she had to go against the door and look at her the same way Ellie had the night before.

“You never sleep, do you Sparky?” Wanda said smirking.

Ellie looked up and smiled at her.

“You're one to talk, why are you up?” She said teasing but then her expression became more concerned, “Still having issues sleeping?” she asked carefully.

Wanda smiled, she definitely would need some time to get used to Ellie's concerned side.

“No, actually I hadn't slept like this in a while so thank you.” She said, genuine about her answer.

“Good.” Ellie said, her expression relaxing a bit. “So why are you up if it's not because of sleeping issues?”.

“Well, even though I slept well, I'm not used to sleeping a lot anyway so I figured I'll just go for a walk when I got curious about who was making coffee this early.” Wanda explained, smile never leaving her face where apparently it had decided to stay permanently.

“Wait, how did you know coffee was being made?” Ellie asked because the staircase leading to the rooms is not that close to the kitchen.

Wanda pointed her nose. “Good smiling skills. Pietro and I were always trying to guess what the other was cooking by the smell of it so it kind of became a habit you know. Plus, the smell of your coffee is really strong.” This time Ellie knew the smile on Wanda's face was because of the memories and it made her smile too because it's probably what she would have done if she had witnessed the memory herself and she found out something about Wanda too: her brother's name was Pietro. Wanda and Pietro, two beautiful names she thought to herself.

“Well I'm impressed. And my coffee isn't that strong”. That made the both of them laugh.

“C'mon, I've never seen someone drink black coffee the way you do.” Full smirk coming back to Wanda's face before she added “Must go with the whole fire girl act.”

At that Ellie smirked too and got closer to Wanda who remained where she was, suddenly feeling warmer. That's when she saw Ellie's eyes turn orange.

“Fire girl act? Is that so?” Ellie said, knowing all too well confidence games were her strong suit.

Wanda couldn't stop her eyes from turning bright red and lost herself for a second which, of course, caused Ellie's smirk to grow but she quickly regained her composure and leaned forward, eyes still red and facing Ellie's orange ones. Ellie seemed to be the one losing her composure and as she opened her mouth, now inches apart from Wanda's, Wanda took the cup of coffee that was behind Ellie and leaned back.
“I just remembered Natasha likes her coffee the same way you do, you don't mind if I bring it to her right Sparky?” She looked between Ellie's eyes and her lips while talking. She didn't leave room for Ellie to answer as she was leaving the kitchen, cup in hand as she left a wordless Ellie behind her.

Wanda smiled at herself and bit her lower lip while climbing the stairs. All she could think about was how she had left a speechless Ellie behind. She had had her share of games in her past but it wasn't like that, it wasn't that...intense. She arrived in front of Natasha's door in less than five minutes and she knocked twice. Of course she and Natasha were close but the latest was still one of the deadliest assassin in the world and didn't like people to enter her space uninvited so knocking was a matter of survival but for Wanda it was mostly a matter of respect more than fear, she knew Natasha wouldn't hurt her if she had a choice. She didn't wait for an answer though, she knew that if Natasha didn't want her in, she would have said no already so Wanda came in, knowing the Black Widow wasn't asleep.

Nat was sitting by the window with a book, only a few people knew she liked to do that. She looked up and smiled at Wanda who closed the door behind her.

“Well well, look at who's crawling back now, traitor.” Natasha said laughing at her friend.

“You're not gonna let that slide are you? I left movie night earlier, how does that make me a traitor?” Wanda answered, knowing Nat was just messing with her.

“Ho but sweetheart, the fact that you left movie night is not what makes you a traitor.” Natasha said getting up from the window and moving closer to the bed offering Wanda a place to sit at the same time. “It's for who you did that makes you a traitor.” Nat said with her legendary Black Widow smile.

Wanda blushed and lowered her face which made Nat smile genuinely this time. Wanda looked back after a couple seconds.

“Is the coffee I'm bringing you will help change my status?” She said with the whole innocent act.

Nat looked at the black liquid in front of her and Wanda could almost see the stars in her eyes. She started grabbing the cup before stopping and looking at Wanda.

“Is it black?” She asked definitely hoping the answer would be yes so she could drink it already, especially with the smell reaching her nose.

“Ho I guarantee you it's black.” She answered with a smile remembering how she got it in the first place.

Natasha took a sip and immediately looked back at Wanda.

“Who made it?” She simply asked.

“What makes you think I'm not the one who made it?” Wanda said feigning offense.

“Wanda, you can't make coffee that good without me knowing about it.” She said arching an eyebrow.

“Alright, Ellie made it, I took it.” She said already knowing what was coming next.

“Ellie made it. And you took it. And she just let you?” Natasha asked fully smiling.

“Kinda?” Wanda's cheeks reddened and she looked at the floor and Natasha didn't push...yet.

“Well, her coffee is heaven so she's good in my books.” And she looked at Wanda to see her reaction. Of course Wanda blushed harder but when she met Natasha's gaze she had a huge smile on her face that even Nat hadn't witnessed so far so she smiled back at her. That's when the speakers in the hallways decided to shout an alert and an alarm went off. All the Avengers woke up, dressed up and went to the living room where Colossus, Wade and Ellie were waiting for them. Colossus spoke up first.

“Alright Avengers, you have all heard the alarm. Someone is causing chaos in a city nearby and the x-men's help is needed”

“X-person.” Wade cut off but Colossus went back to what he was saying.

“Our help is needed but Yukio, Ralf and Luke are taking care of an other mission and Wade here, is joining them for backup, will you agree to join Negasonic and I?”

It was hard for the Avengers to say no to the man who had offered them safety and food on the table so they all agreed without hesitation. Once in the plane, they changed into their Avengers suits and Natasha asked what was the situation so everyone listened carefully expecting Colossus to speak up but Ellie did.

“A man with special abilities we know nothing about yet has managed to rob a car shop and fight back two dozen of police officers in the blink of an eye. We're here to stop him and make sure he doesn't hurt anyone else.”

Sam spoke up: “Looks like she speaks.” He said jokingly clearly trying to cut the tension in the air from the Avengers' first mission in a while.

“I'm doing my job bird guy, try to do yours.” Ellie said that a bit more aggressively than she intended but she wasn't a fan of these kind of comments.

“Right.” Sam said clearing his throat.

It was the moment Steve chose to speak.

“What do you need us to do exactly?” He asked with his professional tone.

So Ellie explained them what the plan was. All they knew about the man was that his name was Jenkins and he was an ex-military working with five former soldiers and ten rotten cops but a lot of good cops were hurt trying to stop them. Steve and Sam's mission was to take care of those soldiers and rotten cops, Natasha's job was to fight Jenkins with Ellie and Colossus and Wanda had to extract the wounded agents that tried to stop Jenkins and his team and bring them to safety, no one wanting to risk damaging Wanda's shoulder again without knowing if it was needed. And Vision was staying in the ship, his abilities too...unknown to risk something without proper training. Everyone's job was clear. So, when they landed, Sam and Steve went right into the fight against Jenkins' team, Colossus and Wanda got down and Wanda followed Colossus to where the wounded cops had taken refuge and started helping them, giving first aid care for some while Natasha and Ellie left to find Jenkins.

Despite his team being in front of the car shop, Jenkins was inside, all the employees had ran away and he was contemplating his options. Steve and Sam fought to provide the girls with a way to enter the guarded shop and kept fighting after they did. Once inside, the girls saw Jenkins and when he saw them, he started running towards them and the three of them started fighting, Natasha's trainings helping them a lot against the clearly well trained man in front of them.

Steve and Sam were outside fighting all fifteen-ish individuals trying to rip them apart. Something felt off to Steve, these men were strong, not as strong as he was but clearly prepared for a fight like this. Sam wasn't as strong as Steve but he was trained, fast and had his wings so he flew in the sky hoping to have the whole picture and charged in the direction of the soldiers and rotten cops. For a time, Steve and Sam had everything under control but their enemies were strong and used to fight for a large amount of time. As Sam prepared to fly once more, two of the soldiers grabbed one of his wings and tossed him against one of the cars behind Steve. Sam crashed and fell to the ground unconscious. There was no blood and Steve couldn't stop fighting. Natasha and Ellie heard the sound of Sam crushing against the car and Steve left alone. Nat hesitated, she looked at the door wanting to help Steve. Ellie could see Jenkins trying to catch his breath, she knew he was more physically tired than she was so she looked at Natasha who met her gaze and didn't hesitate.

“Go. I've got this.” So Natasha nodded and left.

Steve and Natasha fought side by side and soon enough, everything was under control again, their enemies finally getting tired when faced to both the legendary Black Widow's training and Captain America's determination.

Inside of the car shop, Ellie was holding Jenkins, he was out of breath and he looked done. But as her eyes turned orange and she started charging herself lightly knowing she could knock him out this way, Jenkins' eyes turned a dark blue and he smirked. Ellie's mind became black and she fell to her knees. Jenkins wasn't just an ex-military, he was a mutant like her, but more specifically, he was a mind breaker, a type of mutant able to infect people's minds by using their darkest fears and worst memories. Ellie wasn't prepared to that. She had never faced this kind of power despite Wanda living under the same roof, the girl had never used her power on her, she was afraid to. Ellie was on her knees, unable to move. Jenkins was showing her her true power, used on the ones she loves. She saw Colossus and his metallic body bent under the power of her rage, she saw Yukio, her former best friend, cold and dead, she saw Wade, powerless in front of his friends' death.

Wanda, despite not being there, felt something, a power similar to hers, a mind reader and when she realized what it meant, she looked up and she saw Ellie through the glassed doors of the shop, on her knees, eyes orange in front of Jenkins and his dark blue eyes with a smirk on his face. Something twisted inside of her, she felt anger rising in her chest. Instead of fighting it like she used to, she let it fill her. She turned to Colossus who backed off when he saw her.

“Go.” He simply managed to say.

And so she did. She walked toward the shop, eyes at their brightest. Cars started flying around as she approached. The remaining enemies Natasha and Steve were fighting got sent into the wall not far from them and were left unconscious. The glass representing the entry of the shop broke into pieces and she entered. She saw despair in Ellie's eyes and looked at Jenkins whose smirk faded as soon as he saw her. She stood between Ellie and him. Wanda's voice didn't sound at all like her. She was angry, she was disgusted at seeing a power like hers torn up someone she cared about again, destroy something...again. And she made sure her rage was being heard in her voice.

“Get out of her mind !” She screamed and red energy exploded from her fingers and Jenkins was sent flying against the cars at the back of the shop and was left unconscious with blood running down his face with the impact of the wave.

Everyone got inside the shop after that and saw Wanda calm down and Ellie, eyes still orange and lost in her mind. Wanda told them to take care of everyone and she'll try to help Ellie. Everyone nodded. And as Nat, Steve and Sam who was back to his senses were delivering Jenkins' team to the police, Colossus was delivering Jenkins to the proper authorities, the one that had taken care of Magneto when he went too far.

Wanda got on one knee and tried to reach Ellie.

“Ellie…” but she didn't answer. “Ellie...” still nothing. “C'mon Sparky, I need you to come back. It's over. Jenkins is gone. Do you hear me?”

But Ellie wasn't really listening. She could hear Wanda's voice but it was faint and it was too far. Wanda hated what it meant. But she couldn't leave the girl like this. If a power similar to hers had caused this then hers would fix it. Her eyes turned bright red again and she put her hands on each side of Ellie's head. Red swirls came out of her fingers but they weren't driven by rage or by anger. Her purpose wasn't to hurt but to heal. And so she entered Ellie's mind and found her trapped in her own mind, in front of her biggest fear and she came closer. She focused and the images in Ellie's mind faded. Instead, images of them in the lab appeared, images of their talks, their training and walk at night, even the coffee from this morning. Everything appeared. Every positive memories with Ellie was being played in Ellie's mind and she repeated what she had said to her to the Ellie still on her knees in her mind.

“It's over Sparky. Jenkins is gone.” Ellie looked up at her.

“Are we?” Ellie started.

“Yes, we're in your mind. This...” Wanda said showing the space against Ellie were her friends were laying a minute ago “wasn't real. Everyone is waiting for you, come back with me.” Wanda said calmly trying not to show her worry. She knew what happened to people who stayed stuck in their minds, they never came back to reality, never woke up. So she gave Ellie her hand.

Ellie repeated the words. “It wasn't real.” and Wanda said them again. “It wasn't real.” Ellie stood up and slowly took Wanda's hand.

Wanda opened her eyes first, still red. And then, Ellie did. Wanda smiled at her. “Welcome back.” Ellie looked around her. She was in the car shop, she saw the Avengers and Colossus taking care of the situation outside and saw that the fight was over. She locked eyes with Wanda, her eyes were red and hers were still orange. They both closed their eyes at the intensity and when they opened them again, they were back to their respective colors.

“Thank you Wanda.” Ellie's sentence was plain, full of things she didn't know how to say but Wanda knew. She knew Ellie was grateful beyond words so she just nodded. “I would say anytime but I'm kind of hoping it won't happen again.” She said and Ellie laughed at that.

“C'mon, time to go back.” Wanda said and they left the shop. Everyone was waiting for them and they returned to the ship. No one asked Ellie anything. After all, most of the Avengers knew what it felt like to have your mind played with from when Wanda was with Ultron and they didn't want to talk about it either. So the flight back home was quiet expect for Colossus thanking everyone for helping with the situation. Wanda sat close to Ellie for moral support but remained quiet, the worry she had felt for Ellie consuming her until, finally, they landed on the mansion's field.