Chapter 3
When Wanda threw the suit at her she was amazed. SHIELD's replica of her suit was almost exact, but there was one thing missing. She felt the patch of fabric over the chest and it felt to soft. She would live without the spider silk for a while. Not like anyone will get that close.
Changing into her suit, she stretched around in it, seeing how well the suit fit. It fit snugly, not too small, not to big. She slipped the knives and gadgets into their slots, which fit perfectly.
She checked in the pocket in the sleeves, where there was a hidden note that read;
Hope it works. Have fun with it.
-B
She assumed it was from Bucky and tucked it back into the pocket. She checked the other side, which had nothing in it. SHIELD doesn't get everything right it seems.
She returned to the main room to find Steve, Wanda, Natasha, Sam and Bucky waiting for her. Steve was in his uniform, which was quite impressive, Wanda was in a red-brown dress, Natasha was wearing a suit like hers, black leather, with a little red hourglass on the belt, Sam was in...normal clothes? And Bucky was in a black leather vest. She took his entire left arm in and her jaw dropped. It had a red star on it that looked worn, like the rest of his arm, but it had startled her.
"Aren't you going to cover that up?" She asked him, slightly curious.
"Yeah," he pulled a jacket from his pack "I'd like to see people's faces when they see a guy with a metal arm strolling around with Captain America." He gave a little chuckle and put the jacket on.
She looked at Sam who still was in normal clothes. She asked him why, and he gave her a funny look.
"Well, unlike your suits, mine comes in a little package." She still was puzzled. Steve noticed this and said "His suit is basically a backpack with unfolding wings. It is quite interesting." She nodded, not fully understanding.
"We should go." The attention was brought to Natasha, who was adjusting straps on her suit. Celaena noticed that Bucky was fidgeting with the straps on his backpack before he asked Steve if they could talk for a moment.
They went over to a wall where he pulled an object from the backpack, it looked something like a mask, and Steve looked puzzled for a second, then said something. The two returned to the group and they headed out.
"Where are we going first?" Celaena asked. Sam jumped in trying to imitate Steve saying.
"Everybody, get to the Quinjet!" Most of them let out a laugh, though Natasha grunted and stayed straight faced, just like her, who had no idea what was going on. Bucky walked over to her, pointing to an aircraft that had a big SHIELD logo on it.
"Sam." Wanda turned around, facing the group.
"Yes...." Sam looked away, like a child caught taking candy.
"Don't make fun of Steve." She waved her hands and red mist miraculously opened the door to the hangar. Celaena jumped, looking at Wanda as if she just grew antlers.
"What. In. Wyrds. Name. Was. That!" Bucky turned towards her.
"Welcome to the club." He smiled, for once. Maybe James was still in there somewhere. She rolled her eyes.
"Oh don't-"
"Oh yes I did." He interrupted her clearly trying to mimic her. A grunt was all that came out. They walked into the Quinjet, where she took a seat next to Bucky and Natasha. They seemed to be whispering in Russian, but she couldn't tell.
Steve was in the control room flying the jet, Wanda was still fiddling with her fingers, the red mist flowing through them like fabric, and Sam was in the corner reading a file titled 'Bruce Banner'.
She went over and sat next to him. He did look lonely.
"What's that?" She asked him while he was still looking over the document. "Just who were trying to find," he looked up at her. "Bruce Banner."
"Celaena." She turned around, elbowing Bucky in the chest. She muttered sorry under her breath.
"You ready? We're going to be getting off this thing soon." He inspected the little plates in his arm, picking the dirt off of the star.
"What is is?" She went over and touched the star, the metal feeling like ice on her fingertips.
"What? The star?" He glanced down at her hand that was still lingering on the star.
"I don't know. It was always there." She looked back up at him, his features suddenly magnified.
"You know Natasha don't you. Better than you want us to see. Right?" She didn't want to be nosy but sometimes curiosity just took over.
When they first met, Bucky smiled at Natasha's approach but when Steve knocked on the door his face stayed the same. She wanted to know why.
"Well...we...worked together. For quite a while actually. Best in the group. We never failed a mission, and they always had us train toget-"
"You were both Hydra. Used. I'm sorry.” She took a deep breath and glanced towards the cockpit, looking for Steve.
"Steve!?" She walked away from Bucky and towards the pilot.
"Celaena!?" He replied, mimicking her.
"What time do we land? Oh and also," she sat in the copilots seat, leaning back into a relaxed position. “Where exactly are we landing?” He looked at her, rolling his eyes.
"I thought James was supposed to tell you.” She smirked and told him that he didn't.
She then practically yelled at Bucky to get his butt in here and tell her what the heck was going on.
He then told her the part of the plan that was not classified. Apparently a lot was ‘classified’. After he finished she left and sat near Wanda, who was still, as usual, fiddling with her magic or whatever it was. Telekinesis?
“How are you?” Celaena took a seat next to her, still staring at her fingers.
“Good. How do you like it here?” She let her hands fall to her lap, the fabric shifting on her dress.
“Well, I guess it's ok…” Wanda raised an eyebrow but said nothing. “I mean it could be better but overall I’m fine.”
“Im glad you're doing ok…” Wanda patted Celaena on the shoulder and after a moment her eyes widened and she stumbled to the ground. Celaena yelled for help, making sure that Wanda was still breathing.
“Wanda!!” She heard Barnes’ practically scream down the airplane. He looked extremely worried.
“What happened?!” He went over to Celaena and stared at her with a little anger in his eyes.
“She just touched me and fell onto the floor.” She rushed around and ran for Sam, but at that time, Bucky wasn't looking worried, he just looked slightly depressed.
“Is she ok??” She glanced at James, his brown hair falling on his face.
“Yeah. It happened when she first met me.” Celaena was confused, still.
“What do you mean?” he turned towards her, his eyes locking with hers.
“When she first meets people, or touches them, she catches a few memories from people's past. She will wake in a while.” He picked up Wanda’s limp body and set it down on a seat by Natasha.
“Keep an eye on her will you?” He patted Natasha’s shoulder.
“Yeah.” She looked up at him. “I will.”