Fanfiction Collection + EPub Links - Chapter 100

Plot: A man travels through time to change the events of the timeline. Romance, action, and hidden jokes.

Pairing: Reverse Flash x Wanda

In the not so distant future, the Avengers are looked up to as legends. Defenders of what will become now as the heroic age. Heroes in all different shapes and sizes stood up against evil. They fought to protect people and defend them from any threat. They even had an place to train the heroes of the future. Avengers Academy. For generations, the Avengers team would protect the world from danger. The Avengers have gone in multiple directions since their early days. Splintering them off into different factions, like the West Coast Avengers, or the New Avengers, they’re goals always remainded. Protect and serve. After original Avengers team’s deaths, they converted the first Academy into a museum. Where people could come and see how it all started. Who these Avengers were. It soon after became a place of study as well. To learn about their powers, and history in hopes of recreating the magic of the original team. One child walked around the Avenger’s Academy in awe as he went through the names.

“Captain America The First Avenger: Steven Rogers was a man of values and character. Often the leader of the Avengers team. He fought in World War 2, serving his country that he loved so dearly. After a mission, he was encased in ice for 50 years, He was then brought back to life in a new world, but some things never change. Still with his iconic shield, Captain America was a hero to all, and a legend to everyone else.”

“The Invincible Iron Man: Anthony Edward Stark was a genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist. A futurist trapped in today. His intellect has helped the Avengers on many battles they would face. Sometimes his ego got in the way of goals, but he never turned his back on protecting the world. Going into battle with his armor of his own design, he once saved the Earth from a nuclear attack from an invading alien force. Iron Man showed us all that underneath any armor, we all have hearts underneath.”

“The Mighty Thor: The son of the ruler of Asgard Odin, Thor was a true warrior with a big heart for humanity. He protected us from his brother Loki on many occasions. His adventures with Jane Foster allowed us to see into space and give us a better understanding of what’s out there. A truly invaluable resource to the Avengers. With his hammer Mjolnir with him in battle, Thor courage will never be forgotten.”

“The Incredible Hulk: Dr. Bruce Banner was struck with gamma rays that turned him into what we call The Hulk. When under great deals of stress, this mild mannered man would turn into a beast that struck fear into allies and enemies alike. Though The Hulk would destroy much in his wake, Bruce’s heart will always come through. His gentle nature would sooth the savage beast and help the Avengers save many lives.”

“Black Widow: Natalia “Natasha” Romanoff was an agent for S.H.I.E.L.D. She helped bring the Avengers team together. A well known ȧssassin trained in the Red Room, she was the best in the world at her job. Her indomitable will and her drive to do whatever it takes to complete her job helped her survive many missions with the Avengers. Natasha inspired many to join the Avengers Academy and remained the best trainer the team had. She proved you don’t need to be ‘Super’ to be superhuman.”

“The Thunderbolt Hawkeye: Clint Barton was another agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. A best marksman in the world. Armed with his bow and arrow, he held his own with the Avengers team. Clint was often the emotional support of the team. A family man, he understood what he meant to be away from the people you love and the bonds you forge with others. He kept the team together in their darkest hours. A single flash of lightning was all he needed to put an arrow between your eyes.”

“Quicksilver The Fastest Man Alive: Pietro Maximoff, the slightly elder of twins. Pietro Maximoff joined the Avengers after a troubled past and incident with Stark Enterprises, he overcome his past and joined the Avengers. He always had a strong sense of right and wrong. He tragically sacrificed his life in the battle of Sokovia. He will always be remembered for his heroism.”

“Scarlet Witch….”

The was a smudge by her name and the kid rubbed it off.

“Scarlet Witch The Dark Avenger: Wanda Maximoff the younger of the twins. She doomed us all and betrayed her race.

Sokovia is a small country within eastern Europe, it’s quite peaceful there. The people within the small towns know everyone. From the small shop owners, to the gardners, and even the teachers. Within this place a family came home to their apartment. Not very large but livable. A mother, father, with two children. Twins, a boy and girl. As the mother and father put the groceries away, a small earthquake hit the town.

“Mother, what was that?” The daughter asked her mother.

Then, another quake struck. Then another, and another. The son looked outside. These weren’t earthquakes. They were bombings. One bomb landed mere blocks from their home. Their home started to shake as the explosion shattered the windows.

“Pietro, take your sister and run for safety.” The father said as he saw the cracks start to show in the ceiling.

“But father……mother….” Pietro said hesitantly.

“We’ll join you shortly, but you two have to go now.” Their mother said. “Take Wanda and go now.”

Pietro nodded and grabbed his twin sister. Fighting back the tears in their eyes, the twins left their parents behind. The ceiling came down on their home and their parents were crushed. Wanda screamed and tried to go back but Pietro continued to lead them out of the building. Without nowhere to go as the bombs fell on the town. They just kept going forward. Pietro covering Wanda’s ears as they moved and the ground collapsed beneath them. With a bombshell next to them. They became buried under rubble.

Days past as they were trapped down there. Pietro held her close as they felt ground each ground movement they feared the bomb would be set off. Though the bomb wouldn’t be set off as they were rescued, they word on the bomb would be burned into their brains forever. Stark Industries. Tony Stark created these bombs. Without a home to return to, the two went out of the town and into the nearby forest to rest. As they caught their breath, a man walked up to them. Bald, and wear the outfit of a scientist.

“Excuse me, I believe I can help you two.” The man said.

He merely motioned for them to follow him. Hesitantly, they two twins did. The man led them deeper into the forest showing them a part that has been destroyed due to the bombings. The twins looked around the forest in horror.

“I know the man responsible for these attacks.” The man said looking at the remainder of a bomb. “And if you two let me help, I can aid you if you want to take the person behind these attacks down.”

“I am Baron Strucker.” The man said. “Welcome to Hydra. Now then, please follow me.”

The man went into the forest, the brother grabs the sister’s hand and gives her a comforting look before they follow the man deeper into the forest. The twins were taking to a military base deep within the forest of their home. The twins looked around trying to take in their new surroundings. Seeing men and women in military uniforms moving crates or loading weapons. As Strucker shuffles them through the base, the sister notices a line of men moving in formation as the one in the back of the line trip and fall causing a domino effect. Strucker places them and cells next to each other. As they look around, they see other people around their age all in cells like theirs.

“Now before we get you two started, what are your names?” Strucker asked him as a scientist comes next to him with a clipboard.

“Pietro Maximoff.” The brother said.

“Wanda Maximoff.” The sister said.

“Understood, someone will be with you two shortly.” Strucker said before leaving.

The slam of the door and the sound of the dripping water unnerved them. Looking around at their new home. The Maximoff twins sat in their cells in silence looking at the other people in cells. Some of them sit in the fetal position, another shaking, and a little girl sitting calmly in the middle of her cell with a collar around her neck. When she turns to them, she lunges at them pounding on her cell. Wanda backs to the end of her cell as the door opens and a older man in a lab coat comes in with a younger man at his side.

“Well Pietro and Wanda, I am Dr. List.” The older man said. “I am the lead scientist here. It is my job to help you two get stronger. This man to my side is my ȧssistant. Tell them your name.”

“Well um…” The young man said before being cut off.

It wasn’t so much training for the twins as much as it was experimentation. Through the series of tests the two had taken, it revealed that they both shared a gene that allowed them to access superhuman abilities. So their new home would try force their powers out of them. One of their favorites is to strap the twins down to chairs and give doses of electric shock. For them, only when the body has been pushed to the breaking point, their powers would surface. Unfortunately for the twins, they weren’t wrong.

“STOP PLEASE.” Wanda screamed as the volts surged throughout her body.

“We have another hour to go.” The scientist said slowing down the electricity as Dr. List looked upon them disappointed.

“I……can’t……take…..anymore.” Wanda said gasping for air.

“Just let her rest for the day.” Pietro said.

“You both are required to take over 100 volts today.” The scientist reminded them. “When you two joined Hydra, you both agree to our treatments. Now are you two backing out? Do you not want vengeance for your family?”

That is a buŧŧon that the scientists of Hydra loved to push. Because they knew they would get the answer they wanted. But Pietro looked over at his sister. Wanda is drenched in sweat. Her head down, broken from the electric shock.

“Give her a break.” Pietro said. “I’ll take the volts for both of us. Just give her a break.”

“Brother……are you sure?” Wanda asked.

“Deal.” The scientist said clapping his hands.

Two men came into the room and unstrapped Wanda from the chair. One lifted Wanda over his shoulder and carried her away as the other wiped down the chair. Pietro clenched the chair and nodded to the scientist.

“I’m ready.” Pietro said.

“I hope so.” The scientist said turning the machine back on.

The electricity running through his body, he thought he was on fire. Constantly shaking. He couldn’t even help it anymore. Like his molecules were burning. Then, boom. The machine exploded When the dust settled, Pietro was gone. The scientist looked around, to find himself not even in the room anymore, but in the hall. Pietro standing over him.

“That was…..fast.” The scientist said.

For Pietro, his powers manifested in superhuman speed. Afterwards, Pietro sent back to his cells. Hydra make notes of their growing progress. Pietro’s body shaking violently. Seeing how Pietro activated his mutant gene, Wanda grew fearful of what they would subject her to in order to unleash hers. As her mind raced, the door to their room was opened and Dr. List’s ȧssistant entered the room. Still with his head down, he punched in the keycode and entered Pietro’s cell.

“Have we not done enough for the day?” Wanda screamed at him. “Get away from him.”

“Please, I only wish to help.” The scientist said as soothing as he could, pulling out a needle filled with an green liquid and he injects Pietro with it. “Your brother is going into cardiac arrest. It will be misdiagnosed as a heart attack and the doctor will give him something that will only make things worse. This will help him.”

“Let’s just say I had a hunch after what happened.” The young man said trying not to show her a clear look at his face. “Please just trust me on this. In a couple minutes, he’ll be up and running as if nothing happened.”

He removed the needle and patched Pietro up. He left the cell and walked towards the door.

“Wait, please.” Wanda said placing her hands against her cell.

The man stopped, but did not turn around to face her.

“Thank you for helping him.” Wanda said.

“No problem.” The young scientist said as he left the room. “Just don’t tell anyone what I did.”

True to his word, Pietro had healed in no time. However since Pietro has activated his mutant gene, the focus has now shifted to Wanda. Two big men came into her cell and took her away. She’s taken into a dark room. They shackle her arms above her head and her ankles to the floor. A very muscular woman enters the room.

“We’re not supposed to undergo more training today.” Wanda said a bit nervous.

“Plans change.” She said coldly as the men bring in a large tub of cold water. “You’re behind schedule. We’re becoming quite annoyed. So we’re going to step things up a bit. Either you activate your mutant gene, or you die.”

“We’ll see how hard you’ve been trying.” She said with a sadistic smile.

Within that room with no light, Wanda couldn’t tell if it was day or night. She bȧrėly ate, or slept. She would only know pain and suffering. The woman would dunk Wanda’s head in the water and drown her time after time.

“Not really feeling up to the task?” The woman asked her as she gasped for air.

Wanda didn’t respond.

“Well then, this will be should be interesting at least.” She said as one of the men whispers something in her ear. “I’ll be back shortly.”

She leaves the room with the men and Wanda looks around. The door opens again and it’s the scientist from before. He comes with an apple.

“Please, eat.” He said handing her the apple. “We don’t have much time.”

Wanda starts eating the apple.

“I need you to listen to me.” The young man said. “When you’re being subjected to these tortures. Don’t think of happy thoughts. Don’t try to avoid the pain or take your mind of the pain. Embrace it. Think of your parents. The hate, the rage, the anger. If you don’t, they’ll take your brother away from you. You have the power Wanda. The power to not let anyone take anything away from you ever again. So use it. Get mad, get angry and unlock what’s inside of you.”

He pats her head and takes the root of the apple before leaving the room. The woman would return and the torture resumed. As her head was dunked in the ice cold water. She remembered her parents, losing them. Clenching her fists, a burst of energy blasted the lady away as Wanda became engulfed in a red aura.

“Looks like we have struck gold after all.” The female said as the guards take Wanda away.

As the time passed, Hydra has been experimenting on the twins. With Wanda and Pietro, they have what they need to complete their plans. During their time in HYDRA, the numbers of test subjects dwindled until only Wanda and Pietro remained. Since they have now harnessed their powers, the shift goes to seeing the extent of what their powers can do. Their training has still been exhaustive and grueling, their only shining light has been this mysterious scientist who continues to show them kindness.

“You shouldn’t have tried to cut through the forest, Pietro.” The young man said as he tends to his leg.

“I thought I could get through it.” Pietro said with a groan.

“You should have stayed on the path that was given to you.” The man said. “Luckily this isn’t so bad. With your metabolism, you should heal within a matter of minutes because it isn’t infected.”

“You were being an idiot.” Wanda said.

“Hey, fastest time yet.” Pietro said actually with a smirk.

“It would’ve been faster should had stayed on the path.” The young scientist said getting up and leaving his cell. “Still, as a gift for a job well done I have a surprise for you both.”

The young scientist handed them both cupcakes with candles on them.

“Happy birthday you two.” He said with a smile.

“Thank you.” Wanda said blowing out her candle as Pietro hungrily ate his cupcake.

“It’s good to smile every now and again.” The man said still avoiding her eyes. “I know this place isn’t the best in the world. Still, it doesn’t have to be all bad.”

“Isn’t it customary on birthdays to be granted a wish?” Wanda asked him.

“I believe so, yes.” The man told her.

“Well, you’ve been so kind to my brother and I all this time so I would like to see the face of the person who have been taking care of us.” Wanda said pressing her hand against the cell.

The man sighed and looked up at her. Showing his brown hair and his blue eyes. He smiled at her and pressed his hand against the cell where her hand is.

“Happy birthday, Wanda.” He said.

“Keep watching over us.” Wanda said,

“Always.” He said with a smile. “We’re about out of time for the moment. So both of you, continue to be strong and bear with the training for a while longer. Stay strong.”

Wanda kept her hand on the cell as the scientist left the room. Wanda and Pietro continue their training within the Hydra facility. Pietro would be running through ȧssigned tracks within Sokovia and have regular sparring matches with Batroc the Leaper. Wanda on the other hand, would be training with one of Hydra’s recruits named Bob. As they return to their cells to rest after a long day, Baron Strucker visited them in their cells with a bright smile on his face.

“Hello, comrades.” Strucker said. “I am very pleased with the progress you two have made since your arrival here. Now, we have everything we need to complete our plans.”

“We came here to get revenge on Mr. Stark.” Pietro said. “We train, we practice, and we’re ready. Bring him to us or send us to him.”

“Relax, comrade.” Strucker said. “I have a hunch you two won’t be waiting for much longer.”

Avengers POV

In Stark Tower, Tony Stark, Bruce Banner, Steve Rogers, Thor, Natasha Romanoff, and Clint Barton gathered at the behest of Maria Hill who has gathered valuable intelligence about their current operation. So Earth’s mightiest heroes have gathered in the living room as Stark Tower over lunch to discuss the current situation.

“I’m glad you all could make it, because we have a lot to go over.” Maria Hill said sitting down with her notes. “I know so far our search for Loki’s sceptre has been like looking for a needle in a haystack and without S.H.I.E.L.D. resources it’s been even harder.”

“At least you opened with the bad news.” Tony said biting into a sandwich.

“We know Hydra must have the sceptre.” Captain America stated.

“And with the intel we have gained from our last raid of one of Hydra’s facilities, I believe I know which one it is.” Maria Hill said.

“You mean, J.A.R.V.I.S. knows where it is.” Tony said getting up and grabbing a keycard. “I don’t mean to cut you off, but let’s give the glory to the brains of this operation. So let’s give him the stage.”

Tony summons J.A.R.V.I.S .

“I was able to find a Hydra base hidden in Eastern Europe that wasn’t on the S.H.I.E.L.D database.” J.A.R.V.I.S. said.

“Eastern Europe is a big place, can’t he narrow it down a bit?” Hawkeye asked.

“Actually I can.” J.A.R.V.I.S said. “It’s located in the small country known as Sokovia.”

“And why wasn’t it in the S.H.I.E.L.D. database?” Natasha asked.

“Because Ms. Romanoff, it wasn’t actually a Hydra base.” Tony said. “It was a S.H.I.E.L.D base. Or at least, that is how S.H.I.E.L.D. listed it. After you and Cap there had your little bout with ‘Three Days of the Condor’, I had J.A.R.V.I.S. also scan for S.H.I.E.L.D bases that felt a little out of place and that’s what we found.”

“And you’re certain the sceptre is there?” Thor asked.

“About as certain as you needing costume change.” Tony said. “But in all seriousness, J.A.R.V.I.S. has it at about a 98.7% chance. So it’s there.”

“98 percent isn’t 100.” Cap said.

“Well, I also had J.A.R.V.I.S. run energy readings on that base and found unusually high readings.” Tony said. “Why would a place in the middle of pretty much nowhere have high readings of energy if nothing was there. Besides, team building exercise.”

“Prepare for departure.” Maria Hill said. “You leave tomorrow morning. The quinjet is being prepped as we speak. So do what you have to, and be ready to leave.”

The team separated to get ready for the coming operation. As they grabbed their things, Tony Stark walked to the balcony and looked up the his grip on railing.

“You alright, Tony?” Bruce asked.

“Huh?” He turned around to face Bruce. “Oh, you know, just looking up to the sky.”

“See something you didn’t want to?” Dr. Banner asked.

“That’s the problem buddy, I can’t.” Tony said patting his shoulder. “I don’t know what’s out there and what’s even worse is, sometimes, I feel like even though we can’t see up there, they see down here.”

“Sometimes Tony, you just have to expect peace and quiet just as that, peace.” Dr. Banner said. “I get it though. You want something here to protect the world in case we fail.”

“No, I want something here that would protect the world so we don’t have to.”Tony said. “I’m talking about the Ultron project.”

“You need to let it go.” Dr. Banner said. “It isn’t possible. Every machine has protocols, and built in limitations that would it keep it from evolving or growing.”

“Perhaps, but one day we won’t have that problem.” Tony said.

“Ultron is just a fantasy.” Dr. Banner said.

“But you can’t tell me you’re not intrigued by the idea of it.” Tony said. “The world covered by a suit of armor. To stop anything from out there to come here and to prevent any big green outbursts from causing too much trouble to Harlem, or your local McDonald’s when you don’t get your happy meal.”

“I rather think of what is and not what might be.” Dr. Banner said.

“Well in the meantime, pack some extra pants.” Tony said walking away.

In the morning, the Earth’s mightiest heroes gather on the Quinjet with Tony Stark piloting the jet. The plane lifts off and they depart for Sokovia.