40. All-New Halloween Spooktacular! Prt 2
Mary, Wanda, Peter and Pietro followed Billy and Tommy as the two Maximoff twins led the way down the street for trick or treating. "This is it. Game time." Tommy says with a determined voice.
"It's not a competition, Tommy." Billy tells his brother.
"It is if you're a winner." Tommy retorts and takes off running towards a house.
"Tommy!" Billy whines at his brother as he takes off after his older brother.
Peter cups his hands around his mouth and shouts, "Unleash hell, Demon Spawn!" Mary and Wanda glance at Peter skeptically until Pietro wraps his arms around the two women and smiles at them.
Wanda looks up at her brother with a small smile then looks at Peter, "Do you remember when we were at the orphanage after mom and dad died? What was the name of that kid who was always trying to steal Pietro's and your boots?" Wanda asks, trying to interrogate her new brother without having it sound like she is. "You know, he was the one... He had the... he had the skin thing."
Peter smirks and points at Wanda, "You're testing me." He says and Wanda hesitates.
"No, i'm not." She says quickly.
Peter shrugs and throws his hands in the air as mock surrender. "Hey, it's cool. I know you don't really remember me."
Wanda nods, "Why do I... not remember you?" She asks, confused as to why she has no recollection of Peter. She only remembers Pietro.
Peter shrugs again as he glances around the neighborhood, his eyes lingering on Mary slightly longer than anticipated. "You tell me. I mean, if i found Shangri-La, i wouldn't wanna be reminded of the past either."
Mary looks at Pietro with a smile, "Happy to have a brother?" She asks him quietly.
Pietro nods, "Of course. I love Wanda, but a brother gets me more than a sister can." He explains. "Don't you agree? You'd love a sister, i bet."
Mary hesitates and then looks over at Wanda as Tommy runs up to her. Before Mary can answer, Tommy is telling his mom that he wants to move onto the next house. Peter motions to Tommy with a wide grin on his face. "Junior entrepreneur, over here." He says as Billy walks up beside his brother. "How about you let us Uncle Ps help you maximize your candy acquisition, huh?" Peter says to his nephews.
Pietro nods, leaving Mary's side to go on the other side of Billy. "Kick-ass." Tommy says to his uncles who grin.
Peter grabs hold of Tommy's hand while Pietro grabs Billy's. "I feel the need..." Peter says.
"For speed!" Tommy and Pietro say in unison as the four of them speed off.
"Kick-ass..." Wanda mutters and then looks at Mary who shrugs.
"I didn't teach them that." Mary says with a slight chuckle.
Wanda chuckles nervously at Mary and then looks over and sees Herb in his own costume. "Oh, hey, Herb!" Wanda greets her neighbor with a smile as she and Mary walk over to the man.
"Hey, you two." Herb greets them back and Mary smiles.
"How's patrol going?" Mary asks him.
"Eh, quiet, so far." Herb says then pauses, "Hold up, will you?" He tells them then presses his com, "Say that again? All the candy has disappeared?" Herb questions and behind him, Mary and Wanda can see blue streaks run past them all, taking the candy at speedster speed. Wanda and Mary exchange looks as Herb continues to speak and the townspeople begin to question where their candy has gone. "And now all the jack-o'-lanterns have been smashed." He says. Mary can see the uncles and boys smashing the lanterns by using her powers briefly. Wanda looks around, her face contorts in one of embarrassment and then looks at Herb as he continues. "And now everyone's covered in silly string?" Herb asks.
Mary glances around, seeing people covered in silly string, she then eyes the boys and Pietro pauses briefly before Peter grabs hold of his brother again and they take off with the boys. "Picked up really quick then.." Mary murmurs.
"Sorry, you two. I gotta bounce." Herb says to the two women.
"Well, maybe Vision can help you out." Wanda says with a slight chuckle.
Herb tilts his head in confusion. "Vision? Oh, he's not on duty."
Wanda raises an eyebrow, "Oh! I... I thought he..." She stammers and Herb looks at his friend.
"Is there something i can do for you, Wanda? Do you want something changed?" Herb asks Wanda and Mary hesitates, glancing at her best friend.
Wanda shakes her head and chuckles nervously. "No. It's fine. Never mind."
Herb then laughs and nods as he starts walking, "All right. Peace." He tells them before walking away from them completely.
"Was that weird?" Wanda asks Mary.
Mary nods, "Very." She agrees with Wanda.
Few hours later Pietro, Peter and the boys meet back up with Wanda and Mary as the night falls over Westview. Mary and Wanda agreed that the boys needed to do things the right way, which starts with returning the candy they stole from the other townspeople.
Pietro and Peter pout as the twins walk ahead of their adult family. "This is so lame." Pietro mumbles in defeat.
"I can't believe you're making them return all the candy." Peter adds on to what his brother said.
"I can't believe what a bad influence you are." Wanda says with her arms crossed as she looks at Peter.
"Who beefed in your borscht?" Peter asks, slightly offended at what Wanda said.
Wanda tilts her head in confusion and Pietro walks up beside his brother. "We're just trying to do our part, okay?" He says.
"Come to town unexpectedly, create tension with the brother in law, stir up trouble with the rugrats, and ultimately give you grief." Peter lists off and Pietro nods, counting each thing they've done on his fingers.
"This is what you wanted... isn't it?" Pietro asks his sister.
"What happened to your accents?" Wanda suddenly asks her brothers.
"What happened to yours?" Peter quips back then sighs, "Details are fuzzy, man. I was somewhere dark, then all of a sudden i heard you calling me and found Pietro."
"We knew you needed us." Pietro says to his sister, taking her hand in his.
Wanda tries to say something but her boys come up beside her and talk to their uncles, "Uncle Ps, guess what?"
"They've got full size candy bars a few blocks up. Mom, Auntie Mary, can we go?" Billy asks his mom and aunt with pleading eyes from both him and Tommy. Within seconds of Billy asking his mom and aunt, Tommy speeds off out of nowhere and comes back with candy bars in his hand.
Billy's eyes are wide in shock at his brother. "Next stop, cavity town." Tommy teases.
Mary, Wanda, Peter and Pietro stand in shock until Pietro speeds around his nephew and Peter grins, "Right on, little dude! Chip off the old Maximoff block!"
Pietro places his hands on Tommy with a smile, "You have super speed!"
"I do?" Tommy asks with a smile.
"Yeah!" Pietro and Peter say at the same time. Tommy high fives his two uncles with a wide smile on his face.
Wanda chuckles at his sons, "It's okay, baby. You can take it slow, and you can-" Wanda tries to instruct her speedster son but he takes off running around the town square. Pietro and Peter watch, turning their heads to follow Tommy. Mary's eyes glow soft amber as she senses the pure joy in Tommy as he uses his newfound power. Wanda waits it out until she feels it's time to reign in her son and then when he speeds close to her, she grabs onto his arm. "If you're gonna break the sound barrier, please just take your brother with you." She tells her sons.
"Really?" Billy asks excitedly.
"Really?" Tommy asks sadly.
"Really. Yeah." Mary states with her arms crossed and a slight smirk on her face.
"And please, just remember, don't go-"
"Don't go past Ellis Avenue." The twins say in unison.
"We know, Mom. We know." Tommy tells his mom and then Tommy turns around as Billy takes his brother's hand and they speed off.
"Be careful!" Wanda and Mary say in unison.
At the base, Bucky, Darcy, Monica and Woo all try their best to avoid the eyes of anyone outside as they sneak their way around the base to get where Monica is leading them. Once they reach the secure room they need, they head inside. A tv is also playing the 90's episode of Wandavision with Peter talking with Wanda and Mary.
"We're just trying to do our part, okay?" Peter on the screen says to his sister. "Come to town unexpectedly, create tension with the brother in law, stir up trouble with the rugrats-"
"Who is that?" Monica asks.
Woo walks over to the tv, "Wanda's brother came to town and brought him." He explains and Bucky raises an eyebrow.
"Pietro and Wanda are twins, not triplets." Bucky mutters in confusion. The entire time he's known the Maximoff, they had always been twins, never triplets. They never mentioned another brother, nor had Mary. So this was something that didn't make sense to Bucky at all.
"That's what i said." Darcy states, just as confused as everyone else.
"Over here." Woo instructs Darcy. The scientist walks over and opens up the laptop.
"What happened to your accents?" Wanda asks on the tv.
"What happened to yours?" The two Pietros ask Wanda.
"We shouldn't be here too long." Bucky tells them and Monica nods.
"Agreed." Monica says.
"Uh, give me two seconds." Darcy says back to the Avenger and Captain as she types away on the laptop. "I just need to hack into the secure network on the base." She explains as she continues typing and then lifts her hands, "Donezo. Now, I should be able to access the data on Hayward's devices." Darcy says as she brings the laptop over to the table in the middle of the small room. She plugs in a cord to the laptop as Bucky hovers over Darcy as she types away again. She hacks into Hayward's files and pulls up the specs of the Hex. "Oh. That's interesting." She mutters.
"What?" Bucky asks.
"Guys, Hayward figured out a way to look through the boundary." Darcy says as she steps back to let the others look at the screen.
"He didn't share it with the class." Monica mutters bitterly.
"Is this Wanda right there?" Woo points to a red dot on the screen surrounded by teal dots.
"No. The program is tracking the decay signature of Vibranium." Darcy says and Bucky snaps his eyes over to the screen again.
"Vision." Bucky mutters in disbelief. Mary had told him just before Wanda's magic exploded that Wanda hadn't been allowed to take Vision's body from SWORD, so why was there decaying vibranium signatures in Westview?
"Wait. Why is Hayward tracking Vision?" Monica asks.
Darcy shakes her head as she types on another computer, "I don't know. This is all i can access so far." She tells them.
Woo points at the teal dots around Vision, "These other dots, those are Westview residents?" He asks.
"The ones in Vision's immediate vicinity, yeah." Darcy informs Woo.
"So that means Hayward must have an accurate headcount by now." Bucky says and Woo nods in agreement.
"And some sense of their well being." Woo adds and Bucky hums in response along with Monica. He pinches the screen and zooms in on the people near Vision. He stands back and hesitates, "Huh... These people, near the edge of town.... They're barely moving."
"Are they alive?" Bucky asks hesitantly. The screen then jumps back to follow Vision as he enters a court street near the edge of town.
Darcy continues to hack into the bases dataframe and Monica's phone rings momentarily. She walks over to it and grins as she picks up her phone. "That's it. My way back into the Hex will be here in an hour. Just gotta meet my guy over the ridge." She tells the three of them and then moves past Woo, "Let's roll."
Woo stands up but Darcy shuts her laptop and looks at Monica nervously. "You can't do that." She tells them.
"Sure we can. I'm a whiz at hot wiring cars." Woo says and Bucky chuckles at his new friend.
"World War II taught me how to do that." Bucky teases Woo and the FBI Agent gapes briefly at the sergeant beside him.
Darcy shakes her head, "You can't go back into the Hex." She re words.
"Worse case scenario. Wanda removes my free will and puts me in ultra low rise jeans." Monica teases Darcy and Bucky glances at Monica. He knew she was serious but teasing as well, but Bucky had free will when he was in the Hex. He was let in without any struggles. But Monica was not. She was forced out, violently, by Wanda and Mary.
"Hayward has your blood work." Darcy points out, turning her laptop to show Monica. "You've gone through the boundary twice already, Monica. The energy inside has re-written your cells on a molecular level twice."
"It's changing you." Bucky says what Darcy is thinking. "It didn't affect me when i went in and exited because Wanda let me in, she opened the boundary for me and i slipped in and out. The only thing that changed were my clothes." The husband points out, motioning to his eighties clothing he's still wearing.
"And you're also one of the only super soldiers alive. Your cells were already changed drastically once before." Darcy adds her own thoughts to Bucky's theory.
Monica looks between Bucky and Darcy, shaking her head. "Seen enough lab results to last me a lifetime. Cells metastasizing, cells in remission. I know what Wanda's feeling and i won't stop until i help her." Monica says and Bucky looks at his new found friends with a soft smile.
"I haven't had friends like you three in a very long time." Bucky says, looking at them. "Fighting for what's right, even when everyone else says it's wrong." He adds, "Reminds me of my brother in law quite a bit." He says, looking at Monica. "I saw the look of sheer terror on Wanda's face when Thanos ripped the Mind Stone from Vision, killing him instantly. I remember everything that happened after that until Thanos snapped his fingers." Bucky says and then looks at Monica, "I was the first person to turn to dust." He tells them. "I had to watch my wife slowly lose it as it dawned on her that i was dying." He says, "Wanda is like a sister to Mary. And i won't stop until she's gotten the help she needs."
Darcy slowly exhales and then looks at Bucky and Monica, "Okay." She says and then looks at them as the three make their way to leave. "But i'm staying here."
Bucky whips his head around to look at Darcy, "What? Darcy, you can't stay here. It's not safe." He says as Monica and Woo both share their own opinion on Darcy staying.
"I haven't made it through Hayward's last firewall. There's something big here. Something that can help us. I know it." Darcy explains and Monica hesitates.
"I'll drop you the location, you meet us out there as soon as you can." Monica tells Darcy and Bucky looks at Woo and Monica.
"I'll stay here with her." Bucky says. Woo and Monica nod in agreement then proceed to leave.
"Doctor Boss Lady and Sergeant Metal Arm back at it again." Darcy teases and Bucky chuckles as he pulls a chair out and sits across the table from his new friend.
Few minutes went by and Bucky had been playing with one of the knives he had gotten as a gift from Mary. He can feel Darcy's eyes on him and he chuckles airily. "What do you want to say, Darc?" He asks, calling her by a nickname for the first time. It causes Darcy to blush briefly before shaking her head. Bucky could honestly see Darcy as a little sister, she acted almost like his sister Rebecca who had been gone for several years.
"You mentioned how you were the first to turn to dust... what was that like?" Darcy asks then shakes her head quickly, waving her hands at him, "Forget i said that, never mind." She rambles but Bucky shakes his head.
"I'll tell you what i remember." Bucky says softly. "I remember feeling tired, worn down and beat up from the fights that had been happening. And then Thanos appeared, all our firepower went to him. He knocked me away and when i came to, he had snapped his fingers. Mary was in front of me by her brother when i called to her. I could feel something was happening... i could feel myself falling prey to something bigger than i had ever felt before." Bucky tries to explain what he can to Darcy who eagerly listens as she types away at the firewall as well.
"What then?" Darcy asked.
"Mary was running towards me. But she didn't reach me in time i guess. I must've fallen to the ground and turned to dust just as she reached me." Bucky says and then sighs as he looks at his knife. The engraving reading, The line never ends. Referencing back to the Roger's siblings and his quote for each other, I'm with you til the end of the line. It was what brought Bucky back when the helicarriers were falling. It helped him remember the tiniest piece of himself to start the journey of bringing him back completely.
"That's so sad." Darcy mutters softly. Not really sure what to say, she then looks at Bucky, "Hey, this is totally off topic, but since you and Thor are buddies, i guess. You should know he flirted with Mary when they first met." She says.
Bucky raises an eyebrow in suspicion, "He flirted with her?"
"Oh, yeah. But Mary told him she was married, but that her husband was dead. Cause at the time... you were." Darcy trails off. Bucky nods as Darcy continues to type away. He flips his knife in the air and stabs the air with his knife in various movements. Moments later, Darcy has hacked into the last firewall and with a smirk she says, "Hayward, you sneaky bastard."
"Find something?" Bucky asks.
Darcy nods but then looks at something on her screen. "Vision..." She mutters.
"Holy shmacaroni." Peter mutters in awe as they walk into the town square around the gazebo. Seeing all the decorations up causes Mary to smile. Wanda chuckles at her brother.
"Wow." Pietro murmurs in awe.
"Isn't it great?" Wanda chuckles out.
"Damn it, if Westview, New Jersey isn't charming as hell." Peter states teasingly, but meaning it as well.
"Now, i know that you two think that i've gone full soccer mom." Wanda says to her brothers as the three of them and Mary sit down on hay bails. "But it really is nice, right?" She asks her brothers.
"Yeah." Peter says as he sits down.
"I think Mom and Dad would've loved it." Pietro says.
Wanda thinks about what her brother said and then nods in agreement, turning to look at them, "Yeah. I think they would have." She says as a kid runs past them.
Peter then leans in towards his sister, "Where were you hiding these kids up til now?" He asks her.
"What?" Mary and Wanda ask in unison. Both of them were shocked to hear Peter say something like that.
"I assume they were sleeping peacefully in their beds. No need to traumatize beyond the occasional holiday episode cameo, right?" Peter says teasingly while Wanda tries to find the words to defend herself. "You were always the empathetic triplet."
"I don't..." Wanda stammers.
"Don't get me wrong. You've handled the ethical considerations of this scenario as best you could. Families and couples stay together, most personalities aren't far off from what's underneath, people got better jobs, better haircuts, for sure." Peter rambles and Wanda and Mary sit there in shock listening to him.
"You don't think it's.... wrong?" Wanda asks her brother.
"What, are you kidding? I'm impressed, seriously! Both P and I are." Peter says and Pietro nods in agreement.
"It's a pretty big leap from giving people nightmares and shooting red wiggly woos out of your hands." Pietro says to his sister. "This is amazing."
Peter then leans towards his sister again and motions to what's around them, "How'd you even do all this?" He asks.
Pietro leans and places his hand on Wanda's. "Hey, we're not some stranger and we're not your husband. You can talk to us." He tells her.
Wanda then tries to process her emotions as she looks down at Pietro's hand wrapped in hers. Then she looks up at Mary who is sitting across from her on another hay bail. "I... I don't know how... i did it." Wanda mutters, truly being honest. "I only remember feeling completely alone. Empty. I just... Endless nothingness." She says and then turns away from Pietro and Peter to compose herself. When she turns back to look at Pietro, she jumps in fear. Mary reacts and stands up, rushing over to Wanda.
"Are you okay?" Mary asks her best friend. Wanda has her hands close to her mouth as she looks between Pietro and Peter.
"I'm fine." Wanda states quickly.
"Uh-huh." Pietro and Peter mutter. Unconvinced.
Bucky stands up and walks around the table to see Vision's dot walking closer to the barrier. "What's he doing?" Darcy shakes her head and closes the laptop as she bolts out of the room without telling Bucky anything. "Darc!" Bucky shouts and follows her. The two run towards the barrier and their eyes widen in shock and fear as they see Vision trying to leave the Hex. "Vision!" Bucky shouts to his comrade. Darcy grabs onto Bucky and drags him to the car near them. Bucky can see pieces of Vision being pulled back into the Hex as he falls to his knees.
"Oh, no." Darcy mutters. She and Bucky then race towards Hayward and his agents. "Why aren't you helping him?!" Darcy screams.
"Stop! He's coming apart!" Bucky shouts out at them all. One agent grabs onto Darcy and Bucky reels his arm back and punches the agent holding onto her, "Don't touch her." He snaps. He then has three more agents rushing towards him and Darcy. He moves Darcy behind him as he fights off the three agents.
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"Mom! Auntie Mary! Mom! Auntie Mary!" Billy shouts for his mom and aunt as he and Tommy rush over to them.
Mary stands up with Wanda and looks over to the boys, "What?" Mary asks them.
"What is it, Billy?" Wanda asks her son carefully.
"I hear Dad in my head. He's in trouble." Billy says, out of breath and in a panic.
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"Let me go!" Darcy shouts at another agent who walks up behind her and Bucky, grabbing her. "What're you doing?!" Darcy shouts at them as Bucky tries to fight off the four agents now that have kept him distracted while she's being handcuffed to a truck.
"Darcy!" Bucky shouts as one of the agents pulls out a taser and shocks Bucky to subdue him.
"Help him! Let me go!" Darcy shouts and then her eyes widened in shock as she looked over at Bucky, "Sergeant Barnes!" She screams as Bucky collapses onto his knees long enough for agents to detain him.
"Help!" Vision screams through his pain as he reaches for the people in front of him. He gasps for air as he tries to speak again, "The people need help!" He says to them. He lifts his hand in shock as he watches his hand turn to particles and flies back to the Hex. He turns to look at the Hex as he continues to dismantle and fall apart. He collapsed onto the ground on his side as he no longer has the strength to stay upright.
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"I don't understand. What's happening to me?" Billy asks in a panic as he continues to hear his father in pain in his mind.
Mary grabs onto Billy and pulls him into her lap to help calm him down. Wanda looks at her son, "Where is he? Where's your dad?" She asks Billy.
"Hey, don't sweat it, sis. It's not like your dead husband can die twice." Peter quips and Mary snaps her head up in shock. Mary holds onto Billy to calm him down with her powers. Amber wisps seep into Billy as she attempts to calm him slightly. Wanda and Mary then both grab each other's hands and their magic flows together as they force Peter through the air and into a plot of decorations.
"Billy, sweetie. We need you to focus." Mary says to her nephew.
Billy shudders in Mary's lap as he closes his eyes and tries to use his new powers to find his and Tommy's dad. "I can't tell.... I see these... soldiers." He shudders again. While feeding him calming emotions, Mary can see what Billy sees. She gasps in shock when she sees Vision in pain and the soldiers around them. "They think he's dying." Billy says in a rushed panic.
Wanda gasps and then scarlet wisp orbs appear in her hands as she uses her magic. Time slows as her eyes glow scarlet red. She focuses her magic and for the second time, her magic explodes out of her and begins to expand the borders of the Hex.
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Bucky looks up at the Hex as he sees it come closer. He looks to Darcy as the agents on top of him leave in a hurry. He looks over at Darcy as the agent that locked her up runs off. "Are you serious right now?" Darcy snaps. "Bucky!" Darcy shouts in a panic as he still is on his knees, regaining his breath from being tazed. The two of them watch as the Hex moves over Vision's body.
"Darc... Get ready." Bucky says, bracing himself as the Hex moves over himself.
"Oh... fu... dge." Darcy swears as the Hex moves over her and the rest of the SWORD base and any agents remaining.
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Mary watches as Wanda slowly opens her eyes and the scarlet dissipates from her eyes. Mary continues to rock Billy in her arms, sending him calming emotions with her own powers. "Your mom is powerful, Billy." She says softly. "There's nothing she can't do when it comes to protecting family." She adds as she kisses the top of Billy's head to comfort him. Mary gasps as she feels a new presence, one she's felt before, in Westview. "James?" Mary whispers as she turns her head to look towards Ellis Avenue
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