THE TRIO zoomed through the tunnel, Pietro's right hand on Zila's waist and his left interlinked with Wanda's so they could take advantage of his super speed.

They came to a halt within seconds as Pietro released the pair.

"You owe me one, W." Zila smirked, referring to the fact she had practically forced her and Pietro to sneak out to the building.

Of course it wasn't hard to escape, but it doesn't mean that there wouldn't be consequences when they returned.

Wanda grinned, before grabbing Pietro again, as the duo zoomed off.

Zila immediately changed into her leopard form, pouncing through the snow decorated forest.

In a realistic world, zooming past cross fire the way she was would probably land her dead, but her leopard form wasn't exactly normal. It was twice the size of the average Arabian Leopard, along with double strength, speed and stamina.

She soon spotted her first target, and wasted no time as she ran three laps around the unfamiliar man before running into his legs, making him fall down to the floor.

Clint stared at the leopard in fear, as it stared at him, pacing.

Clint had never seen anything as extraordinary yet terrifying as the animal in front of him.

He took the chance to shoot as many bows as he could at the animal. All but one bounced off of the leopard's thick skin.

Zila hissed at the man, baring her teeth, before disappearing into the treeline

Clint let out a breath he didn't know his was holding as he spoke, "Cap, there's a leopard on the field. A big one at that."

"Ah yes, it seems I have eyes on the—" Thor began, but cut himself off as the once leopard that he had his eyes on, transformed back into a woman.

Zila yanked out the arrow out of her shoulder, rolling her shoulders back to shake off the pain as the wound began to heal.

Despite it being a fair game, Zila was still pissed. She was going to go easy on them, but now, that thought was out of the window.

Steve ran up behind Thor, who's eyes were stuck in the distance. He followed the god's eyeline, spotting an unfamiliar woman with a sour expression.

At the constant feeling of eyes on her, Zila glanced around, but soon saw the culprits.

A ghost of a smirk graced her face, before she transformed back to her leopard form and slithered into the distance, not even giving either of the Avengers chance to catch her as Steve spoke into his ear piece. "There's a third enhanced."

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The Avengers were now sat in silence on the Quinjet, silently thinking over what had just happened.

Clint had been seriously injured after his encounter with the leopard, Bruce had turned green and lost his shit, and majority of them had experienced their worst nightmare, plus reliving trauma. The only good thing that had came out of the mission was the scepter, of which they finally had their hands on.

"Thor, report on the Hulk." Natasha broke the silence. She was currently kneeling in front of Banner, who seemed to be in a duller mood than most.

It wasn't often he turned green as he often lacked control with his 'inner beast', and today, was one of them days.

"The gates of Hell are filled with the screams of his victims." Thor proudly voiced, smiling brightly, but Banner hid his face in his hands, letting out a sad groan.

"But not the screams of the dead, of course. No, no, wounded screams. Mainly whimpering, a great deal of complaining and tails of sprained deltoids and gout." Thor rectified.

"Hey, Banner, Dr. Cho is on her way in from Seoul. Is it okay if she sets up in your lab?" Tony questioned from the front of the aircraft.

"Uh, yeah, she knows her way around." Bruce responded. Tony shared a few words with Jarvis before making his way over to Steve and Thor.

"Feels good, yeah?" I mean, you've been after this thing since S.H.I.E.L.D collapsed. Not that i haven't enjoyed our little raising parties, but..." Tony voiced.

"No, but this... This brings it to a close." Thor responded, a small smile on his face. "As soon as we find out what else this has been used for. I don't just mean weapons. Since when is Strucker capable of human enhancement and shape shifting?"

"Banner and I will give it the once over before it goes back to Asgard. Is that cool with you? Just a few days till the farewell party." Thor nodded, placing his hands on his hips.

"Your staying right?"

"Yes, yes, of course. A victory should be honoured with revels."

"Yeah, who doesn't love revels? Captain?"

"Hopefully this puts an end to the Chitauri and Hydra. So, yes, revels." A small grin ghosted over Steve's lips, Tony mirroring his expression.

As the Quinjet landed on the air pad of the Stark tower, Clint was immediately rushed off of the aircraft with Natasha and Bruce by his side as Thor grabbed the Sceptor.

"Lab's all set up, boss." Maria Hill entered, her eyes on Tony. "Oh, actually, he's the boss. I just pay for everything and design everything and make everyone look cooler."

"What's the word on Strucker?" Steve ignored Tony, making his way over to Maria. "NATO's got him."

"The three Enchanced?"

"Wanda and Pietro Maximoff — twins — and Zila Adira." Steve began to swipe over the photos of the three of them. He guessed the pictures were old as Pietro was no longer brunette, and Zila's once long hair was now shoulder length.

"Wanda and Pietro were orphaned at 10 when a shell collapsed their apartment building. According to our files, Zila's mother was diagnosed with heart failure and within a year later she died due to them not having enough money to pay for a transplant. Her father disappeared four months later, reason unknown. She has fended for herself since sixteen, and at 20, she took in the twins — 12 at the time — who had ran away from the orphanage. The system was so corrupt, they never noticed the twins were gone." Maria explained.

"Their abilities?"

"He's got increased metabolism and improved thermal homeostasis. Wanda's thing is neuroelectruc interfacing, telekinesis, mental manipulation. Zila holds a shapeshifting gene, which once activated, has made her immortal with quick healing powers. There is still a side yet to be activated within her, but we are yet to know the full extent." As they halted at the elevator, Steve glanced over to Maria, silently asking her to simplify her words.

"He's fast, she's weird, she's weirder."

"Well, they're gonna show up again." The elevator dinged, notifying Steve it was at their floor.

"Agreed. File says they volunteered for Strucker's experiments. It's nuts." Steve entered the elevator, looking at Maria.

"Right. What kind of monster would let a German scientist experiment on them to protect their country?" The disagreement was clear in the man's voice as Maria sighed.

"We're not at war, Captain." She responded.

"They are." The elevator doors closed, ending the conversation.

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