Barry Allen Flash in 2 worlds, Marvel

Chapter 54: Chapter 53: the corruption of quicksilver



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Unspecified location, Earth-66

Night

"Wh-where am I? Who are you? Wanda, where's my sister?" Pietro asked, sitting up as he fired off these questions even as he winced in pain.

"Easy Pietro, you've been in a coma for the last year," the man said as he persuaded Pietro to lie down. "I promise to answer all your questions. But first, you must rest Pietro."

Pietro wanted to protest, but the moment his head hit the pillow on the med table, he was out like a light.

Star Labs, Earth-1

Same time

"Why would this guy want Pietro?" Sam wondered.

"Well, he seems like he's working with Savitar. Pietro's a speedster; they might be planning on using Pietro for something," Natasha noted.

"Wanda, you okay?" Steve asked as they all turned to the young woman.

Wanda's skin had paled considerably and she seemed to be in a state of shock. She didn't answer Steve, nor did she seem aware of anything going on around her. Barry took her hand and she seemed to come out of whatever state she was in, nearly jumping as she looked over at Barry.

"Come on, let's get you something to drink," Barry said, leading her gently by her hand out of the room, her lack of argument worrying him.

"News must be hitting her hard," Steve said, staring after couple worriedly.

"Can you blame her?" Clint asked; worry shining in his own eyes.

"Who's Pietro and why does Wanda care so much?" Caitlin asked, feeling like she was missing something, a sentiment that Wally and Cisco shared.

"Wanda's brother. Her twin in fact," Steve said and the members of Team Flash were stunned by this news. "He got his powers the same way Wanda did, but he's a speedster. Not as fast as Barry or Wally, but pretty fast. He's been in a coma for over a year, since the day Barry crossed over to our earth, ironically enough. I don't know what Savitar wants with him, but it can't be anything good."

Barry took Wanda down to the make shrift dining room they'd set up in Star Labs. He set her down and put a glass of water in front of her, although she didn't seem aware of it.

"Hey," Barry knelt down in front of her and she finally looked up. "Talk me. What's going on in that head of yours?"

"I just…I've imagined him waking up so many times…but not like this. Never like this," Wanda said with a shaky breath. "What does Savitar want with Pietro?"

"I don't know. But I promise you I will bring him back to you. I swear that on my mother's grave," Barry said as he took her face in his hands.

In a moment Wanda would blame entirely on pregnancy hormones, she burst into tears as Barry gathered her into his arms, Wanda burying her face in the crook of his neck.

Unspecified location, Earth-66, next day

Morning

Pietro woke up, eyes blinking as his vision came into focus. At first, he had no idea where he was, then it all come back. He shot up, seeing the blond man walk in with a plate full of food.

"Good, you're up. I made breakfast, you must be hungry since you haven't eaten anything in over a year," the man said as he put the plate down on some sort of make shift table.

"Who are you?" Pietro demanded as he jumped to his feet, his accent becoming thicker as his voice grew thick with anger and confusion. "Where am I? What happened to Ultron? What happened to my sister?!"

"Calm down Pietro, sit and I will answer all your questions," the man told him calmly.

Infuriated by the man's calm voice, Pietro nevertheless sat down, his need for answers outweighing his impatience.

"Thank you. My name is Alexei Shostakov and I have been trying to find a way to wake you from your coma for several months," Alexei sat as he sat down in a chair facing Pietro on the bed. "Ultron was defeated by The Avengers, but at a high price. I'm sorry to say that Sokovia is gone."

"Gone?" Pietro asked stunned and Alexei nodded grimly.

"Wiped from the map. I know this is a lot to take in," Alexei said as Pietro was silent.

"Wanda, where's my sister?" Pietro asked and Alexei sighed.

"That's a bit more…complicated. While you were in a coma, your sister joined The Avengers," Alexei said to Pietro's shock. "You see, after Ultron, Stark and Barton retired while Banner and Thor left. Captain Rogers and Romanoff assembled a new team, including your sister and that Speedster who appeared in Sokovia."

"Barry," Pietro said after a moment and Alexei nodded.

"For almost a year, Wanda lived with them, trained with them, she trusted them. It was her undoing. During a mission, a bomb went off. Your sister tried to send the bomb into the sky but her powers failed her. The bomb exploded into the side of a building, killing hundreds of people," Alexei said and Pietro was both horrified and sympathetic to the pain his sister must have felt at this. "The Governments of the world demanded justice for her alleged crimes and The Avengers threw her to the wolves. They betrayed her, offered her up as a sacrificial lamb. Wanda is currently held at a super max prison called The Raft, the exact location of which is unknown, not even Rogers or Stark know the exact location."

"No, that…that cannot be," Pietro said in shock.

Prior to Ultron, he would have had no problem believing that The Avengers would have sold out his sister, due to the death of his parents by Stark's weapons and the Hydra propaganda ran in Sokovia. But now, after meeting them, he had a hard time believing Rogers and Barton would be okay with this.

"You wish to have proof. It's understandable; you were put under their spell as much as she was. But I speak the truth," Alexei said as he pulled out a tablet.

After pushing a button, he turned it around so Pietro could see the screen. Pietro paled as he saw Wanda in a room he didn't recognize, in a strait jacket with some collar on. Alexei pushed a button and the image changed to show Wanda being held down by men in suits as injected her with something.

"The collar is to nullify her powers; the guards keep her sedated almost all hours of the day. I have a contact on the inside, he tries to help her but he can only do so much. I want to help her but even if my contact could tell me the location of The Raft, we don't have the manpower to get her out of there," Alexi explained, sounding regretful.

"What do I have to do in order to save my sister?" Pietro asked in a low voice, clearly willing to do anything to 'save' Wanda.

Alexei barely repressed his smirk. Manipulating the speedster's love for his sister was all too easy. Not that Stark and Rogers hadn't done him a favor with their 'Avenger Civil War' as the media was calling it. Alexei schooled his features back into that of the concerned man who only wanted to help.

"I was recently contacted by someone, a man. Well, a god really," Alexei said and Pietro was confused. "His name is Savitar. He's the god of speed, the first man with powers like yours and Barry's. He can help us, but there's a catch. He's trapped in a realm known as the Speed Force, the source of his power. In order to free him, there's a particular stone we need to get. But that's what makes this all so complicated. Tell me, have you ever heard of the Multiverse?"

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