Rise of the Phoenix ✦⋆⭒Barnes⭒⋆✦

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The Quinjet landed as I stepped out onto the quiet road, my grandparents hid back inside the house, untouched, but terrified. I didn't care at this point about how anybody was feeling, only cared about what was ahead. 

The Avengers walked out onto the road first Steve, Sam, Natasha, Wanda and Bucky all in their assigned combat clothes like I was going to fight them. Then the X-men walked out, what was left of them at least, Hank, Charles, Logan and my mother. She was right there, looking as if I was the one who killed her lover. 

"You shouldn't have come here," I said as I stopped just outside the house, "although, I can't complain too much, you brought me what I wanted," 

"We've come to take you home, Aurora," Natasha spoke. 

"I don't want to come home! Not until I've finished what I want to do!" I seethed back looking at the vacant faces of my friends. I even looked at Bucky's face, god, he looked worried, I hated that, what I did to him, but it was necessary to my cause.

"Aurora, please," my mother started but was motioned not to talk by Charles as they all came forward. 

"It was an accident, Aurora, you must understand," Charles explained coming to a stop a little closer to me with the others. 

"She told me my father died on a mission," I snapped turning to my mother, "you lied to me!" 

"Aurora you must listen to me, we can help you. We've been through this before with your mother," he persuaded as the others looked around at each other, their discomfort quite obvious. 

"I don't need help!" I shouted, "I can control it to do what I want and right now I want to make sure that you know how wrong you were in hiding the truth from me," 

Charles sighed and looked to his side, "Bucky," 

My lover stepped forward without hesitation or fear while the urge to run up into his arms once again surged through me. I knew I couldn't, not while I was so close. 

"Please, doll, come back to me. Let me help you figure this out," Bucky pleaded. 

I wanted to, I really did but my purpose was too strong, the need for chaos aching in my chest and I could no longer take it. I huffed blinking away my tears and emotion as sirens began to sound behind me, the police or the CIA. 

Anger and fire burned inside as the sirens got closers and black SUVs came into sight. No, they weren't going to stop me, not when I was so close to making her pay. My hands went to my head as a burning headache raptured around my head while the inane noise of the sirens echoed through my ears making the burn worse. 

"Get them away from me, Bucky," I whispered holding my head in pain. 

"Get them away," I repeated. 

"Get away!" I shouted outstretching my arm and sending my power barreling towards the cars making them flip on command. They were airborne for a split second before they crashed into the ground, pieces of glass and metal spreading all over the road. 

"Stop her!" I heard someone shout before Wanda was running up sending a blast of her power straight at me. 

Seeing it coming, I caught the blast of power with my own making the scarlet ball of wisps turn into my own powers of gold, orange and red, "Come on Wanda, you know you can't beat me," 

I pushed my hands out, pushing Wanda away but she blocked me with her own powers, the scarlet and fiery colours crashing together. Suddenly, Wanda's free hand swung up knocking me off balance with an invisible force almost to the point of hitting the ground, but somehow my powers kept me upright like they were on autopilot.