Double Trouble

13.

I have decided to add in a little part between 'Revelation' and 'Humanity' to spruce things up a bit. This chapter is split ((kind of))  between Pietro and Wanda ((finally! a tidbit from her POV)) but anyways. Here we go. ((sorry it is shorter than the other updates))

Mount Justice 

October  04, 21:35 EDT

Pietro sat in the lounge of the mountain with the rest of the team eating a protein bar as the others discussed their mission against the Injustice League and the subsequent help they got from Scarlet Witch, which puzzled them.

"I mean, when we first encountered her she said she was going to kill us and now here she is saving our lives? It doesn't add up." Wally said with a frustrated grunt. 

M'gann turned to Artemis and gave her the quick rundown of their first brush with Scarlet Witch. "And your first mission was the next time we saw her, helping the Shadows try to kill Roquette."

"The one where she left Roquette in a comatose state. I remember." Artemis nodded. "You guys saw her again in Taipei, right?"

"I...I saw here when we went to Bialya." M'gann spoke up. Pietro kept his face neutral, curious as to what Wanda did to M'gann. "She was with this psychic, Psimon, in a tent where they were running tests on Sphere and Conner. Psimon was the one to erase all of our memories. I'm not sure what Scarlet Witch was doing there, her mind was heavily protected so I couldn't get a read on her. After I...after I defeated Psimon in our psychic battle she was gone. She never engaged me in any form of combat, even though she could've."

"She didn't fight with me either." Conner added. "She just stood off to the side, observing. When I went to attack her she put up a shield around herself and told me that M'gann needed my help. She...she was the one to tell me how to join you in the psychic battle field with Psimon."

"She was?" M'gann asked, shock on her face. 

Conner nodded. "Yeah."

"So, this is the second time she has helped us." Robin looked deep in thought. 

"Are you thinking of our conversation in Taipei, Robin?" Pietro asked, looking at the youngest. 

"Yeah, her recent behavior adds weight to my theory." Robin ran a hand through his hair as his friends looked at him. 

"Care to share that theory with the rest of us?" Wally looked to his best friend.

"Oh, right. Sorry. See, Scarlet Witch doesn't seem much older than us, if at all, so how would she have gotten entangled in the Shadows so young? My theory is that the Shadows have a family member of hers held captive or some other leverage over her and are forcing her to work for them. Scarlet Witch may not want to be a Shadow but doesn't have a choice, and is rebelling against her captors by aiding us." Robin concluded. 

"But she denied working for the Shadows in the bayou." Artemis pointed out. 

"Did she? She was trying to confuse us with her word play." Pietro shrugged. 

"She said there was a lot of gray in the game, that none of us know the truth." Robin hummed. "And in Taipei, she made a point to call me a detective, saying I haven't solved the puzzle that was right in front of me, while I was fighting her."

"Uh, I don't think she meant physically in front of you. That'd be a bit too obvious." Pietro rolled his eyes. 

"Yet not obvious because of its obviousness." Robin shot back. 

"Guys, what if...what if Cheshire got her intel wrong? What if there isn't a mole on our team...but on hers?" Wally looked at his friends with wide eyes, a conspiring tone to his voice.