Wanda feels better once they leave the compound, but she doesn't fully relax until they reach the Quinjet and she can help Loki into a seat. "Here - I think we have a blanket somewhere..." She rises and turns away to start checking the storage bins while she explains. "When the others are done here we'll go home to the Avengers' compound in New York. We'll be safe. No more HYDRA, no more experiments."
She finds a thin fleece blanket with the first aid kit and brings it back to drape around Loki's shoulders. "Are you hurt anywhere? I have learned some new tricks."
Loki lets herself be guided, studying everything she can with wide, nervous eyes. SHe's still not sure how any of this is happening but it seems to not be stopping, and she's learned to not fight. Besides that, Wanda is here, she says it's safe, and she seems to trust the people she's with.
If they were in danger, or rather more danger, she's sure Wanda would find a way to tell her.
But there are blankets here, soft and warm against her skin, and Wanda assuring her that things will be okay.
Loki let herself smile, a proper one that even reaches her eyes. She rests her head on the seat, eyes closed for a moment as she lets all of it sink in.
"I'm all right," she assures. "My head hurts but that...That's normal. That's always there." HYDRA tampering with her, trying to extract what they could from her, left Loki with a constant headache, a pounding behind her eyes and in the back of her brain. It aggravated the things inside her, left them shifting and slithering around in her brain and sometimes, it felt like the pain was the only way she could think clearly enough to function.
The pain cut through the screaming, oddly enough, and gave her a point of focus.
After a moment, something strikes her, then she's looking to Wanda with a more subdued smile on her face. "You both got out, didn't you? Does this mean I get to meet your brother?"
"Pietro is...he's..." Wanda stiffens, pales, and glances away. Oh, Loki...but of course she wouldn't know. Wanda just wishes she didn't have to tell her right now, before they're home and properly safe. She doesn't want to taint their reunion with sadness, especially now that she's gotten a real smile out of Loki, but lying is absolutely out of the question. She just...she can't.
Wanda bites her lip, tries again. "He didn't make it. It's just me now."
The smile falls away, her eyes closing and her lip going between her teeth. "I'm sorry," she says softly, her voice gentle. "I--I didn't know. I thought he would...I thought I would get to meet him."
Her eyes open again as one hand reaches out, touching Wanda carefully. "I wish I could give him back to you."
"You're here," she says softly. "I was afraid I would never see you again." It's not the same and they both know it, but Wanda's still relieved beyond words that they've found Loki alive. There are still many things that weigh heavily on her heart but with one of them gone, finally she can relax a little. And so she lets her head lean forward to rest on Loki's shoulder.
There's nothing to do but wait for the others to come back and take them home so Loki can get some proper medical care.
Wanda wraps an arm around her and stays like that until the others come back. Even then, she only raises her head a little in greeting before settling back against Loki's shoulder. She's not moving for anything or anyone, not until they land back at the compound, and no one tries to disturb them. She'd already told them about Loki when they'd first begun raiding HYDRA bases.
"Come on," she says softly, rousing herself after the Quinjet's door folds open. "We need to make sure you're all right. The doctors here won't hurt you and I can come with you if you want."
Loki is quiet on the trip back, just enjoying the feeling of Wanda close to her again. It's a comfort she didn't think she would be getting back and even now, she's waiting for something to take it away.
Opening her eyes, she looks around them as the doors open and Wanda stirs next to her. "A doctor," she says carefully. "I'm fine, I am. I don't need to see anyone, no one needs to see me. I'm seen enough, too much, too many people are already there, too much as been seen."
SHe presses herself into the chair a little, not away from Wanda but away from doors and anyone else hwo might come close to them.
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She finds a thin fleece blanket with the first aid kit and brings it back to drape around Loki's shoulders. "Are you hurt anywhere? I have learned some new tricks."
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If they were in danger, or rather more danger, she's sure Wanda would find a way to tell her.
But there are blankets here, soft and warm against her skin, and Wanda assuring her that things will be okay.
Loki let herself smile, a proper one that even reaches her eyes. She rests her head on the seat, eyes closed for a moment as she lets all of it sink in.
"I'm all right," she assures. "My head hurts but that...That's normal. That's always there." HYDRA tampering with her, trying to extract what they could from her, left Loki with a constant headache, a pounding behind her eyes and in the back of her brain. It aggravated the things inside her, left them shifting and slithering around in her brain and sometimes, it felt like the pain was the only way she could think clearly enough to function.
The pain cut through the screaming, oddly enough, and gave her a point of focus.
After a moment, something strikes her, then she's looking to Wanda with a more subdued smile on her face. "You both got out, didn't you? Does this mean I get to meet your brother?"
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Wanda bites her lip, tries again. "He didn't make it. It's just me now."
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Her eyes open again as one hand reaches out, touching Wanda carefully. "I wish I could give him back to you."
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There's nothing to do but wait for the others to come back and take them home so Loki can get some proper medical care.
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Knowing that Wanda has had a chance to be happy, it fills her with a joy she doesn't remember ever feeling.
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"Come on," she says softly, rousing herself after the Quinjet's door folds open. "We need to make sure you're all right. The doctors here won't hurt you and I can come with you if you want."
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Opening her eyes, she looks around them as the doors open and Wanda stirs next to her. "A doctor," she says carefully. "I'm fine, I am. I don't need to see anyone, no one needs to see me. I'm seen enough, too much, too many people are already there, too much as been seen."
SHe presses herself into the chair a little, not away from Wanda but away from doors and anyone else hwo might come close to them.