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"This time I'm ready to run."- ready to run, One direction

When I was younger I had always danced with my mother in the living room, listening to the backstreet boys.

My cold heart was starting to melt, and I knew that i couldn't keep the old Willow locked up inside for much longer.

Something needed to be done to make her give up fighting, I didn't know what, but something she didn't want to ever happen, something she's afraid of.

You'd think because we are the same person I'd know what she's afraid of, but I don't, she's keeping it hidden from me, but soon I'll figure it out.

"No you won't." She mocked

I laughed "yes I will."

She would constantly give me this memories, to try and find a weak spot so she could escape.

But I had tricks up my sleeve and I planned on using a few.

"Willow, are you okay, you've been staring out the window for ten minutes." Alex said pulling me out of my thoughts

I looked at him and nodded my head "yeah, I'm fine, just a little tired."

He smiled "want me to make a coffee run?" He asked

"If you don't mind?" I said sheepishly

He smiled "I'll be back in twenty minutes."

I nodded as I heard him grab the car keys and the apartment door shut.

I got off the couch and walked to the laptop that was on the kitchen table.

"Now, what are you up to?" I asked to myself as I looked through his laptop.

"Files, flies, where are your- There you are." I said as I spotted the small folder labeled E.D

What did E.D stand for?

Earths destruction?

I clicked the folder and pictures popped up.

I looked at the first one, Alex and a brunette female with hazel eyes smiling widely into the camera as they stood behind the Empire State Building.

I then went to the next picture of the two in Central Park, then I saw pictures of the attack in New York.

This happened during the attack?

I looked into the next couple photos and saw that they were photos of what happened during the attack.

I saw one of the girl, her face hiding in her knees as the photo had been taken.

I then saw that there was a video.

I paused, debating on whether or not to press play.

I need to know what he wants.

I clicked the small play icon and the video started playing

Video

"RUN! Ember run!" Alex said as they ran through the chaotic streets of New York.

The girl laughed sadly as she ran through the streets "I didn't think this would happen on this trip."

Alex laughed as he held the camera "come on, we have to get out of here."

"Look! It's iron man!" The girl ember said as iron man soared through the sky

"What the hell is going on?" Alex mumbled his voice barely caught on camera because of how quiet he'd been.

Suddenly an explosion happened and everything went black.

When the video came back, I could here crying

"ember... Ember come back."

Video ends

I clicked the 'X' icon and slammed the laptop shut.

"Ember, the E... It stands for ember." I mumbled

"Embers Death." A male voice said

My head snapped up as I saw Alex holding two coffees with a faraway look.

"I think you know to much now." He mumbled as he dropped the coffee and walked towards me.

I raised my hands as he raised his.

Pietro's POV.

"The trail ends here." Steve saids through the comms as we all enter through different entrances.

"So Willow has to be hiding here?" I asked

"Yeah, the track ends here."

I nodded my head "I'll do a quick round-about and search the area."

Willow's POV

The room was filled with burning furniture and iced furniture.

"Is this why you want to destroy the world, because your girlfriend died?" I asked

"She wasn't my girlfriend, she was my wife!" He yelled as he shot another fireball at me.

I quickly dodged the ball and it hit the flat screen tv.

"It wasn't the worlds fault that she died!" I tried reasoning with him, well more like trying to save my own ass.

"you're still working with them, you're just trying to get me arrested." Alex said, more to himself, as if he was trying to convince himself that i was working on the other team, working against him.

"no! i'm not working with them, they hurt me, i don't trust them anymore, how could i trust them, when one of them broke my heart." i reasoned to Alex as he backed me into a corner.

There was no where to go, i was stuck and either i was going to die, or i was going to fight.

And i have no plan on dying anytime soon.

i raised my hand a lightening speed and shot water at him drenching Alex, which caused steam to rise off his body, he would have to dry off to fight me using fire.

he ran towards me screaming a battle cry and swung his fists, i quickly ducked and punched him n the balls.

Alex cried out as he clutched his family jewels and fell to the ground in pain.

"really? that was a cheap shot."

i laughed "killing that little girl was a cheap shot."

he stayed on the ground and screamed angrily, "Why? why are you helping them? you're supposed to be on my side."

"how can i be on your side after you killed her."

The door bursts open and Steve walks in.

My heart started to pound harder, suddenly I could feel a crack in my head

"Time to fix what you've done!" She hissed as she clawed her way back into control.

The pain wouldn't stop, it was like a never ending cycle.

"Steve?" I whispered as the old me died down in the back of my head.

He walked over to me and smiled "it's alright Willow, it alright."

Then everything went black.