Short Story: The Battle Of Sokovia

Wanda Maximoff is native to the Eastern European country of Sokovia. She grew up there with her twin brother, Pietro Maximoff, and their adoptive family. They were a tightknit group, although they had very little. When they were ten years old, during dinner with their family, a mortar shell hit their apartment building. It instantly killed their parents and trapped the twins inside, staring down the second shell for two whole days. All they could see was the name ‘Stark Industries.’ Shockingly, it never exploded. Rather than enter the foster care system and possibly be separated, the twins chose to run away and rely wholly on each other. With their abilities, they had an advantage. Pietro could run at the speed of light, and Wanda could read minds.

When Sokovia became an

Ultron’s plans were not to better the world, they were to destroy it. Disgusted, the twins abandoned him and decided to fight him alongside the Avengers.

The Battle of Sokovia was vicious, and despite her fear, through the coaxing of Hawkeye, Wanda stepped into the line of fire. Her magic was still difficult to control, having been tampered with so much, and accessing it reminded her of the damage that HYDRA had caused. Still, she prevailed, and ended up defending the Key alone.

It was then that she felt Pietro’s death, and then that Wanda’s heart broke. She continued fighting, however, because it was what he would want. Defend their home, protect their people, and then finally, finally break down, give up.

She exacted her revenge on Ultron despite it ending in her death. Vision swooped in, however, and after that, with nothing else left, Wanda chose to join the New Avengers.

Currently, with the Registration Act back in place, and Pietro miraculously coming back to life, Wanda is in hiding. That being said, she refuses to allow anymore mutants or inhumans be harmed and is defending them from the