Anger. That was all Pietro could feel under the ache in his heart. He lifted her from the ground by her collar and yelled at the lying Avenger, "Who are you and how do you know Ruzanna?" For a split second he saw his childhood friend but he couldn't believe that it could be her. A silhouette moved behind her and he realized Wanda was ready to tamper her mind. "Wanda now!"

Wanda came up behind the girl and twirled her hands by her face. A wispy red light seemed in and she stopped struggling out of Pietro's grip. She went limp, but Wanda yelped and clutched her head. Pietro dropped the girl and rushed over to his sister.

"Wanda!" He yelled in alarm when Wanda crumpled to her knees. Pietro kneeled and cupped her face in his hands, "Wanda what's wrong?"

Tears poured down her face. Pietro tried to look her in the eye, but her gaze was fixed on the unconscious Avenger, "I can't take this pain…" Wanda whimpered, "I can't believe I did this… to her!"

"Hey, she's an Avenger," Pietro soothed and used his thumbs to wipe away her tears, "This is our mission, remember?"

"No, Pietro you don't understand!" Wanda finally looked him in the eye and that was all it took for him to understand. He knew what she was going to say. She pulled away from his grip and cradled the girl in her arms, "Ruzy I'm so sorry!"

Pietro stared wide-eyed as his sister comforted the enemy. The knot in his stomach grew and his hands went numb, "She was telling the truth…"

"Why is she working with them?" Wanda asked, looking at her brother with a tear stained face, "Why were we told she was dead?"

The sound of gunfire drew closer and Pietro knew they had to finish their task before it was too late, "Wanda, we have to go!" He tugged at her arm.

Wanda yanked away from her brother, "No, she's our friend! We can't leave her!"

"She's an Avenger!" He argued. Pietro bit his lip to stop it from trembling and forced himself to look away from Ruzanna, "Who's to say she's even the same anymore?" He added, trying to find any reason to see her as anything but the girl who always talked about Romania.

"It's her!" Wanda insisted, brushing away the loose hairs from Ruzanna's face with a delicate hand like a mother would.

"What do you suggest?" Pietro grew anxious. Their time was limited and they couldn't afford to waste it here, "Take her with us? The Avengers will come looking for her and it will ruin the plan! Do you want to risk our chance for justice?"

Wanda bit her lip. Fresh tears filled her eyes but eventually she placed Ruzanna back on the floor. "I'm sorry…" She whispered and turned to Pietro with a new fire burning in her eyes. "They must have done something to her! Stark… the Avengers-"

"And they will pay", Pietro insisted, "but right now the best thing that we can do for her is to take them down. It will all be better then." He gave a reassuring smile and he was relieved when Wanda nodded.

"You're right," She said, "we have a mission to finish."

Wanda left to search for any Avengers she'd missed, leaving Pietro alone with Ruzanna still on the ground. A large group of the arms dealer's men were charging towards when and without hesitation, he scooped her up in his arms and sprinted to a safer area. Her head was rested in the crook of his neck and Pietro smiled as her soft breath tickled his skin.

Her head lolled back and he was careful to lay her against the wall. Dark bruises were already forming on the shoulder Pietro had hit and his stomach knotted at the image of her flying through the air. "We'll make it up to you Ruzy," Pietro whispered and held her hand. He smiled, giving it a small squeeze, and Ruzanna started to stir. Instant panic washed over him. Pietro ran off at inhuman speed, searching for Wanda.

All he could hope for was that Ruzanna was still the same girl he and his sister knew all those years ago. He dreaded what the inevitable would be it she wasn't. Judging by what juts happened, Pietro knew Wanda would not be able to hurt Ruzanna, and the air became trapped in his throat when he realized that maybe he couldn't either.

Author's Note: Sorry it's such a small chapter, I just wanted to give you guys the twins' perspective of seeing Ruzanna for the first time in nearly a decade! Hope you guys enjoyed it and I'll try getting the next chapter out as soon as I can.