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[color=lightgreen]Maria Novikova[/color]
[color=639A5E]Fred Flynn[/color]
[color=0080ff]Niah Bautista[/color][/h1][/center][hr][hr]

Maria wasn't really sure what was wrong between Niah and Flynn for a while now, and it felt like things were always tense between the two of them. As she looked at one of the small containment units that were used to detain anyone with powers and started to get a bit of an idea. She decided to go and get Niah and Flynn together and lock the two of them in there so that they could work out whatever problems that they had. Maria took out her phone and sent out two separate texts to the two of them. Lying about locking herself inside one of them and needed some help putting a blanket and a pillow inside to make it look like she was sleeping in there for hours and hid in the far corner of the room waiting for the two of them to come.

Niah was confused by Maria's text. How in the world had she locked herself into one of the containment rooms? Didn't they lock from the outside? She sighed and made her way to the rooms. Until she found the one that had what looked Maria in it. She opened the door. [color=0080ff]"Alright, Maria I'm here. What in the world? How did you even do that?"[/color] 

Flynn wasn't exactly one to typically just go off and help someone out of a cell that they had locked [i]somehow[/i] managed to lock themselves in. Nope, he'd help them out [i]after[/i] going down and cracking a few jokes at their expense first. He headed down that way and got there around the time that Niah was opening up the door. [color=639A5E]"And here I thought I'd be able to get a few good laughs in before someone let her out."[/color]

Maria stood in the corner of the room, and saw that Niah had come in first and smiled, then a few seconds later so did Flynn as Niah opened the door to the containment unit. She then ran forward, quickly shoving the two of them inside and closed the door shut locking the two inside she smirked and waved at the two of them. [color=lightgreen]“Hi there, so I get the sense you two really hate each other for whatever reason. It’s annoying and awkward at times, and well we are apart of a team so time to work out your problems so you two aren’t allowed to come out until you hash shit out.”[/color]

Niah felt the hand on her back and tried to stop it, but instead found herself locked in the containment room with Flynn. [color=0080ff]"Tae. Seriously Maria."[/color] Niah sighed. [color=0080ff]"This is a me problem not a Flynn problem. I am sorry it has gotten to this point, but why I have a problem with Flynn isn't really in his control."[/color] 

[color=639A5E]"Yeah, for the record I have absolutely no idea why she hates me or has a problem with me. And I don't really care if she has a problem with me,"[/color] Flynn responded with an eye roll at the two of them. He honestly didn't care too much what Niah's problem was, since she randomly decided to start hating him or whatever, but he was used to people being like that towards him.

Maria walked over towards a chair that she had set up before sending a text to the two of them, she wanted to supervise this that way they wouldn't end up somehow escaping or lying to her that they resolved their issues. [color=lightgreen]"Well, then I'll play Dr. Phil I guess and doesn't matter you two aren't getting out until you say whats all on your mind."[/color]

Niah reached up and touched the bridge of her nose and let out a slow breath. [color=0080ff]"Look if he knew, if anyone knew. It doesn't matter. It basically didn't happen. I am one of two people in the whole of the multiverse who remembers. I will get better at being nice."[/color] She looked up at Maria. [color=0080ff]"Please let us out."[/color]

[color=639A5E]"...Okay now I'm confused, what do you mean it didn't happen? And mind telling me who the other person in the multiverse is that knows anything? Since now I'm beyond curious. You also act like I want to be locked in here with you."[/color]

Maria looked at Niah and shook her head slightly, she felt that this was a better way for Niah to resolve her issues. [color=lightgreen]"Nope, not gonna happen better let it all out or it'll fester or something. You can hate me for this afterward if you want to."[/color] Maria said she was curious as well. [color=lightgreen]"Might as well spill the beans now because I'm curious now too."[/color]

[color=0080ff]"I could just not talk. I could sit in the corner and not say anything."[/color] Niah crossed her arms. [color=0080ff]"And you're curious now?"[/color] Niah looked between them. [color=0080ff]"Why didn't you ask months ago?"[/color] She was evading the questions. 

[color=639A5E]"Wow you are waaaaaaaay too obvious when it comes to avoiding questions, honestly. You never said anything about it, so why would we ask a question about something we had no idea about? Seriously you can be so dumb sometimes."[/color]

[color=lightgreen]"Then I can just leave you two locked in here, and let Cass know to not let you two out until you two talk all of this out."[/color] Maria said, shrugging slightly and smirked a little bit as well, finding it mildly amusing to see the two of them locked in there. [color=lightgreen]"And you never really said why you hated Flynn so might as well spill, and the sooner you do the quicker you two can leave."[/color]

[color=0080ff]"I am sorry for being a jerk Flynn. Okay, I'm sorry I've been rude and tense and cold toward you. But that doesn't give you the right to call me dumb. And do you honestly want to know? Do you really? Do you think knowing why I suddenly went from 'we're cool' to literally leaving the team will make everything better? And yes I know I'm back, but it is because I cannot stand by while my friends are in danger."[/color]

[color=639A5E]"Think I can since I've heard people dance around questions waaaaaaaay better than that. That probably was the worst attempt at it I've heard in my life. And yeah, I really really [i]really[/i] want to know, especially since you think that I shouldn't know and are dancing around the issue so much."[/color]

Niah rubbed her face with hands trying to pull herself back together. She could feel herself cracking. Niah stood a little straighter and let her arms drop to her sides. [color=0080ff]"How is it going to change anything? It is something that can't be changed because it already has been. It is gone. Poof. Never happened. So knowing about it won't make anything different."[/color] She kept her voice level to her own surprise, but she did not want to stay in the room with Flynn until Maria decided they had worked through the issue. 

[color=639A5E]"Like that makes any sense at all. Unless you give a reason I'm going to guess that Maria isn't going to let us out, so deal with it Niah. Since clearly this whole issue [i]does[/i] matter if you think it doesn't."[/color]

[color=lightgreen]"If it isn't an issue anymore then you wouldn't have any problem just telling him, and yes Flynn is right until you actually face it, I'm not letting the two of you out at all."[/color]

[color=0080ff]"Flynn that makes less sense. How could it matter if I don't think it does?"[/color] Niah shook her head. [color=0080ff]"Alright, if I'm going to tell him Maria please step away. Flynn deserves to be able to choose who knows. Other than myself and Doctor Strange."[/color] She added, letting Flynn know who else knew. She hoped it would give him an idea of what her issue was and maybe he would drop it. 

[color=639A5E]"Wait, [i]Strange[/i] knows? Then why don't you want me to know again? Since we all know Strange isn't exactly subtle, so he could have done something or whatever relating to it if he felt that it was a bad thing? Also how could I care if she knows if you don't tell me? Seriously, that makes no sense."[/color]

[color=lightgreen]"Well not going to really leave the room I'll just be right outside out of earshot, just yell once you worked out your problems."[/color] Maria said looking at the two of them, a little bit annoyed that she didn't feel like she was trusted enough to know what was going on and left the room closing the door behind her, before sticking her head back out. [color=lightgreen]"Oh yeah and if I don't feel like you aren't genuine that you fixed things I'm going to keep you two locked in there for a few hours."[/color] Maria said jokingly.

Niah took a long slow breath as Maria left. [color=0080ff]"Do you think that you don't remember what happened because Strange did do something about it? Do you realize how horrible that something could be?"[/color] Her eyes were starting to burn and she didn't want to cry in front of Flynn. She did keep her voice pitched down so Maria couldn't hear her on the other side of the door. [color=0080ff]"Tell me something honestly Flynn what was your plan when we went back in time?"[/color]

[color=639A5E]"Fix things no matter what and stop Ultron from being created in the first place since the world was screwed over and I was really pissed off at people since Bonnie ended up dead because of everything, why are you asking?"[/color] he asked her, crossing his arms as he looked right at her.

[color=0080ff]"Yeah, that no matter what is where you failed. You killed Pym. You burned him alive. You changed the world to a worse future and that is why I ran off to the 'bathroom'. I had already seen what your plan was and it was terrible."[/color] Niah was shaking and staring up at Flynn. Maria was right this had been boiling under the surface for her and it needed to be addressed, but she hated this confrontation. 

He didn't respond immediately to what she had said, since he personally was more then a bit pissed off with himself over the dark place his mind had gone to in the Age of Ultron timeline. Flynn beat himself up over it, and he shook his head slightly. [color=639A5E]"Gonna stop you right there, since you really need to stop thinking that you are the only one in the world who is pissed off at me for even having those sort of thoughts, cause guess what Niah, you are talking to the one person who has been beating themselves over it. A lot. Especially since what happened when Wanda rewrote reality, you think I'm perfectly fine with having those thoughts. I called you dumb a little bit ago, but now I definitely say that it is the only word to describe you since you get caught up in your own thoughts to not realize that odds are I probably was beating myself up over it. Or were you constantly mad at me since you were sitting there thinking that you were always the better person. Assuming you know everything that goes through a person's head, and you thinking so little of me without even talking to me about it makes you a worse person than me."[/color]

[color=0080ff]"You egotistical ass. I didn't want to tell you so you didn't have to carry the knowledge of what you did do. You might have dark thoughts but you didn't need to know you actually followed through on them on an aborted slice of time. Yes, I realize I've been cold to you since then, but you want to know what I told Bonnie? She asked me if you were safe. I told her you were, that you would do anything for her. I stand by that. So I apologize for thinking you wouldn't want to know you had killed someone."[/color] Niah's hands at her sides, became fists as she tried to keep control of her emotions. 

Flynn's hands burst into flames for a brief moment, before the flames went down. [color=639A5E]"...You have no idea what you're talking about Niah,"[/color] he snapped at her, his mind racing through a few things. [color=639A5E]"You think I haven't killed people? Innocent people even? When I was in the Army, I killed people a lot, it was a kill or be killed situation, when I got back stateside, I heard that a town not far from where I grew up was essentially leveled in some weird unexplainable accident, or at least it wasn't something you could explain until I joined OMEN and found out what really happened there. Do you want to know what sort of things I did in that organization? Do you realize how many innocent lives I helped end? How many people I hurt when they begged for their lives? Yeah, sure, you didn't want me to know, but thought you would have understood even before then that I was a killer trying to do the right thing and fix things. I lost count of how many people are dead because of me, so do you really think I would have been upset by finding out in an alternate timeline that I killed one more?"[/color]

A flash of genuine fear crossed Niah's features as Flynn's hands burned. [color=0080ff]"Yeah, and I was right. Cause you haven't killed people in 'cold-blood' since then."[/color] Her voice was soft, and her shoulders relaxed. [color=0080ff]"Bonnie made you a better person. Losing her was the worst thing that could have happened to you."[/color] Niah let her face drop down so he couldn't see the tears that spilled from her eyes. [color=0080ff]"I know why you did what you did. I get it, and maybe that is why I hated you for doing it, but I couldn't bring myself to tell you that in order to bring back the thing you loved most you did things she wouldn't have forgiven you for. That's why I didn't tell anyone. When I saw you face-to-face finally in House of M it all came back to me. And I was scared, but I wanted the Flynn that loved Bonnie and would do anything for her."[/color] Her tears weren't hidable anymore as the came down her cheeks and she struggled to breathe around the sobs that threatened her. 

[color=639A5E]"That's the person I am, and probably will always be apart of who I am. Yeah, I know there are a lot of things that I've done that Bonnie wouldn't forgive. Why do you think I don't tell anyone about it? Or why I kept getting more then a little annoyed whenever Barton referred to me being a former member of OMEN?"[/color] he responded, though the look of fear she had on her face before she seemed to relax and started crying even more didn't pass him by, but he didn't say anything about it, his arms crossed still as he just stared at her. [color=639A5E]"I don't deserve Bonnie, I know that, and one day I might be, and I might be able to tell her everything, but yeah. I beat myself up over every bad choice and don't need you to do that sort of thing for me."[/color]

Niah wiped away at her face and took some slow breaths trying to stop her crying when she finally had control Niah said. [color=0080ff]"Heh, you don't deserve her, but you get her. So if you keep trying to deserve her maybe someday you will. Can we end this now? Now you know. You can tell people or not. I'll try to keep myself in check around you, and maybe I'll get over it and stop being so angry at you for almost making everything worse."[/color] 

[color=639A5E]"Yeah, well whatever, I don't need you to tell me that I'm not a good person, I knew that years ago. Find it ironic that my powers are over fire, and it isn't because of my temper, it's given the fact that it seemed like for a long time I'd just burn everything that I touched. So you telling me I'm a crap person also doesn't help. Fun fact, if you want to make sure someone stays on the straight and narrow, maybe don't act like they are the worse person in the world or whatever. And I'm fine getting out of here, so whatever."[/color]

[color=0080ff]"Goddammit Flynn I'm saying you can be a good person. You have a chance to be better every day."[/color] Niah shook her head and walked over to the door. [color=0080ff]"Maria let us out. I think we've cleared the air as much as possible."[/color] She shouted at the door. 

Maria heard Niah calling for her, and opened the door back up to the room making her way over towards the cell looking over at Flynn and Niah. [color=lightgreen]"As long as you two promise to not beat my ass or anything i'll let you guys out."[/color]

[color=639A5E]"Yeah yeah yeah Maria I get it, now can you please just let us out already? Since I might start developing claustrophobia if I'm stuck in here much longer."[/color]

[color=lightgreen]"Alright then."[/color] Maria said as she typed in the code, before finally opening the door and took a few steps back looking over at the two of them and smiled slightly. [color=lightgreen]"So, no hard feelings right?"[/color] Maria finally asked.

[color=0080ff]"No hard feelings, Maria. Things needed to be said and they have been."[/color] Niah said, and then she started walking away back to her room.