So we learned  a little bit about Pietro and Wanda's past last chapter. 

Also, this chapter is not going to follow the episode that much, given the circumstances of our protagonist. 

Bialya

September 04, 00:16 EEST

Pietro sat up with a start, looking at his surroundings. He found that he was in a tent that was set up like a temporary laboratory of sorts with a spherical creature having tests run on it. He rubbed his head, looking around to see if anyone noticed him. 

Glad to see you are awake, 'tro. 

Pietro's eyes widened and he looked around for his sister, finding her entering the tent with a pale man with a grotesque head. He winced, recognizing the man. Psimon. 

Sestra, why have you brought me here? You could blow my cover with the team if they see us conversing.

Do not fret, brat drahý, Psimon made them all forget the last six months. They are all wandering the desert hopelessly lost. It is just us, for now. The Martian isn't in range to sense our telepathy and even if she were, she is so out of it that she won't think twice about it. 

Pietro nodded slowly, staring at the spherical creature. 

What is this? Why are they running so many tests on it?

Wanda walked closer to her brother, helping him off the lab table. 

This, Pietro, is a New Genesphere. 

A what?

An artifact from New Genesis. 

Oh. That definitely clears things up. 

The scientists are trying to see if they can turn the sphere into a weapon but so far it has yet to open up. Quite disappointing. 

Pietro eyed Wanda as she stared at the Sphere, sensing something was off about his sister but not able to bring it up due to the powerful psychic standing next to them. Instead, he looked at Psimon. 

Psimon, what is the plan for when m- the team eventually regroups. We all know they will regroup and find their way here when they realize I am missing. What do we do then?

When I sense their approach, I will knock you out and make it look as if we were running experiments on you as well. Can't blow your cover this early, now can we?

No, then nobody would be feeling the aster. 

Pardon?

Nothing. Hey, Wands, I haven't seen you in over two weeks. How are you?

Psimon walked away from the siblings, closer to the Sphere to observe the work the scientists were doing. Wanda watched him, her eyes flickering red before she looked back at her brother. 

I'm okay. I've been very busy, the Light has me doing a lot of work to make up for the fact that you are not here. 

Pietro felt a pang of guilt. 

Wands-

Don't worry, 'tro, I can handle it. Besides, it works out better this way that you are the inside man and I am on the outside. I can, no offense, hold my own psychically against the likes of Queen Bee and Psimon, should they try anything.

Queen Bee has psychic abilities?

No, but her power is to enthrall people attracted to women, so I can resist her. You, on the other hand-

Would have an issue with it. And like you said, I don't have any psychic abilities to protect me from the likes of Psimon.  You make a good point. 

Of course I do. I'm me. 

You're sounding an awful lot like me, sestra. 

Wanda grinned at her brother, elbowing him lightly. Pietro chuckled, wrapping an arm around his sister to bring him close to her in a side hug. 

I've missed you, Wanda. I don't know how much longer I can do this.

Wanda's face fell. 

I know. I miss you too. But it is only for a little while longer, then we will be united once more. Like I said, once the Light gets what they want, we will be free.

But sestra, what if that isn't enough? What if they want more? What if they aren't satisfied with what we give them? 

Wanda stayed quiet for a moment, eyes focused on the floor. She looked back up at Pietro,  a sorrowful expression on her face. 

I...I don't know, Pietro. Hopefully it won't come to that. 

And if it does? Are you prepared to step away from the Light?

Wanda stepped away from her brother, a look of betrayal on her face. 

How dare you! What about you? Are you prepared to step away from your team?

Wanda-

Pietro, I think it is time you go rejoin your team.

Wanda, wait! Please, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to upset you. 

You didn't mean to, but you still did. How could you say that? Everything I have done, everything I have given up, has been for you. For us to be protected and safe and happy again. You think I like working for the Light? 

Wa-

We all have a part to play, Pietro. And your part here is done. Go be with your little hero friends and leave me to be the villain. 

Please, Wanda-

Don't worry, brat drahý, I'm used to being the evil twin. Now, go. And make it believable.

Wanda shut down the mind link between them. Pietro reached a hand towards Wanda but she jerked out of the way. "Go, before your friends become suspicious of your absence."

Pietro sighed. "I'm sorry, Wands. I love you, sestra."

Wanda kept her back turned to him. "I love you too, 'tro. But really, you need to go."

He nodded, running out of the tent and into the desert. Running as fast as he could, Pietro didn't stop until he ran full force into Superboy. Both of them fell to the ground, looking at the other. Superboy growled, leaping to attack the speedster. Pietro dove out of the way. "Hey, woah, I'm on your team, remember? Oh, wait, duh! No memories." Pietro muttered to himself, avoiding the clone's advances. "So, I'm just going to skedaddle now. I don't feel like being beaten to a bloody pulp."

Pietro sped off, running through the desert once more. He ran in large circles, trying to find members of his team but failing. Ultimately, he decided to just sit down and wait for them to find him. 

Laying his head back on the sand dune Pietro felt his eyes closing as he drifted off to sleep, memories once more flooding his mind. 

- - -

"So, let us get this correct, shall we? You want to split us up - the exact opposite of our agreement, mind you - to place one of us in a lab in D.C. on the off chance that the Justice League discovers us?" Thirteen year old Pietro stared at screens before him and Wanda, Lex Luthor behind the twins. 

"Not on the off chance. They will discover you." Ra's al Ghul spoke with conviction. 

"And how can you assure this?" Pietro fought back.

Everyone except the twins chuckled. "My boy, this organization has been orchestrating events for some time now. If we want something to happen, it will happen on our timeline."

Pietro turned to his sister, who looked back at him with steely determination. <"Wanda? What are your thoughts?">

<"As long as we get to see each other and the end result is our protection and us united, the means...well, the end justifies them, wouldn't you say?"> 

Pietro nodded slowly. <"Who is going to be the one that goes to the lab?">

Wanda looked deep in thought, her eyes red for a moment before fading. <"They have a telepath on their side, along with someone who can enthrall people attracted to women. I can fend them off psychically.">

<"Wands...">

<"I'll be careful. And you need to be careful as well. Who knows what the Justice League will do if they discover a traitor in their midst?"> Wanda squeezed Pietro's hand. She turned to the screens. "Pietro will be the one to go undercover and infiltrate the Justice League. I will stay here."

"Excellent. W-"

"But!" Wanda held her hand up. "We have conditions."

"Of course."

"We need to see each other on a regular basis and we need guarantee that should things go south, you will protect us. Both of us." Wanda narrowed her eyes. 

"You have our word that we will protect you, Wanda. While Pietro is in the lab you are allowed to stay with him until the time has come for him to be...extracted from the lab. And from then on, you will be his contact." Vandal Savage declared. "It will be easier this way as you two have a psychic rapport with each other and can communicate information that way." 

"Now, I do believe we should put Pietro into the lab, build a history for him there..."

- - -

Pietro jerked awake when he felt a presence next to him and he reflexively lashed out, hitting Kid Flash in the face. 

"Ow! Dude! What was that for?" Kid Flash groaned, holding his nose. 

"What are you doing getting up in my face?" Pietro glared, noticing Miss Martian, Artemis, and Robin behind him. He debated faking memory loss as well but knew Miss Martian would be able to tell he was lying, so he decided to tell a half truth. "Where's Aqualad and Superboy?"

"Wait, you remember?" Miss Martian's eyes went wide. "H-how?"

"What do you mean? Do you guys not remember anything?" 

They all shook their heads. "No, we didn't. Not until Miss M unlocked our memories. What about you? How do you still have your memories?"

Pietro shrugged, standing up. "I have a sort of...extra sense about impending doom. I felt it at the start of the mission, when we were setting the scanner up. I tried to shake it, not wanting to seem paranoid to all of you, when it got stronger. I went to tell you all about the feeling when this...this...gut feeling told me to run. It was so strong I couldn't resist it. I just...took off into the desert. I've been running ever since. I returned to the site of the scanner but none of you were there, so I ran around trying to find any of you. I found Superboy, but he attacked me, which makes sense now seeing as he doesn't know anything." He looked at his team. "We need to find Aqualad. It can't be good for a guy with gills to be out in the desert with no water for this long."

"My thoughts exactly." 

So the majority of the team went off in search of Aqualad, using Robin's gauntlet to track him using the tracer placed in his suit. They found him in a sand dune, mumbling in Atlantean. They tried to wake him to no avail, finding he was too dehydrated. 

"I can't restore his memories in this state. We need to rehydrate him." Miss Martian looked at her friends, grabbing her head. "Argh! Superboy! I need to find Superboy! He is in a lot of pain right now!"

"Miss M! Aqualad needs you!" Artemis called after the green girl as she flew off. She turned to look at the two speedsters. "Can either of you carry him?"

"I'm all out of fuel. I could barely carry you." Kid Flash rubbed his stomach with an apologetic look. 

"I can, if I knew where the bioship was." Pietro offered, picking Aqualad up. 

Robin pulled the coordinates up on the gauntlet, showing them to Pietro. "We'll be behind you."

"Alright. I'll start the rehydrating process as soon as I get him on board." Quicksilver took off with Aqualad in his arms, running towards the bioship. He got there seconds later, boarding it and placing the team leader down on the cot. He hooked him up to multiple I.V.s, getting him started on fluids before walking to the pilot seat. "Okay, Maximoff, let's fly an alien space craft."

He found Robin, Artemis, and Kid Flash in the desert, getting them on board before they went back for the equipment. They flew around, trying to find Miss Martian and Superboy when they discovered the two of them with the Sphere. Pietro kept his face neutral as he let M'gann take over piloting. 

"How is Aqualad?" Miss Martian asked. 

"He needs his memories still, but he is alive." Pietro answered, looking over at his teammate. "How are you, Superboy? And where is your shirt?"

"I'm alive." Superboy echoed Pietro's response. "As for the shirt...I don't want to talk about it."

Pietro nodded, leaning his head against the bioship window. "Anyone else feel like you could sleep for ten years after this mission?"

A chorus of agreements came back and Pietro closed his eyes, deciding to get started early on those ten years of sleep.