The Scarlet Witch Appears

The glass chamber opened, and a girl in red stepped onto the warship's bow. She looked around, bewildered.

Pierce stepped forward. "Wanda, I need you to open that metal cage ahead of us."

The girl was Wanda Maximoff, also known as the Scarlet Witch!

Many people believed the Scarlet Witch's power came from the Mind Stone, but that wasn't true.

In the original story, Hydra stole Loki's scepter. The Mind Stone inside had mainly served to induce and control her powers.

The Scarlet Witch's power came chiefly from the Chaos Magic she had been born with.

Hydra awakened the power within her while trying to control her and turn her into a weapon.

But the Scarlet Witch was kind by nature.

In the original story, she once got close to Iron Man when he had no armor to protect him. Instead of killing him, she merely trapped him in a vision of the world's end.

In later battles, she also trapped Captain America, Black Widow, Thor, and others in visions.

With her power, she might not have been able to kill Thor. But she could easily have killed an unarmored Iron Man, or Captain America and Black Widow while they were unable to resist.

She hadn't.

Later, in Avengers 2, the Scarlet Witch discovered Ultron's plan to destroy the world. She immediately turned against him and sided with the Avengers.

She and her brother bore a grudge against the Avengers because their family had been caught in the crossfire during a mission in Sokovia.

Somehow, they later became involved with Hydra. Perhaps their grief had awakened their powers, drawing Hydra's attention and making them its test subjects.

Naturally, Hydra tried to brainwash them, claiming that it was on the side of justice and the Avengers were a blight on the