The fever finally broke and Hail's temperature dropped to only two degrees above normal, she started mumbling thing's like "V..visi'n W...wan g't aw'y" earning the attention of the team
"She was aware of what was happening?" Said Nat, voicing the team's thoughts
"D'n't c'me, h'll hurt you" Hail mumbled
"What?!, who's he?!" Said Tony "the hell is happening"
"It could be the fever" suggested Rody earning himself a glare from...well everyone
"You think?!, yeah and the seizure before that too was just a little stomachache...that had her writhing on the floor!" said Tony in a very annoyed tone, Rods raised his hands in surrender and they returned to listening to Hail's 'fever talk', but they didn't get anything useful except her repeating "don't come" "stay away" "he'll hurt you" or sometimes "I'll hurt you"
Eventually they allowed Vision to calm her, seeing that they weren't going anywhere with her 'nightmare', only it didn't go the way it was supposed to..
Once Vision so much as touched her, she shrieked and started fighting the air "NOOOOOO DON'T COME I'LL KILL YOU" she shouted while sobbing
Then her back arched of the seat as a final scream broke, any light source on the jet exploded, leaving them in darkness except for the daylight slipping through windows
Before anyone was able to form words, Hail opined her eyes and sat up slowly, looking around before her eyes found Vision when she flinched away
Vision tilted his head in confusion and the others gave her similar looks "what happened, Hail" said Steve -ever the voice of reason- calmly -only he was anything but calm- after a while
"I.I.I.I.I.I don't know" she said shakily and lowered her head "I remember throwing up and then feeling ...that's it" she added, her head still bowed
She raised her head accepting a glass of water from Nat, she gulped the whole glass quickly and lowered her head again, not looking into the eyes of any of them
They returned to their seats to give her some space, but kept their eyes on her -they all got the feeling that something was off...well 'off-er'- but no one voiced it
They had 105 minutes before arriving to their destination and Hail just sat still, alternating between staring at her hands and the floor
90 minutes and Hail still didn't move or say anything
60 minutes and finally Vision couldn't take it any longer, he sat next to her causing her to jump "I apologize" he said and she nodded, he sat silently for a couple of minutes waiting for her to say something but when she didn't, he had to ask "Hail, you're not acting like yourself...what's the issue?"
She did raise her head and answered quickly...too quickly "nothing" she said "I'm...I'm just a bit nervous, that's it...yeah" she added and at the look he gave her she continued "I'm ok...honest"
He didn't press, and she knew he didn't buy it but neither said anything...a bit later the looks everyone else kept giving her caused her to lose her barely-held-together-composure "I'm fine" she all but shouted at them "I'm fan-freaking-tastic...stop looking at me like I'm some...some...some PSYCHO!" And with that she ran to the bathroom and shut the door behind
She leaned against the door and slid until she was sitting on the floor, she hugged herself while tears pooled in her eyes until they spilled on her cheeks, holding her bracelet tight..she sat there for thirty minutes
She jumped when she heard a knock on the door "Hail!, you ok in there?" Came Nat's voice, she quickly wiped her eyes and washed her face then opened the door and went back to her seat, not meeting anyone's eyes
She jumped again when Steve sat beside her "Hail, we're sorry" he said, placing a hand on her knee "we didn't mean to upset you, we were just worried...we still are" he added and she nodded
After a couple of minutes he added "Hail, you've been through a lot today, you can drop out, stay here while we deal with it...and we won't be too far away, only a couple of miles from the jet" he added
She thought for a while before nodding, still not meeting his eyes "good" he said then stroked her hair before getting up
She listened as they planned their approach, not participating in any way...as the time approached, her fear increased...fear for them, that she might never see them again...
She knew exactly what they were up against, she knew exactly what awaited them...but she couldn't tell them, she couldn't tell them without revealing her future as well, she couldn't gather the courage to put their safety in front of the chance of them hating her, fighting her...
For the first time in her life she was selfish, and didn't see any another option for her...it was either tell them what was there and reveal what she knew about herself as well -unless she lied, and she was a terrible liar- or not tell them and risk loosing them instead...both options resulted in her loosing them and she couldn't have the first one where she would become the enemy..
Keeping her mouth shut was the only thing she could do, and she kept telling herself that at least she wasn't lying, that not saying the truth and saying lies were different somehow
The time came, and her stomach twisted and ached, her blood was getting cold if it was physically possible...she felt the need to say something, if not the truth then at least a goodbye, but she couldn't look into their eyes and especially not his...not after knowing that she will be the cause of his demise...
She tried to take a peak, just a quick look at him, but she immediately regretted it...her looking at him wasn't reassuring anymore, once she looked at him..flashbacks from the 'nightmare' -that now she knew was anything but- came back to her, his cold body and blank stare...
And the knowledge of her being the cause of it, killed her, she really wished she was dead, but she didn't have the courage to even take her own life...the life that will take all other
But she kept telling herself that when the time came she will, she kept telling herself that she won't allow what she saw to come to pass, she will take her life...just not now, she needed time...
She needed more time with her friends...her friends that she now is watching them walk into the jaws of death, her friends that she is doing nothing to stop what she knew will happen to them...
And her friend -that was her everything- that she will be the cause of his death..
They waved their goodbyes that she didn't return and left the jet when it touched down, a few miles away from the target
She couldn't resist a last look before the door closed, a look that didn't do anything but fuel her ever increasing guilt..
Sitting in the jet with her head clutched between her hands, hair into fists...Steve's words echoed through her head...he was worried about her and they all were...Vision's words about being glad to carry the burden she was...of her wellbeing was the only reward he wanted..
She jumped as she felt a drop fall on her hand, placing fingers on her cheek...she realized that those were tears she didn't know she shed
Wiping them angrily she heard for the control panel to watch Friday's footage hoping to find a distraction, Friday had eyes everywhere on the jet even the bathroom...and even though Hail didn't remember any of what she did, she knew that whatever happened to her in dreamland transformed somehow in the real world...like the first dream where she screamed outside for the pain she felt in
So she must have done something this time as well "Friday, show me the footage please"...nothing "Friday?"...more silence "darn it, Tony" Tony must have shut her from the jet "of course he would" she said "he wouldn't want me to see what's going on with them would he?" She added "well..he's not the only computer genius is he?"
She started reprogramming the jet's computer systems after hacking if successfully "haha" she said, triumphant, throwing a fist in the air "well I didn't major in computer science for nothing"
She found the footage of their trip and fastened forward to after she threw up...she saw what happened until the first shockwave hit...the screen showed only static and then it came back to the footage, she saw how Vision and Wanda got messed up but kept helping her through their pain...
She watched with her hands on her mouth and tears on cheeks as the second one hit and Vision as well as her went limp and how he let out a pain filled scream -Vision never screamed, he never got that hurt- and seeing him like that devastated her..
She continued to watch how even after she hurt him, he still fought to get to her...just to sit by her for support and reassurance...she was fully sobbing by now...
She saw how Wanda as well as the rest of the team did their best to help, and didn't hesitate risking their lives for her...they didn't know when she would launch another shockwave, or if she would explode...but they helped her nonetheless
And then it hit her...she'd been watching for more than an hour now, the team must have arrived and the battle had started no doubt...she couldn't sit by...not anymore...not after what she just saw...
Not even bothering to check the footage she could get from the Iron man, she opened the jet's door and got out..
It was very hot out and the sand's heat leaked through her shoes...she gathered herself: he courage, determination and love for her friends/family..she cannot let them die...and if they would hate her it didn't matter because she would love them still
Tapping her powers, she focused them on her limbs until she flew...she didn't care for safety what so ever...she needed to get there now if it wasn't not too late already
The air was too hot against her skin that it took all she had to keep focused...images from her visions flashed in front of her as the air flew through her hair and features: a mindless puppet that was her..her friends dead, dying or giving her disgusted looks..Cap's shield turned to dust..Vision dying with a smile on his face and nothing but reassuring words leaving his mouth through his last breath, words directed towards her, gentle words rewarding her nothing-but-brutal assault...
Her tears flew along with the air as she reached deeper for more speed, she needed to get there...she needed to save them..save him
They won't die...not today...not like this...not ever and definitely not the way she saw, she will save them...she will tell them...him...he won't hate her, even if they all did...he won't..he won't
She lost track of how many minutes passed or where she was...all she knew was that she was headed for the power she felt
She saw a small dot in the distance, this had to be where they were...she sped even more until details started assembling, and what she saw drained her blood
It was the exact thing she saw in the beginning of her visions...there was an entire army of enhanced soldiers surrounded by oras of red and purple they were powered by two infinite stones she didn't know...the red and the purple ones...
She knew that they were sent to look for her, that she was something their boss wished to possess..all she knew was that her ending up in his hands was the worst thing that could possibly happen, that if it came to pass...the rest of her visions will soon follow
She felt fear like nothing before...if they got her, her visions will be realized and if she stayed away her friends will die..the difference was will they die now, by the hands of the army...or later...by her hands
Yay cliffhanger ?
Hey guys
This chapter is short..I know
But I just couldn't resist leaving it hanging
So yeah, I hope you liked it because I really loved writing it
And I hope you like my poor little Hail and sympathize with her
Please let me know what you think cuz I'm dying to know
Aand thanx ❤️