"Tony?!" Jessica shouted into the coms system as the suit was transporting her somewhere.
"Yeah Jessie?" She could hear him say,
"Be careful." Jessica told him, "Thanos is powerful. He's the reason I've been gone." She could feel the tension between them as she ended that sentence. She couldn't see him but she knew him, even after all this time. "I love you." Jessica mumbled, "after all this time. I love you."
"Jess-" the coms disconnected and Jessica knew Tony was gone. She closed her eyes to prevent the tears falling. She had to tell him, she had lost Thor and now she was going to lose Tony. She wanted to mentally kick herself, how could she really lose him though. Yeah he had told her that he loved her, but what did that really mean in the first place.
She took in the scenery as the suit continued taking her and she lost her thoughts into what had happened today. She had gone to get strange back, he had helped her when she needed it and now he was alone in the ship with Tony. They were going to die. She wanted to scream, why did everyone she care about died.
After awhile she realised where she was going. The suit was taking her back to the compound.
. . . . . . . . .
"Tony!" Came the familiar voice of Rhodey as Jessica came into the compound. One by one the suit started to remove itself from her and it flew out of the compound and went back to the container it came from. Jessica turned around to see Rhodey standing at the doorway looking at her in disbelief. "Jessica?"
Jessica looked Rhodey up and down, he looked so much stronger from where she would help him with his physio. "Rhodey," Jessica said rubbing up to him and embracing him. She could feel Rhodey tense up, obviously not expecting the sudden embrace. "He's gone!" Jessica said into him, "Tony's gone and he's after Thanos"
Rhodey wrapped his arms around Jessica trying to comfort her. The tension on her body was clear she was trying not to cry. "Jessica, whose Thanos? What's going on?"
. . . . . .
It had been a day since Jessica had told Rhodey what was going on and during that time Bruce had appeared at the compound. Jessica had spent the evening listening to Bruce and what had gone on during the time he had been gone. Jessica skimmed over her details with Bruce that evening.
However she was now sat in a meeting room with Rhodey while he was in a conference call. Jessica sat there listening to Rhodey and Secretary Ross and it turned out he was the exact same asshole all those years ago.
"Still no word from Vision?" Secretary Ross asked.
"Satellites lost him somewhere over Edinburgh" Rhodey responded.
"On a stolen quinjet with four of the worlds most wanted criminals." Secretary Ross added and Jessica scoffed causing the men to look over towards her.
"You know they're only criminals because you've chosen to call them that." Jessica told him and after a few seconds it was clear he wanted her to continue the sentence, "I'm not calling you sir, you aren't my boss."
Secretary Ross rolled his eyes and Jessica could see a glint of a smirk on Rhodeys face. "Your talent for horseshit rivals my own."
"If it weren't for those Accords, Vision would've been right here" Rhodey tried to counteract while Jessica rolled her eyes at the previous comment of Secretary Ross.
"I remember your signature on those papers, Colonel." Secretary Ross told him
"That's right. And I'm pretty sure I've paid for that." Rhodey told him
"You have second thoughts?" Ross asked
"Not anymore." Rhodey told him and Jessica sighed and walked towards the door and turned back to face Rhodey and Secretary Ross.
"Honestly, is there any point of this bullshit?" Jessica asked.
"Mr. Secretary." Came the familiar voice of Steve Rogers behind Jessica. She could feel her heart racing and a lump in her throat. She turned round to see see him and he had changed. He looked taken aback to see Jessica and obviously the reactions were just following a trend Jessica thought judging by Tony's reaction. Jessica glanced over and saw Natasha, Wanda, Vision and Sam.
"You got some nerve. I'll give you that." Secretary Ross said, snapping Jessica out of her thoughts. "It's amazing, this one comes out of wherever she's been and the world goes crazy!"
"You could use some of that right now." Natasha countered.
"The world's on fire. And you think, all is forgiven?"
"I'm not looking for forgiveness. And I'm way past asking for permission. Earth just lost her best defender. So we're here to fight. And if you wanna stand in our way... we'll fight you, too" Steve said and Jessica could feel legs wanting to give way. She wasn't sure if it was the fact that he had grown a beard or the whole screw you attitude captain America was now portraying but he was hot. A lot hotter than before.
Jessica watched as Secretary Ross's face just turned even more sour than usual.
"Arrest them," he told Rhodey and then turned his attention to Jessica, "and don't you dare let her get away."
"All over it." Rhodey said switching off the hologram. Rhodey turned his attention to Steve, "that's a court-martial. It's great to see you, cap."
"You too, Rhodey." Steve said embracing him.
"Hey" Natasha said smiling at Jessica, causing Jessica to smile back at her and they embraced each other quickly. "Shouldn't you be.."
"Dead?" Jessica asked and Natasha raised her eyebrows and nodded, "whoever told you I was dead really isn't good at their job."
"Jessica, Clint me." Natasha said and Jessica could feel her stomach drop.
She still hasn't been able to contact him and she had no clue on where he was.
"Well you guys, you really look like crap. Must've been a rough couple of years." Rhodey said snapping Jessica out of her thoughts as she watched Natasha embrace him. Jessica turned her attention to Steve who was watching her intently.
"Yeah, well, the hotels weren't exactly five star." Sam said
"Uh. I think you look great." Bruce said as he entered the room, making it even more awkward. "Yeah I'm back."
"Hi Bruce" Natasha said shocked.
"Nat." Bruce said
"This is awkward." Sam said causing Jessica to chuckle
"Well more awkward" Jessica corrected.
