Hey guys, sorry for the delayed update, this kid i went to school with for most of my life, his grandma is in the hospital and not doing well, and my brother and I are really close to her, shes basically like a grandma to us, and we went to see her at the hospital today, and its just been emotional the last few days so i'll just keep praying that she will recover.

Whilst writing this chapter I can not tell you how many times i listened to Awesome Mix Tape Vol. 1, because i just bought that, and its great, and I am happy...

Enjoy!

~CreatureHanstran~

Chapter 3: Inescapable

Winter came quickly, the snow fell outside and I sat inside, watching it gently come to the earth's surface. I heard the doors open and close behind me, "Jess, we've got a lock on Ultron and we've gotta move quick." Steve said.

I stood up from my chair, "We going now?"

"Yes, suit up." He left the room, with a sigh I pressed a button on my watch and my suit was on a second later. I met up with the others on board the quinjet,

"Ultron is destroying the city." Tony said,

"Is he going on about 'peace' still?" I asked,

"Most likely yeah..." He started up the jet,

"Have you ever stopped to think that this may be a trick to lure us out to kill us?" I asked.

They all looked at me, "Uh... Well, we were bound to show up anyway." Steve said,

"Yeah... But not if I go in as a distraction."

"We would have the element of surprise." Tony said,

"Alright, you go Jess, but be careful, we'll be watching for an opportunity to come in." Steve said,

"You got it." I nodded and teleported into the city.

I appeared in an alley, "Okay... here goes nothing." I stepped out onto the street, Ultron's puppets were causing wreckage and destroying the city, I'm not sure what for. I used my powers to destroy some of his robots,

"Only one of you showed up? I'm slightly disappointed, where are your friends Jessica?" Ultron asked, landing behind me.

I turned around, "Oh you know, I'm riding solo today. You look great by the way, it's been a while since we've destroyed you, though it appears we didn't do such a good job because you're still around."

"You're trying to distract me aren't you?" He asked,

"Naturally." I smirked and shot fire at him.

He dodged it and fired back at me, "You weren't the one I was looking for, but I guess I could kill you."

"Gee, you're so hung up over Tony like you were one of the many girls that he had a one night stand with but he never called back." I teased,

"You are really annoying." He fired at me again,

I dodged, "Missed me."

He growled, "Enough!" He hit me, sending me flying back into a building.

"Ow..." I groaned, because, that really hurt.

He grabbed me by the leg and dragged me from the wreckage then held me up so I was hanging upside down, "So uh... About what I said earlier..."

"Not so funny when I have you now is it?" He electrocuted me,

"Ugh... I... Oh god..." I started feeling nauseous suddenly.

He threw me into another building, "You know, with you out of the way, I can kill that boyfriend of yours for real." Ultron said, approaching me.

My body started to burn, and my vision blurred, and I was becoming my greatest fear. I stood up, my rage becoming completely in control, "You stay away from Pietro!" I exclaimed, and that was all I remembered.

"Jess... Jess?"

I heard a familiar voice, "Ugh... Pietro?" I blinked my eyes open, my head throbbing due to the bright fluorescent lights,

"Are you okay?" His voice was soft and gentle.

I groaned, "I... think so?"

"What happened?"

"I... I don't remember." I sat up, "What happened to Ultron?"

"Well, you basically destroyed him before we could show up, though I doubt that he's gone for real."

I put my face in my hands, "Jess?"

"It's happening Pietro." I got off the bed, "What is?"

"Me, becoming my greatest fear." I crossed my arms across my chest, "And it only get's worse from here."

"We can stop it, don't worry."

"No! Don't you get it? There is no stopping it, unless you kill me." I wiped a tear from my eye. On a list of shitty ways to die, I think that your body basically killing yourself from the inside out takes the icing on the 'your life sucks' cake. I was positive there really weren't any worse ways to go... trust me, I tried to think of worse.

The room was silent, "I will do everything in my power to make sure that your powers won't kill you, or the rest of the earth." He put his hands on my shoulders. It made me feel slightly better that he cared, but sometimes I wished that he didn't.

I found myself staring out the window of the living room at the compound, a cup of hot chocolate in my hands and a warm fluffy blanket wrapped around my shoulders. The snow was a big change from California where it never really precipitated much. Here in New York you get pouring rain one week then snowstorm the next, but I didn't mind, I had been away from the California lifestyle that it had just seemed like a foreign memory to me now. Snowflakes fluttered down to the ground a few feet below, something about it seemed calming to me,

"You have not been yourself lately, are you okay?" Vision asked from behind me.

I shrugged, "There's a lot on my mind, I guess." I turned to the side to face him.

He was wearing a sweater vest and khakis, he always dressed nice for casual clothing, while I was over here in my messy bun and hobo sweatpants and an old T-shirt from high school... Maybe that's why Wanda liked him. He approached me, "Mind sharing?"

"Just a little." I took a sip of hot chocolate,

"That is fine, I was just thinking that I could help you if I knew what was going on."

I stood up, "Trust me." I half laughed, "There is nothing you can really do to stop my body from destroying itself." He didn't say anything, "I didn't think so." I headed to my room. As much as I liked Vision (despite me siding with Steve against creating him), I didn't feel like he needed to know my personal business. I sat at my computer desk and got on my laptop, deciding I should Skype Jennifer,

"Hey Jess!" She answered. It was nice to see her, I didn't see her much with the CIA having her all around the world, and SHIELD having me around the world as well.

We talked about random things for hours until she had to go, and I figured I would go to bed. I flipped off the desk lamp and jumped into my bed, burritoing myself in the comforter and falling asleep soon after.

"Jess! Stop!" Tony cried, but it wasn't me in control, it was someone, something else. The fire blasted from my hand at him, I wanted to stop but I couldn't. The city around me was burning, ash falling from the sky instead of snow. I felt horror, I had become my greatest fear, "Jessica?" I turned quickly, Pietro was standing there, "I know you're in there. Please Jess, this isn't you." It wasn't me. I tried to call out to him, to tell him to run, but instead I lifted up my hand and shot a fireball at him, "Jessie!" I heard a different voice call out from him, a familiar female voice, the voice of my sister Rosa.

I jolted awake with the feeling of being suffocated by my comforter. I kicked the blanket off to the side as someone knocked to the side, "Jess?" Pietro said.

I turned on the small table lamp next to the bed and walked over to the door, "Yeah?" I asked as I opened it,

"I heard you talking, are you okay?"

"No, but it was just a bad dream I guess..." I knew I wasn't going to go back to sleep after that, I never did after a bad dream, "Pietro?" I asked,

"Yeah?"

"I know this is going to sound really stupid, but can you like, stay here in my room with me? I'm scared, and I probably won't go back to sleep."

He gave me a small smile, "It's not stupid, I can stay with you."

"Thanks." I crawled back into bed, he layed down next to me. I

leaned my head on his chest as he turned out the light, and for the first time in a long time, I had the best night of sleep ever.