The Unknown Emotion ~ A WandaVision Fanfic

Chapter 17

Vision POV

~ Six Months Later ~

I am alone.

I've been alone before but it hadn't quite felt like this. I'd been alone on this extravagant property many times, for example when the team had travelled to Lagos without me. I can think of many examples of being alone, and yet I do not recall feeling lonely. This is quite possibly due to the fact that I had never felt lonely before in my short life. I assume this feeling stems from the fact that for the first time, I have no goal, nor anything to look forward to. Nobody is coming back here, as nobody considers this their home anymore.

Or perhaps this lonesome feeling is due to the fact that I have come to a cold realisation; I was created as a tool for humanity. I knew that of course, from the very beginning. But somehow, I've recently thought of this as a vague form of insult. When there is no mission to partake in, I am not regarded as a consciousness worthy of care, in the same way that nobody cares for the well-being of a refrigerator.

Of course I'm more versatile than a refrigerator, and unfortunately so versatile that the Secretary of State has refused to utilise me in any life-saving missions. He didn't know enough about me- I could be dangerous, he said. This utimately rendered me with the very important job of being restricted to this plot of land, lest I undermine their Sokovian Accords and be locked away in their ocean prison.

Sighing, I closed my eyes, and thought of the one person that could distract me from these restless emotions.

Wanda.

The feeling in the pit of my non-existent stomach lightened ever so slightly. One day, I will see her again, and that is what I will look forward to. She's alive and safe, somewhere in the world. Alas, a fugitive, but in the care of a man I trust very much; Captain Rogers.

A smile teased my lips as I imagined what she would say if she were here and heard my thoughts.

"I can take care of myself, you know" she'd say, her words dangerous and edged with a sharp Sokovian accent. She would appear menacing at first, but then she would tilt her head, and her lips would twist into a wicked smile.

What a woman.

The telephone rang obnoxiously, tearing my thoughts away to the present. I haven't spoken to a human being in weeks, and for a fraction of a second I had an absurd thought.. Do I remember how to speak?

"Hello, this is Vision. Who am I speaking to?"

"Hey... it's me"

I tried to keep my voice level as I recognised the caller. Mr. Stark had been the only person I had seen for months, as he'd make occasional visits to the property to work on his latest projects. Every time he was here, he would studiously avoid being in the same room as myself, and this debilitated me. However, I understood wholeheartedly. He created me, and I paralysed his best friend.

There was something else.. Something that happened all those months ago. He'd disappeared and come back a bruised bloodied mess with Captain America's famed shield in his possession. I could see something in his eyes. Something, or rather someone, had broken him.

Nevertheless, he'd come here to work dedicatedly on his project, the hardest I'd ever seen him work. That is of course, because his latest project is none other than Colonel Rhodes. 

"Ah. Mr. Stark. What can I do for you?"

"I'm checking up on you, I suppose"

My heart warmed a little. I was wrong in assuming that nobody cared for my well-being. And this indicates that I am one step closer in earning his forgiveness.

"I am fine Mr. Stark. And yourself? And how is Colonel Rho-"

"Yes fine, fine. Listen, a heads up.  I'm going away for a while. I won't be visiting you, and nor is anybody else that I know of. You're going to be alone for a while"

My heart sunk. "I'm deeply aware of that, Mr. Stark."

"Yeah. Sorry."

The receiver clicked, indicating the end of the phone call.

I admit I may have felt a sense of obligation that tied me here. I suppose I wanted Mr. Stark to feel as if he had somebody by his side. But now with his sudden departure to who knows where, it had become apparent that there was no longer anything left for me here.

I'm leaving to find Wanda Maximoff.

WandaVision has got me in my feels! When I was first writing this fanfic yeARS ago, I thought they'd just be written off as side characters. Never did I think there would ever be a tv show about these two.. that's so fREAKIN EXCITING. I gotta write more about these two, I gotta!