Double Life

So Cold

"it's so quiet here
and i feel so cold
this house no longer
feels like home

oh, when you told me you'd leave
i felt like i couldn't breathe
my aching body fell to the floor
then i called you at home
you said that you weren't alone
i should've known better
now it hurts much more"

- ben cocks

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Iris woke up to Bucky, Wanda, and Bruce in her room. She wasn't in any kind of testing or lab room, just her normal bedroom, but she felt like shit. She looked around and Bucky's face lit up when he saw she was awake, "Guys, guys, she's awake."

Wanda looked up, she was across the room, organizing some books on Iris' shelf and starting smiling, then she came over. Bruce came over too, he was trying to figure out the science behind the Infinity Stones. Iris looked around again and put her hand on her head, "God... What the hell happened?"

"You don't remember?" Wanda asked.

"No. What did I do?"

Wanda looked at Bucky and then Bruce and Bruce sat by Iris' bed, "You don't remember anything?"

"No, all I remember is getting an Uber, being mad, the guy being an asshole, and then this. I also had a crazy dream while I was out. So basically there was this weird purple guy that looked like a huge grape-"

Wanda cut her off, "Iris. Not important right now. Wait, a giant grape man?"

Iris laughed, "Yeah. He was really stupid."

Bucky looked at the both of them like they were children, "You guys are getting off topic here."

"Yeah, right, sorry. Did I do something bad? Did I like, take out half of New York? That would be cool," Iris was amused but then realized no one else was, "Sorry, bad joke. How long have I been asleep?" Iris questioned.

"A week." Bucky answered.

"A week?! Damn." Iris could tell that no one else was in the mood for joking around right now, "Y'all are no fun. So what happened?"

Wanda looked at Bruce and he nodded, Wanda then looked back at Iris, "On the way to the party, you got in an Uber-"

"Yeah, I remember that part. I remember the guy was weird and I was texting you guys."

"Well, apparently he began to bother you more and more and he got off the route. I don't know what he was trying to do, maybe kidnap you or something, but you-" Wanda looked at Bruce and he nodded, she then took a deep breath and looked back at Iris, "You attacked him."

"What? How? I didn't even have a gun! What did I do, some sort of Black Widow shit?"

"No, you didn't use a gun or do any "Black Widow shit"." Bucky said and Iris looked at him, "You used your powers."

Iris looked extremely confused, "Wait, wait, wait, slow down. Powers? I have powers?! Why don't I remember it? That would've been so damn cool!"

"You don't remember it because you don't have control over them." Wanda said, "You got your powers from an Infinity Stone, one of the six most powerful things in the Universe. That takes a while to control, that's why it took control."

"What do you mean it took control?" Iris was getting a bit more serious now.

Wanda looked down for a second, "You- you didn't just attack him, Iris."