She's Got a Temper || Wanda Maximoff || Natasha Romanoff ||

Chapter 32

2023- Avenger's Compound (The day before Vormir)

I had been thinking about doing this for a while but I had to admit it wasn't my original idea; it was James'. In case anything happened to me tomorrow while I was on the 'Dominion of Death' planet I wanted to leave something behind for Wanda and Sam. Just so that they know the sacrifice I made was worth bringing back everyone we love.

So I set up the camera in front of me and turned it on. I took a deep breath because I hated this kind of stuff and I also hated recording myself but I needed to leave something. Just to prove this wasn't anyone's fault. It was my choice that I will never regret. Well almost never regret.

"Hi, hello, um. I don't really know how to start these things but James gave me the idea so I'm just gonna follow his lead."

"Uh first things first; I'm hoping I'm alive but if I'm not then this wasn't anyone's fault and there wasn't anything anyone could have done to save me. I remember Tony saying that Doctor Strange had told him that out of 14,000,000 situations we only win once. I don't think he told anyone else that except for Nebula but I need to go with my gut on this and I can't risk our one chance failing. So my death shouldn't be a catastrophe, it should be celebrated in a sense. Our world is saved." I said with a laugh and I looked away from the camera.

"Uh but that won't change how some of you feel about my death and I'm sorry. Unfortunately I don't know how I'm going to die and quite frankly I don't want to. It's selfish but I want more time, I want to grow old which is something I can do now, I want to live and help people still and I want to live my life by Wanda's side. But if the Universe has different plans for me I want you all to know that living and dying by all of your sides has been the biggest privilege of my life. So thank you."

"I want to shift focus a little to Wanda if you don't mind so, hi little witch. God I missed you so much, the last 5 years without you has been torrential to say the least. I lost myself for a long while until Nat and Sam pulled my head out of the sand but that took a long time. I'm sure everyone will tell you how hard I took your death because, I know you don't know this but you're my first love and I know you'll be my last." my voice broke a little as I continued.

"I know 186 years, almost 187 and I had only ever been in love with one person and that's you Wanda. I couldn't have picked a greater person to share that part of myself with; you are everything to me, the feelings I had with you could never be replaced and they weren't. I really hope I get to see you again but if I don't, I hope you know that my only regret in doing this is that I couldn't spend the rest of my life with you."

"I wish I could say I'll come back to you but I can't promise that this time. I know I'll always be by your side even if you can't see me but I hope you'll always feel me. I could never just leave you. You're my love." I swallowed the tears and looked back down.

"Anyway, I think this video has gone on for way too long, I might not even be dead so this would be a waste of time but if it isn't I'm gonna need you guys to hold it together, for me, people still need you out there, especially you Sam. So don't fall apart on me bird-brain, you're my brother and I know this is going to hurt but dying so that your loved ones can live. There's no choice, I'll always choose you and Wanda."

"I love you guys, every single one of you, someone make sure Bucky doesn't do anything stupid, same with Steve and Tony; I really hope you're listening to this, thank you for everything. Thank you for giving my life purpose again and thank you for showing up at my door that day Steve, I don't know who I would've been if you hadn't. I am forever grateful to you."

"In the end everything will be okay, I promise."

2023- Tony's Lakehouse

Sam turned off the video and stared at everyone around him. While simultaneously wiping his own tears everyone in the room was crying too. But no one looked as broken as Wanda did. The woman she loved gave her life so that everyone else could live and that didn't sit right with her, she not only looked sad she looked vengeful.

"It shouldn't have been her." Tony spoke up.

"No shit it shouldn't have been." Wanda answered his comment with a rage nobody had seen from her before.

"She has sacrificed more than anyone I've ever met and she had to be the one to do it again and again. Damn right it shouldn't have been her! It was always her!" Wanda yelled at no one in particular but the tears streaming down her cheeks gave away the fact that she was more heartbroken than angry.

"It was her choice. She went behind our backs and asked Bruce to enhance the gloves Shuri made her. It was her decision to carry that burden. She did it with pride and grace and I had never seen someone be so willing to save the world. She was a fucking hero." Steve swore and that surprised the group.

"No one knew what she was doing, not even Bruce, it was supposed to be a backup plan. Not the main plan." Tony added.

"It shouldn't have been her." Wanda whispered but this time she got up and stormed out of the room.

"Wanda, where are you going?!" Sam yelled out for her but she didn't stop walking.

"Something needs to be done."