In Darkness, Be My Light

Infinity War - Part 2: Resolution

Wanda jerked awake as the Quinjet descended to the platform of the Avengers Compound. Her head was pounding from a headache that just erupted. She moaned softly as she sat up, moving away from her position on Vision's shoulder, placing a hand on her chest and wincing slightly from the soreness.

"Easy, Wanda," Vision breathed and held her firm with his arm around her. "Don't move too much."

She shifted so she sat in a comfortable position, head against the jet's seat. She glanced at Vision with a nervous expression while softly caressing her slightly bloated abdomen. And noticing her worry, he tried to ease her tension by distracting her, "You know, at this point during your pregnancy, our baby's heart has just started to beat." He smiled softly at her. "He or she will also start to develop a face."

She looked down at her stomach, a fond smile creeping across her face. "I didn't know that," she whispered. "Thank you for telling me." She admired that he kept track of their child's progress and how thoroughly invested he was in making sure she was keeping a healthy diet, a good amount of sleep time, and just fussing about her in general. It was cute. "You're a wonderful boyfriend, you know that?" she murmured and watched as he ducked his head slightly.

The two were interrupted by the shutter of the jet as it landed on the grounded platform. Wanda was helped by Romanoff as they walked off, while Vision was held up by Rogers and Wilson.

They continued down the hallways of the Compound to the medical bay where Wanda was treated, and to a separate section on the opposite side of the bay where Vision was being "stitched up" by Helen Cho who is an expert at his biology and form.

Wanda was informed that she will heal and was given treatment to soothe the burning in her esophagus. During her stay, she also gave the doctors the OK to do her first pregnancy examinations including testing her Rh factor, doing urine tests, and a Pap smear.

However, during the Pap smear, Vision asked if he was able to see Wanda since he was done with his procedure with Cho. Flustered, Wanda hesitated a bit but decided to let him sit by her during the testing.

She was on her back, feet in stirrups, as the doctor gathered cells to be tested. She blushed a slight bit from the situation but knew full well that she was better off with only Vision in the room instead of the entire team.

"Now, Miss Maximoff, I'm going to ask you a few questions - have you been experiencing breast tenderness, fatigue, nausea, and/or bloating?" the female doctor asked.

Wanda nodded. "All of them, yes."

The woman wrote small sentences on the papers on her clipboard. "Alright, and all of those symptoms are perfectly normal for the first trimester of pregnancy. I'm going to go ahead and suggest prenatal vitamins for you to take and give you a list of things you should and shouldn't eat. I am also going to recommend an exercise plan and weight gain expectations. Another question..." the doctor continued until she was satisfied with the answers and evaluation of her overall pregnancy at the time.

They scheduled another appointment in two weeks to do an ultrasound and confirm the heartbeat.

And when they were done, a worried-looking Steve approached them and asked that they follow them to the common room where none other than Bruce Banner himself was waiting.

They greeted even though it was a bit awkward between Banner and Maximoff due to the circumstances they last met in.

"...Thor's gone. Thanos has both the Power and Space Stones, and who knows what other Stone he has now. He won't stop until he gets...Vision's, uh, the Mind Stone," Bruce nervously and seriously explained.