In My Head

Chapter 1 - In My Dreams

Walking into the meeting room I look around to see that we were being joined by Wanda, Steve, Vision, Tony, Thor, and Doctor Hank Pym. This was definitely a strange group of people for a mission briefing. After greeting everyone I sit down beside Bucky. He offers me a smile as he wraps his arm around the back of my chair. Steve starts, but for some reason I can't focus.

The words Jaskier said were filling my head causing me to doodle on the tablet in my grasp. Geralt saw someone in his dreams as well... Who did he see? I pushed away the hope that it might be me. After all these years I really needed to find a way to relieve myself of these dreams. I needed to move on.

"(Name)?" I hear Steve call my name and my eyes shoot to him.

"I'm sorry, I wasn't really paying attention." I confess going to set the tablet down on the table only to have Steve grab it and look at the screen.

"Who's this?" Steve asks his eyes studying your drawing.

"No one," I reply.

"That's him." Bucky adds causing me to turn and glare at him. "That's the man she sees in her dreams."

"You told him?!" I accuse making Bucky roll his eyes. "Of course, you did, I forgot you two are connected at the cock." I hear a snort from the other side of the room and turn to see Tony covering his mouth as he tries not to laugh.

"(Name), he's one of he reasons we are having this meeting." Steve announces making my eyes widen slightly at him. I glance back at Bucky to see him glaring at me. "Tony, Hank, and Wanda; think there is something about the connection between the two of you. They want to do a few tests to see if we can't possibly find out what is really going on here."

"You want to run tests on me? I'm not all that excited about that, but okay. That explains why the those three are here, but what about Thor?" I ask looking to where he sat in the corner silently swigging from his beer. He stopped mid swig when he heard his name.

"We have reason to believe that this place in your mind is real." Hank interjects pulling the attention towards him.

"Really? Why do you think that?" I ask leaning forward against the side of the table.

"We found some old Hydra documents," Steve starts.

"And?" I ask getting annoyed they wouldn't just beat around the bush.

"They were filled with information on this place in your head." Bucky adds from behind me causing my heart to race.

"So, you mean to tell me that I'm not crazy? That place... is real?" I inquire hope and anger filling my chest. Faint memories of being sent to an asylum forcing their way into my mind. I shove them away as a folder is set down in front of me. I look at everyone before I reach out and taking the folder flip it open. I glance down and as I read, I notice that a lot of the information they had was for making Witchers.

"Does the information there mean anything to you?" Steve asks and my brow furrows.

"They wanted to make Witchers, which is practically impossible, especially here. How did they even know about them?" I ask as I look through the folder trying to find the answer.

"What's a Witcher?" Wanda asks leaning forward on the table.

"A Witcher, is someone who has undergone extensive training, ruthless mental and physical conditioning, and mysterious rituals; in preparation for becoming an itinerant monster slayer for hire. They used to take orphan boys and train them. Almost all of them died."

"Damn," Wanda replies her eyes glancing up at Steve's.

"Almost... how many survived?" Steve asks and I shake my head.