3o.| THE AVENGERS AND YOU--

HER LAB BECAME NOTHING MORE THAN A MESS AS SHE SAT AT HER DESK WITH HER HEAD DOWN. Her fingers were running through her hair as she stared down at the paperwork on her desk and she inhaled deeply as she shook her head. There had to be something that she could've done. Anything to avoid the cataclysmic event that was going to end with most of the Avengers dead, all thanks to a vision that Nathaniel Hyde had. She wanted to be able to fix it. She wanted to be able to help all of the Avengers in any way that she could.

Though it didn't matter how hard she worked or what she did with the beautiful, brilliant mind that she had been given-there was no way to stop fate. There was no way for her to change the future that was already set in motion for herself and the rest of the Avengers. It didn't matter how badly she wanted to save the world and all of those that she wanted to keep alive. It didn't. She wasn't the strongest Avenger, she may have been one of the smartest, but she wasn't the strongest.

She wasn't able to lift Thor's hammer or throw around Steve's shield like it was no big deal. But she could do something to save them. She had to be able to do something to save them, she had to. That was why she was there. It was the purpose that she had with the Avengers. It was why she was there.

Jasmine shook her head as she stared down at the piles of papers, and when she lifted her chin, that was when she saw Vision. The android staring at her as he stood in the doorway and she couldn't help but feel her heart sink. She wanted to attempt to ignore everything that she had remembered about Vision. She wanted to forget about him dying. Jasmine wanted to forget about all of the Avengers and their imminent deaths. It wasn't what she wanted to think about.

Though as he stood there, Vision could tell that there was something wrong with the woman in front of him. He furrowed his brow as he stared at her and he stepped into the room, making his way over toward the woman at the desk. He stood beside her before he knelt beside her. The android stared at her for a moment, before he reached for her and took her hands in his own.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ "Jasmine? Darling?" Vision spoke as he stared at her, earning her attention. And even as she stared at him, she felt that he could tell there was something wrong. She knew that he was going to be able to tell when there was something wrong with her-it was only a matter of time. "What's going on?" Jasmine bit down on her lower lip as she stared at him, before she shook her head at him. Though, he didn't listen to her lie through her teeth. He gave her a look as he shook his head, "Jasmine, you don't have to lie to me . . . what's going on?"

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ She glanced down at their hands and she ran her thumb over the back of his hand, and she inhaled deeply, before meeting his eyes, "Nathaniel had a vision. A vision that something bad is going to happen to the rest of the Avengers and I have to find a way to stop it before it actually happens. There's no way for us to stop what's going to happen and I've been trying to figure out a way to stop it all and I want to protect all of the Avengers and you-"

That was when she realized that she let it slip.

She stared at Vision with her lips parted and she shook her head and Vision stared at her with a blank expression. The two of them stared at each other for a few seconds and Jasmine lowered her chin as she stared at their hands. She began to wonder if she was going to have to deal with watching Vision die. That was the last thing that she ever wanted to see in her life but as she stared at the man in front of her, she wanted nothing more than to hug him and tell him that nothing bad was going to happen to him. That he wasn't going to get hurt.

But he knew. He knew what was going to happen to him.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Vision stared down at their hands before he met her eyes again, "I'm going to die, aren't I?" He asked her and a moment passed before she acknowledged him with a nod. The android reached for her face and he caressed her cheek, making her meet his gaze. "Even if there is no way to stop what is going to happen, I need you to know that I love you-"

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ "Vision, I can-"

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ "Even if you can't," Vision cut her off, offering her a small smile as he stared at the woman in front of her. He shook his head before he nodded his head. "Everything will be alright. Nothing matters more to me than you being alright."

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ "I won't be alright if I don't have you," Jasmine replied, and the two of them stared at each other for a moment, before Vision pulled her into an embrace. Vision held onto her and at that moment, for a moment, Jasmine felt at ease. She felt calm through everything that was going on and what was going to happen. She didn't feel afraid of what was going to happen-which was surprising to her. But the longer that he held onto her, the more that she was afraid of losing him. "I'm going to do whatever it is that I can to protect you, Vision. No matter what it takes-I'm not losing you."

And for a while, she believed that she wouldn't── not until he arrived.