Helen Cho was working in her lab. She yawned, feeling tired and sleepy, it had been a rough day in the Avengers Facility working in some project Mr. Stark wanted. Tony always wanted things the best, and she has been in her lab, literally the whole day. However the project was amost finished, she just neede to check the details of this, it was just some updates of the Cradle. Once everything was ready, she reomoved her lab coat and prepared to leave to rest a little.
It seemed that her wishes wouldn't be true so quickly, 'cause she heard an unsure knock at the door.
"Come in" Dr. Cho said.
A very disturbed Wanda Maximoff entered shyly. Helen looked surprised by this, Wanda was always so confindent of herself, and now she just looked lost.
"Hello Dr. Cho" Wanda said avoiding her gaze.
"Please Wanda, call me Helen" Dr. Cho said with a smile. Wanda smiled a little too.
"Please sit" Helen said gesturing her to sit in one of the chairs. Wanda sat.
"I'm sorry for bothering you Helen, but I need some advice, well not me, but, well, I-" Wanda said trying to explain herself, she looked so nervous and confused, Helen grew worried.
"You are no bother Wanda, believe me, what kind of help do you need?" Helen asked softly.
Wanda sighed and then gave Helen a sad smile.
"I need to talk, I don't have anyone to talk" She said. Helen nodded, maybe she still felt left out of the Avengers, she hated them and now she was one of them. It was a big change.
"Of course, I still have time" Helen still felt sleepy, but seeing Wanda so distressed made her feel concerned.
"The other day we had a mission, and I saved a little baby, they looked so inocent and pure, and for an instant I forgot about the massive destruction that was surrounding us, I returned them to their father and mother, they looked so afraid, and I understand, but at the same time I don't. I've lost my parents, and my dear twin brother, but a child? What does that feel?" Wanda said, her voice little. Helen looked at her trying to find answers in her features, but nothing, she still felt puzzled by the witch's sudden change.
"Well, Wanda, I do not know that either, but losing a child it's probably the worst thing that could happen' to a parent" Helen tried to comfort her. Wanda looked at her and nodded, her expression blank, she was playing with her fingers, and tapping her foot repeatedly. Helen noticed that there was still something the witch wanted to tell her.
"I made contact with an old friend in Sokovia, she is pregnant" Wanda said dryly, looking at Helen. Dr. Cho was starting to understand this, but not completely. She gave Wanda a reassuring smile for her to continue.
"I met her when we were just children, she is now pregnant, and she doesn't know how it happened" Wanda continued her story looking at Helen tiredly.
"Well, she must know how it happened" Helen said as a matter-o-fact. Wanda chuckled darkly.
"Well, she used protection an all, it was just unexpected, she-she is terrified, she doesn't know what to do specially, how is she going to tell her friends? and the father of her child? She is lost, she needs help-" Wanda's eyes were glassy, and her voice shaky. Suddenly all of this hit Helen, and now she understood everything.
"Wanda" She said placing her hand on her shoulder. Wanda stopped talking and looked at Helen with slightly wide eyes.
"There is no friend, right?" Helen asked softly looking straight into her eyes. Wanda sobbed, then broke into an uncontrollable crying, she lowered her head to her knees, hiding it behind her hands. She sobbed disconsolately, and Helen's heart ached at the sight before her. Maybe one of the strongest woman she has ever known was now crying and looking vulnerable next to her.
"I just- I can't understand how it happened, it can't be true" Wanda sobbed, her cheeks wet with hot tears.
"Wanda, these things happen'" Helen tried to comfort her. The truth is they've never been friends friends, sure they didn't dislike each other, but they just have talked a few times, and now the witch was suddenly telling her this big secret.
"No! It isn't possible, it isn't, how am I going to tell the team? or the father..." Wanda looked, and sounded terrified, her eyes looked like they were going to fall from their sockets at the mention of the father.
"Wanda, please, I know this must be hard, but please calm down and explain this to me" Helen said placing both of her hands on her shoulders tightly, Wanda looked at her, her eyes crimson and she looked like her powers would burst out and destroy everything.
Wanda was speechless, so Dr. Cho decided to ask questions. "just nod for yes, and shook you head for no, oh right?" Helen asked. Wanda nodded unsure.
"Have you had sexual intercourse recently?" Helen asked and inmmediately wanted to punch herself by the stupid question, of course she had.
Wanda nodded ashamed. "When did you find this out?" the doctor asked again.
"5 days ago..." Wanda managed to say out loud.
"I don't want to ask inapropiate questions, but it was just a 'one night' kind of thing, or is he your boyfriend?" Helen asked feeling uncomfortable, she didn't want to make Wanda feel worse.
"H-H-He, is kind of my boyfriend, yes" Wanda said breathless, and started crying again. Helen rubbed her hands down her arms trying to comfort her.
"Well, you need to tell him, unless..." Helen said thoughtfully at the end. Wanda looked at her puzzled.
"Unless, what?" She asked confused. Helen sighed. "Unless, you don't want to have this baby" She said looking at her seriously.
Wanda's eyes widened again. She didn't think about the posibility of not having this kid, but the more she thought about it, it felt worse. She felt confused, but she didn't want to get rid of the baby, it felt wrong, it was part of her, and of him...
"I want to have, I want to have it, but I'm terrified" Wanda said now more calm.
"Then you must tell your boyfriend" Helen added.
"It isn't possible, he-he can't have babies" Wanda said shaking her head furiously.
"Is he infertile?" Helen asked intrigued.
"He doesn't produce semen, we can have sex, but he can't- this is not possible, because there hasn't been anyone else, and the team is going to be so thrilled for us-" Wanda said but then covered her mouth with her hand. Helen was so confused, this was just madness, Wanda's boyfriend couldn't have kids, but she was pregnant, but the last part caught her of guard.
Thrilled for us. Us.
"Us, Wanda? You and...?" Helen asked nervously. She was feeling anxious.
Wanda lowered her gaze ashamed.
"Is he one of the teammates, but how..." Helen started to think and when she got all the information, her mind was blown.
"Vision..." She said impressed.
Wanda started crying again, and her energy was starting to grow, ready to destroy everything in the lab.
"Wanda please, calm down, I will help you, but please, I need you to calm down" Helen said kneeling before Wanda who was sobbing uncontrollably.
"Wanda, this is a normal reaction, like you said is not possible, I know that because I helped when Vision was created, but somehow I will help you in this, and see the best way to tell him and the team, but I need you to calm down, this is not good for the baby" With this Wanda started to relax, Helen sighed relieved.
"I- Thank you Helen" Wanda said rubbing her tears away. Helen gave her a sweet smile.
"Of course Wanda, now, you need to rest, you need to sleep, tomorrow I will help you, I'm not an obstetrician, but I can help you, we will try to prepare everything before dropping the bomb to the team, and, well, you will need to talk to Vision first" Helen said, she still was confused about Vision being the father, it was just odd, and of course surprising.
"I will, thank you again Helen" Wanda said hugging the doctor. Wanda wasn't so affectionate after her twin brother's death, but she knew she meant it, the hormones, were affecting her already. With that she left the lab.
Helen wasn't sleepy anymore, she was trying now to procesate all the information that Wanda had just told her, she knew that sleeping, was off the table now.
She needed to help Wanda, She wanted to help her.
The Vision-Maximoff child, well, that sounded... odd.