Once they got off the Benatar, Jessica recognized everyone waiting for them outside. They had landed in the gardens surrounding the Avengers' headquarters and right in front of them were the same Avengers. Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanoff, James Rhodey and Bruce Banner. The girl knew exactly who they were, she had seen them on the TV every time they had saved the world, or almost destroyed it. Captain America was the first to run to help Tony get down the ship. 

"Tony!" Pepper Potts approached him and greeted him with an embrace. Jessica could see how they were truly happy to see him, whereas she was being forgotten on the background, almost hiding in the darkness of the empty spaceship. It wasn't until Dr. Banner realized she was there as well that she felt welcomed.

"Hi, Jessica. Nice to see that you're back." He walked towards her and helped her get down of the Benatar. "A-and alive."

Jessica gave him a weak smile as a response, not really knowing what to reply. The last time she saw Bruce was in Central Park, when they were being attacked by Thanos' big minions. As she watched everyone talking to Stark, she started seeing blurry and feeling how her head became lighter and lighter.

"Jessica?" It wasn't until Tony looked at her that he realized something was wrong with her. She looked sickly pale and drops of sweat were forming on her forehead. He attempted to run to her when he saw her falling backwards but he didn't make it on time, witnessing how she passed out on the grass.

...

When Jessica woke up she was bewildered. It took her a solid minute to realize she was lying in her bed, in her room on the headquarters. For one second, she thought she had dreamt it all and nothing had actually happened. She imagined herself getting up from her bed and just live a normal day but then she saw an intravenous line attached to her arm and a machine tracking her heart beat next to the bed. A few tears escaped her eyes, as she wished none of it had been real.

She unplugged the line and got out of bed, ready to start looking around the compound for Tony, or someone, anyone, at least.

She eventually found everybody in the kitchen, including Tony, who was seated in a wheelchair and also connected to a line. Her entrance made everyone turn to look at her.

"He wiped up fifty percent of all living creatures..." Natasha stopped talking mid-sentence since she noticed the attention wasn't on her anymore.

But while everyone was focusing on her, she could only focus on the holograms of the dusted people. More exactly, she could only focus on the hologram of Peter. A few tears started forming in her eyes and she didn't look away until Tony called her out.

"Jess," He looked up, concerned. "you shouldn't be up, go rest."

"I'm not going anywhere until you tell me what's happened." Her voice was weak but her tone was firm. "Why was I connected to a line? And why is there a raccoon?" She pointed at the raccoon fully dressed and sitting in the corner.

"You passed out." Dr. Banner ignored the later question and gave priority to her health status. "So I ran some tests to see what was wrong. You have a great iron deficiency, as well as an irregular heartbeat. The power stone really messed up your cardiac system, and almost starving to death whilst lost in space didn't help much."

After hearing that, Jessica felt how her legs couldn't handle her weight anymore. She placed her hand on the wall for support, while processing everything. Rhodey stepped forward to get her in case she fell, but she put her hand up, as a sign that indicated it was all right.

"You'll get better." Tony told her calmly. "Please, go rest now."

"I don't think I'll ever rest again."

Tony sighed, knowing exactly what she meant. She was going through the same feeling he had ever since the attack in New York. She was feeling this huge weight on her shoulders like everything was her fault and that resting should not be her main priority. Tony approached her, still in his wheelchair, and stood up to hug her, trying to comfort her and also give her support. She felt like she had failed everyone who believed in her. Like she had failed Peter, who deserved much better than to end up snapped away. She just felt like she could've done much more.

Everyone in the room felt the same way. When they heard Jessica's words, they all sympathized. Tony held her close, afraid that she was going to dust as well. Jessica could now feel how much weight Tony had lost. She now realized how lucky she was to be alive after barely eating nothing for 23 days.

"You will." Natasha said. "We all will."

But still, nobody moved. Jessica didn't leave to rest, instead, Rhodey got her a wheelchair like Tony's as well as some food. She ate regardless of her lack of appetite. It was then when Steve decided to talk to them about a delicate subject.

"Guys, we've been hunting Thanos for three weeks now. Deep space scans and satellites and we've got nothing." He explained. "You both fought him."

"Who told you that?" Tony asked, almost offended. "We didn't fight him. He sucked the life out of her and wiped my face with a planet while a Bleecker Street magician gave away the stone. That's what happened. There was no fight..."

Cap ignored Tony's bitter response and looked at Jessica. "Did he give you any clues? Any coordinates? Anything?"

"I saw this coming a few years back. I had a vision, I didn't want to believe it. Thought I was dreaming..." Tony kept on talking, almost to himself.

Jessica made an effort, but the truth was that she had nothing. "I-I don't know, I don't remember anything. I woke up and he had impaled Tony and then he disappeared and then everything happened so quickly..." The memories were coming back and she started to feel overwhelmed. Her voice broke as more tears streamed down her face.

Natasha rubbed her back, comforting her. "Shh... It's okay."

"Jessica, I'm gonna need you to focus."

"I-I..."

"Stop that. She doesn't want to talk about it, can't you see that?" Tony, literally, stood up for Jessica. "You say you need this? I needed you, as in past tense. What you need, it's too late, buddy. I'm sorry." He took off his line. "You know what I need, I need to shave." It sounded like he was going to let it go, but then he turned to Cap again and pointed at him. "What we needed was a suited armor around the world, remember that? Whether it impacted our precious freedoms or not. That's what we needed."

"Well that didn't work out, did it?"

"I said we'd lose, you said we'd do that together too. But guess what, Cap? We lost. And you weren't there." Everyone could feel the rage in his voice. "That's what we do, right? Our best work, after the fact. We're the Avengers, not the Prevengers."

This time, Jessica stood up and tried to get Tony to sit down again by grabbing him by the arm. She was starting to get worried for him. "Tony, please, calm down."

"Okay, Tony you made your point. Sit down." Rhodey helped her.

But Tony did not listen to them. "You. We need you. You're new blood. We're a bunch of tired old mills. I have nothing for you, Cap. I got no coordinates, no clues, no strategies, no options. Zero. Zip. Nada. No trust. Liar." Unexpectedly, he took off his arc reactor, the housing unit for nanoparticles, and handed it to Cap. "Here, take this. You find him, you put that on, you hide."

As soon as he stopped talking, Tony fell back, making Jessica fall as well since she was grabbing onto his arm and she wasn't strong enough to resist his weight.

"Tony!"

"I'm fine." He said, trying to get up. "Let me..."

But he passed out. Rhodey immediately got down to examine him as Steve picked Jessica up and put her in Tony's wheelchair. She had worriedly watch how they took an unconscious Tony to an isolated room.  Despite being really concerned, she made an effort to remain calm so that she wouldn't end like him.

An hour later, Bruce had given Tony some sedatives and was now resting in bed, with both Pepper and Jessica by his side. Bruce left them alone as he went to communicate to the other members of the Avengers what his state was.

Jessica'd had one thought bugging her for some time. "You're not staying here for much longer, are you?" She asked Pepper.

"I don't think Tony will want to stay here, no..." She said as she held her fiancé's hand.

"Do you know what- where..." Jessica didn't know how to formulate her question. The Avengers headquarters had been her home before everything happened, but if Tony wasn't going to stay there, she would be left with nothing again. And he had promised her that he wouldn't leave her.

Pepper looked at her concerned when she saw Jessica's eyes were watering up. "Hey... What's wrong?"

"Tony said... When we where in space, he said he would be there for me because I have no one left."

Pepper looked at her incredulously. "Who's said he's not going to be here for you?" She asked, really catching Jessica's attention. "Don't worry. Wherever we're going, you're coming with us."