Location: HYDRA Research Base, Sokovia, Eastern Europe
Abby was amazed at how many HYDRA bases there were. As well as taking down bases in America, they had also been around the world to countries like Peru, Austria, Portugal and Greece. Every time the HYDRA agents had tried to defend themselves but every time the Junior Avengers and the Avengers had defeated them.
They were currently in Sokovia in Eastern Europe, raiding a HYDRA base led by Baron von Strucker. They were there for two main reasons - the first was that it was HYDRA and the second was that Strucker had Loki's sceptre. As soon as they had heard that HYDRA had the sceptre, the Junior Avengers and the Avengers had headed to Sokovia. Given what had happened last time with the sceptre, they were determined to get it as far away from HYDRA as possible so that Thor could take it back up to Asgard.
Tony and Andy were flying around in their Iron Man suits, blasting the HYDRA agents. Steve, Ben and Chris were on motorcycles, the former two blocking gunfire with their shields. Bruce and Nathan were both Hulked out and were smashing the HYDRA agents and their vehicles. Thor and Erik were using Mjolnir to create thunder and lightning and to destroy the HYDRA blockades. The Bartons had stolen a couple of HYDRA jeeps and were firing bullets and arrows. Abby was also using her telekinesis to block HYDRA's bullets and her psychic powers acting as an early warning system.
It was chaotic, but they were used to that.
Eventually, they came to a point in the snow-covered road next to a bunker. The jeeps pulled over and the Bartons jumped out of them whilst Tony, Andy, Thor and Erik flew towards the bunker, the two Hulks jumped and Steve, Ben and Chris drove their motorcycles towards it.
Then they split up. Despite being in different parts of the forest, the two teams fought together. Abby used her telekinesis to knock HYDRA agents unconscious and block their bullets and energy blasts. Andy flew towards Strucker's base and hit a force field.
"Shit!"
"Language!" Steve said. "JARVIS, what's the view from upstairs?"
"The central building is being protected by some sort of energy field." The A.I. replied. "Strucker's technology is well beyond any HYDRA base we've taken."
"Loki's sceptre must be here." said Thor. "Strucker couldn't mount his defence without it."
Natasha and Bobbi took out a group of HYDRA agents.
"I think we lost the element of surprise." said Bobbi.
"Yeah, no kidding." Barney replied.
"Wait a minute." said Andy. "Are we just going to ignore the fact that Uncle Steve just said 'language'?"
"Yeah, Dad." said Ben. "This is 2015, not 1945. People swear all the time. You should know that by now."
"I know." said Steve. He forward-flipped off his motorcycle and threw it towards a jeep full of HYDRA agents, destroying it. "It just slipped out."
Tony and Andy flew around the base, trying to find a weak spot in the force field.
"Sir, the city is taking fire." JARVIS informed Tony.
"Well, we know that Strucker isn't going to worry about civilian casualties." said Tony. "Send in the Iron Legion."
JARVIS activated the Iron Legion, Tony's group of remote-controlled Iron Man armours, and sent them to protect the people of Sokovia.
"This quadrant is unsafe. Please back away. We are here to help." Tony and Andy heard an Iron Legion robot saying. "This quadrant is unsafe. Please back away. We are here to help."
Peter ran through the forest, dodging the fire from the HYDRA weapons, and took cover behind a tree. He pulled an arrow out of his quiver and waited for the gunfire to stop. Then he loaded his bow and looked round the side of the tree, taking aim. He fired the arrow at the HYDRA bunker, but it was blocked by a strange blue blur that sped past. He quickly ducked back behind the tree.
What the...? he thought. What was that?
What was what? Abby's voice asked. Sometimes he hated the fact that his sister was psychic.
Oh, it's probably nothing. he replied.
Pete, we're attacking a HYDRA base. It's probably not 'nothing'. What was it?
Some kind of blue blur. he replied. He 'sent' her what he had seen. Any idea?
Some sort of...super fast defence system? she suggested. I don't know. I'll think about it. How you doing?
I'm doing good. You?
Also doing good. she replied. Peter glanced back out at the bunker.
I think I've got another clear shot. he said. Talk to you later.
Ok!
Peter pulled another arrow out of his quiver, loaded his bow and stepped out, aiming at the bunker. He was knocked to the ground by the same blur from earlier. He gasped and slowly propped himself up on his elbow, looking at the man who was now walking around him. He had platinum blonde hair with some dark areas and was dressed in a black tracksuit.
"You didn't see that coming?" the man asked, his Eastern European accent being very clear. Then he literally sped off.
Abby? I think I've found the source of that blur.
Peter quickly stood up and loaded his bow again and took aim, but the man was too far away for him to get a target. He didn't notice the gun from the bunker until he was hit in the side by an energy blast. He groaned and fell to the ground.
Abby felt a punch in her side and an invisible liquid-type substance flow through her fingers.
"Peter." she said. She turned and ran in the direction of her brother. "PETER!"
"Guys, we've got enhanced in the field." Ben's voice said over the comm-link. He and Steve had just been hit by the same man who knocked down Peter.
"Abby..."
Her ears rather than her powers heard him. She looked round and saw him lying in the snow, his side bleeding. The same side that she had felt get hit. She ran over.
"Peter!" she exclaimed, kneeling down next to him and forming a telekinetic force field around themselves to protect them from the gunfire. "Oh God!" She put her gloved hands on his wound and blood seeped out. "Hang on. Keep pressure on it."
Abby reached for the syringe that she always carried around with her in case her brother's haemophilia ever flared up. She couldn't grab it easily because of the blood on her hands, so she telekinetically grabbed it and dropped it into her hand. She pushed his sleeve up and injected the medicine into him, then put the sleeve back down and the syringe back.
The gunfire brought her attention back to the bunker and she fired a blast of telekinetic energy at it. However, that wasn't enough to destroy it.
"Nathan!" she said into her earpiece. "Can you deal with that bunker?" A few seconds later, Nathan-Hulk was running towards the bunker and smashing it. "Thanks." She turned back to her brother. "Are you ok?" she asked. "What happened?"
"Got hit..." he said, looking pale. "Energy blast..."
"How much damage?"
"What do you think, Abs?" he asked. "I'm bleeding."
"You're gonna be ok." Abby pressed her earpiece. "Lettie!"
"Abby, what's wrong?" her sister asked.
"Pete's been hit." Scarlett swore in Russian.
"Did you give him the injection?"
"Did I... Of course I did, Lettie! That was the first thing I did!"
"How bad is it?"
"Bullet wound."
"How did it penetrate his suit?" asked Scarlett. "It's supposed to be bulletproof!"
"I don't know." Abby said. "But he's bleeding out."
"Ok. I'll let Mom and Dad know what's happened." said Scarlett. Abby understood that to mean that she'd let the other members of their family know as well.
"Mom!" Scarlett ran over to her parents, uncle, aunt and cousins. "Dad!"
"What's wrong?" Clint and Natasha asked.
"Peter's been hit. Abby's with him." Scarlett replied.
"How bad?" asked Bobbi.
"Energy blast wound. He's bleeding out."
"I'll go keep an eye on them, since I'm the only one in this family with a decent amount of medical knowledge." said Bobbi. "You lot deal with HYDRA."
"Yes, ma'am." Barney and Clint said, smirking. Bobbi rolled her eyes resisted the urge to hit them both on the back of the head. Natasha hit them instead.
Bobbi ran off to where her nephew and niece were and found them sitting up against a tree.
"Abby!" she said. "Peter!" They both looked up.
"Aunt Bobbi!" they replied. She crouched down in front of them.
"Let me see your wound." she said. Peter removed the hand that he was holding over it and showed her the damage. "Shit. We'll need something to use as a bandage." She looked round and ran over to a dead HYDRA agent, ripped a piece of cloth from his uniform and ran back, then tied the cloth tightly around Peter's stomach.
There was more gunfire from HYDRA agents that were closing in on them. A bunch of agents got hit by arrows. Bobbi, Abby and Peter saw that Clint, Barney, Natasha, Scarlett, Chloe and Izzy had joined the fight.
"We'll cover you." said Barney. Bobbi nodded.
"Abby, go and help." she said. "It'll distract you."
"But..." Abby started.
"Go." her aunt told her firmly. "We'll be fine."
"Ok." Abby said, and got up and went over to the rest of her family.
"Thanks." said Peter.
"We both know that having Abby being overprotective right now isn't going to help." Bobbi said.
"I heard that!" Abby called over to them.
"Неважно!" (Whatever!) he replied, in Russian.
Bobbi treated Peter's wound whilst the rest of their family kept HYDRA occupied. Abby created a telekinetic force field around her family members to keep any bullets from hitting them.
"Ok, you're good." said Bobbi. "Can you carry on fighting?"
"Sure." said Peter.
She helped him stand up and handed him his bow and quiver. He pulled an explosive arrow out, loaded it and fired it at a HYDRA jeep that was nearby. It exploded.
"Thanks, Pete." Abby said.
"You're welcome, Abs." he said.
"Are you sure you can still fight?" asked Clint.
"I'm fine, Dad." Peter assured him.
Steve, Ben and Chris were busy fighting HYDRA agents.
"This reminds me of when I fought HYDRA back in the war." said Steve.
"Really?" asked Ben, interested.
"Yes." said Steve. He told them about the time when he and the Howling Commandos had gone to rescue the 107th Infantry, Bucky's unit, from the Red Skull's HYDRA base in Austria. During this story, they were still fighting off HYDRA agents.
"Andy! Uncle Tony!" Ben said. "We really need to get inside!"
"We're closing in." said Andy.
The two Starks flew towards Strucker's base. The HYDRA agents there fired bolts of energy at them. Andy landed and fought them whilst Tony stayed in the air to cover him.
"JARVIS, do you see a power source for the energy field?" asked Andy.
"There's a source in the far tower." JARVIS replied.
"Great." said Tony. "I think we know what to look for." They both flew up towards the main building and fired shots at the weak points that JARVIS had spotted and the force field deactivated. "Drawbridge is down, guys!"
Thor and Erik landed next to Steve, Ben and Chris.
"They're retreating." said Erik. "This doesn't look good."
They noticed that there were HYDRA tanks coming towards them.
"Looks like they're lining up." said Erik.
"Exciting!" exclaimed Ben.
Erik smashed his hammer down onto Ben's shield and caused a shockwave which took out the tanks and soldiers. They saw some more tanks driving towards where the others were.
"Bartons." said Steve. "You've got some tanks coming your way."
"I'm sorry." said Abby. "Did somebody just say a tank?"
"Random Fast and Furious reference is random." said Chris.
"Sorry, couldn't help it." she replied. He could hear her smirking. "We're on it."
"And for gosh sake." Tony said. "Watch your language!" Ben, Chris and Erik grinned. Steve sighed.
"You're not gonna let that drop, are you?" he asked.
"Nope." said Andy.
Tony and Andy flew through the windows of Strucker's base and came across a group of HYDRA agents, who all started yelling and firing their guns.
Don't they realise that bullets aren't going to work against metal suits? thought Andy.
"Guys, stop, we gotta talk this through." said Tony.
The two of them released their shoulder-missiles and killed every HYDRA agent in the room.
"Good talk." said Andy.
"No, it wasn't." a HYDRA agent said weakly, lying on the floor.
They walked into the main control room where they saw a man - who JARVIS identified as Dr. List - sitting at a computer. Tony blasted him, then he and Andy both stepped out of their suits.
"Sentry mode." said Tony. The suits closed back up and stood guard. He and Andy went over to the computers. "Ok, JARVIS." said Tony, putting his phone next to the computer that List was at. "I want it all, every bit of HYDRA intel. Make sure you copy it all to HQ."
"HYDRA are surrendering." Natasha said. "We're locked down out here."
"Good." said Steve. "Someone get Bruce back."
"I'm on it." said Nathan.
"Wait, how come you're back to normal but Uncle Bruce isn't?" asked Andy.
"I have no idea."
"Copy that." said Tony.
"Hey, J?" asked Andy. "Give us a scan of the room?" JARVIS did so.
"The wall to your left, Master Andy." he said. Andy went over. "I'm reading steel reinforcement and an air current."
"Please be a secret door, please be a secret door, please be a secret door..." whispered Andy, pushing against the wall. It opened. "Yay!"
Andy and Tony went into the secret passage and down a long, dark, candle-lit corridor.
"This is just like an Indiana Jones movie!" Andy exclaimed. He then started humming the iconic theme music. Tony rolled his eyes and resisted the urge to join in.
Meanwhile, Steve and Ben had both gone to find Strucker. They found him trying to escape. He stopped when he saw them.
"Baron Strucker." said Steve. "HYDRA's number one thug."
"I work for S.H.I.E.L.D." said Strucker.
"Well, technically you're unemployed." said Ben.
"Where's Loki's sceptre?" asked Steve.
"Don't worry, it is safe." said Strucker. "If I cooperated..."
"You're under arrest for illegal human experimentation." Steve interrupted. He didn't notice the woman coming up quietly behind him. However, Strucker did. "How many are there?"
He was thrown down the staircase behind them by a blast of telekinetic energy, whilst Ben was frozen to the spot. Steve got back up and ran towards the woman, but she had backed out of a doorway which she closed with her telekinesis, at which point Ben unfroze.
"We have a second enhanced." said Steve. "Female. Do not engage."
"Abby, we've got another telekinetic here." Ben said on the earpiece.
"Really?" Abby asked. "Cool!"
"Abby, she just attacked Dad. And escaped."
"Well, if she's a result of Strucker's experimentation, then you can't blame her. She was just defending herself. Was Uncle Steve hurt badly?"
"Thrown down a flight of stone stairs."
"Ouch! Well, the serum will take care of his injuries. I'll keep a psychic radar out for the telekinetic and the speedster you encountered earlier."
Steve and Ben looked at Strucker, who smiled.
"You'll have to be faster." he said. Ben kicked his shield back up and hit Strucker with it. Strucker fell down unconscious.
Meanwhile, Tony and Andy had found Strucker's lab.
"Guys, we got Strucker." Steve said.
"Yeah, got it." said Tony. "We found Strucker's lab and..." He looked up. "...something bigger." They saw one of the Chitauri's Leviathans dangling from the ceiling like an exhibition in a museum.
"Uncle Thor?" Andy asked. "Would there be any possible reason why HYDRA would have a freaking Leviathan here?"
"None that I can think of." Thor replied.
As the Starks walked through the lab, they came across robots and various mechanical equipment. Then Tony saw Loki's sceptre and walked towards it.
"Thor, I got eyes on the prize." he said.
Neither he or Andy noticed the enhanced female creeping up behind them. She quietly moved to Tony's opposite side and put her hands either side of his head. Andy tried to move to help his father, but he was stuck to the spot. He watched as a red mist-like energy in the form of neurons floated into Tony's head. Then the woman quickly slipped away, at the same time releasing the hold on Andy. Andy looked in the direction that she had disappeared but couldn't see her. Then he looked back at his father.
"Dad?" he asked. Tony didn't answer.
Tony
Tony looked up and round to where the Leviathan was hanging above them. He jumped as the robot suddenly came alive and flew slowly away. Tony turned and watched it. As it did, the environment changed. The lab was gone. In its place was an alien world with dead bodies. Tony froze as he realised who the dead bodies were.
Bruce. Natasha. Clint. Barney. Bobbi. Thor. Steve.
Nathan. Scarlett. Abby. Peter. Chloe. Izzy. Erik. Ben. Chris. Andy.
He crouched down over Steve and felt his pulse. Steve's hand suddenly clamped onto Tony's wrist.
"You...could...have...saved...us." Steve gasped. The pulse went away. Tony brought his hand away and stared at Steve's body. "Why...didn't you...do...more?" Steve's voice echoed.
Tony suddenly looked up and saw Leviathans flying through a wormhole that was identical to the one from the Battle of New York.
Then Tony snapped out of it.
Outside, Abby gasped and stumbled back as her psychic powers picked up Tony's vision.
"Abby?" Clint asked in concern, recognising the signs.
"Uncle Tony..." she said.
"Guys?" Andy's voice came over the earpiece. "Dad's acting weird."
"Define weird." said Bobbi.
"He's not responding to me. And he's got that glazed over stare that Abby has when she's hallucinating."
"That's because he is hallucinating!" Abby replied. "I'm seeing what he's seeing."
"What's he seeing?" asked Natasha. Abby stared into the distance.
"Death." she said. "Space. Leviathans. The wormhole." She gasped again as Tony's vision stopped. "Andy, get the sceptre and get out of there! Now!"
Twins.
The word suddenly came into her mind.
"What?" she asked herself quietly.
Her mind showed her an image of a blonde man surrounded by a blue blur and a brunette woman surrounded by a red misty energy.
Andy watched his father turn and look at the Leviathan above them, then turn and look in the direction of Loki's sceptre.
"Dad?" he asked. Again, Tony didn't answer. Andy was worried to see a look of fear come onto his father's face.
"Guys?" he said into the earpiece. "Dad's acting weird."
"Define weird." said Bobbi.
"He's not responding to me. And he's got that glazed over stare that Abby has when she's hallucinating."
"That's because he is hallucinating!" Abby replied. "I'm seeing what he's seeing."
"What's he seeing?" Natasha asked. Andy guessed that it wasn't good. This was confirmed when Abby spoke.
"Death. Space. Leviathans. The wormhole." He heard her gasp at the exact same time that Tony snapped out it. "Andy, get the sceptre and get out of there! Now!"
Tony's breathing was heavy but gradually went back to normal. He looked around and up at the Leviathan, checking that it was still immobile.
"Dad?" Andy asked. Tony turned to him, still remembering the vision.
"Andy..." he said. He pulled his son into a hug and ruffled his hair. "You're ok...you're ok..."
"Yeah, I'm ok." said Andy. He gently pulled out of the hug. "Listen, Dad, we need to get the sceptre and get out of here, alright?"
"Right." said Tony, focusing back on the mission. "Of course." He moved towards the sceptre and held out his hand. The glove of his Iron Man suit flew to him and he picked the sceptre up.
Neither of them noticed the two people quietly watching them from the shadows.
Wanda silently watched the father and son throughout the vision. She hadn't counted on Andy being there, but she didn't use her powers on him; instead, she had kept him frozen whilst she had affected Stark's mind.
"Dad?" she heard Andy ask in concern. Stark, too focused on the vision, didn't answer him. Then Andy spoke into his earpiece. "Guys. Dad's acting weird."
"Define weird." Wanda heard a woman's voice say.
"He's not responding to me. And he's got that glazed over stare that Abby has when she's hallucinating."
There is someone like me? Wanda thought to herself.
"That's because he is hallucinating!" she heard a girl's voice - presumably 'Abby' - say. "I'm seeing what he's seeing."
"What's he seeing?" another woman's voice asked.
"Death. Space. Leviathans. The wormhole." she heard Abby say. Then she heard the girl gasp at the same time that Stark came out of his vision. "Andy, get the sceptre and get out of there! Now!"
Stark breathed heavily, then turned and made sure that the Leviathan was still there. Wanda was far back and in the shadows enough that he didn't see her. Then she saw Stark turn to his son, Andy, and hug him, both of them reassuring each other that Andy was ok.
There was a rush of wind that told Wanda that her brother had arrived. She turned and silently put a hand up, looking into her brother's eyes. Then they both turned back to the Starks.
"Listen, Dad, we need to get the sceptre and get out of here, alright?" they heard Andy saying.
"Right. Of course." Stark replied.
"We are just going to let them take it?" Pietro whispered. Wanda simply smiled
He moved towards the sceptre and held out his hand. The metal glove of his suit flew to him and he picked the sceptre up.
I used various lines from the actual film of Avengers: Age of Ultron. Since Avengers High: Age of Ultron is set in an alternate universe, there will be some similarities and some differences to the original film.
The last four sections are all meant to be taking place at the same time in case anyone gets confused.
