Chapter 3: Information and Alliances

New York

The Avengers landed in New York in the new Avengers Tower with the scepter in tow. As Thor was taking the scepter to the lab, Maria Hill walked up to Tony and said "Everything's set up boss". Tony said "Actually, I'm not the boss, he is" Tony indicated Steve and then said "I just pay for everything, design everything and make everyone look cool". Steve walked up to Maria and asked "Whats the word on Strucker". "NATO's got him" she answered.

"And the three Enhanced?" he asked as the pair walked towards the elevator. "Wanda and Pietro Maximoff, twins born in Sokovia, orphaned at ten when a shell collapsed their apartment building, Sokovia has had a rough history, its nowhere special but its on the way to everywhere special" she explained. "Their abilities?" he asked. "He has got increased metabolism and improved homeostasis, her thing is neuro-electrical interfacing, telekinesis, mental manipulation" she said. Steve turned to her as if she had spoken Japanese. Upon seeing his look Maria simply said "He's super fast and she's weird".

"What about the younger Enhanced" he said. Maria took the tablet and clicked on Stiles's file. "Genim Stilinski from Beacon Hills, California, he was reported missing by the Sheriff two months ago, the sheriff also happens to be his father, HYDRA was investigating the supernatural occurrences around Beacon Hills, they even had taken over the local mental institution Eichen Hills and began experimenting on the patients" she said. "The supernatural..." Steve asked. "Werewolves, yeah believe or not but Earth has its own supernatural community but they generally keep to themselves, according to this, Strucker personally selected Stilinski believing he had potential" Maria said.

Steve recovered and asked "His powers". "From what Hydra discovered he had the power to manipulate reality, but only as long it was within the possibility of the area around him to do so, from what I have seen in the videos so far, he could counter any attack and overpower any opponent, unfortunately for us Strucker was starting to gear Stilinski up to dealing with more uh prominent Hydra enemies" Maria said showing Steve the simulations of Stiles destroying the Avengers. "I don't get it, how was HYDRA able to convince this kid to fight against us" Steve said wincing when he saw Hulk get decapitated.

Maria tapped a few more buttons and showed a video of Thor and Hulk accidentally destroying the police station, killing Stiles's father. "The Maximoffs volunteered for Strucker's experiments and as far as Stilinski's concerned the Avengers are his mortal enemies, because he believes we killed his father" Steve said shaking his head sadly. Internally he was furious at Hydra for destroying another good innocent civilian and a kid at that. "They're gonna show up again" Steve said.

"Agreed, It's nuts how those other two volunteered" Maria said. "Oh Yeah, what kind of monsters would let German scientists experiment on them for the good of their country?" said Steve sarcastically, walking into the elevator. "We're not at war Captain" Maria replied. "They are" Steve got in just as the doors to the elevator closed.

Unbeknownst to the the team Tony convinced Thor to let him examine the scepter. Tony and Bruce tried to copy the interface in the scepter and remold it into an A.I. named Ultron. They programmed Ultron to save humanity. Unfortunately Ultron interpreted that the biggest threat to humanity was humanity itself and decided to break free of Tony Stark's control. After destroying JARVIS, Ultron went through the Avengers mainframe.

He was intrigued by the idea of working with the Enhanced. "I'll need someone to keep the Avengers busy while I carry out my plans, besides when you have powerful allies served up to you on a platter isn't it wasteful not to use them" Ultron thought. He took away all the Avengers data and left them with nothing. He proceeded to attack the Avengers to make his statement and test their strengths. He sent his mind via internet to Sokovia and began his plans. After a few hours his body was constructed. He downloaded his mind into the robot he created specifically for him. Once the body was operational he tested it. "Hmph, this will have to do for now, and now it is time I retrieved my allies" he said to himself.

Sokovia

In the city of Sokovia a group of people amassed near the old destroyed church where Pietro and Stiles were handing out clothes, food and other items to the poverty stricken. Stiles smirked as Pietro attempted to flirt with a pretty blonde woman by giving her a dress. "This is too much..." the girl tried to say but Wanda cut in. "Is every girl in Sokovia getting a dress from Paris, at least Gertes's looked warmer" she said smirking at the woman's scandalized face. "She's kidding" Pietro said weakly. "Shot down bro" Stiles said jokingly walking beside Wanda as Pietro caught up.

"I think someones jealous that their not getting a dress from Paris, what say you little brother?" Pietro said trying to get a rise out of Wanda. "Could be the case, jealousy isn't a pretty feature Wanda" Stiles said. However Wanda was not in a joking mood.

"You two keep stealing and the only thing you are going to get is shot, I mean it, at speed and power nothing can touch you but standing still..." she argued but Pietro argued back "Do you think I want to be, I'm waiting, I don't know for what, we had Stark helpless..."

They were interrupted when a boy came up to the trio. "The man says you need to come to the church" the boy said. "What man?" Stiles asked. The boy considered it for a second before saying "The Iron Man". The trio looked at each other and silently agreed that this may be their second chance to get revenge on Stark.

The trio walked into the destroyed church. There appeared to be a figure sitting on a wooden seat in the middle of the church hidden by a cloak. Wanda decided to speak first. "Talk, and if you are wasting our time..." Wanda threatened. A mechanical sounding voice interrupted her. "Did you know this church is built in the exact center of the city, the founders wanted everyone to be equally close to God, I like that the geometry of belief"

The trio tried to see who was under the cloak. Wanda tried to read the persons mind but failed. "You're wondering why you can't look inside my head?" Ultron said. "Sometimes its hard" Wanda admitted and then said "But sooner or later every man shows himself". Ultron got up and let the cloak fall revealing his robotic body. "Oh, I'm sure they do, but you needed something more than a man, that is why you let Stark take the scepter" he said walking up to Wanda.

The two boys got closer, ready to protect their sister if need be. "I didn't expect this, but I saw Stark's fear, I knew it would control him, make him self-destruct" she replied. Ultron started pacing. "Everyone creates the thing they dread, men of peace build weapons of mass destruction, invaders create Avengers, People make... smaller people uh..." Ultron said.

"Children" Stiles offered. "Children yes, thank you, I lost the word there" Ultron chuckled. He continued on "All designed to help them end". "Is that why you've come, to end the Avengers" Wanda asked. Ultron faced them his tone growing serious. "I've come to save the world... but also... yeah" he replied.

Ultron then took the trio to Strucker's old base and showed them how he was constructing robots on a mass scale. Pietro told Ultron that he didn't care about the big picture. "I carry a small one in my pocket, I look at it every day" he said. "Pietro" Wanda chided gently but Pietro continued on. "We're sitting there, all four of us having supper when the first bomb goes off". Ultron looked intrigued.

"You lost you're parents in the bombings, I've read the files" he said. Pietro then said "What you don't know is the second bomb didn't go off, I have just enough time to grab her and pull her under the bed, The bomb is mere feet away from us where we can see the STARK label" Pietro said sadly. Wanda looked downcast and supplied "Every hour we wait, every shift in rubble to rescue us we think, this will be it, this will be what sets the bomb off, we wait two days for Tony Stark to kill us".

Ultron turned to Stiles "You lost your father, the Avengers killed him" Ultron supplied. "A misfire they said, apparently they were tracking an Enhanced in Beacon Hills, one that escaped when from the FRIDGE when SHIELD fell, funnily enough they did more damage than the Enhanced did, Thor and Hulk caused an earthquake that destroyed the whole police station, called it a war casualty, the Enhanced is someone from SHIELD's Index, funnily enough its the same SHIELD who played around with alien weaponry what brought on an alien war, the same SHIELD who is really a Nazi terrorist organization, once again more INNOCENT PEOPLE BEING KILLED BECAUSE OF THEIR NEGLIGENCE AND STUPIDITY" Stiles growled/shouted. Wanda put a comforting hand on Stiles shoulder.

Ultron mused and then said "I always wondered why you three survived Strucker's experiments, I still don't but if I had to guess its because you all have the will to survive despite your traumas, I promise we'll make it right" Ultron said solemnly. He addressed Pietro and Stiles. "You and I can hurt and weaken them". Ultron then addressed Wanda "But you shall tear them apart from the inside out".

Ultron smiled internally. He now had three potentially strong allies. However he was worried about Stiles. Ultron knew that HYDRA had used a combination of visual simulations and drugs to make Stiles believe the Avengers were responsible for the death of his father. If word got out that John Stilinski was still alive, Stiles would realize he was being played and would side with the Avengers and probably bring the Maximoff's with him. Ultron decided that it didn't matter in the end. In a few days his plan would be complete. He only needed to keep the trio busy until then.

Authors Note: Not Much action in this chapter, I know but I wanted to deepen the relationship between the Maximoffs and Stiles as well as build the story. Read and Review please!