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Kayla sat next to Tony's bed and held her head in her hands, a part of her was screaming, telling her to tell someone and that Ultron was just bluffing, but then the other part was saying not to. She made a small whimper, she sort of wished that she never pushed Valerie into letting her bring Ultron's shut down body home. If she didn't do that then this never would have happened.
She never would've brought Ultron back, Valerie would still be with them, humanity wouldn't be doomed, and one of her closet friends wouldn't have been shot and the other's arm wouldn't be broken. The only positive thing that happened because of this was that she got to meet and work with the Avengers. But even then she still managed to screw it up.
She leaned back in her chair, it was alright, she would just have to find a way to get rid of Ultron. Yeah, that's going to be SO easy! She balled her hands into fists, she felt like there was a target on her back and that someone was pushing hard on her chest. She bit her lip, her eyes burned and her hands shook, she couldn't hold back anymore. She whimpered and rested her one hand over her eyes and she tried to muffle her cries.
"Wow, I didn't know you cared THAT much."
Kayla looked up and saw Tony grinning, she stared at him for a moment before leaping onto him and wrapping her arms tightly around him. He hissed as her knee pressured the bullet wound, he then frowned as Kayla held onto him tightly and sobbed. He pulled her into a hug and ran his fingers down her ponytail.
"Shh, it's alright Kay, everything's alright."
"No, no it's not alright," She said as his shoulder muffled her sobs, "You got shot because of me."
Tony pushed her back enough so they could make eye contact, "Kayla, look at me," she looked up at him, her eyes red and puffy, "It's not your fault, well, there's some things but that's all in the past."
She gave a weak laugh before he continued.
"I know how you teens hate hearing this, and trust me I know, but you're still a kid and you're going to make mistakes. Hell, adults do to, I mean I'm ancient and I've made so many mistakes so many that it'd fill this whole city, if that makes any sense. Just don't beat yourself over shit like this; it's not your fault."
Kayla sighed and shook her head slowly, "Tony, I wish you know."
Tony gave her a puzzled look, but before he could ask what she meant he heard a certain someone clear their throat. Kayla looked over her shoulder and saw Helen Cho standing there with her arms crossed.
"Tony, I think we need to talk."
That's when Kayla tensed, realizing how awkward their positioning was, she scrambled off of him and stood up straight.
Helen examined her before saying, "Cassandra wants to see you."
Kayla slowly nodded and walked out of the room to visit with Cassy.
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"What're doing?"
Ultron looked up from his workbench and grinned, "I made you something."
Valerie cocked her head, "So uh, where's Ultron?"
He sighed and rolled his eyes before standing up and walking over to her, "Isn't this something you humans do? Give each other pointless gifts?
"Yeah but I'd never think you'd do it."
"Well, I did, you're welcome," he said as he held out a necklace.
It had a coppered color chain with a metal pendant hanging off it with a red gem in the middle.
She slowly took it from him and studied it before smiling, "Thank you Ultron, that's a very sweet thing to do."
"Yeah I know, I feel like I should be honored a metal from how long it took me to make that."
She grinned before pulling his head down and kissing him on the cheek, "There, happy?"
He hummed with amusement, "I could think of something else that'll-"
"Nice try buddy," Valerie scoffed before handing him back the necklace, "Could you help me put it on?" she questioned lifting up ginger curly hair.
He smiled and nodded before tying it around her neck; she let her hair fall down and turned to him.
"So do you feel any better?"
She shrugged, "A little, I don't know why I'm feeling like this."
"Maybe stress?"
"Maybe, but, I don't know."
"Do you need more sleep?"
"God no, I've been sleeping for what feels like years, I swear if I sleep anymore I'm going to die!" Valerie exclaimed before sitting down next to his work bench.
Ultron chuckled, "Well we wouldn't want that now would we?"
She scoffed, "Yeah, of course not, why wouldn't we, I mean it's not like it'll be the end of the world right? I mean why am I acting like this, this is weird, I can't do anything, I can't eat, I can't sleep, I'm having nightmares, what the hell is wrong? I feel like my head is about to explode, I don't understand this, and I swear to god if that bird doesn't shut up I'll snap its neck!"
Ultron took a step back as she gripped her head and whimpered, "Valerie, are you alright?"
"I-I don't know what that was, Ultron, what's going on with me?"
He walked over to her and knelt down to her level, "I don't know, but it'll be alright I promise."
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Cassy looked up from her book when she heard a knock at the door, she smiled when she saw Kayla standing in the doorway. She then frowned when she noticed her eyes.
"Kayla, sweetie, what's wrong?" She asked as Kayla walked over to her and sat on the edge of her bed.
"Nothing, just stress, how's your arm?"
"Broken, it hurts pretty badly but Helen said the pain should go away soon. I heard you were talking with Tony."
She nodded, "Yeah, Steve told you right?"
Cassy shook her head, "I just assumed since you weren't here, are you doing ok?"
"Yeah, as well as I can be."
Cassy took a hold of Kayla's hand and gripped it tightly, "I'm just glad you're safe."
Kayla bit her lip, every time she felt the need to tell someone about Ultron a lump formed in her throat and her stomach started to ache. "R-Right, so why do you think Val did that?"
Cassy frowned and shrugged, "I have no idea, she's been so messed up lately I don't know-"
"Do you think she'll ever go back to normal?"
Cassy was silent, she looked down at her lap and just stayed like that. She stayed like that for so long to the point where Kayla thought she had fallen asleep with her eyes open, Kayla snapped her figures in front of Cassy's eyes which seemed to snap her out of it.
"Cassy, do you think Valerie will ever go back to normal?"
Cassy looked up at her and frowned, "I don't know Kayla, I honestly don't know."
So sorry for all the delays but school has been hectic since we're ending this Friday (June 5th) then on the 8th I'm going to Arizona to visit my Aunt so it might be a little while until I update this. Hopefully not too long, also I have some other story ideas I feel like I need to right down but I'm not ending this story yet! Any who I hope you all liked it and I'm sorry for any misspelling or OOC moments. Comments are always helpful and thanks for reading! :)