Nick Fury started as the Avengers gathered in Clint's kitchen, "Ultron took you folks out of play to buy himself time. My contacts say he's building something. The amount of vibranium he made off with, I don't think it's just one thing"
Captain asked, "What about Ultron himself?"
"Oh, he's easy to track. He's everywhere" Fury answered, "The guy is multiplying faster than a Catholic rabbit. It still doesn't help us get an angle on any of his plans, though"
"Is he still going after launch codes?" Stark asked as he threw a dart at the bullseye.
"Yes, he is" Fury told them, "But he's not making any headway"
"I cracked the Pentagon's firewall in high school on a dare" Tony scoffed.
Fury commented, "Well, I contacted our friends at the Nexus about that"
Steve questioned, "Nexus?"
Banner spoke up, "It's the world Internet hub in Oslo. Every byte of data flows through there. Fastest access on Earth"
Clint asked, "So what did they say?"
Fury commented, "He's fixated on the missiles. But the codes are constantly being changed"
Amora picked up her head, "By whom?"
"Parties unknown" Fury answered.
"Do we have an ally?" Widow asked.
Fury cleared the air, "Ultron's got an enemy. That's not the same thing. Still, I'd pay folding money to know who it is"
"I might need to visit Oslo" Tony suggested, "Find our unkown"
Widow sighed, "Well, this is good times, boss, but I was kind of hoping when I saw you, you'd have more than that"
"I do. I have you" Fury walked over to the table, "Back in the day, I had eyes everywhere. Ears everywhere else. You kids had all the tech you could dream up. Here we are, back on Earth, with nothing but our wit and our will to save the world. Ultron says the Avengers are the only thing between him and his mission. And whether or not he admits it-"
"His mission is global destruction" Amora spoke up as she felt everyone's eyes look to her.
Steve was the first to speak, "What? You make it sound like you already know. How do you-"
"I've seen it" Amora confessed, "Midgard was destroyed and I went back in time to figure out why. I didn't tell anyone but my father because I wanted to know for sure who was behind it but now it is pretty obvious"
Everyone seemed to take this in differently; Steve locked his jaw and shook his head, fed up with the lies. Clint glanced over to his family as if it were the last time he would see them and Tony looked down to the darts in his hands and slowly twirled them around. Amora felt like a big weight was lifted from her chest but not her only regret was not trusting any of them sooner with the information.
Fury spoke up after what felt like five minutes of silence, "All this, laid in a grave... So stand, outwit the platinum bastard"
"Steve doesn't like that kind of talk" Widow teased.
Steve looked to her, "You know what, Romanoff?"
"So, what does he want?" Fury asked.
Steve sighed, "To become better, better than us. He keeps building bodies"
"Person bodies" Amora noted, "The human form is inefficient. Biologically speaking, we're outmoded. But he keeps coming back to it"
Widow looked up to Banner, "When you two programmed him to protect the human race, you amazingly failed"
"They don't need to be protected" Banner spoke up, "They need to evolve. Ultron's going to evolve"
"How?" Fury asked.
Banner thought for a moment before he said, "Has anyone been in contact with Helen Cho?"
"I'll take Clint, Natasha, and Amora" Steve told Tony and Fury as he straightened himself up from his place.
Tony spoke up as everyone dispersed to get ready as Amora stayed in place, "Alright, strictly recon. I'll hit the Nexus, I'll join you as soon as I can. If Ultron's really building a body… He'll be more powerful than any of us, maybe all of us"
Steve sighed, "An android designed by a robot. You know, I really miss the days when the weirdest thing science ever created was me"
Fury told the two, "I'll drop Banner off at the tower. You mind if I borrow Miss Hill?"
Stark nodded, "She's all yours, apparently. What are you gonna do?"
"I don't know. Something dramatic, I hope" Fury smiled as he left.
Steve looked over to Amora as she played with her nails, "You ready?"
Amora nodded, "I'm sorry I didn't tell you"
"Don't worry about it" Steve quickly put in but she could tell he was fed up with the secrets,
"Let's just get Ultron before your past becomes our future. That's all that matters right now"
Captain America and Amora walked on the rooftop as Rogers said, "Two minutes. Stay close"
Amora and Steve ran through the building to where the lab was to find out that they were too late, the lights were shut off and sparks were everywhere as Amora ran over to a familiar fallen face, "Dr. Cho!"
She leaned up as much as she could as Amora assessed her chest where she saw a dark red bloodstain as she also was aware that she had a gash on the side of her head. Amora could see that she was even lucky to be breathing after nearly escaping Ultron but Dr. Cho still needed medical attention. The young woman looked up as Captain America gave her a white rag as Amora started to put pressure. Helen was already sweaty and breathing heavily which wasn't a good sign. Steve moved away slightly as he started to request help for Helen Cho.
Amora clenched up her jaw as she was tired of being in second place to Ultron.
Helen told the pair, "He's uploading himself into the body"
"Where?" Rogers asked.
"The real power is inside the Cradle" Helen said after she shook her head from not knowing where he was going, "The gem, its power is uncontainable. You can't just blow it up. Amora's going to have to shut down the Cradle or get it to Stark"
Rogers told her, "First, we have to find it"
Helen nodded and looked to them, "Go"
"Did you guys copy that?" Amora asked as Steve and she quickly moved back outside.
Clint answered, "We did"
Widow spoke up, "I got a private jet taking off across town. No manifest. That could be him"
"There. It's a truck from the lab" Clint responded, "Right above, you guys. On the loop by the bridge, it's them. You got three with the Cradle, one in the cab. I could take out the driver"
"Negative. That truck crashes, the gem could level the city" Steve told them, "We need to draw out Ultron"
Steve jumped up from the ladder and turned around and offered his hand out to Amora. She took it as he pulled her up and they both ran over to the edge of the overpass of the freeway. Amora recognized the name on the side of the truck as well as the logo coming up to them fast. Steve glanced over to Amora as he was hoping that she was thinking what he was thinking. Amora nodded to him as together, they turned to the other side of the bridge, ran and jumped over the barrier.
Amora landed smoothly as she heard a grunt from behind her. She turned around and noticed that Steve was still tumbling but he was getting closer to the edge. Amora gasped as she reached out to him just as a blast nearly missed her fingertips. She yelped and brought her hand back as she saw Steve roll off the edge.
"Captain!" Amora let out, "Hold on!"
Just as she said that, a blast came from the body of the truck as the door swung open. Amora quickly looked over the edge and saw that Captain America was still clinging to the door. He swung the door around but Ultron blasted it off so that the door was skidding on the ground.
"Well, he's definitely unhappy" Steve told the others, "I'm gonna try and keep him that way"
"You're not a match for him, Cap" Clint spoke up, "Amora might have a chance but definitely not you"
Amora took out her sword as she got ready for Ultron to walk out. Hearing Clint say that made her feel confidence running through her veins.
"Thanks, Barton" Captain America mumbled.
Amora heard a ripple effect as Steve was thrown off of the truck and slammed into a car.
Just as she was ready for him to be drawn out, Ultron's voice came from behind her, "You know what's in that cradle? The power to make real change and that terrifies you"
"I wouldn't call it a comfort" Amora ran to him and started to hit the major parts of his robotic body as he failed to hit her with some kind of blast.
Ultron demanded, "Stop it!"
He grabbed a hold of her arm and shot her in the chest as she flung off of the truck and into another truck. Amora saw her sword fly over the edge as she got up and reached out just in time to barely grab it. She put it back into her holster as the truck started to skid but luckily for her, the pedestrian was actually helping. The truck was moving too fast for Amora to get to the front of the truck so she opted for the side instead. Amora got up onto the head of the truck, jumped and grabbed onto the edge. She grunted slightly as she picked herself up as Captain America was being thrown his shield back to him just in time to hit Ultron in the face with it.
Ultron noticed that Widow was tailing them as he used his anti-gravity equipment to lift up some of the road in front of her. Amora heard from the bed of the truck firing being shot as Widow had to be forced to move into an alley. Amora flipped and flung herself into the room as she stabbed one robot in the chest and kicked one away from her. She took out her sword and beheaded the second robot before it had the chance to fire back at her. Amora took a small step toward the cradle in hopes of shutting it down but then she heard Captain America grunt as a sound came from up above just as Captain came to her vision as she noticed he fell off once more, making Amora jump up and climb herself back up to the top.
"I am not finished with you yet" Amora charged as he tried to hit her as bullets ricocheted past her from the Quinjet giving Amora enough time to throw Ultron off of the truck and Steve to get back on.
Ultron stopped himself as he started to fly straight towards Amora at full speed. She gasped just as Steve grabbed onto her and used himself as a shield for her. But the force of Ultron, made them both fly off and collide into the train next to them. They both groaned as around them they heard screaming as pedestrians tried to get out of the way.
Captain America threw his shield but Ultron threw it back to them as he tried to fight them off as Widow said, "I'm going in, guys, can you keep him occupied?"
Steve panted, "What do you think we've been doing?"
Amora charged over to Ultron as she decided to put her sword away and fight with her fists. She punched Ultron and kicked him away, Amora picked up both of her hands to club him in where she would hope is where the information was being sent to but Ultron grabbed onto punched her, making Amora fall to the ground. Amora picked herself up as she noticed Steve was struggling as well before something blue went by him, making Ultron fling off to the other wall as feet stood in front of her. Amora picked up her head as Pietro turned around and winked to her. Despite being thankful and a little bit confused that Pietro saved them, Amora scoffed and rolled her eyes at the young man from her place on the ground.
"Please, don't do this" Ultron said to Wanda as Amora got up to her feet.
"What choice do we have?" Wanda demanded.
Ultron turned and raised his hand up as a beam was aimed at Amora again but she felt her body being pulled to the side. She gasped as she felt suddenly lightheaded before she noticed that hands were on her waist and she was by the corner, not the aisle of the compartment where she last was. Amora picked up her head just as Pietro backed off a little bit, he was so close that she could see the dark rims around the blue of his eyes as his breath warmed up her face.
"We lost him!" Captain America yelled out, making Amora snap out of it, "He's headed your way!"
Amora pushed aside Pietro as she ran over to the control room and noticed the man was no longer with them. She moved him aside and sharply took in a deep breath as she glared back up towards the sky. Even if she could control the train, the wheels wouldn't be able to brake since Ultron fried the machine.
Clint yelled out, "Cap, you see Nat?"
Steve responded, "If you have the package, get it to Stark! Go!"
"Do you have eyes on Nat?" Clint asked again.
"Go!" Steve yelled once more.
Steve turned to Amora, Wanda, and Pietro as he said, "Amora, status update on the train?"
Amora reported, "The controls are fried and even if they were not, it would be no good. The train is off of the tracks"
Steve sighed as he turned to the twins who were staying expectantly at him, giving how the last two times they saw each other the twins tried to kill him, Amora took it as some sort of allegiance that they hadn't attacked both Steve or Amora yet. As if the same thoughts were running through his own mind, Steve turned to Amora who only nodded to him before he took a step towards Pietro.
"Civilians in our path" Pietro didn't even hesitate as he left to aid them, Steve turned to Wanda, "Can you stop this thing?"
Wanda slowly nodded as she deeply inhaled and looked down towards the ground. Scarlet energy circled her hands as they shot down the floor as outside Pietro was running in front of them and pushing aside all of the civilians.
Amora was so caught up in the twins magic that she almost didn't see the brick wall they were coming up to until Steve grabbed her and used his shield as protection.
She let out a yelp as the train plowed right through it but slowed down immensely after the impact. Once the train stopped, Amora turned around and looked to Captain America as they both thought the same thing. She looked outside and watched as Wanda quickly went over to her brother who was already panting on the side of the street. Amora turned and walked over to the Captain as she placed a hand on his shoulder. He nodded as he guided her off the train as they both walked over to the twins. They took one glance to each other as they both were curious as to what they saw on the train.
"You want to interrogate them or should I?" Amora asked.
"I just need to take a minute" They both heard Pietro say as they walked toward them.
Cap spoke, "I'm very tempted not to give you one"
Wanda turned to them, "The Cradle. Did you get it?"
Amora answered, "I wasn't able to shut it down but Stark will take care of it once it's brought to him"
"No, he won't" Wanda shook her head.
"You don't know what you're talking about" Steve glared, "Stark's not crazy"
Wanda argued as they both heard a similar quote that Fury told them about Ultron, "He will do anything to make things right"
Amora slightly stiffened as she turned to Steve who tapped on his earpiece.
"Stark, come in" Captain America commanded, "Stark... Anyone on comms"
"Ultron can't tell the difference between saving the world and destroying it" Wanda told Amora,
"Where do you think he gets that?"
"We head for the Avengers Tower" Steve told Amora before he turned to the twins, "All of us"
Wanda and Pietro looked to each other before they nodded as Steve turned to Amora, "Please, tell me you know how to fly a jet"
Amora stared at him for a couple of seconds before she answered, "I do now"