Wow, almost to thirty chapters, I hope you guys have liked this story, and I'm excited as once this arc is done, we have one more until we get to the Infinity War story, I just finished BotG arc 2, so let's finish arc 3 of MechAvenger shall we.
Ch.29 The Battle at Seoul
Inside a cave, Dr. Selvig leads Thor to a spring inside the cave, which can be seen by a ray of sunlight.
"So, this is it. the Water of Sights." Selvig said looking at the water.
"In every realm, there's a reflection. If the water's spirits accept me, I can return to my dream and find what I missed." Thor said.
"Men who enter that water, the legends don't end well." Selvig warned.
-With Tony-
At the Nexus Internet Hub at Oslo, Norway, Tony was typing at a computer while talking about Ultron to the technicians who worked there.
"A hacker who's faster than Ultron? He could be anywhere, and as this is the center of everything, I'm just a guy looking for a needle in the world's biggest haystack." Tony said.
"How do you find it." a technician asked.
"It's pretty simple. You bring a magnet." Tony answered?"I'm decrypting nuclear codes and you don't want me to."Tony singed before pressing a button on the laptop. "Come and get me."
-Back with Thor and Selvig-
Back at the Water of Sights, Thor was already in the water, fully strip of his clothes and was panting as he sees his vision.
"Wake up!"said Heimdall in the vision.
Lighting suddenly engulfs Thor and he groans. He then sees Loki's scepter and Ultron before more lighting shoots out. He saw the scepter again, this time one of the Infinity stones coming out of it.
"Thor!" Selvig yelled.
Thor continue to shoot out lighting.
"Extinction."Ultron said in the vision.
Thor then saw the global destruction of Earth before seeing the same yellow Mind Stone from the scepter. He then saw a orb with the purple Power Stone before seeing the Aether forming into the red Reality Stone, and the Tesseract as the blue Space Stone comes out of it, then an object that Thor does not recognize, a black circle with a neon green hourglass in it, the stones completing an alignment on a nebula that looks like a hand or gauntlet while the hourglass symbol goes on the hand of the gauntlet. Thor screams once more.
-Seoul, Korea-
At Dr. Cho research lab, Ultron and Dr. Cho, who was under the influence of the scepture, which turned out to be the Mind Stone, are still working on the android body as the Maximoffs looks on.
"Cellular cohesion will take a few hours, but we can initiate the consciousness stream." Cho said as she connects some wires from the Cradle to Ultron. "We're uploading your cerebral matrix now."
Wanda however looks at the Cradle out of curiosity as she use her telepathy powers.
"I can read him. He's dreaming." Wanda said.
"I wouldn't call it dreams. It's Ultron's base consciousness. Informational noise. Soon..." Cho explained
"How soon? I'm not being pushy." Ultron said, cutting Cho off.
"We're imprinting a physical brain. There are no shortcuts. Even if your magic gem..." Cho explained as Wanda gets close to the Cradle.
Wanda curiously took the opportunity to explore Ultron's mind by touching the Cradle. Upon touching the Cradle and using her telepathy, she saw something horrible. She saw the global destruction of Earth, the same one that was seen by Thor. Wanda saw Ultron's true intentions: the genocide of humanity in its entirety. Wanda screams in horror. Pietro goes to comfort her as Ultron gets up. Wanda pants for a few moments before facing Ultron.
"How could you?" Wanda asked, horrified by Ultron's true intentions.
"How could I what?" Ultron asked, confused by Wanda's question.
"You said we would destroy the Avengers, make a better world." Wanda said.
"It will be better." Ultron reassured.
"When everyone is dead?" Wanda asked, now confronting Ultron.
"That is not... The human race will have every opportunity to improve." Ultron said, trying to explain.
"And if they don't?" Pietro asked.
"Ask Noah." Ultron answered.
Wanda and Pietro couldn't believe it. This crazed robot called Ultron is actually planning to wipe out humanity. That means the Avengers, themselves, and most of all, the whole planet will be destroyed.
"You are a madman." Wanda said.
"There were more than a dozen extinction-level events before even the dinosaurs got theirs. When the Earth starts to settle, God throws a stone at it. And, believe me, he's winding up. We have to evolve. There's no room for the weak." Ultron said rubbing the Cradle.
"And who decides who's weak?" Pietro asked as Wanda secretly use her mental manipulation power to reverse the effects of the stone from the scepter and free Dr. Cho from the stone's mind control.
"Life." Ultron chuckled. "Life always decides."
Everyone then hears an aircraft approaching. Ultron looks around.
"There's incoming." Ultron said as Pietro whispers at Wanda's ear. "The Quinjet. We have to move."
"That's not a problem." Cho said as she pauses the upload from the Cradle to Ultron.
Ultron sighs in annoyance, realized that he's been played. He blasts Dr. Cho with his concussion beams, knocking her out, as the Maximoffs makes their escape thanks to Pietro's super speed.
"Wait, guys!" Ultron stammered before his sentries blasted Cho's staff members. "They'll understand. When they see, they'll understand. I just need a little more time." Ultron said as he disconnects the cord from his head before his sentries moves the Cradle.
-With Cap, Rex, Quake, Nat, and Clint-
Meanwhile, Steve climbs to the roof of a house as the Quinjet departs. Steve spots the lab in the distance.
"Two minutes. Stay close." Steve ordered.
Minutes later, Steve arrived at the lab and sees that the place is deserted and the Cradle is gone. He spots Dr. Cho lying on the floor and covered in blood. He runs to aid her.
"Dr. Cho!" Steve called.
"He's uploading himself into the body." Cho said, giving information.
"Where?" Steve asked.
"The real power is inside the Cradle. The gem, its power is uncontainable. You can't just blow it up. You have to get the Cradle to Stark." Cho answered.
"First, I have to find it." Steve said.
"Go." Cho said.
"Did you guys copy that?"Steve asked through the comlink.
"We did." Clint said, piloting the Quinjet.
"I heard too." Rex said, flying through the sky over Seoul via Boogie Pack.
"I got a private jet taking off across town. No manifest. That could be him." Natasha said as she scans through a monitor.
"More than likely," Skye said as she was also looking at the monitor.
Clint, however, was looking down the Quinjet's windows and spots a semi truck on the highway, as well as the label on the trailer.
"There. It's a truck from the lab. Right above you, Cap, Rex. On the loop by the bridge. It's them. You got three with the Cradle, one in the cab." Clint said as he flips a switch. "I could take out the driver."
"Negative. That truck crashes, the gem could level the city." Steve said as he climbs a ladder. "We need to draw out Ultron." Steve said.
Steve then positions himself at a bridge where the truck will pass at. Steve then ran to the other side of the bridge and jumps off. He is able to land on his target. However, he had alerted Ultron, who is inside.
"No, no, no, no." Ultron said in annoyance.
"Leave me alone!" Ultron said in rage as he blast a concussion beam at the trailer's doors, opening them and making Steve hold on. Ultron then throws another beam at him, making the door drag on the concrete and Steve holding on for dear life.
"Cap! You alright?" Rex asked.
"Well, he's definitely unhappy. I'm gonna try and keep him that way." Steve said into comms.
"You're not a match for him, Cap." Clint warned.
Steve pants before saying sarcastically...
"Thanks, Barton."
While Steve hangs on, Ultron disconnects the cord from the Cradle to combat Steve. He uses his anti-gravity tech to throw Steve into a moving car. Meanwhile, the Quinjet flies low over the city, flying between buildings. Steve then hops onto a moving truck before swinging himself back to Ultron's trailer. He is then met by Ultron.
"You know what's in that cradle." Ultron asked before firing a beam at Steve, which he use his shield to deflect the blast. "The power to make real change. And that terrifies you."
"I wouldn't call it comfort." Steve said before throwing his shield at Ultron.
The two then go into combat. Ultron blast beams but Steve throws his shield again, making it lodge at Ultron's shoulder.
"Stop it." Ultron said as he threw the shield at the street before blasting Steve, making him almost fall in front of the truck and invading a blow from the sentry that was driving the truck.
Meanwhile, Rex lands on the trailer. The EVO then formes his Smack Hands and then proceeded to uppercut Ultron, sending him up into the air."
"We haven't formerly met," Rex said as he got ready for a fight. "Name's Rex."
"Oh, the EVO, not from this Earth," Ultron said. "You defend an Earth that's not yours and have the possible power to rule it."
"What's with people and thinking I should just be a villian?" Rex asked himself before sending several more punches at Ultron, making him annoyed.
"Enough!" Ultron said as he knocks Rex down with a blast.
Meanwhile, Natasha prepares to use a motorcycle inside the Quinjet as she prepares to go after the truck. Clint prepares to launch Natasha while Skye will staye and help Clint.
"We got a window. Four, three...Give him hell." Clint said.
Natasha lands the motorcycle on the street and passes cars at full speed, spotting Steve's shield.
"I'm always picking up after you boys." Natasha said as she grabs the shield without letting go of the throttle.
"They're heading under the overpass. I've got no shot." Clint said.
"Which way?" Natasha asked.
"Hard right. Now." Clint responded.
Natasha then makes a hard right turn, almost running over some people. Meanwhile, Steve puts Ultron in a chokehold as Rex gets back up and Natasha goes full speed through an alley. Ultron breaks free and grabs Steve and Rex by their throats. Natasha then managed to skid her motorcycle under the truck before regaining control. Both Steve and Rex see Natasha coming.
Rex then surprised himself as his arms changed into two razor sharp katanas and he quickly uses them to slice at Ultron, making him let go. Natasha then throws the shield back to Steve. Steve then strikes Ultron with his shield, knocking him down. Ultron then use his anti-gravity tech to lift a large piece of the street so that Natasha can crash into it. Natasha however was able to stop before going after the truck again. Ultron's sentries however starts blasting at Natasha, but she is able to evade and goes through a walkway ramp.
Meanwhile, Rex and Steve continue to fight Ultron. Ultron blasted Steve, making him crash into a car again. Ultron then use his anti-gravity tech to lift a piece of the ground again, making the car tumble out of control. Steve managed to eject himself out and run away from another incoming car before jumping over another as it skids towards the truck. Steve then jumps back to the truck to confront Ultron once more.
While he was doing this, Rex was swinging his new found builds at the android, just as the super soldier got back on the trailer and nailed Ultron with his shield.
"Come on!" Steve yelled as he and Ultron.
Meanwhile, Natasha was still driving her motorcycle through the walkway, trying to catch up to the truck.
"Clint, can you draw out the guards?" Natasha asked.
"Let's find out." Clint replied.
Clint then positioned the Quinjet and fires its Gatling gun at Ultron. Ultron looks at the jet before his sentries goes after it.
"It worked, they're coming for us," Skye told Clint, who was smirking.
The sentries then open fire at the glass surrounding the cockpit. Clint then did a barrel roll and the sentries gets blown off before regaining control and going after the jet again.
Meanwhile, the Maximoffs were watching a South Korean news report on the Avengers battling Ultron and his army in the middle of the city, endangering thousands of lives. Pietro and Wanda looked at each other before they decide what needs to be done.
Back at the battle, Steve threw Ultron at a concrete structure before he rockets himself back at him just as Rex was about to slash at him. Ultron collided with Steve, forcing him to collided with Rex before all three ram themselves into a moving passenger train, causing panic from the passengers. This cause the sentries going after the Quinjet to fall back.
"They're heading back towards you. So whatever you're gonna do, do it now." Clint warned.
Back at the train, Steve threw his shield as Rex charged with his blades, but Ultron slam the shield back to Steve and Ultron blocks the strikes from Rex. Ultron then tried to rocket at the two Avengers, but Rex dodged and Steve flipped himself. Ultron then blast Steve and Rex with a concussion beam, knocking them both to the ground.
Meanwhile, Natasha was closing in on the truck.
"I'm going in. Cap, Rex, can you keep him occupied?" Natasha asked.
"What do you think we've been doing?" Steve panted.
"Don't worry, Widow. We got Ultron where we have him." Rex said forming his Blast Caster.
Natasha then managed to jump into the trailer and eyes the Cradle. At the same moment, Ultron's sentries positions themselves at each side of the trailer, as it approaches a group of police vehicles and officers, as they prepare to shoot their weapons. As Natasha tries to access the user override, Ultron's sentries then fire their thrusters and rockets the trailer into the air, making Widow lose her balance. Clint, piloting the Quinjet, goes after the flying trailer.
"Okay, package is airborne. I have a clean shot." Clint said he locks onto the trailer.
"Negative. I am still in the truck." Natasha said.
"What the hell she doing," Skye asked.
"What the hell are you..."
"Just be ready. I'm sending the package to you." Natasha cut Clint off.
"How do you want me to take it?" Clint asked.
"Uh, you might wish you hadn't asked that." Natasha replied.
"Oh boy," Skye commented.
-With Steve and Rex-
Steve manage to move his head as Ultron tried to punch him. Ultron sends jabs to both Steve and Rex as the two tried to block the blows. Then, Ultron is suddenly knocked down by something, or someone, at high speed. Ultron gets back up and sees Pietro before Wanda use her telekinesis powers to traps him inside by twisting metal. Ultron realized that the Maximoffs have betrayed him and are assisting the Avengers.
"Please, don't do this." Ultron begged.
"What choice do we have?" Wanda said.
Ultron responded by firing a blast into the front of the train, killing the driver and destroying the controls. Ultron then push some doors and made his escape, leaving the train to charge straight forward to the center of the city of Seoul and toward the people standing in it's path. Steve gets back up and runs towards the front of the train.
"We lost him! He's headed your way!" Steve said.
Steve then checks the dead driver just as Rex comes as well, and the two then realized the track is coming to an end.
"That's not good," Rex said.
-Back in the sky-
"Nat, we gotta go." Clint said.
As Ultron heads back to the trailer, Natasha places an explosive device before pushing the Cradle towards the back of the Quinjet. The Cradle managed to get inside the jet, but Ultron grabs Natasha and kidnaps her just as the trailer explodes.
"Nat!" Clint yelled.
Skye, who saw what happened, looked at Clint wide-eyed, "Ultron took her."
Meanwhile, the now out of control train now derails itself and continues to move at high speed on the streets of Seoul, ramming into anything in its path, causing people to move out of the way. Clint, however tries to contact Steve and Rex.
"Cap, you see Nat?" Clint asked.
"If you have the package, get it to Stark! Go!" Steve ordered.
"We'll meet you guys back at the tower." Rex added.
"Do you have eyes on Nat?" Clint asked.
"Go!"Steve and Rex said through the comlink.
"She can handle herself, Clint, don't worry," Skye told the archer.
Clint then soars the Quinjet to deliver the Cradle to Stark before muttering...
"Damn it."
Steve and Rex then turn their attention to the Maximoff Twins.
"Civilians in our path." Steve said to Pietro.
Pietro then use his incredible speed to move the civilians out of the train's path.
"Can you two stop this thing?" Steve asked Rex and Wanda.
"Don't worry, Cap. She has telekinesis powers. I got builds, let's do it." Rex said, looking at Wanda sternly as the train plows through a building, knocking Steve over.
Rex then jumped out of the train and formes his Smack Hands and Punk Busters and jumped infront of the train, and the moment they collided, it nearly broke the front of the train. With the help of Wanda's red energy surrounding all of the train's wheels and forced them to stop, causing the train to slow down. Both Rex's strength and Wanda's telekinesis power managed to get the train to come to a stop. Moments later, all the passengers were safely off the train and Wanda goes to aid Pietro.
"I'm fine. I just need to take a minute." Pietro said.
Steve and Rex then approach the Maximoffs.
"I'm very tempted not to give you one." Steve said sternly.
"Same here." Rex said, cracking his knuckles.
"The Cradle. Did you get it?" Wanda asked.
"Stark will take care of it." Steve replied.
Wanda however is not fond of the Cradle going into Stark's hands.
"No, he won't." Wanda said.
"How do you know?" Rex asked sternly.
"You don't know what you're talking about. Stark's not crazy." Steve said.
"He will do anything to make things right." Wanda warned.
Steve and Rex looked at each other. "What do you think, Cap. Should we listen to her?" Rex asked.
Steve then look at Rex before trying to contact Tony.
"Stark, come in. Stark." Steve said, but no response. "Anyone on comms."
"Ultron can't tell the difference between saving the world and destroying it. Where do you think he gets that?" Wanda asked.
Steve and Rex looked at each other and realized that Wanda might be right. Tony might use the body inside the Cradle to fix his mistake!
"Shit, we have to get back to the tower, and fast!" Rex said.
Well, stuff has happened in this one, they nabbed the cradle, pisses Ultron off, Nat got kidnapped, and the twins had joined their side. That's all good on my end. I hope you all like it, I plan on finishing this arc tomorrow night. Don't forget to review and check out my profile for my other stories and future content.
