How exactly did Steve and the Maximoffs get back to NY if Clint was before them back?! Did they stumble over another quinjet? They're suddenly in the lab without any explanation. Did Pietro shoulder Steve and Wan and ran over the Atlantic? I know AoU is a freaking mess but that's just a lazy plothole.
Chapter 29
Ultron took Natasha and there was nothing that he could have done. He was stuck on that fucking train that derailed and threatened to kill hundreds of civilians but the Maximoffs intervened and helped him.
Nat was gone and he feared that he would never see her again. They secured the cradle and the body it was creating but lost Nat because of it. He was on his way back to New York with the Maximoff twins and never felt sicker in his life. She could be tortured in this very moment or Ultron could have already killed her.
What kind of joke was he? He was Captain America and he couldn't even save the woman he loved! It was his fault that she got captured. He was the one who ordered Clint to leave her behind to get the package to safety. Everything Ultron would do to her was his fault.
"Captain Rogers?" The Maximoff girl looked at him with hesitation and sympathy from her seat on the other side of the cargo plane they hijacked to get to Manhattan.
"Yeah?"
"I'm sorry Ultron took Agent Romanoff." She said and her twin nodded. "We'll help you get her back."
The look in her eyes told him that she knew what Nat meant to him. He wondered how many powers she had. He gave them a tired nod and they remained silent for the rest of the flight.
The only thing on his mind when they arrived at the Tower was Natasha. They had to find her immediately and save her.
But of course Banner and Stark were already fucking things up again. He had no time for this shit.
"I'm gonna say this once." He warned them when he came to the lab with the twins.
"How about nonce?" Tony shot back. The guy was really testing his patience.
He walked towards him. "Shut it down! We have to find Nat!"
"Don't worry loverboy, Barton's working on that. And the other thing?" He pointed behind him that the cradle. "Nope, not gonna happen."
He felt his blood boiling. Didn't Ultron show that they had no fucking clue how to create these things? "You don't know what you're doing!"
"You do?" Banner pointed at Wanda. "She's not in your head?"
Wanda's face was full of guilt. "I know you're angry."
Bruce snapped at Wanda and Tony attacked Steve and they fought in the lab. He never thought he would ever be in this situation with Stark but he needed to stop him.
Suddeny Thor was there and smashed this hammer on the cradle and the lighting knocked them all off their feet.
That thing emegered out of the cradle and spoke with JARVIS voice. "I'm sorry that was...odd." Was that JARVIS? Didn't JARVIS get killed when this whole nightmare began two days ago?
"Thor? You helped create...this?"
"I had a vision." He explained." A whirlpool that sucks in all hope of life and at it's center is that" He pointed at the stone on the android's forehead. Was that still JARVIS?
"What, the gem?"
"It's the Mind Stone. It's one of the six Infinity Stones, the greatest power in the universe, unparalleled in its destructive capabilities."
Well that just sounded fucking fantastic. "Then why would you bring it here?" He asked furiously and confused.
"Because Stark is right." Thor simply replied and Steve was pretty sure hell froze all over. "The Avengers can't defeat Ultron."
That "thing" came back to them after hovering in front of the windows. "Not alone."
Steve looked at Tony. "Why does he sound like JARVIS?"
"We...we reconfigured JARVIS' matrix to create something new."
He wished Nat was here to shoot Tony in the kneecap. Another Ultron was just what they needed..."I think I've had my fill of new!"
Ultron 2.0 gave him a curious look and tilted his head. "You think I'm a child of Ultron?"
"You're not?!"
He appeared deep in thought."I'm not Ultron. I'm not JARVIS. I am...I am. Call me Vision." He finally concluded." I am on the side of life. Ultron isn't, he will end it all."
"What is he waiting for?"
"You."
"Where?"
Clint chose that moment to join them. "Sokovia. He's got Tasha there too."
Steve's head snapped so fast into Clint's direction that he almost got whiplash. "Is she... How do you know?"
"She sent me a signal so I could track her down."
Natasha was alive and at least able to give them a sign to find her which meant that she was okay, right? He would rip Ultron with his bare hands apart.
"Three minutes. Get what you need." He left to get to the quinjet. If they weren't here in three minutes he would leave without them. Nat needed him.
Bruce didn't want to come with them to Sokovia but in the end he came with them. He couldn't just help create the problem and then run away no matter what happend in Johannesburg. They needed all the manpower they could get to beat Ultron.
He wanted to search for Nat immediately and it took all his willpower not to run to look for her but they needed to get the people out of the city before they would face Ultron. He had a bad feeling in the pit of his stomach but he knew that she would understand it. As soon as the people were out of danger he would come for her.
The quinjet landed in Sokovia and he told everyone what to do. With the help of the twins and their abilities it should be easier to evacuate the people before the city got destroyed. The ramp of the quinjet lowered down and Natasha was standing in front of them.
"Nat?" He ran down the ramp and crushed his lips against hers and pulled her as close to him as possible. Natasha returned his kiss passionately.
Someone cleared their throat behind them. "Save it for the bedroom." Clint said and walked past by them when they parted. Clint squeezed her hand shortly and then ran towards the town.
Nat smiled at him and his heart didn't feel so heavy anymore. It didn't matter what would happen next, they were together again. Her gaze fell to the twins. "Is that my jacket?!"
"She's with us now." He explained and she arched an eyebrow.
"Still doesn't explain the jacket."
"I'll buy you a new one." Not that she needed one, she had so many.
He told Wanda and Pietro to start evacuating and Tony took off to confront Ultron with Thor and Vision in tow. Bruce stayed in quinjet for now probably hoping they wouldn't need him.
"What about us?" Nat asked him, still in his arms.
"We fight robots." A sentence he never thought he would say. "How are you here now?" He asked while they were running into town.
She scoffed. "Ultron locked me into an cage from the middle ages. Like that rusty thing could hold me. I took off the minute he was gone."
That's my girl. But there was something else on his mind. "Did he...did he hurt you?"
"No, just chewed my ear off with his tell about remodeling the earth."
He sighed in relief. He would have never been able to live with himself if she got hurt.
The first wave of mini Ultrons were coming their ways. "You ready?" He turned to her and she lit her batons up.
"Yeah, it's gonna be fun." She smirked at him and ran towards the robots. He followed her and they sliced their way through them side by side. Maybe something was wrong with him but the way she moved between the robots and destroyed them was just beautiful. She fought so gracefully and he knew that every move of her was lethal and calculating.
He threw his shield to her and she got it out of the body of an Ultron and fought the other one easily with it off. Seeing her with his shield made him drunk on love and pride. She just looked right with it. She tossed it back at him and he caught it and dismembered another robot with it.
He looked around and the area was clear for a moment. He ran to her and cupped her and pressed his lips briefly against her.
She was amused when he pulled away. "What was that for?"
He just grinned at her and threw his shield against a robot that came running towards them behind her back. "Just felt like it."
"Okay, if you two lovebirds are done smooching Thor needs your help on the bridge. It's about to crash down and people are still on it." Tony said cover the comms.
The city didn't stop flying higher and according to Tony and FRIDAY the only way to stop it would be to destroy it or it would crash down on earth and potentially destroy a big part of East Europe.
He was standing beside Nat and they were looking at the clouds that surrounded them. He couldn't believe they were this high up.
"Is there any other way, Stark?"
"Impact radius is getting bigger every second. We're going to have to make a choice." He replied over the comms. Fuck.
Natasha took his hand. "Steve, these people are going nowhere. If Stark finds a way to blow..."
"Not until everyone is safe." He interrupted her. Not until you are safe.
"Everyone up here versus everyone down there? There's no math there." She looked at him with pleading eyes.
He loved her more than anything but he also was Captain America and people counted on him. He had to make a decision."I'm not leaving this rock with one civilian on it."
She gave him a small and sad smile. " I didn't say we should leave."
No! She wasn't going to die today. She would live a long life, even without him. "Nat.."
Her hold on his hand got stronger. " There's worse ways to go. Where else am I gonna get a view like this?" She paused and his heart shattered into million of pieces. Not, not her! "Steve...I lo-"
"Glad you like the view, Romanoff." Nick Fury's voice was suddenly in his ears. "It's about to get even better." The clouds cleared and a helicarrier came into view.
"Fury, you son of a bitch." Maybe they wouldn't die today. She wouldn't die today.
Fury chuckled. "You kiss Romanoff with that mouth?"
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