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Chapter 50: Vibranium Deals

Salvage Yard~African Coast

Just off the African Coast, ships of many different various elements sat in the muddy bay area. A dark yellow hue of the sun shined down within the clouds that covered the skies. And one in particular stood out in the many vast ships along the water, where an older gentleman covered in dirt and grime sat in his office, talking on the phone. His name was Ulysses Klaue. Outside of his office, he could hear his crew worked hard morning through the afternoon on different kinds of weaponry inside the crate of the hot and steamy ship. Sparks grinded and flew against metal as men shouted different orders to various workers along the bridges that outlined the perimeter of the ship.

"Now, you will make it right or the next resource I send you come very much faster," he said, and clicked end on his black telephone that rested along his desk with picture frames of friends and family, a bowl of candy, and some paperwork he had to look over, in which he wasn't looking forward to at all.

He sighed. He just wanted today over with. He clicked another button on the phone, and looked down at the floor, "Now minister, where were we?" he said.

All of a sudden, his power went out and everything went dark. Chaos from the workers erupted down below the hot bed, and everyone started to search for flashlights and see what had caused the issue for the power source to go down.

Ulysses glanced down at the window, watching his workers blame each other in shouts that echoed to his office. The only thing lit up was run by a generator. He turned to his desk, and slowly picked up his gun, gripping the handle tightly in his greasy fingers. The flashlight curled around him down below as he slowly crept closer, sensing that he wasn't alone.

He shot his gun, but Pietro was too quick for him. He dodged the bullet in an instant as his blue energy powers left a trail behind him while he took the gun out of Ulysses's hand. In seconds, Pietro had taken the barrel of bullets out of the gun's handle. Ulysses widened his eyes in shock as he saw his gold bullets standing upward, with one teetering against its side, but didn't fall. Pietro sped around him to the other side of his office, and crossed his arms, looking at him with such disappointment on his face.

Wanda appeared in the darkness, standing in the corner. She looked at him with dark eyes in amusement.

And last but not least, Ava stepped inside and walked casually over to the other side of the other side of the corner, not too far away from Wanda's corner, also glaring at Ulysses. He looked at Ava in particular when he noticed a yellow and golden hue of flare dancing off her finger tips like sparkles of dust.

"Yeah," Ulysses said, glancing at the three of them. "I've been told. Strucker's prized pupils," he taunted, and sat down in his chair where three of his monitors were still on, attached to the wall above him. When he looked back at Ava, the flares on her fingers had disappeared.

Ulysses smirked. He wasn't afraid of them. He wasn't afraid of anyone. To him, they were just kids with enhanced gifts that probably couldn't hurt a fly. Nothing his gun or his fists were a match for.

"Want a piece of candy?" Ulysses picked up his bowl, offering it to the girls.

Wanda and Ava shared a knowing look, and they stayed put. Ulysses offered the bowl to Pietro. He was not amused, as he stood there with his arms crossed over his chest.

"Oh sorry to hear about Strucker," Ulysses said, putting the bowl of candy down on his desk. "But then he knew what world he was helping to create. Human life. Not a great market."

Pietro shared a curious look with his sister before he stared back at Ulysses. Ava swallowed hard, but kept her cool, careful not to make any sudden movements. She looked over to the twins questionably.

"You…you didn't know?" Ulysses asked. "Is this your first time? Intimidating someone? I'm afraid, not that afraid…"

"Everybody's afraid of something," Wanda said, stepping out from the threshold and into the small light in his office. Ava smiled when she did, and flexed her fingers out, tapping her hands together with a ginger smile on her face, ready to use her powers on this guy.

"Cuttlefish," Ulysses said.

Ava arched an eyebrow. What a strange thing to be afraid of? Wanda took a closer step to her brother, and tilted her head to the side curiously as Ulysses continued to explain.

"Deep sea fish," he said. "They make lights. Disco lights," he said and then demonstrated the noise of the fish with his mouth and hand. "To hypnotize their prey and then they whoop," he grabbed the air with his closed fist suddenly, making Ava jump a bit. Pietro looked over at Ava, but she cleared her throat and tried to regain back her coolness. "I saw a documentary, it was terrifying."

Pietro suddenly zoomed over to the bowl of candy and took two pieces out of the bowl. He handed one to Ava, and she took it gingerly within her hands. She opened up and started chewing the caramel substance in her mouth, sweet on her tongue. She smiled as Pietro smirked at Ulysses.

"So, if you're going to fiddle with my brain," Ulysses said, turning to Wanda. "Then make me see a giant cuttlefish. Then I know you don't do business, and I know your not in charge, and I only deal with the man in charge." Ulysses said, getting up from his chair as if he was the one to intimidate Ava, and the twins.

Ava swallowed her piece of candy, and looked behind him as Ultron's reactor lights glowed an orangey red behind him.

"Be careful what you wish for," Ava said.

Ulysses turned to face her, but then found himself suddenly flying backwards out of his office window, falling down to the lower level. He landed on his back hard and winced in fear as Ultron's tall robotic body towered over him.

"There is no man in charge," Ultron said. He leaned his robotic face closer to Ulysses scared features upon his face. "Let's talk business."

It seemed like Ulysses didn't have a choice but to oblige, especially when there was money involved. He walked further in toward the back of the ship where one of his strong men opened up the vault like door to reveal barrels of the strongest metal in the world. It was worth billions and Ulysses needed the money.

The door rose higher to show levels of the vibranium inside. Pietro, Wanda, and Ava stood on the outside of the door, while Ulysses walked inside and took one of the shining cylinders of vibranium from the room.

"Upon this rock," Ultron said. "I will build my church," he took the glowing blue cylinder case in his hand from Ulysses. He flipped it proudly within his hand. "Vibranium," he tossed it over to Pietro who caught it and looked into the glass. Ava looked over his shoulder with mild interest.

"You know, you came with great personal cost," Ulysses said, rubbing the back of his neck, turning to face Ultron. "It's worth billions."

Ultron chuckled and within his metal circuits, he calculated the exact amount and made sure it transferred into the man's pockets. Wanda crossed her arm and pulled at her lip, watching with interest beside her brother. Ava curled her foot over the other and smiled. She could already sense what this man's death was going to be, and if he had played nicely in the past, it was possible that Ulysses wouldn't have died this way, and might have died of a natural cause.

"Now, so are you," Ultron said. "It's all under your dummy holdings? Finance is so weird."

Ulysses's phone and his co-worker's phone buzzed within their pockets. They pulled it out and winded their eyes at the exact amount in dollars appeared on the screen. His heart filled with joy.

"But I always say," Ultron said. "Keep your friends rich, and your enemies' rich, and wait to find which is which."

Ulysses looked up with horror in his eyes and stared up at Ultron, "Stark," he said.

"What?" Ultron asked.

"Tony Stark used to say that. To me. You're one of his," he said.

"What? I'm not…" Ultron's anger pulsed inside his circuits as he reached for Ulysses's arm.

Ulysses's co-worker took out his gun, but Wanda suddenly gasped in fear, and she used her telekinetic powers to hold his gun by his side, and twisted his wrist. Red fiery flare curled around his hand, as the man winced in slight pain. He growled as he tried to control his own hand, but Wanda was too powerful for him.

"I'm not," Ultron said, holding his arm. "You think I'm one of Stark's puppets, his hollow men…I mean…look at me, do I look like Iron Man?! Stark is nothing!" he chopped off Ulysses's arm right off. He jumped back as the smoke lifted from his broken arm.

His eyes widened as the sharp pain crawled around his body.

"I'm sorry…I'm sorry, ooh," Ultron said. "I'm sure that's going to be okay. I'm sorry. It's just that I don't understand. Don't compare me to Stark!" he said and kicked him with his long leg down the stairs that made his co-worker rush after him down the stairs below.

"Argh! It's a thing with me…" he mumbled in pure disgust. "Stark is a sickness!"

"Awe, junior," Tony said as he flew down in his Iron Man suit, joining Thor and Steve beside him, suited up, and ready to fight. "You're going to break your old man's heart."

Pietro tossed the vibranium on the ground, and stepped forward with his sister and Ava.

"If I have to," Ultron said.

Clint and Natasha crept along either side of the wall, while Ultron was distracted with Tony.

"Nobody has to break anything," Thor said.

"Clearly you've never made an omelet," Ultron said.

"He beat me by one second," Tony scowled to his team.

"Ah, this is funny, Mr. Stark," Pietro said, taking a brave step closer. Ava and Wanda shared a knowing look. Zoe wasn't there. But that didn't mean she couldn't help diffuse the situation, and she had her eyes settled on Steve, boy wonder, Zoe's love interest, and Captain America. Her fingers glowed yellow and gold when she stared into his eyes.

"Is work comfortable?" They looked down at the weapons below. "Like old times?" Pietro said.

Tony sighed, "This was never my life," he said.

"You three can still walk away from this," Steve stepped forward, tearing his eyes away from Ava. They were too much like Zoe's.

"Awe, we will," Wanda said, smiling at him.

"In due time, Captain," Ava warned, stepping on the other side of Ultron. She looked into his eyes and Steve suddenly frowned at the way she was looking at him.

"I know you've suffered," Steve said, not backing down.

"Ah," Ultron said with a chuckle. "Captain America. God's righteous man, pretending you can live without a war. I can't physically throw up in my mouth but…"

"You believe in peace," Thor said. "Then let us keep it."

"I think you're confusing peace with quiet," Ultron said.

"Yeah-huh, what's the vibranium for?" Tony asked.

"I'm glad you asked that because I wanted to take this time to display my evil plan," Ultron said with a wave of his hand in a dramatic manner, but then used his powers to take Iron Man's suit away from his teammates and then shove him backwards against the metal wall with his own fiery powers from his replusors.

Tony landed in a huff, but he was quick to get up. He charged after Ultron in the air, and caught himself engaged in a firefight with Ultron, drawing him away from his team in which they were soon faced with Ava and the twins, and Ulysses' co-workers, all hell breaking loose inside that ship.