Meanwhile the Twins meet Ultron in an empty building "Talk. And if you are wasting our time..." Wanda began but Ultron interrupted.
"Did you know this church is in the exact center of the city? The elders decreed it so that everyone could be equally close to God. I like that. The geometry of belief" Ultron told them while sitting down in a chair facing away from them. "You're wondering why you can't look inside my head" Ultron asked them? "Sometimes it's hard. But sooner or later, every man shows himself" Ultron said while turning around and revealing himself in his new body. "Oh, I'm sure they do. But you needed something more than a man. That's why you let Stark and Udaku take the scepter" Ultron stated. "I didn't expect. But I saw their fear, I knew it would control them, make them self-destruct. Everyone creates the thing they dread. Men of peace create engines of war, invaders create avengers, people create...smaller people? Uh...children! I lost the word there. Children. Designed to supplant them, to help them... end" Ultron explained.
"Is that why you've come? To end the Avengers" Wanda asked?
"I've come to save the world. But also, yeah. We'll move out right away. This is a start, but there's something we need to begin the real work" Ultron added.
"All of these are... All of these are…" Wanda asked while looking at the bots?
"Me. I have what the Avengers never will. Harmony. They're discordant, disconnected. Stark and Udaku already got them turning on each other. And when you get inside the rest of their heads..." Ultron said smugly.
"Everyone's plan is not to kill them" Pietro added.
"And make them martyrs? You need patience. Need to see the big picture" Ultron replied.
"I don't see the big picture, I have a little picture. I take it out and look at it every day" Pietro told him.
"You lost your parents in the bombings. I've seen the records" Ultron said.
"The records are not the picture" Pietro told him firmly.
"Pietro" Wanda interrupted.
"No, please" Ultron said while nodding at Pietro.
"We were ten years old, having dinner, the four of us. When the first shell hits, two floors below, it makes a hole in the floor. It's big. Our parents go in, and the whole building starts coming apart. I grab her, roll under the bed and the second shell hits. But it doesn't go off. It just...sits there in the rubble, three feet from our faces. And on the side of the shell is painted one word..." Pietro explained.
"Stark" Wanda added.
"We were trapped two days" Pietro said. "Every effort to save us, every shift in the bricks, I think, this will set it off. "We wait for two days for Tony Stark and that Princess of his to kill us" Wanda said bitterly.
"I know what they are" Pietro added.
"I wondered why only you two survived Strucker's experiments. Now, I do. We will make it right. You and I can hurt them" Ultron said as he looked at Wanda. "But you will tear them apart, from the inside" Ultron finished.
Back at the Avengers Tower Laura and the group are trying to come up with a plan "He's all over the globe. Robotics labs, weapons facilities, jet propulsion labs, reports of a metal man, or men, coming in and emptying the place" Hill told them.
"Fatalities" Laura asked?
"Only when engaged. Mostly guys left in a fugue state going on about old memories, worst fears, and something too fast to see" Hill replied.
"Maximoffs. Well, that makes sense he'd go to them, they have someone in common" Steve said.
"Not anymore" Hill said while handing Steve a tablet as Laura looked on seeing the image of Strucker's body with PEACE written in blood on the wall.
"That's a negative. I answer to you. Yes ma'am" Clint said while hanging up his phone and interrupts the group.
"Barton, we might have something" Steve told him.
"Gotta go" Clint replied.
"Go where" Laura asked him?
"Girlfriend" Clint told her, and Laura smiled knowing who it really was as Hill got the rest of the group.
"What's this" Tony asked while looking at the image?
"A message. Ultron killed Strucker" Steve answered.
"And he did a Banksy at the crime scene, just for us" Tony replied.
"This is a smokescreen. Why send a message when you've just given a speech" Nat asked?
"Strucker knew something that Ultron wanted us to miss" Steve said.
"Yeah I bet he…" Tony began but looked at the image on the monitor "Yep. Everything we had on Strucker has been erased" Tony explained.
"Known associates. Well, Strucker had a lot of friends" Steve added.
"Hang on… this guy" Laura spoke up while looking at the photo's getting everyone's attention while grabbing it and showing it to everyone. "This guy. He operates off the South African coast, black market arms" Laura explained as Steve gave her a look. "His name is Ulysses Klaue He was talking about finding something new, a game changer, it was all very… Well you know" Laura told them vaguely not revealing the real situation to them.
"This" Thor asked her while pointing at the tattoo on his neck.
"It's a tattoo. I don't think…" Laura replied while scratching her head and unsure what to reveal as Thor interrupted her.
"No, those aren't tattoos, this is a brand" Thor explained as Bruce identified it.
"Oh, yeah. It's a word in an African dialect meaning thief, in a much less friendly way" Bruce told them vaguely as he and the rest all looked at Laura knowing she knew what it meant.
"What dialect" Steve asked still confused?
"Wakandan" Laura told them while sighing hating the position, she was put in. "I can't say everything what happened again I'm in a bad spot here, but uh we had a situation back home, way before my time and well yeah… he got out with the rest of it except for the very tiny tiny amounts we were able to mine since then" Laura told them vaguely as the others figured it out.
"I thought your father said he got the last of it" Steve asked Tony as Laura shifted awkwardly hating the position, she was in.
"I don't follow. What comes out of Wakanda" Bruce asked Laura as she brought out her spear dramatically getting everyone's attention. "The strongest metal on earth" Laura told him as he nodded.
"Where is this guy now" Steve asked Tony as he and Laura gave each other a knowing look.
Meanwhile off the South African coast in a salvage yard Klaue is in his office on the ship and on the phone "Don't tell me your man swindled you. I sent you six short range heat seekers and got a boat full of rusted parts. Now, you will make it right, or the next missile I send you will come very much faster" Klaue finished as he went to another call "Now, minister, where were we" Klaue continued as the lights went off in his office and the twins enter it. "Yeah the enhanced. "Stuckers prized pupils" Klaue told them amused. "Want a candy" Klaue asked holding out the plate? "Oh, sorry to hear about Strucker. But then, he knew what kind of world he was helping create. Human life, not a growth market" Klaue told them as the twins gave each other a look. "You...you didn't know? Is this your first time intimidating someone? I'm afraid that I'm not that afraid" Kalue told them while smiling.
"Everybody's afraid of something" Wanda replied.
"Cuttlefish. Deep sea fish. They make lights. disco lights. Whoom, whoom, whoom! to hypnotize their prey, then whoom! I saw a documentary, it was terrifying" Klaue joked as Pietro ran over to him quickly grabbing a piece of candy as Klaue flinched expecting to be attacked. "So, if you're going to fiddle with my brain, and make me see a giant cuttlefish, then I know you don't do business, and I know you're not in charge, and I only deal with the man in charge" Klaue told them as Ultron crashed through the window.
"There is no man in charge. Let's talk business" Ultron told him as Klaue gave him some Vibranium.
"Upon this rock I will build my church. Vibranium" Ultron said while looking at it.
"You know, it came at great personal cost and you're already familiar with her" Klaue told him while smiling as Ultron tilted his head slightly.
"The Princess and her lies" Klaue explained to him while chuckling.
"It's worth billions" Klaue added as Ultron added it to his bank account.
"Now, so are you. It's all under your dummy holdings? Finance is so weird. But I always say, keep your friends rich and your enemies rich, and wait to find out which is which" Ultron replied.
"Stark" Klaue answered.
"What" Ultron asked?
"Tony Stark used to say that...to me. You're one of his" Klaue explained as Ultron grabbed him quickly.
"I'm not. 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" Ultron yelled and chopped off Klaue's arm as Laura flew down in her suit getting everyone's attention slamming on to the grated hallway.
"Klaue" she yelled loudly! "Did you think I would forget" Laura asked angrily while looking at him behind the twins and Ultron as Klaue looked at her amused.
"Ah hello there Princess long time no see how have you been" Klaue asked while laughing hysterically as Tony, Steve and Thor came in behind her on the ship.
"Ah, Junior" Tony said while looking at Ultron. "You're gonna break your old man's heart".
"If I have to" Ultron replied smugly.
"We don't have to break anything" Thor said trying to defuse the situation.
"Except for this guy's face" Laura said through her teeth while giving Klaue a death stare as he smiled back at her.
"And clearly you never made an omelet" Ultron added.
"He beat me by one second" Tony said sarcastically.
"Ah, this is funny, Mr. Stark. It's what, comfortable? Like old times" Pietro asked him?
"This was never my life" Tony answered.
"You can still walk away from this" Steve told the twins.
"He will wish he can walk away from this" Laura interrupted while ignoring them and still looking at Klaue.
"Laura not now. Look I know you suffered" Steve tried explaining to them, but Ultron spoke up.
"Ugh! Captain America. God's righteous man, pretending you could live without a war. I can't physically throw up in my mouth, but…" Ultron said as Thor interrupted.
"If you believe in peace, then let us keep it" Thor pleaded to him again.
"I think you're confusing peace with quiet" Ultron replied.
"Why are you after Vibranium" Laura asked him speaking up as Ultron looked over to her.
"Ah Princess I'm glad you personally asked that, because I wanted to take this time to explain my evil plan" Ultron told her as he blasted her into the wall behind her hard as she collapsed to the ground as Tony took off fast towards Ultron as they fought it out as Laura got up as her and Steve began fighting the Iron Legions attacking them. Suddenly Laura got knocked down quickly by Pietro and Steve is shot by Wanda with her powers.
Back in his office Klaue is stumbling away with a mercenary next to him "Shoot them" he yelled!
"Who" the mercenary asked?
"All of them" he yelled!
Meanwhile Nat and Clint are working their way down the hallway taking out approaching guards. Laura, Thor and Steve are still fighting Legionnaires as Pietro runs by them using his powers as he swept Laura's legs tripping her to the ground, punched Steve in the face as he fell and ran over towards Thor who threw his hammer at him as Pietro looked at it and grabbed on as he was flung back with it. Laura and Steve are fighting legions as Laura blasted the head of one up close and Steve pinned one with his shield as Thor took it out with his hammer. Steve threw his Shield as it bounced off guards and knocked Pietro to the ground as Laura ran up next to him arming her stabilizer.
"Stay down kid" Steve told him as they heard gun fire and ran off.
"It's time for some mind games" Ultron told Wanda who walked over towards them down the hallway. Meanwhile Bruce was standing on the Quinjet hearing the chaos and asked group "is this a code green" and didn't get a response as he walked off it and towards the salvage yard? Wanda runs over to Thor and uses her powers to send him into a day dream… as he entered is seeing an image of Asgard at a party as Pietro knocked Steve into the stair case and he sees a 1940's dance hall and Peggy walks up to him and asked, "Are you ready for our dance"?
Wanda sent Nat into a day dream of her back in the red room.
"This is going very well" Ultron said smugly closing the case.
"Ultron that doesn't belong to you" Laura yelled while blasting him to the ground getting the attention of the other legions as she tried to fight her way over to the case of weapons as the legionnaires blocked her way as he took off outside. Meanwhile Laura blasted the last legion's head off and took off towards Tony and Ultron fighting each other while flying over the salvage yard as the three exchanged blasts and Tony shot him into a ship as Laura and Tony pinned him down.
"Ah, the Vibranium is getting away" Ultron told them smugly.
"And you're not going anywhere" Tony replied.
"Of course not, I'm already there. You'll catch on. But first, you might need to catch Dr. Banner" he told them as Tony and Laura look at each other wide eyed as Tony blasted Ultron in the head and both of them took off fast.
"Tony time for the HulkBuster" Laura yelled while going supersonic towards the city.
"Yep" Tony replied quickly getting it.
Laura flew down seeing Hulk smashing cars on the street and civilians fleeing and Hulk watching her approach as she and him faced off on the street. "Bruce…it's me Laura" she said as her helmet came off and he looked at her. "Your work buddy remember" Laura said softly as she slowly approached him as Hulk was snarling at her?
"The sun is getting real low ok. The sun…" Laura tried using the lullaby, but Hulk grabbed her by the neck quickly and threw her hard into the building next to them as she crashed into the offices and through the walls fast. "Ow… I'm getting too old for this" she complained while in pain and on her back as people were fleeing from her inside and Tony landed in the HulkBuster seeing the hole and path of destruction in the building and got ready.
"Alright everyone stand down" Tony yelled as Laura got up slowly hearing Tony's voice as civilians were fleeing the scene. Tony and Hulk fight it out as Laura tried getting civilians to leave the scene.
"Get the hell out of here! Don't watch move! Run!" Laura yelled from the side getting them to run away as Hulk and Bruce got into a standoff.
"You listening? That little witch is messing with your mind. You're stronger than her, you're smarter than her, you're Bruce Banner" Tony told him as Hulk roared in anger. "Right, right, right! Don't mention puny Banner" Tony added quickly as Hulk threw a car at his back and attacked him. "In the back? Dick move, Banner" Tony said as they fought it out and Laura was getting civilians to flee from the chaos on the street below while watching the fight above her.
"Get out of here! Move!" Laura continued to yell as she saw Hulk destroy one of Tony's hand and Veronica send another hand from above and Tony repeatedly punch Thor in the face.
"Go to sleep, go to sleep, go to sleep" Tony said while punching him quickly. "Ok pal, we're gonna get you out of town" Tony said while picking him up and flying him out of the city but flies towards a office building instead "No, not that way, not that way" Tony yelled as they crashed through it and Laura saw and sighed. "C' mon Bruce snap out of it" Laura sighed as she flew over to scene.
"Everybody out! Going to get ugly" Tony yelled while holding the crashed elevator as Laura flew over.
"Tony what are you…" Laura began but saw Tony knock Hulk down as he got up and spat out a tooth and stared Tony down as Laura swallowed in fear.
"I'm sorry" Tony told him as he attacked him and pulled out pieces of the suit as Laura flew at him full speed knocking punching him in the face as he stumbled backwards letting go of Tony.
"Damage report" Tony asked as the images glitched out?
"That's comprehensive. Show me something" Tony asked as it showed an image of an empty tower under construction. "How quickly can we buy this building" Tony asked?
"What" Laura asked as Tony picked up Hulk quickly as Laura followed them and Tony dropped him into the tower collapsing it as it exploded as Hulk went back to Bruce on the ground as Laura looked around seeing the chaos and Bruce leaves his day dream as police in armored vehicles and swat teams approach them with civilians looking on afraid as Tony knocked Bruce out and Laura sighed seeing the mess they made.
Laura and the group are back on the Quinjet as she was thinking on how to explain the situation about the stolen Vibranium to T' Challa "The news is loving you guys. Nobody else is. There's been no official call for Banner's arrest, but it's in the air" Hill told them on the call.
"Stark relief foundation" Tony asked?
"Already on the scene. How's the team" Hill asked?
"Everyone's...we took a hit. We'll shake it off" Tony replied while looking at Laura after seeing her thrown threw an office building.
"Well for now I'd stay in stealth mode and stay away from here" Hill suggested.
"So, run and hide" Tony asked in disbelief?
"Until we can find Ultron, I don't have a lot else to offer" Hill finished ending the call.
"Hey, you wanna switch out" Tony asked Clint flying the jet?
"No, I'm good. If you wanna get some kip, now's a good time, cause we're still a few hours out" Clint told them as Laura walked over to them.
"A few hours from where" Tony asked as her and Clint gave each other a knowing look.
"A safe house" Clint answered.
A few hours later they landed outside Clint's farm as Laura and the group walked towards the house.
"What is this place" Thor asked?
"A safe house" Tony asked?
"Let's hope" Clint joked, and Laura smiled as they walked inside.
"Honey I'm home" Clint announced as his wife heavily pregnant wife Laura walks from the kitchen.
"Hi. Company. Sorry I didn't call ahead" Clint said while kissing her.
"Hey Laura, wow the baby is going to come out any day now" Laura joked while walking over to her and hugging her.
"Hey Laura and yeah he likes taking his sweet time as well" Laura joked back while smiling as the others looked on confused.
"This is an agent of some kind" Laura asked while pointing at Thor?
"Gentlemen this is Laura. And our Laura goes by Princess in this house to avoid confusion" Clint told them smugly while giving Laura a look.
"I know all your names" Laura replied as Tony, Thor and Steve stared at her awkwardly.
"Oh, incoming" Clint yelled as Cooper and Lila ran in.
"Dad" Cooper yelled while hugging him!
"It's the Princess" Lila yelled excitedly as Laura picked her up and hugged her.
"Yes, it is and how is my favorite girl doing? Gosh you're getting bigger every time I see you" Laura told her while smiling as she turned around next to Clint as the others looked at them confused.
"These are...smaller agents" Tony said confused.
"Did Auntie Nat come with you guys" Lila asked while looking at them.
"Why don't you hug her and find out" Nat said walking in as Laura set Lila down and she ran over to her as Nat picked her up.
"Sorry for barging in on you" Steve interrupted.
"Yeah, we would have called ahead, but we were busy having no idea that you existed" Tony said confused looking between Clint and Laura.
"Yeah, well Fury helped me set this up when I joined. He kept it off Shield's records. It's a good place to lay low" Clint explained.
"Honey. Ah, I missed you" Laura told Clint hugging him.
"How's little Natasha, huh" Clint asked while touching her stomach.
"She's…Nathaniel" Laura corrected as Nat knelt down besides it.
"Traitor" she murmured.
"Uh I'll catch up with you guys in a minute I need to use the bathroom" Laura told them as she walked upstairs towards it and closed the door and called T' Challa with her bracelet as he appeared over it. "Hey…" Laura greeted awkwardly while waving her hand unsure how to explain the situation with Klaue.
"I saw you on the news are you ok? What happened in South Africa" T' Challa asked with concern?
"I'm fine and it was Hulk and we couldn't get him to stop but Tony and I eventually contained the situation as you saw but we're in a safe house for now but uh… before all of that went down, we ran into him again. Klaue" Laura told him and T' Challa clenched his fist angrily.
"And…" he asked?
"And he had the stolen Vibranium but he slipped through our hands again and…" Laura explained but T' Challa interrupted holding his hand up.
"What do you mean he had the Vibranium? Where is it now" he asked her firmly as Laura saw the anger on his face and sighed.
"Ultron... Ultron has it. He has some plan that involves it and he got away because of Hulk but please please listen to me the others know nothing and suspect nothing like I said from the beginning I can balance this ok. Let us handle this" Laura begged/whispered to him while holding her hands together.
"This is your mess. I will explain to the others what you told me but you and The Avengers better handle this or I will" T' Challa told her angrily while hanging up as she sighed and leaned up against the wall.
"Guess the honeymoon phase is over" she murmured to herself as she flushed the toilet and left to join the others downstairs.
