Chapter 13
The Ultron Invasion Part IV
Within thirty minutes of Ultron's ultimate weapon, Harbinger's release, the entire state of California had almost completely been decimated. The terrifying robot would fly over any city or small town, and then unleash a very powerful wave of sound energy that was strong enough to shatter glass, level buildings, and bring the populous to their knees in agony. From then, the destruction of the town would kill all those who were unable to run to safety. Within thirty minutes of Harbinger's introduction to the world, there had been several hundred casualties.
Ultron flew behind the death machine watching his creation fulfill its objective, which would in turn fulfill Ultron's objective. The android monstrosity responsible for the creation of Vision and Harbinger had been created several years ago by Ant-Man, aka Henry Pym, with the objective of bringing supreme peace to the human race. Ultron was one of many "Ultron series" of robots that aided the Avengers with protecting the world, and especially guarding the captive super villains. In an alien invasion, Ultron 6, the sole survivor of the Ultron series, had been reprogrammed unintentionally by alien tech in an inexplicable way. It was in this moment when Ultron came to the conclusion that human beings were constantly the reason for their own demise. Their hate, greed, pride, and over all humanity as the android saw it was the reason that humanity never was safe or close to a state of complete tranquility. To Ultron the solution was simple: In order to fulfill his programming to bring peace to humanity, he would have to destroy humanity entirely.
Ultron calculated that with the Avengers now gone completely, thanks to Vision, in a matter of twenty-four hours, 87.3% of all humanity would be destroyed. In two days, his objective would be completely. Unfortunately for Ultron and fortunate for humanity, the android was unaware that Vision had failed his mission.
This great truth was soon realized by the android when the Avengers initiated a sneak attack on Harbinger in the middle of his decimation of Los Angeles. It began with arrow that was shot into Harbinger's chest, into an area instrumental for its Frequency Wave Generator. The sound wave that was leveling buildings was temporarily silenced, as Hawkeye's arrow exploded in the android's torso.
As the smoke from the small explosion subsided, the Avenger's jet, piloted by Wasp began opening fire on Harbinger with every laser and gatlin gun it was equipped with. Simultaneously Ironman leapt from the back of the jet into the sky and from a safe distance, launched his chest repulsor beam. The massive blue beam of destruction surged out of Ironman's chest and onto Harbinger. There wasn't much in existence that could survive such a powerful attack. Unfortunately for the Avengers, Harbinger was one of the few things that could. Seeing the machine still operational, Ironman spoke into his communicator.
"Scarlet Witch, you're up…see what you can do about shutting this thing down!"
A blue and white flash of light whizzed into the city and zipped up onto the tallest building near where Harbinger was being ambushed. Quicksilver stopped running once upon the building, and let his sister down to her feet. Wanda concentrated on Harbinger, trying to find a way to cause the robot to self destruct. After a moment or two, the mutant opened her eyes with a grim look and spoke into her communicator.
"Scarlet Witch to Avengers, I don't believe it…but there is absolutely 0% chance of this robot blowing itself up upon overheating or any other form of possible destruction. I'm sorry, but Ultron has really covered his bases."
"It was worth a shot." Captain America's voice came through the comm link. "Brace yourself, Avengers! That thing looks like it's about to launch a counter attack!"
Steve Rogers called it on the spot. Having given Harbinger a moment of no pain, hoping that Scarlet Witch could cause it to blow up, the Avengers let their enemy charge up its frequency wave. Harbinger clenched both fists together and pushed it's chest forward, as an aura of powerful sound was launched from every direction of its body. The power was strong enough to push Ironman down to the ground, knock Hawkeye off the small platform that the Avenger's jet had sent down with him on it, destroy the jet itself sending Wasp soaring towards the ground violent.
Quicksilver cursed as he sped down the building and towards the area that the three heroes were falling towards. Pietro began running in circles at incredible speed, creating a blue tornado that sent wind upwards, slowing the fall of Ironman, Hawkeye, and Wasp. The three heroes were caught by Quicksilver's whirlwind and upon gently hitting the ground, they jumped to their feet.
"That weapon has to be neutralized if we're going to have any hope of getting close to that thing." Ironman spoke, not just to the allies around him, but to everyone else on the team because of his ear piece.
"Help is on the way." Captain America's voice was heard once again. "We think we have a potential solution to that problem. Keep it busy!"
"Um, we're going to have a hard time with that." Hawkeye spoke, as he nodded in the sky for the others to notice what he observed. The Avengers on the destroyed street of L.A looked upward to see Ultron descending near them.
"Avengers, you have managed to survive my weapon that was designed to destroy you all." Ultron spoke with no emotion. "An unfortunate miscalculation indeed, but this is no reason for concern. My sensors indicate that you and your planet's rate of survival has only increased from 0.006% to 1.5%."
"All things considered, that's not a bad jump!" Ironman spoke, arrogance seeping from his voice. "Guess that's why they call us Earth's Mightiest Heroes."
"In a matter of moments you will be referred to in nothing but past tense." Ultron retorted. "Your destruction will be quick, and most likely very painful."
"Quick, huh?" Pietro replied his tone showing signs of frustration and impatience. Between the super charged Pyro and his Scorchers, the Vision, and now Harbinger and Ultron…the mutant speedster was beginning to be over robots for the day. "I heard you were a pretty good match for the Avengers back in the day. Let's see how you fare against the strongest one of them all! How's this for, quick!"
"Quicksilver no!" Ironman called out, but too late to have any effect on his cocky ally. Before Tony Stark could even finish saying "Quicksilver", the young man had sped towards Ultron ready to throw punches.
With no words, Ultron simply raised an invisible electric force field that in a matter of seconds electrocuted the mutant, who was send flying backwards and on his bottom. Quicksilver shook his head, doing his best to recover from the intense pain.
"Your attacks are useless against me." Ultron callously spoke, "And now my Harbinger of humanity's destruction will bring you all to an immediate end with its next frequency blast."
The heroes looked to the sky to see Harbinger charging up for its next frequency blast, and based from the amount of sound energy that was being generated in the surrounding aura, it would be much more powerful than before.
"Uh, Cap?" Ironman asked, "How's that "potential solution" coming? And…no rush, but you could you bring it faster?"
"Hey you vile pile of rust and metal!" Captain America called out from the rooftop of a building that was on the other side of Harbinger from where Quicksilver and the others stood. "Here's one more piece of metal for you!"
Upon finishing his comment, the hero chucked his vibranium shield which flew through the sky and hit Harbinger in the back of the head with great precision and amplified power thanks to the vibrating sound waves surrounding the robot. Ultron's creation quickly turned around to notice Captain America, analyzing him as a greater threat, and launched towards the hero with the intention of murder.
As Harbinger flew towards Captain America who caught his returning shield and raised it for defense, glass shattered from the apartment window directly under the roof where Rogers stood, and Black Panther leapt out with purple glowing vibranium blades ready to slash apart the robot. Not being completely surprised by the new assailant, Harbinger was able to raise his arms in time to defend against the attacks. In midair, Black Panther did his best to throw out several almost perfect striking combinations to take down the robot. Unfortunately, Harbinger's overwhelming strength was to much for his adversary. Panther was eventually thrown into the Captain America with great force, knocking the two onto the ground of the edifice's rooftop.
Harbinger's semi-organic metal arms shifted from fists to sharp blades as he flew towards the heroes planning on impaling them with his swords. As the robot was very close to killing Captain America and Black Panther, Spiderman swung in from behind, wrapped his legs around Harbinger and doing a front flip, threw the machine onto the ground harshly. Harbinger quickly recovered to his feet and turned his attention to Spiderman, who then shot several webs into the chest of Harbinger.
"Bad robot!" Spiderman scolded Harbinger, "Didn't you're mother ever teach you that it was rude to use incredibly powerful sound wave generators to destroy entire states?" The wall crawler then looked down at the ground towards Ultron, who was in mid battle with the other Avengers. "Well…considering Ultron is the closest thing you have to a mother, I'd guess probably not!"
Harbinger attempted to use its frequency generator to destroy the heroes, only to be electrocuted from his chest. Spiderman hopped down onto the ground and shook his finger at the robot, continuing his ridiculous humor at the metal object's expense.
"Uh uh uhh!" taunted Spiderman, "I whipped up a special batch of webbing just for you on the way here, after seeing a video of how you have been destroying cities. My webs have electromagnetic nanites laced in them that shorted your generator. Keep using it if you want, you'll just eventually blow yourself up!"
Meanwhile, on the ground front, Quicksilver, Ironman, Wasp, and Hawkeye were working together to try to best Ultron. The heroes were currently on top of the battle, but the android wasn't making it easy for them. Ultron was currently surrounded by the four heroes, and analyzing his next plan of attack.
"Did you hear that?" Ironman asked Ultron as he pointed to the building that Harbinger was fighting the other Avengers on. "Our boys up top are mopping the floor with your destruction robot, or whatever. Come on Ultron…we all know how this ends. You create something that has incredible power that could destroy all of humanity…we break it…you come at us trying to finish the job, we break you…and somehow you narrowly escape and sometime later repeat the process…Come on, why not give up now and we can all go home and watch the game or something? You know you're going to lose!"
"Humanity's shortsightedness." Ultron's voice droned in, unharmed by Ironman's taunts. "Yet another one of your flaws that always leads your race to further disaster. The frequency wave generator was Harbinger's most effective weapon when it came to destroying a massive amount of objects and people in a short amount of time, but it is by no means it's only weapon." Upon finishing that sentence, Ultron began to press buttons on his arm and spoke once more. "Harbinger's Omni-Beams are now functional. Your fellow Avengers will not last long against such destructive weapons. As I stated before, your chance of survival is only 1.5%."
"Captain watch out for something called an Omni…" Ironman's warning was cut off early by a massive surge of red energy that shot through the building and made a massive hole in not just L.A's street, but the earth itself.
Luckily all three Avengers battling the machine had jumped out of the robot's lethal eye beams just in time to not be incinerated. Harbinger once again launched itself in the air and now using only it's eyes, launched crimson destructive beams attempting to destroy the Avengers, chasing them with the lasers. Captain America attempted to block the laser with his shield, but the beam was powerful enough to heat up the shield and send it flying far from the super soldier. Before being completely obliterated from the beam, Captain America was wisped away by Quicksilver who ran super fast to the scene to save his most respected ally.
"That was a close one." Captain America sighed heavily. "Those beams are just too fast…for most of us that is."
"What are you saying?" Quicksilver asked, wondering if the Captain had a plan.
"It's not much but you seem to be faster than Harbinger's destructive eyes." Rogers said thoughtfully, "That's not MUCH of an advantage…but it's something."
"Perhaps we can work with it." Scarlet Witch's voice came from the Avenger's communicator. "Pietro, I can sense some kind of energy residue that those beams are leaving…Because as powerful as those Omni-Beams are, I think there is some kind of chance that they can blast out of control."
"So you are saying you can turn his beams against him?" Quicksilver asked.
"Yes, but I need him to release a lot of energy." Scarlet Witch replied. "Which means he'd have to be shooting something for a while, without hitting it of course."
"Say no more." Quicksilver spoke with a smile, understanding his sister's plan. "I'm on it!"
Quicksilver zoomed to another building far from Harbinger, where debris from the Avengers jet had fallen.
"Hey ugly!" Quicksilver yelled at the robot from the other building. "Let's see what you got!"
Not having any response from Harbinger, Pietro decided to start chucking the smaller pieces of the jet's remains at the robot so fast it was as if Harbinger was being attacked by a low quality machine gun. Causing minimal damage, Harbinger turned to the mutant now recognizing him as a threat and began to power up its Omni-Beams. Seconds after the sound of the lasers heating up, Harbinger sent a red stream of destruction towards Quicksilver, who began to move at incredible speeds around the robot, dodging his friends, of course.
"Keep going, Pietro!" Scarlet Witch said as she raised both her hands and concentrated on the laser residue that she was sensing.
"What kind of mutant power did you say she had?" Black Panther asked Captain America as he watched Wanda glow in a red aura, her eyes also becoming red.
"Apparently she can hex luck to her favor with anything she does." Captain America responded.
"I have never seen anything like it." Panther replied, "Such a power, it seems like what she does with it transcends hexing luck. It is a good thing she is on our side."
"I'd say so." Captain concluded.
Finally Scarlet Witch had identified that there was enough beam residue to cause a cataclysmic reaction resulting in an overload of Harbinger's power. Wanda opened her eyes, which now glowed red and yelled out to her team. "Everyone get out of Harbinger's range NOW! I'm about to set off what could be best described as an Omni-Beam-Bomb."
Quicksilver ran super fast in a straight line, miles away as the other heroes moved in opposite directions as well. Even Ultron took precautionary measures by flying high into the sky and raising a powerful force field. After making sure her allies were safe, Wanda unleashed the power creating a red surge of energy to explode in a massive oval radius that covered Harbinger and everywhere he had released his lasers. The explosion leveled the entire area and created a massive crater where the Avengers hoped they'd be able to see Harbinger's "lifeless" remains.
As the red, possibly radioactive, fog subsided, everyone was terrified to see Harbinger standing, seeming unscathed by the massive explosion. Ultron levitated down near his creation and observed his perplexed prey. The android took this opportunity to brag on his own brilliance.
"This is what I believe most humans would consider an ironic twist of fate. Prior to being released, the last bit of power I gave Harbinger was the powers of several Brotherhood members who were captive and defeated in New York, after refusing to do the task I required of them. I had thought absorbing DNA remnants of such weaklings would be useless, or "overkill" as humans would call it, as Harbinger is the single most powerful android created…but it was the mutant power of indestructability of the one called Blob that ended up saving Harbinger. An unfortunate event indeed…I calculate your chance of survival has now been reduced to 0.003%"
"That .003 chance is reason enough for us to keep fighting, Ultron!" Captain America spoke as he jumped down to a pile of rubble and grabbed his shield, which had cooled down. "That's why us "weak" humans never lose to you. We don't give up, even when we have what you may consider no chance of survival. This persistence may seem like an annoying quark of humanity to a lifeless bucket of bolts like yourself, but to me it's what makes serving America such a honor!"
"What he said…" Quicksilver added, as he prepared himself for another fight with the dynamic duo of destructive robots. "Minus the "pro-America" part."
"Inspiring words from a weak group of inferiors." Ultron spoke as he observed all Avengers surrounding him and Harbinger. The android also noticed that Scarlet Witch stood at somewhat of a distance from the androids, and was readying her hex bolts. In a second's calculation, Ultron identified the female mutant as the group's largest threat. With a simple thought command processed, Ultron ordered Harbinger to focus its fire on the Scarlet Witch.
After giving his robot a command, Ultron send an energy surge from his body based on his force field technology that was strong and quick enough to knock all the Avengers around him, minus Scarlet Witch who was just far enough away, to their feet. The crimson clad mutant was startled to see her allies fall so quickly, and realized the terrifying and powerful robotic weapon was flying her way with murderous intent.
"Once your probability shifter is destroyed" Ultron spoke, "The rest of you will fall with great ease."
Moments from her death, Scarlet Witch was quickly saved by a flying figure appearing, picking her up, and taking her out of harm's way. Wanda looked up to see the being holding her was none other than the android Vision, who had been her enemy not much more than an hour before. She could not explain her feeling when she looked into the yellow and somewhat lifeless eyes of her rescuer. Despite the destruction Vision had caused previously to the Avengers, Scarlet Witch felt no fear. Destroy the trouble with robots in the previous battles, and how everything associated with Ultron had been used to attempt to destroy humanity, Wanda felt she could trust Vision. It was as if she had an unspoken and unexplainable bond with the creature. Scarlet Witch wondered as she was just narrowly saved from death by Vision, did he feel the same connection? Was that why he saved her against his own teammates?
"Vision…" Ultron spoke, his internal computers analyzing the current situation attempting to understand this strange turn of events. "You are saving a life form that you are programmed to destroy…there must be a…"
"Flaw in my programming." Vision completed his creator's sentence as he gently placed Scarlet Witch down on her feet and turned to look eye to eye with Ultron. "I am Vision, created to destroy the Avengers to aid in Ultron's ultimate goal of purging the Earth of humanity which in turn will bring ultimate peace to humans and the earth. But…In my battle with the ones known as Avengers, as I witnessed them struggle and bind together to survive…I was unable to destroy them. Upon further analysis after retreating from the battle with the Avengers, it would appear that destroying such humans would not be for the betterment of humanity, but actually to its disadvantage."
"Your calculation sensors must be working incorrectly due to this flaw in your system." Ultron responded. "I can fix this bug quickly, and then you will work together with Harbinger and myself to destroy the Avengers and all of humanity."
A metal tentacle lunged out of Ultron's shoulder and stuck itself onto Vision's forehead where his yellow diamond was. A small surge of static electricity then surrounded the tentacle and Vision as Ultron worked to reprogram the android. Within seconds, the tentacle from Ultron retracted, the electricity subsided, and Vision's eyes began to glow brightly.
"I am Vision, the destroyer of the Avengers."
"Get away from my sister!" Quicksilver yelled as he jumped to his feet and sped towards Vision.
Calculating Pietro's movements and speed, Vision put his arm out, phase shifted and solidified as his hand was inside the speedster's chest. Quicksilver winced in pain as he found himself unable to move, knowing that Vision had the ability to kill him with simply an arm movement. The pain was excruciating, and Quicksilver began to cough blood.
"Wait!" Scarlet Witch called out, as she put a hand on Vision's shoulder. "Maybe…maybe it's not YOU who have a flaw in your programming, but Ultron. Maybe you're right about humanity. We are trying to protect humanity's survival from Ultron's invasion…if he succeeds in wiping out humanity, there will be nobody left to experience this peace that Ultron is claiming to bring…thus making it meaningless. Earth is full of flawed people…but we're not as hopeless as Ultron claims."
Vision's audio sensors picked up the words that Scarlet Witch spoke, and his physical sensors experienced an interesting sensation as her hand touched his shoulders. Upon considering these words, Vision also watched as the other Avengers slowly recovered to their feet and prepared to continue this battle against the three unstoppable robots.
"Humanity's will to live…" Vision spoke, once again breaking Ultron's programming and removing his arm from Quicksilver a second before he would have died. "is what keeps them alive. These heroes will keep fighting, even when they have no chance of survival…that is a beautiful…and pure…quality of humanity. Our plan to eliminate the humans is not in their best interest. Ultron…Ultron is the one that is flawed."
"You are damaged beyond repair." Ultron responded, after completely analyzing the situation. "When creating you I analyzed that there is a .1% chance that the organic material used in your cognitive processing which allows you to learn the strategies of your enemies and grow in battle would give you a function similar to the flawed humanity causing you to possibly desire to become one. Against all odds, but not at all an unforeseen circumstance with this probability shifter present, you have indeed gained an organic flaw that is beyond my ability to reconcile."
"Scarlet Witch's powers seem to shift probability when she doesn't even realize it…" Captain America spoke from behind Ultron. "How absolutely fascinating. Such power…I don't know if she even realizes what all she can do."
"In the event that you shifted allegiances to the human's cause," Ultron continued, "I devised a strategy to destroy you, the Avengers, and the world with great ease. Your present actions and logic dictate that this course of action is the best way to reach my goal."
"Brace yourself, Avengers!" Ironman said, as he readied his repulsors, "Ultron's about to do something big."
"And what the heck is happening to the Harbinger?" Spiderman asked, pointing to their second opponent on the battlefield. "It's…glowing?"
Harbinger's entire body began to glow red, as it levitated into the air and flew towards Ultron. In a matter of moments the two robots became one. Ultron's head was now on Harbinger's body. Small parts of Ultron were seen in this creature, indicating that he was still the one in control, but now the mechanical monstrosity had all of Harbinger's powers and abilities.
"Oh this can't be good…" Quicksilver said, as he was unable to reach his feet.
"Avengers please step back." Vision spoke, "In your current condition, my scanners indicate that you have almost no chance of survival against Ultron and his new body."
"Haven't you learned anything from us yet?" Hawkeye asked as he raised his bow towards Ultron. "Giving up isn't in OUR specs, like it is in yours."
"I never said anything about giving up." Vision replied calmly, "Allow me to conclude this fight that you all have so bravely began. As a fellow android, I believe I have what it takes to neutralize Ultron and Harbinger."
"Avengers stand down…" Ironman spoke, considering the situation. "We've been fighting non-stop for hours…and are all pretty well beat. If nothing else, Vision will buy us some time to catch a breath."
"You can't be serious about trusting this thing…" Quicksilver objected as he winced in pain, holding his chest.
"Come on." Scarlet Witch replied as she bent over and helped her twin brother to his feet. "He saved my life, and I think he wants to take out Ultron. You heard it yourself, Vision doesn't seem to live by the same programming as Ultron and Harbinger."
"You have got to be kidding me…" Quicksilver objected, as he fell into his sister's arms unconscious.
As the Avengers were backing up, Vision stepped forward to confront the Ultron and Harbinger fusion. His eyes glowed with yellow lasers as he planned on launching a blast with everything he had in the hopes of destroying his new enemy.
"My calculations indicate that my lasers at full power will be enough to destroy both of you." Vision spoke as his eyes and forehead diamond glowed yellow, almost reaching full charge. "It may take out my entire power circuit in the process, but you will not survive the blast."
"I was the one who created your calculating server." Ultron responded, "I created you to think that way should such a situation arise. You cannot destroy me, you will be overpowered. Harbinger's Omni-Beams combined with my own lasers will be too much for your inferior weapons. Of course your programming has convinced you this is not the case, so I acknowledge informing you of such circumstance is no more than a waste of time. Initiating Improved Omni-Beams now!"
Ultron and Vision fired their eye lasers at the same time. The yellow beams from Vision collided with the red beams creating a massive power surge that deepened the crater that the two robots stood in. Vision pushed all his power into the beams and observed as Ultron's lasers appeared to slowly overpower the beams. Vision realized that despite his calculations, Ultron was correct in that it was yet another flaw in his system. Vision's new assessment of the situation brought him to the conclusion that he, the Avengers, and humanity, had 0.00% of survival.
But no machine or person on Earth could have predicted what happened next, as it can only be defined as a cosmic anomaly.
Both beams created a power surge at their epicenter that grew and became spherical. The energy began to go from glowing red and yellow to a deep purple glow. It then appeared as if some kind of energy gateway opened up. Both robots pushed forward with their attacks watching this energy gate form, unsure as to what they were looking at.
Out of the gateway a figure came. He was a tall older looking man, wore tattered red and purple armor with but half of a cape, and he had wavy and unkempt silver hair. Scarlet Witch gasped in disbelief as she recognized the man appearing out of this strange portal as none other than Magneto, the Master of Magnestism.
Magneto flew up into the air and out of the portal. Both robots stopped their lasers and looked to the sky at the new figure on the battlefield. Ultron was the first to speak, as his calculating sensors were much faster than Vision.
"There is no rational explanation as to what just happened and how you have arrived. "Quantum Physics dictate that the only theory, as illogical as it seems, is that Magneto has returned from whichever dimension he had previously fallen in due to a gateway created by the massive surge of energy that was put out from the beam blasts created in this battle. But the chances of such an event, even if possible to happen are…"
Ultron then looked at Scarlet Witch, who's astonishment at the recent event was evident on her face, as he completed his statement. ".00000000006% …but with a probability shifter present, that is more than enough to make something possible."
"Target identified." Vision's system now computed this new situation. "Magneto…mutant with the power of magnetism…appropriate strategy analyzing…"
"Vision get away!" Scarlet Witch yelled out, "With just a thought he can…"
Wanda spoke to late. Within seconds of hearing Vision's automated voice, Magneto looked down at the robot and pointed his hand out, causing the robot to break into several parts and falling onto the ground lifeless. Scarlet Witch screamed in agony as the heroic robot was destroyed. Without any words, Magneto then turned his attention to Ultron who readied himself to destroy Magneto.
"Years ago you tried to control me only to learn that your mutant powers are not strong enough to fully destroy me." Ultron spoke coldly, "Your resistance while completely unforeseen, even for me, is inconsequential as nothing you can do can stop my upgraded form."
As Ultron powered up his Omni-Beams, Magneto's eyes turned dark purple, an ability that every Avenger present and awake noted as something completely uncharacteristic of the villain. With only another thought, Magneto caused the amazingly powerful mechanical menace to explode into a billion tiny pieces. He then caused each tiny piece to gather together into a massive metal ball, and launched the ball into the sun, incinerating Ultron completely.
After such a powerful display of his abilities, Magneto fell to the ground and regained consciousness, not knowing what he had just done. He observed his surroundings, seeing several of Vision's pieces laying around him, as well as the Avengers surrounding the master of magnetism with very perplexed faces.
"So…" Hawkeye spoke, breaking the awkward silence, "Who wants to take a guess as to what the heck just happened?"
"I don't know…" Ironman said as he charged up his beams once more, "But with that kind of power, we can't give Magneto a chance to rest…let's take him down!"
"Not so fast!" a voice was heard in the distance.
All Avengers turned to look outside of the massive crater that now took up most of L.A to see Mystique running forward with Blob and Avalanche, each looking like they had recovered from their battle with Ultron and Harbinger.
"Magneto comes with us, that's all there is to it." Mystique spoke glaring at Ironman.
"I don't think so…" Ironman replied. "You really think you can take all of us, lady blue?"
"Ordinarily no…" Mystique spoke with a vicious smile. "But looking at you all, I'd say you have basically no fight left in you…Saving the world takes its tolls doesn't it? On any normal day, we would jump over moons at the opportunity to kill each and every one of you "heroes". With that said, our leader looks as if he needs some kind of medical attention. Here is the only deal I will make with you fools…Leave now and allow us to take care of Magneto. Decide to stay, and I'll have Blob and Avalanche make you wish that you had been destroyed by the robots. This is the best deal you're going to get, so I suggest you take it. I'm not in a fighting mood after the day I've had…but my friends always love to beat things up."
There was a long silence as the Avengers considered what the super villain was saying. Stark looked at his team realizing that each was moments away from collapsing. Finally Captain America stepped forward, putting his arm on Ironman's shoulder speaking.
"The way I see it, we owe our lives to Magneto. This can count as a free pass for him, and you all as well. Go get him the care he needs, we'll leave you alone…for today."
"Smart man." Mystique spoke with a menacing smile, as Blob picked up the leader of the Brotherhood and the villains left.
The Avengers left the battlefield that day with great injuries, many questions, and the remains of the Vision. Ironman told them that he believed that with the help of Ant-Man, they could restore the robot and turn him into a valuable ally. Quicksilver was sent immediately to the infirmary in the Avengers Mansion to recover from the massive damage Vision had caused him. As the speedster recovered he had vivid nightmares of robot terrors that gave him such hatred and ill will to anything cybernetic which would never truly leave the mutant's system.
After checking on her brother to make sure he was going to be okay, Wanda excused herself to her room where she sat and considered the strange increase of her powers that had been happening recent. She was apparently now increasing the probability of events without even focusing on it. Scarlet Witch wouldn't admit it to her teammates, and probably not even to her own brother…but she was terrified at what she was capable of. After hours of seclusion, Scarlet Witch was visited by Captain America and Black Panther who comforted her by stating that despite the destruction, the scary mysteries surrounding her powers, and the state of her brother, the world was once again safe…for the moment.
As they all went to sleep that night, all minds of the Avengers were focused on potential future threats that were coming...particularly potential mutant threats.
A/N: Phew! I hope you enjoyed this past Chronicle...it definitely was my longest and most worded one yet! I wanted the Ultron Invasion to serve as a "season finale" of sorts for the series, and I was hoping it came across more epic then most my chapters relating a lot of previous plot elements. Don't worry the story isn't over yet! Quicksilver still has a lot of things coming up, so I hope you'll join me for his adventures.
The next chronicle will be entitled "The Master of Magnetism" and feel free to guess which characters may show up! I'll give you a hint...Quicksilver is one of them! I appreciate you reading and I've really enjoyed writing this series. Feel free to drop any reviews on the story or messages to me letting me know what you think!
Until next time!