Author's Note: I'm just going to say this right now... I had so much fun writing this chapter... Especially the confrontation between Kya and Pietro *insert evil grin here*.

Also... I just saw Spider-Man: Homecoming and it was AMAZING!!!!!

About a week later, the Avengers finally got a hit on Ultron's movements.

"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."

Kya frowned as she followed Maria and as she gave the report to Steve. Said man had an identical frown marring his face.

"Fatalities?"

"Only when engaged. Mostly guys left in a fugue state going on about old memories, worst fear, and something to fast to see."

The silver-haired woman decided to ignore the heat that blossomed in her cheeks. "The Maximoffs... Now that I'm thinking about it, that actually make a lot of sense that he would go to them."

Steve nodded. "You're right, it's because of the someone they have in common."

Kya knew he was talking about Strucker. But that thought was swept away when Maria frowned.

"Not anymore."

The waterbender's surrogate aunt handed the super soldier the tablet she was holding. On the screen was a picture of Strucker's dead body. And on the wall was a single word written in blood.

Peace.

Out of the corner of her eye, Kya saw Clint talking into his cell phone.

"Negative, I answer to you. Yes ma'am."

Apparently, Steve noticed him too. "Barton, we might have something."

The archer spared the man out of time a single glance before talking into his phone again. "Gotta go."

After he hung up, Steve raised a curious eyebrow. "Who was that?"

Clint smirked before winking at Kya, who knew exactly who he was talking to. "Girlfriend."

-Very Brief Time Skip-

The three Avengers footsteps crunched against the glass that was still spread across the floor of Tony's lab. Kya, who was now carrying the tablet, handed it to Thor. The thunder god's face quickly morphed into a frustrated expression before forcing the tablet into Tony's grasp.

The billionaire 'no longer playboy' looked at the tablet with furrowed eyebrows. "What's this?"

Kya answered him. "A message... Ultron killed Strucker."

"And he did a banksy at the crime scene, just for us."

Natasha looked stood next to Steve before frowning at the picture while Kya made her way to a computer. "This is a smokescreen. Why send a message when you've just given a speech?"

Cap looked over the waterbender's shoulders. "Strucker knew something that Ultron wanted us to miss."

The red head joined him. "Yeah, I bet he-"

Kya cut her off. "Yep. Everything we had on Strucker has been erased."

"Not everything."

Thirty minutes later, the Avengers were neck deep in every other file they had, causing the silver haired woman to wrinkle her nose in disdain. "This brings back so many fond memories of being grounded."

Natasha and Clint smirked in her direction before going back to looking at the files they were holding. Steve frowned at his pile. "Known associates... Strucker had a lot of friends."

Bruce grimaced. "Well... These people are terrible."

One person in particular caught Tony's eye. "Wait, I know that guy, from back in the day. He operates off the African coast. Black market arms."

Everyone looked at Tony with stone-eyed glares.

"There are conventions, all right. You meet people, I didn't sell him anything! He was talking about something new, a game changer. It was all 'Ahab'."

Thor pointed at a mark on the man in the picture's neck. "This?"

"Uh, it's a tattoo. I don't think he had it-"

Thor shook his head before pointing to the tribal markings on his arms. "No, those are tattoos. That is a brand."

Bruce took the photo before scanning it into the computer. "It's a word in an African dialect meaning 'thief'."

Kya placed a hand on his shoulder before looking at the screen. "Ouch, in a much less friendlier way."

Steve looked at him from his place at the table. "What dialect?"

"Wakanda? Wa-Wakanda."

Tony was less then pleased. "If this guy got out of Wakanda with some of their trade goods..."

Steve looked at him as sharply. "I thought your father said he got the last of it?"

Bruce looked at his fellow Avengers. "I don't follow, what comes out of Wakanda?"

The silver haired woman let her gaze fall to the man out of time's shield. "The strongest metal on Earth."

-Time Skip-

"It's a thing with me. Stark is... He's a sickness!"

"Aww Junior..."

Tony landed on the bridge as Thor and Steve walked onto while Kya hung back in the shadows as instructed.

"You're gonna break your old man's heart."

Bright blue eyes immediately went to the Maximoff twins. Pietro had casted aside the container of Vibranium he had been holding before walking forward, but still staying behind Ultron, with his sister as all three of them moved closer.

"If I have to."

Thor tried to reason with the wayward AI. "Nobody has to break anything."

"Clearly you've never made an omelet."

Tony, ever the comedian, looked at the thunder god. "He beat me by one second!"

The Prince of Asgard looked confused but said nothing. Kya perked to attention when Pietro walked forward coldly.

"Ah, this is funny, Mr. Stark... It's what, comfortable? Like old times?"

The billionaire's voice was ashamed as he remembered the sins of his past. "This was never my life."

Kya shook out her nerves and walked out of the shadows and in front of her fellow Avengers to defend her surrogate uncle.

"He's right. Tony wasn't the one that bombed Sokovia. Granted, he didn't give much thought to where his weapons were going, but his intentions were meant for the greater good."

She ignored the Maximoff twins as they stared at her - Wanda in cold smugness and Pietro... Kya decided not to decipher those emotions - as Ultron spoke.

"S.H.I.E.L.D.'s greatest mystery... Tell me Tsunami, where does your bending come from?"

The waterbender raised an eyebrow in the robot's direction. "Oh yes, I'm definitely going to tell an evil AI that I'm currently fighting against where my abilities originate from."

Ultron shrugged. "Fair enough."

Steve walked forward and stood protectively next to Kya before addressing Pietro and Wanda. "You two can still walk away from this."

The female Maximoff slid her gaze from the silver haired woman to the man out of time, her voice the same from the last time Kya heard it in Pietro's mind, cold and mocking.

"Oh we will."

"I know you've suffered-"

A sound that could only be named as a gag came from Ultron, breaking Steve and Wanda's conversation. "Bleugh! Captain America 'God's Righteous Man', pretending you can live without war. I can't physically throw up in my mouth but-"

"If you believe in peace, then let us keep it."

Ultron looked in Thor's direction. "I think you're confusing peace with quiet."

"Yu-huh. What's the Vibranium for?"

The robot copied Kya's earlier sarcasm. "I'm glad you asked that, because I wanted to take this time to explain my evil plan."

Ultron's arm shot towards Tony, and a magnet like beam dragged the billionaire towards his creation. Red beams then shout out of his fingers and forced the billionaire into the wall behind him. Meanwhile, robots no doubt made by Ultron dropped down and began attacking the Avengers that were still on the bridge. As Kya quickly open her waterskin, she saw Pietro began to run out of the corner of her eye while Wanda stayed where she was. The silver haired woman felt something soft very briefly press against her cheek before the silver blur knocked into Thor and speeding off.

Did he just kiss me?!? On the cheek?!?

The waterbender's eyes widened as she quickly flung a stream of water that was as sharp as a sword through the arm of a robot moments before it could bash in her skull. As the fight continued, Kya tried to keep an eye on the Maximoffs, but Wanda had quickly disappeared and Pietro was only a silver blur that was too distracting. Although she did giggle when she saw him try to grab Mjlonir out of the air but was quickly sent to the floor below.

The silver haired woman quickly jumped over to where he was before stabbing his shirt with an icicle. "Stay down Pietro... Please."

She quickly spotted a robot aiming for Steve before vaulting over the man out of time's head to take it out, completely missing the challenging look on the Sokovian Speedster's face as she did.

After taking a few robots and mercenaries alike out, Kya heard one of the robots speak.

"It's time for some mind games."

Wanda.

"Guys stay on guard! Wanda's-"

Just like in Sokovia, something strong and warm picked her up and the silver haired woman gasped as her breath was taken away at a fantastic speed. She quickly looked around to see she was in a dark room, and sunlight flitted in from the rooftop flittered with holes.

It only took her two seconds to see that she wasn't alone.

Kya glared at the Sokovian Speedster as he looked at her smugly while he crushed her commlink between his pointer finger and thumb again just like last time. Ripping the moisture out of the air, the waterbender quickly sent a sharp stream in Pietro direction. The silver haired man dodged her attacks before quickly running at her and knocking her over.

But did her run away after that?

No.

Instead, Pietro straddled Kya's waist and wrapped his fingers around her wrists to prevent her from bending.

"Alone at last, Princessa."

Even though it was impossible in every sense of the word, the waterbender tried to ignore how close the handsome man on top of her was.

She struggled to throw his muscular form away. "Get off me!"

Pietro tutted. "Ah ah ah, not until I get an apology."

Kya's struggling stopped. She looked up into the amused blue eyes of the silver speedster confusedly. "An apolo-"

"For you and my sister using my mind as a playground."

She froze. "You felt us?"

The amusement faded a little from Pietro's eyes. "I felt you the moment you stepped into my memory. It was nice, soft, at first. But then Wanda interfered..."

Kya winced as the pain he felt that night flickered through their bond, surprising them both. It's been about a week, and that was enough time for Kya to develop a hell of a lot of guilt for going through his mind like she did.

"I... I'm sorry. I should not have perverted your mind like I did. Especially if you... Enjoyed me being in your mind."

Her cheeks blossomed red at the end of her apology, and she quickly looked away. Kya felt Pietro's fingers loosen against her wrists, and knew she should throw him off... But she didn't.

Instead, she looked up at the man that was holding her captive, and saw that the light that was filtering in from the holes in the roof created a halo around Pietro's silver hair. That combined with his eyes that held emotions so soft, Kya felt the heat in her cheeks grow.

"I'll give you three seconds to slap me."

The waterbender looked at him quickly. "Wait why?!?"

Pietro smirked before closing his eyes and lowered his mouth towards hers. But before their lips could touch, the speedster's face contorted into pain, and he cried out before burying his face in Kya's shoulder.

The silver haired woman was oddly still able to form semi-coherent sentences despite what almost just happened.

"What-"

"I-it's Wanda. S-Something is wrong."

Kya just stared up at the ceiling as a million emotions ran through her system, some of them not her own. Her hand came up and her fingers lightly buried themselves in Pietro's silver hair.

"Go."

When he lifted his head from her shoulder with a confused expression on his face, the waterbender pressed a kiss to his temple.

"Go help your sister."

Pietro looked at Kya before pressing his lips to the corner of her mouth.

"This will not be the last time we see each other."

And with that, he got off and disappeared in a silver blur. Kya didn't get up though. Instead, she kept her eyes on the light that come through the ceiling.

"I know."

Author's Note: Soooooo, what'd ya guys think? Were you satisfied with Kya and Pietro's confrontation *insert winky face here*?