The quinjet landed on the landing pad at Avenger Tower. Steve lowered the ram so the could get the cradle to the lab. When the ram came down Bruce was waiting for them along with Thor and 4 others. Steve walked down with Natasha and their kids while Tony and Rhodes bring the cradle.
"Bruce, Thor." greeted Steve.
"Steve. welcome back. You as well Natasha. Everything go OK?" asked Bruce.
"Yes, we got the cradle and the others as planned. Thor welcome back. Who are your friends?" asked Steve.
"Lord Steven this is Lady Sif and the warriers three. Fandral, Volstagg and Hogun. They have agreed to help defeat Ultron." iformed Thor.
"Good lets get the cradle to the lab. While Tony and Bruce do their work I will bring you up to speed." Steve informed Thor.
Clint lead Wanda Pietro to a couple rooms that they could get cleaned up in. Helen Cho went with Tony and Bruce to the lab while the rest went to the common floor so Steve could bring Thor up to speed. It took Steve a little over an hour to fill Thor and his friends in on the plan.
"It is a bold plan Captain. One we want to help with. What do you need of me and my companions?" asked Thor.
"I need you to help me, Tony, Rhodes and Vision to take Ultron out. The others will secure the machine and make sure it doesn't get activated. We will meet up with Fury and Coulson's teams on the Helicarrier. Then we will proceed to Sokovia. In the center of the city there is a church with the machine that we need to guard till it can be destroyed. We will head there first while SHIELD evacuates the city. When Ultron appears we will take him on while the otheres hold of the drones. Hopefully we can keep him and the drones consitrating on us so they will leave the civilians alone."
"I will be happy to join you in battle once again. It will be a glorous fight." boasted Thor.
Steve was not sure about glorous but it would be a battle to remember. Clint had brought the Maximoff twins to the commonal floor and heard the last part of the plan.
Wanda step forward "I guess we owe you all and apalogie for our actions. Reguardless if you accept it we would like to join you i this plan. I got a look in his mind and what I saw scares me."
"We would welcome your help and don't worry about what you did. We all know what you have been through and why you did what you did. Once this is over we can all sit down and talk. Right now though we need to head to the lab so Thor can implant the Mind Stone in Vision. Lets hope this works." Steve replied.
With that everyone headed to the lad where Tony and Bruce were working. Hopefully they were ready because Steve wanted to head to the helicarrier so they could finish this.
S/N
When they arrived Tony and Bruce were double checking everything.
"Steve we are ready for the mind stone. Thor if you would please." asked Tony.
S/N
When it was all over Vision stood among the others. Steve brought him up to speed and asked if he would help. Vision agreed since the alternative was the exstinction of all life on Earth. Everyone gathered what they would need and headed for the quinjet. Clint and Tony went to the cockpit and got the plane ready.
After they took off everyone but Clint and Bruce who were stayig on the quinjet met in the back to go over the plan. Tony pulled up a holo projection of the city.
"Here is where the machine is suppose to be. Clint and Bruce drop us off in front of the church. We enter and surround the machine. Hopefully drawing the drones to us allowing SHIELD to get the civilians clear of the battle zone. What ever happens we can't let Ultron activate it. Tony when we get there you need to find a way to disable it till it can safely destroyed." explained Steve.
"No problem Cap. We also need to find a way to introduce the virus I have to hopefull wipe Ultron from the internet." Explained Tony.
"If we have to we can try to take Ultron on without you till you finished. We should be able to beat him with the group we have. Thor and Rhodes will need to ground Ultron if he starts to fly. Once on the ground he should be more vunerable." Steve told them all.
S/N
They arrived on the Helicarrier 4 hour after leaving the tower. When they landed Hill met then on the flight deck.
"Fury and Coulson are waiting for you on the command deck. We have set course to the target area. Should be there in an hour." explained Hill.
"Thanks Maria, lets head that way and see what they have got for us." Steve directed.
They arrived on the command deck 20 minutes later and sat at he same table they sat when they first came together toform the Avengers. Fury went over SHIELDS plans on how to evacuate the city. Steve went over the Avengers plans to take out Ultron.
When they arrived an hour later the Avengers took off in their Quinjet. "Good lck everyone and cover each others backs. I want to see all of you after this is over so you can attened mine and Natasha's wedding."
Everyone congraduated them both. James and Sarah were happy their parents were getting married and they would be a family. They both hugged their parents ral quick.
When the quinjet landed Steve lead everyone to the machine. It was being guarded by several drones that the Avengers destroyed quickly.
"OK Tony get to work. Everyone else be ready for Ultron to attack." ordered Steve.
The attack came swift. The defenders held strong. None of the drones could get close to the machine. The Avengers fought the drones for about a hour before Ultron arrived.
S/N
Coulson watched as the Avengers launched before gving the command for all his forces to start mobilize to evacuate the city. The STRIKE teams left first to secure evac sites. When the sites were secure he ordered the life boats tolaunch.
While Phil was doing this Fury was speaking to city officials about getting their people clear of the city. The cities police chief ordered all his police to help with the evacuation.
An hour after the evacuation Fury recieved a call from Steve letting him know Ultron had arrived and they were engaging him now.
"Coulson you need to speed up evacuating the area around the church. Ultron showed up and Rogers and his team are engaged with him now." called out Fury.
S/N
Steve through his shield hitting Ultron. The shield bounced back. Thor then hit him with lightning. They kept hitting him with everything they had. They also had to fight Ultron's drones. Ultron took flight and Thor and Rhodes took off after him. While they worked on grounding Ultron Steve and the others fought the drones. When it look like they would not be able to bring him down Steve ordered Vision to help them Leaving Steve on his own.
Steve was struggling to stay ahead of the drones. He was hurt in a few places. He was starting to take more hits when Natasha and the kids arrived to help him out.
"Need a hand old man?" asked a smirking Natsha.
"Looking a little ruff Dad." called out Sarah as she took another drone out.
"Sure you don't want to take a nap why us younger ones take care of things." James added.
Steve just shook his head. This was his family and he loved them. Even if they all had Nat's since of humor. The Roger family continued to fight till there were no more drones coming at them.
Steve call over the comms "Status report."
Wanda was the first to report. "Device still secure. Tony says he believes it is disabled and then he left to join the others fighting Ultron."
"Roger, Stark." called Steve.
"We got him grounded. Rhodes is down and on the Quinjet. Ultron is heavly damaged and barely fuctional." reported Tony.
Steve turned to his family "Lets head back to the device and back up the others."
They headed back to help keep the device secured. They could hear fighting all around the city from STIKE teams fighting off drones while other SHIELD personell helped evacuate civilians.
S/N
Fury looked over all the information coming in from the teams on the ground. Half the city was evacuated. The area around the church that held the device was clear of civilians. Reports from STRIKE teams were coming in about heavy fighting against drones. Casualties were starting to mount but they were holding for now.
Coulson walked over. "The sky around the carrier is now clear of drones. Cap reports that Ultron is heavely damaged but still fighting. He has rejoined to defence of the device with his family. The battle with Ultron is now being fought in the country side. Looks like most of the drones have been destroyed but those still active are fighting hard."
"Good, reports from STRIKE teams report they are still engaged but holding. There have been a few civilians hurt but so fare none killed." Fury told Coulson.
S/N
Tony and those fighting Ultron were now fighting in the forest outside the city. Ultron was on is last leg. They were holding off illing him till Steve and Fury reported all drones destroyed. The call came a little over an hour later.
"Vision all the drones have been destroyed. You are clear to finish it." Tony let Vision know.
Vision walked over to what was left of Ultron. "It is over and you lost. You had a chance to protect life but you chose to destroy it." With that Vision let out one final blast from the mind stone.
"Fury, Cap. Ultron as been destroyed" reported Tony.
S/N
Back at the church they were all relieved. "Copy that Tony, good job."
Steve sat down after Natasha threated to shot him if he didn't let her tend his injuries. All around him those that were not hurt to bad helped those that were.
Steve thought 'We did it and things turned out a lot better this time around. The city was still heavly damaged but it could be rebuilt. Maybe the Avengers could do a charity to help the people out. When Natasha was finished he stood up and kissed her with all the love he had. Which drew several wistles and catcalls.
S/N
6 hours after the battle was won, everyone met in a conferance room to discuss what needed to be done now. Fury sat at one end of the table and Steve at the other.
Fury stood "You all did a good job. For the most part the world is giving the Avengers and SHIELD praise for our actions today. We did not lose one civilian but several were injured during the battle. A few countries want an investigation on how this happen and want Stark and Banner's head. I'm not sure how much HIELD will be able to help with this but you will have my full support. For right now the Avengers need to return to Aveger Tower or your homes. Lay low for right now.
Coulson and I will meet with Rogers and Stark to go over the information we recieved from the future on what need to happen between SHIELD and the Avengers. From what I gather it has been suggested a partnership. I agree it would be a good thing to do."
Steve then stood after Fury sat. "Tony and I have talked about what is to become of the Avengers. We then talked with everyone else here. Tony is going to convert a compound in uperstate New York for us and SHIELD. We can discuss it and the partnership when you come to Avenger Tower in a week.
As for who is staying and who is retiring. Clint is going to retire and return to his farm. He will be listed as an inactive Avenger. Bruce is going to stay at Stark Tower and work with Tony. Listed inactive. Thor has to return home to deal with a problem that is expected to accure in a couple years. Is status is reserve. Tony will finance the Avengers but will only do missions if needed, he will be listed as reserve status. Natasha and I will we lead and train the Avengers. We will work with you and Coulson as is determin after our meeting. James and Sarah will continue their training but no missions till they are 18 and graduated High School. Rhodes, Vision, Wanda and Pietro will be joining the Avengers. I also talk with my friend Sam Wilson he will also be joining.
As for other candidates T'Challa of Wakanda is some one we want to approach. There is a message for him from is sister on the thumb drive. Another candidate is Bucky. This is dependant on us finding him and getting him deprogramed. If we can do this Natasha has a lawer friend she beleves can help get him cleared. With Sam on the team and his experiance working with vets should help him get where he could be of service. A future candidate is Peter Parker who goes by Spiderman. He is still a kid and would fall under the same rules as James and Sarah. There are a couple others are Scott Lang and Hope Van Dyne. They are know to us as the Antman and the Wasp.
We have some possible individuals we would like to see about working with us at least part time on out scientific team. Betty Ross but that does bring some problems. Namely her father who wants Bruce so he can get the secrets of the Hulk. Dr. Hank Pym and his wife Janet Van Dyne. Betty we would like to contact when the compound is built. The others we wait for now. At this time we know that Janet Van Dyne is missing. Dr Helen Cho has agreed to join are medical team. Bruce we also be listed as part of the team but based out of the tower while Helen will be at the compound."
Steve sat back down and Tony spoke. "When we have the meeting Natasha will be joining us since she will be Steve's number two. Also I'm leaving the area I have reserved for the Avengers remodled to accommodate the new Avengers and the old. The rest of the building I would like to offer to SHIELD as your main headquarters. We can secure the building to accommodate the security you need. This well also help us interact and work together. The Avenger Compound in Upstate New York can be expanded to fit your needs. There is also a large body of water that the compound is next to. It would make a good place to base this ship. A lot of work will need to be done but I believe we can get it done quickly. I will foot the bill to pay for any construction needed."
"You two have given Coulson and myself a lot to think about. I will give it some thought and come up with some ideas on what we will need at the two locations if we acceot your offer. It's time for SHIELD to operate in the open instead in the shadows like it has done the last couple years. Coulson you have anything to add."
Phil stood "I like the offer Stark suggested. If we do it Fury we can base our administration out of Avenger Tower and Operation out of the Compound. I would suggest Maria act as the liaison between SHIELD and the Avengers. I would suggest a panel of Fury, myself, Hill, Steve and Tony. This will be unofficial but will be used to review the partnership between the two. We need t have good communication between the two groups."
Steve and Tony looked at each other and Steve address this "Tony and I agree to the panel. If it is to work we have to be open and honest."
"If there is nothing else we can table this meeting for a week from now." stated Fury.
Everyone agreed and started leaving. The ones heading back to Avenger Tower headed to the Quinjet to head back. Everyone hope this will be a new start that will help bring lasting peace to their world and hopefully save the universe.
So ends the Age of Ultron part of the story. There will be a slight time jump in the next chapter. There is more to come.