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Chapter 6- Battle in past and future

14th January 2014, New York

A drunken homeless man was sitting in the corner of an alley when lightning cracked in the sky. He covered his eyes due to the intensity of the lightning. And then, a man dropped from the sky. He fell on the ground, face first.

He was blonde and muscular and had no clothing on him. He managed to lift up his head and groaned. After a little struggling, he managed to stand up to his full height of 6 feet 2 inches. He staggered slightly so he put his hand on the wall to steady himself.

He was none other than Steve Rogers, having arrived in this year via Time Machine.

He staggered around until his eyes fell on the homeless man.

"Hey buddy!" he asked in his drunken state, "Did you just see a really bright light?"

Steve knelt close to him and with a sad sigh said, "I'm really sorry about this."

A few seconds later, a police car arrived there and its light fell on Steve's back as he was wearing the man's pants.

Thinking he was doing something suspicious, the cop yelled, "Hey, hold it!"

Hearing that, Steve started running away at his full speed.

"He's rabbiting!" the cop said.

The two ran after him and saw the homeless man who managed to say, "That son of a bitch took my pants!"

The cop ran after Steve but couldn't catch up to him due to his enhanced speed. Steve stopped though when his way was blocked by another police car and ran towards another alley.

As the cops chased him, he ran into an empty store and then ducked under the shelves to avoid being seen. The cops threw their flashlights around, trying to find him.

He ran between two shelves with his head down. As the cops turned to another direction, he took a coat from there and a pair of shoes.

Without making any sound, he leapt into the changing room. He then put on the coat and shoes.

After a cop passed him, he walked out of there and ran towards the exit door-

Only to see another police car pull up. He then ran back inside while avoiding the flashlights of the other cops and went up the escalator.

From there, he reached the balcony and then jumped out of the building.

He had landed close to the police van that had pulled up in front of the store. The cop had gone inside too and the vehicle was unsupervised. Steve discreetly opened its door and picked up the shotgun inside.

He then turned around and walked away, hiding the shotgun under his coat.

April 26th, 2025

Hulk roared as he grabbed an Ultron Sentry and ripped it apart before swatting some away.

Ultron fired a repulsor at Thor, making him fly back by a few feet. As Ultron charged, Thor gave him a strong uppercut with Mjolnir, sending him flying up through the roof. The roof broke as Ultron smashed through it but Wanda raised her hex shield to defend everyone from the debris.

Thor flew up to the sky to fight Ultron.

Natasha fired her Glocks at the T-1000 but it was unaffected. Clint fired an explosive arrow. It hit the machine on the head and exploded, splitting its face into two as it staggered back.

But in a few seconds, the two halves of its face rejoined and it was whole again.

As a few T-800s arrived, Wanda hit them with her hex blasts, destroying them. Rhodes and Sam flew through the roof and destroyed the Ultron Sentries.

Pietro rammed into the T-1000 at full speed and it was sent flying back by a few feet. As it tried to get up, Bucky punched it with his metal arm before giving it a roundhouse kick, making it stagger back. It recovered and punched Bucky, making him stagger back too.

Hulk tried to smash it with his fist but it turned into liquid and avoided.

The fight continued.

14th January 2014, New York

Tony was being driven home by Happy Hogan.

He was on the phone with Maria Hill.

"Don't worry, Hill", he said with a smirk, "My team of lawyers is the best in the world. They're like an army of Harvey Spectres. No one will be able to touch you."

He then cut the call.

"S.H.I.E.L.D. related stuff?" Happy asked.

"Yeah", Tony said before quipping, "The parasite has sucked so much blood from the host that the parasite's actions are now being blamed on the host."

"What does that mean, sir?" Happy asked, not understanding the quip.

"I'm trying to say that S.H.I.E.L.D. is being blamed for Hydra's actions", Tony said with a sigh.

Hydra really was a dangerous lot. Now if only he could finish his Skynet program, people like them won't be a threat to anyone.

A suit of armor around the world. Neutralizing every kind of threat. It would bring about an era of peace. He just needed the right power source.

Suddenly, there was an explosion and the car overturned. Tony held on to the front seat to avoid hitting his head but his face was scratched by some broken glass.

"Happy! Happy!" he called out in desperation, worried for his friend.

"Huh", Happy panted, "What? Who?"

"Come on", Tony said as he undid Happy's seat belt. The two crawled out of the wreakage. Happy's leg was broken and possible a few ribs.

Tony supported him and that's when he looked up to see the attacker.

A tall, muscular man of 6 feet 3 inches. He had dirty blonde hair and wore a black shirt, brownish trousers and a grey trench coat. He also wore shades. He held a missile launcher in his hand. He dropped it though.

He then took out the .45 long slide and pointed the red dot at Tony. Just before he could fire, a gunshot hit him and he staggered away slightly.

"Happy, can you walk?" Tony asked him in concern.

"I can, don't worry, take care of this guy", Happy said.

"No need to worry", Tony said as he tapped his earpiece, "J.A.R.V.I.S., you know what to do."

Soon, two suits of armor flew down. One of them put itself on Happy and automatically flew away while the other put itself around Tony.

"Tony!"

Tony turned to see Steve run towards him, holding a shotgun.

"Cap?" Tony asked in disbelief, "Or are you his long lost twin or something 'cause I am sure he's lying on a cozy hospital bed in D.C."

"I am Steve", Steve said, "Just not the one you know."

"Before I ask you what you mean", Tony said, "There's a clown here who doesn't know who's the boss."

The two looked at the tall man who was walking towards them again. He held the missile launcher in his hands.

He fired at them. Tony leaned towards the side while Steve leapt away and the missile passed them before exploding at a safe distance.

Tony then fired a repulsor and it hit the man, making him fly back by a few feet and crash into an empty building.

"How do you like that, John Matrix?" Tony asked mockingly.

To his shock, the man got back up.

"Well, I guess he has got Chuck's durability", Tony commented.

"He's not a man", Steve said to Tony's shock as he fired a few shots at their opponent.

The man shrugged them off and fired another missile. It hit Tony and exploded, sending him flying back into the wreckage of his car. He then fired another shot and it exploded on hitting the wreckage, sending Tony flying up into the air.

Steve smacked the man in the abdomen with his shotgun, making him stagger a little before smacking him across the face, making his shades come off slightly. He grabbed Steve by the face and threw him away, making him fly back by a few feet.

He was about to fire at Steve with the missile launcher when Tony rammed into him at full speed and sent him flying off by a few feet. He crashed into a far off building.

Tony then landed in front of Steve and gave him a hand. Steve took it with a nod of appreciation.

"What the hell is this thing?" Tony asked, "A combination of John Matrix and RoboCop?"

"It's a Terminator", Steve said, "Sent to kill you."

"By whom?" Tony asked.

"The Avengers", Steve announced to Tony's shock, "11 years from now."

"11 years from now?" Tony asked before laughing, "Okay, tell me, did you drink some Asgardian alcohol, Cap?"

"I'm not lying", Steve said firmly, "Don't believe me? Call the hospital in which I would be admitted right now."

Tony decided to humor him, "J, call that hospital."

"Calling sir", J.A.R.V.I.S. said and soon the call was picked up by the receptionist.

"This is Tony Stark calling", Tony said, "I just want to know, is Steve Rogers admitted in your hospital?"

"Yes, Mr. Stark", the nurse said, "He is currently in our hospital being treated for his injuries."

As the call was cut, Tony turned to Steve in shock.

"Well, I guess I have to believe you", Tony said with a sigh, "Tell me, why the hell did you all send this Terminator from the future to kill me?"

"I actually voted against sending it", Steve said and Tony knew he was telling the truth, "But the others wouldn't listen."

"Not even Rhodey?"

"Not even Rhodey."

"He's not getting any upgrade in his suit for the rest of his life", Tony grumbled, "And neither are the others."

"Tony, this is not a joke", Steve said, "There's a reason why they wanted to send this thing to kill you."

"What?" Tony asked.

"Skynet", Steve revealed and Tony's eyes widened in shock. If he still had any doubts about the man in front of him being from the future, they were now erased. No one knew about Skynet.

"What about it?" Tony asked.

"You created it to safeguard the world. To usher in a new era of peace", Steve said, "But it awoke on the night of 2nd May, 2015. And its way of peace was not in line with yours."

As Tony listened to him with all of his attention, Steve continued, "According to Skynet, there was only one path to peace. Humanity's extinction."

"What the hell?" Tony said, "This is impossible. I'm going to mod-"

"Tony, listen to me!" Steve said, "You couldn't see it coming. You used an A.I. inside Loki's Scepter to perfect it, thinking that humanity would be protected. But Skynet launched nukes, destroying many countries overnight. The survivors called it Judgment Day. And then it created a sentient robot called Ultron as its physical manifestation. Many other robots were created by it. The weaker ones were called the Ultron Sentries and the stronger ones were the Terminators. They waged a war on humanity, and many heroes have already perished."

As Tony continued listening, Steve said, "Where I come from, there is no more S.H.I.E.L.D. and you were killed by Ultron. Spider-Man, Daredevil, Punisher are all among those who perished."

"So you're trying to tell me that by trying to save humanity, I doomed it", Tony said with his eyes down.

"You did", Steve said sadly, "But we can still fix this. If Skynet is never created, the future I come from won't come to pass."

"Or I can just modify it", Tony said, "Now that I know what's going to happen, I can change it accordingly and make it better-"

"NO!" Steve said, making Tony look at him, "Please, Tony. Listen to me. We may have reprogrammed and sent that thing to kill you but then we risked our lives so that I could come here and tell you instead what's going to happen so that you don't make the same mistake."

As Tony had a thoughtful look on his face, Steve said, "The others are probably going to die now. The only way we can honor their sacrifice is by destroying Skynet."

With a sigh, Tony finally said, "Got it. Destroy Skynet. You really have a way with words, Cap, even 11 years from now."

Steve chuckled lightly in spite of the situation and said, "Let's go. That Terminator is going to come for us though."

Tony picked up Steve and then flew off towards Stark Industries.

The Terminator got up from where it had been thrown and looked around. Its face was slightly damaged now and its arm too. The left eye was gone and the red optic underneath could be seen. But it could still work properly.

26th April, 2025

Pietro kept punching the T-1000 but it recovered every time. Bucky blocked a T-800 as it punched him before punching it away with his metal arm and then sweeping its feet from under it. Before it could get up, Bucky punched it repeatedly, putting it down.

Hulk swatted Terminators away while Natasha took down Ultron Sentries with well-aimed shots. Clint shot an explosive arrow at a T-800 and the explosion sent it flying off. He then fired another at an Ultron Sentry and it was out.

Rhodes continued destroying Ultron Sentries with his repulsors and Mini-Gun.

One T-800 was about to fire at Clint from behind when a hex blast from Wanda destroyed it. Clint nodded at her in thanks and she nodded back before destroying more Ultron Sentries.

Sam swooped down and kicked the T-1000 away. As it got up, Sam fired at it with his Steyr SPP pistols, though it was unaffected.

Before he could fly away though, the T-1000 used its hand blade to cut off his wing and he was down. As he got up, the T-1000 drove it into his chest. He coughed up blood as the T-1000 retracted its blade and fell down, dead.

"NOOOOO!" Wanda yelled in despair as she hit the T-1000 with a powerful blast, shattering it into pieces.

Natasha knelt close to Sam and gently closed his eyes. Turning to the others, she nodded sadly.

No one noticed that the T-1000 was piecing itself back together.

As she got back up, the T-1000 emerged again and stabbed her from the back. The blade protruded from her chest.

"NAT!" Bucky yelled in rage and disbelief as the T-1000 retracted its blade. He rushed it and punched it repeatedly on the face before rushing to a dying Natasha with Clint.

"Nat! Nat!" he said frantically as he touched her face with his normal arm. Natasha held his hand before closing her eyes.

Bucky and Clint both snarled in rage before Bucky was hit from behind by a plasma rifle. The shot hit him in the heart and he fell down, dead, right next to Natasha.

Clint leapt away to avoid another shot from the rifle and fired an explosive at the T-800 that was firing the rifle, making it fly off.

Wanda angrily fired another hex blast and the T-1000 was sent flying off. As it tried to get up, Pietro assaulted it with a flurry of super-speed punches.

Rhodes too fired his Mini-Gun at it. Hulk angrily destroyed any T-800s and Ultron Sentries that were around.

Up in the air, Ultron flew back by a few feet after being hit by Mjolnir again. It returned to Thor's hand before he was kicked away by a recovered Ultron.

Before he could react, Ultron punched him hard on the face. He then used his gravity manipulation to lift a jeep and smashed it into Thor, making him fly back by a few feet.

Before Thor could recover, Ultron kicked Mjolnir out of his hands and then grabbed his face tightly, increasing the temperature of his hand to extreme levels.

As Thor grunted in pain, Ultron gloated, "How does it feel, huh? I am the God of this world. Skynet is omni-potent. What were you the God of again?"

Thor roared in rage and pain when suddenly, the skies darkened. Ultron looked around and was hit by a very powerful lightning bolt, making him fly back by many feet.

He crashed on the ground, groaning.

He looked up to see that lightning was now emanating from Thor naturally.

As he got up, Thor punched him hard, making him stagger back and then gave him a roundhouse before hitting him with lightning he had produced from his finger-tips, making him fly back by many feet.

14th January 2014, New York

The Terminator walked over to the reception of Stark Industries.

"Is Mr. Stark here?" it asked the receptionist.

"He isn't but if you want, I can make an appointment", she said.

The Terminator looked around and said to the receptionist, "I'll be back."

It then walked out.

A few seconds later, rapid gunshots rang out as it came back in, firing a machine gun. The people started running around in terror as the receptionist ducked under her table.

Tony landed on top of the Stark Industries building with Steve.

"Oh my God! Tony!" Pepper said as she rushed him and hugged him tightly, "I heard what happened. Are you all right?"

"Yeah, I'm fine, honey", Tony said as she let him go.

That was when she noticed Steve.

"Steve?" she asked, "I thought you were in the hospital."

"Long story", Steve said as him and Tony walked inside.

Suddenly, the alarms started blaring.

"Sir", J.A.R.V.I.S. said, "That Terminator is here. Its killing the security and staff."

"This thing is more persistent than a Predator", Tony commented, "I knew I should have rebuilt the Iron Legion sooner."

"What's happening?" Pepper asked.

"Pepper, go hide", Tony said simply as him and Steve marched forwards.

The door was blasted open by a missile as the Terminator started marching towards them. Steve rushed it as he fired his shotgun and then smacked it in the stomach before smacking its legs. He tried to smack again but it grabbed the shotgun and kicked him away.

By now, Tony was close to him, about to fire a repulsor. Before he could, it smacked him with the missile launcher, making him fly back by a few feet.

It then fired a missile, which exploded and made Tony fly back by a few feet, crashing through the glass.

It fired another but Tony narrowly avoided it and it exploded at a safe distance from the building.

Tony then rammed into it at full speed and it was sent flying back by a few feet.

As it got up, Tony opened his visor.

It fired a machine gun but Tony defended himself with his suit of armor.

He then fired two repulsor beams. One destroyed the machine gun and the other made it fly back by a few feet as its living tissue started burning.

Tony fired two strong beams at it and it flew back by a few feet again. The living tissue was now burning to a crisp. It got back up, now in its true metal form.

"Aww", Tony said sarcastically, "A baby Transformer."

He then fired his mini missiles at it but it only staggered back. He fired another powerful repulsor and it was sent flying back by a few feet.

Tony turned and started walking away. The Terminator got back up. As Tony turned around, it rushed him and punched him hard, making him fly back by a few feet and fall down.

As it walked closer, it was hit by a gunshot. It was Steve.

"Go!" Steve yelled, "Do it! I'll handle this thing."

Tony got up and rushed back into his laboratory where Pepper was hidden.

26th April, 2025

Thor picked up Ultron and slammed him into the ground as a powerful lightning bolt from the skies hit him.

He then threw him into the air and hit him with a powerful lightning bolt, making him fly back by a few feet. Before he could recover, Thor called back Mjolnir and threw it on him, making him fly back again.

"I am going to destroy you all", Ultron snarled, "And rebuild all of my robots."

That moment, Skynet fired another nuke. And it was headed right for Ultron's castle.

14th January 2014, New York

Steve smacked the Terminator with the shotgun. He tried to smack again but it grabbed the shotgun and head-butted him, making him stagger back.

It then snapped the shotgun into two. Steve leapt into the air and gave it a flying kick, making it stagger back. Before he could do anything else, it punched him away.

Tony frantically searched for the program on his computer.

Steve gave the Terminator a flying spin kick before giving it a roundhouse. He tried to do so again but the Terminator grabbed his foot and slammed him to the ground.

It was about to stamp on his face.

Tony found the program and quickly pressed the delete button.

26th April, 2025

The nuke was just about to explode when everyone- Ultron, Thor, Hulk, Wanda, Pietro, Rhodes, the T-1000, the T-800s and Ultron Sentries and the dead bodies of Natasha, Bucky and Sam disappeared. The nuke disappeared too. It was as if none of it had ever been there.

The building's damage too disappeared and it looked stable again.

14th January 2014, New York

Tony rushed back to the hallway to see the Terminator fading away. Steve was up.

"Cap", Tony asked as Steve turned to him.

Steve looked at him with a smile as he realized he was fading away too.

"Tony", Steve said, "You're a good man. It was an honor to know you and fight alongside of you. And I know now you will do the right thing."

Tony nodded firmly and gave him a salute which he returned with a smile before fading away.

"J.A.R.V.I.S.", Tony then said immediately, "Call 911. We've got wounded here."

He had destroyed his Skynet program. He then thought to himself that maybe the world didn't need that kind of protection after all. Him and his friends were enough.

There is going to be one more chapter to end this. I would have made it longer and better but I really ran out of any ideas that would work for this story in the long term. But I still hope you enjoyed it.

Please review. I always appreciate your feedback.