It's almost been a whole year since Thor took Gabrielle to Asgard for training. Peter was very anxious during this time, a lot has happened since then, Steve was attacked by his best friend and SHIELD fell. Tony rebuilt his tower and made it into Avengers tower, the Avengers became it's own organization to protect the people of Earth. Peter refused to join the team until his sister returns safe and sound, but the day had not come and he had become angry with the Avengers.
"She should have been back by now," Peter growled.
"She may be having a hard time getting used to having these powers Peter, you have to give her time," Aunt May told him.
"But its been a whole year!"
"I know it has."
Peter sighed and went to his room to sleep, but how can he sleep? His sister is somewhere among the stars and he doesn't even know if she is alive or not. He decided that he will go to the tower on the weekend to demand when his sister will return. The week goes by slowly making Peter even angrier and impatient to learn of his sister. Finally it is Saturday night and Tony was throwing a party so Peter didn't have to barge in, as he looks for the god of thunder he hears his little sister's voice.
"And then Sif and I take on the stone giant like it was nothing," Gabi told Natasha.
"Seems like you had fun," Natasha commented.
"It was! I learned so much from the people of Asgard."
"Gabrielle!" Peter called to his sister.
"Peter! You're here!" Gabi smiled seeing her brother.
"I'm glad you are back."
"It's good to be back. I missed seeing everyone and being with my family."
"You look...different."
"Well Sif said I did get a little taller and stronger since I trained alongside the Warriors Three."
"How's the magic?"
"Better, unfortunately Tony calls me-"
"Yo Shego! Come here!" Tony called to her.
"Tony! I told you to stop calling me that!" She growled walking over to the billionaire.
"She has changed."
"She has been living with Gods for the last year, what do you expect?" Natasha asked.
"I guess not much."
"Sorry about that Peter," Gabi smiled, "Let's talk before I get pulled away again."
Peter and Gabrielle talked for most of the party about her time in Asgard, she returned with Thor on his mission to get Loki's scepter from Hydra. She couldn't come back earlier since she was helping Steve figure out who the twins are and where they could have gone.
"Well I better head out now," Peter said standing, "You coming with?"
"Nah, I'm staying since this has been my home for awhile. Tell Aunt May I say hi and that I love her."
"Right," he hugged her, "Bye lil sis."
Peter left the tower and heads back to his room after talking to May for a bit to get her caught up with Gabi's life.
Back at the tower the Avengers have fun as the boys try and lift Thor's hammer, but none of them can. That is when they hear something coming, they all turn to see a mangled robot coming towards them. The Avengers fight against the other Iron Suits that attack them and Thor destroys Ultron.
"All our records, gone," Tony says, "Ultron cleared out, used the
internet as an escape pad."
"Ultron," Bruce sighs, "He's been on everything, files, surveillance."
"Probably knows about us more," Natasha says, "than we know about each other."
"He's in your files, he's in the internet, but if he decides to access
something a little more exciting."
"Nuclear codes," Tony says.
"Nuclear codes."
"Look we need to make some calls, assuming we still can," Rhodey says.
"Nukes? he said he wanted us dead," Clint says.
"He didn't say dead," Gabi corrects, "he said extinct."
"He also said he killed somebody," Steve says, "There wasn't anyone else in the building."
"Yes there was," Tony says showing the now destroyed Jarvis.
"This is insane," Bruce says looking at Jarvis.
"Jarvis was the first line of defense," Steve says, "he would have shut Ultron down, it makes sense."
"No," Tony says, "Ultron could've assimilated Jarvis, this isn't strategy, this is...rage."
"It's going around," Clint says as Thor storms up and grabs Tony by his throat.
"Come on use your words buddy," Tony wheezes.
"I have more than enough words to describe you stark," Thor growls.
"Thor!" Gabi yells.
"The Legionnaire?"
"Trail went cold about a hundred miles out, though it's headed north," Thor says, "It has the scepter."
"Now we have to retrieve it, again," Natasha sighs.
The team works on trying to find Ultron but seemed almost impossible, Gabi did her best to track the scepter with her powers but also turns up with dead ends. One day they get a disturbing message.
"Barton, might have something," Steve says.
"Gotta go," Clint says into his cell before hanging up.
"Who's that?"
"Girlfriend," Clint answers, "What's this?"
"A message," Steve says showing him the tablet, "Ultron killed Strucker. And he did a banksy at the crime scene, just for us."
"This is a smoke screen. Why send a message when you've just given the speech. Strucker knew something that Ultron wanted us to miss."
"I bet he ... yeah, everything we had on Strucker have been erased."
"Not everything," Gabi says walking up.
The team goes through the paper files they have on Strucker.
"Known associates," Bruce says looking at a file, "Strucker had a lot of friends."
"Oh of these people are all horrible," Tony says, "Wait, I know that guy, back in the day he operates off the african coast black market arms."
Tony gets looks from everyone as they look at the picture, obviously not too pleased with him.
"There are conventions alright, I meet people, I didn't sell him anything. He was talking about finding something new,a game changer, it was all very ahab."
"This?" Thor asks pointing at a tattoo.
"uh this is a tattoo, I don't think he had it."
"No those are tattoos this is a brand."
"Oh yeah, it's a word in an african dialect meaning thief, in a much less friendly way," Bruce says from the computer.
"What dialect?" Steve asks.
"Workin nada...Wakanda."
"If this guy got out of Wakanda with some of their trade goods," Tony says.
"I thought your father said he got the last of it?" Steve asks.
"I don't follow, what comes out of Wakanda?" Bruce asks.
"The strongest metal on earth," Tony says looking at Steve's shield.