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James peeked up from the space between the sides of the metal strips. He could see a tower not too far away. It was big, that was for sure, and was shaped like one of those mechanical toothbrushes. He looked around. No one was there. "All clear." He said to Azari, Pym and Aisha waiting below him. "Pym, Azari, Aisha, come on." He hopped onto the land, his sibling following him. Torunn flew up last, still feeling a little under the weather (understatement). James jumped from the lower deck up onto the higher one, Azari and Aisha right behind him. Pym flew right above their heads. Torunn followed slowly after.
The group landed in the middle of what looked like a big metal ditch. "That tower," James explained, talking about the tower moving towards them. "It's heading for the Citadel. Come on!"
As soon as it was near them, the kids jumped on. James was climbing up the wire hanging down, and Azari was jumping from landing to landing. Aisha swung from the rope to the landings and then jumped from one to the other, just for fun. Pym flew up behind them, Torunn right on his heels. "Come on, Hawkeye said the entrance was at the top of the tower." James stated. "I'll race ya!" Pym called.
James saw the tower nearing the Citadel. It was only about a mile away, but they were nowhere near the top. 'We're not going to make it!" he said. Torunn flew up and grabbed Aisha in one hand and grabbed Azari in the other. Aisha grabbed James's hand as Torunn flew them to the top, and then dropped them. "Thanks." Aisha said, rubbing her head. Pym flew up to them. Then they noticed, the top of the tower connected with the Citadel, which meant that the pieces had to cram together. "Was getting crushed part of the plan?" Pym asked. "Aw crap." Aisha sucked her teeth. "This was a suicide mission."
The kids screamed as the tower locked with the Citadel, but they were surprised to find they were still alive, though only about two feet in front of them was a door. The only light they had was Azari's electricity and Pym's glow. "Well that was fortunate." Aisha stated. "Now what?" "Pym, see what you can do about that door." James ordered. "I'm on it." Pym agreed, flying over to the keypad next to it. "Hey, Azari can open this." He said. "What?" James asked. "How do you know?" "It's just like the maintenance hatches at home." Pym explained. "Yeah, whatever's left of that." Aisha added, looking down. Azari put his hands in front of the keypad and electricity crackled loudly. The door opened to reveal a dark hallway. Aisha tentatively put a foot in. "Uh…Aisha…" Pym said quietly as he went back to his normal size. "You go first." "Well, at least I can heal." Aisha said, and then carefully did a ninja roll into the hall. She sniffed. "Yeah buddy, we're clear. I think." Aisha stated. As soon as Azari and Pym stepped foot in, Aisha yelled "Wait!"
The walls slid back into the darkness, to reveal that they were in a huge tunnel room, a dark fall beneath them. The floor started to break apart and slide into the real walls. James and Torunn looked on in fear as Azari and Aisha easily jumped from breaking floorboard to breaking floorboard and Pym ran for his life. Aisha and Azari reached the stable piece of land, but Pym didn't. "PYM!" Azari yelled as he fell out of view. "You're not serious, right?" Aisha asked Azari dryly. Pym flew up and landed right next to them. "Just kidding." He said, going back to his normal size. "We shouldn't be here!" Torunn said. "James, what if-" "It's going to be okay." James interrupted, putting out his hand. "I promise."
Torunn took his hand, and flew over to the other side, where Azari, Pym and Aisha waited. "Okay." Azari said, once the two had landed. "There's no one here." "No stuff, buddy." Aisha said, putting her hands on her hips. "I bet Ultron thought no one would be dumb enough to try and break in." "Ha!" Pym laughed. "We showed him, we are dumb enough!" Pym strutted forward, when he accidently stepped on something that glowed bright red. A bridge formed itself in front of the group, and the bridge led to a big ledge next to the wall. On the wall, though, were seven glass cases, and inside those glass cases, were shreds of superhero costumes.
Their parents' superhero costumes.
The kids looked on, wide eyed. No one moved, until James steeled his eyes and walked across the bridge. "James, wait!" Torunn called. He didn't listen, he just kept going toward those glass cases. When he reached the one in the center, he gasped. Inside that glass case, was the shredded costume and helmet of Iron Man, a.k.a Tony Stark. "What is all this?" Pym asked as he and his siblings came over to join James. The kids saw exactly what James was looking at, and became overwhelmed with sadness. "No…" Torunn cried and ran over to James, who hugged her. Aisha held her head in her hands. No one could believe that they were too late, that Tony was actually dead.
Torunn walked away from James, just as she did, James spotted the ripped mask of his father. He walked over to it, examining it and the shield beneath it. As he walked closer to it, he stepped on another button on the floor that lit up red. Everyone came over as the walls lit up, to reveal glass cases all around, all with some type of remain of a superhero, or even villain. "It's like…it's like some kind of trophy room." Azari stated. "That means-" Aisha was cut off by James. "Come on. Let's go." He leaded the way out.
Tony, though, was still alive. He was still in that weird machine, that James threw his shield at as soon as he saw it. It released Tony, and before he hit the ground James and Azari caught him. "Tony!" Azari cried. "We gotcha, Tony." James said as his sisters and Pym raced over. "Please…please tell me you didn't just walk into Ultron's trap." "How do you know it's a trap?" Pym asked. "Maybe we're just that good." "I know because I built Ultron." Tony said, shooting Pym a look. "What." Aisha asked. "Oh…well…that sucks." Pym stated. "No st…" Aisha's voice trailed off. "Forget it, buddy. Not the time, or the place."
The walls started to rearrange around them, revealing the Iron Avengers. They were surrounding them. Aisha's claws came out as she glared at them. Ultron was revealed last. "Do you see Avenger?" he asked. "Rumors of the children's existence already spreads among the humans. Superhuman variable cannot be permitted. The children must be destroyed." "Hey! That's not fair!" Pym called out. "James doesn't even have any powers!" "Scanning Avengers' data files." Ultron said, scanning James. "Identity match. James Rogers, son of Steve Rogers, a.k.a Captain America, the most dangerous of all the Avengers, he inspired them." "What?" Aisha muttered. "What kind of a lame power is inspiration, anyway?" "And like Captain America, you James, will be the first to fall." Ultron stated. James saw out of the corner of his eye, Hawkeye standing high above them in a hall, aiming a bomb arrow right at Ultron. "Not today, robot." James said. Hawkeye let the arrow fly, and it went straight for Ultron, and there was a huge explosion of burgundy smoke.
But that wasn't the end.
Once the smoke cleared, the kids could see Ultron without a scratch. It turned and looked at Hawkeye. "Barton." It growled. Hawkeye waved sheepishly. He then pulled out another arrow and shot at it, and once again, it didn't faze Ultron at all. It lifted its hand, and the walls started to move again, though this time revealing a group of Scavengers. They fired their guns at Ultron and the Iron Avengers. "Azari, Pym, Aisha, run!" James ordered. "Go with Hawkeye! Torunn, take Tony."
Torunn went over and held Tony, while everyone else ran toward Hawkeye. "Scavengers!" Hawkeye yelled. "Disappear!" One of the Scavengers gave him thumbs up, and they retreated back into the walls. Hawkeye jumped down, below the platform they were standing on, and into a maze of a series of others. A couple Scavengers followed him down. "Go!" James ordered to his siblings. They all jumped down, following Hawkeye. "There is no hope for the Avengers." Ultron roared. It fired a ray at James, who jumped off of the platform and down below quickly, where Azari waited for him. The two moved quickly. "Find them." Ultron ordered. Everything across the city started to lock. The walls around the kids started to move again. "Go!" James ordered to Azari, who jumped down with James just as the platform that had been standing on flipped to the side and slid into the wall behind it. Hawkeye looked behind him, watching them. "Move it you two!" he yelled. Two huge walls were above to slam together below James and Azari, and James threw his sword between them to block it. The two jumped down, and slid down with their hands and feet on the walls. They exited just as the shield pixilated and the walls slammed together. Hawkeye, James and Azari ran just as the walls behind them slid together. They stopped a ledge, where the wall slid out and pushed them over.
They fell into the lower cities, where the real cities made of brick and stuff where destroyed. The three fell at rapid speed, just when they were inches from the ground, Aisha slid down on a rope and grabbed Hawkeye's hand, he grabbed James's and James grabbed Azari's. "Huh." Hawkeye said, looking from the ground to Aisha. "Kinda cutting it close there, gorgeous." He said. "Better late than never, Hawk." Aisha replied, winking.