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We are now entering AOU but there will be changes in the plot. One of the main ones is of course that there will be no BrucexNat because that is a disgrace to human kind and I fucking hate Joss Whedon. (Did you read his script for Wonder Woman?! The guy is so disgusting)

Chapter 27

"Shit" Stark yelled over the comms.

"Language" Steve warned and he could hear Nat chuckling. "JARVIS, what's the view from upstairs."

They were in Sokovia hunting Loki's scepter that got into the hands of HYDRA. Of course it fucking did. It was like HYDRA was fucking everywhere now.

They were fighting against soldiers who tried to stop them from entering the fortress where the scepter was located. He was driving through the forest on a new bike taking out the soldiers in his way to the fortress.

"Wait a second. No one else is going to deal with the fact that Cap just said "language"?" Tony asked and Clint laughed.

"I know." He rolled his eyes and threw his bike at a truck full of soldiers."It just slipped out."

He heard Natasha scream Clint's name. Before he could ask what happened something knocked him over and he barely managed to land on his feet. "We have an enhanced in the field."

"What's with Barton?"

"He got hit." Natasha answered and Thor offered to take him back to the quinjet.

He fought off a new set of soldiers coming his way. They were probably a distraction so HYDRA could get away with the scepter. "Tony, we really need to get inside!"

"Yeah, yeah. Working on it."

"We're back at the jet." Thor informed them. "Find that scepter!"

"And for gosh's sake watch your language!" Tony replied fakely enraged.

"That's not gonna go away anytime soon." He groaned and ran towards the fortress knocking out everyone getting into his way.

"Nope! You can count on that." Natasha's voice full of amusement."We're locked down out here."

"Then start the lullaby." He ordered and got through the gate of the fortress. Tony and Bruce told them before they left for Sokovia that Bruce's ex-girlfriend recorded some kind of lullaby that calmed the Hulk down and helped Banner to turn into himself. He heard how the lullaby was now echoing through the forest.

He raided the fortress and Tony told him over the comms that he got the scepter. Now they only needed to find Struck who was the leader of the European HYDRA. Did he maybe know something about Bucky? He shook his head. Finding out what HYDRA had done with the scepter was more important.

He turned around a corner and there he was. "Baron von Strucker. HYDRA's number one thug." He said with venom in his voice.

"Technically, I'm a thug for SHIELD."

"Well then technically you're unemployed. What did you do with the scepter?"

Strucker smiled and it made him uneasy. "Don't worry, I know when I'm beat. You'll mention how I cooperated, I hope."

The fucking nerve." Sure, I put it right under illegal human experimentation."

He suddenly got knocked down and saw a woman before the double door shut."We have a second enhanced. Female. Do not engage!" He got back up to his feet and eyed Strucker. "How many are they?"

"You have to be faster than..."

He really had enough of this fella and kicked his shield up to knock him out."Guys, I got Strucker."

They handed Strucker and the rest of HYDRA over to the Sokovian authorities and left with Loki's scepter on board. Tony was talking to Bruce and Thor while Nat was hooking Clint on fluids.

He walked over to them."How is he?"

"He is doing okay for a Swiss cheese." Clint replied and Natasha scoffed at him.

"Dr. Cho is coming from Seoul and according to Tony and Bruce she can make Clint as good as new." Natasha turned to him and explained. Right, wasn't that the same doctor who could remove her scars?

He let Clint and Nat have some alone time, they hadn't seen each other in months and joined Thor and Tony who are looking at the box that stored the scepter.

"It feels good, yeah? I mean, you've been after this thing since SHIELD collapsed" Tony said to Thor."Not that I haven't enjoyed our little raiding parties, but..."

The two of them had been searching for the scepter since it got stolen. "No but this...brings it to a close."

"As soon as we find out what else this has been used for. I don't just mean weapons. Since when is Strucker capable of human enhancement?" Steve wanted to know. He had to think about Bucky. What could HYDRA do to people with something this powerful?

"Banner and I'll give it a go before it goes back to Asgard. Is that cool with you?" Tony asked Thor and he nodded, "I mean, just a few days until the farewell party. You're staying right?"

Thor nodded again."Yes, yes, of course. A victory should be honored with revels."

"Yeah. Who doesn't love revels. Captain?"

"Hopefully this puts an end to the Chitauri and HYDRA, so. Yes, revels." He agreed. After the last months he could use some fun with friends. And he knew that Nat loved parties and Tony's vodka. Okay, she mostly loved his vodka.

The party was two days after they secured Loki's scepter. Before that Tony and Bruce were pratically locked into their lab and Thor was out visiting his friend Darcy who had a job in Manhattan. Clint was stuck under the cradle and Hill managed to identify the two enhanced but they were gone for the moment. Since there was nothing they could do for now Steve took Nat to Brooklyn and showed her places that meant something to him. He secretly dreamed about moving back to Brooklyn but he didn't know what she thought about living here.

"Nat?" They were sitting under a tree in Prospect Park watching the people around them. Natasha was sitting between his legs and leaning against his chest.

"Yeah?"

"Where are we gonna live?"

She shrugged her shoulders. "We can live anywhere. But New York would probably be the best choice. I lived here before DC."

"You think you would like it in Brooklyn?"

She looked up at him. "I don't care in which part of the city I live as long as we live together." She smirked at him. "You sure you're hipster enough for Brooklyn?"

He rolled his eyes and leaned down to kiss her. "You're cool enough for the both of us."

He invited Sam to the party so he could meet the rest of the Avengers. They were walking up the stairs in Tony's party penthouse (yes that's the official name).

"How's your sister?"

"Good." They stopped at the handrail and looked over the party. Natasha was talking to Tony, Thor, Maria and Rhodey at the bar. Sam pulled his phone out and showed him a picture of his nephew. " Isn't he adorable? He clearly got his uncle's good looks."

He rolled his eyes at him and smiled. The kid was really lucky to have Sam as his uncle. "You got a plan for our next trip,Cap?"

"I'm thinking about staying in New York for a while." He admitted. "I have the feeling that Bucky doesn't want to be found right now. And I can't drag you away from your life much longer. Your family needs you. And your veterans."

"I said I would help Captain America and-"

"I know." He interrupted Sam. "And I apprechappreciateiate your friendship and what you've done for me. But it's time for a pause. JARVIS is looking for Bucky on every cam around the world and if he shows up, we'll go after him." He looked down at Natasha who left the group at the bar and seemed to be walking to the stairs. "It's time to start living."

Sam followed his gaze and smirked. "You do what you think it's right. I'm gonna buy some ladies drinks since Tess dumped me."

Natasha was suddenly behind Sam. "The drinks are for free."

"Don't rain on my parade, Widow." He quipped and left.

"You enjoying yourself, soldier?" She placed her hand on his bicep and gave him a coy smile. They hadn't told the rest of the Avengers yet that they were a couple and he wasn't sure how much PDA she wanted to show at a party.

"Now I do since the company got so much better."

"Don't let Sam hear that." She chided him and placed both hands to rest on his chest. Her hands moved up to his collar.

"Natasha?" He thought that she was about to kiss him but he needed to know that she was totally okay with people seeing them. "Are you sure?"

She nodded. "I'm at a party and I want to kiss my boyfriend. That's what normal couples do, isn't it? And we should try to be normal from time to time." She grabbed the collar of his dress shirt (Natasha chose that one for him to wear) and pulled him down.

He smiled at her and pressed his lips against hers. He wrapped his arms around her waist to press her closer to him.

"OH MY GOD! Do you see what I'm seeing?" Tony couldn't believe his eyes and unconsciously grabbed Thor's peck. Thor raised his eyebrow at Stark's hand on his chest and then looked where he was pointing at with his other hand. Natasha and Steve were kissing. Thor had to smile. They were a good match and would surely be happy for many years to come. He actually thought about setting them up before.

Maria smirked at Starks's hand that was still on Thor's chest and turned around to see what got Tony so shocked. It was only Natasha and Rogers kissing. "You didn't know?"

"You did?!" Tony exclaimed and realized that he was pretty much feeling up Thor and removed his hand.

"I thought that was common knowledge." She shrugged and then took a sip from her martini.

"You didn't tell me? What did I hire you for if you don't give me all the hot gossip?"

Maria rolled her eyes at that and asked Thor how Dr. Foster was doing. He happily answered her question and Tony pouted like a toddler. She honestly couldn't tell what Pepper saw in that manchild.

The party guests left and only the Avengers plus Hill and Rhodey were still here and enjoying drinks and each other's company. Unfortunately Stark only wanted to talk about one topic and Steve wondered how long it would take until Nat would pounce off his lap and attack Tony. He gave her 10 minutes tops before she would lose her temper.

"I mean how? And when? Why?" Tony stumbled out and looked with confusion at him and Nat who was snuggled against him in his lap. He was a bit surprised when she chose his lap as her seat but apparantly she didn't care about showing PDA in front of their friends. And who was he to complain? She felt so nice tugged against his body.

" Who made the first move?" Tony looked at him. "If she's holding you against your will blink twice or say nutmeg."

He rolled his eyes. "Stop it!"

Natasha sipped on her beer bottle and was clearly amused but didn't say anything.

"You obviously haven't had sex yet!" Tony said for some reason. What?

"And how would you know that?" Rhodey asked. "That's none of your business"

"Everyone knows black widows kill their mates after sex." Tony pointed at Steve. "And Steve is clearly stil alive. So they haven't done it yet."

He was about to tell him to mind his own fucking business but Natasha beat him to it. "Oh, don't worry. We've done it plenty of times. Like here in your tower. You wanna know where?" She smiled at Tony innocently.

All color lost Tony's face. "Please tell me you're joking." He looked at Steve and he couldn't control his blush. He better not tell him they had sex in the elevator this morning and Nat told JARVIS to delete the footage. "Oh god, the blush on your face tells me enough. I have to sanitize the whole place."

"For what is worth I think you two make a wonderful couple." Thor raised his drink. "To Natasha and Steve."

Everyone joined the toast but Tony still looked shocked and slightly disgusted. Ha!

They eventually dropped the topic and talked about other stuff. He couldn't help but feel happy in this moment. Here he was with his friends drinking and laughing and his girl was sitting in his lap and telling an unflattering story about Clint that had every laughing with tears in their eyes. Clint's annoyance only proved that the story was true.

Clint tried to change the topic and brought up Thor's hammer again. "I still believe it's a trick."

"Yeah,the handle's imprinted, right? Like a security code. "Whosoever is carrying Thor's fingerprints" is, I think, the literal translation?" Tony agreed.

Thor held his hand out and his hammer came flying to him."Yes, well that's, uh, that's a very, very interesting theory. I have a simpler one." He twirled the hammer in his hand. "You are all not worthy."

The room was filled with groans of the others while Thor was grinning at them smugly. Okay, he did manage to move the hammer a bit last time, so he was a bit worthy okay?

Suddenly there was a horrible screeching noise that really hurt in your ears and he placed his hands over Natasha's that already covered her ears to protect her from the noise.

He looked up and there was one robot of Tony's Iron Legion. What was it doing here?

"Worthy... No... How could you be worthy? You're all killers." The robot said with a deep voice he never heard before. Wasn't the Iron Legion monitored and voiced by JARVIS?

He said Tony's name and everyone got up from the couches. Something told him that thing was hostile and ready to attack.

Tony was typing on his tablet." Reboot, Legionnaire OS, we got a buggy suit."

The Legionnaire came closer to them. "There was a terrible noise...and I was tangled in... in...strings. I had to kill the other guy. He was a good guy."

"You killed someone?" He immediately moved in front of Nat to cover her in case of an attack.

"Wouldn't have been my first call. But, down in the real world we're faced with ugly choices."

"Who sent you?" Thor looked ready to attack and he heard how safety catches were released. Probably Nat and Hill. They needed to get Bruce out before he caused a code green.

"I see a suit of armor around the world." That was definitelyTony's voice. Was that why he wanted to look at Loki's scepter?

"Ultron" Bruce breathed out and all heads turned to him. Oh God what did they do?

"In the flesh. Or, no, not yet. Not this...chrysalis. But I'm ready. I'm on a mission." Ultron replied.

"What mission." Nat asked and moved to stand next to him. He resisted the urge to push her behind him again. He knew she could protect herself but her safety was the most important thing to him.

"Peace in our time." Ultron annouched and the Iron Legion broke through the walls and attacked them. Natasha started shooting at them and he saw how Clint grabbed Bruce and hid him behind the bar. All of them were busy fighting the Legion and Tony didn't seem to be able to regain control over them. Thor smashed the robots with his hammer and Clint threw him his shield and he was able to decapitate some Legionnaires. Somehow they managed to get the upper hand and destroyed the Legion.

"That was dramatic! I'm sorry, I know you mean well. You just didn't think it through. You want to protect the world, but you don't want it to change. How is humanity saved if it's not allowed to...evolve? " Ultron picked up one of the dismembered robots. "With these? These puppets? There's only one path to peace: The Avengers' extinction"

Thor threw his hammer and destroyed Ultron's body.

They relocated to Tony's lab and thankfully no one was hurt by the attack except for some glass splinters in Hills's feet.

Natasha was leaning over a desk and typing on a keyboard. "He's been in everything. Files, surveillance. Probably knows more about us than we know about each other."

"He's in your files, he's in the internet. What if he decides to access something a little more exciting?" Rhodey said.

"Nuclear codes." Maria continued and Rhodey nodded.

"Nukes? He said he wanted us dead." Natasha replied and walked over to Steve to stand beside him. Her presense immediately calmed him down.

He turned his head to her. "He didn't say dead. He said extinct." Was it bad for him as the Avengers' leader that he only thought about her survival right now?

"He also said he killed someone."

"Yeah. JARVIS." Tony showed them the destroyed 3D image of the AI.

"Makes sense. JARVIS is the first line of defense." He knew JARVIS wasn't really really person but he was still a good guy. He didn't deserve this.

Thor suddenly stormed in and grabbed Tony by the throat and lifted him of the ground. Should he interfere? He probably should but he was pretty pissed at Tony and Bruce himself.

"Come on. Use your words, buddy." Tony choked out.

"I have more than enough words to describe you, Stark." Thor seemed to put more pressure on Tony's throat.

Okay, now he definitely should interfere. "Thor! The Legionnaire!" The attack on them was just a distraction so Ultron could take Loki's scepter.

Thor put Stark down. "Trail went cold about a hundred miles out but it's headed north, and it has the scepter. Now we have to retrieve it, again."

Fuck that was not good. They needed to get it back as soon as possible.