Wow. Two chapters in one sitting. Anyways, let's continue as the Avengers fight in Sokovia to stop Thanos and his evil plans.
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As the city continued to climb high, Steve tossed the shield to Natasha, allowing her to raise it to protect herself from the incoming shot from a drone before she began smacking it with the shield. She tossed the shield back to Steve, allowing him to slam it into the drone. At another part of the city, several drones surrounded several teenagers and forced them to huddle in the center of a circle that the drones formed. Thanos marched towards the opening of the circle, the menacing grin intimidating the teenagers.
"What's the matter?" smirked Thanos, "are you scared? Good, you can either join me or die."
"W-We don't know you!" protested a teenage girl.
"You don't?" mocked Thanos, "that's a shame."
Thanos was about to give a command to the drones when Ultron appeared from behind and yanked him backwards with his anti-grav tech. Once the sentient robot knocked the titan aside, he hovered into the air and motioned the teenagers to scurry to safety. Carol sprinted out of the alleyway and tapped on the screen of her gauntlet, mixing up an explosive and loading it into a disk. She activated it and threw it at the circle of drones, the explosion ripping them to pieces.
"Thanos has to be worse than any bully in school," commented Carol.
Ultron landed on the ground.
"Except he's more dangerous," added Ultron.
Ultron and Carol continued to sprint through the city. By then, Sokovia started to ascend through the clouds. Rhodey and Sam descended to the city to help the Avengers usher the survivors into safe buildings to protect them from the dust. Steve activated the com-link in his earpiece.
"Stark," reported Steve, "the next wave's going to hit at any minute. Thor and I were just talking about Ultron's plan, but we still don't have a way to get the people off the rock."
"I hate to say it," Tony replied over the com-link, "I don't have a solution for that part, but I can say that Thor could smash the spire in the church."
"That's what I was thinking," agreed Steve.
"But these people aren't going anywhere," reminded Natasha, "maybe if Stark finds a way to—"
"Not until everyone is safe," interrupted Steve.
Minutes later, Sokovia emerged from the clouds, giving Natasha a fascinating view of the clouds.
"You're worried about everyone out here when everyone down there is in more danger?" paused Natasha.
"I can't leave this city while every single civilian is up here," objected Steve.
Natasha shook her head in disbelief while overlooking the edge.
"The impact radius is getting bigger," mentioned Natasha, "then again, where else am I going to get a view like this?"
Ultron and Carol joined up with the Avengers as they gathered in front of the building while the survivors remained inside.
"I'm glad you like the view, Romanoff," Nick Fury stated over the com-link, "it's about to get better."
"Huh?" warbled Carol.
Seconds later, the helicarrier emerged from the clouds.
"About time," Ultron sighed in relief.
Aboard the bridge, Nick Fury could see the floating city through the windshield.
"Nice, right?" said Nick, "I pulled her out of the mothballs with a couple of friends. She's a bit dusty, but I think it'll do."
Back in Sokovia, Steve couldn't help but smile at the sight of the helicarrier.
"Fury, you son of a bitch," laughed Steve.
"Hey, whatever happened to watching your language?!" Carol protested.
Steve ignored Carol's comment while he saw lifeboats started flying out of the helicarrier. Upon cue, the surviving civilian scrambled out of the buildings and scurried towards the life boats. Wanda and Pietro stood next to Steve while staring at the helicarrier in awe.
"So this is SHIELD?" asked Wanda.
"This is what SHIELD's supposed to be," nodded Steve.
"It's not so bad," commented Pietro.
Once the lifeboats reached the edge of the floating landmass and opened the doors, the civilians started boarding them. Without warning, Goliath's drones started flying after the lifeboats, so Rhodey sprinted forward and took off into the sky before shooting them down.
"Yes!" whooped Rhodey, "now this is going to be a good story!"
Seconds later, Tony joined in as Rhodey shot down another drone. The billionaire fired a repulsor beam at a drone that attempted to fire at War Machine.
"Yep," replied Tony, "if you live to tell it."
"You think I can't hold my own?" remarked Rhodey, "you had to make it weird."
Moments later, Sam flew into the air and fired his machine pistols at a couple incoming drones. All the while, Clint and Steve ushered the civilians on the floating landmass to the lifeboats. One of Thanos's drones crashed into the bridge, but Maria Hill fired her pistol at it until Nick Fury stabbed its head with a piece of rubble. Pietro sprinted onto the lifeboats and strapped the civilians to their seats while Wanda continued to guide the people to safety.
Meanwhile, Thor and Vision arrived at the church, where Fandral and Volstagg were still guarding the cylinder.
"Any sign of Thanos?" asked Fandral.
"Not yet," answered Thor, "but Director Fury has arrived to escort the people to safety."
"Oh, thank the Norns," sighed Volstagg.
"Now, go," advised Thor, "Vision and I will guard the key."
Nodding in agreement, Fandral and Volstagg sprinted out of the church and they soon met up with Hogun and Sif, who were also escorting the civilians to the lifeboats. While Rhodey and Sam took over fighting the drones in the air, Tony met up with Carol and Ultron while they were scanning a nearby building for any remaining civilians.
"Junior?" called Tony, "Thor's at the church. Do you mind if we head over to the bottom of the rock?"
Ultron turned his head at Tony.
"Thanos is still on this rock," reminded Ultron, "he'll send the drones after the core at any minute."
"Then let's call the Avengers so they can work for a living," suggested Tony.
Ultron lifted Carol into his arms and hovered over the city, making a beeline towards the church while Tony sent a com-link message to Steve, Bruce, Natasha, Clint, Pietro and Wanda. Pietro lifted Wanda into his arms and sped through the streets. It wasn't long before the Avengers gathered in the church, waiting for the drones to burst inside. Without warning, Goliath burst through the church and charged at the cylinder, but Ultron and Vision fired their beams at the robotic menace, stopping him in his tracks. Ultron hovered into the air to confront Goliath, not caring that he was taller than him.
"Humans don't deserve to live," snarled Goliath.
"I may have doubts of the human race myself," objected Ultron, "but I will not let you extinguish them."
"Why are you so defensive over the humans?!" thundered Goliath, "they are weak and stupid! We are superior to them in every way!"
Ultron folded his arms, not impressed with Goliath's speech while his piercing crimson optics locked onto the robotic menace's purple optics.
"I may be more powerful than humans," Ultron snapped back, "but that doesn't make them inferior. That's why I have resolved to help them improve without extinction. They seem weak, but over the course of a million years, they adapted to change to survive. Their civilizations forged bonds with others for the greater good. There may be humans that want to reverse that progress, but I've befriended humans that have excelled many others and yet they still unite to protect the others. I understand why the Avengers are important, so I won't turn against them."
"Then you will die with them!" roared Goliath, "join them in extinction!"
Without warning, Goliath's drones appeared from behind and began charging into the church.
"You know what Cap said," announced Tony, "we fight together."
The instant the drones burst into the church, Ultron, Vision, Thor, the Hulk, Natasha, Tony, Clint, Pietro, Wanda and Carol commenced the fight. Carol tossed an explosive into the air and Ultron fired a concussion blast at it, triggering an explosion that detonated some drones. The Hulk grabbed whatever drones crawled nearby and ripped them in half while Tony fired repulsor beams at his share of drones. Pietro sped through the drones to smash them while Clint fired arrows at some of them and Natasha fired her pistols at a few incoming drones. Thor smashed some with his hammer and Steve whacked some of them with his shield while Vision punched his way through the drones. Wanda launched energy blasts at her share of drones and Carol whipped up a chemical combination with her gauntlet. She threw the disk at a group of drones, which exploded and trapped the drones in a pile of sticky putty. As the battle intensified, more drones charged in, but the Avengers weren't willing to give up without a fight. They kept destroying the drones as they kept pouring in.
Ultron used his anti-grav tech built into his hand to rip out a piece of debris and slam it into Goliath, knocking him backwards. Goliath charged at Ultron, but Vision fired a beam from the Mind Stone that knocked the robotic menace out of the church as the swarm started to lessen. Ultron, Tony and Thor joined Vision as he held down Goliath with the beam from the Mind Stone. Ultron fired his concussion blast, Tony fired his repulsor beam and Thor launched lightning bolts, the combined attacks starting to melt away some of the metal even as Goliath attempted to block the attack, but to no avail. By the time the blast dissipated, Goliath staggered in an effort to avoid collapsing.
"I-I was t-told you humans were pathetic and weak," Goliath croaked, "but it seems that—"
The Hulk interrupted Goliath's speech by punching him in the chest, sending him flying into the air.
Meanwhile, Nebula lowered the quinjet and opened the ramp, allowing Thanos to hop onboard.
"We should get Goliath," suggested Nebula.
"No," protested Thanos, "we let Goliath finish the work for us."
Nebula gave Thanos a blank stare in a moment of silence.
"All right," sighed Nebula, "but I should wrap up a few things."
Back at the church, the Avengers noticed that the remaining several drones started to flee.
"Hey, get back here!" complained Carol.
"Carol, it's no use persuading them," Ultron sighed.
"We can't let them leave," warned Tony, "Rhodey, take out every single one!"
Tony flew off while Vision flew after the drones, not knowing that one of them was hiding along the church wall, waiting for a chance to reach the core. Rhodey was still flying around when he noticed some drones leaving the city.
"Oh no," remarked Rhodey, "I didn't say you could leave! War Machine coming at you!"
Rhodey opened fire and blasted down the drones. He didn't notice one drone barreling after him until Vision swooped in out of nowhere and punched the drone in the chest before letting it drop.
"Ok, what?" paused Rhodey.
Back at the church, Steve motioned the Avengers to head outside.
"Ok, we have to move out," advised Steve, "even I can tell the air is getting thin. Get to the boats and help with the final evacuations."
"What about the core?" reminded Carol.
"I'll protect it," Wanda assured Carol, "it's my duty."
"You can't be serious!" gasped Pietro.
"Get the people on the boats," insisted Wanda, "come back for me when everyone else is out of the city. No sooner."
Sighing, Pietro sped off while Steve led Thor, Natasha and Clint through the streets while Bruce calmed down and started following them. Carol scanned her surroundings until she felt Ultron place his hand on her shoulder.
"We need to go," Ultron said softly.
"Are you sure we can't just scan the entire city for any survivors?" asked Carol.
"One more scan," nodded Ultron, "and then we'll leave."
Ultron lifted Carol into his arms and took off into the air before he began scanning the city. At the same time, Tony reached the bottom of the city.
"Boss," reminded FRIDAY, "powers are below optimal—"
"Reroute everything," interrupted Tony, "we got one shot at this."
Tony started cutting a hole, hoping to get access to the mechanisms of the bottom core.
Meanwhile, Steve and Thor were in the middle of gathering the last of the civilians onto the lifeboats when Clint suddenly noticed a small boy underneath the rubble. He sprinted over to the rubble and gently coaxed him out, understanding he was still alive.
"Thor," Tony called over the com-link, "I'm gonna need you back at the church."
"Is this the last of the people?" asked Thor.
Steve made a glance at Clint while he escorted the child.
"Clint's coming in with one more," answered Steve.
Nodding in agreement, Thor sprinted off in a race towards the church. Hogun, Fandral, Volstagg and Sif also settled into their seats while Sam found Goliath flying around, so the paratrooper charged at Goliath and fired a miniature rocket launcher that sent the robotic menace flying into an abandoned train near the church. Once Sam flew over to the helicarrier, Ultron confirmed that everyone had been evacuated, except for the humans that were killed in the incident. Suddenly, Ultron noticed the quinjet hovering a few meters at a distance before it fired at him, forcing him to dodge the shots.
"Oh, for god's sake!" grumbled Ultron.
"What's going on?" demanded Carol.
"Thanos hijacked the quinjet," explained Ultron, "hold on!"
Ultron sped through the air with the quinjet pursuing them, hoping to reach the lifeboats on time. Once Clint escorted the child to safety, he and Pietro noticed the quinjet flying after Ultron and Carol.
"Not good," muttered Clint.
Just as Ultron made his landing, Pietro sped off the lifeboat and raced towards the sentient robot.
"Come on," beckoned Pietro, "we need to move!"
"Carol, you go with him," advised Ultron.
"I'm not leaving you behind!" protested Carol.
Ultron lowered Carol to the ground.
"I'll be ok," Ultron assured Carol, "I'll find Vision and tell him to get Wanda to safety. I'll be with you shortly."
While Ultron set off to find Vision, Carol started to follow Pietro, but then she saw the quinjet fly towards them. Nebula fired the turrets at them, and Pietro tackled Carol to the ground and covered her as she screamed, not caring if he got shot. Clint fired an arrow at the quinjet's wing, triggering an explosion that sent the quinjet plummeting to the ground before he rushed to Pietro and Carol's aid. The speedster slowly staggered to his feet.
"You didn't see that coming?" gasped Pietro.
Without warning, Pietro collapsed to the ground while Carol stared in disbelief.
Inside the church, Wanda felt something inside her tear in half. She couldn't feel her brother anymore, so she collapsed onto her knees and let out a loud scream of anguish, unable to handle the pain as she unleashed a shockwave that obliterated a bunch of incoming drones.
Clint dragged Pietro onto the lifeboat while Carol tried to get to her feet, but she couldn't move as her eyes were filled with shock and guilt. Still, she had to get to the lifeboat, so she tried as hard as she could to get back onto her feet while Clint checked Pietro's pulse.
"He's badly hurt," Clint muttered to himself, "I don't know if he'll last long."
Wanda left the church, certain that she cleared it of any drones, not knowing that the last one was still hiding behind the church. She suddenly noticed Goliath lying in the train cab nearby. Wanda suspected that Thanos must've shot Pietro, so even if she couldn't get back at Thanos for now, she could still unleash her anger at the robotic menace. She stepped into the train while conjuring up scarlet energy, Goliath focusing his purple optics on her.
"Oh," Goliath gasped, "have you…come to surrender? Or have you…come to die?"
Wanda knelt down while giving away no expression.
"I just did," Wanda said in a cold tone, "do you know how it felt?"
Wanda reached out and using her all her mental strength, she twirled her hand and watched as Goliath's chest opened up until his power core appeared. She telekinetically pulled it into her hand, watching as Goliath's optics darkened.
"It felt like that," concluded Wanda.
Just as Thor was inching closer to the church, his eyes widened in horror as the last drone was mere inches closer to the core. Before he could charge into the church, the drone placed its hand on the key and turned it. Once she felt the ground rumbling, Carol raced towards the lifeboat, panic surging through her veins. However, before she could even set foot onto the lifeboat, the floating landmass suddenly started plummeting out of the sky, forcing Carol to grab onto a piece of debris for dear life while the thrusters hummed to life. Ultron watched in horror as not only the human race was in danger, but to make matters worse, Carol was in even more peril, so he dived down the sky while Thor headed into the church. Tony may have been knocked aside by the force, but he recovered quickly and flew back towards center before firing a powerful beam from his arc reactor that started overcharging the bottom spire.
"Thor, on my mark!" called Tony.
Thor raised his Mjolnir into the air and started summoning electricity, knowing that he cannot let Thanos win. Vision flew into the train and lifted Wanda into his arms before flying off to safety. At the same time, Ultron reached Carol while she still held onto the debris.
"Carol!" shouted Ultron, "let go now! Trust me!"
Carol hesitated for a few seconds, but reminded herself that if she didn't, she would most certainly die. Carol let go of the debris and started floating. Ultron seized this chance and pulled Carol into a tight embrace before launching himself into the air. If this plan failed, Ultron wasn't sure if he would even outrun the impact.
"Now!" yelled Tony.
Upon cue and with all his might, Thor slammed the Mjolnir into the vibranium core, unleashing a shockwave that ripped the landmass apart into a million pieces. The dusty debris and rocks rained down into the large lake while Thor and Tony crashed beneath the waves. Above the clouds, Ultron held Carol tight to his chest and let out a loud sigh of relief, his processor filling with hope.
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