Took me forever to complete this chapter. It could've been better, but I'm still satisfied with this chapter.
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Everyone is tense as they watch the creature stare at himself in the window. The team moves forward, still watching with awe as they watch the creature levitate towards the team slowly.
"I'm sorry." The creature apologized. "That was … odd." He turns to Thor. "Thank you."
"Thor." Steve gives the God a disapproving look. "You helped creature this?"
"I've had a vision. A whirlpool that sucks in all hope of life and at its center." Thor points at the humanoid's forehead. "Is that."
"The gem?" Banner asked.
"It's the Mind Stone. It's one of the six Infinity Stones the greatest power in the universe unparalleled in its destructive capabilities." Thor explained.
"Then why would you bring it here?" Steve starts to ask.
"Because Stark is right." Thor answered.
"I - I need to sit down." Michelle breathed, moving to one of the chairs and plopping down. Steve and Bucky move to stand on either side of her. "Thor, you agreeing with Stark?"
"Michelle's right, it's definitely the end times." Banner agreed.
"The Avengers cannot defeat Ultron." Thor continued.
"Not alone." The humanoid adds.
"Why does your vision sound like JARVIS?" Steve asked.
"We reconfigured JARVIS' matrix." Tony explained, as he moved towards the humanoid. "To create something new."
"You think I'm a child of Ultron." Vision told them.
"You're not?" Steve asked.
"I'm not Ultron." Vision turns to look at Tony. "I'm not JARVIS either."
"I looked in your head." Wanda said. "And saw annihilation."
"Look again." Vision told her, making Clint laugh.
"Her Silva proved jack to me." He said, moving forward.
"Their powers, the horrors in our heads. Ultron himself, they all came from the Mind Stone and nothing compares to what it can unleash." Thor starts. "With it on our side."
"Is it?" Michelle asked, looking at him. Steve turns to look at Vision.
"Are you?" The Captain asked. "On our side?"
Vision was quiet. "I don't think it's that simple."
"Well, better get real simple, real soon." Clint replied.
"I am on the side of life. Ultron isn't. He will end it." Vision told them as he starts to move around everyone.
"What's he waiting for?" Tony asked.
"You." Vision answered simply.
"Wait. Us?" Bucky asked.
"Sokovia." Clint clarified. "He as Nat and Trista both their."
Banner approached Vision. "If we're wrong about you, if you're the monster that Ultron made."
"What will you do?" Vision questioned. It was quiet in the room with lots of tension. "II don't want to kill Ultron. He's unique and he's in pain. Pain that will roll over the Earth, so he must be destroyed. Every form he's built, every trace of his presence on the net. We have to act now, and not one of us can do it without the others." As he talks he moves around the room. "Maybe I am a monster." He said looking at his hands. "I don't think I'd know if I were one. I'm not what you are." He turns to look back at Tony. "And not what you intended. So there maybe no way to make you trust me, we need to move." He lifts Mjollnir with ease holding it out to him. "Now."
That shocks the Avengers, minus Michelle, Bucky and the Maximoff twins who don't know the story about the hammer game.
Wordless, Thor took his hammer with complete shock, confusion and wondering what just happened, along with the other Avengers. Vision then leaves, leaving everyone in stunned silence.
"Ahh." Thor starts. "Alright." He moves a little. "Well done." He pats Tony on the arm and leaves the room.
Steve was the first to break the silence. "Three minutes. "Get what you need."
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"No way we all get through this if one tin soldiers left standing, we've lost. It's gonna be blood on the floor." Tony said as he, Steve, Bucky, Michelle and Banner waited for the team.
"I got no plans tomorrow night." Steve said.
"I planned on a movie." Michelle pouted making Steve and Bucky smile at her.
"I get first crack at the big guy." Tony said. "Iron Man's what's he waiting for."
"That's true, he hates you the most." Vision said as he walked past them. Michelle couldn't stop the laugh that escaped.
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"Ultron knows we're coming." Steve starts his speech. "Odds are we'll be riding into heavy fire. And that's what we signed up for. The people of Sokovia, they didn't. So our priority is getting them out. And we can get the job done. And find out what Ultron's been building. We find Romanoff, and Trista. And we clear the field. Keep the fight between us." Steve was quiet for awhile as he looks down. "Ultron thinks we're monsters and we're what's wrong with the world. This isn't about beating him, it's about whether he's right."
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The Avengers help the the Sokovia people evacuate.
Bucky runs over to Steve. "Steve, I sure hope you have a Plan B cooking up right now."
"Right now, I'd be happy to be just winging it." Steve told him, just as Iron Legions start to come out from all over the place and shooting everywhere. "Christ, all hell is breaking loose!"
"Go!" Bucky yells, waving his arm at citizens. An Iron Legion jumps at him and he fights it off.
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"Get off the bridge!" Sailor Neptune yells to the frightened group of citizens. "Deep Submerge!" Her attack counters the Iron Legions blast. She turns to the crowd. "Go! Get out of here!" She yells. A part of the meal bridge is severed in half and falls on her, trapping her underneath it.
"Neptune!" Clint runs over to her. As he struggles lifting the metal pieces of the bridge, the whole ground starts to shake and everything.
"What's happening?" Neptune asked, her blue eyes wild as she looks around while the whole ground shakes.
"I don't know." Clint continues to struggle with the metal, he grunts as he tries hard to lift.
"Clint, go." Neptune told him. "There's still citizens needing to be evacuated. I'll be fine."
"Not an option! I'm not leaving you!" His voice is strained.
"Let me help." Wanda said as she approaches, her magic swirls around her hands. Clint backs away a little from the lamp post. Wanda lifts the lamp post and sends it flying at a group of Iron Legions.
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Bucky and Steve are on the other side of the bridge, they stumble as they look around through the dust and destruction, and watch as the bridge is broken in half. "Uh Steve?" Bucky is looking up to the sky. "I think we've got a problem."
"We have so many right now." Steve replied. "Which one are you talking about right now?"
"The nightmare itself." Bucky answered, point up. "Him."
Ultron hovers over Sokovia and gives off a speech. The whole city crumbles with the frightened citizens running around, while the Avengers try their best.
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It took more hours. And the Avengers continued their fight. Steve and Bucky continued to fight alongside each other against the Iron Legions.
"Ok. We're all clear here." Clint's voice came through the ear coms. Bucky rolled his eyes as he ducks and kicks an Iron Legion.
"We are not clear!" Steve yells, throwing his shield at an Iron Legion it comes back at him. "We are definitely not clear!" He throws his shield into the Iron Legion, trapping it against a police car. He and Bucky tag team and kick the shield, destroying it.
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"Romanoff!" Steve shouts, throwing his shield, the shield gets embedded into an Iron Legion.
"Thanks!" She soon fights another Iron Legion, then Steve leaps in to help destroy it.
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Steve and Bucky move down a very clouded path. "The next wave is gonna hit any minute." See warns. "What do you got Stark?" He asks as the two super soldiers look around.
"Well, nothing great. Maybe a way to blow up the city." His voice sounded defeated. "I don't keep it from impacting the surface, if you guys can get clear."
"I asked for a solution, not an escape plan." Steve told him.
"Impact radius is getting bigger every second. I'm gonna half to make a choice."
"Cap, these people are going nowhere." Natasha said as she, Steve and Bucky stood in the middle of the empty street. "If Stark finds a way to blow this rock."
"Not until everyone's safe."
Natasha and Bucky look at each other, then back at Steve. "Us and everyone up here versus everyone down there?" Bucky asks. "Steve."
Steve shook his head. "I'm not leaving this rock with a single civilian on it." He looks at Natasha. "You're here. But where's Trista?"
"Steve." Trista's voice had him spinning around, tripping over his own feet. There stood Trista herself with a nasty bruise on the side of her face.
Steve moves towards her, he gingerly touches her bruise, his blue eyes scan her face before he pulls her into his arms tightly. "I thought I lost you this time."
She pulls away from him with a warm and loving smile. "Never." She took his hand, squeezing it. "And it's ok, we found each other again."
"It is." Steve completely forgets Bucky and Natasha are standing behind him. "Trista." He reaches for one of the pouches on his belt, pulling out a small red velvet box. Trista's eyes grew as more tears stream down her cheeks. "I wanted to give you this on your birthday, but I chickened out and gave you that necklace instead." He took a deep breath. "Michelle asked me once. Do I want my past or my future? And honestly I didn't know what I wanted until you were taken." He opens the box to reveal a Rose Gold Oval Cut Light Amethyst 925 Sterling Silver engagement ring. "I'm sorry I chickened out, that was the real reason Michelle didn't talk to me the following day. And."- His ramble was cut short as Trista grabs his face with both hands, giving him an earth shattering explosive passionate kiss. "So, that's a yes?" He asks dumbly.
"Of course it's a yes, may I have my ring now?" Trista asks with a big warm smile. Steve pulls out the ring and slides it onto her ring finger.
"Stevie, I love it." Trista smiled at as she admires it.
"Excuse me."
Both Captain America and Princess jump at Nick Fury's voice came over the ear coms.
"But if you two love birds are done being mushy, I think I might be able to add something to the view."
Steve's face is comical as a helicarrier emerges from the clouds. "So, you?" He trailed off.
"Called in a few favors." Fury answered with casual. "Cleared out a few mothballs. Dusted a few cobwebs. You can thank me by not seating me next to Stark at the wedding."
Steve's face is red with embarrassment, while Trista tried not to giggle. Bucky chuckled shaking his head and Natasha smirks.
"Of course Director." Trista said with a smile, while Steve was still trying to get his brain to work.
"You heard all that?"
"Uh huh. And I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one."
"Seriously, Cap?" Sam's voice came next. "Now?"
"Unbelievable." Came Tony's voice. "We're all risking our necks to save the world, again. And Rogers decides now to pop the question?"
"Granted he almost lost Trista when Ultron decided to kidnap her." Clint's voice is next. "At least he didn't wait until the we're literally racing the clock to fix something more deadly then this."
"It's sweet! So sweet. In a sorta romantic way." Neptune adds.
"I get best man speech!" Tony yells out.
Bucky scoffs. "Excuse me! I'm his best friend, Stark!" He moves to see, slinging his flesh arm around his shoulders. "That job has my name all over it!"
"What!? Oh, that hurts." Tony whines.
"Would you allow an Asgardian Prince?" Thor's question came next.
"Of course Thor. And you better bring Jane with you!" Trista said smiling.
"Splendid! And I will also bring the finest Asgardian wine. Forewarning, there is a strong possibility I might cry. I will absolutely cry."
"Hotaru gets to be bridesmaid!" Clint added.
"I should've asked behind closed doors." Steve groaned, rubbing his temples.
"Don't worry sweetheart." Trista smiled. "We'll get pounded with questions from Hotaru once we're home."
"Can we please focus on the mission here people?" Fury requests impatiently. "Before the topic of honeymoon suits and destination comes up."