Chapter 10: Battle Of Sokovia Part One.
Pietro and Barry run into multiple police stations, informing the police of what was about to happen before racing to apartments, beginning the evacuation process by picking up and running people to their vehicles.
While that was happening, Supergirl was assisting the hospitals with moving injured and sick people away from Sokovia as Air ambulance and trucks were overwhelmed. Wanda, Bruce, Caitlin and Cisco were helping her the best they could.
Steve meanwhile had found and freed Natasha thanks to Clint's directions. The archer then checks up on the new additions before going to help the rest of his team.
Tony on the other hand, was following Ultron's energy signature. That way he could track and confront him.
"Found him! Your man's in the church, boss. I think he's waiting for you." Friday informed Iron man.
Due to Jarvis now being Vision, Tony needed another computer system to help run the company and assist him and the team with missions. Thankfully, Tony had many backups, one of which was named Friday.
Friday was short for: Female, Replacement, Intelligent, Digital, Assistant, Youth. Which was a bit of a mouthful. As was: Just, Another, Rather, Very, Intelligent, System. Hang on, Shield was short for...ANYWAY I'm getting distracted, back to the story.
"Come to confess your sins?" Ultron asked sarcastically, metal brow raised as Tony landed inside the church.
The Iron avenger shrugged. "I don't know, how much time you got?" He asked, tilting his head.
Ultron chuckled. "More than you." He replied, walking out of the shadows to reveal his taller, more bulky form.
Tony took a step back and blinked behind his helmet. "Uhh. Have you been juicing? A little Vibranium cocktail? You're looking, I don't wanna say, puffy..." he trailed off, trying to make a joke about the situation so as to distract himself from the fear he was feeling.
Ultron paused for a second before laughing. "That was actually funny, I'll give you that. But we both know that all You're doing is stalling so as to protect the people."
Tony shrugged. "Well, that is the mission. Did you forget?"
Ultron smirked darkly. "I've moved beyond your mission. I'm free."
Tony jumps back as a vibranium spike ejected out of the ground and spread metal around the centre of the room, forming a circular device.
"What, did you think you were the only one who was stalling?" The AI mocked.
"There's the rest of the Vibranium. Function: still unclear." Friday informed Tony.
"This is how you end, Stark. This is peace in my time." Ultron declared, raising a metal fist into the air.
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All over the city, Ultron drones appeared. Crawling out of the river, sewage drains or just breaking free from the ground itself. As soon as they were outside, they began to attack the populace. Men, women and children alike.
"Avengers its time, Go!" Steve ordered over the comms before he tackled a drone to the floor, taking off its head with his shield before jumping up to rush another hostile.
Having finished evacuating the hospital, Supergirl clashed with multiple drones, breaking through them like they were tissue. A well timed green energy shot knocked her out of the sky, sending her through a building to land on a car.
"T-That hurt." Kara mumbled, wincing as she got up. The Kryptonian was surprised to see that a small part of the suit that covered her stomach had been burned away, and her skin was smoking. "That's not good." She added.
"Hello again love." A familiar cocky voice sneered.
Supergirl's eyes widened as recognition shot through her. It couldn't be... she had taken him down once his identity as a Hydra agent had been revealed.
But somehow, the emerald terror still lived. John Corben AKA Metallo, Still lived. His body was bulkier, and he had no more flesh attached to him. His head was now a full metallic skull with glowing green optics. But that voice and overconfident attitude, that was all John.
"You're supposed to be dead." Kara Replied coldly.
"I'll admit, I did come close. But ultron gave me a second chance, one I don't intend to waste!" Corben replied, flying forward to collide with her.
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Wanda stood in the city centre, blasting drones out of the sky while directing civilians out of the city. "Get off the bridge, get to cover and don't look back, go!" she exclaimed.
Pietro stopped next to her. "I can help with the people, you shield them and I destroy the drones."
"No, I can handle it. But Barry will need help with Daniel. He's defeated evil speedsters before, but I fear this one has some tricks he hasn't seen before." Wanda reminded him.
Pietro sighed but nodded, agreeing with his sister. "Fine, but call if you need help okay? We are on a team now. It's not just us anymore." He pointed out before racing away.
Wanda shook her head.
She could do this, she didn't need help before. And she doesn't need it now.
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"Boss, it's working. Vision is burning Ultron out of the net, he won't escape through there." Friday reported.
Tony didn't have time to celebrate or inform his team of the good news, why? Because the ground shook like mad and cracks appeared on the roads and across some buildings. "What's going on Fri?" He asked.
"Im detecting a large spike in repulsor energy, Boss, Sokovia's going for a ride!"
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Ultron floated above the broken city, looking down at the chaos he has created and addresses his enemy:
"Do you see now? The beauty of it, the inevitability. You rise, only to fall. You, Avengers, you are my meteor, my swift and terrible sword and the earth will crack with the weight of your failure. Purge me from your computers, turn my own flesh against me. It means nothing. When the dust settles, the only thing living in this world will be metal."
"The Vibranium core has got a magnetic field, that's what's keeping the rock together." Friday explained, displaying readouts on Tony's HUD.
"And if it drops?" Tony asks, dreading the answer.
"Right now the impact would kill thousands. Once it gets high enough: Global extinction." Friday told her creator with a wince.
Seconds later, drones whizzed past Tony's head. "I got airborne, heading up to the bridge." Friday reported.
"Cap, you got incoming." Tony called out.
"Incoming already came in. Stark, you worry about bringing the city back down safely. The rest of us have one job: tear these things apart. You get hurt, hurt 'em back. You get killed, walk it off." Steve replied, absorbing bolts of energy via his shield.
The super soldier then ran forwards and cut through two droids, decapitating them from the waist down.
Unfortunately, they were still operational, and began crawling towards civilians.
Seeing this, Cap slammed his shield into both drones heads, finally finishing them off.
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An explosion causes Wanda to fall over, so Clint ran to help her up, guiding her away from the onslaught of Drones that were targeting her. She needed a break.
Wanda Maximoff: "How could I let this happen?" The young woman yelled as another explosion goes off above her.
A flash of gold appeared out of nowhere and pushed her and Clint out of the way of a missile and into a nearby house
"Hey, hey, you okay?" Barry asked Wanda, worried about her.
The emotional turmoil of the last week, not to mention seeing her home being attacked by an enemy she helped, finally caught up to the poor young woman. "This is all our fault" She cried out, tears spilling from her eyes.
The flash sighed, took off his cowl and crouched down next to her. "Hey, look at me. It's your fault, it's everyone's fault, who cares. Are you up for this? Are you? Look, I just need to know, Because I've seen a lot in my short life. I've fought psychopaths, thieves and aliens. So you'd think I'd be used to it by now, but I'm not. Yet here we are, fighting an army of robots, The city is literally flying, and all Clint has to defend himself is a bow and arrow!"
"Watch it Allen!" Clint replied before jumping out of cover to fire an explosive into a passing wave of drones, once he was done he fell back into cover again.
Barry rolled his eyes but continued. "What I'm trying to say is that none of this makes sense. But I'm going back out there because it's what I choose to do. Okay? It's what we all chose to do. It doesn't matter what you did before, or what you were. If you go back out there, you fight, and when you do, You will be one of us."
An ultron drone crashes through the roof and aims to shoot Wanda. In a flash, Barry ripped the head off and destroyed it before turning back to Wanda and adding. "Stay in here if you want to, Nobody will blame you, we've all been here, I'll even send your brother to come and babysit. But if you step out that door, and fight like hell, you will be an Avenger!"
And with that, Barry bolted off to go and find Pietro and continue their fight with the alternate Reverse Flash.
Wanda took a second then got up, her eyes glowing red. She would not be known as a traitor of humanity, she would not be known as a coward.
She would be known as an Avenger...
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"You're quick, Maximoff. But quick isn't enough to keep up with me" Reverse Flash sneered, grabbing the slower speedster before dragging him around the city, smacking him against buildings, vehicles and even people.
A few seconds later, he threw the young man against the side of a building.
"Stay down or I will kill you, I don't care who gets in my way. Man, woman or child!" He exclaimed, holding a vibrating hand over Pietro's chest.
"Hey Anakin!" A voice yelled out before a yellow lightning bolt struck the evil speedster, sending him down the road and into the side of a car.
"Pick on someone your own speed!" Barry added, now standing in front of Pietro in a protective stance.
"You think this will stop me, you think ANY OF YOU CAN STOP ME!?" Reverse Flash exclaimed, crimson lightning coursing over his body.
With a single hand, he pressed down his symbol, activating the tachyon enhancer.
The crimson lightning began to spark at a far quicker rate, with the edges crackling black.
Barry's eyes widened, recognising the bluish glow as it appeared on his enemies chest. "Oh..crap." he muttered.
Things had just taken a turn for the worst.
(End of chapter ten)