Sokovia's Battle...
Clint and Veronika got back to the tower and once they did, they handed, not literally, the cradle to Tony and Bruce.
“Nat got taken on the mission so we’re going to figure out where she is.” Clint says after helping Bruce connect wires Veronika jumped off from being on top of it and leaned against it.
“Any chance Natasha would leave a message outside the internet? You know, old-school spy stuff?” Tony asked.
“Good idea, let’s go try that, Clint.” Veronika said.
“Let’s do this.” Clint agreed.
They walked away to go downstairs and look for any signals that could have been sent while they heard the banging of Banner and Stark, what they thought was them destroying whatever it is Ultron created. They searched radios and any old comms. They searched anything and everything for about an hour. When finally-
“I have something!” Clint said. He listened closely as Ver looked at him hopeful.
She waited patiently as he held the headphone to his ear. When he brought it down is when she asked. “Well, was it her? Where is she?”
“Sokovia. Ultron has her under the HYDRA base.”
“Let’s go tell-” she stopped when she heard a noise and pointing her gun above her head, she shot the glass above her moving quickly someone fell through she put her foot on the person’s hip. When she saw who it was, she smirked slightly. “What? Didn’t see that coming?” Her accent made it sound extra playful as the boy below her grimaced but had a hint of something in his eyes at her.
Respect, admiration, whatever you think fits.
“Good shot kid.” Clint laughed but when a fight arose above them, he went upstairs to help, and she looked at the boy below her again.
“What are you two even doing here? Did Ultron bring you?”
“We left him prinţesă. You were right, he wanted to kill the world.” He sighed his head falling back on the ground.
She smiled.
“Oooh it does feel good to be right.” She taunted the boy.
“Urăsc”
(I hate that.)
“păcat băiat drăguț.” She smirked again at what she called him, her face went aflame again. She took her foot back and ran upstairs when she heard a loud bang and what seemed to be Thor groaning.
(Too bad pretty boy)
The Avengers stared at the wall of windows. From what Veronika saw, it was a semi ‘naked’ man? She was heavily confused when Thor held up a hand to Steve who was about to slice the thing.
“What the hell is that?” She whispered as she went closer to where everyone was standing. Pietro followed and ran to his sister gliding to a stop beside her. The man was staring at the windows and was slowly coming back to the group.
“I’m sorry, that was…odd. Thank you.” the man said to Thor and when seeing Thor’s cape immediately gave himself one.
“Thor, you helped build this thing?” Steve asked.
“I had a vision. A whirlpool that sucks in all hope of life and in its center. Is that.” Thor points to the gem in the man’s head.
“That gem?” Veronika asked.
“It’s the Mind Stone. One of the six Infinity Stones. The greatest power in the universe, unparalleled in its destructive capabilities.” Thor said.
“Then why did you bring-” Steve began to ask.
“Because Stark is right.”
“Oh, it’s definitely the end times.” Bruce said.
“The Avengers cannot defeat Ultron.”
“Not alone,” The man said after Thor.
“Why does your Vision sound like JARVIS?” Steve asked.
“We reconfigured JARVIS’s matrix to create something new.” Tony answered.
“I think I have had my fill of new.”
“You think I’m a child of Ultron Mr. Rogers?” The Vision asked as he started walking around.
“You’re not?”
“I’m not Ultron. I am not JARVIS. I am…. I AM.”
Wanda stepped forward, “I looked in your head…and saw annihilation.”
“Look again.”
“HA- yeah her seal of approval means jack to me.” Clint said. Wanda looked hurt.
“What about mine?” Ver asked, tilting her head. “I could look, see what he’s like?” Nobody answered.
“Well, their powers,” Thor motioned to the twins. “The horrors in our heads, Ultron himself, they all come from the Mind Stone. And they’re nothing compared to what it can unleash.” he explained. “But with it on our side…”
“Is it though?” Steve turned his head to look at The Vision. “Are you? On our side?”
“I don’t think it’s that simple.”
“Well, it better become real simple real soon.” Barton stated.
“I am on the side of life.” Vision began. “Ultron…isn’t. He will end it all.”
“What’s he waiting for?” Stark asked.
“You,” Vision answered simply.
“Where?” Bruce asked.
“Sokovia, he has Nat there, too.” Ver said, looking at Clint. “We heard from her.”
“IF we’re wrong about you, if you’re the monster that Ultron made you to be…” Bruce said to the Vision.
“What will you do?”
They all stayed silent staring at him. He had his answer from that.
“I don’t want to kill Ultron, he is unique, and he is in pain. But that pain will roll over the Earth. So, he must be destroyed.” Vision said as he looked at them all. Then he continued. “Every form he has built, every trace he has on the net. We have to act NOW. And not one of us can do it without the others. Maybe I am a monster. I don’t think I’d know if I were one. I’m not what you all are,” He looked at his hands and then turned around facing a table. “And not what you intended. So, there may be no way to make you trust me.” He picks up something.” But we need to go.” he turned, handing Thor his hammer.
Everyone’s jaw dropped.
Thor looked at the hammer and up at Vision, obviously surprised. He took the hammer and Vision walked away from him. “Right. Shall we.” Thor said to the team following Vision.
“Did that just happen?” Veronika looked at the rest of the team.
“Everyone suit up. Get what you need.” Steve told the team. “Ultron wants a fight; we'll give him one. Go.”
Everyone dispersed, even the twins' got supplies, Veronika went back to her new, of sorts, room and put on her “new” suit. She put her guns and necessities on her belts and holsters. She put her hair in a braid and put it over her shoulder and soon exited her room walking to the locker rooms with a jacket she found, when she was met with a very kind sight.
Pietro shirtless pulling his shirt he got down. She kinda stared, it wasn’t her fault. she was just… intrigued. As she kept looking, something broke her from her thoughts.
“Like what you see prinţesă?” he said with a smirk walking up to her. The cockiness in his tone snapped her out of it.
“Oh no, you were just in my way. I have something for your sister.” She held up the jacket and pushed past him.
“Your thoughts kind of deceive you.” Wanda whispered when Veronika came up to her.
“Secret between you and I, okay?” Veronika laughed. “This is for you,” she handed her the jacket.
“Why are you suddenly being so nice?” Wanda said a little tenuously.
“I know what it’s like to be used and to go through some crazy things. You did what you had to, to survive.”
“I’m sorry.” Wanda said truthfully.
“No hard feelings,” Ver smiled kindly. “Now c’mon. We have a world to save.” She smirked slightly and turned walking past Pietro who had been staring at her ass in return of her gesture.
“Esti dezgustator.” Wanda said to him.
(You're gross)
“Ea a început, într-un fel.” he defended.
(She started it, sort of.)
She rolled her eyes. Putting on the jacket walked the way Veronika left.
***ENTERING THE JET FOR SOKOVIA***
“If even one tin soldier is left standing, we’ve lost. Don’t let that happen.” Tony said.
“Ultron knows we’re coming; odds are we’ll be riding into heavy fire.” Steve stated as everyone stood, or sat silently, putting in their earpieces or strapping on their final pieces of physical and emotional armor. “That is what WE signed up for. The people of Sokovia didn't. So, our priority is getting them out. All they want is to live their lives in peace. That’s not going to happen today. We can do our best to protect them, and we can get the job done. We find what Ultron’s been building, Find Romanoff, and clear the field. Keep the fight between us.” Steve said as if making an oath. He made a pause and looked down. “Ultron thinks we’re monsters, that we’re what’s wrong with the world…this isn’t about just beating him.” He said semi-quietly. “It’s about if he’s right.”
At that point, Tony looked at his friend.
Once making it to Sokovia, Wanda told her brother to grab the police and he ran into a blue blur.
“While he’s grabbing assistance, Wanda you take the North of town, I’ll take the South as best as I can. We'll get them out of here.” Veronika said.
“Good idea kid. Go do that now quickly. Be careful.” Steve said. Veronika followed Wanda and Wanda told her where to go.
As soon as she felt she found a perfect spot to do what she had to, Veronika let purple clouds leave her hands as she thought of getting everyone out. People started surrounding her and yelling they needed to get out. She kept it going till she felt no presence in the area, helped children and parents stay together. When suddenly the ground began to shake beneath her feet. She stared at the cracks beginning and a robot flew out of it.
“GET BEHIND ME!” She yelled to the people and putting her hands in front of her made a blue shield of stars. Ultron’s voice suddenly rang through the air, the robot’s eyes turned red.
“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 voice uttered.
Veronika threw a dagger at the robot’s head as the ground shook more. She started slipping as it moved up in the air.
“Everyone get back!” Veronika said, fanning the people behind her backwards. They moved close to buildings behind them, and she kept destroying robots. She fell back a few times and suddenly someone zoomed in next to her.
“You good prinţesă?”
“I’m fine, Pietro.” She sighed as she looked at him. “You get people out or were you just zooming aimlessly?”
“Both, need help with the group?” He asked, looking at the terrified people behind her.
She looked behind her. “Yes, I need them to get to a safe spot where these-” A robot came to attack behind him she flicked her wrist, stars crushing it. “Bots won’t get them, can you handle that, Silver?”
He looked at the people and nodded, “If you’ll help yeah.”
“Obviously. Now let’s move.” she said in a commanding tone. She walked towards the people, and he followed close behind helping her bring them, all of them, to safety. They found Steve gathering people into a building and Natasha shot some bots. Pietro had run through some on the way, pretty much kicking metal ass as they went. They all separated again, Tony went to the church again after saving some people, Steve on a “highway”, Nat in alleyways, and Veronika finding bots to destroy as she saw streaks of blue around her every now and again.
“Cap incoming!” Tony yelled through the comms and Steve soon after letting out a groan.
“Incoming already came in. Stark just keep focused on bringing the city down safely. The rest of us have one job. Tear these things apart, get hurt? Hurt ‘em back. Get killed? Walk it off.” Steve said.
Veronika sighed, and kept destroying, and tearing apart the bots. She heard a grunt next to her, she looked and saw Clint and Wanda.
“Never in my life until as of right now,” He pulled up his bow. “Did I think I’d be fighting a robot army. I didn’t think I’d fight an alien one either…but-” He shot another arrow, three arrows, and struck all three coming bots. “Here’s life.” He chuckled. Ver looked at him, so far other than Nat and Steve, Barton has been also like a guardian to her, if they made it out of this, she definitely would care for this newfound family more.
“Well, another thing on a bucket list.” Ver smirked jokingly. She lifted a drone and threw a dagger, destroying it.
Veronika saw a woman running and ran after her to protect her, Clint and Wanda behind her as a bunch of bots attacked them. Them, jumping into a building for protection as she protected the woman. She ran her to the store and helped her in quickly.
“We’re all clear in this vicinity.”
“We are NOT clear. We are very not clear!” Steve said with heavy breaths.
Veronika stood in the middle of the square, fighting off half a robot that landed on her; she forced it off with her powers and smashed it to smithereens. She was breathing heavy, and she sighed taking a second.
“This is the most fun I’ve had in years.” She laughed.
“Oh, it’s just beginning, kid.” Nat joked over the comms as she fought her own robots.
“ROMANOFF.” Steve yelled as she turned and catching his shield destroyed a bot. Ver had been in a spot to see the small exchange and smiled.
They kept fighting until they heard.
“Next wave is going to hit at any moment. What you have Stark?”
“Nothing good. Maybe a way to blow up the city. That can keep it from impacting the surface if you guys can get clear.”
“I asked for a solution, not an escape plan.”
“The impact radius is getting bigger by the second. You’re gonna have to make a choice.” Tony said with a sigh.
“Cap these people are going nowhere.” Natasha stated. “If Stark finds a way to blow this rock-”
“Not till everyone is safe.” Steve answered.
“Everyone up here versus everyone down there?” She shook her head. “There’s no math there….”
“I’m not leaving this rock with one civilian on it.” Steve said.
“I didn’t say we should leave…”
Steve looked at her unsure.
“There’s worse ways to go.” She looked out over the clouds they were beginning to see. “Besides, where else am I going to get a view like this?” She joked.
The comms went static.
“Glad you like the view, Romanoff. It’s about to get better.” Fury's voice came over.
“Fury you son of a bitch.” Steve said as air carriers were connecting to the rock of the little country.
“Oh-ho, you kiss your mother with that mouth?” Fury joked.
The team was watching as the aircraft was coming closer and the newest new recruit stared, awestruck.
“This is SHIELD?” Pietro had asked.
“This is what SHIELD is supposed to be.” Steve answered.
“This is not so bad.” Pietro smiled.
The carriers clung to the sides of the floating country and the Avengers immediately started loading them.
Then a man in a silver and black Iron Man suit started attacking any bots trying to get to the people the Avengers were saving.
“Thor, I have a plan!” tony said through the comms
“Not enough time, they’re coming for the core.”
“Alright, Rhodey, get the people on the carriers. AVENGERS, time to work for a living.”
Everyone immediately headed for the church, Pietro getting there and almost colliding with Veronika.
“Sorry, Silver.” She muttered, while going to stand on one side of Steve in front of the weird device. “I’ve never been to a churching thing, is that normal in one?” she asked.
“This is the core; we can’t let Ultron get his hands on it.”
“Romanoff, you and Banner better not be playing ‘Hide the Zucchini’ or so help me God.”
“Relax shell head, not all of us can fly.” Natasha said as she pulled up in a truck thing.
They fought some robots and beat them too, thinking it was near the end…then Thor yelled.
“Is that the best you can do!”
Ultron let a metallic smirk and a hoard of thousands of drones came.
“You had to ask?” Ver glared slightly.
“This is the best I can do. This is exactly what I wanted, all of you. Against all of me. How can you possibly HoPe to stop me?” Ultron teased.
“Like the old man said.” Tony started looking at Steve. “Together.”
Hulk let out a yell and bots came both flying and running, and the battle commenced. They fought equally and valiantly against the drones coming at them, Wanda lifting them so Pietro could run through them, and she could destroy them. Tony blasting them. Nat shooting them, Thor smashing them with his boomer-hammer-ang thing, Steve and hulk brute strength, Veronika a mix up between daggers, shooting and smashing, and Vision a mix of everything. They all contributed and helped, like a beautiful team, a dance of protecting the innocent lives they promised to. Yes, three of them weren’t OBLIGATED. They WANTED to help, to protect and that’s what made this all so special.
At some point Thor, Vision, and Tony teamed against Ultron blasting him with rays of theirs and Hulk punching him around 10, maybe 20 miles through town. And when bots tried to run Rhodey and Vision put them to sleep.
Veronika went up to the carriers with Nat and Clint to make sure that people got on safely and carefully, she saw the look on the children’s faces, she felt bad, she just had to check on them. Clint got onto a carrier, when they heard a woman yelling for her brother.
“CASTEL- we were in the market! I lost him in the market-”
“I’ll go check on him, stay with these people Ver.”
“Are you-”
“I’ll be quick, stay here,” he ran out when he spotted the kid in a ditch. She watched and turned back to help some people when she heard rapid gunfire. She turned and saw a quinjet coming close and her eyes widened. She ran towards Clint.
“NO!” She saw the boy in Clint’s arms, she raced faster, and then blue streaks went across her eyes. NO… Her mind was going berserk. What is he doing!? The shots were getting closer and without thinking she stopped, raised her hands and purple and black shot out of them as she made a dome around an estimated vicinity around her, Pietro, Clint and the child. She breathed heavily, screaming to keep up the dome and when the shots were no longer heard. She fell. Hitting her head, she blacked out.
Not knowing if her efforts of saving three people had succeeded.