25. The Battle Begins

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At these words, seven Iron Legion bots fly through the wall, smashing it. Steve kicks the table up to protect himself but he flies away doing so when the robots charge into it. Thor uses Mjolnir to defend himself.

One of the robots took me up and tried to fight me in the air, I ripped off it head and fell back into glass cutting my face and hands a bit. I get up and fight more robots. I go up to a robot and start attacking it. I kick its back and it falls to the ground, but uses it hovering things (I don't know I don't pay attention to Stark that much) to save itself. It turns around and fires at me, I dodge it barely and I use my powers to rips it arms off before throwing it threw a door. I look around to fight more and I see Helen get backed up against the window.  I Run up to it ripping it apart with my powers. "You okay?"

Helen nods and I go back to the fight. Steve, Thor, Maria, Rhodey, Clint, Natasha, Bruce and Tony have finished fighting the robots.

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

Thor stops him by destroying him with Mjolnir. The broken pieces of Ultron lay on the floor, but hi voice is still heard. "I had strings, but now I'm free. There are no strings on me..."

We all watch it die down until there silence. I shoot Tony and Bruce a glare. "What the hell was that?"

They says nothing, Bruce just looking at the ground in disappointment and Tony thinking. Thor looks at them in pure angry. Its strange, I only ever seen Thor in a happy state, even when he is fighting he has some happiness. He bigens to swing Mjolnir "I'll be looking for more robots and Loki's sceptre." 

In seconds he flies off and we are left in destruction, I look around at what I've done. I have never really looked at what I left after a fight. Even though its small, I have done a lot of damage. I look to the ground realising that Sam will have to look for Bucky alone. The Avengers are needed.


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Bruce is talking but I don't pay attention. I usually don't. I don't pay attention to anyone these days, I just try to get my head around things. I try to get my head around some memories it works sometimes, but they are small. I try to think of more but fail. Most of them are from Hydra, things I've done. But I have to push it aside. All of it. I try to remember that I was under control. But some times I wake up thinking about killing people, murdering families. Kids. I can't control my emotions, I cry in my room sitting in the corner. One time Pepper came in after she heard me. She helped me snap out of it. I asked her to never tell anyone, as far as I know, she hasn't.

Suddenly I see a quick blur rush past me and I look up, its Thor. He grabs Tony's neck and holds him up easily. I stand up, not knowing why I just do.

"Come on. Use your words buddy." Tony says mockingly as he challenges the god.

"I have more then enough words to describe you Stark." Thor states. I go up to him.

"Thor, we don't have time for this." I say but Thor clearly doesn't listen 

"Legionnaire. What did you find?" I add. Thor finally lets go of Tony.

"Trail went col about a hundred miles out, but it's headed north and it has the sceptre. Now we must retrieve it, again" Thor says glancing down at me.

"I don't understand." Helen speaks up. "You built this program. Why is it trying to kill us?"

I looked at the ground again. I was wondering the same thing. We all were. Stark suddenly starts laughing, we all look at him and stare, Bruce is shaking his head and motioning Tony to stop. Thor glares at him again. "You think this is funny?"

"No. It's probably not, right?' Tony continues to chuckle. "Is this so terrible. Is it so...It is so. It is terrible."

"This could've  been avoided if you hadn't played with something you don't understand." Thor hisses with rage.

"No, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. It is funny, so funny. Its a hoot, that you don't get why we need this." Tony say stepping closer to Thor.

"Tony.. maybe this isn't the best time..." Bruce tries to get Tony to stop but Tony just turns around glaring at him.

"Really?! That's it! You just roll over, show your belly. Every time somebody snarls."

"Only when I have created a murder robot."" Bruce says with irony sarcasm rising in his tone.

"Anyone remember when I carried a nuke through a wormhole?" Stark say facing everyone.

"Nope never occurred to me." Rhodey says with sarcasm. He was most likely used to Stark talking about it.

"Saved New York? Recall that?"

"Nope I have never heard that in our conversations, everyday."

"A hostile alien group came charging threw a hole in space. We're standing three hundred feet below it. We're the Avengers. We can bust arms dealers all the live long day, but, that up there? That's...That's the End Game... How are you planning on beating that." Tony says. Everyone is silent.

"Together." Steve says moving forward. 

"We'll lose."

"Then we'll do that together too." I say. Tony turns to me, deciding weather or not to go with it. "Ultron's calling us out, so let's find out what's his plan. Didn't he say something about getting a body?"



***

After a while of finding out were Ultron is. Managed to track him and the twins to a place in Wakanda. Again I'm not listening to anything Stark is saying all I heard was the plan and then I zoned out. We move out to the what looks like abandoned ships and move in silently.

We find Ultron talking to some people, and he then kicks a man down a flight of stairs. "It's a thing with me. Stark is, he's a sickness!!"

"Ahh, Junior. Your gonna break your old man's heart." Stark says greeting him in a suit. I spot the twins behind Ultron. The slightly ginger brunette girl, Wanda, seems innocent and most likely around my age. My looking age, 23. But in here eyes I see darkness and wanting revenge. Pietro, Her brother stands next her he almost seems to be checking me out. Wanda notices and elbows him before giving him a glare.

"If I have to," Ultron shrugs coldly, he stares at tony and slowly makes his way down to me. His creepy smile forms as I remember he probably knows me then I know myself.

I hear people talk more but I lose interest. I can see a memory, but it doesn't hurt. It stings but I don't let anyone notice. I'm brought back to reality by Ultron saying my name.

"Nicole Beckett, the girl that make Plasma with her hand. Abandoned by her father and her mother took her own life because she didn't want to look after you, the girl whose killed children and families, an she doesn't even remember." His words paralyze me and I clench my fist and jaw, He knew what happened, his words knew were my weak spot is.

Suddenly Tony shots a missile at Ultron. Ultron angrily gets up and calls the Iron Legion to attack us. Pietro speeds towards me and drops me off  close to some Iron Legions, he pecks my cheek before speeding off.

"HEY!" I yell after him. I stop and fight the robots first.

"Thor! Status?"I heat Steve yell.

"The girl tried to warp my mind. Take special care, I doubt a Midgardian could keep her at bay. Fortunately, I am Mighty!" He warns us.

I See Ultron about to fly away when he looks down at me. "Break her." He says to the twins and they look at me.

"Oh, Shit!" I say fighting them. I fail when Pietro picks me up drops me off again, this time near Wanda he kisses me on the cheek again, and I get angrily before I turn and face Wanda I see the red aura dance around my eyes.

A dizzy feeing overwhelms me and I panic, my vision become a bit blurry and I wobble. I can't faintly make out the outlines of Wanda and Pietro, they just stand there knowing that I'm about to walk dead ahead into my worst fear.

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