Second Sphere

Feathers

The fight. Well it was a fight. Everyone scattered trying to either get weapons or get to cover. One of the robots lunged towards me and I drove my sword through the helmet putting a stop to it. Before another one tackled me, sending my sword skidding on the floor. Rogers shield smashes into it stopping it before I could try and get it off.

"That was dramatic." Ultron says, pacing a bit now that the fighting was done. "I'm sorry, I know you mean well. You just didn't think it through. You want to protect the world but you don't want it to change. How is humanity saved if it's not allowed to evolve?" He picks up one of the robots now torn in half, "With these? These puppets." He smashes its head in, disgusted, and tosses it away. "There's only one path to peace. The Avengers' extinction."

At this Thor throws his hammer at Ultron, smashing most of it to bits.

As it's voice begins to fade out it starts in a sing song voice, "I had strings but now I'm free."

Gathering ourselves together we all go to Tony's lab to figure out what to do. For the most part I'm picking bits of glass out from between my feathers and only really pay attention when Thor lifts up Tony by the throat in rage.

"Come on use your words buddy." Tony chokes out.

Thor's voice is harsh, "I have more than enough words to describe you, Stark."

Steve interrupts, "Thor. The legionnaire." Demanding a status update and forcing Thor to release Tony.

"Trail went cold about 100 miles out, but it's headed north. And it has the sceptre. Now we have to retrieve it, again." Thor is absolutely pissed as he talks.

So I just go back to combing through my feathers as more arguing ensues. Eventually it's decided how to start searching for Ultron but the air is tense with anger as we work. I'm eventually sent off to my room since I haven't learned most of this technology yet.

I'm woken up the next morning by Stark banging on my door, "Hey wake up we have work to do, you're going on a field trip."

"I'm up!" I yell at the door before lobbing a pillow in it's direction.

What I gather on the plane is we are after a black market arms dealer somewhere in the African coast.

"So do we kill him?" I ask Steve.

"What? No. We need information. Don't kill him." Steve goes back to explaining the plan.

"Sorry, jeez. that's just what I've done." I mutter to myself.

We all enter quietly observing from hidden corners as Ultron "talks" with Klaw.

I don't hear my queue to move until Ultron attacks Stark and over the com he grunts, "Now would be a good time Feathers!"

Swooping down, I drive my sword into the back of Ultron but that only gives him a momentary pause before he turns to glare at me before sending me crashing into a nearby wall. He pulls out the sword tossing it aside as well before going on to fight more.

Stark and I chase Ultron into the sky as gunfire erupts below us. No matter what we try, we don't seem to make any progress.

"Stark, this isn't working." I grunt through the com piece as I try to avoid Ultrons blasts of energy.

"Thanks for pointing that out feathers." Stark retorts.

I go to say something back only for Ultron to send me crashing back down into the ship with a blast of energy.

"Ow, that one hurt." I groan and lay in the dented metal for a moment. This sucks so much.

"Feathers, I'm going after Banner. Get down there and help the rest of the team." Stark says over the coms.

I groan getting up, "Got it boss." Down below I find the team under psychic manipulation.

"Found you!" Clint says when he sees me, "You can do the mind magic too right? We have to get them to snap out of it."

I nod and we split up, one by one I reach into each of the teams mind and pull them out of the dreamlike state. None of them want to talk, but who would after seeing whatever the red girl showed them.