Red Assassin ~ Pietro Maximoff x OC

eleven ~ evacuation

edited 7/11/2021, 6/26/2023

"You guys go in first. Get as many people out as you can. Once you've done that, I'll see if I can have a vision telling me if there's anyone left," I say as we deboard.

"Visions don't always have controlled outcomes," Thor says.

"It's a risk I'm willing to take. I'll see what I see and try to use that to help you guys as best I can," I say as a thought pops into my head. "Wait a second. Wanda, earlier when you said you looked in Vision's head? What did you see?"

"It looked like...like a meteor, I think," she answers. "It was big and it was floating, and then it crashed. It looked like a city a bit."

I kneel down and press my fingertips to the ground, and the vision comes. I see a metal contraption, almost like a spire, running below the city. It starts to ascend, propelled by multiple jets underneath. The city rises higher and higher, energy coursing the vibranium spire to power the jets. Then it crashes, and the vision ends.

"That's how he's going to do it," I pant. "We have to hurry. Go, get everybody out! Now! Tony, do you copy?"

"Yeah, I copy. What's going on, Kat?" Tony responds.

"I had a vision. His plan, it's to drop a rock on the planet, dinosaur style," I say quickly. "He's going to use the city as his meteor. The vibranium, it's to build his contraption to lift the city. I didn't see where it was, though. Only that it's somewhere beneath the city. Maybe he's keeping Nat there, too."

"Nice job, kid," he says.

"Wait! I need to see Ultron," I say.

"Are you insane?" Pietro shouts.

"That's been established. Maybe if I can see something useful, then I can tell you guys how to beat him," I explain. "Vision might be part Ultron, but only I can do this."

Steve looks at me and Pietro. "Go. Be careful, okay?"

I give Steve a hug. "I will. I promise," I reassure him as Pietro picks me up. "Where to, Tony?"

"According to F.R.I.D.A.Y., the church," Tony says, and Pietro speeds me there. He sets me down outside the church.

"Be careful, okay? I can't lose you again," he says, kissing my forehead. "I love you, Kat."

"I love you, too, Pietro." I smile and give his hand a squeeze, and he runs to keep getting people out. As soon as he's gone, Tony flies in. "Nice timing, Stark. Have a plan?" I ask.

"We can't take him by surprise. I'll go in and keep him talking. You do your thing," Tony says. I nod and go around to the back of the church as Tony goes in through the main door.

"Come to confess your sins?" Ultron says.

"I don't know. How much time you got?" Tony quips, and it takes all I have to not make a sound. Then I realize that I'm the same. I've got things I need to confess aside from loving Pietro.

"More than you," Ultron says. I jump forward, grabbing his metal leg. The vision starts and within a fraction of a second, it's over. The robot shakes his leg and looks down at me, still gripping tightly onto his ankle. "What the...oh, it's our future Broadway star," he grimaces.

"Uhh...have you been juicing? Little vibranium cocktail? You're looking, I don't want to say 'puffy,'" Tony says. How is this any different from when I start spontaneously dancing on missions? I ask in my head. But I know exactly what he's doing. I take the hint and let go, backing away from Ultron.

"Thanks for that compliment about my future on Broadway. I've always known I belong onstage and not down in the audience," I add, looking at Tony. Please, please, please catch my drift. "While I wouldn't say I'm there yet, I do sing an amazing rendition of 'Defying Gravity.' The sequel should focus on you. Ultron the Wicked."