Indigo Meets Scarlet (Wanda x Y/n)

chapter eight

Y/N POV

We all turn in the direction of the sound, seeing the form of a dismantled iron legion bot, wires exposed and dripping oil as it staggers towards the centre of the room below us. 

"No, how could you be worthy? You're all killers." Its voice sent a shiver down my spine and my eyes ignite as fear restricts my chest. 

"Stark?" Steve asks, expecting the billionaire to tell him what was happening. 

"Jarvis?" Tony, clearly not knowing what was happening either, checks his tablet, waiting for his AI to respond to him. 

"I'm sorry I was asleep. Or, I was a dream?" The bot continued, still taking slow, mechanical steps towards us. 

"Reboot." Stark commands after not receiving any reply from Jarvis. 

This only made my anxiety grow, what the hell was happening?

"Then this there was this terrible noise? And I was tangled in- in a dream." The android sways about, clearly unsteady on its feet. "I had to kill the other guy. He was a good guy." It goes on, making me immediately jump to my feet. 

"You killed someone?" I repeat horrified. 

"Wouldn't have been my first call. But, down in the real world, we're faced with ugly choices." It responds, almost patronisingly. 

"Who sent you?" Thor commands, I notice his hand grip Mjölnir tighter. 

The sound of a rewinding video whirs from the bot and it plays a voice clip.

"I see a suit of armour round the world." 

Everyone's head turns towards the billionaire as we recognise the voice as Tony's.

"Ultron." Bruce states, clearly making some connection. 

"In the flesh." The bot introduces, taking a bow. "Well, not yet. Not this... chrysalis. But I'm ready. I'm on mission." It finishes. 

"What mission?" Nat orders. 

"Peace in our time."

Three of Starks legion bots crash through the plaster wall, shooting blasts up at us on the upper level. Taking cover, I draw a ball of energy between my fingers and blast it towards the nearest bot, sending it clanging to the ground. More bots fly into the room, each aiming for a member of the group. 

Noticing Tony get smacked into a bookcase, I dart over and help him up, shooting another ball at an incoming machine. Steve leaps on the back of one, trying to tear it apart with his bare hands.

"Rogers get the hell down from there! What are you aiming to achieve here?" I scream at him, just as the bot shoots backwards, slamming him into the wall, proving my point. 

I direct my powers out and catch him before he falls to the ground, where Bucky drags him to the side to make sure he's okay. Nat has grabbed a gun from under the bar, trying to cover Bruce so that he doesn't accidentally release the Hulk.

Seeing something in the corner of my eye, I look up to see Tony running along the platform above, before leaping onto the back of one of his hijacked machines. 

Did he not see what JUST happened to Steve?

"I THOUGHT WE ESTABLISHED JUMPING ON THEIR BACKS IS NOT A GOOD SOLUTION!" I'm wasting my breathe clearly, as I watch him also attempt to tear apart his own invention. 

I can't even shoot a blast at it, because that will endanger Tony too. I wasn't really given much time to deal with that situation as a shot from another bot nicks my leg, pain striking up my limb. I feel my powers react to the injury and the pain suddenly goes numb as it starts to heal itself.