"What's this?" Tony asks as he joins us.
I slam the tablet in his chest and turn, "A message. Ultron killed Strucker." Steve nods.
"And he did a Banksy at the crime scene, just for us." Tony nods.
"This is a smokescreen. Why send a message when you've just given a speech?" Nat asks.
"Strucker knew something that Ultron wanted us to miss."
"Yeah, I bet he..." Nat pauses and looks at the computer monitor.
"Yep. Everything we had on Strucker has been erased."
"Not everything." Tony turns.
We all start going through physical copies, Thor was tossing them around. "Known associates. Well, Strucker had a lot of friends." Steve sighs.
"Well, these people are all horrible." Bruce nods.
Tony looks up, "Wait. I know that guy." Bruce passes him the photo he was looking at. "From back in the day. He operates off the African coast, black market arms." Steve gives him an accusing look. "There are conventions, alright? You meet people, I didn't sell him anything." I look over to see the photo is of a man named Ulysses Klaue. "He was talking about finding something new, a game changer, it was all very Ahab."
Thor points to the scar on the back of Klaue's neck, "What's this?"
"Uh, it's a tattoo. I don't think he had it..." Tony says.
"No, those are tattoos, this is a brand." I point.
Bruce identifies the brand on Klaue's neck on the computer. "Oh, yeah. It's a word in an African dialect meaning thief, in a much less friendly way."
"What dialect?"
Bruce looks back at the computer, "Wakanada...? Wa...Wa...Wakanda."
Tony turns to Steve, "If this guy got out of Wakanda with some of their trade goods..."
"I thought your father said he got the last of it?"
"I don't follow. What comes out of Wakanda?" Bruce asks.
Tony looks at Steve's shield, "The strongest metal on earth."
"Where is this guy now?"
We make it off of the African coast on a shipyard, walking inside to see Ultron.
"Don't compare me with Stark! It's a thing with me. Stark is, he's a sickness!"
Tony walks ahead of Steve, Thor, and I, "Ahh, Junior.... You're gonna break your old man's heart."
"If I have to."
"We don't have to break anything." Thor nods.
"Clearly you've never made an omelet."
"He beat me by one second." Tony points.
"Ah, this is funny, Mr. Stark. It's what, comfortable? Like old times?" The kid Pietro that I caught in the woods walks up.
"This was never my life."
"You two can still walk away from this." Steve says to the twins.
"Oh, we will." Wanda smiles.
Steve steps up, "I know you've suffered."
Ultron sighs, "Uuughh! Captain America. God's righteous man, pretending you could live without a war. I can't physically throw up in my mouth, but..."
"If you believe in peace, then let us keep it." I stop him.
"I think you're confusing peace with quiet."
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My Trickster (Loki X Fem Reader)
FanfictionYou were never normal growing up, but you liked it that way. At a young age you were moved into the palace on Asgard, for you were to grow up to be a powerful warrior. And who better to train you than the King and Queen. You quickly become friends w...
