till the end of the line

30 The Battle

I went to the lockers and grabbed my uniform, before just grabbing my leather jacket and tying my hair up, ready for the fight.

Gathering on the jet, Tony turned to us and sighed, "No way we all get through this. If even one tin soldier is left standing, we've lost. It's gonna be blood on the floor."

"I got no plans tomorrow night."

I smirked at Steve's comment as Tony continued, "I get first crack at the big guy. Iron Man's the one he's waiting for."

"That's true, he hates you the most."

I stood up and looked from Vision to the rest before sighing, "Ultron knows we're coming. I can sense it. Odds are we'll be riding into heavy fire, and that's what we signed up for."

Steve understood and nodded, "But the people of Sokovia, they didn't. So our priority is getting them out. I want you three to work on that."

I looked behind me as the twins appeared and we all nodded.

"All they want is to live their lives in peace, and that's not going to happen today. But we can do our best to protect them. And we can get the job done, and find out what Ultron's been building. We find Romanoff, and we clear the field. Keep the fight between us. Ultron thinks we're monsters and we're what's wrong with the world. This isn't just about beating him. It's about whether he's right."

Nodding everyone got ready. I was watching the map as we approached our coordinates.

Everyone braced themselves for the battle and once we landed Pietro sped out to try to get people to evacuate as Wanda and I used our mind manipulation to move people into leaving.

I ran to the south side of the town as I stood in the middle of the clustered homes. I held my hands out and sent a wave of energy that would change and alter the minds of the people, getting them out safely.

The town then started shaking as the buildings collapsed and crumbled while we rose into the air.

"Do you see?"

I looked up to see Ultron as he flew over the city, "The beauty of it, the inevitability. You rise, only to fall. You, Avengers, you are my meteor, my swift and terrible sword and the earth will crack with the weight of your failure. Purge me from your computers, turn my own flesh against me. It means nothing. When the dust settles, the only thing living in this world will be metal."

I scowled as I ripped a head off of a bot, "I'm starting to really hate metal scraps."

Over comms, I heard Clint chuckle as I took out more bots coming my way, "Get in line, Katerina."

I made my way to the bridge as the south side of town was now evacuated. Watching as bots approached Steve from behind I sent a wave of energy, "Duck!"

Steve, looked up and fell to his chest as the wave knocked back the bots before we heard Tony's voice over comms, "Cap, you got incoming."

I rolled my eyes as we had already taken out the incoming bots.

Steve fell back against a car as he groaned, "Incoming already came in. Stark, you worry about bringing the city back down safely. The rest of us have one job: tear these things apart. You get hurt, hurt 'em back. You get killed... walk it off."

I gave him a look before punching another bot, "Really, Steve? If you get killed, walk it off?"

A smile etched across his face as he shrugged before jumping onto another bot.

I backed away from the bridge as I moved the people out of the way all while taking out bots.

The earth started shaking even more as the bridge shattered and broke in half as a bot was pulling Steve towards the edge. I shook my head and ran over to them as he threw the bot over the edge before I grabbed Steve's arm, pulling him back up.

"What the..."

"Steve. People in cars!"

He nodded and grabbed the black SUV that was falling before I turned and levitated a red truck to the other side of the stable ground.

"You can't save them all. You'll never-"

Steve used his shield to knock back three bots as I took out the incoming troop with another energy wave as Steve yelled after him, "You'll never what? You didn't finish!"

Thor then landed on the bridge on the top of another car he was saving as I turned to him, "What- were you napping?"

Ultron flew up as we fought more bots while the ground and town around us starting flying into the air. Thor was taking out plenty of bots at once and before we knew it the voice rang again.

"Thor! You're bothering me."

I looked up to see Ultron coming towards us before he grabbed Thor, taking him away as I jumped onto the shoulders of another bot.

It tried to throw me off as I tightened my legs around its head before sending energy shots at bots around us.

"Alright, we're all clear here."

Clint's voice was heard and I shook my head as I started panting, holding my sides. Steve looked at me and threw his head back before he ripped off another bot head, "We are not clear! We are very not clear!"

"Alright, coming to you."

We all gathered around the people as we protected them all while fighting off bots. Wanda and I used our powers to rip multiple bots apart at a time.

I created an enormous ice-blue barrier around the people before taking out another group of bots. Once the bots were gone, we started helping the people into a stable and big building before we did anything else.

I stood behind before noticing a young girl. I ran over to her and helped her up as I picked up her teddy before she climbed into my arms.

Passing through the barrier, I put her down, but couldn't find any parent for her.

I bit my lip as I touched her forehead before I gave her a smile and left.