Plan was easy enough; Steve, Asta, Natasha, and Clint were going to go to Dr. Cho's lab to check on her and if Ultron is there, stop him. How? Wing it. Tony was going to go to Nexus and Fury was taking Banner back to the tower to meet with Hill.
Steve was to scout ahead while the girls are on standby for whatever situation. It wasn't long until Dr. Cho's voice came through Steve's coms in the jet, "The real power is inside the Cradle. The gem, its power is uncontainable. You can't just blow it up. You have to get the Cradle to Stark." she informs them.
"First I have to find it." Steve tells her.
"Go." She tells him.
"Did you guys copy that?" Steve says directly to the team.
"We did." Clint replies as he flies.
"I got a private jet taking off, across town, no manifest. That could be him." Natasha informs the captain.
"Wait, look there's a truck from the lab." Asta points out to the two spies.
"Right above you, Cap. On the loop by the bridge. It's them. I got three with the Cradle, one in the cab. I could take out the driver." Clint says seeing the truck that the princess pointed out.
"Negative! If that truck crashes, the gem could level the city. We need to draw out Ultron." Steve replies quickly. A small pause before he returns to coms, "Well, he's definitely unhappy! I'm gonna try and keep him that way."
"You're not a match for him, Cap." Clint warns the captain.
"Thanks Barton." Steve replies sarcastically.
"He might need back up." Asta says as she watches his fight with Ultron from the sky.
"On it." Natasha says before moving to another part of the jet, as Clint lowers them a bit.
"We got a window. Four, three... give 'em hell." Clint tells the red head before allowing her to drop down on a motorcycle to go help the captain.
"I'm always picking up after you boys." Natasha says as she picks up Steve's fallen shield as the two above continue to watch the conflict.
"They're heading under the overpass, I've got no shot." Clint informs.
"Which way?" Natasha questions.
"Hard right... Now." Asta replies as she watches them and the map. Natasha listens, and was able to get Steve his Shield back.
"Clint, can you draw out the guards?" The red head questions.
"Let's find out." Clint replies, moving the jet to distract the Ultron bots, being successful as they begin to fly after them, "Best to strap in Asta." Clint comments, to which the blonde listens. They flew and dodge, not getting to much damage from the bots before they turned back around and fly away. "Heading back towards you. So whatever you're gonna do, do it now." Clint informs as they leveled out the jet again.
"I'm going in. Cap, can you keep him occupied?" Natasha informs and questions.
"What do you think I've been doing?" Steve replies breathily.
A moment of silence on coms happen before the two see the truck get loaded into a jet at take of. "The package is airborne. I have a clean shot." Clint announces ready to move and take aim.
"Negative. I am still in the truck." Natasha was quick to reply.
"Why are you still there?" Asta questions, confused.
"What the hell are you-" Clint tries to question, but Natasha cuts him short.
"Asta I could use some back up?" She requests of the blonde.
"Got it." Asta replies, getting out of her seat and teleporting to Natasha, stumble landing in the jet where Natasha was hanging on to the floor near the opened back doors of the truck, nearly dangling out. "I got you." she says, focusing her magic to pull the red head up until she was able to hold onto the cradle for balance.
"Cut the strap." Natasha instructs as she gets to the left strap. The princess nods, grabbing her knife and working on the right strap. "Okay, When we finish to the last strap, get back to Clint and I'll drop the package in." Natasha explains, once the two cut the side straps.
"Got it, just be careful." Asta says in agreement.
"Where's the fun in that." Natasha replies, giving her a smirk. "Ready?" she asks as she was half way through her last strap on the left.
"Clint, get ready for Nat." Asta informs, before teleporting back onto the ship.
"What?" Clint questions the blonde once she arrived back on his side.
"Just be ready, I'm sending the package to you." Natasha says as she gets ready to cut the last strap on the back of the cradle.
"How do you want me to take it?" Clint questions as he flies closer to the other jet.
" Uhh, you might wish you hadn't asked that." Nat replies a bit hesitantly.
"I lost him! He's headed your way!" Steve says into the coms.
"Nat, we gotta go." Clint says a bit anxiously as he opens the back doors.
The cradle lands in the quinjet with a thud. Asta turns back but doesn't see Natasha. "Nat, you coming?" she questions into the coms but gets no response.
"Nat! Cap, you see Nat?" Clint questions with more concern.
"If you have the package, get it to Stark! Go!" Steve replies quickly.
"Do you have eyes on Nat?" Clint questions again, as Asta tried looking at the ground incase she fell.
"GO!" Steve says, earning a sigh from Clint and Asta, but they fly away a bit reluctantly.
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Getting back to the tower was a bittersweet feeling for Asta. Natasha was missing but they got the cradle away from Ultron. Asta was sat down with her eye close as she tried to listen for Natasha to call for her but got nothing.
" Anything on Nat?" Bruce questions as the guys all look over the cradle.
"She's not calling for me." Asta says with a sigh, standing to join the others.
"Haven't heard anything either. But she's alive, or Ultron'd be rubbing our faces in it." Tony says with a sigh.
"This is sealed tight." Clint says as he walks away from the cradle.
"We're going to need to access the program, break it down from within." Bruce says to Tony.
Tony hums, "Hm. Any chance Natasha might leave you a message, outside the internet, old school spy stuff?" he questions looking to Clint.
"There's some nets I can cast. Yeah, alright. I'll find her." Clint says as he leaves the room.
"I'll see if I can help him." Asta says before following after him, leaving the two scientist to deal with the cradle.
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