Spirit - Steve Rogers Story

- 6-

"Worthy... No, how could you be worthy? You're all killers."

A broken robot had limped into the room, it sounded eerie. Thor, Bruce, Natasha, Tony, and Steve all stood. Wires hung from it's sides, it was clearly one of Tony's Iron Legion robots. Rei stood directly in front of the broken robot, one that she assumed was Ultron.

"Stark." Steve called. He could see Rei in front of him, and he wanted her to be a safe spot instead of in front of the broken robot. Steve didn't want her hurt, but he didn't want to make any sudden moves either. 

"JARVIS." Tony called for him, staring at the broken robot. Why wasn't he responding?

"I'm sorry, I was asleep. Or... I was a-dream?" Ultron said, looking around. 

Tony was clicking on his thin device, "Reboot, Legionnaire OS, we got a buggy suit."

"There was a terrible noise... and I was tangled in... in... strings. I had to kill the other guy. He was a good guy." Ultron recalled. Rei swallowed, knowing she watched him kill JARVIS.

"You killed someone?" Steve tensed.

"Wouldn't have been my first call. But, down in the real world we're faced with ugly choices." Ultron responded. 

Rei could feel the team tense behind her, slowly stepping forward.

"Who sent you?" Thor said angrily.

Suddenly, Tony's voice echoed the silent room ""I see a suit of armor around the world.""

"Ultron!" Bruce said, looking to Tony. The team behind Rei began prepping for the worst. Natasha glared at Bruce, Thor prepped his hammer, Maria cocked her gun, while Tony began feeling the impact of his actions.

"In the flesh. Or, no, not yet. Not this... chrysalis. But I'm ready. I'm on a mission." He sounded.. angry. 

"What mission?" Natasha asked.

"Peace in our time." Ultron said.

Rei's eyes widened, "Incoming!"

The walls in front of Rei exploded, other robots that looked like Ultron broke through. Rei ducked, air bending the debris out of the way so it wouldn't hit her. Steve had kicked the table in front of him, but the robots pushed him over the couch. Maria landed roughly on the floor, shooting at whatever she could. Cho ran for cover, hiding below the piano in the corner. Thor began hitting the robots with his hammer, anything that came his way. Tony and Rhodey jumped over a small fence, sliding down the glass. Suddenly, a robot ran into the two, knocking Tony into a bookshelf. Rhodey took out his gun, shooting at the robots near him. They blasted him into the glass window they slid down.

"Rhodey!" Maria called. Rei whipped her head around, she had just water bended a a stick of ice into the head of the robot that was attacking her. She quickly ran over, air bending a small bubble beneath him, softening the fall. Rhodey was prepping himself for a hard impact. Feeling the soft fall, he looked up to Rei's worried eyes. Her eyes seemed to be glowing brighter, but Rhodey was confused on how she did that. Rei was going to ask if he was alright, but was attacked by another robot.

Thor flew across the room, attacking another one of the robots. He was letting out his anger on them, pissed at Tony. Clint slid beneath a table, avoiding getting fired at. He didn't have his bow and arrow. Natasha had jumped behind the bar, while Bruce landed on top. Natasha pulled him down, Bruce roughly landed on top of her. 

"Sorry!" He rushed out.

"Don't turn green!" Natasha said worriedly.

"I won't!"