Heavy is the Crown

11

Wanda found Ultron in the train.

"Wanda," Ultron called. "If you stay here, you'll die."

"I just did," Wanda retorted. "Do you know how it felt?" She used her power to rip Ultron's core from his body. "It felt like that."

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One remaining robot turned the key in the church, and the city began falling.

Tony fired a powerful blast to the core underneath the floating city before saying, "Thor, on my mark." Thor brought on a blast of lightning. At the same time, Vision flew in, picked up Wanda and flew off with her as the city was being destroyed. "Now!"

Thor used his hammer to hit the Vibranium core in the church, destroying the core and the floating city.

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Natasha said to Hulk from a screen as he remained on the jet he'd knocked Ultron from, "Hey, big guy. We did it, the job's finished. Now I need you to turn this bird around, okay? We can't track you in stealth mode, so help me out. I need you t-" Hulk turned off Natasha's camera, then sat as the jet flew to an unknown destination.

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Vision found Ultron and said, "You're afraid."

"Of you?" Ultron asked.

"Of death. You're the last one."

"You were supposed to be the last. Stark asked for a savior, and settled for a slave."

"I suppose we're both disappointments."

Ultron chuckled. "I suppose we are."

"Humans are odd. They think order and chaos are somehow opposites, and try to control what won't be. But there is grace in their failings. I think you missed that."

"They're doomed."

"Yes. But a thing isn't beautiful because it lasts. It's a privilege to be among them."

"You're unbearably naïve."

"Well, I was born yesterday." As Ultron went to attack him, Vision used the Infinity Stone in his head to destroy him.

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Clint returned to his family on the farm, followed by Tony driving to the new Avengers facility in upstate New York.

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From a video of Clint's new baby on Natasha's phone, Laura said, "Say hi to Auntie Nat."

Natasha saw that the baby had been named Nathaniel Pietro Barton and commented, "Fat."

Fury came up to her and said, "One of our tech boys flagged this, splashed down in the Banda Sea. Could be the Quinjet. But with Stark's stealth tech, we still can't track the damn thing."

"Right."

"Probably jumped out and swam to Fiji. He'll send a postcard."

""Wish you were here." You sent me to recruit him, way back when. Did you know then what was going to happen?"

"You never know. You hope for the best and make do with what you get. I got a great team."

"Nothing lasts forever."

"Trouble, Miss Romanoff. No matter who wins or loses, trouble still comes around."

"The rules have changed," Steve said.

"We're dealing with someone new," Tony added.

"Well, the Vision's artificial intelligence."

"A machine."