The Before [Prequel- Part 1]

The Battle For Sokovia

~~~Tony's pov~~~

I had just gotten a family out of their house when I heard a new voice over comms.

"Hey, Dad! What's the situation?"

Catherine.

I sighed in relief. She was okay.

"Well, the city is flying and Ultron is planning to use it to wipe out the Earth's population." I summarized.

"Good to know. Where do you want me?"

I sighed, reluctant to send her back into the field. "Rogers could use some help by the bridge."

~~~Catherine's pov~~~

"Got it." I teleported to the bridge where my dad said Steve was.

"Hey Catherine, good to see you back," The Super Soldier said from behind me.

"It's good to be back." I smiled, ripping a robot apart with my magic.

Just then, more bots flew in and started shooting.

"Guys, you've got incoming!" Dad spoke over the radio.

"Incoming already came in." I groaned after being thrown into a car.

"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 them back. You get killed, walk it off."

"I'll make sure to remember to do that next time I get murdered by a robot," I murmured.

The city continued to fly higher, and more robots attacked.

A part of the bridge collapsed and cars started free-falling.

"No!" I used my magic to hold the cars up. "Steve! A little help here?" I called out to him.

He ran over to me and helped the people out of the cars.

"Thank you." I breathed heavily before dropping the now empty cars.

"No problem."

Another robot landed in front of us. "You can't save them all. You'll never-" Ultron's voice spoke.

Steve interrupted him by throwing his shield into his chest.

I helped him by using my magic to rip him in half and throw him off the bridge.

"Never what? You didn't finish!" I called after him. 

I couldn't help but peek at the ground beneath the floating rock. Wow. That was a long way down.

I turned back to the battle and continued to take the robots out. How many are there?!

"Alright, all clear here." Clint's said over comms.

Where's he at? Because it's sure not here!

"We're not clear here. We are very not clear." Steve grunted, taking out three more bots.

"Alright, coming to you," Clint answered.

The fight continued and clouds covered the city. We were flying really high now.

"The next wave is going to hit any minute. What do you got, Stark?" Steve asked as we helped some civilians into a building.

We needed a plan.

"Huh? Nothing great. Maybe a way to blow up the city. That'll keep it from impacting the surface if you guys can get clear." Dad answered softly. I can tell he wasn't a fan of this plan.

"I asked for a solution, not an escape plan."

"Impact radius is getting bigger every second. We're gonna have to make a choice."