PSYCHE | AVENGERS

Vision

Steve, Nat, Clint, and I had gone to find Ultron and Dr. Cho, Tony and Bruce went to see what they could find in Nexus, and Hill came by to pick up Fury.

When we finally got to Sokovia, Steve and I got out of the jet, leaving Nat and Clint inside.

"Two minutes. Stay close." Steve told them.

I took a deep breath as I looked at the city, anxious about what was about to happen.

"Hey." Steve said, nudging my arm softly. "You okay?"

"I have to be, don't I?" I sighed.

"You don't have to. You know you could just-"

"Steve." I cut him off. "We've been over this. I'm doing this mission... even if it's the last one."

I could tell those words also affected him.

"Now, let's get this over with." I said quickly before he could answer.

Once we got inside the building, we went towards the lab. My eyes widen as Steve and I ran inside. All doctors were down. Glass was shattered. It looked like a legit crime scene.

"Dr. Cho!" Steve exclaimed once we spotted her laying on the floor.

She was bleeding. Bad. She was panting, still in distress.

"He's uploading himself into the body." Cho said quickly.

Exactly as we thought would happen.

"Where?" I asked her.

As I was about to read her mind, she stopped me.

"The real power is inside the Cradle." She told us. "The gem... it's power is uncontainable. You can't just blow it up. You have to get the Cradle to Stark."

"First we have to find it." Steve said quickly.

"Go." She told us urgently as we got up.

"We'll get you help!" I said before Steve and I started running out of the room. "Dr. Cho needs some urgent medical help. She's inside the lab."

"We'll get it. Don't worry." Clint said, making me able to focus back on the current mission: finding the Cradle.

"Did you guys copy all she said?" Steve asked.

"We did." Clint said.

"I got a private jet taking off across town." Nat said. "No manifest. There... that could be him."

"There. It's a truck from the lab. Right above you guys. On the loop by the bridge." Clint told us. "It's them. You got 3 with the Cradle, one in the cab. I could take out the driver."

Steve gave me a slightly panicked look at Clint's words as we climbed the fire escape stairs up to the street above the truck.

"Negative. That truck crashes, the gem could level the city. We need to draw out Ultron." Steve said.

"Agreed. The last thing we need is to cause more casualties." I told them. "Well, the truck's coming by. Talk to you in a few."

I shared a nod with Steve, before we ran through the highway, and jumped on top of the truck. Once we were stable, we climbed down to the back doors of the truck.

"Leave me alone!" I heard Ultron exclaim.

Before I could process, he blasted both doors open, making Steve and I on the verge of falling.

"Marianne..." Steve grunted as he was being pressed against another car. "Do your thing."

I quickly swung my door closed and looked at him.