DIE WITH A SMILE | W.MAXIMOFF

- CHAPTER 5

Thor hurled his hammer at Ultron, shattering it into several pieces and knocking him to the ground.

"- I had strings, but now I'm free. He finished."

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I woke up in a bright room, surrounded by machines.
I tried to get up, but I couldn't.

"- Hi, Lelia. Bruce said as he entered the room.
- Oh hi, what am I doing here? I asked, turning my head towards him.
- Yesterday you were hurt, so you slept here, and this morning I'm taking care of you. he explains.
- Oh, that's right... I'd forgotten, hadn't I? Did Tony find out what happened? I ask.
- Not yet, but he's looking. He replies.

He pulled up a chair and sat down in front of my belly, took his mini-table, and picked up a scalpel.

"- Don't worry, it's just to remove the bandage I put on you yesterday. He reassured me."

He delicately began to cut the bandage with the object, I gasped in pain, he removed the bandage and placed it on the table, he stood up and took a pair of pliers and a sewing thread.

"- It might hurt. he warned as he sat back down."

He began to gently remove the piece of glass that was stuck, and I closed my eyes. I didn't want my powers to awaken, "please, not now..." I whispered under my breath.

Fortunately, he was able to finish without hurting her. He stood up and placed the piece of glass on a microscope, then turned to me and removed the lamp from above me.

"- I'm going to examine the piece of glass, we don't know what's in it. He explained, laughing."

He sat down on the second seat and began to examine the piece of glass, I sat down on the bed and began to swing my feet.

"- So... You're from Italy? He asked, continuing what he was doing.
- Yes, I'd have to go back after all this. I replied.
- What do you mean, after all this? He continued.
- Well, I'm sure that Ultron is going to give us a hard time. I laugh.
- I think so, but then we'll be able to stop him. He hopes."

He stood up and projected what was in the microscope, looking at me.

"As far as we can see, everything is fine. He reassured me.
- Fortunately, I want to get out of here. I laughed as I stood up.

I walked over to him and took him in my arms, he didn't move, I raised my head towards him and said with my lips: thank you.

I lowered my head, he hugged me tighter, and we headed outside to see the other Avengers.

We arrived in the room, all standing and talking, probably about Ultron, Bruce left me and went off next to Tony.

I saw Thor grab Tony and lift him into the air.

"- I have more than enough words to describe you, Stark. he said angrily.
- Thor! Stop! I intervene, trying to separate them."

He let go of Tony, then stepped back, looking at everyone.

"- Trail went cold about 100 miles out, but it's headed north, and it has the scepter. Now we have to retrieve it, again.
- Genie's out if that bottle. Clear and present is Ultron. Intervenes Natasha."

I moved towards the robot's body, touching it.

"I don't understand, you built this program. Why is it trying to kill us?

I finally stayed in my corner, not talking to anyone. From a distance, I heard Tony laughing.

"You think this is funny? Thor said, looking at Stark.
- No. It's probably not, right? This is very terrible. It is so... It is so... It's so terrible. He says sarcastically.
- This could have been avoided if you hadn't played with something you don't understand. Thor says."

I wasn't listening to their discussion, but off to the side I saw what looked like headphones, so I took them and put them on my ears. It was as if everyone had stopped talking even though there was no music yet, so I took the box and turned on the music and looked at the box to see what music it was: champagne coast by blood orange.

I sat down comfortably and concentrated on the music, the first time I'd heard it, even though I already liked it, and tapped my foot to the beat.

I looked at the others talking, not knowing exactly what they were talking about, I looked at each of their faces, then I looked away, not really knowing what to look at.

Putting the box in my pocket, I got up, moved over to the robot and sat down in front of it.

I looked at it attentively, then picked up a pair of pliers. "What are you hiding from us, little robot? I whispered, putting the pliers down. I concentrated and, using my powers, tried to analyze whether there was anything inside him.

I found that there was quite a bit of electrical force near what looked like his arm, so I took the pliers and fiddled around in his arm to find out what it was: a memory card.

"- I found something. I said, taking off the headphones."

I walked over to them with the card, put it in a computer and looked for something.

"You're not going to find anything wrong. he explained.
- You never know. I said, continuing my search.

I kept on looking, perhaps for a virus or an anomaly that could have changed the robot's mind.

Unfortunately, I didn't find anything, so I discreetly left the room to go outside without anyone following me.

I sat down on the bench outside and breathed a little, wondering if we were going to manage to find at least one little thing, just one that might lead us to Ultron.

But mostly I thought about Pietro and Wanda, wondering if they were all right, if they hadn't been attacked by Ultron; I wanted to see them right away.

I tried to awaken my powers quickly and began to fly gently, but unfortunately I saw Clint coming outside.

I stopped and returned to the ground to speak with him.

"- I've had enough of their non-stop blah blah. he laughed.
- Same here. I laughed too.
- What were you doing? he asked, crossing his arms.
- I was... Nothing, nothing at all. I lied.
- Oh please, I don't know you well enough but it's obvious you're lying. he revealed with a smile.
- Yes... Well, I wanted to go and find Pietro and Wanda. I revealed, smiling nervously."