DIE WITH A SMILE | W.MAXIMOFF

- CHAPTER 6

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."

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Pietro and Wanda entered the church slowly, paying attention to their every act and gesture.

" - Talk, and if you waste our time... Started Wanda.
- Did you know that this church is the exact center of the city? The ancients decreed it so that everyone could be equally close to God. I like that, the geometry of belief. You wonder why you can't look into my head. Speaked Ultron, without looking at them.
- Sometimes it's hard. But sooner or later, every man shows up. Explains Wanda."

He rose and walked slowly towards the twins.

"-Oh, I'm sure they do. But you needed something more than a man, that's why you let Stark take the scepter. He reavels.
- I wasn't expecting it, Lelia stopped me just before and I knew he would control it. Make him self-destruct. She explains.
- Everyone creates the thing they fear. Men of peace create the engineering of war, invaders create the Avengers, people create... smaller people? Uh... Children! I lost the world there. Children designed to replace them, to help them finish. He speaks.
- Is that why you came. To end the Avengers? Asked Wanda.
- I came to save the world, but also... yes. He answered."

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"- We're going to leave right now. It's a start, but there is something we need to do to get the real work started. He explains.
- all these are...
-Me. I have what the Avengers can never have. Harmony. They are dissonant. Disconnected.
Stark already pitted them against each other.
And when you enter the rest of their heads..."

He approached the two, to speak with them. Pietro came closer to the two.

"- Everyone's plan is not to kill them. Pietro said.
- And make them martyrs? It takes patience, you have to see the big picture. Continue Ultron.
-I don't see the big picture, I have a small picture. I take it out and look at it every day. Pietro reply.
-You lost your parents in the bombing. I saw the records. Said Ultron.
- The records are not the photo. He said.
- Pietro. Wanda asked.
- No, please. Ultron reply."

Wanda looked at Pietro, wanting to stop him from talking and make him go too far.

"- We were 10 years old. We all have dinner together. When the first shell hits, two floors down, makes a hole in the floor, it's big. Our parents come in and the whole building starts to break down. I take it, roll under the bunk and the second ball hits. But it does not fly away, it... lies there in the rubble, three feet from our faces. And on the side of the shell is painted a word-
- "Stark."
- We were trapped for two days.
-Every effort to save us, every move in the bricks, I think "that's going to trigger it." We waited two days for Tony Stark to kill us. Wanda explains.
-I know what it is. Pietro finish.
- I wonder why you two alone survived Strucker's experiments, now I don't. We're gonna make it right. You and I can hurt them, but you want to tear them apart from the inside. Ultron said."

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I walked into the main hall with Clint, because unfortunately he wouldn't let me go to see Wanda and Pietro.

"- Do you think we'll be able to rebuild everything? I asked, looking at the floor as I walked.
- Maybe, maybe not. he says. And by the way, why did you want to go and see them? He asked."

I stopped walking, turned my head towards him and quickly closed my eyes.

"- I miss them so much, this is the first time we've been apart. I'll explain.
- I understand, but you know they'll be okay, don't worry. He reassures me.
- But, imagine Ultron finds them and starts controlling them. I imagine."

He took my hand and looked at me attentively.

"- They'll be fine, and if unfortunately they're with Ultron, we'll find a solution, okay? he said.
- Yes...
- So, what do you want to do today? he asked, stopping.
- I don't know, you're Avengers, we don't rest. I laughed, really thinking about what I'd just said.
- We rest sometimes, we just don't have the time. He says with a smile."

We saw Steve and Maria get out of the elevator, and I walked towards them, waving to Clint as a goodbye.

"Fatalities?
- Only when engaged. Mostly guys left in a fugue state going on about old memories, worst fears, and "something too fast to see." She describes.
- Wanda and Pietro...
- That makes sense he'd go to them. They have someone in common. Remarks Steve.
- Not anymore. Maria says."

Steve and I returned to where the others were, I greeted them and Steve moved towards Thor.

"- What's this? Tony asked.
- A message. Ultron killed Strucker. Steve explained
- And he did a Bansky at the crime scene, just for us. he laughed, looking at the tablet.
- We can tell him that we're honored. I said sarcastically.
- This is a smoke screen. Why send a message when you've just given a speech? Natasha replied.
- Maybe he misses us. I continued.
- Strucker knew something that Ultron wanted us to miss.
- Yeah, I bet he... Yeah. Everything we had on Strucker's been erased. She searches.
Not everything. Steve finishes."

We all went into a room full of files, I sat next to Bruce and he went to get a box.

"- Well, these people are all horrible. Bruce replied.
- You can see it in their faces. I added, softly.
- Wait. I know that guy. From back in the day. He operates off the African coast. Black market arms. There are conventions. All right? You meet people. Says Tony, pointing to the paper.
- This? Thor asked.
- Ah, it's a tattoo, I don't think he had it. Continua Stark.
- There's a brand, that's an African dialect meaning "thief." I explained.
- What dialect? Steve asked.
- Wakanda. I reveal
- if this guy got out of Wakanda with some of their trade goods...
- I thought your father said he got the last of it. finished Steve.
- I don't follow, what comes out of Wakanda? Says Bruce.
- The strongest metal on Earth. Tony replied.
- Vibranium. I completed."