Kept Behind Enemy Lines

C H A P T E R F I F T E E N

Reports flooded the Avengers. Cases of metal men breaking in and emptying people's labs. Whispers of fears exploded behind their eyelids. Things too fast to see. It wasn't hard to put things together.

Ultron had deleted all files on Strucker and even killed the man himself. But that couldn't stop them. Ultron may have the Internet, but he could not access the paper files.

A few days after Loki left, Percy returned to being somewhat a teenager. He came down and helped with the search. He had no problem with dealing paper. Digital devices however... not so much.

After an hour or so of searching, they found what Ultron could be looking for. The strongest metal on earth. Thus began the hunt for a black market arms dealer branded 'thief'.

I guess we're going to Africa. Thought Percy.

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"Stark is... Stark's a sickness!" Percy caught the end of Ultron's rave. The were reluctant to let him go with them, but after a show and tell if his powers and a few choice words they relented.

"Ahhh, Junior." Stark sighed. "You're gonna break your old man's heart."

"If I have to." Ultron said, advancing slowly, the Maximoff's behind him. Thor and Captain America stood ready behind Stark, dressed in his suit. Clint snuck around the back with Percy, Natasha going the other way.

"Nobody has to break anything." Thor said.

"Clearly you've never made an omelette." Ultron retorted.

"He beat me by one second." Tony promised. Thor frowned at Tony.

"Ah, yes. He's funny." Pietro laughed darkly, reminding them of their presence.

"You two can still walk away from this." Captain America offered.

"Oh we will." Wanda scowled.

"I know you've suffered." Ultron scoffs and laughs at Steve's statement.

"Captain America. Gods righteous man. Pretending you could live without a war. I can't physically throw up in my mouth, but-"

"If you believe in peace, then let us keep it." Thor spoke up.

"I think you're confusing 'peace' with 'quiet'."

"Uh huh. What's the vibranium for?" Stark cut in.

"I'm glad you asked that, because I wanted to take this time to explain my evil plan." Ultron said. If he could roll his eyes he would. He waved his hand and instantly robots were upon them, a new fight beginning.

Ultron and Tony took to the air, grappling at each other while the other two fought from the metal walkway.

Pietro sped past Thor, knocking the god off balance. Wanda fired her magic off at Captain America, blasting him back.

The man who owned the place demanded his men to shoot them all. Natasha encounter a bunch of them and quickly dispatched them before moving on.

Clint fired arrow after arrow tirelessly, each flawlessly hitting its mark.

Percy weaved through the ranks, colliding water with both robots and people. Destroying circuits and cutting of airways.

Pietro dashed under Steve's shield and up to the man himself, sending him sprawling with a swift uppercut. Next he ran past Thor's hammer and at last second, gripped the hammer.

Big mistake.

The force shot him back the way he came and over the railing where he landed right on top of Percy.