From The Dark | Peter Parker x OC ✔️

Chapter Fourteen

A/N: Hey, would you look at that. I'm actually on time! And this is the longest chapter yet! I better get in a habit of meeting deadlines because college is about to start soon. Speaking of which, I'll actually have a little more time on my hands this month (with the exception of tomorrow) since my brother starts school this week and then I get to spend a whole 8 hours without him. So psyched for that. But that also means I'm gonna have to start waking up at 5:30 every day so not really looking forward to that. On the bright side, I just finished re-watching Iron Man 2 and oh my god how did it get better? I could tirelessly applause RDJ for the rest of my life. And Scarlett Johansson. And Gwyenth Paltrow. And Tom Holland even though he's not in the movie, but there was a scene set in Queens so that's close enough. And, you don't need a reason to applause Tom Holland.

So about this chapter. Well, there's Ultron. There's Wanda (yay!) and Pietro. The Avengers. Peppermom. A few criminals because what's the Avengers without a few criminals every now and then? There's actually a ton going on in this chapter and I don't want to spoil too much and ruin all the fun. Although, let's just say my favorite part was the end.

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"I don't see the big picture.

I have a little picture.

I take it out, and

look at it every day."
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Ultron had escaped with the scepter.

"All our work is gone," Bruce said. Everyone had gathered in the Tony's lab after Ultron had tried to kill them. Adelaide was leaning against the door, pulling her coat closer. Dr. Cho had helped her clean the blood of her hands and get the glass out of her cuts. She had little cuts all over her arms and they stung like crazy. Adelaide was angry – everyone was – but she was even more confused. Who was Ultron? Who was 'the other guy'? Why did he take the scepter? Why did he want to kill the Avengers? How did he escape?

"Ultron cleared out. He used the Internet as an escape hatch," Bruce continued, answering Adelaide's question.

"Ultron," Steve said accusingly.

"He's been in everything. Files, surveillance," Natasha said, crossing her arms, "Probably knows more about us than we know about each other." Adelaide sighed, pulling her hair away from her face. What in the world did he want? Everyone in the room was avoiding eye contact. All the fun and laughter that had been between them a few minutes ago was long gone.

"He's in your files, he's in the Internet," Rhodey said, stepping forward, "What if he decides to access something a little more exciting?"

"Nuclear codes," Hill said. Adelaide wondered what he would do if he could access them. Well, he already could. It was just a matter of time now.

"Nuclear codes," Rhodey said, nodding, "Look, we need to make some calls...assuming we still can."

"Nukes?" Natasha asked, "He said he wanted us dead."

"He didn't say 'dead'. He said 'extinct'," Steve said.

"He also said he killed somebody," Clint reminded. Adelaide nodded.

"There wasn't anyone else in the building," Hill said. The teenager shared a confused look with the assassin. Hill was right. There was no one else in the building. Who had Ultron killed? Was he bluffing?

"Yes, there was," Tony said, walking to the center of the room. He flicked his phone in the air, creating a hologram of something yellow...JARVIS. He was infected with bits of blue here and there and the yellow kept flickering.