Back with the avengers
"He's all over the globe. Robotics labs, weapons facilities, jet propulsion labs, reports of a metal man, or men, coming in and emptying the place." Maria said.
"Fatalities?" Y/n questioned.
"Only when engaged. Mostly guys left in a fugue state going on about old memories, worst fears, and something too fast to see."
"Maximoffs. Well, that makes sense he'd go to them, they have someone in common." Steve said.
"Not anymore."
Maria hands Steve a tablet and Y/n looked over his shoulder. They looked in horror when they saw Strucker dead with the word PEACE written across his chest. Steve hands Maria back the tablet and they both walked to the room where Cling was.
"That's a negative. I answer to you. Yes, ma'am."
"Barton, we might have something." Steve said, interrupting Clint's call.
"Gotta go." Clint said, hanging up.
"Who was that?" Steve asked.
"Girlfriend."
Steve processed to gather the rest of the team and show them the picture of Strucker.
"What's this?" Tony asked.
"A message. Ultron killed Strucker." Steve answered.
"And he did a Banksy at the crime scene, just for us."
"This is a smokescreen. Why send a message when you've just given a speech?" Natasha asked.
"Strucker knew something that Ultron wanted us to miss."
"Yeah, I bet he... Yep. Everything we had on Strucker has been erased." Natasha said while looked at the computer screen.
"Not everything." Tony said while going through the physical files they had.
"Known associates. Well, Strucker had a lot of friends."
"Well, these people are all horrible."
"Wait. I know that guy. From back in the day. He operates off the African coast, black market arms. There are conventions, alright? You meet people, I didn't sell him anything. He was talking about finding something new, a game changer, it was all very 'Ahab'." Bruce said, referring to a picture of a man.
"This." Thor said, pointing to a mark on the side of Klaue's neck.
"Uh, it's a tattoo. I don't think he had it-" Tony started.
"No, those are tattoos, this is a brand."
"Oh, yeah. It's a word in an African dialect meaning thief, in a much less friendly way." Bruce said.
"What dialect?" Steve asked.
"Wakanada...? Wa...Wa...Wakanda." *cough* *cough* more foreshadowing)
"If this guy got out of Wakanda with some of their trade goods-"
"I thought your father said he got the last of it?" Steve asked.
"I don't follow. What comes out of Wakanda?" Bruce asked.
They all looked over to Cap's shield.
"The strongest metal on earth." Y/n said.
"Where is this guy now?" Steve asked Tony.
With Klaue
"Don't tell me your man swindled you. I sent you six short range heat seekers and got a boat full of rusted parts. Now, you will make it right, or the next missile I send you will come very much faster."
