The Girl With The Seven Marks

Age of Ultron 8

The Girl With The Seven Marks

Age of Ultron

Chapter Eight

Quinjet-After Tony and Hulk's fight. (Sorry I was too lazy to write it out)

The Aircraft was silent.

Tony held Alyanna tenderly as she was slowly coming too. Clint was piloting while the others remained still shaken from the horrors they saw. Bruce was in the worse condition, wrapping himself in his shirt as he tries to shake the terror of destroying half a city.

Natasha stared off into space, trying to empty her mind to forget what her memories made her remember.

Steve felt hollow, crouching on the bend while casually looking up at Alyanna as if she were going to disappear.

Thor stared out the window, trying to keep his eyes open for every time he blinked, he saw visions that were tripping him out. Six stones kept flashing through his mind as if trying to tell him something. He needed the answers.

Tony rubbed comforting cuticles against Alyanna's shoulder, he knew what it was like to have his mind bewitched by that demon twin, and he hated himself for allowing her to be a victim. In fact, Tony felt guilty for this whole ordeal. His team, his soulmate, and now the world was jeopardy because of him and his fear.

Leaning down to kiss her head, he motioned for Steve to take his place. The once frozen soldier took a second to recuperate but he popped up to his feet and grabbed his soulmate gently. He settled under her, feeling slightly relieved to have her so close now.

Tony joined Clint at the controls. A call was I coming from the Avengers headquarters from Maria Hill. Tony inhaled deeply as he prepares for what he was about to hear.

"Yellow," he says as he pushes the talk button.

Her face appears on the screen, a look of concerned furrowing her eyebrows. "The news is loving you guys. Nobody else is. There's been no official call for Banner's arrest, but it's in the air," her voice echoes out.

Tony rubs his facial hair. "Stark Relief Foundation?"

"Already on the scene. How's the team?" She asks with sad eyes.

Tony pauses before looking behind him, seeing that they were all off in different corners. "Everyone's...we took a hit. We'll shake it off," he says unconvincingly.

Maria nods in understanding. "Well, for now, I'd stay in stealth mode, and stay away from here."

Tony snorts. "So, run and hide?"

Maria shrugs her shoulders. "Until we can find Ultron, I don't have a lot else to offer."

Slightly flustered, he moves to end the call. "Neither do we." Her face disappears and with a long sigh, Tony turns to Clint and places a hand on his shoulder. "Hey, you wanna switch out?"

Shaking his head, Clint replies, "No, I'm good. If you wanna get some kip, now's a good time, because we're still a few hours out."

Tony lifts and eyebrow. "A few hours from where?

Without showing any emotion, he responds, "A safe house."

Next Scene

Safe House

Alyanna awoke to the sound of the Quinjet's engine shut off. Her eyes snapped open and she was greeted with a snoozing Thor jumping awake. She had vaguely remembered being passed around as she slept in their arms. Well...if you could call it sleeping. It was more like escaping into the black abyss so she didn't have to see or feel her soulmate's angst from their defeat.