Alone

Twelve

I stared at the needle in my hand, debating on calling for Natasha. Tony and I haven't talked to each other in 3 days. Steve has been giving my pieces of information, he wants me to help, but he also doesn't want to make Tony mad. I did ask him what he meant when he said I was Tony's kid. He said something about how I'm Tony's responsibility because he brought me onto the team. Something tells me that isn't it.

I set the needle down on the counter and webbed my phone to me. Ultron dismantled Jarvis, leaving us without an means of contacting each other, unless we used our phones. I tapped on Nat's contact and my finger hovered over the call button. I sighed and turned the phone off. "Come on Peter, you can stick a fucking needle in your leg." I jumped onto the counter and pulled the leg of my boxers up to mid thigh. I wiped the spot with an alcohol wipe. I grabbed the needle, tapping out any air bubbles. I took a deep breath and put the needle into my leg. I let out a tiny yell, scaring myself. I quickly pushed down the injector and pulled the needle out of my leg. I wiped up the blood and applied a bandaid. I cleaned up and slid off the counter, wobbling on my feet. I've only ever had to do that 4 times, all after May died. I could never do it on my own.

I left the bathroom and grabbed a shirt off the floor, debating going out on patrol. As I looked toward the suit in my closet, someone knocked on my door. Having only boxers on, I opened my door and leaned my head on the doorframe. Steve smiled brightly. "Mission, we leave in 10." I grinned widely and pulled back from the door. I grabbed my suit and slid into it, making sure my comms were in the right place. I went back to the door and found Steve waiting for me. "Hey...Tony is going to be super mad at me for this, but I...I think you should come. You're an Avenger after all. So I'm going to sneak you onto the Quinjet. Don't come out unless I call for you." Steve and I moved quickly through the compound. We got to the Quinjet and I heard Clint and Nat talking in the jet's hangar. I pushed passed Steve and climbed into the jet, eyeing the two. "Hey have a place I can hide?" Nat smiled and grabbed me, pulling me into a storage space.

I got in a box and she went to close the top before stopping. "Pete your-" I shook my head and smiled. "Did it myself. Don't close it all the way." She smiled again, softer, and set the top on, not closing me off completely. I heard her retreating and I quietly waited for the plane to take off. My comms crackled and Steve started to speak quietly, "We're going to a Salvage yard in Africa. Ultron killed Strucker and has now two twin sidekicks, names Wanda and Pietro Maximoff." "Copy that, has Dad..Tony seemed off to you?" Steve was quiet. "After that mission, the one before you almost died, he's been quiet. I wouldn't push it." I didn't respond and focused on getting comfortable in the box Nat snuck me into.

I must've dozed off because when I came to, I heard everyone talking quickly and quietly. "We need to have the element of surprise, God knows what Ultron wants with Klaue." "Everyone hold onto something we're landing." Clint's voice came through calm and even on my comms. I realized I must've been patched through while I slept and that I needed to make sure to be very careful not to alert everyone of my being here. The Quinjet made a quick landing and I listened for everyone leaving. "Pete you're good to go." Nat muttered "Peter stay close and quiet." Cap demanded. Maybe I'm only on with Clint, Nat and Cap. I sighed and pushed myself up and out of the box. I quickly got off the jet and swung up towards the giant metal building.

Once there, I found a way in and I heard talking. "Upon this rock I will build my church. Vibranium." I recognized Ultron's voice and I peeked over a bunch of boxes into an office. There stood a newer version of Ultron and 3 humans. 2 of them looked just a bit older than me and similar. They must be the twins Cap was telling me about. Everyone walked out of the office and I saw the redheaded one lift her head up. "Someone's here." Ultron grew quiet and looked around. I sunk down, only to trip over a bunch of metal tools. Before I could move away, one of the twins grabbed me and delivered a swift punch to my stomach. I groaned and the twin with silver hair dragged me to Ultron's view. He grinned and pulled the mask off my head. "Ah Peter Parker! The young Avenger."

Ultron and the guy I recognized as Klaue started talking again. "You know, it came at great personal cost. It's worth billions." Ultron did a weird robotic laugh, which only sent chills down my spine. "Ultron buddy?" The tall bot looked down at me and I assumed he looked amused, though I can't really tell. "Could I just go home and ya know? Not be killed?" My anxiety peeked when the twin holding me started laughing. "He's a funny one." He stopped laughing and punched me in the stomach again. I coughed and I felt blood dribble down my chin. "It's all under your dummy holdings? Finance is so weird. But I always say, "Keep your friends rich and your enemies rich, and wait to find out which is which."" Klaue narrowed his eyes. "Stark." Ultron shared a glance with the twins and the silver haired one tightened his grip on my neck. I felt something touch my ear and a second later, the comm was taken out and crushed in front of me. "What?" "Tony Stark used to say that...to me. You're one of his." "What?! I'm not...! I'm not. You think I'm one of Stark's puppets, his hollow men? I mean look at me, do I look like Iron Man? Stark is nothing!" A sickening slicing sound filled my ears and one of Klaue's arms fell to my feet. I nearly throw up. "I'm sorry. I am sor... Ooh, I'm sure that's going to be okay. I'm sorry, it's just I don't understand. Don't compare me with Stark! he's a sickness!" I heard the familiar mechanical sound of Tony's suits.

"Ahh, Junior. You're gonna break your old man's heart." Tony looked at me and I saw Steve, who's behind him, eyes widen. "Peter!" I smiled weakly and Ultron looked at me. "I see he's important." The hold on me grew tighter and I felt a hand connect with the side of my jaw. Pain exploded into my face and I spit out blood. "Leave him out of this." Steve looked genuinely scared. He looked at the twins, "You two can still walk away from this." The girl smiled, "Oh we will, him I'm not so sure." Another punch collided with my face, this time with my nose and I felt the bone crack. "I'm sorry." Steve shook his head and stepped forward, wanting to start the fight, I'm guessing. My vision swam with dark spots and blurry pictures. "Wanda we're losing him." "Get it over with already." Pain erupted in my stomach and I felt blood come up my throat. My vision cleared and I was dropped to my knees. I put one of my hands to the pain area, only to feel a hole.

I coughed up blood and fell to my side, staring up at the twins. I shakingly rolled over, getting to my knees and standing up. I held onto the rail and coughed again, using the back of my hand to wipe away the blood on my lips. "You're going to have to be better than that." I webbed my mask to my hand and swung to the otherside, standing behind Nat. "I'm glad you asked that, because I wanted to take this time to explain my evil plan!" The same robots that attacked at the compound started to climb up from the railings and I pulled my mask over my head. "Kid! Back to the ship!" Tony ordered before hitting Ultron in the face. I coughed again, more blood spattering in my mask. "No way!" I swung around, pushing robots around and breaking others. People were shooting at me. I flipped over a flying robot and landed next to Cap. He looked dazed and a second later I understood why.

I found myself in my old bedroom. "May!" I called out. I left my bedroom and found her in the living room watching TV. "May!" She looked up and smiled at me. "There you are Peter." I stumbled over to the couch and pulled her into my arms. "Hard day?" Tears swam in my eyes and I nodded. "I missed you so much." She chuckled slightly and patted my arms. "I've been home the whole time you've been home. I do wish you'd visit me more. How's Wade?" I sat up, furrowing my eyebrows. "Wade?" Aunt May laughed quietly. "Ya know? The boyfriend you just won't shut up about." I blinked slowly and nodded. "He's doing good-

My fantasy was interrupted by someone picking me up. "Come on kid."