INERTIA ↠ AVENGERS FANFIC

NINETEEN- CRADLE

"But I do."

A hole emerges in front of Zara, and one of Ultron's minions climbs through it as she sinks one of her swords into it's head. There's just one guard left now, and it quickly leaves the truck as Clint's jet rains bullets on Ultron.

"Hate to burst your bubble Barton, but I don't think that did much."

Clint scoffs. "That's your problem, Keaton."

Steve managed to climb back on the truck, and Ultron raises his metallic hand to fire at him again. Before he gets the chance, Zara tackles Ultron off the truck and they land inside a moving train. 

"The minions are heading back towards you," Clint warns. 

Steve jumps in the train too, and pulls Ultron off Zara and hits him with his shield. Ultron goes to blast Steve again but he moves, leaving a civilian in Ultron's path behind him. "Keaton!" Steve says, and Zara speeds up to move the person out of the way. 

"I'm going in," Romanoff says. "Can you guys keep him occupied?"

"What do you think we've been doing?"

Zara speeds up to attack Ultron, but she stops when she sees someone else enter the truck, just as fast as her. She slowly readies her swords, keeping Fury's kill order in mind. "What are you doing here?"

Pietro raises his hands. "Same as you. We want to kill the robot."

"Prove it, then," she says, moving away from Ultron so Pietro has a good shot. He runs into the robot, knocking him off balance.

The two slow down as two metal grates float in front of Ultron and trap him. "She's with you?" Zara asks, to which Pietro nods. 

"Please, don't do this," begs Ultron. 

"What choice do we have?" Wanda asks. 

Ultron shoots a hole in the side of the train, and promptly flies out of it. 

"I lost him!" Steve yells. "He's headed your way."

"Cap, Zara, do you have eyes on Nat?"

The two share a worried glance. "If you have the package, get it to Stark," Steve orders. 

"Do you have eyes on Nat?" Clint repeats. 

"Just go!" Steve says. "There's civilians in our path," he says to Pietro and Zara. They speed out, pushing people out of the trains' way. 

The train comes to a gradual stop, and so do Pietro and Zara. Wanda rushes out of the train to her brother, who assures her he's okay. "I just need to take a minute."

"I'm very tempted not to give you one," Steve approaches. 

"The cradle," Wanda says. "Did you get it?"

"Stark will take care of it."

Wanda shakes her head. "No, he won't."

"You don't know what you're talking about. Stark's not crazy."

"He will do anything to make things right," Wanda says, worried and angry. 

Steve turns around. "Stark, come in. Stark. Anyone on comms."

"Ultron cant tell the difference between saving the world and destroying it," Wanda chimes in. "Where do you think he gets that?"

"You need to watch yourself," Zara warns. "Don't forget up until 20 seconds ago, you were on his side."

"Zara," Steve says. "It's not their fault."

"Kinda seems like it is to me."

Clint's voice comes on the comms suddenly. "I'm coming to pick you guys up. Stark says to come back to the compound."