Cradle Robbing

It had been two days Luna and Spot had kissed.


 Race had passed out when he saw his older sister. 


The two had talked for hours, about the things Strucker put her through.


 Things had been uneventful at the Barton house.


 Luna and Spot spent all their time together, Jack and Alicia had flown back to New York, Tony, Steve, and Alyssa were helping out around the house, and Natasha and Bruce were getting cozy with each other. 


It was now mission time, and Thor was nowhere to be found.


England


"So this is it. The Water of Sight." Selvig said, as he and Thor entered the cave.


 "In every realm there's a reflection. If the water's spirits accept me, I can return to my dream and find what I missed." Thor said, crouching down by the water.


 "Men who enter that water, the legends don't end well." 


Nexus Internet Hub Oslo, Norway


"A hacker who's faster than Ultron? He could be anywhere, and as this is the center of everything, I'm just a guy looking for a needle in the world's biggest haystack." Tony said. 


"How do you find it?" One of the female workers asked. 


"Pretty simple. You being a magnet." 


Tony typed some things into the computer. 


"Come and get me." 


Water of Sight, England


Thor rose from the water, panting. 


The dream came back to him, showing him everything. 


"Wake up." Hedimal said in the dream. 


Lightning surrounded Thor's wet body. 


The dream continued, showing him the four infinity stones. 


Thor screamed.


Cho's Lab, Korea


The regeneration cradle was working to build the new body of Ultron. 


"Cellular cohesion will take a few hours, but we can initiate the consciousness stream." Cho said, hooking up wires to the back of Ultron's head. 


"We're uploading your cerebral matrix now." Cho said, walking over to the cradle. 


Wanda, Pietro, and Zack all stood in the doorway. 


Violet had been taken from them. 


She had been captured. 


Zack was angry that he wasn't there to save her, Wanda was sad that her best friend had been taken, and Pietro was upset that he didn't try to save his honorary little sister. 


Wanda walked slowly toward the cradle. 


"I can read him. He's dreaming." 


 She had the slightest smile on her face.


 "I wouldn't call it dreams. It's Ultron's base consciousness. Informational noise. Soon..." 


Cho started to explain but Ultron cut her off.  


"How soon?" 


"I'm not being pushy." 


Ultron held up a metal hand. 


Wanda walked forward, her hands ready to touch the cradle. 


"We're imprinting a physical brain. There are no shortcuts. Even if your magic gem... " 


 Wanda put her hands on the cradle and closed her eyes. 


A vision of earth being destroyed, flashed in her head. 


Wanda pulled her hands back and screamed. She panted as the vision stopped. 


Ultron rose out of his seat.


 Pietro rubbed his sister's shoulders making sure she was okay, while Zack stood next to the cradle glaring at it.


 "How could you?" Wanda asked looking at the robot like man. 


"How could I what?"  


"You said we would destroy the Avengers,make a better world." 


Ultron clenched his fist. 


"It will be better." 


 Wanda, Pietro, and Zack all looked at Ultron. 


"When everyone is dead?" 


"That is not..." 


He tried to find the right words before speaking again. 


"The human race will have every opportunity to improve." 


 Pietro turned towards him. 


"And if they don't?" 


"Ask Noah." 


 Zack was fuming. 


Him and Violet had been pulled into this when they were just kids. 


When Stucker had been taken down, turning to Ultron seemed like the only option at the time. 


When he had fought with the Avengers, he had felt a connection to them.


 Like he'd known them before. Ultron wanted to destroy the world, not save it. 


"You are a madman." 


"There were more than a dozen extinction-level events before even the dinosaurs got theirs. When the Earth starts to settle, God throws a stone at it. And believe me, he's winding up. We have to evolve. There's no room for the weak." 


Ultron pet the cradle that held his child. 


Zack started to form a ball of electricity in his hand, as Wanda did with the red mist in hers. 


Zack looked at her. 


Wanda waved her fingers, and the mist undid the spell that Ultron had put on Cho.


 "And who decided who's weak?"


"Life." 


Ultron looked up at his three minions.


 "Life always decides."


 The sound of an aircraft approaching filled Zack, Wanda, and Pietro's ears. 


Ultron heard it too. 


"There's incoming." 


Zack, Wanda, and Pietro all huddled together. 


"The Quinjet. We have to move." 


Ultron turned towards Cho. 


 "That's not a problem." 


Wanda, Zack, and Pietro all looked at Ultron. 


Ultron looked at Cho as she typed something into the computer. 


Ultron sighed in annoyance as Cho paused the upload. 


Ultron shot a ball of red light at the Doctor, and Zack threw his electricity ball at the cradle.


 Pietro picked up Wanda, and the two raced out the door.


 "Now, Zack that wasn't very nice." Ultron said. 


Zack sneered. "FUCK YOU!" 



"Wait, guys!" 


His two robots shot at the three other doctors in the room.


 "They'll understand. When they see, they'll understand."


"I just need a little more time." 


Ultron unhooked the wires from his head. 


The connection was lost, and Ultron's two robots rolled out the cradle.


 "Steven Rodgers! Be careful!" Alyssa shouted through the comms, as Steve jumped out of the jet, and onto the building.


 The Quinjet flew right behind him. 


Steve walked to the edge of the building. 


"Two minutes. Stay close." 


Steve ran into the lab to find Cho bleeding and breathing heavily.


 "Doctor Cho!" 


"He's uploading himself into the body." 


"Where?" 


Cho didn't answer. 


Steve looked around before getting up. 


Cho grabbed his arm.


 "The real power is inside the Cradle. The gem, its power is uncontainable." 


 "You can't just blow it up. You have to get the cradle to Stark." 


"First I have to find it." 


"Go."


"Did you guys copy that?" Steve asked through the comms.


 "We did." Clint said. 


Natasha, and Alyssa were all gearing up. 


"I got a private jet taking off across town." 


"No manifest." 


 "That could be him." Alyssa said. 


Clint was looking down, observing the streets below. 


"There. It's a truck from the lab. Right above you, Cap." 


 "It's on the loop by the bridge." 


"It's them. You got three with the Cradle, one in the cab." 


 "I could take out the driver." 


Clint flipped a switch. 


"Negative. That truck crashes, the gem could level the city." 


"STEVE!" 


"Calm down woman. He's Captain America for Christ's sake." Luna said through the comms. 


"We need to draw out Ultron."


Alyssa watched as Steve ran across the bridge, trying not to get hit by the fast moving cars. 


Alyssa's eyes widened as she saw Steve jump.


 "STEVE!!!" 


He landed on the top of the truck with a grunt. 


"I'm okay." 


Alyssa rolled her eyes. 


"You. Are. So. Dead." 


Inside the truck, Ultron looked up as he heard the bang. 


"No, no, no, no." 


Ultron turned around. 


"Leave me alone!"


 He sent a blast of energy toward the door. 


The door flew open, causing Steve to hit the side of the truck. 


He pushed back with one foot, making Ultron angrier, causing him to send another blast of light toward the door. 


Steve held on to the sides of the door, as it drug on the road. 


"Well, he's definitely unhappy." 


"No shit sherlock." 


The group on comms waited for Steve to tell her to mind her mouth. 


"Really? You tell me to watch my language, but not her!"


 "It's only because he loves her." 


"I'm gonna try and keep him that way." 


Alyssa smacked a hand against her forehead and rolled her eyes. 


"I'm dating a suicidal superhero." 


The fight between Ultron and Steve dragged on. 


Steve losing his shield, and Natasha and Alyssa, out to retrieve the cradle. 


The news was playing on a T.v in the market, and Wanda, Zack, and Pietro stood in front of it, they shared a look, as if they were communicating through telepathy. 


Steve was fighting Ultron, trying to keep him busy, so Nat could steal the Cradle. 


"Nat you better hurry!" Alyssa shouted, as she saw the robots flying under the truck.


Steve and Ultron had now moved to fighting on the train. 


A flash of white and silver, zoomed past Ultron, knocking him away from Steve. 


Ultron walked forward, trying to get to the star spangled man with a plan, but the shelves had blocked him. 


They had a red mist around them, Ultron knew it was Wanda. 


He looked at the floating racks, then up at the young Russian girl. 


Pietro, and Zack walked forward slightly, and Ultron looked back at them. 


Wanda dropped her hands, and Steve stood up. 


"Please, don't do this." 


"What choice do we have?" 


 Ultron raised a hand, ready to blast the racks, Pietro zoomed out of the way, and Zack zoomed to save Wanda. 


The blast created a hole in the back of the train, and Ultron flew out. 


"I lost him!" 


"He's headed your way! Alyssa get out of there." 


"Kinda busy here Steve." 


"I want you out NOW." 


"I don't care how much you want me out of here, it isn't going to work Steven." 


Steve rolled his eyes, and reached the front of the train.


 The operator was dead, and they were heading to a dead end, at a high speed. 


"Nat we gotta go." 


Natasha climbed onto the cradle while Alyssa put up the bomb, and released the cradle. 


She jumped on as the cradle left the truck.


 The cradle was safe in the Quinjet. 


Nat felt something cold grab her ankle. 


She groaned as she was pulled.


 Alyssa was almost inside, safe with the cradle, when she was pushed off, and out of the get. 


She screamed.


The train crashed through the street, crushing cars, crates, anything in its path.


 "Cap, you seen Nat or Alyssa?" 


"If you have the package get it to Stark! Go!" 


"Do you have eyes on Nat and Alyssa?" 


"Alyssa's on the ground, I told her to get out. Get the package to Stark!" 


Clint knew that something was wrong. 


Nat and Alyssa were in that truck when the cradle was delivered. 


"Damnit." 


Steve walked back, and faced the three enhanced.


 "Civilians in our path."


Pietro nodded and zoomed out. 


Steve looked at Zack. 


"Hey I only use electricity in times like this. Speedsters got this." 


"Can you stop this thing?" 


Pietro zoomed in and out, moving people out of the way of the train.


 Zack and Wanda were trying to figure out how to get the train to stop. 


Wanda thrust her hands down at the ground, her red power going underneath the train. 


Zack zapped the floor, sending electricity throughout the train. 


The train was slowly slowing down. 


Zack zapped the floor more, and the train came to a slow stop.


 "Alyssa. Where are you?" 


 There was no reply. 


"Alyssa?" 


Still no reply.


 "I told her to get out of there." 


Wanda walked over to her brother who was gasping for air. 


"I'm fine." 


 Zack was fidgeting around, trying to stop the electricity that was flowing through him.


 "Zack you okay?" Wanda asked, as Zack walked next to her. 


"Yeah. I just need a minute." 


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


"The cradle. Did you get it?"


"Stark will take care of it." 


A look of realization flashed over Wanda's face. 


"No, he won't." 


There was a minute of silence between the four. 


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


"He will do anything to make things right." 


Wanda looked Steve directly in his eyes. 


Steve looked at the young girl confused. 


"Stark, come in. Stark. Anyone on comms." 


Zack looked up at the soldier. 


"Ultron can't tell the difference between saving the world and destroying it." 


"Where do you think he gets that?"

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