6.6 - Taking The Right Steps

Sorry yet again for the long wait but I am in my final year of college and I've currently got top grades in 9/13 of my units (Mini Flex). So I'd really love to achieve maximum grades in all my remaining units as well.

So I apologise if my priorities are elsewhere at the moment, hopefully you guys can understand. I finish for Easter break next week so hopefully I'll be able to get somewhat back on track then.

ALSO, Huge thanks to SEKRETONGMALUPYET for the new cover art for Venompool, also did the work on my friend Fortisal book - The Shadow and The Widow, check both of them out.

Right, onto the chapter.

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The seven Avengers along with Fury were in the Barton's kitchen discussing the threat currently on the plate of Ultron. Well, six of the Avengers were talking, Y/N on the other hand wasn't particularly interested in Ultron at the moment as he felt he had bigger things on his plate than some stupid robot.

The only thing that was on Y/N's mind were the twins and what had lead them down this path of following Ultron, aiding him in his vendetta to end the Avengers and the world.

Was it because of him?

What hardships did they face?

Did HYDRA poison their minds like they did with Bucky Barnes?

These and more questions were burning in his mind constantly however he was then disrupted by Nick waving his hand in front of his face "Earth to Y/N, are you reading me?"

Y/N's mini trance was broken as he shook his head a few times "Yeah. Yeah, Yeah." He nodded with a slight smile "I'm good Cyclops."

Nick however wasn't so easily convinced especially after knowing Y/N for damn near thirty years "Are you sure? You're uncharacteristically quiet and as much as I hate to say it....... I don't like it."

"Damn he's good." Of course he's good, He's Nick bloody Fury.

The eye patch wearer was certainly a little uneasy knowing that one of the best defenders that he had was not quite with it and wondered what was bothering him so.

"Ease up Fury, we don't know what that little witch bitch showed him." Tony said as he threw three darts in quick succession at the dartboard Clint had.

Y/N growled a little under his breath after hearing Tony refer to Wanda as a 'bitch' and Fury took notice of this too however before he could dig deeper, Y/N excused himself towards the outside door "I need some air."

As Y/N went to go outside, Lila came rushing in much to her mother's behest and said "Daddy! Daddy! Look what I built!" However she wasn't particularly aware of her surroundings as she accidentally cut off Y/N and headbutted him straight in the crotch.

"Ugghhh!!!" Y/N said holding his crotch and dropping to one knee in pain "Oh that hurt so much." Meanwhile Venom couldn't help but snigger.

Lila immediately looked guilty "I'm so sorry!" She exclaimed being surprisingly polite and apologetic for a girl her age. 

Y/N continued to groan in pain "It's alright kid, you've taken down Venompool...... You've done that before almost everyone in the room." He attempted to joke as he got to his feet.

"Lila, you can show daddy what you made later. This is very important." Clint told his daughter in his best 'dad' voice.

Laura chuckled nervously "Sorry, the kids are a little more excitable than usual." Laura attempted to explain to the Avengers who were understanding to their circumstances.

Y/N picked up on Lila's disappointed expression and felt a little bad for the young girl "Why don't I help you keep them entertained for a bit?" Y/N offered to help out Laura which she was immediately grateful for.

"You!?" Clint practically yelled in utter surprise.

"Why not? I need a break from this shiiiii-" Y/N did remember just in time that there was in fact a child in the room "-nnnnss. I need a break from these shins." He quickly corrected himself much to the relief of everyone in the room.

"Nice save."

"Thanks."

Lila was a little confused but led Y/N into the other room along with her mother nonetheless. Y/N saw this as an opportunity to step outside his rather large comfort zone and see what kids were like despite Clint's kids being much younger perhaps it was a step in the right direction.

The Avengers were a little surprised and Clint was slightly anxious but Tony attempted to reassure him "Don't worry Clint, I doubt he'll go all Killy Ray Cyrus on them."

Clint shot Tony a distasteful look "Thank you Stark that makes me feel SO much better." He sarcastically said.

"He marches to the beat of his own drum anyways, it's probably best he's not here." Bruce voiced his opinion, very aware that Y/N generally did his own thing.

"That he does." Steve agreed before the group all got back to talking about the task at hand.

--

Y/N was sitting in a comfortable chair as Cooper and Lila were playing with their toys whilst Laura came in with some drinks, she handed her children each a glass of milk which they politely thanked their mother for.

Clint's brown haired wife went out again and came back in moments later with two mugs in her hand, she handed Y/N his "One hot chocolate with whipped cream, marshmallows and sprinkles."

Y/N looked ecstatic with his drink as he gripped it "You are. A lass." He said graciously.

Laura laughed at his reaction as she took a seat in the chair next to the one Y/N was in. "You know I expect them" she pointed to her kids "To be excited with a cup of hot chocolate but not a fully grown man."

Y/N shrugged nonchalantly "I'm a child at heart if you haven't noticed."

"Clint's told me plenty." She said before taking a sip of her tea, clearly aware of what Y/N's personality was like thanks to Clint filling her in.

"So how long have you and Clint been together?" Y/N tried to make conversation whilst he and Laura co-watched Cooper and Lila playing.

"God you're putting me on the spot." Laura claimed as she had a mini panic trying to think of the actual answer which came to her quicker than she expected "About twelve years."

"Long time." Y/N stated as he relaxed in the chair.

"Thanks to his job, it feels like a lot less time." She replied truthfully.

"I bet." Y/N says before he glances down at Laura's large baby bump "So any idea when you're gonna pop?"

Laura sarcastically chuckled "Lovely way of putting it." She said with an equal tone of her chuckles as Y/N put his hands up slightly in defense however she wasn't bothered really.

"Any day now." Laura replies as she tenderly rubbed her stomach "Just waiting for it to be over to be honest." She then leans towards Y/N and whispers so her kids can't hear "Childbirth's a real bitch."

Y/N lets a few soft chuckles escape before he noticed Laura looking at Cooper and Lila lovingly whilst they were building stuff out of Lego "But it's all worth it." She breathes out.

"Have you ever considered having children Y/N?" She asks, genuinely interested in his reply.

Y/N's pupils dilate to their maximum size as he awkwardly laughs before scratching his nails against his cheek "Uhhh having kids is a lot of responsibility.......... And that is quality I lack severely."

Laura could somewhat relate with Y/N "Maybe...... But you learn to gain it as you go on."

The soon to be mother of three decided to offer him some friendly advice "I think if there's two things I've learnt from being with Clint and having kids is that, crossing that line isn't nearly as scary as you think it's going to be."

Y/N listened intently to Clint's pregnant wife  and took her words on board. Despite being significantly older than her, he was interested in hearing her motherly wisdom.

"And the second thing?"

Laura thought back to all those years ago when her and Clint were contemplating having children with her now husband wondering if having kids would only bring them danger.

"Disappointment doesn't hold a candle to regret." She replied. Even though she didn't get to spend as much time with Clint as she or the kids would've liked to, it was all completely worth it and they wouldn't change a thing.

Laura's words hit Y/N hard as he picked up his mug and took a sip of his hot chocolate as he thought "She's like Velma with all this knowledge." When he put the mug down he heard the cute giggling of Lila and Cooper.

Y/N was confused but their laughs were contagious so he couldn't help but let his lips curve into a smile "What's so funny?" He playfully asked them.

Lila in between laughs said in her slightly high pitched voice which was normal for her age "You look funny with the mustache and beard."

"Looks like an idea if you ask me."

Y/N realised he had a whipped cream goatee  thanks to his hot chocolate before he used his usual silliness to try and wipe up the mess with his tongue, which only made the children laugh louder.

Laura gave Y/N a questionable look "Y/N really?" She asked before handing him a napkin to wipe up the mess on his face.

After he'd cleaned up his face, Cooper excitedly said "Y/N look we've finished making it!" He flaunted the Lego sculpture of police station in front of him along with the accompanying vehicles and minifigures.

"Ohhhh so cool!" He exclaimed before he glanced to Laura who gave him a subtle nod to go ahead and entertain them. With that Y/N put his hot chocolate on a nearby table and shuffled his way onto the floor in between Cooper and Lila.

"You better not waste that hot chocolate."

Lila then perked up as she held a mini figure prisoner in her hand "Do you catch bad people like dad and Auntie Nat?"

Y/N wasn't a hundred percent sure on how to answer but gave them an honest answer without disclosing too much "Not exactly." He said in a strained and higher than normal pitched time "I actually met your dad and Auntie Nat on a mission........ Except I was working for the opposite team." He admitted.

Laura remembered it fondly, how Clint had to be given medical leave because of the injuries Y/N had given him. It definitely angered her at first but once he'd recovered they got to work on baby number two.... So. Silver linings.

The children's eyes widened in surprise, they remained silent for a few seconds until Cooper asked Y/N "Does that mean you're a bad person?"

Laura didn't like that question being asked of Y/N "Cooper! You can't ask him that!" She said in a motherly annoyed tone which made the young boy's face fall with guilt.

Y/N held his hand out "It's alright Laura." He said which slightly lifted the young boy's spirit a bit with Clint's kids looking up at Venompool "I'm not bad....... Just troublesome."

Admittedly in Y/N's eyes he was a bad guy who fucked up worse guys for a living but over all years since he got his abilities and bonded with Venom that's what he did best, but what he did best wasn't very nice.

"So you're naughty?" Lila asked wanting clarification.

Y/N pouted a little thinking it was probably the best way to explain it to two young children "Sure, I'm naughty."

"Do dad and Auntie Nat give you like timeouts and stuff?" The young girl continued to pry.

Y/N smirked proudly and whispered "They wish. I always avoid the punishment."

Clint and Laura's children seemed really interested in that as they both simultaneously asked "Can you teach us!?" There was an obvious eagerness and excitement in their tones figuring they could learn to avoid punishments from Clint like Y/N.

Laura took this time to step in "Absolutely not!" She told them which filled them with disappointment. In her mind the last thing she needed was mischevious children, she and Clint tried to actively keep them away from mischief.

"MOM!!" They both cried out in unison but the brown haired lady was having none of it.

"Nope, and that's final." Laura stamped her authority which even Y/N felt.

"Maybe when you're older." Y/N attempted to offer as consolation which definitely seemed to satisfy the children.

"Don't push your luck Mr L/N." Laura threatened and Y/N instantly knew what it meant when people said there's nothing scarier than a pregnant woman.

Lila then cheekily asked her mother "Can we have some cookies?" Cooper nodded along in agreement.

Y/N whistled in approval of Lila's request "Ooooh cookies and Milf." Sending a sly wink in Laura's direction.

The children looked confused at Y/N had just said whilst Laura was a mixture of both annoyed and flattered but still managed to give him a small glare. Cooper then asked "Don't you mean milk?"

"YES!" Laura said a lot louder compared to Y/N's no before she went to get them cookies.

Meanwhile, Lila clapped her hands together eagerly "Well if you're naughty, you can be the robber." She said handing Y/N the prisoner figure.

"Yeah!" Cooper cheered with equal excitement to his sister "Me and Lila can be the cops trying to put you back in jail."

Y/N teased the young kids "Alright." He said as he laid on his stomach "But I'm not gonna make it easy for you."

"You had better get that hot chocolate before we begin." He told, no demanded Y/N but he didn't seem interested making Venom huff.

"Fine, I'll do it myself."  He thought to himself. Venom always seemed to have an insatiable appetite that just never seemed to be satisfied.

Without the kids seeing, Venom carefully extended a tendril to grab the hot chocolate before subtly poking his head out and chugging the hot beverage "Delicious." 

Laura came back in with a mixture of Digestives and Custard Creams keeping a few for herself...... After all, she was pregnant.

As soon as she walked in, she straight away saw how much fun the kids were having with Y/N, making a large smile instantly coming onto her face.

'No wonder Nat likes him so.'  She thought, no one had told her, it was more of a woman's intuition.

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After several games of Lego cops and robbers along with other children's games such as Top Trumps, Jenga and Connect 4,  the two kids were worn out and feeling extremely drowsy. Admittedly so was Y/N especially after the stress of the day but he couldn't help but feel it had a nice end to it.

Cooper and Lila had fallen asleep so Y/N easily picked them up in his arms with the children resting their heads on Y/N's shoulders. He wanted to avoid Laura from doing any stress on her back which he was sure was already sore as it was.

Laura opened the door to see that Nick and the Avengers were finished discussing Ultron and making a plan as Y/N walked in with Clint's kids.

Clint immediately went over and got his children from Y/N ready to put them into their beds, he glanced over to his wife "Was he well behaved?" Clint asked in reference to Y/N.

Laura smiled widely in Y/N's direction before looking back at her husband "He was actually excellent with them apart from the odd comment here and there." Which surprised Clint and unbeknownst to the three of them the Avengers and even Fury let out smiles.

"Wow no need to sound so shocked." Y/N said to the brown haired lady despite questioning his own abilities.

"I think she had a reason to be skeptical." Clint stated as he and his wife wished everyone goodnight before heading upstairs.

"So what did I miss?" Y/N asked the remaining Avengers and Fury.

"Bruce and I are heading to Norway in the morning, we're gonna try and find this 'enemy' Ultron has." Tony told the Merc as he threw a dart at the board which hit the Double 20.

"Whilst you, me, Romanoff and Barton are heading to Seoul to find Doctor Cho. Ultron may be using her for something big." Steve added.

"Wow! An 'enemy' and 'something big'" He sarcastically said with quotation gestures "That tells me virtually nothing."

"It's all we've got I'm afraid." Bruce shrugged.

"So no information" Y/N groaned loudly before sighing "AND I don't even get a fuckin' day's rest."

Nick scoffed loudly "Please you've definitely been in worse situations with a lot less." He fired at Y/N.

"This man speaks the truth." Y/N commented.

Steve chuckled with a little as he approached Y/N as he was ready to get some rest "Unfortunately the lack of rest comes with the territory."

"Yeah well does your territory involve going toe to toe with Hulk?" He questioned the man behind Captain America before turning and looking at Bruce sympathetically "No offense Bruce."

"None taken." He said shakily, still suffering the after effects of Wanda's trickery.

Everyone went upstairs to the rooms that Laura and Clint had assigned them. Tony and Cap were sharing which admittedly might not have been the best idea. Fury had a room to himself whilst Bruce was sharing with Nat.

Before heading up the redhead spoke with Y/N. "You're not sharing with Fury?" She asked him with furrowed eyebrows.

"Fuck no!" He exasperated with Y/N taking the liberty of the sofa instead.

"Why not?"

"He'd rather eat a dead rat than share with me and between you and me...." He leaned in towards Nat's ear "He snores louder than a rocket taking off."

Natasha sniggered a little, never really thinking of her old boss in that way before. "It sounded like Cooper and Lila had fun with you, we could hear you whilst we were talking."

"I mean it seemed like it." He said with a degree of uncertainty behind it.

He thought that he had done a decent job with the kids but in all fairness he had utterly nothing to compare it to so wasn't too sure.

Natasha was unquestionably more confident in Y/N than he was in himself "Don't sell yourself short."

Y/N laid down on the sofa, ready to get some rest before heading off to Seoul in the morning. He got a bit of shock though when Natasha leaned down and pressed her lips to his cheek "Good night Y/N."

Y/N got a little bit flustered but then responded "Night Nat." The Russian assassin took her leave and went upstairs, turning the lights off on her way.

--

Venompool was tired but it was just simply one of those times where no matter how hard you tried, you simply couldn't get to sleep.

To pass the time Y/N and Venom were having a chat thinking how if they were going to Seoul it was inevitable that they were going to see the Maximoffs.

"This is one real big cluster fuck." Venom commented on Y/N's situation.

"That would be funny if it weren't true." He said as he placed a soft pillow behind his head and covered himself with the light blue cotton blanket the Bartons had given him.

"You know it was a real bitch with Carnage as well." Venom claimed with him and Y/N reminiscing about the evil red symbiote. "But I don't think this is like that. I reckon those Maximoffs are just in pain, just gotta get through to them."

Y/N sighed as he adjusted himself to get comfy on the sofa before looking at the locket that had the picture of him and Diana inside of it "I never thought that I'd be sandwiched between my past and my future.......... Both are scary as fuck."

"Yep, that I can agree with you."

"I know that Nat said I should be a father to them that's if I could even get them to accept me but I don't know if I'm suited to fatherhood." He admitted his fears to the symbiote.

"You heard Laura, you were pretty good with her kids." Venom tried to reassure that he was heading in the right direction.

Y/N scoffed loudly thinking that was funny "That was a couple of hours! I wouldn't be able to just do it here and there. There's no breaks, it's full time."

Y/N's self confidence and belief was decreasing rapidly and this was something he had never experienced before. He'd always been so sure of himself and that he could do anything but now it was all going to hell in a hand basket in a very quick period of time.

Venom shared his host's emotions despite disagreeing with him unfortunately that was the problem of relying on a host to live, they shared the good and the bad.

"Well whatever happens. We're in this together. You and me. The best team in the universe."

Venom grew an arm out of Y/N and curled his clawed hand into a fist which he held out to Y/N.

Y/N smiled a little "Thanks V." He said graciously as he and Venom shared a fist bump.

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Wanda and Pietro woke up the next morning, still reeling from the previous day's prior events.

They both reassuringly smiled at each other as the silver haired speedster reached into his pocket to do what he always did when he woke up which was look at the picture of his mother in his locket.

He was however horrified when he couldn't find it as he rapidly started patting down his whole body much like a customs agent at the airport "No, no, no!" He panickedly said increasing volume with every word.

Wanda looked over to her brother "What's wrong?"

"The locket with the picture of mom. I can't find it." He said as he felt sweat running down his body, fearing he'd lost the only material memory that he had left of their mother.

"When did you last have it?" The Brunette Sokovian asked.

"Yesterday when I-" Pietro stopped himself when he realised where his and Wanda's most prized possession was "It's with him."

Wanda also realised what that meant as she gave her brother a comforting hug "Don't worry we'll get it back." She reassured Pietro.

Not long afterwards the twins went to Dr Cho's lab to see Ultron uploading himself to the vibranium body "Cellular cohesion will take a few hours, but we can initiate the consciousness stream. We're uploading your cerebral matrix...now."

Not being able to read him before Wanda finally saw into Ultron's mind "I can read him. He's dreaming."

Dr Cho tried to correct the mind reader "I wouldn't call it dreams. It's Ultron's base consciousness, informational noise. Soon..."

"How soon? I'm not being pushy." Ultron asks rather impatiently. Ironic really.

Wanda edged towards the cradle whilst Ultron and Cho were discussing the process of implanting a brain. She hovered her hands above the cradle before touching it, able to read Ultron's mind, she sees a vision of global annihilation, which horrifies her to a terrible extent making her let out a piercing scream.

Ultron immediately looked over at Wanda as her brother protectively checks her over for any physical injury for which he could find none.

"How could you?" She fearfully asks the robot.

"How could I what?" Ultron asks, not understanding what she meant.

"Y-you said we would destroy the Avengers, make a better world." The Brunette girl whimpered out.

"It will be better."

"When everyone is dead." She questions as Pietro now looks at Ultron in horror, understanding and sharing his sister's pain.

Ultron immediately tries to justify his actions "That is not...! The human race will have every opportunity to improve."

"And if they don't?" Pietro queries cautiously.

"Ask Noah." Ultron bluntly states.

"You're a madman." Wanda says to Ultron which only makes him let out a small ironic laugh.

"No more mad than your own father." He says harshly to them which they feel the effects of.

"W-what?" Wanda stammers.

Ultron holds his metal hand out to stop Wanda from speaking "I understand why you hate your father. He was never around and you think he abandoned you. But do you know why I hate him?"

The twins didn't say anything and their silence allowed Ultron to continue "Man made an immortal, someone who could survive anything and what does he do with that gift, he uses it for his own selfish desires and becomes a mercenary."

Ultron seemed also sickened at the mere existence of Y/N "What could have been humanity's greatest creation turned out to be their greatest mistake."

That final statement from Ultron seemed to be the straw the broke the camel's back for the two Sokovian twins "But we're products from that 'mistake'" Pietro sarcastically yet angrily said back to Ultron.

"Does that make us mistakes too?" Wanda asked with a lonely tear dripping down her cheek.

Ultron realised he'd backed himself into a corner by unleashing his hatred of Y/N to them but wanted, no NEEDED to keep them on his side for as long as he possibly could especially for what he had planned for them.

"You can't help where you came from." Ultron stated which may not have been the best choice of words to use.

Wanda then subtly flickered her red magic in the direction of Helen and freed the scientist of Ultron's hold on her as she came around to what she was aiding in creating.

Ultron then sensed something loud outside of the lab "There's incoming, The Quinjet, we have to move."

Helen tapped on the keyboard "That's not a problem." She finished typing and stopped the process of Ultron's consciousness being uploaded to the vibranium body.

Ultron groaned in annoyance before glancing at Wanda, knowing she was behind Helen's freedom "Clever girl."

Ultron then shot Helen with a blast of red energy but before he could attack Pietro and Wanda, the speedster had already taken him and his sister to temporary safety.

The metal bot was furious that the Maximoffs had now slipped through his grip but tried to look on the bright side "I'll get my hands on them again." He vowed to himself as he and the rest of the bots moved the cradle out of the lab.

--

Minutes later, Y/N and Cap had been dropped off at the Cho's lab to see the destruction that had been left behind by Ultron. The pair saw the heavily injured Helen Cho on the floor and went over to her.

"Dr Cho!" Steve exclaimed as they knelt down next to her.

She was clearly struggling as she was breathing heavily "He's uploading himself into the body." She warned the pair.

"Where?" Steve eagerly asked, not wanting Ultron to get too far away already.

"They left a few minutes ago." She said, making Captain America take off to go catch up calling for medical assistance for Cho as he was leaving.

Y/N went to follow Cap but Helen grabbed his wrist before he could leave "Y/N, the real power is inside the cradle. The gem..... it's power is uncontainable." She warned him "You can't just blow it up, you have to get it to Stark."

"A gem?" Y/N said out loud thinking that powerful gems sounded extremely familiar.

He and Venom both thought back to when they were on Knowhere with the Guardians Of The Galaxy going to sell the orb to the Collector and how had explained to them about six gems each holding a key element of the Universe.

Y/N left the lab to catch up with Steve but didn't want to use big fancy words to explain it to the man out of time. He kept it short and sweet, there's a powerful gem in that cradle which cause catastrophic damage.

Clint and Nat soared in the Quinjet as they looked from above for possible options as to where this truck could be when Clint finally spotted something that matched the description.

"There. It's the truck from the lab, it's near you fellas. On the loop by the bridge. It's them. I got three with the Cradle, one in the cab. I could take out the driver." He said as he examined the truck.

"Negative! If that truck crashes, the gem could level the city. We need to draw out Ultron." Steve ordered.

The two enhanced ex-soldiers looked at each other with them both perched on a tall building above the roads, Steve said to Y/N "You and me, the old guard back at it once more."

"Feels like the takedown of S.H.I.E.L.D once more." Y/N said.

"That it does." Steve said as they looked at the truck in the distance "Can you get us over there?"

"Sure hop on." Y/N offered as Steve got onto Y/N's back "I'm just warning you now, this ain't gonna be a soft landing. So don't blame if your hips break."

"You're older than me you know." Steve reminded L/N.

"Yeah but I'm in waaaaay better shape than you." Y/N fired back as a defence before he leapt into the air with Steve holding tightly onto his back as they landed on the roof of the truck and rolled over.

Ultron and the bots who were inside of the truck continuing the upload heard the two men land on top of the truck "No, no, no, no."

Cap rolled onto the back of the truck and was hanging off the edge by the door as Ultron furiously yelled "Leave me ALONE!" He fired an energy beam at the door of the truck which blasted open with the momentum smacking Cap's back into the side of the vehicle.

Y/N poked his down from the roof of the truck so he could see inside "Hello Ultron, did you miss me?"

"Not in the slightest." He replied firing another blast of red energy in Y/N and Steve's direction, with Steve being sent onto the windshield of a car behind however Y/N managed to dodge the blast as he laid on his back on top of the roof.

"You know what's in that cradle?" Ultron asked Y/N as he hovered above the road, his feet just in line with the roof of the truck.

Y/N got to his feet and threw his hands up in the air "Do I look like a fuckin' mind reader!?"

Ultron chuckled in a low and heartless manner "No....... But your daughter is."

As soon as Ultron brought them up, Y/N seemed to shut down which gave Ultron the opportunity to thrust himself forward and grab Y/N by the scruff of his neck then lifted him into the air before slamming him straight to the roof of the moving truck.

Ultron towered over Y/N's fallen body "The famous Venompool, taken down by the mere mention of a name...... Pathetic!"

Ultron was about to stomp his metal foot onto Y/N's head but was interrupted by Steve coming back into the fray and throwing his vibranium shield into his chest sending him before he smacked down onto the street below.

Steve helped Y/N to his feet "You good?"

"For now."

Venompool and Captain America began to work together to double team Ultron, with the metal bot managing to hold his own against two of mankind's greatest defenders.

Cap aggressively kicked Ultron in the knee causing him to drop down before smacking his fist straight into Ultron's chest whilst Y/N did a roundhouse kick straight across the genocidal being's face. 

Cap then wrapped his arms around the metal man's neck as Y/N was landing several strong hits onto Ultron's torso.

Y/N landed a heavy hook onto the right side of Ultron's face sending him away and releasing Cap's grip on him "Why were you trying to choke out a robot?" Y/N asks Steve.

"Stupid, right?"

Steve was a little unsure himself "Force of habit, I'm used to fighting people not robots."

Natasha was driving a motorbike alongside the truck with Steve's shield on the front of the two wheeled vehicle. Ultron then went to attack Y/N and Steve again as he charged himself in their direction.

The pair dodged Ultron's attacks with the metallic form unleashing a magnetic pulse on the road below, causing the concrete to split and come apart halting Romanoff in her tracks and forcing her to change course.

"Men from the past fighting what will improve the future, that stinks of humanity." Ultron claimed to the two old veterans.

"We're very much part of the times." Y/N defended as he extended a tendril and wrapped it around Ultron's throat before slamming him into a pillar of the bridge that they were under.

Ultron began flying around using his thrusters "You're really beginning to get on my nerves."

"You don't even have nerves do you?" Y/N yelled back to Ultron which only seemed to irk him further.

"I mean he's metal so no."

Ultron flew straight towards Y/N and Steve as Y/N whispered under his breath "Come on bitch, come get some."

As Ultron got closer, Y/N nudged Steve out of the way before tackling Ultron straight off of the truck and into the side of a train causing the bystanders to scream in fear as the two destroyed part of the vehicle.

Both Y/N and Ultron got to their feet with Ultron throwing an erratic punch towards Y/N's head however Y/N's enhanced reflexes allowed him to evade the attack before he countered with a quick yet powerful three punch combination to his torso.

Thanks to Y/N and Venom's combined strength levels, Ultron was hit hard by the attacks but still had plenty left in the tank as he used his magnetic pulse to send Y/N straight onto his arse.

Y/N managed to style it out because as he landed he did a backwards roll onto his feet. Ultron immediately thrusted himself forward shot a beam of energy into Y/N chest with the momentum hitting him straight against the wall.

Ultron then harshly hit his forearm against Y/N's throat as he pushed him up against the wall "Where are the twins?" Y/N asked with a struggled tone.

"Suddenly you want to play father of the year?" Ultron ironically asked before letting a few chuckles however he decided to press Y/N's buttons further "I never really cared about them, they had their usefulness, still do in fact."

Y/N tried to fight out but Ultron was using his thrusters as a way to enhance the force that he was pressing onto Y/N's neck, trapping him in place "What?" Y/N managed to say.

Ultron pressed his metal head threateningly against Y/N's and whispered in an equally threatening tone "You didn't think it was a coincidence that I found Wanda and Pietro? They were merely weapons, HA less than that.. Puppets against you."

Ultron then sighed sadly "Such a shame that they had a change of heart. It would've been nice to bring them down to your level."

Despite not being able to see Y/N's face, Ultron could only imagine the pain that was showing behind that mask. Unfortunately for him, his joy was short lived as a silvery blue flash zoomed right into him, sweeping him off of his feet.

The metal man saw Pietro standing there and it made him angry, he went to attack the speedster but found his path blocked by various bits of metal and seats of the vehicle, all surrounded by a familiar red hue.

Ultron looked back to see Wanda controlling the items and had nothing but disappointment flow throughout him "Children." He said to himself "Nothing but trouble."

He fired a quick blast in the direction of Pietro who dodged with ease thanks to his extreme speed however the Bakst caused severe internal and external damage to the fast moving vehicle.

Ultron then also fired a quick blast in the direction of the Brunette Sokovian girl who couldn't exactly get out of the way like her brother. She however caught a glimpse of Y/N literally diving in front of it and using himself as a sort of human shield.

Ultron flew off out of the train and went to go and find the cradle that he so desperately wanted. Y/N got off of the floor and sprinted to the front of the train "Steve, I lost Ultron he's heading your way."

"Copy that."

Y/N saw that the train's brakes were broken and useless yet the train was still hurtling along the tracks like there was no tomorrow.

"What's the plan?"

"Uhhhh stop it?" Y/N offered up as a half hearted solution.

"Wow I wish I'd thought of that."

However Y/N did potentially have a plan up his sleeve as he began to step out of the window to try and stop the train however he was interrupted by a female voice.

"Anything we can do?"

Y/N looked up to see Wanda and Pietro standing there. About a million thoughts entered Y/N's mind at once but he tried to prioritise the task at hand "Yeah." He said nervously "Clear civilians." Which was Pietro's call to leave as he sped off in front of the train to clear any innocent bystanders.

"Can you slow down the train so I can stop it?" Y/N asked Wanda tentatively.

Wanda was extremely nervous, this was not something she'd ever done before at least on this scale but she knew it was the right thing to do "I'll try."

Y/N smiled behind his famous mask "Alrighty." He then stepped out of the window and balanced himself on the edge of the train "Ready V?"

"Always."

With that Venompool extended several tendrils to nearby infrastructure on either side of them to use as anchors in order to bring the train to a stand still.

Y/N began to yell out in pain as did Venom as the train crashed through the barriers and began travelling through the Seoul streets which thankfully Pietro had already cleared.

Wanda then closed her eyes and channeled with as much as will as she could muster up the energy to travel throughout the train in order to manipulate the machinery into coming to a halt.

The teamwork of Venompool's strength and Wanda's magic managed to bring the train to halt but not without it crashing into several buildings and little shops along the way, leaving a path of rubble and debris in it's tracks.

Y/N collapsed to the ground in pain and fatigue with Venom panting internally as his tendrils retreated back within Y/N's body "I've never been stretched out like that before."

Y/N chuckled a little "That's what she said."

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A few minutes later, the people on the train had gotten off and were all still slightly shaken up from the events that had just taken place meanwhile Wanda had reunited with her brother.

"Are you alright?" Wanda asked her brother checking him over but finding nothing of any serious concern on him except for the odd scratch.

Pietro was panting as he took a seat on a brick wall "I'm fine, I just need to take a minute."

"An old version of me wouldn't give you one but would instead bury you where you stood." Y/N said as he approached the Maximoff twins, unmasking himself in the process feeling it was right to face them "But I'm trying to be better."

Y/N stayed silent for a few seconds as did the Maximoff twins before Y/N spoke up "Thanks for that back there and....... Good uh job, you saved a lot of people." Y/N very awkwardly complimented before giving them each an equally awkward pat on the shoulder "Ultron said you had a change of heart, I'm uh glad."

The awkwardness was strong and thick in the air, you could cut through the tension with a knife before Wanda spoke up after about a minute or so of silence.

"So what now?" She asked.

Y/N shrugged his shoulders, wanting to put the ball in their court "That's up to you two I guess."

Wanda and Pietro looked a little surprised "What do you mean?" The silver haired boy asked him.

Y/N sighed as he took a seat next to Pietro "I'm still coming to terms with this." He said pointing to himself and them rapidly "But I've got to go and join my friends to help beat Ultron."

Wanda and Pietro thought to themselves about Ultron's plan to destroy the world and how they had been apart of his quest to succeed with the guilt hitting them strongly.

"If you wanna come with me.... That would be nice, more than nice it would be great!" He said with a partial smile before letting his face drop.

"But if you don't that's fine as well." Y/N offered to them, trying his best to put them before himself "The way I see it you're free to do whatever you want now and I'm not gonna force you to do anything you don't want to."

Wanda and Pietro were both immensely surprised by what Y/N had just told and were completely taken caught off guard by it. The man they had met back at the Hydra base and at the African Salvage yard was completely different to the one sitting next to them now.

Y/N stood up as he knew that he should be regrouping with the Avengers "I hope one day you'll give me a chance to right at least some of the wrongs." 

Y/N was about to walk away back to his job, he wouldn't blame them for wanting a sense of normality in their lives and besides they'd got this far without him.

"WAIT!!!" Wanda yelled grabbing Y/N's wrist to stop him from going anywhere and forcing Y/N to turn back to look at the teenage twins.

"We'll come with you." Wanda said which made a large smile that Y/N couldn't help if he tried from forming upon his face.

Pietro stood up to join his sister "We should at least talk....... Which apparently is your favourite thing to do." Pietro attempted to joke to try and alleviate some of the tension.

Y/N chuckled a very slight amount "Funny." He then went reverted back to serious mode "But thank you, I'm sure this isn't easy."

Wanda had a guilty look on her face "Well um we've got some wrongs to right ourselves."

Y/N nodded in understanding "Alright well let's head off." He said doing an inviting head nod towards the children.

Wanda then stopped Y/N once again "Thank you for you know..... Protecting me back there."

Y/N laughed it off dryly and put his hand on Wanda's shoulder "That's about the least I could do for you." He offered a small smile which she returned.

Another thought popped into the mind of the mercenary with Y/N pulling something out of one of his pouches before handing it to Pietro "I believe this belongs to you." Y/N said offering the silver haired speedster his locket back.

"T-thanks" Pietro stuttered as he took the locket back from Y/N before opening it with him and Wanda both looking at the picture of Diana and Y/N inside.

Y/N thought it was nice to see the two teenagers reminiscing about their mother and thought about how deeply they must have missed her.

Y/N walked ahead of the two twins who followed behind, still relying on each other for comfort. They couldn't see it but Venompool had a big smile on his face despite all the shit going on with the genocidal robot.

They hadn't instantly played happy families but there was no expectation to however  what Y/N had was a chance and right now that was the best thing he could possibly ask for at the moment.

Y/N then heard his comm go off in his ear "Y/N come in. Are you alright Y/N?" Steve asked with concern dripping from his tone.

"I'm good." He then looked back at the two teenagers "I mean we're good." He quickly corrected himself "What about you guys?"

He heard Steve begin to stammer, unable to get the words out of his mouth which filled Y/N with concern.

"Steve, what's wrong?"

"Clint and I are alright....... But Nat." He replied sounding very upset.

At the mention of Natasha's name, Y/N's concern shot up even more and the twins noticed his panic as well "Steve what's wrong with Nat!?" Y/N asked panickedly, pushing Rogers for an answer.

"Ultron....... He's got Nat."

Y/N stopped and cut off communication with Steve. Right when things were going right, they soon came tumbling down as Y/N felt his hands clench into fists.

"Are you alright?" Wanda asked, feeling a little unsettled.

Y/N looked back at Wanda and Pietro as he thought about how Ultron had got them to aid in his dirty work and now, now he had kidnapped the woman who meant most to him.

Y/N smiled to mask the pain "No, but I will be." He said as he continued on. Wanda and Pietro looked at each other before following Y/N anyways.

Y/N was practically stomping along as Venom had exactly the same thoughts as Y/N when it came to Ultron.

"When we get our hands on Ultron, we are going to beat the holy fuck, fucking fuckity FUCK out of him."

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