CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN:
STARK'S NOT CRAZY

THEY DROPPED STEVE OFF AT Helen's building, watching from the jet as he climbed onto the roof. Olivia stood behind Natasha and Clint's seat with Clint being the one to drive the jet. They listened as Steve gave them a two minute warning before telling them to stay close. He ran inside the building and Olivia stared boredly out the window. She impatiently waited for Steve to get back, silently wishing she had agreed to go with Banner and Fury back to the compound so that she could check on her daughters. The brunette sighed and walked away from the front, deciding to pace impatiently in the back.

     The sound of Steve's voice fell over the coms, letting them know he'd found Helen Cho.  They could hear the doctor breathing heavily and immediately Olivia knew something bad had happened. She made her way back up to the front, exchanging a look with Natasha as they listened as Helen's voice fell over the coms. "He's uploading himself into the body."

     "Where?" Steve asked.

     "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." Steve answered. A few moments later he was talking to the trio. "Did you guys copy that?"

     "We did," Clint nodded.

     Natasha, who was now standing, had her eyes focus on one of the screens inside of the jet. "I got a private jet taking off across town. No manifest. That could be him."

     "There." Clint grabbed their attention, his eyes focused on a truck that was going down the highway below them. "It's a truck from the lab. Right above you, Cap. On the loop by the bridge." A scan came up of the truck and Olivia nodded her head.

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

     "I could take out the driver." Clint tried, but Steve immediately disregarded this.

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

     "There's always consequences." Olivia muttered.

     "We need to draw out Ultron." Steve continued. Steve landed on the top of the truck, dangling at the doors before Ultron shot a blast at him, sending the doors scraping along the highway. "Well, he's definitely unhappy. I'm gonna try and keep him that way."

     "You're not a match for him, Cap."

     Steve sighed. "Thanks, Barton."

     "Don't worry, Steve." Olivia breathed. "I'll be there to help you in a minute."

     Natasha snapped her head towards Olivia. "You will?"

     Olivia shrugged. "Nat, I have teeth and claws that can penetrate Ultron's skin. I'll be fine."

     "Fine, but I'm going with you." Natasha answered. "I'll focus on getting the cradle, you focus on helping Steve with Ultron."

     "I can't talk you out of it, can I?"

      "No." Natasha walked over to where her bike was, watching with a sigh as the compartment holding it opened. Natasha climbed on and Olivia secured herself tightly behind her, her arms wrapping around her girlfriend's waist before she leaned forwards, pressing a kiss to her cheek. Natasha rolled her eyes. "Later."

     "Later, indeed."

     "We got a window." Clint called. "Four, three. . . give 'em hell." And then the bike dropped from the jet, landing roughly on the road. Natasha was quick to take control of the bike as she sped through the streets. She weaved her way through the cars before her eyes spotted Steve's shield carelessly laying in the road.

     "I'm always picking up after you boys." She sighed before leaning the bike over, allowing Olivia to reach down and snatch it before handing it to Natasha who locked it onto the front of the bike as she kept driving.

     "They're heading under the overpass, I've got no shot." Clint told them.

     "Which way?" Natasha quickly asked.

     "Hard right." He paused, waiting for them to get closer to it. "Now."

Natasha took the sharp turn and Olivia tightened her grip on the woman. They went through a few more alleyways before jumping back out onto the main road just as the truck from the lab passed. Natasha tilted the bike and they went underneath it. Natasha turned her head and Olivia pressed a quick kiss to her lips before jumping off the bike, hands gripping the edge of the truck as she pulled herself up onto the roof just in time to watch Steve catch his shield, knocking Ultron away from him.

Olivia jumped onto Ultron's shoulders, nails penetrating the metal as she used her strength to pull the robot backwards and away from Steve. Ultron groaned in annoyance, trying to get hold of the wolf until finally grabbing both her wrists, ripping the claws from his metal skin and throwing her over his shoulders. Olivia slid across the roof of the truck, headed towards the edge before managing to catch herself and snap her head up, eyes glowing blue as she growled dangerously at the robot.

     "Glad you could join us." Steve commented, pulling the girl up from the ground quickly.

The two quickly started fighting Ultron before Ultron sent a blast at Steve, sending him flying from the truck and landing on top of car, leaving just Olivia and Ultron on the roof. Ultron pulled his hand up, sending cars flying as he tried to keep Steve distracted and away from the truck. Olivia cocked her head slightly before lunging forwards, pushing the bot back and concentrating as she felt a small pipe fly into her hands. She spun the pipe in her hands before using it to fight the robot, distracting him long enough to allow Steve to jump back onto the roof of the truck.

As they came out from the overpass, Clint appeared in the jet and started shooting Ultron, causing Steve to grab Olivia, using his shield to protect them from the flying bullets. When the bullets stopped the two guards inside the back of the truck flew out and chased the jet as it flew higher into the air. Steve and Olivia went back to fighting Ultron and just as a train was passing, Steve punched Ultron with all his strength, sending the robot flying.

     Ultron caught himself before quickly flying towards Steve, grabbing a hold of him and flying right into the train. Olivia rolled her eyes before taking a short run and jump, throwing herself inside of the train. Suddenly, Natasha's voice filled their ears. "I'm going in, Cap, Olivia, can you keep him occupied?"

     Olivia scoffed. "What do you think we've been doing?"

The two continued tonight the bot, dodging hits sometimes, throwing hits back. Ultron grabbed hold of Olivia by the throat, glaring dangerously at the woman before throwing her to the other end of the train car. Her head slammed roughly on the ground, causing her vision to go blurry as she let out a groan of pain. Suddenly, a face appeared in her vision. It was a woman with long brown hair. She looked away from Olivia, standing up as red surrounded her hands, using her chaos magic to pull down the rails inside the cart, blocking Ultron's path.

     Ultron switched his gaze from Pietro who had sped in without Olivia even noticing and Wanda, shaking his head. "Please, don't do this."

     Wanda lifted her lips in disgust. "What choice do we have?"

A blast was shot towards Pietro, causing him to move out the way, sending the blast to the front of the train where Steve had quickly run to check on the driver whilst Ultron made his escape. Olivia pushed herself up into a sitting position, blinking until her visions became clear. Her eyes switched between Pietro and Wanda, carefully accepting the hand Wanda held out towards her, allowing the dark haired woman to pull her up.

     "I. . . I am so confused." Olivia whispered. "Aren't you. . .? Don't you. . .? Huh?" She ran a hand across her forehead. "I think I have a concussion." In the midst of all of that, Olivia's com fell out of her ear, and the news of Nat missing had yet to be informed to her.

     Steve walked back towards the three, his eyes were focused on Pietro. "Civilians in our path." Without hesitancy, Pietro ran out of the train that was headed off the rails and into the middle of the city. His eyes turned to Wanda. "Can you stop this thing?"

Wanda looked at him for a moment before clenching her jaw as she used her powers to stop the train. She strained, letting out a pained groan before suddenly the train came to a stop. When it came to a stop Olivia moved to jump off the train. She landed on the ground, helping civilians inside of the train to get out. When she was done, she made her way over to Steve who waited for her before they made their way over to the twins.

     "I just need a minute." Pietro deeply breathed, waving his sister off.

     "I'm very tempted not to give you one." Steve told them, coming to a stop in front of them with Olivia at his side.

     "The cradle?" Wanda asked. "Did you get it?"

     "It's headed to Stark as we speak." Olivia nodded her head. "He'll take care of it."

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

      Olivia frowned. "I'm sorry?"

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

     "He will do anything to make things right." Wanda told them.

     Steve stared at her for a moment before looking away. "Stark, come in. Stark." But, of course, there was no answer.

     "Ultron can't tell the difference between saving the world and destroying it." Wanda calmly spoke. "Where do you think he gets that?"

     Olivia let out a deep sigh. "Well, shit."