[ xiv. fourteen ! ]

❛ 𝚄𝙻𝚃𝚁𝙾𝙽 ❜

❝Well, home is home, you know❞

           "𝐒𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐒 𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐄 𝐀 𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐋 of a fight, sorry I missed it", Sam told Steve as they and Juliet walked up the stairs. "If I had known it was going to be a firefight I absolutely would have called you", Steve joked smiling.

"No, I'm not actually sorry. I'm just trying to sound tough. I'm very happy chasing cold leads on our missing persons case. Avenging is your world. Your world is crazy", he told the Captain and Juliet as they looked over the whole Party guest.

"Be it ever so humble", Steve responded looking at his friend.

"You found a place in Brooklyn yet?", the brunette woman asked him as she looked at him interisted.

"I don't think I can afford a place in Brooklyn", Steve answered as he let his gaze wander over the guests again.

In that Moment he spotted Anastasija talking to a guy and a women he could identify as Dr. Cho. Sam followed his look. He smirked as he said, "Well, home is home, you know?"

Steve looked at Sam and Juliet smiling and then returned his gaze back to Ana, who was now sitting by Natasha by the bar.

Later Steve and Thor were talking to an elderly man at the party. "I got to have some of that!", the old man said.

"Oh, no, no, no. See this, this was aged for a thousand years, in the barrels built from the wreck of Brunhilde's fleet, it's not meant for mortal men", Thor explained to him.

He poured the drink into two glasses and hands one to Steve. Steve smelled on it and looked at Thor.

"Neither was Omaha Beach, blondie. Stop trying to scare us. Come on", the old man resoned.

"Alright", Thor said, he poured some of the drink into the old man's glass.

Natasha was pouring a drink behind the bar while Ana was sitting on a chair when Banner walked up to them.

"How did a nice girl like you end up working in a dump like this?", he asked jokingly.  "Fella done me wrong", Natasha went with it as she smirked at him.

"You got lousy taste in men, kid", he continued. "He's not so bad. Well, he has a temper. Deep down he's all fluff. Fact is, he's not like anybody I've ever known. All my friends are fighters. And here comes this guy, spends his life avoiding the fight because he knows he'll win", Nat told the Doctor seductively.

"Sounds amazing", Banner answered her, "He's also a huge dork", she told him, Banner looked embarrassed.

"Chicks dig that. So what do you think should I fight this, or run with it?", she asked him as she leaned against the bar.

"Run with it, right? Or, did he, was he-? What did he do that was so wrong to you?", Bruce stuttered, Ana observed the conversation very curious.

"Not a damn thing. But never say never", Natasha walked away.

"Ewww", Ana spoke up, "Did you had to do that infront of me!?", she asked her friend disgusted.

Banner laughed, "I'm so sorry Ana", he apologized smiling.

"So you and my sister?", Ana asked the man next to her, "Oh no, it's not like that", he tried to say but the Russian looked at him.

"Relax, Banner", she winked at him while she put a hand on Bruce arm and whispered to him while he looked at the bar, "I know for a fact that she likes you too."

"Don't wait to long, just go for it, Bruce. You both deserve a little happiness", she told her friend ruffling his hair before she grabbed his drink and took a sip from it in a sexy way.

After that she made her way over to Balcony, as she stepped out into the night Ana immediately felt the cold wind blew though her hair.

She didn't knew for how long she stood there before she felt a warm presents besides her.

"It's nice", she could hear Steve say, "What is?", the Russian asked still looking at the City. "You and Banner", Anastasija looked at him, her eyebrows furrowed.

"No, we haven't. That wasn't-", she tried to explain but Steve interrupted her.

"I've seen you flirt Ana, up close, I know how it looks like", the Captain interrupted her looking directly into her eyes.

Ana was sure she saw a little hurt in his eyes, "Yeah, you're right, I was flirting with Banner, but that was just fun, we are really just friends and he knows that", she explained to Steve as she softly touched his arm.

He looked at her for a moment before he laid his Jacked over Ana's shoulders.

"He has a crush on Natasha anyways", Ana spoke up, smiling at Steve.

He still smiled lightly as he grabbed his drink from the table and said, "I think we should get back", and with that he held out his arm for Ana to take.

Later that evening the team sat together around a table, everybody had left already.

"But, it's a trick!", Clint exclaimed referring to Thor's hammer. "Oh, no. It's much more than that", Thor explained to the team.

"Whosoever be he worthy shall haveth the power! Whatever man! It's a trick", Barton mocked in a funny voice.

"Well, please, be my guest", Thor smiled the God was sure that no one could lift his Hammer anyway.

"Come on", Tony said to Barton, "Really?", the man asked. "Yeah!", Thor exclaimed laughing lightly.

Barton got up, "Oh, this is going to be beautiful", Rhodes laughed. "Clint, you've had a tough week, we won't hold it against you if you can't get it up", Tony joked as the others laughed.

"You know I've seen this before, right?", Barton said before he grabbed Thor's hammer, his veins pooped out as he tried to lift the Hammer but nothing happened, he couldn't lift it.

Clint laughed and looked at Thor, "And I still don't know how you do it"

"Smell the silent judgment?", Stark commented. "Please, Stark, by all means", Clint lifted his Hand and gestured for Stark to come and try.

Stark got up, "Oh, here we go", Natasha commented.

"Okay", Ana spoke up as she clapped her hands.

"Uh-oh", Rhodes exclaimed while Tony slowly unbuttoned his blazer.

"Never one to shrink from an honest challenge", Stark told the group. "Get after it", Clint told Stark as he passed him. "Here we go", Juliet told the group excited.

"It's physics", Stark said before he grabbed Thor's hammer, and looked at Thor. "Right, so, if I lift it, I then rule Asgard?" The God chuckled, "Yes, of course"

"I will be re-instituting Prima Nocta", Stark joked before he tried to lift the hammer, his veins pooped out as well but he failed exactly like Clint.

"I'll be right back", he told the group, after a minute he returned wearing his armored hand.

He tried to lift the hammer but failed again. Then he Rhodes helped him both wearing their armored hands.

"Are you even pulling?", James asked Tony curious. "Are you on my team?", Stark questioned him a little offended.

"Just represent! Pull!"

"Alright, let's go!", Stark told his friend, they both pulled as hard as they could, but nothing happened.

After that Banner tried to lift the hammer and at some point he just yelled while trying to change to the Hulk but failed. Everyone just stared at him.

Steve, Thor, Ana and Natasha smiled at him, "Huh?", he just questioned.

Next Steve got up to try, "Let's go, Steve", Ana shouted laughing.

"No pressure. Come on, Cap", Stark said loudly. Steve smiled amused and started pulling on the hammer.

Ana looked at it closely and saw that he actually managed to budge it a little. Ana looked at him surprised and Thor looked worried for a second, but Steve still failed to lift it.

Thor laughed relieved before he said ,"Nothing", leaning back on the couch again.

"And?", Tony asked Ana who sat beside him and Steve, "Widow?", Bruce asked smiling.

"Oh, no, no. That's not a question I need answered", she told the boys laughing.

"You Natasha? Juliet?", they asked, she laughed as well, "No, thank you boys, I'm going to go with what my sister said."

The brunette woman shook her head as all the heads turned towards her, "Oh, thank you but no."

"All deference to the man who wouldn't be king, but it's rigged", Tony said while taking a sip from his beer. Barton patted his shoulder.

"You bet your ass", Clint told him. "Steve, he said a bad language word!", Maria mocked point at Barton.

Steve looked at Stark, "Did you tell everyone about that?", he asked. Stark looked at him for a moment as they all chuckled.

"The handle's imprinted, right? Like a security code", Stark continued his conversation with Thor.

"Whosoever is carrying Thor's fingerprints", I think, the literal translation?", he asked Thor.

"Yes, well that's, uh, that's a very, very interesting theory. I have a simpler one", he lifted up the Hammer like it was nothing and flips it.

"You're all not worthy", he told them smiling.

There's a chorus of disagreement from the others. They all laughed.

"Oh come on!", Ana exclaimed looking at him. Thor took a sip from his Beer, but the happy moment was interrupted from a loud screeching noise.

Everyone put their hands over their ears until it faded again and Ultron showed up.

"Worthy- No- How could you be worthy? You're all killers", he told them, while he walked towards the Team.

"Stark", Steve said to him, "Jarvis", Tony asked. "I'm sorry, I was asleep. Or, I was a dream?", Ultron continued.

"Reboot, Legionnaire, we got a buggy suit", Tony said tapping his device.

"There was a terrible noise, and I was tangled in, in, strings. I had to kill the other guy. He was a good guy", Ultron explained to them.

"You killed someone?", Steve asked the Roboter a worried look on his face.

"Wouldn't have been my first call. But, down in the real world we're faced with ugly choices", Ultron answered the Captain.

"Who sent you?", Thor asked him. Ultron replayed Tony's voice, "I see a suit of armor around the world".

"Ultron!", Banner exclaimed looking at Stark in shock.

"In the flesh. Or, no, not yet. Not this chrysalis. But I'm ready. I'm on a mission", Ultron explained.

"What mission?", Anastasija asked him as she grabbed her gun that she had in her bag.

"Peace in our time", Ultron finished his speech, suddenly the Iron Legion bots break smash through the walls and attack the team.

Ana hide behind the couch with Maria, while Steve was thrown off over the railing. Ana and Maria started to shoot at the Robots, while the others were shooted at.

They all fought against the Iron Legions and Ultron takes the scepter.

"STARK!", Steve screamed, Tony was trying to shut down one of the Iron Legions.

"We are here to help", the Roboter repeated. "ONE SEC, ONE SEC!", Stark screamed back, Clint was throw through the room.

Stark continued to try and shut down one of the Iron Legions, the Iron Legion went on, "We are here to help. it's unsafe. It's unsafe. It's unsafe."

"No more. That's the one", Stark said. He managed to shut down the Iron Legion, at the same time Barton threw Steve's shield at the Captain.

"CAP!", Barton yelled over to him, Steve used his shield to dismember the last Iron Legion.

Ana was still shooting at the Robots, from behind a wall.

"That was dramatic! I'm sorry, I know you mean well. You just didn't think it through. You want to protect the world, but you don't want it to change. How is humanity saved if it's not allowed to evolve?", Ultron explained to them.

He picked up one of the dismembered Iron Legions, "With these? These puppets? There's only one path to peace: The Avengers' extinction", he continued.

Suddenly Thor threw his hammer at Ultron and smashes him to pieces.

After Thor destroys his body, Ultron starts singing.

"I had strings, but now I'm free. There are no strings on me, no strings on me."

❝𝐖𝐞'𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞❞
❝𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐨𝐨❞