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Saturday night came quickly and Stark's party was already going proud with the Avengers mingling with guests. Alessia was finishing up the touches on her make-up when a sudden knock on her door pulled her out of her thoughts. She turned to see Steve standing in the doorway, "Hey Stevie, what's up?"

He walked over and sat on the end of my bed, "You had connections to the Maximoff twins?" Alessia knew this question was coming eventually, she just half expected it to come from Fury or Tony instead. "Yeah, I did. Back before Hydra, we were friends as kids and I had some flashbacks about seeing them again when I first met Aaron in captive."

Alessia made her way over to the bed and sat down next to Steve before leaning her head on his shoulder, "Aaron became quite protective of the two due to their past, even I became protective over Pietro." Alessia giggled as she remembered how we first met.

Steve looked at me, "The first time Pietro met me, he flirted with me instantly. I couldn't help but admire him and his comedic stories." Alessia stood up, flattening out her white dress. "When they told me and Aaron that they were going to volunteer for Strucker, I didn't know what to say or do." Steve stood up, linking their arms as they made their way towards the party, "Tell me tomorrow."

Alessia smiled as they entered the bustling party, she began approaching familiar faces and joining conversations during the night. The night began to drag on and she found herself on the lounge suite away from most of the remaining party people, Bucky and Steve had quickly joined her.

They spoke all about Steve and Bucky's childhood followed by Alessia's past with her family and friends. They all laughed as Tony attempted to sweeten a deal with Marcus who continuously denied it, not that it stopped the stubborn iron man. Alina, Harper and Aaron were taunting Jonas, Jesse and Lana as they played 8-ball pool while taking a lot of shots together.

Alessia admired the two different teams, The Avengers and Team Exo-topics were a great alliance and they are her family. She wouldn't trade them in for the world but something deep down inside her was warning her to hold on tight to every memory she created with them and that scared the raven-haired super soldier.

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By the early hours of the morning, the only remaining where the Avengers and company. They were discussing random topics when Clint suddenly spoke up over Hill, catching everyone's attention into the guys' conversation. "But, its a trick!"

Alessia looked at Nat before turning to Clint, "What's a trick?" Clint chuckled before taking a quick sip of his drink. "Thor's mystical hammer!" Alessia laughed noticing the smug smirk on Thors' face. "Oh, no. It's much more than that." Alessia couldn't help but smirk with Thor as the Avengers mocked him.

Clint scoffed, alcohol clearly making him cockier then normal. "Uh, 'whosoever be he worthy shall haveth the power!'-" Clint mocked in a royal manner making others laugh, "-Whatever man! It's a trick." Thor and Alessia made eye contact before letting out a slight chuckle, both knew the true power within the hammer. "Well please, be my guest." Thor mused politely.

Alessia looked at Clint as he thought deeply before getting up and walking over to the Hammer resting majestically on the coffee table. "Clint, you've had a tough week, we won't hold it against you if you can't get it up." Tony mused making everyone laugh as Clint attempted to lift the unmoving weapon.

Tony snarked at Clint causing him to challenge Tony into it, Tony got up then proceeding to unbutton his suit jacket before walking over to the hammer. "It's Physics!" Bruce scoffed as Tony grabbed the handle, "I will be re-instituting Prima Nocta." proceeding to try and lift the hammer, making us all giggle, Tony struggles.

It didn't take long for Tony to put on his suit hand with Rhodey's assistance in the process only causing more laughter to erupt from their intrigued audience of national heroes. Soon enough Banner made his attempt which resulted in a totally manly roar before he sat down again, prompting Steve to make an attempt.

Alessia eyed Thor carefully, if any of them were worthy, it would be the righteous man that is known as Steve Rogers. Thors' full focus was on the nations hero as he gripped the hammers handle carefully before pulling on the hammer, it budges slightly but like everyone else, he wasn't successful.

Bruce questioned Nat who shook her head, "Oh, no no. That's not a question I want answered." Alessia laughed as everyone's eyes turned to her. "You guys are kidding, right?" Steve shook his head, "Come on Alessia, it's worth a try..." Alessia let out a nervous laugh before rolling her eyes.

Alessia got up from the couch and made her way to the gorgeous hammer, placing her hand around the handle of the Hammer. She closed her eyes for a moment before suddenly letting go, "I don't know, I think I'm with Nat on this." She nervously played with the skin around her nails. Alessia locked eyes with Thor who nodded slightly, "Alright then..."

Alessia took in a deep breath before gripping the handle again and with one small tug, the hammer rested above the table in her hands. Everyone stared in disbelief as Thor chuckled whole-heartedly about it. "Well, I'd say that makes me worthy," Alessia smirked before handing the hammer to Thor with a smile, "But I couldn't handle that kind of responsibility, so take it back."

He smiled back as she sat down on Bucky's lap, "Well besides Spyro over here, who has powers, might I add-" Alessia laughed at Tony as she sipped on her drink, "All deference to the man who wouldn't be king, but it's rigged." Clint nodded to Stark, "You bet your ass."

Hill laughed, "Steve, he said a bad language word." Everyone laughed as Steve let out an annoyed groan before turning to Stark, "Did you tell everyone about that?" Alessia nudged Steve, "Try both of us actually." She winked at him as he glared at her which only made her laugh more.

Thor stood up, flipping the hammer in the air, "Well, it's simple. You're all not worthy." The Avengers began disagreeing when a loud screeching noise caused everyone to wince and cover their ears. The sound fades suddenly as Tony seemed unsettled, "Worthy... No... How could you be worthy? You're all killers." A broken machine spoke as Tony tried to get JARVIS to reboot the bugged out suit.

Alessia zoned out slightly as she watched this machine, in all its broken glory go on about being in a dream. Thors' voice pulled her from her trance, "Who sent you?" Suddenly a voice recording of Tony played from the machine, 'I see a suit of armour around the world.' Alessia turned her heated gaze to a very unsettled Tony.

Bruce stepped forward, "Ultron!" Alessia shook her head turning back to the broken machine, "In the flesh. Or, no, not yet. Not this...chrysalis. But I'm ready. I'm on a mission." To say Alessia felt uneasy wouldn't be enough to explain the unsettled feeling within her chest as it tightened. She should have known better than to leave high-tech with Tony Stark.

Natasha and Alessia shared a defensive glance, picking up on the sudden tension in the air. "What mission?" Nat asked catching the broken machines attention, "Peace in our time." Suddenly, the Iron Legion robots smashed through the walls and began attacking everyone. All of them fighting the machinery to the best of their abilities, thankful they could let out their anger that that felt towards Tony for doing this.

After taken out the last of the robots, leaving the one proclaiming to be Ultron, we focused on the bot. "That was dramatic!" It was definitely a Stark creation. "I'm sorry, I know you mean well. You just didn't think it through." When did Tony ever think things through, he works in the moment.

Alessia was beyond frustrated as the robot continued, "You want to protect the world, but you don't want to change it. How is humanity saved if it's not allowed to... evolve?" He continued on until Thor threw his hammer at the bot, shutting it up before everyone broke into an argument about Ultron being on the web with access to everything.

"WHAT. THE. HELL. WERE. YOU. THINKING. TONY." Everyone froze as Alessia screamed, a yellowish-blue tinge filled the room, brightening as she spoke each word. No one dared to move a muscle as she glared at Stark who was showing clear fear in his eyes, causing her to lower the power running through her veins.

The yellow tinge faded completely as she looked at the inventor, "I warned you Stark, do you ever listen to anyone's voices other than your own?" He lowered his gaze as she turned around heading towards hee room. "Let me know when we have an attack plan." Alessia went to my room, collapsing on her bed with three words circling in through her head; 'The Avengers' Extinction.'

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Author Note
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