I sometimes wished the quinjet took longer to get places. I was prepared, and knew I was prepared, but I wished I had more time. For what, I didn't know. All more time gave me was more chances to overthink.

"Comms in." Steve called out as we lowered the hatch to the jet. We were just outside of Johannesburg, a South African city.

I put my hood up and turned my wrist counter clockwise to activate my comms. It got dead silent for a second until I turned my wrist again and all the sound came back. I still wasn't completely used to the sound enhancement devices, but I loved them. They protected my hearing from gunfire and explosions.

I then flicked my wrist up toward myself to activate L.I.V. The small rectangular piece of glass folded in front of my eye and projected everyone's stats.

"Welcome, Skydive." L.I.V. greeted.

"Afternoon, L.I.V., let's kick some ass." I told her.

"Everyone hear me?" Steve asked.

"Loud and clear."

"Affirmative."

"Yep."

"Unfortunately."

Everyone answered.

"Thank you, Tony." Steve sarcastically said.

"Just keeping you humble." Tony replied as he shot out of the jet in his Ironman suit. He was going to go ahead and see how many hostiles there were.

Steve, Nat, and Clint had vehicles to get them to the ship. Steve had a modified dirt bike, to help him get through the mud, and Nat had an atv with Clint riding on the back. Thor, Loki, and I could get there on our own.

"How's it lookin', Stark?" Steve asked as he loaded on to his bike.

"Like there's a lot of enemies in a tight space." Tony replied. "Could be used to our advantage." He added. "I'll cause some kind of distraction. Draw the crew away."

"Is Ultron there?" Steve asked and started toward the docked ship.

"Oh, ya. We got our murder bot." He said, repeating what Bruce called Ultron earlier. "Looks like those two kids are with him, too." He continued, talking about Pietro and Wanda.

"That was to be expected." Steve commented. "We're on our way, Stark. Meet at the base."

"Never doubted you, Cap." Tony replied.

Thor swung Mjölnir and took off in the direction of the ship. Natasha and Clint were next to leave. I quickly turned to Loki and pulled him down to kiss me one last time before the fight.

"Remember what I said about Wanda." I reminded him.

"I will. Be careful." Loki told me.

"I will." I promised. "Go, I'll catch up." I said. Loki glanced to Bruce before looking back to me and nodding, then he was gone. "Bruce," I called and turned to face him. I wanted to warn him about what Wanda would do to his mind, but I knew it had to happen. I just hoped I could minimize the damage. "Be careful, and smart. Hulk isn't always the problem." I told him.

His brow furrowed and he opened his mouth like he was going to say something, but that was all I could tell him, so I teleported. The jet was kept right at the tree line, about a thousand feet from the ship. It was easy for me to teleport there. When I did, I found everyone already at the base of the ship. Tony was cutting a hole into the side with a concentrated laser.

"We're in." He told us as he bent the rest of the metal inward. "Remember, the plan is to get the vibranium and get out."

We stepped into the dark ship and immediately heard yelling coming from above us. Ultron and Klaw were arguing about Stark. Once we were all in, Tony bent the metal back, so we weren't found sooner than we wanted to be.

"Thor, Stark, with me." Steve said. "We'll be the distraction while Barton, Romanoff, Loki, and Sammee get into position around them."

"Watch out for Wanda." I warned. "Don't let her get too close."

"Got it, stay away from the angsty witch with anger issues." Tony told me. I rolled my eyes before we all were off.

Clint and Natasha took up positions behind Ultron while Loki and I watched from afar. We would join when it was time.

"Don't compare me with Stark!" Ultron yelled angrily at Klaw before kicking him down the stairs. I winced as I saw Klaw's body bounce from stair to stair.

"Wish we had some popcorn." I mumbled like I was watching a UFC fight.

"It's a thing with me." Ultron continued explaining even though Klaw was no longer there to listen. "Stark is... He's a sickness!"

"Aw, Junior." Tony interrupted as Thor, Steve, and he got into position across from Ultron and the twins. There was a clank of metal as Tony landed on the metal catwalk. "You're gonna break your old mans heart." He taunted. Ultron turned toward Tony and the twins got ready for a fight.

"If I have to." Ultron told Tony.

"Nobody has to break anything." Thor said to try to deescalate the situation some.

"Clearly he's never made an omelet." I whispered into the comms. Ultron echoed me a millisecond later.

"They beat me by one second." Tony told Thor.

"Ah, yes. He's funny, Mr. Stark." Pietro mocked and walked closer to him. "It's what? Comfortable?" He asked and looked down at the stolen missiles Klaw was selling. "Like old times?" He taunted Tony.

"Are you sure I shouldn't intervene?" Loki asked. "I might be able to get them to see reason."

"No," I told him. "The only way is for them to see and experience it themselves."

"If you believe in peace, then let us keep it." I tuned back in to hear Thor say. He was still trying to reason with Ultron, but Ultron was not something that could be reasoned with.

"I think you're confusing 'peace' with 'quiet'." Ultron responded.

"Ya-huh. What's the vibranium for?" Tony interrupted, getting to the point.

"I'm glad you asked that." Ultron sarcastically said.

"He is very much not, Tony." I warned.

"Because I wanted to take this time to explain my evil plan." Ultron finished before pulling Tony to him with an electromagnet, only to blast him away when he got close enough.

Tony slammed into a metal door and fell to the ground. Without missing a beat, he pushed himself off the floor and flew at Ultron. Ultron met him half way and they collided in the air. While they fought, Ultron's minioned robots came out of nowhere and attacked Steve and Thor.

"Get ready guys." I told Natasha, Clint, and Loki. "Loki, can you handle Pietro?" I asked.

"I believe so." He said.

"Good, you and Thor are on him. Remember to watch out-"

"Watch out for Wanda, I got it." He interrupted and jumped down to help Steve and Thor with Pietro.

"We're about to be under fire as well." I warned.

"Great." Steve groaned.

"Don't worry, Clint, Nat, and I will focus on them." I said just as the metal doors opened and over a dozen henchmen came shooting through. "This should be fun." I smiled and took out a few throwing knives.

I teleported behind two men and grabbed the first one by the throat as I threw one of my blades into the man in front of him. The guy I had by the throat kicked backwards to get me to release him. I let go of him and waited until he turned around to face me before teleporting behind him and knocking him out.

I teleported to the main catwalk to get into position and take down some more shooters right before getting knocked into by something too fast to see. The blur that hit me was Pietro. I had teleported into his path and he accidentally ran into me. I was knocked into the wall as Pietro was knocked off the catwalk and to the ground below.

"Son of a bitch." I grunted as I stood up. My head throbbed as I did so.

One of Ultron's bots landed right beside me and started walking toward me as I was still coming out of my daze. I sighed and teleported behind it. I jumped onto its back and shoved one of my throwing knives into the back of the headpiece. I angled it up to sever the wires needed for Ultron to control it. The bot collapsed to the ground and I put my feet down just in time to catch myself.

I noticed I was a bit winded and hated that my body was slowing down. I also hated that no amount of training or preparation could prevent it, not for the next seven or eight months that was.

"Thor, status." Steve commanded as I sent another blade into someone's flesh. They screamed as they toppled off the catwalk.

"The girl tried to warp my mind." Thor grunted as he fought someone off. "Take special care. I doubt a human could keep her at bay."

"Neither can a god, you imbecile." Loki berated.

"Well, fortunately, I am-" Thor started but trailed off. "-mighty..." he finished softly and confused.

"Loki, go find Thor." I told him.

"Already on it, Dearheart." Loki said.

"Awe, your affection is truly sickening." Tony commented.

"Focus on the murder bot you created, Tin can." I scolded. I was picking off the last of the henchmen one by one. "Who is still with me?" I asked.

"Here." Natasha said.

"Yep." Clint told me.

"Still here." Tony said.

"Always." Loki called.

"Ok, so we're down Steve and Thor." I sighed.

"Sounds like it." Clint grunted as he shot an arrow that flew passed me and into a man aiming for me.

"Thanks." I shouted before teleporting to the next guy. He was the last one I could see and he was big. Not extremely tall, just... big. He took up half of the walkway. He also looked a lot like... "Hey, Shrek, where's donkey?" I asked in my best Scottish accent.

The man huffed and took out a short sword sheathed at his hip. He took a step toward me and spun it around, trying to scare me, I think. All it did was make me roll my eyes. Men and their stupid complexes. I didn't even try to fight him, I just took out my Beretta and shot him. He went down with a loud 'thud'.

"Whosever standing, we got to move!" Clint called out through the comms. I quickly looked over the railing to see that Pietro was nowhere in sight, and neither was Wanda. They had already retreated because Wanda was hurt. She was trying to warp our minds one by one, but Clint was ready for her and hit her with an electricity arrow when she went after him.

"Damn it!" I cursed to myself and teleported from the ship, I had to find them.

"Guys?" Clint called again.

"That might be a bit difficult." Loki told him. "Our team is down."