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[3rd Person POV]

The next day silence ran throughout Avengers Tower, the events of the previous night still freshly plastered into the brains of every person there. Right now (Y/n) was in an elevator with Steve and Maria, who was currently giving out as much information as she could about Ultron and his current whereabouts.

Maria: "He's all over the globe. Robotic's labs, weapons facilities, jet propulsion labs. Reports of a metal man, or men, coming in and emptying the place."

(Y/n): "Any fatalities?"

Maria: "Only when engaged. Most guys left in a fugue state going on about old memories, worst fears, and 'something to fast to see'."

Steve: "Maximoffs."

(Y/n)'s head slightly dropped when hearing that even after letting the Twin's leave, they still decided to stay on the wrong side of the law. A sense of guilt washed over his mind, unfortunately more was headed his way when Steve turned the next question involving the two enhanced humans to him.

Steve: "(Y/n), you sure you can't remember how they got away?"

(Y/n): "N-No. She must have snuck up on me and messed with my mind or something. Don't worry, Cap, next time I come in contact with either one of those Twins... They won't escape the devil this time."

Steve: [Places a hand on your shoulder] "Don't worry, I know you'll do your best. But it makes sense he'd go after them. They have someone in common."

Exiting the elevator the trio enter the room where the action went down the previous night. Shattered glass still covered the ground and the sense of back pain ran throughout (Y/n)'s body as memories of the duel with the robots last night returned to his mind.

Maria: "They 'had' someone in common."

(Y/n): "What do you mean?"

Maria: "See for yourself."

She proceeded to hand the tablet to Steve which showed an image of Strucker's dead body lying on a bed in his prison cell. The word 'PEACE' could be seen written in blood on the wall behind him, causing a chill to run down Steve's spine.

(Y/n): "What is it?"

Maria: "Strucker's body was found dead in his cell late last night. Seem's like they got to him before he could give us any solid information."

Steve: "I'm surprised the Twin's would go so far. Then again, being power hungry can change a person."

As Steve's mind travels him back to the days of the Red Skull and the original Hydra his thoughts were suddenly broken by (Y/n) placing his hand out, stopping Steve in his tracks.

(Y/n): "Wait. How do we know they did it?"

Maria: "It seem's pretty obvious. I mean look at-[She remembers of (Y/n)'s disability]-...Nevermind."

Steve: "Listen, (Y/n). I know you like to think their's good in everyone, but sometimes that good that we once see eventually fades away and we don't know what that person is like anymore."

He was right. As much as (Y/n) always hoped for the best in people he often found them proving him wrong. Even so he'd always hope for change, but this time... he wasn't so certain. Remaining silent (Y/n) gave Steve a weak nod before his echolocative senses picked up Clint's voice on the phone to someone, a woman from what (Y/n) could tell from hearing the voice on the other end.

Clint: [Over the phone] "That's a negative. I answer to you. Yes, Ma'am."

Glancing to the left Clint took notice of an approaching (Y/n). The blind lawyer offered his friend a smile as he waved his walking stick in front of him.

Clint: "Uh, I gotta go." [Hangs up phone] "What's up, (Y/n)?"

(Y/n): "Hey, Clint. Uh, Cap thinks we might have something. Wanted the team gathered... Who was that, girlfriend?"

Clint: "Um, yeah."

(Y/n): "Really? The way you were talking I presumed she was a higher up in S.H.I.E.L.D. or something."

Clint: "Well, I don't know about S.H.I.E.L.D., but she's definitely a higher up."

Letting out a free chuckle (Y/n) nodded in agreement, understanding that was a common thing to see in a relationship. A few seconds later the pair entered Bruce's lab where Steve hands Thor the tablet showcasing Strucker's dead body.

Tony: "What's this?"

Thor roughly hands Tony the tablet before responding.

Thor: "A message. Ultron killed Strucker."

Nat: "This is a smoke screen. Why send a message when you've just given a speech?"

(Y/n): "To get ride of evidence."

After saying this (Y/n)'s gaze lands in the same direction as Natasha's, and for once he was glad he was blind, because after the surprise events of the previous night (Y/n) wasn't so sure he could look at the Black Widow without blushing... though even the thought alone of it caused a little blood to rush to his cheeks.

(Y/n): "Strucker probably knew something Ultron wanted us to miss.

Nat: "Yeah, I bet he... Yeah."

Typing away at the computer in front of her Natasha looked upon the screen with intrigue as every record on Strucker had been deleted from the face of the Earth.

Nat: "Everything we had on Strucker has been erased.

Tony: "Great. Now what?"

(Y/n): [Smiles] "Well, not everything."

(Y/n): "Known associates. Baron Strucker had a lot of friends."

Currently the group sat in the lounge room of Avengers Tower going through boxes filled with files containing information on Baron Strucker, anything that would give the Avengers a hint at what they could be missing.

Bruce: "Well, these are all certainly horrible people. Wilfred Malick; Alexander Pierce; Daniel Whitehall; Ulysses Klaue--"

(Y/n): "Wait! I know him."

Tony: "Me too. wait-[Raises an eyebrow]-How do you know him?"

(Y/n): "I was doing a topic of Africa during Law school and his name came up. He operates off the Africa coast."

Tony: "Black market arms as well, right?"

As Tony says this Steve turns towards Stark with a blank expression.

Tony: "There are conventions, all right? You meet people. I didn't sell him anything. He was talking about finding something new, a game changer."

(Y/n): "You think he found that game changer?"

Tony: "I don't know."

Thor: "Here, this."

Looking over Thor's shoulder Tony saw the God of Thunder pointing at the neck of Klaue where a set of tattoo's could be seen on his neck and the back of his head.

Tony: "Yeah, their tattoo's."

Thor: "No, those are tattoo's, this is a brand."

(Y/n): "Bruce, can you find anything?"

A few seconds later the same image as in the photo appears on Bruce's computer.

Bruce: "It's a word in African dialect meaning 'thief'."

(Y/n): "So our guys a crook? Well that's my forte."

Bruce: "In a much less friendly way, though."

(Y/n): "Oh."

He losses his grin.

Steve: "What dialect?"

Bruce: [Stammering] "Wa-Wa-Wakanda."

Steve and Tony share a knowing glance causing everyone to groan.

(Y/n): "What? What's happening?"

Nat: "Tony and Steve know something about Wakanda."

(Y/n): "Oh... Well that's just great."

Tony: "If this guy got out of Wakanda with some of their trade goods..."

Steve: "I thought your Father got the last of it?"

(Y/n): "Um? Hey, old guys. Sorry to interrupt your walk down memory lane, but what comes out of Wakanda?"

Steve: [While looking over at his shield] "The strongest metal on Earth."

Tony: "I'm sorry, is anyone going to bring up the fact (Y/n) just called me old?"

The blind lawyer just crossed his arms and snickered as Tony groaned.

Bruce: "So, where's this guy now?"

In a rundown abandoned ocean liner the sound of indistinct conversations fill the room as countless African men worked hard at lining up missiles and creating weapons all for the purpose to sell them to the highest buyer. As they continued to manufacture weapons just above from them in a control room one, Ulysses Klaue, could be seen on the phone to an unknown person.

Klaue: "Don't tell me your men swindled you. I sent you six short-range heat seekers and got a boat full of rusted parts. Now, you will make it right, or the next missile I send you will be coming much faster."

Once he finishes his threat Klaue hangs up the call before pressing another button which put him through with another person looking to buy from him, immediately losing the threatening tone.

Klaue: "Now, minister, where were we?"

But before he could even begin the conversation everything around Klaue suddenly shuts down. The working stations below him go completely black and he's left in the dark of his control office. Panic slowly begins to climb through the hearts of Klaue's men, enlisting the weapons seller to slowly reach for his gun. He aims his gun at the bleak entrance of his room, but his shot misses as Pietro charges into the room and restrains Klaue and pushes him down onto a nearby chair. Now even if his speed wasn't enough to scare Klaue, the fact that Pietro was also able to empty every round in his gun and place them on Klaue's desk certainly did. Slowly Klaue turns around to come face to face with Pietro and Wanda, a smile forming on his lips.

Klaue: "Ah, yes. The Enhanced. Strucker's prized pupils. Do you want a candy? Hmm?"

He offers the treat to both Wanda and Pietro, but nether says a word. Choosing to remain in silence.

Klaue: "I was sorry to hear about Strucker. But then, he knew what kind of world he was helping to create. Human life, not a growth market."

He chuckles but stops when he notices the realization fall upon Wanda's and Pietro's faces.

Klaue: "You didn't know? Is this your first time trying to imitate someone?"

The twins turn back to Klaue in silence.

Klaue: "I'm afraid I'm not that afraid."

Wanda: "Everybody is afraid of something."

Klaue: "Cuttlefish."

He cuts Wanda off before she could get any closer to him.

Klaue: "Deep see fish. They make lights, disco lights-[Imitates Cuttlefish]-to hypnotize their prey, and then..." [He grabs the air] "I saw a documentary on it. It was terrifying."

Suddenly using his speed Pietro grabbed one of the candies in the bowl on Klaue's desk. He undid the wrapping before tossing it into his mouth. Wanda gives her brother a look which he just nudges his shoulders at with a smile.

Klaue: [Returning his focus] "So if you're going to fiddle with my brain and make me see a giant cuttlefish, then I know you don't do business. And I know you're not in charge." [Gets up from the seat] "And I only deal... with the man in charge."

Following this both Wanda and Pietro remain silent, with the former taking a deep gulp of saliva. Seconds later out of nowhere Klaue is pushed out of his room and drops to the ground as Ultron lands in his office, the robot looking down at the human with a lifeless tone in his eyes.

Ultron: [Drops his head and gets in Klaue's face]

A short walk later and one of Klaue's men was opening a hidden compartment in the ship which revealed multiple canisters containing Vibranium. Retrieving one of the canisters Klaue approaches Ultron and hands it to the robot.

Ultron:

"Stealing quotes from the bible, now that's a whole other level of crime."

Turning around Ultron; Pietro and Wanda's eyes came in contact with that of The Daredevil. He stood there alone on a single rail. His head was slightly tilted but his red eyes were focused on the group of villains standing in front of him. A small smile formed on Wanda's lips.

Ultron: "(Y/n)? I expected someone like Stark to enter with his annoying one-liners."

(Y/n): "Yeah, well we planned too. But then we decided the sneak attack might be a better option."

Just as (Y/n) said that both Tony and Thor crashed through the roof of the boat and charged for Ultron, however, thanks to Wanda's abilities she was able to push the two heroes backwards and sent them flying into the wall. Cap proceeded to drop down from the roof and landed at (Y/n)'s side seconds later. Slowly the two sides began to approach one another as Nat and Clint snuck around elsewhere in the ship.

Thor: "No one here has to break anything."

Ultron: "Clearly you've never made an omelet."

Tony: "He beat me by one second."

(Y/n): "I'm sorry? Am I missing something?"

Pietro: "Ah, yes. He's the funny one."

As Pietro's voice entered (Y/n)'s ears he tilted his head in the direction of the twins, a sense of guilt washing over Wanda's face as her eyes made contact with the red tinted glass that covered (Y/n)'s own.

Pietro: [Walks forward] "Mr. Stark. It's what? Comfortable?"[His eyes gaze upon missiles on the floor below] "Like old times?"

Tony: "This was never my life."

Steve: "You two can still walk away from this."

Wanda: "Oh, we will-"

(Y/n): "Are you sure about that?"

Taking a firm step forward (Y/n) gripped his Billy-Club tighter, but he was calmed down by Cap placing a hand on his shoulder.

Steve: "I know you've suffered."

Ultron: [Scoffs] "Captain America. God's righteous man. Pretending you could live without a war. I can't physically throw up in my mouth, but..."

Thor: "If you believe in peace, then let us keep it."

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

(Y/n): "And I think you're confusing your actions for peace. True peace doesn't come from violence. Especially when it involves something like vibranium."

Tony: "Speaking of which, what is that for?"

Ultron: "I'm glad you asked that, because I wanted to take this time to explain my evil plan."

Without another word being said the fight finally broke out with Ultron pulling Tony towards him and launching the pair into the air. This left (Y/n) two begin taking on both Pietro and Wanda as Ultron's robots jumped from the ground and began fighting Thor and Cap. Hoping to end this quickly Pietro rushes at (Y/n) is quickly left in a wave of shock when the Daredevil blocks every single one of his attacks, even going as far as getting a few jabs on Pietro in the meanwhile. Knowing that he couldn't handle Daredevil Pietro takes off and pushes passed Thor, leaving (Y/n) alone with Wanda.

(Y/n): "Seriously? After I let you go, get away from a terrible place like Hydra, you do this... follow a robot?"

Wanda: "I'm-We're not--Argh! You wouldn't understand."

(Y/n): "Try me."

He quickly responds. Not a word is said between or after that sentence, (Y/n) to focused to hear the reason Wanda and Pietro turned to someone like Ultron. She didn't know why she felt like telling (Y/n) her origin story, whether it was because he had let her go from Hydra, or if it was something else entirely. But within seconds Wanda found herself revealing the tales of how she became the person she was now.

Wanda: "We were 10 years old. Having dinner, the four of us. When the first shell hits, two floors below, it makes a whole in the floor. It's big. My parents go in."

Relaxing a little, (Y/n) puts his defenses down slightly. Even as war raged around him from robots and armed men, (Y/n)'s ears didn't seem to pick up on them, more inclined to listen to Wanda's story.

Wanda: "The whole building starts going down. Pietro grabs me, we roll under the bed, then the second shell hits. But it doesn't go off. It just... sits there in the rubble. Three feet from our faces."

(Y/n): "That must be terrible, and I'm not going to lie and say I know what that feels like, because I don't. But just because you have pain doesn't mean you could hurt others."

As this the two continued their conversation, up on a railing across the room Natasha looked down at the scene. Mentally hating the idea that (Y/n) would even waste his time with someone that has already caused so many people pain, plus she didn't necessarily like the way she had noticed Wanda look at the young lawyer earlier. But the Black Widow could do nothing but watch as Wanda resumed her story.

Wanda: "Tony Stark is the reason we are like this! We were trapped for two days. Every effort to save us, every shift in the bricks, I think 'this will set it off'. We waited two days for Tony Stark to kill us, but here I see you stand beside him as an ally."

A wave of shock washes over (Y/n) followed by both grief, angry and sorrow, all of which directed at Wanda, Pietro and Tony. But none the less (Y/n) grips his Billy-club once more and looks at Wanda straight in the eyes.

(Y/n): "We're only human, Wanda. We can be weak. We can be evil. The only way to stop us from killing each other is to make rules, laws. And stick to them. They don't always work, Tony's actions are an example of that. But mostly, they do. And they're all we've got. But what do you think your actions will get you? Peace?"

Wanda: "Revenge. Revenge for the pain he put me and my brother through."

(Y/n): "Well, then... I'm going to have to put a stop to that. I'm sorry, Wanda, I wish I could help you."

Wanda: "No, you don't."

(Y/n): "...If that's what your belief's are."

Getting into their fighting positions both (Y/n) and Wanda prepare to battle, Daredevil raising his Billy clubs and Wanda forming Chaotic energy around her hands, but before the action could begin (Y/n) senses a fast object coming his way. Quickly Daredevil ducks as Pietro comes playing over the top, pulling his Billy clubs apart to reveal the wire inside (Y/n) throws the object and senses for it to wrap around Pietro's leg. Once it does a grin forms on (Y/n)'s lip as he spins around and releases his Billy club for Pietro's leg, seconds later the speedster is struck in the chest by Mjolnir and thrown off the platform. Upon turning back to Wanda, (Y/n) see's she's now talking to a robot mentioning something about 'mind games and how now's the time for them'.

(Y/n): [Raises hands up slowly] "Wanda, you don't have to do this. You can still make things right, I believe in you."

Wanda slightly froze at the last few words of (Y/n)'s sentence, but a look from the robot next to her was enough to set her mind back on track.

Wanda: "Perhaps you should place your beliefs in someone else."

Waving her hands around a string of chaotic energy runs around (Y/n)'s head putting him in a daze. This allowed Wanda to slowly approach him.

Wanda: "Everyone has fears, (Y/n), what are yours?"

Both Wanda and the robot next to her look at Daredevil with intrigue, but are soon both surprised when the chaotic glow fades away and he grabs Wanda by the wrist.

(Y/n): "You may not know this, but back in New York, they call me The Man without Fear."