Right when my feet touched the ground, I pulled out a couple of arrows and shot them into the swarm of incoming robots. They hit the robots, lighting up small explosions in front of me. One of them however, seemed to have escaped and came right at me, throwing me off balance. The grip I had on my bow loosened and it skidded a couple of feet away.

Without wasting a second, I pushed myself onto my knees and grabbed the bow, swinging it around to hit the robot. I stood up, brushing the hair away from my face before swinging the bow forward again, throwing another one out of my way. Pietro ran in front of me, kicking another robot away to give me enough time to pull out an arrow and shoot.

Wanda closed her hands into fists, taking out the last of them and we quickly rushed to help get people to safety. I found a small boy crouching behind a fallen beam and pulled him up asking him where his parents were. He didn't seem to know where and I couldn't really blame him. Throughout the whole chaos, I was surprised the kid only had a few bruises.

I put a hand on his shoulder and led him to where the rest of the civilians were being gathered. Wanda and the others were busy doing the same.

Tony was busy trying to find a way to bring the rock down safely but it seemed as though he still hadn't come up with a fool proof plan. Time was ticking fast and we couldn't hold of the robots forever. That was something clear as day to everyone.

There was an argument through the comms over a way to blow up the city, something Steve didn't want to do, not until everyone one was safely off. The argument was interrupted by Fury who had surprisingly shown up in the Hellicarrier to help get the people off the city.

"Let's load 'em up," Steve called.

We all started leading the civilians to the outskirts of the city where the lifeboats were waiting to take them to the Hellicarrier which hovered a few meters from the city.

Leaving Rhodey in charge of getting the civilians on the life boats, Tony called for the rest of us to the church. The rest of the Avengers were already there -save for Natasha and hulk who were on their way. We took care of the few robots who were trying to get to the core.

"What's the drill?" Natasha asked as she joined the rest of us, closely followed by Hulk.

Tony pointed at the large metal contraption in the middle of the room. "This is the drill," he said. "If Ultron gets a hand on the core, we lose."

Ultron flew into view, hovering just outside the church.

"Is that the best you can do?" Thor shouted.

Ultron's face remained emotionless. He only raised an arm and the sound of the rest of his army scurrying and flying in our direction reached our ears before we saw them. It looked more like some kind of a zombie army. Some of the robots had missing arms and legs. Others only barely flew, falling to the ground only to fly back up. Somehow, that only made the situation seem that much more scary.

"You had to ask," Steve groaned as he stared out at the approaching army.

"This is the best I can do," Ultron said, gesturing to the army of robots approaching. "This is exactly what I wanted. All of you, against all of me. How could you possibly hope to stop me?"

"Well, like the old man said," Tony said as he glanced at Steve. "Together."

We assembled around the core, ready to keep Ultron or one of his minions from reaching it. Hulk grabbed and ripped apart any robots within his reach. Tony and Vision blasted the robots away and Thor used his hammer to hit any who got close. Wanda was a burst of red, annihilating any robots who came her way and Pietro was a blur as he punched through any robots. I shot arrow after arrow and when the robots got too close for comfort, swung my bow at them, throwing them out of the way.

When Ultron decided to intervene, Vision flew up grabbing hold of him and threw him out. Tony and Thor followed using their own abilities to keep him down. When the three withdrew, part of Ultron's faceplate was melted but the smug look still remained on his face as if he was still winning.

"You know, with the benefit of hindsight-" Ultron started only for Hulk to run out and punch him, throwing him out of sight. Hulk proceeded to roar loudly at the rest of the robots who hesitated slightly before starting to run the other way. He ran after them, ripping apart any he could reach.

"They'll try to leave the city," Thor warned.

"We can't let 'em, not even one," Tony said before calling for Rhodey to take care of the robots.

"We gotta move out," Steve said, turning to us. "Even I can tell the air is getting thin. You guys get to the boats, I'll sweep for stragglers, be right behind you."

"What about the core?" Clint asked.

"I'll protect it," Wanda said. "It's my job."

Clint gave her a nod and a small smile before calling for Natasha and I to follow him. We got into an abandoned car and Clint drove around the rubble covering the city.

"I know what I need to do," Clint said causing me to tear my eyes away from the church where I saw a blue blur disappear into. "The living room! If I knock out that east wall, it'll make a nice work space for Laura, huh? Put up some baffling, she can't hear the kids running around, what do you think?"

"You guys always eat in the kitchen anyway," Natasha agreed.

"No one eats in a dining room," Clint said.

"We don't have a lot of time," Clint said once he stopped the car.

"So get your ass on a boat," Natasha said before running off to go find hulk to turn him back into Bruce Banner.

We had barely climbed onto the life boat when the frantic voice of a woman reached our ears. "Costel? We were in the market. Costel?!"

Clint, like the person he was, looked outside to where the woman was referring to. The building in front of us happened to be one of the few buildings that hadn't been knocked down. We spotted a boy struggling to climb out of a ditch formed when the ground had cracked. He seems to be pretty young, only about Lila's age. Clint sighed before turning to me. "I'll be right back, okay? You stay here."

I shook my head. "No. I'm coming with you."

"I'll be fine, I promise," Clint said before pressing a kiss on top of my head before running off.

I was watching Clint pull the boy out of the rubble when I heard the sound of approaching gun shots. It was coming from the jet with Ultron as the pilot. Clint spotted the jet and turned around as if to shield the boy from the gun shots.

The last thing I saw before the area filled up with dust, was a blue blur running in that direction.

The breath caught in my chest as I waited for the dust to clear out, hoping beyond hope that Clint was alright.

When the dust finally cleared, I saw Pietro standing with his arms outstretched towards Clint. What I didn't notice were the wounds on his body,, at least not until blood started seeping from them staining his shirt.

"You didn't see that coming?" Were the last words that fell from his lips before he fell.

"No, no no no no," the words fell from my lips as I watched Clint bend down next to Pietro.

I felt a strong urge to move, to do something. But for some reason, I couldn't move a single muscle. I only managed the tiniest of a step out, holding tightly onto the door frame like it was a life line.

He can't be dead.

But that wasn't true. They were just lies meant to make me feel better. Words meant to give me hope that somehow, he would sit right back up and crack that smile that made my heart leap every single time. That he would go back home with his sister along with the rest of us and that maybe, just maybe, this was just one of those sick dreams that I would wake from and realise had never happened. But the tiniest bit of hope I had been selfish enough to hold onto slipped from my fingers as Clint shook his head at Steve.

I stepped back from the doorway, tearing my eyes from the scene before me and sat myself down on the nearest seat. I only lifted my eyes from my lap when I felt someone sit next to me and wrap his arms around my shoulders, pulling me to his chest.

Tired breaths escaped Clint's lips as he mumbled "you'll be fine," over and over again.

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I'm sorry? To be honest, I don't actually know what to say other than that I was never planning on Pietro not dying (wow, that rude!) I just didn't want to change what happens in the movie. But well, there is an alternate ending coming up (I've already written it *squeal*) so keep your fingers crossed.

(This is actually the second time I wrote this chapter -or well, half of this chapter- because Wattpad decided to delete half of my hard work!)

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