Chapter 55

                                    

                                          
Clint landed in an open field. We all got out and walked up to Clint's farmhouse. I've only been here once when I met Laura Clint's wife and his kids.
                          
"What is this place?" Thor asked walking up the steps.
                          
"Safe house." Tony said unsure.
                          
"Honey, I'm home." Clint announced. I followed into the living room. I saw a very much pregnant Laura walk out. "Hi. Sorry about company." She smiled up at him before they kissed.
                          
"This is an agent of some kind."Tony stated.
                          
"Gentlemen, this is Laura." Clint introduced.
                          
"I already know all of your names." Laura said. Tony did an awkward wave.  I heard a thump from upstairs then footsteps running down the stairs.
                          
"Incoming." Clint said. I saw his kid's run up to him and hug him. 
                          
"Dad!"
                          
"Hey sweetheart." I watched them for a moment before looking away.
                          
"These are smaller agents." Tony stated.
                          
"Did you bring Aunty Nat?" Lila asked.
                          
"Why don't you hug her and find out?" Natasha said stepping up. Lila ran up to her and Nat picked her up. 
                          
"Have you forgotten Aunt Ana already?" I asked. Lila leaped out of Nat's arms and hugged my legs. It made me think of the little girl from when the witch messed with my mind.
                          
I strained a smile as I looked down at the girl.
                          
"How are you?" I asked her.
                          
"Great" She said smiling brightly at me. I pushed a strand of hair away from her face.
                          
"Well that's good to hear." I said.
                          
"Sorry for barging in on you." Steve told Laura.
                          
"Yeah, we would have called ahead, but we were busy having no idea that you existed." Tony stated. I rolled my eyes. 
                          
"Yeah, well, Fury helped me set this up when I joined. He kept it off of SHIELDS files." Clint explained. "I'd like to keep it that way. I figure it's a good place to lay low."
                          
"I missed you, How's little Natasha, huh?" Nat asked Laura looking down at the baby bump.
                          
"She's...Nathaniel." Laura admitted. I chuckled when Nat said 'Traitor.' Laura turned to me.
                          
"I'm so sorry I missed your wedding. I heard it was beautiful." I chuckled.
                          
"Laura it's fine. I understand and it was." I told her. She smiled at me.
                          
"So when do you plan on having kids?" She asked teasingly. I lightly groan.
                          
"Not you too. Your husband has been asking me when I'm giving him a god son." She laughed.
                          
"Well, that's Clint for you."
                          
"Mhm." I hummed. "And I don't know yet. I do want to have kids of my own I really do but.." I trailed off.
                          
"But what?" At this point we were in the kitchen so we had some privacy.
                          
"You see the life I have. I'm an avenger I'm an ex-assassin who fights aliens, and is currently fighting Ultron. My life is in danger constantly, it feels like. And so is Tony's because you know how he is. I can't have the simple life not with how I live. Tony's willing to try but I've thought about it a lot afterwards. I can't be in this...the avengers, out saving the world if I want this....to be normal, to have kids. I would be putting them in danger and it would kill me if I were to have kids and have something happen to them." I confessed to her. I wiped the tears I didn't realize were there away.
                          
"Oh, Ana." Laura said. She stepped forward and hugged me in a somewhat awkward angle because of the huge bump in her stomach. "You are one of the strongest people I know." She said pulling away. "I know you and from what I heard about Tony, if you two had kids even in this life you both have I know for a fact that the two of you will do anything for them and I mean anything for them. You will protect them with your lives. I know it may not seem like it now but I know you can do it." 
                          
I wiped the stray tear on my face.
                          
"Thank you." I whispered. She smiled at me and nodded. Laura walked away after Clint called for her.
                          
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It was later on that night when Fury made is presence known. Nat and I sat at the table after dinner.
                          
"Ultron took you folks out of play to buy himself time. My contacts all say he's building something." Fury stated. Lila ran over and showed me a picture.
                          
"Thank you." I said smiling at her. She smiled before running back to Laura.
                          
"Mommy, I made you a picture." I snapped out of it.
                          
"The amount of vibranium he made off with,  I don't think it's just one thing."
                          
"What about Ultron himself?" Steve asked.
                          
"Oh, he's easy to track. He's everywhere. The guy is multiplying faster than a Catholic rabbit."
                          
"It still doesn't help us get an angle on any of his plans, though. Is he still going after launch codes?" Clint asks.
                          
"Yes, he is." Fury responded. But he's not making any headway."
                          
"I cracked the Pentagon's firewall in high school on a dare." Tony stated.
                          
"Well, I contacted out friends at the Nexus about that."
                          
"Nexus?' Steve asked confused.
                          
"It's the world Internet hub in Oslo." Bruce told him. "Every byte of data flows through there. Fastest access on Earth."
                          
"So, what did they say?" I asked Fury.
                          
"He's fixated on the missiles. But the codes are constantly being changed."
                          
"By whom?" Tony asked.
                          
"Parties unknown."
                          
"Do we have allies?" Natasha asked.
                          
"Ultron's got an enemy. That's not the same thing."
                          
"Still, I'd pay folding money to know who it is. I might need to visit Oslo. Find our unknown."
                          
"Well, this is good times, boss, but I was kind of hoping when i saw you, you'd have more then that." Nat stated.
                          
"I do. I have you." Fury says. "Back in the day, I had eyes everywhere. Ears, everywhere else. You had all the tech you could dream up. Here we all are, back on Earth, with nothing but our wit and our will to save the world. Ultron says the Avengers are the only thing between him and his mission. And whether or not he admits it, his mission is global destruction. All this, laid in a grave. So stand. Outwit the platinum bastard."
                          
"Steve doesn't like that kind of talk." Natasha teased.
                          
"You know what Romanoff."
                          
"So what does he want?' Fury asks.
                          
"To become better. Better than us. He keeps building bodies." Steve said.
                          
"Person bodies. The human form is inefficient. Biologically speaking, we're outmoded. But he keep coming back to it." Tony states.
                          
"When you two programmed him to protect the human race, you amazingly failed." Natasha tells Bruce and Tony.
                          
"They don't need to be protected. They need to evolve. Ultron's going to evolve." Bruce explained.
                          
"How?" I asked him.
                          
"Has anyone been in contact with Helen Cho?"
                          
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