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"Need any help?" Lilly asked Laura as she spotted her in the kitchen. "No thanks," she said and continued washing the dishes. "When's the due?" "Soon," she said to her. Lilly looked away. "I'll be outside if you need me," she said and walked out of the kitchen.
——— later ———
"Ultron took you folks out of play to buy himself time. My contacts all say he's building something. The amount of Vibranium he made off with, I don't think it's just one thing," Fury said. "What about Ultron himself?" Steve asked him. "Ah. He's easy to track, he's everywhere. Guy's multiplying faster than a Catholic rabbit. Still doesn't help us get an angle on any of his plans though," Fury said and Lilly chuckled. "What's with you?" Fury asked her. "Nothing. I just love it when you're trying to be funny." Fury sighed.
"Well, I contacted our friends at the NEXUS about that," he said while cutting food. "NEXUS?" Steve asked him. "It's the world internet hub in Oslo, every byte of data flows through there, fastest access on earth," Bruce said. "So what'd they say?" Clint asked Fury. "He's fixated on the missiles, but the codes are constantly being changed," he answered Barton. "By whom?" Tony asked and an arrow flew past him. "Parties unknown," Fury said.
"Do we have an ally?" Nat asked him. "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."," Tony said. "Well, this is good times, boss, but I was kind of hoping when I saw you, you'd have more than that," Nat said. "Yeah, like a good news, like you're getting married or you've found your long lost child or you haven't been an asshole for five minutes," Lilly said listing the things. "Or maybe YOU can test the last one and tell me how's it feel," Fury said to Lilly. "Woah, ugly," Tony said leaning on the wall. "Maybe Tony should try it out, too," Lilly said looking at Tony. "Me why should—" "Enough," Steve said calmly.
"You know, back in the day, I had eyes everywhere, ears everywhere else. Here we all are, back on earth, with nothing but our wit, and our will to save the world," Fury paused for a second, "Ultron thinks the Avengers are the only thing standing between him and his mission. And whether he wants to admit it, his mission is global destruction." Fury said. Everyone took a deep breath.
"So stand. Outwit the platinum bastard," Fury added. "Steve doesn't like that kind of talk," Nat said and glanced at Steve. "You know what, Romanoff?" Natasha smiled at him mischievously.
"So what does he want?" Fury asked them. "To become better. Better than us. He keeps building bodies," Steve said, but Tony interrupted him saying, "Person bodies. The human form is inefficient, biologically speaking, we're outmoded. But he keeps coming back to it." "When you two programmed him to protect the human race, you amazingly failed," Nat said. Bruce walked closer to the table and looked at the drawing that Clint's daughter left. "They don't need to be protected, they need to evolve. Ultron's going to evolve," he said. "How?" Fury asked him. "Has anyone been in contact with Helen Cho?" Banner asked everyone.
Later Lilly and Steve walked to the bedroom and dressed up. "You think we'll beat him?" Lilly asked Steve. "Yeah, we're the Avengers, remember?" He said while pulling up his pants. "You are. Not me." Steve sighed. "I think all of us are." "I don't know," she said and looked down at her hands. Steve embraced her. "We'll grab this bastard and shut him down," he said and looked Lilly in the eyes. He gave her a quick kiss before letting her go. "Language," she whispered as he grabbed his shield. "Not you too."
"I'll take Natasha, Lilly and Clint." Steve said when he walked downstairs and met with Tony. "Alright, strictly recon. I'll hit the NEXUS, I'll join you as soon as I can," Tony replied. "If Ultron is really building a body..." "He'll be more powerful than any of us," Tony said. "You know I really miss the days when the weirdest thing science ever created was me," Steve told him. "I'll drop Banner off at the tower. Do you mind if I borrow Ms. Hill?" Fury asked them both. "She's all yours, apparently. What are you gonna do?" Tony asked him. "I don't know. Something dramatic, I hope."
"Alright guys, let's go," Steve said and everyone left for the quinjet.
——— later ———
"I'll drop here," Steve said as Clint and Nat let him out. The team flew away and waited for his instruction. "I'll go," Lilly said and leaped out as well. She tried to find Ultron as she was looking down on the city.
"There. It's the truck from the lab. Right above you, Cap. On the loop by the bridge. It's them. I got three with the Cradle, one in the cab. I could take out the driver," Clint said to Steve. Lilly leaped down and found the truck. "Negative! If that truck crashes, the gem could level the city. We need to draw out Ultron," Steve said. "Incoming," Lilly said and helped Steve get on the roof. "Thanks, love," he said and suddenly a blast flew at Steve when he tried to enter a truck. "Well, he's definitely unhappy! I'm gonna try and keep him that way," Steve said.
Lilly flew away and saw Nat. "We got a window. Four, three...give 'em hell," Clint said to Nat and Lilly. "Nat dropped out of the quinjet and Lilly used her fire to ease the landing. Nat drove to the truck and picked up Steve's shield. "I'm always picking up after you boys."
"They're heading under the overpass, I've got no shot," Clint said. "I do," Lilly said and flew to them. "Which way?" Nat asked him. "Hard right... Now," he said to her.
"Lilly, mind giving me a boost?" "No problem, though, you'll have to get fast off the bike then," Lilly said and shot fire balls at Natasha's bike. The wheels rolled faster and so did the motorbike gain speed. However, the wheels started catching fire, so she had to be fast.
Nat threw Steve his shield and knocked Ultron off him. "For how long can I drive this thing?" "Not very long," Lilly said as she shot fireballs at the robots over the truck. "Out of the way! Coming through! Sorry, coming through!" Nat screamed at the passing pedestrians.
"Now would be a great time to jump off," Lilly said and Nat leaped into a truck. "I'm in, Cap can you keep him occupied?" Nat asked Steve. As Natasha entered the truck, Iron Legions headed back and picked up a truck.
"On it," Lilly said and rushed after the robots. She used fire bomb on them. "Take this!" She hit one of them, but only scratched it.
"The package is airborne. I have a clean shot," Clint said to Nat. "Negative. I am still in the truck." "What the hell are you...?" "Just be ready, I'm sending the package to you." "Guys I'm going to pick up a grandpa," Lilly said referring to Steve.
Lilly watched down at the city, trying to find Steve. "There you are," she said and dived, but was distracted by seeing Wanda and Pietro land in the train. "Shit!" Lilly rushed to the train and entered.
"Please. Don't do this," she heard Ultron say. "Steve!" She said as she saw him. She helped him get up. "What choice do we have?" Wanda asked and Ultron flew away. "Nope!," Lilly said and went after him. "Lilly!" Steve screamed after her.
Lilly almost got him until he fired a small missile after her. She turned away and the missile followed her. "I have company," she said and flew towards an abandoned building she spotted.
After she flew near she saw people below and stopped. "No, no, no," she said and blasted a fireball at the missile. Second after it exploded, Lilly created a fire shield around the explosion, so the parts of the missile couldn't get to people.
She spotted the train going inside the city. It wasn't stopping. "Come on, have some mercy," she said and leaped down. As she tried to stop the train by burning the wheels, she saw red wave of power surrounding the train and stopping it. "Wanda."
She landed next to Steve. "You okay?" He asked her. "Been better." "Got him?" She shook her head.
"I'm fine. I just need to take a minute," Pietro said to Wanda. "I'm very tempted not to give you one," Steve said as he and Lilly walked to them. "The Cradle, did you get it?" Wanda asked Steve. "Stark will take care of it." "No, he won't." "You don't know what you're talking about, Stark's not crazy." "He will do anything to make things right." Steve sighed. "Stark, come in. Stark. Anyone on comms?" "Ultron can't tell the difference between saving the world and destroying it. Where do you think he gets that?" Wanda asked him.
"We need to go."