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(𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐌𝐒)
CHAPTER NINE----▹

"I'm gonna say this once." Cap, Leigh, and the Maximoff twins stepped into the dimly lit room, blue light shining from the several electronic devices, "How about "non-nce"?" Stark asked, "Shut it down!" Cap ordered, "Come on, Tony. This is not the way to go about this." Leigh spoke, her voice softer than usual, "Nope. Not gonna happen."

"You don't know what you're doing." Steve spoke, "And you do?" Banner asked, speaking up into the conversation, "She's not in your head." he spoke sharply referring to the brown-haired witch. "I know you're angry." Wanda spoke, "Oh, we're way past that. I could choke the life out of you and never change a shade."

"Banner, after everything that's happened..." Cap took a step forward, "It's nothing compared to what's coming!" Stark shouted, Leigh flinched back slightly, and Wanda made note of the motion, strangely wanting to step forward and protect Leigh from whatever it was that was coming her way. "You don't know what's in there!" Wanda exclaimed, careful to keep her tone lower than a shout, "This isn't a game!" Steve added, Pietro sped by clearly having enough of the conversation, he unplugged the cradle, "No, no, go on."

"You were saying?" Pietro asked, but the glass suddenly shattered underneath of him, "What? You didn't see that coming?" Clint asked pressing his boot against Pietro's leg, a proud smile broke out across Leigh's face, "Go, Clint!"

"I'm rerouting the upload," Tony stated, and Steve panicked tossing his shield, the room broke out into chaos. Tony calling his suit over blasting Steve backward, Wanda's eye shone red, but Banner wrapped his arm around her throat, "Go, ahead. Piss me off."

"Ok," Leigh breathed, looking around the room, "Enough of this." she used her strength to slow everyone's movements around her, what the brunette wasn't anticipating was a shaken God to burst through the room, charging the cradle, Leigh froze, letting the other's movements return to a normal speed, The AI? If you could call it that, charged forward to Thor, but the God threw it to the side.

All of them made their way around the AI, Clint finding Leigh's side, relieved that she was ok, "I am sorry. That was odd. Thank you." he said, "Thor. You helped create this thing?" Cap asked, turning towards the god, "I've had a vision."

"A whirlpool that sucks in all hope of life, and at its center is that." he pointed to the glowing yellow stone, "Great. A life-sucking stone, and it glows. Fancy." Leigh noted, "What? the gem?" Banner asked, "It's the Mind Stone. One of the six infinity stones. The greatest power in the universe, unparalleled in its destructive capabilities."

"Sounds like fun," Leigh spoke, sarcasm dripping from her tone, "Then why would you bring..." Cap started, "Cause Stark is right." Thor stated, "Oh, it's definitely the end of times." Banner said, "The Avengers can not defeat Ultron. Not alone." Thor continued, "Why does your vision sound like JARVIS?" Steve asked, taking a couple of steps forward, "We reconfigured Jarvis's Matrix to create something new." Tony answered. "I think I've had my fill of new." Cap stated, "Yeah, same." Leigh murmured.

"You think I am a child of Ultron." Leigh tilted her head studying the thing, "You're not?" Cap asked, "I'm not Ultron. I am not Jarvis. I am...I am." Wanda took a step forward, "I looked inside your head. And saw inhalation." 

"Look again," Clint scoffed, "Her seal of approval means jack to me." Leigh leaned against Barton, barely being able to hold her own weight up, due to various injuries. "Their powers. The horrors in our heads, Ultron himself, they all came from the mindstone. And they're nothing compared to what the mindstone can unleash, but with it on our side..." 

"Is it?" Cap asked, "Are you?" there was a brief eerie pause, "On our side?" Leigh pressed her lips together, nervously awaiting the answer, they already had more problems to deal with than they could handle. "I don't think it's that simple," Leigh rolled her eyes at the response, she was just so tired. 

"Well, it better get real simple. Real soon." Clint spoke and Leigh nodded, "I am on the side of life. Ultron isn't. He will end it all." he spoke, "What's he waiting for?" Tony asked, "You." the answer was simple and unsurprisingly. That didn't make anything any better though. "Where?" Banner asked, his voice quiet, almost scared of the answer. 

"Sokovia." Clint answered, "He's got Nat there, too." Leigh released a shaky breath, "Well, we better not be wrong about this." Leigh spoke, "If we're wrong about you," Banner started, "If you're the monster that Ultron made you to be..." 

"What will you do?" The silence in the room was heavy, everyone so on edge, Leigh was quiet shifting her weight from foot to foot. "I don't want to kill Ultron. He's unique and he's in pain. But that pain will roll over the Earth. So, he must be destroyed." Leigh shared a look with Clint, "Every form he's built, every trace of his presence on the net. We have to act now. And not one of us can do this without the others." 

Leigh once again met the Sokovian's green eyes, studying her. Did Leigh trust her? Not in the slightest. Did Leigh trust that the witch would help to protect the world, in one way or another? Yes, and that's what the brunette chose to trust in. 

"Maybe I am a monster." he began speaking again, "I don't think I'd know if I were one. I'm not what you are, and not what you intended. So, there may be no way to make you trust me. But we need to go."

Leigh took a bite of her sandwich, "What? Already?" she mumbled, "Where did you get a sandwich?" Clint questioned, and the brunette shrugged, taking another bite.  The rest of her sandwich fell to the floor when she noticed the thing holding out Thor's hammer to him, before walking away while everyone else was frozen in place.

"Right. Well done." Thor patted Tony's shoulder walking past him in the direction that Vision went. "Three minutes. Get what you need." Cap stated, and Leigh grimaced at her fallen sandwich, "Apparently another sandwich." Clint rolled his eyes, at the girl, who shrugged, "What? I have yet to tend to previous wounds from the last fight, at least let me try and get my strength up."

Leigh did in fact make herself another sandwich walking back to the lockers area, "Woah, Woah, Woah," the brunette interrupted, "Is that my jacket? I have been missing that for months!" she took another bite, "Natasha and I are going to have a long talk about her stealing my clothes once all this is over." Leigh shook her head, Wanda shrugged pulling on the jacket. "And she still puts the jacket on," Leigh muttered, shaking her head.

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"Ultron knows we're coming. Odds are we'll be riding into heavy fire." Cap spoke, everyone gathered around, Leigh still couldn't believe she was sitting next to the girl who showed her worst nightmare; And was wearing her jacket. "And that's what we signed up for. But the people of Sokovia. They didn't." he paused, "So our priority is getting them out."

Leigh nodded absentmindedly, "All they want is to live their lives in peace. And that's not gonna happen today. But we can do our best to protect them. And we can get the job done." Cap continued, "We can find out what Ultron's been building. We find Romanoff, and we clear the field. Keep the fight between us."

"Ultron thinks we're monsters." Cap spoke, "Maybe we are." Leigh muttered, unheard by the rest of the team, "That we're what's wrong with the world. This isn't just about beating him. It's about whether he's right." Leigh looked up from the ground, "Very reassuring Hero Speech, Roggers." 

"Couldn't have done it better myself."