↳ ALREADY GONE
" I want you to move on, so I'm already gone "

"let's load them up" steve said, before him and the rest of the group turned around and started to bring civilians onto the ships.

"avengers, time to work for a living" evi could hear stark say. she looked at pietro. he took her hand and they both ran into the church.

"are you good?" pietro asked wanda, who was also coming in. "yeah"

"romanoff, you and banner better not be playing 'hide the zucchini'" stark spoke into the comms

"here are kids!" scolded steve, while looking at evi. she crossed her arms and gave him a tired look. "like I don't know what he's talking about"

"you know?" shrieked pietro, but his sister just ignored him, while wanda rolled her eyes. "you.." he stuttered, pointing his finger at evi accusingly, but was interrupted by natasha

"relax, shellhead. not all of us can fly" a truck held in front of the church and natasha made her way inside.

"what's the drill?" she asked

"this is the drill" stark pointed at the core. "if ultron gets a hand on the core, we lose"

robots tried to enter the church, but were smashed by hulk in the process. ultron flew in front of the entrance.

"is that the best you can do?" thor screamed. ultron rose his hand up and thousands of robots came running to the church

"shit" evi muttered. 

"you had to ask" steve said, sarcastically. 

"yeah, you shouldn't have" evi added plainly

"this is the best I can do" ultron spread his arms. "this is exactly what I wanted. all of you, against all of me. how can you possibly hope to stop me?"

"well, like the old man said.." stark started while looking at steve. "..together"

"cheesy, but I'll allow it" evi joked, which gained her an appreciative smile from steve

hulk roared and the robots started to sprint into the church. all of the avengers fought them, side by side.

each one, using different techniques. barton shot arrows. evi and wanda used their telekinesis. steve and vision used their super-strength, thor his hammer. natasha used her combat skills and turned the robots against each other and pietro destroyed them with his superspeed.

finally they had fought off all the incoming robots. vision, thor and stark combined their abilities to destroy ultron. his metal melted under their laser

"you know, with the benefit of hindsight.." ultron rose back to his feet, but before he could finish his sentence, hulk had thrown him away. the remaining robots started to run away as hulk turned in their direction, he close behind them

"they'll try to leave the city" thor said. "we can't let them. not even one. rhodey"

"I'm on it" the man in question answered

"we gotta move out. even I can tell the air is getting thin. you guys get to the boats. I'll sweep for stragglers, be right behind you" steve ordered

"what about the core?" asked barton
"I'll protect it" wanda answered. barton turned to her, confused. "it's my job" he nodded at her, a proud look taking over his features.

"nat, this way" natasha and barton left the church, while steve ran in the other direction.

lastly, pietro entered. "get the people on the boats" wanda ordered her siblings.
"we're not going to leave you here" pietro answered

"I can handle this" as if to confirm her words, a robot came running in and wanda destroyed it with ease.

pietro nodded. "come back for me, when everyone else is off, not before"

pietro grunted annoyed. "just do what she says, dipshit" evi told him

pietro walked a few steps and turned around, a sarcastic grin spread on his face. "you know, I'm twelve minutes older than you. and three years older than you" he pointed at evi.

evi rolled her eyes, while wanda chuckled. "go"

pietro took evi into his arms and ran them out of the church. he let her down next to steve.

"go on the boat" pietro commanded evi.

"piet" evi plead, unsure what to do.

"it's okay, I promise I'm not going to leave you. I'll just check one last time, make sure everyone's on the boats" he assured her

"you promise?" she asked, taking his hand. "i promise" he said, before he squeezed her hand and took off. evi looked after him in worry.

"everything's going to be fine" steve told her.

evi stood next to steve, overlooking the boat. "costel!" she could hear a woman scream. she recognised her, it was the one with the boy, whose name she called.

"we were in the market" she explained

evi watched, as barton took off running, he had found the little boy sitting a few meters away from the boat.

evi turned away and helped steve and thor, bring on the last people. "is this the last of them?" thor asked. "everyone else is on the carrier" steve confirmed with a nod

suddenly shots rang out. evi looked up to the sky. someone was flying the quinjet and shot on the ground none stop. steve, thor and her were nearly hit, but could dodge the bullets.

"you okay?" asked steve, when they were back on their feet. "yes, you?" evi could slowly see him again while the smoke delayed.

"get on the boat" steve told her. when she turned around, to do what he said, she saw pietro standing a few meters away. the bullet fire had not yet stopped.

"pietro" she called him over. she could see how he took a long look at her, almost looking sorry, before he turned in the opposite direction.

evi followed his eyes and spotted barton, in his arms costel. he would be hit by the bullets any moment.

the smoke rose again and evi couldn't see for a few seconds. and then horror set in.

she could see pietro, in the middle of the street. his body littered with bleeding bullet holes.

evi screamed. she wanted to run to her brother, but steve held her close to his body. she broke down in his arms, screaming and crying louder than she had ever before. she could feel her heart break in half.

"let me go" she sobbed. "I can help him"

registering that the fire had stopped, steve loosened his grip and let her run to her brother. he layed on the ground, taking short breaths. she sat down and took his head into her lap, stroking his hair. he seemed not to feel any pain, her veins wouldn't turn black.

she could see that he was crying. "прости, младшая сестра" he muttered. "you don't have to apologise" she cried

"Я люблю тебя" he said.

"i love you too" she answered, she softly sung the lullaby her mother always had. seconds later she could see, that his chest had stopped moving and his eyes stood, motionless.

evi hugged him close to her chest, her body rocked while crying. steve came running towards them and looked at barton, they both watched evi, as she cried and screamed out in agony.

evi could feel the pain. it felt like her heart was tearing itself apart and suddenly, she couldn't breathe.

she screamed.

"evi" steve said worryingly. something was not right and he could sense that. before he could do anything, little cracks formed on evi's body, looking like it was literally breaking apart. barton and steve watched in horror, as the girl in front of them lost all her colour.

her hair turned black, it lost its auburn, red burning colour. so did her eyes, suddenly they were only black. her veins changed colour too, like they only did when she was taking someone's pain.

"evi what are you doing? stop this" steve pleaded while shaking her body. his face was scrunched in horror and he seemed scared. evi turned her head to look him in the eyes. in shock he had let her arms go from his hold. black tears were running out of her eyes.

"I can't" she cried.

"steve, i have to tell you something" she stuttered, black blood dripping out of her mouth.

"no evi, you have to-"

"please steve, i have to tell you" she pleaded.

he steadied her body by holding on to her shoulder again.

"I forget what it was like to be a family a long time ago. and I forgot how it was like to have a father and mother, how it felt like to be someone's daughter-" she coughed again.

"and now-" she breathed, trying to get air into her lungs. "and now I feel like I know again" she looked deeply into the man's eyes. that sincere look in her eyes, and something else. love.

tears streamed down the captains face, as he looked at the girl in his arms, a girl that suddenly seemed so little next to all what was going on. his little girl almost. if only they would've had more time

evi's skin paled and she took on last breath, while she looked at steve. her eyes told him, how scared she was. "I'm here, you don't have to be afraid, sweetheart, everything will be fine"

suddenly she felt backwards, her upper body falling limp in his arms.
steve cried out in horror and inspected her body, trying to help her somehow. but he could only confirm his suspicion.

he turned to barton, tears running over his cheeks. "she's dead"

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