Angel - (Fem reader X Bucky Barnes)

Chapter 11 - Papers

When things calm down, we all go into the lab..searching of our work.

"All our work is gone. Ultron cleared out, used the internet as an escape hatch." Bruce says.

"Ultron." Steve sighs.

"He's been in everything. Files, surveillance. Probably knows more about us than we know about each other." Nat sighs.

"He's in your files, he's in the internet. What if he decides to access something a little more exciting?" Rhodey asks.

"Nuclear codes." Maria looks up.

"Nuclear codes. Look, we need to make some calls, assuming we still can." Rhodey nods.

"Nukes? He said he wanted us dead." I say.

"He didn't say dead. He said extinct." Steve shakes his head.

Clint steps up, "He also said he killed somebody."

"But there wasn't anyone else in the building."

"Yes there was." Tony bring up the now-destroyed 3D image of Jarvis' consciousness.

"This is insane." Bruce shakes his head.

"Jarvis was the first line of defense. He would've shut Ultron down, it makes sense." Steve nods.

"No, Ultron could've assimilated Jarvis. This isn't strategy, this is...rage." Bruce rubs his face.

Thor barges in and grabs hold of Tony by his throat, holding him up.

"Woah, woah, woah! It's going around."

"Come on. Use your words, buddy." Tony gasps for air.

"I have more than enough words to describe you, Stark."

I rush over, my wings spreading angrily as I grab Thor's wrist. "If you don't put him down I'm.....how do you say it Tony?" Tont looks over at me and smirks.. "Oh yeah...I'm gonna kick your ass!" My eyes start to glow.

"Language." Maria whispers while everyone stares in shock.

Thor let's Tony down, I smile at Tony and put my wings away. "Thanks." He side hugs me.

"Trail went cold about a hundred miles out but it's headed north, and it has the scepter. Now we have to retrieve it, again." Thor says angrily.

"The genie's out of that bottle. Clear and present is Ultron." Nat crosses her arms.

Dr. Cho steps forward, "I don't understand. You built this program. Why is it trying to kill us?"

Suddenly Tony starts laughing, Bruce subtly shakes his head at him to get him to stop.

"You think this is funny?" Thor asks.

"No. It's probably not, right? Is this very terrible? Is it so... is it so... it is. It's so terrible." Tony laughs.

"This could've been avoided if you hadn't played with something you don't understand."

"No, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. It is funny. It's a hoot that you don't get why we need this." Tony looks up at Thor.

Bruce tries to stop him, "Tony, maybe this might not be the time to-"

"Really?! That's it? You just roll over, show your belly, every time somebody snarls." Tony says.

"Only when I've created a murder bot."

"We didn't. We weren't even close. Were we close to an interface?" Tony asks.

"Well, you did something right. And you did it right here. The Avengers were supposed to be different than Shield." Steve nods.

"Anybody remember when I carried a nuke through a wormhole?" Tony asks.

"No, it's never come up." Rhodey shakes his head.

"Saved New York?" Tony looks around, I nod.

"Never heard that."

"Recall that? A hostile alien army came charging through a hole in space. We're standing three hundred feet below it. We're the Avengers. We can bust arms dealers all the live long day, but, that up there? That's... that's the end game. How were you guys planning on beating that?" He asks.

Steve steps up. "Together."

"We'll lose." Tony says.

"Then we'll do that together, too." Steve nods. Tony looks at him for a moment before turning away. "Thor's right. Ultron's calling us out. And I'd like to find him before he's ready for us. The world's a big place. Let's start making it smaller."

I change out of my dress and video chat Peter...I didn't expect him to be up because it was like five in the morning.

Instead I call him, instead leaving a voicemail.

"Hey buddy....I'm not gonna be home for awhile again. There's another....situation. I know your gonna be upset but....I have to do this to keep you and the world safe. I love you buddy."

I wipe my eyes as I end the call.

"Hey Y/N...we might have something." Steve says.

"Okay." I smile, Steve stares a me for a moment before nodding and leading the way back to the team.

"What's this?" Tony asks, Thor slams a tablet into his chest.

"A message. Ultron killed Strucker." Steve brings the picture up for us to see.

"And he did a Banksy at the crime scene, just for us." Tony says.

"This is a smokescreen. Why send a message when you've just given a speech?" Nat asks.

"Strucker knew something that Ultron wanted us to miss." Steve nods.

I sit down at the computer and type, "Yeah, I bet he..." I pause and sigh. "Yep. Everything we had on Strucker has been erased." I nod.

"Not everything." Tony sighs.

For the next half hour we go through physical papers....it was boring. "Known associates....Well, Strucker had a lot of friends." I roll my eyes.

"Well, these people are all horrible." Bruce says.

"Wait. I know that guy." Tony points, Bruce passes him the photo he was looking at. "From back in the day. He operates off the African coast, black market arms." Steve and I give him an accusing look. "There are conventions, alright? You meet people, I didn't sell him anything." I look over to see the photo is of a man named Ulysses Klaue. "He was talking about finding something new, a game changer, it was all very Ahab."

Thor points to the scar on the back of Klaue's neck. "What's this?"

"Uh, it's a tattoo. I don't think he had it..." Tony says.

"No, those are tattoos, this is a brand." I point.

"Oh, yeah. It's a word in an African dialect meaning thief, in a much less friendly way." Bruce looks it up.

"What dialect?" Steve asks.

"Wakanada...? Wa...Wa...Wakanda."

"If this guy got out of Wakanda with some of their trade goods..." Tony looks at Steve.

"I thought your father said he got the last of it?" Steve frowns.

"I don't follow. What comes out of Wakanda?" Bruce asks.

"The strongest metal on earth." Tony looks at Steve's shield.

Steve looks at Tony. "Where is this guy now?"