The Before [Prequel- Part 1]

Salvage Yard

~~~Catherine's pov~~~

We arrived at the salvage yard just in time to watch Ultron cut off Klau's hand.

Wow. That's brutal.

This is my first mission! It's like that first day of school feeling where you feel like you're going to throw up every five seconds. But, never mind that. We have bigger problems to deal with.

"Don't compare me with Stark! You know what Stark is? He's a sickness!" The robot spoke angrily after kicking Klau down the stairs.

"Ah, Junior. You're gonna break her old man's heart." Dad deadpanned, calling attention to us.

"If I have to." He said, turning to us with the twins.

I wish I had a suit like dad. That way I wouldn't be so vulnerable. My suit is basically a replica of Natasha's old suit from when she worked for Shield.

"Nobody has to break anything." Thor stepped forward.

"Clearly you've never made an omelet." Ultron tilted his head.

"He beat me by one second." Dad insisted, making me bite back a laugh.

Then the Maximoff boy, Pietro, spoke up. "Ah, yes. He's funny. Mr. Stark. It's what? Comfortable? Like old times?" He looked down at the missiles in the ship's cargo.

"This was never my life." Dad shook his head.

"You two can still walk away from this." Steve looked at the twins.

"Oh, we will." Wanda nodded sarcastically.

"I know you've suffered." Steve started.

Ultron scoffed. "Captain America. God's righteous man. Pretending you could live without a war. I can't physically throw up in my mouth, but-" Thor interrupted him.

"If you believe in peace, then let us keep it."

"I think you're confusing peace with quiet." Ultron walked towards us.

"Uh-huh. What's the vibranium for?" Dad asked.

"I'm glad you asked that because I really wanted to take this time to explain my evil plan." If robots could roll their eyes, I think that's what he would be doing.

Then he attacked. He used lasers and shot dad back into a wall.

I was about to run over to him, to make sure he was okay, but he got up and crashed into Ultron, breaking out of the ship and taking the fight outside while we were left to fight the twins and all of Ultron's goons.

One of the robots slammed into me, and I blasted it back with my magic. This wasn't ideal... I had never really fought with my magic before. Just some small things here and there. So fighting AI robots wasn't exactly my specialty.

I used my magic and black mist wrapped around the robot, ripping it apart.

"That was easier than I thought," I murmured, but then sensed someone behind me.

I turned just in time to see the girl Maximoff twin, Wanda, use her magic on me.  For a moment, nothing seemed different. And then that changed.

I was in a completely different place. It looked like a cell, the floor covered with dried blood and scratches. It's when I saw the tally marks on the wall that I realized where I was.

Back at the Hydra facility.

My heart was pounding in my chest and I started to hyperventilate. I couldn't be back. I couldn't.

When I was fifteen, I was taken by Hydra and they experimented on me. Said they wanted me to become their new weapon. And if I failed to comply...let's just say the knives got sharper and the needles deeper.