Promise

Chapter 13: Yeah, Just Fine

Once the group got ready, it was settled that since Amelia was a kid, she'd be basically backup, and that she'd stay with Clint, Steve, and Natasha on the Quinjet. And while everyone had basically gotten dressed back in their uniforms, Mia just took off the flannel, and left the white tanktop on, zipping her dark blue hoody up before making sure her shoes were tied, and making sure to grab the phone from earlier. 

She didn't get a uniform, but she didn't really care, remembering the conversation she had back at Central Park where June and Brent were telling her how she could be a hero like the Avengers. But Amelia knew better. She was no hero, but she didn't care, as long as she was able to help take down Ultron, she'd be fine.

Once the jet had dropped Steve off, he spoke through the earpieces, which they had of course given Amelia one. "Two minutes. Stay close."

And then Mia looked up, hearing another voice, a woman who Steve was talking too. Dr. Cho saying that the gem was too powerful and that they had to get the cradle to Stark, Mia moved over to Natasha, who was on the computer.

"Did you guys copy that?"

"We did." Clint responded to Steve, and Natasha spoke up. "I got a private jet taking off across town. No manifest. That could be him."

But then Clint spoke, nodding below the jet at the road. "There. It's a truck from the lab." Amelia glanced over, watching it drive as Clint spoke to Steve. "Right above you, Cap. On the loop by the bridge. It's them. You got three with the Cradle, one in the cab. I could take out the driver."

"Negative. If that truck crashes, the gem could level the city. We need to draw out Ultron."

Mia stayed by the window, watching as Steve jumped onto the truck, but when he went down by the door, Ultron blasted it them. "Well, he's definitely unhappy. I'm gonna try and keep him that way."

Amelia glanced at Clint, who spoke to Steve. "You're not a match for him, Cap."

"Thanks, Barton."

"I could go down and help." Mia suggests, making Clint shake his head, but she quickly cut him off before he could even open his mouth. "I can turn invisible and teleport down there, he won't even see me coming."

Natasha looks at her, "You can turn invisible? I thought you just teleported and moved things with your mind."

Mia actually rolled her eyes, but Clint just looked at the kid. "No, Stark made it clear that you weren't to-"

Amelia's voice hardened as she looked back at the road, seeing Steve get blasted onto a car. "Yeah, well he doesn't really get a say in what I do." 

"Wait-" But she was gone.

Amelia teleported down to Steve, grabbing his arm, before teleporting them both back onto the top of the truck. But as they turned around, Ultron was hovering above the truck, and Mia quickly put up her hands, an invisible blue tinted forcefield blocking the Cap and her from Ultron's blast as he spoke. " You know what's in that cradle? The power to make real change. And that terrifies you."

"I wouldn't call it a comfort." Steve responds, grabbing his shield as Amelia put down her forcefield and went invisible, as Steve threw his shield, knocking Ultron back. But the robot recovered quickly, sending a blast to Steve, who dodged it as Amelia used her ability to pick up Steve's shield and throw it at Ultron. It landed in his chest, but Ultron just hit it away, annoyed. "Stop it."

Mia ducked as Ultron sent a blast to her, and teleported to a bus that was passing, before looking up as he blasted Steve off the truck, so he was hanging on the side.

The blonde looked around, keeping her balance as she tried to look for anything to use. But came up short, so she teleported back over, the blue particle on her fingers, and sent a blast at Ultron, catching him off guard since she was behind him. He whirled around irritated, but she had already turned invisible, ducking when he sent a blast at where he thought she was. 

Thankfully that was enough time for Steve to get back on the truck and begin fighting him, but like Clint had said, he was no match for him. 

Amelia stayed steady as the truck drove down the road, and she looked over, seeing Natasha on a motorcycle, tossing Steve back his shield. But once Steve managed to hit Ultron away from him, the robot looked down, sending a blast at the ground where Natasha was about to drive. Mia's hand shot up, blue particle emitting from her fingers, and encircling around the bike, stopping it before it crashed. And allowing Natasha to turn and drive around it, coming up behind the truck.

"Amelia!" 

The blonde looked up at Steve's warning, barely giving her enough time to put up the forcefield to block Ultron's hit, but he had gotten closer, so she didn't have enough time as he picked her up by the neck. But, even under this fear, her mind instantly went back to when Matt and Brent trained her.

Her elbow went up, blue particles showing as she used her ability to give her more strength, and she slammed her elbow into Ultron's arm. Making it so he loosened his grip, and letting Amelia's feet hit the top of the truck, before she kicked him away from her, once again using her ability. 

Dropping to her knees, Mia barely had enough time to grip the edge of the roof, rolling her body over it to dodge Ultron's kick. The blonde gritted her teeth, thankful that Steve had gotten Ultron's attention off of her, since she was having a hard time just hanging off the side of the truck, and she felt the familiar warmth in her nose which was her personal warning to slow down on the power usage.

"Mia, you alright?" She heard Clint's voice over the comms, and ignored the fact that the only people who had called her Mia was Peter... and her mother, the kids at her foster house had learned quickly not to call her that, and Lia was their nickname. But at this moment, she didn't dwell on it, grunting out a, "Yeah. Just fine." As she barely managed to do a pull up, pulling herself back onto the truck's roof.

But of course the moment for her to breath wasn't long, as she looked up, seeing Ultron hit Steve onto a car, before blasting the ground so three cars ended up crashing. Amelia quickly teleported to the road, lifting both hands up quickly, the blue particles emitting from them quickly encircled the three vehicles with innocent people in them. She dropped them to the ground before looking at Steve, nodding to him, and somehow he knew what she meant. He lifted his shield, crouching a bit as she lifted her hands up, and basically threw a blast at him, sending him back at the truck, where he managed to land without much difficulty.

Amelia closed her eyes briefly, stumbling a bit as dizziness started to set in, and she wavered a bit, but pushed it away as she opened her eyes again and looked up. Seeing the people exiting the cars scared, but one woman quickly grabbed her baby from the backseat before looking the young blonde. "Thank you."

The blonde forced a smile, glad she had saved them, but turned back around, focusing as she teleported to the truck. Getting there, seeing Steve and Ultron fighting, Clint flying away after he had gotten the guards' attentions, and she quickly threw a blast at Ultron, getting his attention. The robot basically glared at her, "You know, you're starting to get really annoying."

"Yeah?" She spoke sarcastically, a bit out of breath, and rolling her eyes. "And that goes both ways." Then she lifted her hands up, using her ability to lift Ultron up and throw him at a cement pillar. 

But he recovered quicker than she hoped, and just as Steve grabbed her, hiding them behind the  shield, Ultron had flew at them, sending them all off the truck.

With pained grunts, they had landed in a train. The blonde stood up, but stumbled, using a seat to keep her steady as Steve still fought Ultron. She then glanced around, seeing the fearful looks on the passengers faces. But looking back up, she saw Ultron send Steve backwards, so she quickly used her abilities to pick up a wrecked piece of the train, and throw it into Ultron's back.

He stumbled forward, reached behind him as he turned to face her, and grabbed the piece of metal.

"They're heading back towards you. So whatever you're gonna do, do it now." Clint spoke to Natasha, who responded with, "I'm going in. Cap, Mia, can you keep him occupied?"

Blocking a blast from Ultron, Mia grunted with an eyeroll. "What do you think we've been doing?"