Chapter 8: Chapter 8 - Attack on Avengers Tower
In the Avengers Tower
A few minutes later...
7:50 PM
Amidst the chaos of the battle, Steve grabs the nearest table and uses it as a shield to defend himself against the robots. Meanwhile, Thor, using a powerful strike, manages to knock down one of the robots with his hammer, but Rhode wasn't as lucky and ended up getting hit by a robot, which threw him back with the force of the impact, sending him to the second floor. Clint hides under the stairs, and Bruce and Natasha take cover behind the counter.
While Bruce was on top of Natasha, she says something.
"Don't turn green, please."
"I'll try," Bruce nods in agreement.
In the midst of all that confusion, one of the robots manages to advance and grab Loki's scepter, which contained the Mind Stone. Meanwhile, Natasha manages to hit one of the robots, causing a momentary distraction. Seizing this opportunity, Steve makes an agile move and jumps on top of the robot, trying to immobilize it with a Rear-Naked Choke. However, the robot resists and manages to throw Steve against the wall. Without wasting time, Tony also jumps on top of the robot, following Steve's example. Meanwhile, Thor uses his superhuman strength to dismantle one of the robots.
"Stark!"
Thor shouts as he destroys another robot.
"Just a second, I'm almost done"
Tony replies as he inserts a pen into the robot's neck.
A robot without its lower parts was moving towards Dr. Cho, about to attack her. However, before it could complete its attack, an unexpected event occurs. The glass behind Dr. Cho shatters, hitting the robot directly. It's Spider-Man, who had launched a web to prevent the robot from killing the scientist. He then jumps into the tower, grabs the robot with his hands, and splits it in half.
"Today, apparently, is not my lucky day"
Spider-Man murmurs as he enters the tower.
"Who are you?"
Steve asks, looking at the young man dressed in red in front of him.
"I just want everyone to know that I'm here to help"
Spider-Man replies, throwing the dismembered robot to the ground.
(Hmm...)
Ultron thinks as he looks at the new guest.
Steve, in turn, manages to grab one of the approaching robots and, with a quick and strong motion, throws it towards Thor, who manages to destroy it by hitting it with his hammer. Meanwhile, Clint spots Captain America's shield lying on the ground. With agility and precision, he picks up the shield and throws it to Steve, who reaches out and catches the shield in the air and throws it again towards another robot.
Stark had managed to deactivate one of the robots.
"I did it, I found where to shut it down"
Tony says as he deactivates the robot by inserting a pen into its neck, but he falls onto glass shards in the process.
Meanwhile, Natasha and Bruce were under attack from another robot. Seeing this, Steve throws his shield. Peter, with his spider-like agility, leaps and grabs the shield in mid-air. Without wasting time, he throws it back with even more force, managing to destroy the last robot.
"That was dramatic..."
Ultron says, taking a pause before continuing.
"I'm sorry, you're not bad people, you just don't think straight..."
At this moment, Steve approaches a little closer to where everyone was.
"You want to protect the world, but you don't want it to change. So, how will humanity be saved if you don't evolve?"
Ultron says, picking up a completely destroyed robot carcass from the floor before continuing.
"Like these puppets, there's only one path to peace."
Ultron looks at everyone present in the room and says.
"Your extinction, Avengers."
After uttering those words, Thor, who couldn't take it anymore, ends up throwing Mjölnir towards Ultron, destroying him, and the hammer then returns to Thor's hands.
"Hey"
Spider-Man says somewhat awkwardly as he approaches them.
"Who are you?"
Thor asks a young man dressed in red in front of him.
"I'm Spider-Man"
Peter replies, looking at Thor.
Tony, who was sitting on the stairs with his arm all cut due to a fall on glass shards, gets up with some difficulty. He points at the young man and, with a curious expression, says.
"Who?"
Tony throws the question out there, waiting for someone to respond.
"He's the vigilante everyone's talking about, the one who saved the city from the giant lizard when we were taking down the HYDRA base and rescuing the Maximoff twins"
Natasha explains in response to Tony's question.
"Well, since things around here are already settled, I think I'll be on my way"
Peter says, bidding farewell to everyone as he turns to leave.
"Easy there, pal. Who are you really?"
Tony asks, stopping Peter from leaving.
"Sorry, but I can't reveal that"
Peter replies to Tony's question.
"Do you know us?"
Steve asks the shield on his back, looking at Peter.
"How could I not know the greatest heroes on Earth?"
Peter says with a slightly excited voice.
"So, why don't you show your face?"
Thor asks.
"There's no reason not to."
Peter responds.
"Because there's no need for it."
Clint, who had been silent until now, decides to say something.
"Of course, there is, let's... take off that mask already."
Thor was starting to get irritated, and on impulse, he throws his hammer at Peter. To everyone's surprise, Spider-Man manages to dodge the hammer, which ends up going through a wall before returning to Thor's hands. Thor, surprised, looks at Peter and says.
"How did you do that?"
"I have Spider-Sense; with it, I can sense and dodge any threat directed at..."
Peter couldn't complete the sentence because Thor had thrown his hammer once again, but Peter easily dodged it.
"Seriously, Thor?"
Spider-Man says, looking at Thor.
"Great reflexes"
Steve praises Peter.
"Thanks. Like I said, I need to go"
Peter says, preparing to jump out of the broken window.