Ch 57 Hulk vs. Hulkbuster

"We didn't really take your actions well, did we?" Natasha asked.

"I can understand why." Tony said.

"Yeah, I think a city hall debate was needed for this one." Bruce agreed.

Everyone looked at the remainders of the suits as Bruce said all their work was gone and Ultron had escaped using the Internet as an escape hatch. Natasha said Ultron had been in everything and knew more about them than they knew about each other. Rhodes and Hill wondered if he would try to access nuclear codes. Rhodes said they needed to make some calls while they still could. Steve said he didn't want them dead but extinct. Clint remembered he had killed someone and Hill said there was no one else in the building to kill. Tony said there was as he showed them the neuron form of Jarvis, now destroyed.

"It was pretty painful." Vision remembered, "And made me a temporary amnesiac."

"Yes. I remember." Tony said, "I was the one who found you after that."

"You did great while stopping Ultron at least." Bruce told him.

"Yes. He feared you." Wanda said.

"One of the few the bastard feared." Logan said.

Everyone was horrified as Bruce said this was insane and Steve said Jarvis was the first line of defense and would have shut Ultron down. Bruce said Ultron could have assimilated Jarvis. This wasn't strategy, this was rage. That was when Thor arrived and angrily lifted Tony by the throat.

"All right! You were upset! You only gave him permission to carry research on the Scepter, not use its technology! But was lifting him by the throat really necessary?" Pepper asked Thor with a glare, who seemed to be ashamed of that action of his.

"I was consumed by rage in the moment but you're about this. You may have crossed a line, but I did too. I'm sorry." Thor said.

"Me too." Odinson added.

Tony nodded, accepting the genuine apology.

Thor said he had more than enough words to describe Stark as Steve inquired about the Legionnaire. Thor said trail had gone cold 100 miles out but it was headed north and had the Scepter so they had to retrieve it again. Natasha said Ultron was a threat clear and present as Cho asked why Ultron was trying to kill them when they had designed it. Tony started chuckling and then laughing in spite of Bruce's protests.

"You laughing isn't helping matters either." Rhodes told Tony who nodded.

"At least this experience here made you more responsible." Pepper told him.

"Yes it did." Tony said.

"Good to know." Benjamin told him.

Thor asked if he thought this funny and said this could have been avoided if he hadn't played with something he didn't understand. Tony said they didn't get why he needed to do this.

"We do get it. Not big fans of how it was done though." Clint said.

"Now that they say it, I'm an idiot for helping you instead of pointing out the flaws in the plan." Bruce said.

Bruce said this might not be the best time and Tony asked if he always rolled over and showed his belly when somebody snarled.

"When I'm wrong? Yes." Bruce said.

"I think this experience is giving each and every one of us that needed humility." Thor said.

Bruce said only when he had created a murder bot and Tony said they weren't even close to an interface. Steve said they had done something right here even though the Avengers were supposed to be different than SHIELD. Tony reminded everyone of the time he had carried a nuke through a wormhole. He said a hostile alien army had come charging through space and they were standing 300 feet below it. He said, "We're the Avengers. We can bust arms dealers all the livelong day, but... that up there, that's...that's the endgame."

The ones from the future winced again, remembering that Tony was right about the part where the thing up there was the endgame at least. However, his recent actions gave the others reason not to trust him that much either.

"How were you guys planning on beating that?" Tony asked. "Together." Steve said. "We'll lose." Tony told him. "Then we'll do that together, too." Steve assured.

"Unfortunately, that didn't come to pass." Scarlet Witch said cryptically and the ones from the past exchanged odd looks.

"Which is why we brought you here." Benjamin told them all.

"To show you the endgame." Odinson said.

"So you can handle it better." Logan finished.

Steve said Ultron was calling them out so they needed to find him before he was prepared for them. The world was a big place so they had to make it smaller.

"Not that hard for someone like me." Fury said and everyone chuckled.

"Show off." Tony muttered.

"I can do it too." T'Challa said.

"Bigger show off." Tony said and chuckles followed.

In Sokovia, Wanda and Pietro were handing out stolen supplies to the people. Pietro gave Zrinka a toy for her brother Costel and an expensive dress from Paris for her.

"Whoa!" Tony said, "Nice dress from Paris."

"I'm guessing he is trying to…proposition?" Sam asked politely.

"He liked her." Wanda confirmed for everyone.

"Not very subtle about it." Scott said.

"That's my brother for you." Scarlet Witch said.

Wanda wondered if every girl in Sokovia was getting an expensive dress from Paris. Pietro walked off and told Wanda she was jealous she wasn't getting a dress and she said, "If you keep stealing, you will get shot."

"Shouldn't have said that." Wanda whispered to herself.

Wanda said at speed nothing could touch him but standing still could. Pietro said she had told him to wait so he was. They had Stark helpless. That was when Costel arrived and Zrinka asked where he had been. He said he was at the church and the man had asked Wanda and Pietro to come there. They asked which man and he said it was Iron Man, shocking them both.

"Just not the Iron Man they expect." Hope said.

"No. And we listened to him like idiots." Wanda said.

Wanda and Pietro reached the church and the former asked him to talk. Ultron was on the chair and was covered in a shawl as he said, "Did you know this church is in the exact center of the city? The elders decreed it so that everyone could be equally close to God. I like that. The geometry of belief."

"He is trying to be like a god in here." Loki said before joking, "At least it went better than with me."

Everyone chuckled at his attempt to lighten the atmosphere.

Ultron said Wanda was wondering why she couldn't look into his head and she said it was hard sometimes but every man showed himself sooner or later. He got up, throwing off the shawl, revealing himself and said they needed more than a man.

"I believe the term 'Drama Queen' applies to him." Sam said and everyone nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, he is a creepy drama queen." Peter agreed.

Wanda said she knew Stark's feat would control him and make him self-destruct. Ultron said, "Everyone creates the thing they dread. Men of peace create engines of war. Invaders create Avengers. People create...smaller people?" He then remembered the term, ""Children." I lost the word, there. Children... designed to supplant them, to help them... end."

"He really has a cynical view on everything." Aunt May said.

"Basically my narcissism dialed up to an 11." Tony said and everyone agreed.

Wanda asked if he had come to end the Avengers and he said he had come to save the world as well as end the Avengers.

"And he came dangerously close if I remember." T'Challa said.

In Strucker's castle, Ultron showed Wanda and Pietro all the technology and said they were all him and he had what the Avengers never would. Harmony. They were disconnected and disconnected and Stark already had them turning on each other.

"But we also have each other's backs when it matters." Steve said, "You don't have that."

"Damn right!" Fury said in agreement.

Ultron said Wanda could get inside their heads. Pietro said everyone's plan wasn't to kill them. Ultron said they needed patience to see the bigger picture. Pietro said he didn't see it. He had a little picture which he took out and looked at. Ultron said they had lost their parents in the bombings. Pietro said the records weren't the picture. Ultron allowed him to carry on and he said, "We were 10 years old. Having dinner, the four of us. When the first shell hits, two floors below, it makes a hole in the floor. It's big. Our parents go in...and the whole building starts coming apart. I grab her, roll under the bed, and the second shell hits. But it doesn't go off. It just...sits there in the rubble. Three feet from our faces. And on the side of the shell is painted one word." Wanda spoke up, "Stark." Pietro said, "We were trapped for two days." Wanda said, "Every effort to save us, every shift in the bricks, I think, "This will set it off." We wait for two days for Tony Stark to kill us." Pietro finished, "I know what they are."

Everyone looked at the twins with sympathy. Them siding with Ultron and their awesome powers made it easy to forget why they had done it. They were was orphans traumatized by their experience. Anyone would. And Ultron had duped them, just like Hydra had.

"I'm sorry." Tony said to Wanda and Scarlet Witch, "I know Stane was probably the one who sold it, but I should have been more responsible for my company too. I will now."

They both nodded, satisfied. Everyone apologizing to each other for their actions felt pretty good to everyone in the room.

Ultron said he used to wonder why they were the only ones who survived Strucker's experiments but now he didn't. He said they would make it right. Him and Pietro could hurt them but Wanda could destroy them from the inside.

"I am sorry I almost did." Wanda told everyone who simply nodded.

In the Avengers Tower, Bruce listened to what Ultron had said while destroying Jarvis and Tony said he was supposed to learn slang and not go insane. Bruce said they had told him to solve the world.

"Which is exactly what he was trying to do. In a very horrible way." T'Challa said.

Hill told Steve Ultron was all over the globe as there were reports of metal man or metal men going into labs and emptying them and there were fatalities only when engaged. People were left in a fugue state going on about old memories, worst fears and 'something too fast to see.' Steve realized it was the Maximoffs.

"We did bad things with him." Wanda said, feeling ashamed again and no decided to say anything for fear they might make it worse.

Steve said they had something in common but Hill said not anymore as she handed him the tablet which showed Strucker dead and 'PEACE' written on the wall with his blood.

"That is…dramatic." Aunt May said, disturbed.

Steve said that sent a mixed message. Hill said if her mission was world peace, she'd take out Strucker too.

"Really? You would?" Fury asked her.

"Well, anyone who is actively threatening the peace will be my target. But I won't even think of extinction." Hill explained.

Hill said Ultron could be anywhere and pull planes down from the sky. Maybe he was doing what he was supposed to.

"The malicious intelligence in him misunderstood what we wanted him to do to a dangerous level." Tony said.

Steve said if he thought Ultron was bringing world peace, he'd hang up his shield and Hill asked with a smile would he.

"Look at that smile. You'd love that, wouldn't you?" Hope asked Hill teasingly.

"You know what, Hope?" She said with a blush while Steve didn't say a word.

Steve said he would if Ultron stopped leaving such messages and walked off. He heard Barton talking to someone on phone and he called her 'Ma'am' before cutting the call and telling Steve it was his girlfriend.

"Big, big liar." Rhodes said to Clint who shook his head.

"I am too." Natasha said with a smirk.

Steve asked if any of his old contacts had come through and he said he was still waiting. Steve told him to wait faster and walked off, looking back at him one last time.

"You suspected me of hiding something, didn't you?" Clint asked.

"Your expression made it clear you were hiding something." Steve said.

Natasha told Rhodes on video chat they were getting all info as Rhodes joked they were off the Pentagon's Christmas list.

"I don't think we ever were." Tony said.

"Nope." Bruce agreed.

Rhodes said all countries with nukes were fighting cyber-attacks and he was being deployed to Middle-east in case people started blaming each other instead of them. Tony told him he had an encryption drive in case Ultron tried hacking into his suit.

"Thanks man." Rhodes said.

"No problem, buddy." Tony told him.

"That was a wise decision." Vision said.

Rhodes thanked Tony as Natasha told him to tell them anything he found out and he said it went both ways, telling them to "Watch your six." The call was cut as Thor arrived and Steve asked if there was any help from Asgard but Thor said Heimdall was either away from his post or had been ordered not to answer.

"At the moment, he was away from his post because of something I asked him to do." Loki said.

"And a few months later, you fired him." Thor said.

"Sorry." Loki told him.

Thor said Ultron couldn't hide forever and they would find him as Steve showed him Strucker's dead body on the tablet and said he wasn't exactly hiding. Tony asked what it was as Thor roughly put the tablet in his hands while Steve said it was a message that Ultron had killed Strucker.

"Handle technology gently, man." Scott said.

"I know that now." Odinson said.

Tony commented how Ultron had done a Banksy for them at the crime scene and Natasha said this was good. He had sent a message after giving a speech. Steve realized Strucker knew something Ultron wanted them to miss. Natasha accessed the computer and said everything they had on Strucker was wiped.

"He is ten steps ahead too." T'Challa said.

"Ten? It's about 50." Fury said.

"But we beat him." Tony said, "Together. And he can't access the printed page."

"Nice." Scott said.

"Pretty smart." Sam agreed.

All of the Avengers searched through old files and papers in boxes as they commented Baron Strucker had a lot of horrible friends. Tony looked at a picture and said he knew the guy from back in the day. He operated off the African Coast and was a Black Market arms dealer. Steve glared at him and he said there were conventions and he hadn't sold him anything.

"And people have covers to attend them." Tony said, "I just happened to find out who he was."

"We know, Tony. We know." Pepper said.

Tony said he had talked about something new. The man in the photo was Ulysses Klaue.

"Him." T'Challa snarled.

"You know him?" Peter asked.

"He stole Vibranium from Wakanda along with a traitor." T'Challa said, "And he escaped custody as well. He had also tried to assassinate my father once."

"Bad blood. A lot bad blood." Tony said.

"We will actually be seeing that too." Benjamin told everyone.

Thor pointed at his neck and asked what that was. Tony said it was a tattoo but Thor pointed at a brand.

"My people branded that on him as punishment before he escaped." T'Challa said.

Bruce said it meant 'Thief' in an African dialect in a much less friendly way. The dialect was from Wakanda, which he mispronounced the first time.

"I'm guessing even 7 PhDs can't help you pronounce Wakanda." Tony joked and everyone chuckled.

"Don't make me angry." Bruce muttered.

Steve said Howard had got the last of it. Bruce asked what came out of Wakanda. Tony said the strongest metal on Earth as Steve's shield was shown.

"Oh! That!" Peter said.

"Yes, that." Scarlet Witch said.

At the Salvage Yard on the African Coast, Ulysses Klaue's men were working as he talked to someone on phone, telling him to make it right or he would fire the next missile at him. He was then about to talk to a minister when the lights went off.

"I'm guessing it's him." Hill said.

"Yes. This is not our approach." Steve said.

"You people are a lot more straightforward." Fury said.

Klaue picked up a gun and aiming into the darkness, fired. But a blur knocked him away and he looked down to see all the bullets of his gun out and stacked on the table. Pietro smirked at him.

"I'm sure Klaue didn't see that coming." Clint said to lighten the mood.

Wanda arrived as Klaue recognized them and offering candy, said he was sorry to hear about Strucker, though he did know what kind of world he was helping to create. Human life. Not a growth market. He asked if it was their first time intimidating someone. He said he was afraid he wasn't that afraid and Wanda said everyone was afraid of something. Klaue said he was afraid of cuttlefish. They were deep sea fish that made disco lights to hypnotize their prey. Their documentary was terrifying. As he said that, he also did gestures with his hand.

"Many are scared of strange stuff." Scott said.

"He can do drama too." T'Challa commented.

Pietro took the candy at super-speed and ate it.

Everyone chuckled as Fury said, "That was a nice one.

Klaue said if she was going to fiddle with his brain to make him see a giant cuttlefish, he knew she wasn't in charge and he only talked to the man in charge. He didn't notice Ultron was hovering outside the window and as he finished the sentence, the window was shattered and Ultron pinned him down with his foot, "There is no man in charge. Let's talk business."

"Does know how to make an entry." Hope commented.

"And an impression." Logan said.

Klaue's man opened a room as Klaue took out the Vibranium and Ultron said he would build his church upon this rock as he tossed it to Pietro. Klaue massaged the brand and said the Vibranium had come at great personal cost and was worth billions. Ultron transferred a billion units to him from several banks.

"You earned that actually." T'Challa said. While he had empathy, it was reserved for good people.

"And now he is rich." Tony said.

"Jealous much?" Pepper teased and everyone chuckled.

Ultron said now Klaue was too as his man's phone beeped to show the transfer message. Ultron said it was in his dummy holdings and commented finance was weird. He then finished, "But I always say, "Keep your friends rich and your enemies rich and wait to find out which is which.""

"You used to say that, right?" Rhodes asked Tony.

"When I was irresponsible about my weapons, yeah. But I'm not going to be the 'Merchant of Death' anymore." Tony said firmly.

Klaue remembered Stark used to say that and asked Ultron if he was one of his. Ultron was outraged and grabbed Klaue's hand. His man raised his gun but Wanda disarmed him with her magic. Ultron said he wasn't one of Stark's puppets and hollow men asked threateningly if he looked like Iron Man. He then roared that Stark was nothing and cut off Klaue's arm angrily, shocking the twins.

Everyone flinched at the scene, disturbed by how unstable Ultron was.

"So he makes you a rich man and cuts off your arm two seconds later. What a guy!" Tony muttered to lighten the mood.

Ultron apologized but then told him to not compare him to Stark as he kicked Klaue on the chin, sending him rolling down the stairs.

"He is getting more and more unstable every second." Steve said.

Ultron said Stark was a sickness and that was when Tony's voice said, "Junior. You're gonna break your old man's heart." He turned around to see Iron Man landing with Captain America and Thor next to him.

"Nice entrance." Aunt May said and some claps followed.

Ultron said he would if he had to. Thor said no one had to break anything. Ultron joked how Thor had never made an omelet and Tony said he had beaten him by one second.

"Sucks to be you then." Peter joked and everyone chuckled.

"Sucks to be me actually as I was the target of the joke." Odinson said and more chuckles followed.

As Natasha and Clint hid, waiting to attack, Pietro said Stark was funny and pointing at the weapons asked if he felt comfortable. Stark said this was never his life as Steve told them the twins they could walk away. Wanda mockingly said they would as Steve told them he knew they had suffered. Ultron sounded like he was going to vomit if he could as he said Captain America was God's righteous man who pretended he could live without a war.

"Can you?" Sam asked gently.

"I will have to….find out." Steve said as everyone looked at him.

"I will help if I have to." Bucky said.

"I know." Steve said.

Ultron said he couldn't physical throw up as Thor said if the believed in peace, they could keep it. Ultron said he was confusing 'peace' with 'quiet.' Tony asked what the Vibranium was for as Ultron jokingly said he was glad Tony had asked because he wanted to take the time to explain his evil plan. He then used his gravity manipulation to pull Tony closer and sent him back with a concussive blast. Tony got up and they flew at each other, trading blows, with Ultron having an upper hand slightly.

"And it's on." Rhodes commented.

Steve fought an Ultron sentry as Thor easily destroyed one. Pietro sped at him, slightly staggering him while Steve kicked the sentry away in a rotatory motion. He then rushed Wanda but she knocked him back with a blast while a wounded Klaue told his men to shoot all of them.

"Uh-oh." Peter said.

The men arrived and started firing as Natasha slammed one to a wall and grabbing another, kicked another away while flipping the one she had grabbed to the ground. Clint fired at the other men as Tony and Ultron continued trading blows. Steve kicked a sentry as Pietro sped around. In his slow motion view, only Thor and Ultron were moving while the others were all frozen. Steve had thrown his shield but Pietro dodged and punched his chin, sending him down.

"Didn't see that coming." Steve said to lighten the mood.

"You are fast." Bucky said to Thor, "You were moving even in Pietro's vision."

"Guess so." Thor shrugged.

Thor threw Mjolnir at Pietro who dodged and looked at it as it continued moving even from his slow motion perspective and grabbed it, only to be sent flying with it. He crashed to the ground.

"Not worthy." Odinson said and everyone chuckled a bit.

"Good thing he wasn't faster." Vision said, "Or his arm could have come off from holding onto Mjolnir."

Everyone winced at imagining the sight.

"Yeah, but we don't really follow the laws of Physics that much." Tony reminded.

Ultron and Tony crashed through the roof and continued fighting as Steve flipped to avoid a shot and grabbed the sentry in a chokehold with his shield while Thor decapitated it with Mjolnir. Steve then threw his shield, knocking out some men before bashing it on Pietro's face, telling him to stay down.

"He won't." Scarlet Witch said.

Ultron told Wanda through a sentry it was time for mind games. Bruce asked others via comms if this was Code Green but got no response so he decided to open the Quinjet's hatch. Wanda went near Thor and blew her red mist on his head. Steve asked him the status. Thor knocked out a man and said the girl had tried to warp his mind. A human won't be able to withstand her but fortunately, he was mighty. As he said that, he realized he was standing in Asgard's halls now.

Everyone watched the scene in horror as Wanda muttered in shame, "Oh no!"

Steve threw a man away when Pietro rammed into him at super-speed, knocking him down as Wanda blew red mist on his head too as well as Natasha. The Ultron sentries took some more Vibranium and commented this was going well as Clint shot down more men and shot an arrow that let out a shockwave, knocking down more men. Wanda snuck on him but before she could do her tricks, Clint turned around and rammed a mind-warping arrow onto her head, shocking her as he said, "I've done the whole mind control thing before. Not a fan."

"Sorry about that." Clint said to Wanda.

"You were right to do it." Wanda said, "What I did there was wrong on many levels."

"It was." Scarlet Witch agreed.

Clint was about to take out the arrow when Pietro rammed into him and sent him flying off. He removed the arrow from Wanda's head and holding her bridal style, sped off with her while Clint said they better run. Steve and Natasha staggered around as the former threw off his mask. Natasha found herself in the Red Room as all of them were doing ballerina dancing and she said how the madam would break them. The madam said only the breakable ones while she was made of marble.

Natasha was panting heavily as the memories returned to her. Bucky held her hand for support and Steve put an arm around her shoulder. Clint too looked at her in concern. She nodded appreciatively at all of them.

The madam said they would celebrate after the graduation ceremony. Natasha asked what if she failed and the madam said she never failed. Natasha was shown firing at several targets and then shooting a tied up man with a bag over his head while scenes of her on a stretcher were shown.

Natasha's condition was no better and it almost looked like she might break down, though she wouldn't. Wanda's guilt and self-loathing increased each moment.

Steve was shown walking around as a 40's style party was taking place. The people all seemed very happy. And then he sensed someone behind. Turning around, he saw Peggy who asked, "Are you ready for our dance?"

Steve seemed saddened about the life he could never have, but he had moved past it now after his friends had assured him how much they cared for him. Plus, he might have a dance with someone else now if circumstances permitted. That someone else being in the room.

Thor walked around as the revel continued. And then he saw Heimdall without his eyes, shocking him. Heimdall told him his eyes had seen Thor leading them to Hel. He then asked Thor to wake up.

"More like the ruler of Hel came to us." Thor said.

"Yeah, sounds more accurate." Odinson agreed.

"So what she showed you came true?" Steve asked.

"Yes. It did." Thor said.

"In ways we didn't like." Loki said.

Peggy told Steve the war was over and they could go home. She asked him to imagine it. When he did, there was no one there. Not a single soul. He imagined dancing with Peggy but it wasn't something he thought he could do.

Everyone wondered if Ultron was right about what he said of Steve. That he couldn't live without a war. Steve only needed to find what he could do outside of fighting. Soul searching basically.

Heimdall held Thor by the throat as he said he could still save them. Heimdall said they were all dead as Thor pushed him off. Lightning suddenly emitted from Thor and destroyed everyone around as Heimdall said Odinson was a destroyer and his power lead to this.

"Or lack of it." Thor said.

"Yeah. Sounds more accurate." Odinson agreed.

"But you're powerful!" Tony said.

"Turns out I was held back my entire life until recently." Thor revealed to their shock.

"That part is actually shown too so no need to talk about it." Scarlet Witch said.

Thor suddenly saw Stones in his head and a red being opening his eyes.

"I believe you saw me." Vision said.

"Yes. It is you I saw." Thor said, "Which is why I helped give you life."

"Thanks for that by the way." Tony said and Thor nodded.

Natasha flipped someone to the ground and was held in a chokehold by someone else as the madam said she was sloppy and pretending to fail. The ceremony was necessary to take her place in the world. She said she had no place in the world and the madam agreed. She was then wheeled away on a stretcher as she looked at two girls with no lips.

Natasha's mask was almost down at this point as some tears escaped her eyes. She was about to wipe them when Bucky did that for her and she hugged him tightly as Steve and Clint both looked at her compassionately. Fury and Hill too.

"I don't deserve any forgiveness for what I did." Wanda said, "But if it means anything, I'm sorry."

Wanda was still surprised by how easily the Avengers had forgiven her after what she had done to their minds. Now her questions were answered.

"We figured out the Mind Stone would have made you unstable." Natasha said, regaining her composure, "It made us all fight each other on the Helicarrier and we were exposed to it for like 10 minutes."

"So being exposed to it for almost a year could have made anyone unhinged." Steve agreed, "You're not blameless, Wanda. But you don't hold as much blame as you think you do."

"Basically same thing that happened to me." Loki told her, "You wanted revenge. But you did stuff you normally wouldn't. Like playing with brains."

And he was right. In her right state of mind, she had never ever used a mind trick on anyone, except the people of Sokovia. But that was to make them evacuate.

Wanda simply nodded in appreciation.

Wanda gasped as Pietro removed the arrow from her and she said it hurt. Pietro angrily said he was going to kill Clint but Wanda said she was going to finish the plan. She wanted the big one. The two then turned to Bruce who was looking at them from the Quinjet.

Wanda and Bruce both paled at that. This was one thing Wanda would never, ever forgive herself for. She may forgive herself for playing with the minds of Tony, Thor, Steve and Natasha, but not this. Now the Mind Stone had made her unstable, but innocents had died. And it was on her because she had chosen to play with the mind of the Hulk.

Even if the deaths of the people weren't her intention, that was what had happened. And she was responsible.

Tony and Ultron were still fighting when Tony slammed Ultron down and aimed a missile at him. Ultron said the Vibranium was getting away. Tony said he wasn't going anywhere but Ultron said he was already there, though Tony would catch on. He then mockingly said Tony needed to catch Dr. Banner first. Tony angrily fired the missile, destroying the body of Ultron.

"At least he was shut up for a while." Clint said.

"Yeah. He annoys me a lot." Logan said.

Tony then flew around as Hulk roared angrily and ran off. Tony asked for any news or footage about Hulk. And then many videos of Hulk roaring and destroying stuff was shown. Tony told Natasha he could use a lullaby. Clint, who was helping Natasha, told him the whole team was down as Steve and Thor were shown still struggling with their visions.

No one said a word. They knew what was coming now.

Tony said he was calling in Veronica. The satellite device he had in space sent out the pieces of the armor. In Johannesburg, soldiers were moving around in their vehicles when they saw Hulk throwing vehicles away. He then leapt in front of the vehicle and ripped out the upper part before bringing his fist down.

Wanda, Scarlet Witch and Bruce all cringed at that. Benjamin held Scarlet Witch's hand to provide comfort.

Tony flew as the pieces of Veronica flew towards the city. Hulk was fired at but he kicked the police van at the cops, sending them rolling away. Before he could attack more, the pieces of Veronica assembled around him as a cage and electrified him.

Everyone watched the scene with bated breaths. Clearly, this thing had been made to subdue Hulk with all measures in mind. But could it succeed?

Hulk roared as he hit the cage from inside. The ground shook from that and everyone fell down. A crater was made in the ground where the cage was. And then the Hulk burst from the ground, making another crater as he hit the side of a car near him, making the woman cower in fear. That was when a giant boot was shown. Hulk turned around to see Iron Man in a giant suit. It was the Iron Man Armor: Mark XLIV, better known as the Hulkbuster. It covered his Iron Man Armor: Mark XLIII.

In spite of the tense situation, no one could help but clap at Tony's entrance.

"Thanks guys." Tony simply said.

Tony told everyone to stand down and the civilians backed away. Tony told Hulk the witch was messing with his mind. He was stronger than her, smarter than her, he was Bruce Banner. Hulk roared and Tony realized he wasn't supposed to mention puny Banner.

"I'm guessing that's why he temporarily overpowered me. Because I mentioned puny Banner." Thor muttered to himself to lighten his mood.

Hulk then threw a car at Tony but he caught it with his new armor. Hulk then rammed into him, sending him flying back as he rammed into some cars. Tony got up and flew at Hulk, grabbing him by the throat. He then slammed Hulk into the ground as he continued his flight, until Hulk kicked him away to the other side. Hulk charged at him but Tony slammed him away and fired his repulsor beam, crashing him into a truck. He then walked but Hulk sent him flying off with a huge pole. Tony crashed through a house and was down as Hulk stabbed his arm with the pole from the back. "In the back? Dick move, Banner." Tony said dryly.

Once again, in spite of the situation, everyone chuckled at Tony's joke as Pepper said, "You sure know how to lighten the mood."

Hulk continued hitting him until Tony straightened the arm and sent him flying off with a punch, making him crash into some stalls. He then asked Veronica to give him a hand as it sent parts of the arm flying at him.

"Nice way to make it literal." Steve complimented and Tony chuckled.

Tony detached the broken arm as the new one was attached. Tony fired two repulsors at the charging Hulk so he was unaffected so he fired a third, stronger one. Hulk defended with his arm and continued charging as Tony's hand was finally attached. They both clashed their fists and the resulting shockwave destroyed a lot of windows in the nearby area, including those of cars. Hulk pinned Tony to the ground but then Tony pinned him instead and kept punching him, telling him to go to sleep.

Everyone chuckled again at Tony's joke. He was making a dark situation humorous with his quips.

Hulk eventually caught his arm but Tony trapped his fist and tried to fly out of town. But Hulk's struggling made them crash into a mall as Hulk continued punching him. Tony slammed Bruce into a wall, begging him to cooperate as he used a chemical spray on him. The lift opened as the people screamed in terror. Hulk kicked Tony into the lift as the glass shattered and the lift went down. Tony caught the lift though and used the repulsor to steady himself as the people ran out on his command.

Wanda seemed a bit relieved at seeing these people saved at least. But it didn't ease her conscience.

Hulk leapt at Tony but was kicked down. Tony then smashed the lift on top of him. Tony punched him again and he angrily spat out a broken tooth. Tony paled and apologized.

Everyone else paled too. Hulk angrily spitting out a tooth didn't look good. If circumstances were different, Bruce would have complimented Tony on actually managing to break a tooth with all that power.

Tony was slammed out of the building and steadied himself with his thrusters as Hulk slammed him into a glass building and kept punching him. The two continued trading blows as Hulk broke off a piece of the armor from Tony's back. Tony asked for damage report and called a new piece but Hulk smashed it away as Tony held him in the air. Tony saw a building under construction and scanned for life signs. There were none. "How quickly can we buy this building?" He asked.

Everyone chuckled a bit at his wit again.

Tony dropped Hulk into the building and fired a few missiles to assist himself. Tony and the missile slammed into Hulk simultaneously, crashing him through the building as he roared angrily and the building came down. The soldiers arrived to flank him as Hulk rose up from the debris and smoke. Seeing all the wounded and scared people running slowly brought him back to his sense. The soldiers pointing guns at him angered him again but Tony knocked him out with a punch from the side.

Everyone released breaths they had held back.

Wanda finally said it, "I am sorry, Bruce. I do not deserve your forgiveness after what I made you do. I traumatized you enough to leave Earth for two years. I just wanted you to know. And those people died because of me."

"They did. And we will never forgive ourselves for that. All we can do is try to move past that now." Scarlet Witch told Wanda.

"I don't think I may be able to forgive you for that, Wanda." Bruce said, "At least not now. Maybe one day. But I think it is time to move past that and start fresh."

Wanda nodded appreciatively.

"Now let's continue." Logan said.