The Next Avengers – Ultron's Return

News that changed everything

Two years have passed since the new Avengers beat Ultron and brought Ultra-City back to normality. They freed anyone who suffered under Ultron's reign and as the world found its peace again their lives went on. All of them moved into the Avengers-Tower in New York, our five heroes went to school like normal teenagers and just lived their lives that way. Hawkeye and Thorunn became a couple after a short while and you could see how much James loathed to see the two of them together – what caused them to clash more often and the group to slowly drift apart.

One evening as all men sat together at the dining table and were digging into their meals as Thorunn stormed into the room. "Guess what!" She said as she reached the table and the guys' heads perked up.

"What?" Pym asked a spoon still in his mouth.

Grinning the blonde leaned on the table and stared at everyone. "My father wants me to return to Asgard! He wants to show me around and introduce me properly to the people. I shall become one of his warriors and can take on fights! Isn't that great?!" Enthusiasm and excitement clear in her voice and on her features. Whereas her audience seemed to have mixed feelings about it.

Azari looked at her with a shocked expression on his face. He quickly swollowed whatever he had in his mouth and began grinning after a few seconds. "'Runn that's great!"

"I'm so happy for you, Thorunn." James smiled warmly hat her and stood up to hug her after Azari.

"That is so cool! You could be one of those legendary warrior ladies, who would smash monsters' heads!" Pym laughed and tried to hug his three adoptive siblings, who laughed as well.

"I'm happy for you as well, child." Tony said and put a hand on her shoulder.

Teary eyed the young Asgardian looked up to her adoptiv father as a thought hit her. She turned to look at her boyfriend and unconsciously swallowed. "What's worng? Aren't you happy for me?"

"Honestly?" Hawkeye sent a cold stare towards the group. "No!"

Enraged he stood up and faced his girlfriend. She in return looked nervous and confused. "What? Why not?"

"Asgard isn't here on earth. I wouldn't see you for an uncertain period of time, moreover what do you want with him – the man, who send you to earth when you were just a babe and who gave a shit about you in all those years?" Hawkeye's angry voice scared her. But she pushed that feeling aside and let anger take over.

"What?! My father has always been there for me! Furthermore his actions followed a deeper purpose! I should learn what it means to be human!" Enraged she took a step towards him.

"This doesn't even make any sense! Only at the moment you hit your lowest point and threatened him he cared!" Hawkeye tried to state his point.

Thorunn paled a bit at his words. He couldn't mean that, could he? "T-That is not true! He has been there for me when I needed him, he brought me my sword back! He was there for me!"

"You know what, this doesn't make sense anymore." As this was said he fought his way through the shocked group and angrily stormed towards the door.

Thorunn turned around and called after him. "What do you mean?"

"It's simple: We're over." With this he left and left a stunned Thorunn with the others. It didn't take long for Thorunn to realize what Hawkeye had said and as soon as it sunk in there was no holding back, she burst into tears. She fell James into his arms and cried into his chest, while he looked furiously after Hawkeye. He handed the broken girl over to Azari and ran after the archer.

Before he could exit the room Thorunn raised her voice. "James, what are you doing?"

"Nothing special." He shrugged her off not daring to meet her eyes and walked through the door. He went searching for Hawkeye and found him on the Avengers-Tower's outdoor platform.

Hawkeye growled. "What do you want?"

"As you two got together I told you that if you would hurt her, I would hurt you. Remember?" James said as he balled his fists.

Hawkeye laughed. "As if you could do that, squirt."

"Don't call me Squirt. I'm only a year younger than you!" He was getting angry again. He thought of Hulk's mantra but it didn't seem to help.

"Just leave." Hawkeye told him and returned to look down on New York.

James took a step forward and raised his voice. "I won't let you get away this easily! Fight me!"

"You are miserable." Was all he said, not taking his gaze of the light up city.

"Am I? Wasn't this the way your father had actetd?" This hit something in Hawkeye. His blood boiled and he balled his fists.

Growling he turned around. His eyes full of hatred. "Let my father out of this."

James snorted and crossed his arms in front of his chest. "He wasn't such a coward like you! But who cares…" With that he truned around to leave and began to walk back to the door. Just in this moment Hawkeye jumped after him, but before he could reach him the redhead turned around and imbedded his fist in the archers face. They fought for a while but soon both were on the ground and wrestled.

"What the hell are you two doing here?" Azari's voice cut through the air as he found them and saw what they were doing.

As the two heard him Hawkeye threw James off him, stood up and dusted off his clothes. "Nothing." He said. "Absolutely nothing."

Azari and James watched him leave them again and as the door closed Azari punched his friend's shoulder. "Ow!"

"What the hell was that about, James?" He hissed as James held his shoulder.

The redhead looked to the side and mumbled something as he rose to his feet. "He deserved it."

"Even if he did, all your fighting is going to be the end of our team if you don't quit!" Azari warned his best friend.

James sighed and put a hand on Azari's shoulder. "Our team isn't going to part. No panic." With this he left Azari alone and wandered through the halls until he stopped. He found himself in front of Thorunn's room and debated with himself if he should go in or not. Sighing he knocked and stepped into her room. As he entered he saw Thorunn huddled by her window, her gaze locked to the world below as she ran a hand through her long, blonde hair.

"Thorunn?" James softly asked as he approached her.

Without turning around she replied. "What do you want?"

"I just want to talk to you." He assured her.

"About what?" She turned farther away from him.

Sighing he replied. "You should go to Asgard."

Surprised and shocked she turned around and looked at him. "What?" She breathed.

"It's your best chance to get to know your parents and bond with them." He said while wandering around her room and finally sitting down on her bed. "You should go."

"I… I don't know what I should do. On one hand I want nothing more than to go, learn where I'm from, you know…" Her mind seemed to drift off, but then she looked at James again with teary, blue eyes. "But on the other hand I don't want to leave you guys. You are my family and I can't just leave you behind."

"Then take your time to figure out what to do." He stood up and went for the door, but before he exited her room James turned around a last time to face the girl. "He won't take any offense if you decide to reject, you know?" Then he left.

In the same evening James was with Tony in the control center and checked if the city and the world were still at peace. Just as they decided to call it a night Hawkeye stormed into the room, grabbed James' shoulders, swirled him around and punched him – hard.

James moaned in pain and frowned angrily at him. "What is your fucking problem?!"

"You told her to leave?!" Well, he was pissed.

James removed the blood from his lip and regained his posture. "It's her own choice to go or to stay. But if she wants to get to know her father, she should go." He earned another punch from his friend. "If this is what you think, then our friendship is over." Again he disappeared.

James stood still and held his jaw, while Tony blinked. "What just happened?"

"I have only four friends left." He turned around to face the holographic card again and ran a hand through his hair.

James and Hawkeye spend one week in uncomfortable silence, although Azari and Pym tried everything to resolve their feuds. And then one night Thorunn appeared in the living room, where the boys held their silence contest.

Pym was the first to see her. "Thorunn!" He jumped up and tackled her into a hug.

"What's worng?" Azari asked frowning as he saw the expression on her face.

She swallowed and looked at everyone. "I made a decision." The atmosphere was tense as they all listened curiously. "I'll stay." She finally said and smiled at her friends, whereupon all of them jumped up and hugged her happily. But their glee was abruptly disturbed as the alarm went off. Tony ran to the bar and let a few screens appear. They showed different parts of the city where robots destroyed everything that came in their way.

"Avengers, we got a problem." Tony said and looked at them.

James nodded. "No problem. Avengers, let's go!"

"Actually…" Hawkeye began, whereupon James looked at him. "Why are you the leader?"

"What?" James seemed confused.

"It's just that… I successfully lead the Savengers, so why not the Avengers? Also I'm older than you." Hawkeye said and crossed his arms.

"Are you crazy?! I'm the leader just like my father has been." James said.

Hawkeye shrugged. "Maybe your father wasn't the right person to do the job either."

"Okay, that's enough!" James was just about to jump at Hawkeye's throat as Azari put himself in James' way.

"You shouldn't fight about this now. We've got some metal asses to kick!" He told them but his two friends shoved him out of the way and barked. "Since when are you the boss?"

"Well if you two can't put your differences aside a more responsible one should take the lead." Azari said.

"What's gotten into you? James was always a good leader! Why do you suddenly get so worked up about it?" Pym asked as he tried to calm the situation.

All three of them turned enraged towards him. "You stay out of this!"

"Guys, please, we need to safe the people down there!" Thorunn emphasized.

Tony sighed. "It's too late already. You can be happy that this was only a practice. You should regain your team spirit and pull yourselves together."

"Fine! Then regain your team spirit without me." Hawkeye grabbed his bow and left.

"Franzis, where are you going?" Tony called after him.

"I'm leaving! You can finally turn my room into a boxroom." He disappeared and this time no one would find him.

"Good, this just leaves the two of us." Azari said and faced James.

He snorted. "You know what? Go on playing king. I'm out!" He left for his room.

"What? James, wait!" Thorunn called but he didn't bother to stop or reply. She watched him leave and already knew that nothing would be the same again.

Without Hawkeye and James no Avenger was himself again. Azari had enough of being the leader of a weak team and moved out of the tower. Thorunn and Pym had to watch helplessly how their precious friendships broke apart as well as their team. Shortly after Azari gave up and moved out James emulated him. In the end only three of the old team were left. The tower felt empty without their ramble, laughter and fights and that let them realize one thing: the Avengers were no more.

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