A/N: I am actually going to miss this story. I'm getting emotional.

And age of Ultron was hella. and TBH im more excited over the fact that it came out in the UK first :P

Let me just give a little background on the character, Forson; he is the leader - or scientist supreme of AIM and given him and Laenna share the same last name there is some relation.

He hated to run, he hated fleeing like some frightened animal however, it was essential to his plan. To let them think you've taken the cowardly option when in fact you've left to regain strength that was lost.

As he trudged through the crumbling base he decided that it was expected of his rebellious daughter to go to the Avengers for assistance, but what he didn't take into account was how strong Iron an actually was.

His black beekeeper suit made to reduce most forces had been covered in multiple dents from the scuffle.

However pushing the pain away he walked into the remains of the lab. Desperate times called for desperate measures, and if his daughter could play God then so could he.

Reaching into the inside of his suit he pulled out the vial containing his last resort and loaded it into a syringe.

Technovore's last upgraded was his last resort and placing it inside him would not only enhance his own powers, but give him the advantage he needed to destroy those that stood in his way.

Not bothering to prep himself Forson plunged into the skin of his arm, shuddering slightly at the pinch.

His eyes opened and were glowing with a metallic hue.

It was oh-so convenient that the communications between the team were down, however it was more convenient that Forson had managed to escape during their fight.

During the scuffle, Tony found himself separated from Thor, Darcy, Jane and Winter.

He wasn't a hundred percent sure as to where his teammates were, and it seemed that the once simple plan to smash technovore had blown up in all their faces.

What was even worrying was the fact that, Snow had managed to get herself in the middle of the mess.

And if Jarvis' scans were anything to go by - which they were, then Winter was surely dying.

As he not so stealthy flew through the various corridors of the base, he wondered how someone he knew so little managed to worm their way into the small space that he called his heart.

It was surprising enough that the man of Iron so easily welcomed the Avengers into his home, heck he even rebranded the tower for them.

Not only were they the earth's mightiest heroes, they were a family. A family which over the months and years had come to expand due to the arrival of Jane, Darcy and Winter.

It was funny really, for the first person to crawl their way into his iron heart, to see the person underneath was Pepper. After that other people, Dr Banner, Darcy had managed to create a close bond with him.

And now the silver haired technopath managed to find a space alongside said people.

It was then as he scanned the hallways, the voice of his AI alerting him of the oncoming party.

"Sir, it appears that Captain Rogers is approaching" Jarvis announces.

To be honest Tony was confused as to why Steve wasn't with the assassins and Snow's mother.

He was glad that he wasn't the only one that mistrusted the older silver haired woman, both Steve and was wary of her, whereas Natasha made it very clear that she just didn't trust her, well she hardly trusted anyone to begin with.

Once it was clear that Steve had seen him, he cleared the space between them he noted how the captain looked slightly, if not very beat up. His suit was sporting multiple tears and his usually shiny vibranium shield was adorned with multiple scratches.

"Seen the Snow or the kid?" Tony asked once his face plate came off.

There was no question as to whom he was referring to, being the youngest in the tower at the time, Darcy was automatically known as 'kid' to the older members. However to avoid confusion once the even younger Winter moved in, she was known by her last name 'Snow'

Steve shook his head before turning back to Tony, his shield strapped to his back making him look like some odd all American turtle.

"No but why are they here?" He asked with confusion, he obviously hadn't heard.

Tony sighed before walking forward, signalling for Steve to do the same in order to keep up with his strides.

"Kid, Snow and Foster decided to come along... apparently, Technovore's been upgraded" He explained, purposely leaving out the detail on where Winter had the nanorobots in her bloodstream and we're slowly killing her from the inside.

Steve nodded in understanding, his brows still furrowed in obvious confusion.

"So you've lost them?" He asked, well more like accused.

Tony held up his hands in mock surrender which caused Steve to exhale loudly.

"Oh captain, you wound me" he said dramatically and thus earned himself an eye roll from said captain.

"Anyway I'm sure they're fine..." He added quietly, though he didn't seem that convinced himself, he knew that trouble always had its way with finding those three.

It probably more wise to worry about their own situation, since at that moment the walls started to shake, only this time Tony knew that their not so always friendly green giant was responsible for it.

There was a sudden loud explosion causing Tony to quickly put his faceplate back on, and for Steve to bring out his shield to avoid getting hit by the debris.

Tony's suit managed to protect him from the brunt of the impact however it didn't stop him from getting thrown like a ragdoll into the nearest wall.

Turning to the source his eyes widened at the sight of the black suited beekeeper that he had fought earlier, emerge from the giant hole in the wall that was now created.

Judging from the metallic glow originating from behind the beekeepers tinted mask, Tony guessed that something definitely was not right.

"Jarvis, tell me that I am not dreaming of crazy glowing eyed beekeepers?" Tony asked the AI as he staggered upright. He was vaguely aware of Steve battling the beekeeper, though it seemed that both parties were evenly matched when it came to hand to hand combat.

"My Scanners are detecting nanorobots, or technovore in your opponents' bloodstream, Sir" Jarvis answered.

Tony frowned at this as it seemed that the beekeeper did to him what had been done to Winter, but the real question was why.

"Jarvis give me vitals" Tony asked as he sent an electromagnetic pulse at the beekeeper, the pulse caused the wiring of the suit to short out and thus temporarily paralysed the beekeeper. Steve nodded in appreciation before hitting the beekeeper with the side of his shield.

"Sir, it appears that his senses have been enhanced though like miss Snow his vital organs are slowly failing due to the nanorobots however his body is resisting it" Jarvis explained

Tony frowned before stepping over towards the unconscious body.

"Care to elaborate, Jarv?" He asked as he double checked to make sure that the beekeeper was down for the count.

"well sir it seems that like Miss Snow your opponent has technopathic abilities" Jarvis stated

It was then that Tony suddenly felt his suit power down before it was ripped from his body, the beekeeper standing in front of him with silver sparks covering his hands and the remains of his suit revolving around him.

Darcy frowned once more once she realised that there was in fact no escape from the cable ties. Trying to wriggle her wrists out of the hold, she sighed as the material rubbed against her wrists and most likely rubbed it red raw.

She wasn't exactly used to playing the captured, but she assumed that Winter and her mother were playing it a bit too cool. The two women were both sitting cross legged either side of the dark haired woman, calmly assessing the situation.

If Darcy wasn't mistaken, Laenna's usually bright sapphire orbs were calculating. Trying to find an escape, and to her surprise the usual carefree Winter was doing the same.

She watched with curiosity as Winter started to struggle with her restraints. Twisting her wrists around in an attempt to escape.

Darcy craned her neck in an attempt to see, if she wasn't mistaken she would have assumed Winter had done this before.

"Wait...Winnie, what are you doing- " she asked, however the sound of the cable ties snapping answered her question.

Darcy let out a small gasp as she Winter gave a small smirk. Laenna had also escaped her own ties and had moved to stand.

"We need to destroy, technovore" Winter stated as she started to move Darcy's wrists apart.

Darcy was aware of Winter using something sharp to cut the bindings. Once they snapped she realised that Winter had used a shard of glass to release her.

Laenna nodded in agreement to Winter's statement before taking up a stance next to the younger women.

"This is our last chance" Laenna added with a frown.

It was so sudden 'last chance' like the ending to the first of the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

"I hate to be the bad news bear, but those beekeepers took our weapons" Darcy pointed out.

The beekeepers made sure to take her trusty tazer gun, as well as any other weapons they had in their possession.

"Darcy, honey...This is why a woman is prepared" Laenna said with a large smile. The older woman reached into her boot and pulled out a tazer gun, passing it to the dark haired woman with a grin.

"Gee thanks..." She grinned as she twirled the tazer between her fingers, it wasn't as good as her own but it would do.

Laenna gave a small smile before turning to her daughter; Winter seemed to meet her mother's gaze before offering her own small smile. "I always wondered where you stashed your weapons" Winter sighed as Laenna seemed to produce a gun out of nowhere.

Laenna smiled before patting her daughter on the shoulder.

"Snowflake, when you're my age you'll think of all sorts of places to stash things" Laenna explained with a grin. Darcy had no idea what the older woman meant, nor did she want to find out; what exactly did happen when women aged? Did large pockets of skin appear making excellent pockets to stash items such as oreos and drugs, though that did sound rather impressive as well as disgusting, once she really thought about it.

Darcy smiled as Winter gave a small laugh, the two women clearly had a strong bond. A bond that not every mother and daughter were lucky enough to share.

Winter would make a remark or an innuendo, whilst her mother would reply with her own. They understood each other on a deep level, and their relationship was something that Darcy found herself in envy of. Her own mother was a traditional jewish woman, though she seemed to have abandoned her beliefs once she met Darcy's father, it was once she was born her father had upped and left and thus Mrs Lewis became Ms. Berkovich and once again thrust herself into her strong beliefs to prevent her daughter from having the same fate.

She was vaguely aware of something poking her arm and turning to the source, frowned at the sight of Winter poking her with her index finger.

"Darcy, were moving out" Winter said with a smile, as she lead the way with her mother walking behind and allowing Darcy walking beside them.

Winter was kind of glad that her mother was with her at this time, hell she couldn't hide the fact that she was still kind of pissed at her for lying all those years, but she was still her quirky, embarrassing mother all the same.

She still couldnt get over the fact at how close her mother and Darcy were, for the two seemed to be having an in depth conversation about Winter's early childhood years.

"Well, Winter was always such a tomboyish child…" Said her mother with a sigh, she had the back of her hand pressed against her chest as if deep in an emotive monologue - her mother was dramatic in that sense.

Darcy nodded in understanding as if absorbing every word the woman spoke,

"Yeah...I could tell, Winnie never likes to dress feminine. It really is a waste of a perfect figure" Darcy added with a pout.

Winter frowned at the comment before glancing down at her current attire, after removing the beekeeper outfit she was just dressed in simple jeans, a baggy t shirt and a pair of battered chuck taylors she had owned since her college freshman year. It wasn't the most feminine outfit but at least it was comfortable and covered her bust.

"Why are you even talking about me?" Winter asked with a pout, she tried folding her arms over her chest but that didn't help the situation, seeming as she had to place her folded arms on top of her bust to avoid squashing them and placing them under only flaunted them.

To her confusion her mother and Darcy both expressed looks of pure innocence before shrugging.

"We're only trying to help, Winter" both women answered in complete unison.

She exhaled loudly before walking past the two women in frustration.

"Can we just kill this thing and get the fuck out of here" she groaned before heading into the small room where technovore was being held.

Darcy shrugged before turning to Winter's mother.

"I don't know...that just seems way too easy" Darcy stated with a frown.

Laenna nodded in agreement before walking towards Winter, the silver haired woman was lifting the wiring to a computer. The nanorobots hissed once they notice the silver haired woman, baring their rows of tiny teeth in the process.

She was vaguely aware of her mother taking up stance beside her and placing a hand on her shoulder, but to be honest she didn't take much notice.

"They are quite ugly..." Laenna stated.

Winter nodded in agreement her hand was hovering over the robots and was shaking slightly.

"When I do this...when this is over, will everything go back. Back to normal that is?" She asked.

Looking into her mother's eyes, she already knew the answer there was no normality in the process and once the whole ordeal was over who was to say one was even going to surface.

Once it was over she 333ŕr2 go back to her same old job - if she wasn't fired, her same old house back in Queens - if her insurance came through and her same old friends that she never even had.

Her mother frowned, Darcy standing beside her. Maybe things didn't have to change, maybe they could stay how they were.

"Alright let's do this" she said with determination. A silver spark was related from her hand causing the robots to shrink back in fear of their doom.

The spark hit them, they had a quick death. Though they were machine and didn't know the feeling pain; they knew enough of what was going on, how it was their end.

She shrieked as Darcy grabbed her in a tight hug, squashing her back against her bust in the process.

"Oh my fucking gosh, you fucking did it Winnie!" she exclaimed as she started to jump around.

Winter smiled before slowly peeling herself away from the dark haired woman and then turning towards her mother.

"maybe you can make your cookies to celebrate?" she suggested to her mother, Darcy grinning with excitement behind her.

Her mother nodded before gripping Winter into a tight hug,

"I'm just glad that its over sweetie" She whispered and Winter nodded in agreement.

Dary started to say something along the lines of 'cookies' however Winters hearing started to slowly fade and her vision to slowly blur. A sudden pain shot throughout her entire body as if her insides were being ripped out causing her to fall to the ground.

She clutched her sides in an attempt to numb the pain only it was in vain, Darcy and her mother had rushed over towards her then, both were speaking but Winter couldn't hear the words, there was then a loud 'pop' noise similar to when the water has been sucked out of the bath and down the drain and Winter's hearing returned.

"Snowflake, can you hear me?" Her mother asked softly, her hand starting to rub soothing circles into her back.

She nodded however her head started to throb so she clenched her teeth in an attempt to focus on something else other than her pain.

"Winnie, your body is all sparky" Darcy stated slowly causing Winter to glance down and she infact saw the silver spark going through her body, a similar spark to her own when she used her own powers.

A large shadow covered her body and glancing up she noticed a figure from before - or hot shit as she had dubbed him, dressed in a slightly damaged beekeeper outfit his hands covered in a silver spark.

Laenna's eyes widened before turning around quickly taking up a defensive stance in front of her daughter and Darcy.

'Hot shit' only laughed before sending the silver spark through the computer wires causing them to wrap around Laenna and Darcy's legs and send them flying into opposite sides of the room.

Darcy twitched slightly but it was clear that the force had knocked her slightly dazed, and her mother appeared to be in a similar state.

Glancing back to 'hot shit' he was advancing towards her with his hands crackling with silver spark.

Winter slowly sat up, the pain causing her to flinch slightly before she started to scurry backwards in an attempt to avoid him.

She raised her hands and released her own spark, manipulating the technovore inside him to malfunction and causing him to freeze in his movements.

Before she could celebrate she realised that her own body was once again engulfed in the spark that wasn't her own and once again she was in pain, the technovore being ripped from her body feeling as if her flesh were being ripped from her bones causing her to scream.

Her mother screamed then unable to see her daughter in that much pain, she stood and tackled Forson to the ground which caused him to lose his focus on her.

Multiple wounds decorated her skin from where the nanorobots were pulled from her body and blood had stained her pale skin. She gasped as if she were recovering from drowning, her vision hazy and her body tired.

It wold be easy to give up now, to sleep.

So that's what she did she let the sleep claim her.

For she was tired.

So what did you think of that?

I tried my hand at a cliffhanger and being dramatic. Though I'm not sure how that is working.

Stay tuned for next chapter where we find how the avengers stop Forson as a team and their reaction to Winter's 'sleep'

JustAnotherFairy :)