A few moments after Dr. Strange departed for the Sanctum Sanctorum
Dr. Strange had just departed for the Sanctum Sanctorum with both Celestia and Luna leaving a few moments after him. Shadow had silently left the room with Rarity following close behind, curious as to where the Hedgehog was going. Iron Man was currently wrapping up on debriefing the team on their next move.
Tony clapped his hands together, "Okay, while Strange works on a spell to help us find the Stones, and Peter and his team work on the situation at The Raft, I'll be working with Reed Richards on finding a way to fix this mess that we're in."
Applejack tilted her head to the left in confusion, "Reed who now?"
Black Widow turned her head to the Earth Pony and explained, "Reed Richards, he's the leader of the Fantastic 4, and the smartest man in the world."
"In IQ only." Tony grumbled to himself, clearly jealous that there was someone smarter than him.
Tails heard Tony and asked, "What's his IQ?"
Tony turned to the Fox and answered, "Around 267."
To Tony's confusion, Tails smirked, "Heh, is that all?"
Tony smirked back and folded his arms, "Oh yeah, smart guy? What's your IQ level?"
"300."
It was then that everyone's jaws practically hit the floor in shock while Tony simply threw his arms up in frustration.
"Unbelievable, my IQ level is lower than that of an eight year old Fox's!"
"T-That is absolutely incredible." Hawkeye stuttered out.
Tails turned his head away and blushed at the attention as Knuckles placed his arm around Tails' shoulder, "Yep, he's a smart one."
"He's almost as smart as Eggman." Amy added.
Tony turned to the pink Hedgehog and quirked a brow, "I'm sorry, almost as smart as Eggman? How smart is he?"
Tails shrugged, "He also has an IQ of 300."
Tony then proceeded to place his head into his hands and groan in frustration. Not only was an eight year old kid smarter than him, but an Egg shaped madman was too.
Tony let his hands fall to his sides and stared up at the ceiling, "Great, does anyone else have something they'd like to share?"
Tony had appeared to have tempted the universe, since the alarm inside the tower started blaring like crazy.
Rainbow turned her head to Tony, "You had to ask, didn't you?"
Tony snapped his fingers before pointing to RD, "You, shut up," he then pointed towards the ceiling, "J.A.R.V.I.S, what's happening?"
"Sir, it appears that there is a horde of threats that are flying over the city." J.A.R.V.I.S responded.
"What's the threat?" Widow asked.
J.A.R.V.I.S replied, "It seems that Ultron's attack woke up some less than happy tourists."
"DESTROY. ALL. MUTANTS." A sudden robotic voice exclaimed from outside the tower.
Everyone then turned their gaze towards the window and saw a small squadron of giant robots flying over New York.
Hawkeye groaned in annoyance, "Sentinels? Really?"
"And guess where they're headed." Tony said as he turned around.
Natasha folded her arms over her chest, "Xavier's School For Gifted Youngsters."
Bruce Banner nodded as he clarified to his other worldly friends, "The X-Mansion."
Spike looked at the scientist in confusion, "The X-Mansion?"
Tony, not bothering to explain, turned to Cap, "We need to get a team over there. Those Sentinels are awake because of Ultron, and he's our mess to deal with. But we also can't waste time in finding these Stones."
Cap nodded and turned to his allies, "Alright, listen up. We'll split into two teams. One team goes to Xavier's School and helps out in the fight against the Sentinels, and the other remains here on standby just in case a Stone pops up. So, who's coming with me to stop the Sentinels?"
Applejack and Knuckles took a step towards Cap.
"A chance to pummel some giant robots? I'm not missing that!" Knuckles exclaimed as he smashed his fists together.
Applejack chuckled at the Echidna's enthusiasm before nodding at Cap, "We're with ya, partner."
Widow and Hawkeye glanced at one another before giving each other a fist bump. They both then took a step forward, confirming that they were coming with.
Pinkie bounced up and down as she shouted, "I'M IN!!! Maybe afterwards we can throw a HUUUUGGGGGEEE 'We Stopped Those Meany Sentinels' Party!!!"
That actually managed to get a smile out of Cap. He then turned to Tony and the other heroes and said, "Alright then. The rest of you will be on standby. Tony, work on finding those Stones, the rest of us," he then turned back to his team, "Suit up."
As the Quinjet flew through the air towards Xavier's School, Applejack got up from her seat and trotted over to Cap, who was standing behind Natasha, who was flying the Quinjet.
Applejack tapped the Super Soldier's leg with her hoof, gaining his attention.
Cap looked down and gave the farmer a kind smile, "Applejack? What can I do for you?"
"Ah was just wonderin', why would these here robots be flying towards a school of all places?" Applejack asked the leader of The Avengers.
Cap sighed as his face turned from one of kindness to one of sorrow, "This school is different. It houses individuals who are gifted in ways that are abnormal to everyone else. These individuals are ostracized by society for being different, humanity believes them to be a threat. These individuals are called Mutants."
Knuckles, who had been listening in, spoke up, "How come everyone treats these Mutants like crap while they treat all of you like heroes?"
Natasha answered before Cap could, "Because The Avengers was once a program developed by S.H.I.E.L.D. And in the public's eyes, S.H.I.E.L.D can be trusted, so in turn, they trust us."
"While society welcomed us with open arms, they treated Mutants like monsters, creating camps to imprison them and creating guard dogs like the Sentinels to hunt them down." Cap continued as Natasha focused on flying through the air.
Applejack shook her head in disgust, "That ain't right."
"No," Cap agreed as he turned his head away from Applejack, "No it isn't."
Suddenly, Pinkie Pie!!!
"Well, once we teach those meany Sentinels a lesson on how to play nice, maybe we can throw a massive party so Humans and Mutants can become the bestest of friends!!!" Pinkie suggested as she popped up from out of nowhere.
Natasha, who decided not to question how Pinkie Pie did that, replied, "That's wishful thinking, Pinkie."
Applejack then placed a comforting hoof on Pinkie's shoulder, "But if anyone can do it, it's you Sugarcube."
Pinkie beamed as she bounced up and down before looking up to the ceiling and-
"Hey, Mister Author? Do you think I could make this party happen?"
Wha- what the fu- PINKIE!!! Don't break the fourth wall while I'm busy typing the story, it could get confusing for the readers!
Pinkie tilted her head to the side as she continued to annoy me, "By the way, where have you been? It's been like, what, a week since you last updated this epic story!"
Well excuse me for wanting to get my school assignments done and-- HEY WAIT A MINUTE!!! If you could always do this, then why didn't you do this back in my other stories?!
"Because you never gave me the chance too since you practically wrote me and the other girls out of Horizons. Plus I didn't think about doing it in the first story of this trilogy." Pinkie replied.
I wrote you out because you, in particular, are a very hard character to write.
Pinkie rolled her eyes, "Jeez, if you think I'm hard to write, wait until De--"
PINKIE!!! SPOILERS!!!
Pinkie giggled, "Sorry."
Look, we're getting off track, let's just get back to the story.
"Okie dokie loki!"
"Uh, Pinkie? Who're talking to?" Applejack asked.
Pinkie gave Applejack a sly smirk, "Oh, no one you know."
No one decided to question it, why? Because it's Pinkie.
Natasha sighed, she just decided not to question it. Her attention was then drawn to the sight in front of her, they were approaching Xavier's School.
"Cap!" Natasha yelled back to her friend, getting his attention, "We're here."
Cap then looked outside the window in front of the cockpit and saw the school, but he also saw something that made him frown.
The Sentinels were already there, and they were firing upon the school.
"And so are the Sentinels."