Goddess | Natasha Romanoff

Chapter 8: Evolve

"I do, I have you. Back in the day, I had eyes everywhere, ears everywhere else. Here we all are, back on earth, with nothing but our wit, and our will to save the world. So stand. Outwit the platinum bastard"

"Steve doesn't like that kind of talk" Nat turns to Steve cheekily as she replies to Fury

"You know what, Romanoff?" Natasha smiles mischievously at Steve as he talks

"So what does he want?"

"To become better. Better than us. He keeps building bodies"

"Person bodies. The human form is inefficient, biologically speaking, we're outmoded. But he keeps coming back to it" Tony explains

"When you two programmed him to protect the human race, you amazingly failed" Natasha say, turning to bruce and Tony

"I cant even pretend to be surprised though" Al adds

"They don't need to be protected, they need to evolve. Ultron's going to evolve" Bruce says as he looks at Lilas picture of the butterfly she had painted for Natasha.

"How?"

"Has anyone been in contact with Helen Cho?" Bruce asks

in Helens lab, Cho is using the Cradle to create a new body for Ultron, he mind warped by the sceptre.

"It's beautiful. The Vibranium atoms aren't just compatible with the tissue cells, they're binding them. And SHIELD never even thought--"

"The most versatile substance on the planet and they used it to make a Frisbee. Typical of humans, they scratch the surface and never think to look within" Ultron uses a laser to break open the scepter's blue gem, and a yellow gem that was inside floats out and lands in his hand. He places it in the head of the body

Back at the Barton's far Steve says, "I'll take Natasha, Al and Clint" Steve says

"Alright, strictly recon. I'll hit the NEXUS, I'll join you as soon as I can" Tony agrees

"If Ultron is really building a body..."

"He'll be more powerful than any of us. Maybe all of us. An android designed by a robot"

"You know I really miss the days when the weirdest thing science ever created was me" Steve says with a small sigh

"I'll drop Banner off at the tower. Do you mind if I borrow Ms. Hill?" Fury asks

"She's all yours, apparently" Tony replies

"What are you gonna do?" Steve asks

"I don't know. Something dramatic, I hope" Fury replies

"Honestly, don't do anything dramatic like creating another robot" Al says to Fury, turning to Tony and winking at the man. Tony rolls his eyes at her.

"I'm gonna finish re-flooring that sunroom as soon as I get back" Clint says to his wife as they talk away from everyone else.

"Yeah, and then you'll find another part of the house to tear apart"

"No. It's the last project. I promise" he kisses her; later Laura watches them fly off in the Quinjet

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In NEXUS Internet Hub, Oslo, Norway "A hacker who's faster than Ultron? He could be anywhere. And as this is the center of everything, I'm just a guy looking for a needle in the world's biggest haystack" Tony explains

"How do you find it?" A tech asks

"Pretty simple. You bring a magnet" he starts playfully singing as he types "Oh, I'm decrypting nuclear codes and you don't want me to. Come and get me"