Everyone made their way towards the lab to examine the damage that had been done. I was still in shock. One second everything was okay and then all of a sudden we are fighting our own creation and his bots. Is this what it was like to be an Avenger?
"All our work is gone," says Banner
"Ultron cleared out. He used the Internet as his escape hatch," I say while examining the messy lab
"Ultron," says Steve, clearly disappointed
"He got into everything. Files, Survalience," says Nat with her arms crossed leaning on the desk
"He probably knows more about us than we know about each other," I say while looking up at everyone.
"He's in your files. He's in the Internet. What if he decides to access something a little more exciting?" asks Rhodes
"Nuclear codes," I say with hesitation
"Look we need to make some calls. Assuming we still can" Rhodes continues
"Nukes? He said he wanted us dead," Nat adds
"He didn't say 'Dead'. He said 'Extinct'" mentions Steve
"He also said he killed somebody," Clint says
"There wasn't anyone else in the building" Maria states
"Yes, there was," Tony says, finally speaking up
With a quick movement, Tony pulls up what once was J.A.R.V.I.S. He was destroyed. Everyone gathers around and immediately looks sympathetic. J.A.R.V.I.S wasn't just some artificial intelligence system. He became a friend to us all.
"Oh-no. J.A.R.V.I.S." I say while walking up and resting a hand on Tony's shoulder
"What? This is insane," says Banner in a confused tone
"J.A.R.V.I.S was the first line of defence. He would have shut Ultron down. It makes sense." Steve says with his head bowed
"No. Ultron could have assimilated J.A.R.V.I.S. This isn't strategy, This is rage," I say while examining the shattered system.
Thor enters the room in a rage. He is fully dressed in his traditional combat garments, holding his hammer in his hand. He immediately approached Tony and wraps his hand around Tony's neck.
"Woah, Woah, Woah," says Steve, rushing to stop Thor
"Guess the rage is going around" Clint adds
"Come on, use your words, buddy," Tony says while being held up in the air by Thor, basically gasping for air.
"I have more than enough words to describe you, Stark," Thor says in anger
"Thor, The legionnaire," Steve says, reminding Thor to update us
Thor releases Tony from his grasp and Tony backs up to take some deep breaths.
"Trail went cold about 100 miles out, but it's headed North. It also has the sceptre. Now we have to retrieve it, again." Thor says, clearly still angry.
"Genie's out of that bottle. Clear and present is Ultron." Nat adds
"I don't understand" Helen adds from the corner of the room.
She was examining the remains of one of the bots in confusion.
"You build this program. Why is it trying to kill us?" Helen continues looking at Tony
Tony begins to laugh. I could feel Thor's anger from where I was standing. I could feel everyone's anger for that matter.
"Mmm-Mmm" Banner says to Tony while shaking his head back and forth
"Tony pull it together," I say
"You think this is funny?" Thor asks while raising his hammer.
"No," Tony says while facing Thor
"It's probably not, right? This is very terrible. It is so- It is so terrible," Tony adds while beginning to laugh again
"This could have been avoided if you hadn't played with something that you don't understand," Thor says while approaching Tony
"No. I'm sorry, It is funny," Tony replies while getting up in Thor's face. Definitely not the best decision.
"It's a hoot that you don't get why we need this," Tony continues
"Tony, this might not be the right time," Banner says
"Really? That's it? You just roll over and show your belly every time someone snarls?" Tony says, snapping at Banner
"Hey. Tony lay off of him." I say in defence of Banner
"Same goes for you, You both just bow down?" He says
"Only when we have created a murder bot, Tony," I say approaching him
"Except we didn't. We weren't even close," Tony adds
"Well, You did something right, and you did it right here. The Avengers were supposed to be different than S.H.E.I.L.D." Steve says
"Look, We're the Avengers. We can bust arms dealers all the livelong day but that up there? That's the endgame. How were you guys planning on beating that? " Tony says while pointing to the sky.
"Together," Steve says while looking at Tony
"We'll lose," Tony says sternly
"Than we will do that together too," Steve replies
"Thor's right. Ultron's calling us out and I would like to find him before he's ready for us," Steve continues
"Well, the world is a big place. Let's start making it smaller." I add
Everyone begins to work together to come up with a way to stop Ultron. From the work that I had completed with Banner and Tony, I knew that this would not be a simple task for the Avengers. Part of me would never know how they did it on a day to day basis.
At around 1:00 am everyone decided to call it a night even though we knew that we were nowhere close to being done. Everyone left the lab and headed to their bedrooms. On my way to my bedroom, I passed the training room. I stood before the door for a few seconds and thought to myself. I was useless. I held the gun and yet I had no idea how to defend myself. I work with the Avengers so you think I would have come prepared for those kinds of situations. As I stood there thinking about my capabilities, I was approached by Steve.
"You okay?" Steve asks while putting his hand on my shoulder
"I was useless Steve. I held the gun and just looked at it. I have no idea how to defend myself. I don't want to become that burden who constantly needs protection while we fight against Ultron. I want to be one who can help." I say in sadness
"You have potential. I see it within you kid. I can help you if you'd like. Same with Nat, and I'm sure Clint would be more than happy to help. We are all here for you." Steve replies sympathetically
I look over and him and simply smile
"You tired?" He asks
"Not really, tonight's events were pretty exciting," I tell him
"Come on then," Steve says while leading me into the training room.
Steve and I spent most of the night doing basic moves of defence. Not long after we started Nat joined us after she heard us in here. Seemed like I wasn't the only restless one after everything that had happened. I learned a lot from the two of them just in that one night. Nat brought up the idea of getting Tony to help me make my own suit so I could help the team. Steve agreed and said it was a good idea knowing that we would need all hands on deck to defeat Ultron. I was no use staying back at the Facility while my friends were all off saving the world. Plus we had J.A.R.V.I.S here, the Facility doesn't always need me.
Once we were all done with training we headed back to our rooms. By that time it was about 5 which inevitably meant that either Banner or Tony would be in here to wake me up in just an hour or two. I took off any of the remaining makeup I had on and tied my hair back to keep it out of my face. I changed into some comfy clothes which was really nice. Trying to fight Nat and Steve in that dress was beyond hard but Nat reminded me that there's a chance that I'll be put in a situation where I'll have to fight in a dress like tonight. I laid in my bed and just stared up at the ceiling thinking about my life and what this job has brought me. I slowly started the dose off until I had fallen completely asleep.