Chapter 14- Nukes... oh fun

We were in the lab when Mason arrives.


"Hey man thanks for coming." I told him hugging him


Before Bruce could talk I saw my aunt Natasha looking at Mason funny but I didn't understand why. 


All attention went to Bruce when he said, "All our work is gone. Ultron cleared out, used the internet as an escape hatch."


"Ultron?" asked Steve


"He's been in everything. Files, surveillance. Probably knows more about us than we know about each other." said my Aunt


"He's in your files, he's in the internet. What if he decides to access something a little more exciting?" said someone I did know


"Who is he?" I asked looking at him, he had this 'Sam...cough...cough... Asshole' vibe about him.


"That is James Rhodes, Tony'd friend." Aunt Natasha told me as Mason and me nodded 


Our little conversation went unnoticed by everyone in the room.


"Nuclear codes." said Maria 


I haven't seen Maria since what happened at Potomac.


" Nuclear codes. Look, we need to make some calls, assuming we still can." said Rhodes


"Nukes... oh fun." I sassed as Mason elbowed me groaning me to groan in pain


" Nukes? He said he wanted us dead." said Aunt Natasha


"Dead also fun." I sassed but this time avoided Mason's elbow  


"He didn't say dead. He said extinct."


"Extinct well that's just dandy," I said as Mason elbowed me 


I turn to see my aunt giving me a pointed look and I knew it was time to close my mouth or I would become 'Extinct' 


"He also said he killed somebody."


"But there wasn't anyone else in the building." said Maria 


" Yes there was."


 Stark bring up the now destroyed 3D image of JARVIS' consciousness. I still didn't know who or what JARVIS was so I sat there and nodded stupidly along with Mason.


"This is insane." said Bruce


"JARVIS was the first line of defense. He would've shut Ultron down, it makes sense."


I turned to Mason, not understanding.


"Is JARVIS a person or a program."


"I guess that is the eternally question... just like is he gay or eurpoean." said Mason as Bruce mentioned Ultron our attention snapped to him


" No, Ultron could've assimilated Jarvis. This isn't strategy, this is...rage." said Bruce


 Suddenly, Thor grabs hold of Stark by his throat and holds him up.


"Calm down Thor, there is no point to kill him, he could be useful in the future but you can maim him." I told Thor


"There will be no Maiming." said steve starting daggers at me


" Woah, woah, woah! It's going around." said Clint 


" Come on. Use your words, buddy." Tony said to Thor


"I won't be insulting the Asgardian who has you in a chock hold, Stark." I told him with a sigh.


"You know for a genius your rather stupid."


" I have more than enough words to describe you, Stark." said Thor


"Thor! The Legionnaire." said Steve  as Thor let go of Stark


WHAT THE NAME IN CHEESE AND CRACKERS IS LEGIONNAIRE?!?!?!?!?


I looked over to Mason, who just shrugged at me 


"Trail went cold about a hundred miles out but it's headed north, and it has the scepter. Now we have to retrieve it, again." said Thor 


"The genie's out of that bottle. Clear and present is Ultron."


" I don't understand. You built this program. Why is it trying to kill us?" said someone else I didn't know but can't find it in myself to find out about her in all honesty.


 Stark starts laughing, Banner subtly shakes his head at him to get him to stop.


" You think this is funny?" Thor asked


" No. It's probably not, right? Is this very terrible? Is it so...is it so...it is. It's so terrible."


"You are an asshole Tony, you have now earnt Sam's title." I grumbled to myself


"This could've been avoided if you hadn't played with something you don't understand."


" No, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. It is funny. It's a hoot that you don't get why we need this." said Stark


"Tony, maybe this might not be the time to..." said Bruce 


" Really?! That's it? You just roll over, show your belly, every time somebody snarls."


"Only when I've created a murder bot." said Bruce


" We didn't. We weren't even close. Were we close to an interface?"


"Well, you did something right. And you did it right here. The Avengers were supposed to be different than SHIELD." said Steve


" Anybody remember when I carried a nuke through a wormhole?"


"Nope." I said making the p sound pop


"No, it's never come up." said Rhodes


" Saved New York?"


" Never heard that." Rhodes and I said at the same time, I could see that this could be the start of a beautiful friendship... well if he didn't give off the 'Sam' vibe


" Recall that? A hostile alien army came charging through a hole in space. We're standing three hundred feet below it. We're the Avengers. We can bust arms dealers all the live long day, but, that up there? That's...that's the end game. How were you guys planning on beating that?"


"Together," said Steve


"We'll lose."


"Then we'll do that together, too. Thor's right. Ultron's calling us out. And I'd like to find him before he's ready for us. The world's a big place. Let's start making it smaller." said Steve



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