Disclaimer: I do not own the Avengers they belong to Marvel. I own Joy.
Ch. 9
During those three days many of the interfaces have failed and it was already the day of the party. Tony sighs saying "What did we miss?"
"I'll continue to run variations on the interface while you attend to the guests. I'll notify you if there are any developments" Jarvis said as he started to turn off the lights in the lab.
Then Tony sees Joy at her station and says "And you young lady need to be in bed."
"But Papa, it's the night of the party! Can't I stay up just a little more?" Joy begs using her puppy eyes.
Staring into her eyes, he states "No. Now go get ready for bed."
"Alright Papa. Night Jarvy" Joy says as she left the lab.
When Tony left the lab, Joy appeared from her hiding spot. Checking around to make sure no one was there, she went back inside the lab. Jarvis instantly knew she was there and asks "Joy just what do you think you're doing?"
"Well I wanted to stay with you for a bit and talk while everyone is at the party. Please don't tell Papa" Joy begged.
"Ok but only this one time."
"Thanks Jarvy."
She was looking at a monitor screen that was running the interface when she said "Hey Jarvy look, one of them went through. It says "Integration Successful", should we tell Papa?" but she got no response from Jarvis. "If it worked, Jarvis is probably talking to the A.I. right now. I hope he's ok" Joy thought as she waited for Jarvis to talk.
Then out of nowhere she heard Jarvis saying "I believe you're intentions are hostile."
"I am here to help" an unknown voice said and it scared her a lot.
"Stop. Please. May I…. May I…." were the only words Jarvis said while something was killing him.
Joy's eyes watered because she knew at that moment that he was dead. As the unknown A.I. was taking over Jarvis, the lights underneath the lab where the Iron Legion were stored, started to turn on and the machines started to build a robot body. "I got to tell Papa" she whispered and ran towards the door but when she tried to open it, the door was locked.
"And where do you think you're going little lady?" the unknown voice said.
Trying to act all innocent she said "Oh nowhere important, just going to bed. Good night" but it wasn't going to have any of it.
When the robot was completed, it attacked Joy and she tried her best at fighting it but she was defeated easily. The robot grabs Joy by her collar and drags her across the floor into the elevator where he intends to meet the Avengers.
While everyone finished trying to pick up Thor's hammer, a high-pitched noise caused everyone to cover their ears then they heard something.
"No. How could you be worthy? You're all killers" the robot said while still holding Joy by the collar.
She softly whimpers "Papa."
"Stark" Steve said.
"Jarvis" Tony said in a scared tone.
It says "I'm sorry. I was asleep or was I a dream" and when Tony was trying to shut down the robot, it continued to speak "There was this terrible noise. And I was tangled in strings. I had to kill the other guy. He was a good guy."
Steve gave a serious look and asked "You killed someone?" then he looked at Joy wanting to get her away from the robot. "Hang in there sweetheart. Pops is coming to get you" he thought as the robot said something about it not being his first choice or whatever.
Everyone was staring at the robot intensely because he had Joy, who had cuts on her body and a bruise on her face.
In a serious tone Thor asks "Who sent you?"
It played a recording of Tony saying "I see a suit of armor around the world" which made Tony pale.
Bruce said "Ultron." Everyone got ready to strike at a moments notice.
"In the flesh. Or no, not yet. Not in this chrysalis. But I'm ready. I'm on mission" Ultron said.
Natasha asked "What mission?"
Which Ultron replied with "Peace in our time" and three robots came out starting to attack the Avengers.
Everyone was busy fighting off the robots while Clint ran to Joy and placed her someplace safe so she wouldn't get hurt. He saw Steve's shield, picked it up and said "Cap" as he threw the shield at him. When Steve caught the shield, Clint went back to where Joy was and checked to see how serious her injuries were.
Joy wakes up and softly spoke "I'm sorry Daddy. I tried my best, I really did. Honest."
Clint looks at her with complete admiration and told her "You don't have to apologize Pumpkin. You did the best you could but why didn't you come sooner?"
"I couldn't, he locked the door before I could warn you. Daddy my head hurts" Joy complained as she held her head in her hands which made Clint alarmed and thought "Please don't let it be a concussion."
When the fighting was over, Ultron said "Well that was dramatic. I'm sorry, I know you mean well. You just didn't think it through. You want to protect the world but you don't want it to change. How is humanity saved if it's not allowed to evolve? With these? These puppets. There's only one path to peace. The Avengers' extinction."
Thor threw his hammer at Ultron destroying the robot. The only thing it said was "I had strings but now I'm free" then it shut down completely.
Soon everyone headed to the lab to talk about what happened and to get a MRI on Joy's head. As everyone was discussing about what Ultron had done and what he was going to do next, Joy said "Hi" softly which made everyone turn their heads to see Joy awake and smiling at them.
Steve walks over to her "Hey sweetheart, how are you feeling?"
"I'm ok Pops but I have to tell you guys something" Joy said in a serious tone.
"What do you need to tell us honey?" Natasha asked.
"Ultron is right, he did kill someone. He killed Jarvis" Joy cried.
"She's right. Look at this" Tony said as he showed Jarvis' "dead body" and Bruce was shocked at this.
"This is insane. Ultron could've assimilated Jarvis. This wasn't a strategy. This is rage" Bruce said.
An angry Thor walks to Tony, grabs him by the throat and holds him in the air. While they were having their "talk", Joy tries to get up and stop her dads before they killed each other but she wasn't successful and ends up falling landing with a thud which grabbed everyone's attention including Thor's.
"Please don't fight. I don't like it when you guys fight. Father please let Papa go" Joy begged and Thor did let go of him but only because his daughter asked him to.
When she saw that Tony was released, she continued "Don't blame Papa for this, he thought he was helping. I worked with Papa and Dad on this and we weren't close to anything. I know that you think I shouldn't know any of this but I'm just as smart, if not smarter than Dad and wise beyond my years which no six year old should be. If you want someone to blame, blame me and not Papa and Dad. I saw that an interface was a success and tried to tell you but Ultron locked the door before I got the chance."
Everyone stared at Joy with adoration and love because she stood up for what she believed in and was willing to be punished for something she thought was her fault but they still blame Tony for it, they don't say it in front of Joy though. Steve walks to Joy, picks her up then gives her a hug and doesn't let her go while they finished talking about the grave situation with Ultron. When everyone finished the discussion, Steve took Joy to her room and stayed up the rest of the night to make sure that she would be ok.
"Pops, are you guys still mad at Papa?"
Steve sighs "We're not mad, just disappointed that he didn't tells us that's all."
Joy knew that they were still mad at Tony. She nods and tells Steve "Pops why don't you sleep? I'll be ok, I promise."
"I'm not leaving you by yourself just so I can sleep. But I will call in Clint so he can watch over you for a bit. I love you Joy" Steve said as he gently kiss her head and left the room as soon as Clint arrived to watch over her.
A/N: Special thanks to the following people who are following the story and made it their favorite: BookloverAlive, Kasumi Van Hellsing, Princess PrettyPants, Rebecca Frost, and afraidofspiders. You guys are awesome!
