Finding Family - Part 3 ~ Chapter 13
Piloting a futuristic jet made the journey fly by (sorry I had to) for May, in no time she was landing before the assembled Avengers. In just as little time they were flying back on their way to the tower.
"Can we get there any quicker?" Asked Steve from behind May.
"We can but you'll have to sit down," grinned May.
"OK," said Steve, confused he sat down.
"Ok then the less durable ones need to take the seats," shouted May from the cockpit.
There was some fighting over whom was the more durable before they managed to reach some form of agreement.
"Ready?" Asked May.
At Steve's affirmative she pulled down on a holographic lever above her head and they were thrust backwards into their seats, those without a seat were thrown to the planes rear crashing in a mass of limbs.
"This framework is not compatible," said Tony frenziedly scrabbling across the keys, he was joined by Skye and Kitty all going hell for leather.
"The genetic coding tower's at 97 percent," said Bruce.
"You have got to upload that schematic in the next three minutes," said Leo finalising the last wires and ports.
"I'm gonna say this once," Captain America stood in the doorway glaring at the group.
"How about "nonce"?"
"Shut it down," glared Steve.
"Nope. Not gonna happen."
"You don't know what you're doing."
"And you do? She's not in your head?" Bruce motioned to Laura.
"I know you're angry."
"No, we're way past that," Bruce stepped forwards glaring into Laura's eyes. "I could choke the life out of you and never change a shade."
The rest of the Avengers watched on as Bruce, Tony and Steve fought it out. Behind the fighting friends Leo, Kitty and Skye were trying to contain the growing power in the Cradle. Blink didn't see this, all she saw was an attempt to trigger the monster within it. She threw one of her jewels at the ceiling above the Cradle, as a portal formed above it she dropped another at her feet. In a flicker of movement she and Laura appeared on the Cradle and began slicing and removing wires.
"No you don't get it," shouted Leo, "we were stabilising it."
The pair looked confused as did the Avengers but Tony and Bruce turned to the cradle which was glowing ominously. Leo whispered to Skye and Kitty before flashing off, Skye struck blasting Laura and Blink from near the cradle. As soon as there was room Leo began circling the cradle sparks shooting from him in wild arcs of increasing size. Laura rolled back as she impacted the floor, coming up on her feet she launched herself at Skye. Kitty dived into her path gripping her arm she used Laura's own momentum and heavy skeleton to pull her to the floor before Kitty scrambled to her feet facing Laura. Blink stood staring down Skye as she stood unmoving between Blink and the blur of her soulmate, with a pair of flashes Blink sprinted into a portal thrown before her. She appeared on Skye's left, in time to be struck by a pulse from Skye sending her flying across the room, to land on top of Laura. As soon as Blink and Laura landed Steve launched his shield at the building cyclone of lightning, in mid air the shield was struck aside by a flying hammer.
The room fell deathly silent as Leo stopped at the foot of the cradle, his body glowed with light, his suit appeared gold from the glow emanating from inside him. With a roar he struck out at the cradle sending his lightning surging into it, with a rush of power and a flash of light the cradle burst open. Out of it leapt a maroon and green figure, it knelt atop the ruined cradle, in a dive it launched itself at Skye and Kitty who phased through the figure. It carried on through the internal glass wall splintering it as it went and out into the main living area, it continued on to stop floating before the window ten feet of the ground. As the avengers scrambled towards the figure, Kitty and Skye ran to Leo's side. Groaning he rolled onto his back, his suit was smoking slightly from the discharge, that wasn't all, his suit was also a different colour. His suit was still predominantly maroon in colour however the lightning bolt logo had vanished, it appeared to have been burnt of, in its place was a diagonal bolt stretching from his right shoulder to his left hip, the bolt was gold in colour with smaller bolts flashing across it.
"Did you get the bus," groaned Leo.
"The bus?"
"That hit me," grinned Leo.
"He did," said Melinda motioning to the still motionless figure before the window. Surrounding him were Avengers in various poses some readying an attack others ready to defend their teammates.
"Wait," said Thor and Leo standing between the group and the figure, "I'm sorry. That was...odd." Said the figure, he looked to Leo and suddenly his body was clothed in a maroon suit, looking to Thor he formed a cape on his back.
"Thor," asked Steve, "You helped create this?"
"I've had a vision. A whirlpool that sucks in all hope of life and at it's center is that." Thor points to the gem imbedded in the newly created figures head.
"What, the gem?"
"It's the Mind Stone. It's one of the six Infinity Stones, the greatest power in the universe, unparalleled in its destructive capabilities."
"Then why would you bring it to..."
"Because Stark is right."
"Oh, it's definitely the end times."
"The Avengers cannot defeat Ultron."
"Not alone," said the figure.
"Why does your "vision" sound like Jarvis?"
"We reconfigured Jarvis' matrix to create something new."
"I think I've had my fill of new," groaned Clint.
"You think I'm a child of Ultron?"
"You're not?"
"I'm not Ultron. I'm not Jarvis. I am... I am."
"I looked in your head and saw annihilation," said Laura striding forwards to stand before Vision.
"Look again."
"Yeah. Her seal of approval means jack to me."
"Their powers. The horrors in our heads. Ultron himself. They all came from the Mind Stone, and they're nothing compared to what it can unleash."
"But with it on our side..."
"Is it? Are you?"
"On our side?"
"I don't think it's that simple."
"Well it better get real simple real soon."
"I'm on the side of life. Ultron isn't. He will end it all."
"What's he waiting for?"
"You."
"Where?"
"Sokovia," interrupted Leo, speaking for the first time since Vision was 'born'."
"If we're wrong about you..."
"...if you're the monster that Ultron made you to be..."
"What will you do?"
"I don't want to kill Ultron. He's unique. And he's in pain. But that pain will roll over the earth, so he must be destroyed. Every form he's built, every trace of his presence on the 'net, we have to act now. And not one of us can do it without the others. Maybe I am a monster. I don't think I'd know if I were one." The Avengers couldn't help looking amongst them, they'd all been called monsters at one point or another.
"I'm not what you are. And not what you intended. So there may be no way to make you trust me." Then he did the one thing that would in fact make them trust him, he picked up Thor's hammer and handed it to him.
"But we need to go."
The room filled with silence everyone stared aghast at this impossible feat, not knowing what to do Thor accepted his hammer from Vision. The Vision continued from the room leaving behind a room of stunned heroes to decide their next move.
"Right," said Thor also heading for the door, as though that settled everything, "well done," he said to Tony on his way past patting him on the shoulder.
"Three minutes," said Steve, "get what you need."
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