Author's Note: So two updates in one day! Yay! This chapter took me forever to write but I'm glad that it's over. Two more chapters of Age of Ultron! I just wanted to say that Emma's AI system sounding like Matthew McConaughey was a spur of the moment thing. I know I didn't want her to have another female disembodied voice like Friday or Karen but I also didn't want a British voice like Jarvis so I went for the southern accent which is cool because I'm originally from Texas. McConaughey's pretty awesome so it seemed fitting if Emma's AI system sounded exactly like him.

Thanks to all my followers and reviewers. I'm going to try and update again tomorrow maybe once or twice so keep it up with the reviews!

Emma looked around the main floor of tower awkwardly as some upbeat sounding music played in the background. The main floor of the tower seemed much different that night than it had in the past. It was filled with not just superheroes but other party goers as well. Emma imagined that the other people were probably friends of Stark as well as scientists from around the world. Emma didn't really like the idea of being surrounded by a bunch of scientists but she took comfort in the fact that they most likely didn't have any idea as to who she was. The only other kind of people at the party were WWII veterans that Tony decided to throw the party in honor of. Stark also thought that Steve might feel more comfortable with the veterans seeing as how they were all the same age.

Natasha had taken to dressing Emma up in an actual dress for the first time. Emma didn't think that she had ever worn a dress before. Maybe back when her parents were alive but that was so long ago. It was a nice dress, Emma supposed. It was a pale blue that went nicely with her eyes although the color of the dress reminded her more of her father's eyes. The dress had a couple of two finger straps that held it up and also had a very modest neckline not that she would've been showing any cleavage. She was fourteen and practically without any existing cleavage to show off. The dress flared out at her waistline and the end of it went just below her knee. The dress was paired off with a pair of matching flats. The only thing that Emma thought looked different about her was her hair which Natasha had slightly curled. Her now blonde curls framed her face. The red headed former spy also had added a bit of mascara to Emma's eyelashes and Emma didn't think that Steve would've like much more make-up than that.

Emma sort of felt pretty for the first time but she also felt out of place. Everyone at the party happened to be much older than Emma was and most of them didn't hesitate in reminding her of that. Emma sulked as she sat perched on the edge of the pool table while Steve and Sam played a round of the game. She had seen way more than what most of these people even saw in their worst nightmares yet they still talked down to her like a child. One woman even told Steve how adorable she was. Emma would've loved to show her adorable she truly was.

"Are you up to play a round, Emma?" Sam asked her, breaking her out of her train of thought. Emma glanced at Steve and him who were watching her curiously, probably wondering what going through her mind. They really didn't want to know. Emma laughed before shaking her head.

"No, I don't think so. I don't really play games." Sam raised a brow.

"Come on, kid, just let loose a little. Have some fun." Sam told her. Emma just smirked before drinking the rest of her Shirley Temple, a drink that Stark had ordered for her because he thought he was being funny.

"Fun's overated." Emma told the both of them before she hopped down from the table. "I'm going to see what the other's are up to."

"Be careful." Steve told her, causing Sam to snicker and Emma to roll her eyes.

"I'm always careful. It's not like I'm exactly breakable." Steve just smirked before shaking his head at her.

"I meant be careful with the others… wouldn't want any of them to get hurt." Steve said jokingly causing both her and Sam to laugh as she began walking away.

"I'll try, Steve." She said and made her way up the small flight of stairs were all the others were hanging out. She made her way through the crowds of people who watched her curiously as she went by. They were probably wondering what a girl her age was doing at a party thrown by Stark. She noticed Clint chatting with Cho in one corner while Natasha sat on the couch talking with some people that Emma didn't recognize. Emma was pretty sure that this was just Natasha putting on her charming and friendly façade. Tony, Thor, Maria, and Rhodey stood near the bar having a conversation that Emma really didn't want to impose on. The only Avenger she saw by themselves was Bruce who awkwardly walked around the party, not looking very happy to be there. She knew exactly how he felt. Emma was just starting to think that she probably should've stayed behind with Steve and Sam when she saw a familiar face.

None other than Susan Winters herself was standing at the opposite side of the room also looking a bit awkward. Emma hadn't seen Susan since Susan visited the tower a few months before but she kind of liked the woman. Emma didn't completely trust her but she didn't trust most people. She just thought that the woman might be good for Steve and she could tell that Steve really liked her. Susan was nice enough. Emma, however, knew that her grandfather wouldn't be able to avoid Susan at all tonight. Susan was wearing a form fitting red dress that had a sweetheart neckline and ended just above her knees. The dress was paired off with a pair of matching red pumps and her hair looked more straight than usual. Emma could only guess that it probably wasn't the party that she had dressed up for. The blonde teenager smirked and quickly made her way over to Susan.

"It's nice seeing a friendly face here." Emma told her once she reached the dark haired woman. Susan jumped in surprise as she glanced over at Emma who gave her an innocent look.

"You really scared me." Susan told her, resting her hand against her heart but Emma just shrugged.

"You shouldn't be so jumpy." Emma replied before moving the conversation into a different direction. "So I see that you actually showed up."

"Yes, I did. Pym Technologies was surprisingly cool with me taking off the night to go party with Tony Stark." Susan told her.

"That does seem kind of odd." Emma commented and Susan shrugged.

"That's what happens when you're best friends with one of the board members of the company I guess." Susan replied. This was why Emma really liked Susan so far. The dark haired woman didn't really talk down to Emma like she was a child. She just talked to her like she was a normal person. "Have you seen Peggy lately?" Susan politely asked, trying to make small talk.

"Yes, we saw her last month. She seems to be doing alright from what I can tell… she didn't remember me from the time before though." Emma said sadly but Susan just gave her a comforting look.

"I know… sometimes she doesn't remember me at all." Susan confessed. "I'm going to try and visit her in a couple of days before I head back to San Francisco." She finally said and there seemed to be a sadness in the air as they talked about Peggy. Emma had gone to visit her grandmother several times in the past year. They visited the elderly woman for almost every holiday, even spending Christmas eve with her grandmother. Peggy's health only seemed to be on a decline. Emma decided that it was best not to keeping talking about the matter and especially not at a party of all places.

"You seem dressed up tonight." Emma said, changing the subject. She watched a vivid blush come over Susan's pale skin.

"Well, it's a party Tony threw. I didn't think that I could come dressed up in jeans and a sweatshirt." Susan paused as she looked at Emma. "You look really nice too by the way. Have you grown since I last saw you?" Susan asked politely as she tried steering the conversation into a completely different direction. Emma wasn't about to let it go.

"Yes, I've grown a couple of inches I guess you could say. I'm 5'7 now." Emma told her before bringing the conversation back to the topic she was slowly drifting towards. "No, I think you dressed this nicely for a completely different reason."

"I don't know what you're talking about." Susan said stubbornly and Emma rolled her eyes.

"I know that you like Steve." Emma told her knowingly and the woman gave her a wide eyed look. "And I know that he likes you too. I don't really understand too much about romantic relationships but I think the most sensible thing to do in this sort of situation is to go and talk to him." Susan's face almost matched the red color of her dress at this point.

"Oh, I don't know. He looks very busy over there." Susan responded as she watched Steve playing pool with Sam.

"Why don't you play pool with him? I'm sure he'd love that." Emma suggested and Susan furiously shook her head.

"No, I couldn't… I don't know how." Emma raised a brow at her.

"I don't think he would mind teaching you." Emma told her and then wrapped her hand around Susan's wrist before leading her away from the crowded area of the room. She practically dragged Susan along and even if Susan wanted to escape Emma's grip she couldn't. The young blonde was impossibly strong. It didn't take long before the pair reached the pool table and Emma watched the smirk that made it's way onto Sam's face as he glanced at the pretty dark haired woman. Steve, however, looked up at Susan in pure shock, a red blush coming over his face.

"Susan?" Steve said in surprise and Susan smiled awkwardly.

"Hi, Steve." Susan responded. They both stared at each other intensely as Emma smirked and Sam struggled not to snicker at the pair. Emma cleared her throat, grabbing both of their attention. She was amused to see that they were both as equally as red as the other.

"Susan, doesn't know how to play pool, Steve. I thought that you might like to show her." Emma suggested and Steve looked unsure.

"Oh… I don't know. I mean I would love to, of course, but Sam and I were in the middle of a game." He explained more to Susan than he did to Emma.

"Nah, that's alright, man. Emma and I were going to go see what the others are up to anyways." Sam told him as he grinned back at Emma. "Don't worry about it." Sam glanced at Susan with a smug look on his face before he and Emma departed. "Oh, and Susan?"

"Yeah, Sam?" She replied, a little confused as to what Sam wanted to tell her. She wasn't so sure if it was anything good seeing as he looked very smug.

"I'd be careful about using any swear words around this guy. Steve doesn't tolerate bad language." Sam told her as he stiffled his laughter. Emma was practically shaking with laughter at Sam's remark but Susan just looked confused. Steve glared at both Emma and Sam.

"Seriously? Does everyone know about that?" He asked, completely at a lost as to why everyone was suddenly picking on him. Emma and Sam just walked away, laughing at the red faced Captain while Susan gave Steve a confused look.

"What was he talking about, Steve?"

"But it's a trick." Clint whined as they all sat on the couches in the living room. The party had since ended and the Avengers were all having their own little after party after everyone else had left. The only person missing was Sam who claimed that he had to head home. Susan had managed to stay after Tony talked her into hanging around for one last drink. Emma sat on one of the couches in between Thor and Steve whilst Susan sat on the other side of Steve. Emma was currently sipping on Dr. Pepper this time and she was sure that the sugar was going to keep her up for a while longer. Apparently everyone was having a debate with Thor over how only he was able to pick up his hammer. Emma could really care less whether or not she could pick up a mystical hammer. Either way, it didn't make a difference to her. She had everything she needed to win in a fight and a hammer was certainly not one of them.

"No, no it's much more than that." Thor replied, sounding awfully cocky.

"Ah, whosoever be he worthy shall haveth the power." Clint mocked and Emma laughed at his tone of voice. "Whatever, man! It's a trick!" Thor laughed at him before gesturing to his precious hammer. Emma could almost roll her eyes at the testosterone of these men. It's like they needed to compete over everything.

"Please, be my guest." He motioned for Clint to have a go at the hammer which was perched on the glass coffee table in front of them.

"Come on." Clint said, not believing that everyone really wanted to see him pick up the hammer. It became obvious that everyone did, in fact, want to see that happen. This was going to be so entertaining, Emma thought to herself as she casually sipped on her drink. "Really?"

"Yeah." Tony said, egging him on. Clint gave them all a smug look as he got up from the floor, making his way to the table. Emma and Steve exchanged amused looks before returning their attention to Clint who swaggered over to the hammer.

"Oh, this is going to be beautiful." Rhodey said.

"Clint, you've had a tough week." Stark added, putting in his input as usual. "We won't hold it against you if you can't get it up." Everyone laughed at Stark's joke but Emma just rolled her eyes.

"Just give it your best try, Clint." Emma told him solemnly. "Even if you can't pick up the hammer it's still more than what Stark could do." Everyone oohed at Emma's comment but Tony just stuck his tongue out at her. Very mature, Emma thought to herself. And I'm supposedly the fourteen year old?

"Don't worry, Mini Cap, when I pick up that hammer. I'll find a place for you in one of the sweat shops in Asgard with all the other freakishly strong children." Tony told her in a snarky tone and Emma just shook her head at him, deciding to ignore that stupid comment.

"You know I've seen this before, right?" Clint told Thor as he gave the God of Thunder a look of disbelief. Thor just nodded with a small smirk on his face before Clint reached forward and grabbed the hammer. He tried with all his might to get the hammer to budge but nothing seemed to be working. It was all a little bit sad to watch actually. Clint finally gave up when he saw that it just wasn't possible to move the hammer.

"I still don't know how you do it!" Clint exclaimed, laughing as he let go of the hammer.

"Smell the silent judgement?" Tony quipped smugly as he smirked at Clint.

"Please, Stark, by all means." Clint retorted, gesturing to the hammer that wasn't about to go anywhere anytime soon. Tony then proceeded to get up from his seat next to Rhodey with an even more smug look on his face. Emma actually didn't think it was possible for anyone to look that arrogant but apparently Stark proved her wrong. He cleared his throat as he swaggered over to the hammer much like Clint. What was up with that? Emma wondered.

"Okay." Maria said as she shook her head at Tony. This was going to be really hilarious, Emma told herself. Tony was totally going to get his ego immensely deflated tonight.

"Uh-oh." Rhodey commented as he saw the look of determination in his best friend's eyes.

"Never one to shrink from an honest challenge." Tony told them all as he approached the hammer.

"Get after it." Clint told him, already knowing that Tony wasn't going to have much more luck with the hammer than he had.

"It's physics." Tony explained, obviously believing that there was actually logic to a magical hammer. Tony put his hand on the handle but before he made a move to lift it, he glanced back at Thor. "Right, so, if I lift it, I then rule Asgard?"

"Yes, of course." Thor said, deciding to humor Tony.

"I will be reinstituting prima nocta." Tony stated in a serious tone.

"May all the Gods and Goddesses have mercy on Asgard." Emma quipped and Tony glared at her while all the others laughed. He pointed at her.

"It's stable girl now, Mini Cap. That's your new job in Asgard." He retorted and Emma rolled her eyes at him as he then began to try and lift the hammer. He grunted as he began to put his back into it. Emma couldn't help herself as the joke popped into her head.

"Careful, Stark. Don't throw your back out." Emma told him jokingly, causing an array of laughter to be heard from within the room.

"Chamber pot cleaner, Mini Cap." He wheezed as he struggled to lift the hammer. Emma only laughed and went back to sipping on her drink. Tony finally gave up and Emma thought he was done for good as he stepped away from the hammer.

"I'll be right back." Tony told them before he walked away. Emma should've known. Of course Tony wouldn't stop at that. He wasn't going to give up until he embarrassed him so much that no one would ever forget it. Tony came back a few minutes later with his Iron Man arm and Emma almost spat out her soda at the sight. Was he really going that far? It was clear that there was never a dull moment that went by in this tower. Not when there was as many idiots as there were living there. Even with the Iron Man arm, Tony still struggled to lift the hammer and this was quickly becoming more pathetic than it was hilarious.

"Rhodey! I need help!" Tony called out to his friend and much to Emma's surprise the Colonel left the room to go retrieve his War Machine arm. Emma thought that the straight laced James Rhodes was above party games but apparently not as he soon returned with his arm. She watched with raised eyebrows as both Tony and Rhodey attempted to lift the hammer. This was a truly sad sight for sore eyes.

"Are you even pulling?" Rhodey questioned as he struggled to breathe. Tony just glared at him in response.

"Are you on my team?" Tony retorted.

"Just represent… pull." Rhodey quickly said.

"Alright, let's go." Tony confirmed as they both went back to pulling the hammer off the table with all the strength they could muster. Eventually the two called it off, finally giving up before they could become even more humiliated than they already were. It didn't take Tony long to bounce back as he started to encourage Bruce to give the hammer a shot. Emma and pretty much everyone else was surprised to see Bruce becoming agreeable and actually wanting to participate. The tempermental scientist stood up on the table and began to try and lift the hammer with all his strength. Bruce jokingly began yelling and acting like he was about to transform into the Hulk in an attempt to scare them. He was, however, surprised to find that no one seemed frightened of him at all. Everyone, including Emma, was smiling at him like he was adorable for trying. After spending so little of time with Bruce even she could tell that the guy was like big pile of marshmellows.

"Go ahead, Steve. No pressure." Tony told him, encouraging Emma's grandfather to try and give the hammer a try. Steve sighed before taking a big swig of his beer although Emma didn't know why. It wasn't like he could actually get drunk from it. The super soldier got up from the couch and made his way over to the hammer.

"Yeah, Steve, there's no pressure. It's not like it's remotely possible that you'll embarrass yourself as much as Tony did." Emma told her grandfather helpfully, causing Tony to send her another glare. They all watched as Steve began to roll up his sleeves as he placed his hands upon the handle of the hammer.

"Come on, Cap." Clint cheered him on. As Steve began to try and lift the hammer. Emma watched Thor's face in amusement as his smile faded at the sound of the hammer creaking from Steve's attempt at lifting it. Emma thought that her grandfather might've been able to lift it for a moment there and it would make sense if he did. If anyone was worthy then it had to be him, right? Her thoughts on the matter were dismissed a moment later when Steve realized that he couldn't life the hammer and gave up.

"Nothing." Thor said as he laughed to himself, sipping on his glass of beer. Steve only smiled as he returned to his seat in between Emma and Susan. It was then that everyone glanced at Natasha who raised her eyebrows at them.

"And Black Widow?" Bruce encouraged but Natasha didn't seem like she up for taking part in their game.

"Oh, no, no. That's not a question I need answered." She told them as she took a long sip from her beer bottle. Everyone's attention then turned to Emma and she was suddenly aware of their staring.

"Viper? You feeling up to the challenge at the big kids table?" Clint teased and Emma just rolled her eyes at him before looking around at everyone. She had to admit this was the most fun she had in a while so why not participate in their stupid little game? What harm could it cause? Emma then set her soda bottle down on the glass coffee table and proceeded to get up from her seat much to everyone's surprise. It wasn't often that Emma actually particpated in anything that the group did. She even rarely contributed to any conversation at dinner but something was different about tonight.

"Why not?" Emma said she stalked towards the hammer on the table. "It's all in good fun, right?"

"Woah, go Emma!" Rhodey cheered as she stepped up onto the table so that she would have a better angle. Thor watched her curiously with a smile on his face and she glanced back at him.

"Even if I lift this hammer, Thor, this changes nothing. Unlike Tony I'm not going to declare myself dictator of Asgard. I'll still let you rule." Emma told him in a serious tone but everyone knew that she was joking. "I would like to visit every now and then though. The Rainbow Bridge sounds beautiful and I would love to sketch it. I'd also like to meet Sif … she sounds cool."

"Lady Emma, if you can lift Mjolnir you may visit Asgard anytime you wish." Thor told her solemnly and she nodded before placing her hands on the handle of the hammer. She then proceeded to try and lift it. Emma soon saw what everyone else was talking about as she struggled to lift the hammer. It was like dead weight… dead weight that was so impossibly heavy that not even someone who could lift cars or airplanes, like Emma, could lift it. She grunted as she continued to try and lift it before she decided that there was really no point and she stopped. Emma sighed as stepped off the table and Thor gave her an amused look.

"It looks like I won't be sketching that Rainbow Bridge anytime soon." Emma told him and he just shrugged as he threw back some more of his beer. Everyone clapped politely for her as she shrugged at them. "Let's be honest… if any one of us was worthy enough for the hammer it certainly wasn't going to be me." She joked darkly. Most of everyone laughed at her joke, not taking her seriously except for Steve who frowned. He didn't like it when Emma joked about what had happened to her. He thought that it might've been her way of coping but it always reminded him of how he wasn't there for her like he should've been. Steve didn't say anything as he took another sip of his beer and Emma sat back down next to him.

"All deference to the Man Who Wouldn't Be King, but it's rigged." Tony finally said, pouting a bit as he drank his beer. Emma scoffed.

"That's what someone says when something doesn't go their way." She retorted.

"No, that's what someone says when something's rigged." Tony pressed and Emma shook her head at Tony's silliness. That man was just so damn proud.

"You bet your ass." Clint added and Maria smirked as she pointed at Clint.

"Steve, he said a bad language word." She said, pretending to be like a tattle telling little girl. Emma laughed at the tired expression on Steve's face while Susan just patted his shoulder comfortingly.

"Did you tell everyone about that?" He questioned but Tony ignored him as he steered the conversation back to the hammer.

"The handle's imprinted, right?" Tony asked Thor. "Like a security code? Whosoever is carrying Thor's fingerprints is what I think is the literal translation." Thor began to get up from the couch, standing up. He looked even more smug than Tony had looked earlier, Emma noticed.

"Yes, it's a very, very interesting theory. I have a simpler one." He told them as he then easily picked up the hammer with no effort. He tossed the hammer up in the air before catching it again, smirking at all of them."You're all not worthy." Everyone groaned at the cheesy line, not wanting buy into Thor's magic hammer theory. Emma just laughed at everyone as they gave Thor looks of disbelief. She wasn't one to completely dismiss the idea of a magical hammer. Emma had seen a lot in her lifetime and there had even been aliens in New York and Space Elves in London at one point in time so why couldn't Thor have this hammer that could only be magically lifted by him? It didn't sound nearly as crazy as the other stuff.

The laughter and happiness in the room then faded as a high pitched ringing noise entered the space. Emma winced in pain as her enhanced hearing picked up on the noise. She covered her ears to try and muffle it but there was really no point. Steve gave her a concerned look but she just shook her head at him. Tony looked around the room in confusion, trying to see where the noise had possibly come from.

"What was that?" Susan questioned but no one really had an answer for her as they tried to see where the noise was coming from. Emma was already alert and standing at attention, her enhanced survival instincts kicking in as she surveyed the room for possible exits in case something happened. Some called it being paranoid but it was just Emma being cautious. Tony looked at his Stark phone and tried to see what was going on.

"Worthy." Emma heard something say. It sounded weird… distorted as the voice echoed off the walls. It was then that a flash of gray captured Emma's eyes as she turned to look at the front of the room where a mangled looking robot stood. She recognized it as a severely damaged version of one of Stark's creations.

"No." It said as it turned around to look at them. The way it hobbled around gave Emma an errie feeling. There was something that was very creepy about that thing. The hairs on the back of Emma's neck stood up and her enhanced instincts were telling her that there was something very wrong. "How could you be worthy? You're all killers." It told them and Emma's eyes widened as it seemed to look straight at her… it was almost like the robot seemed familiar with her. Emma didn't like that one bit.

"Stark." Steve said as he glared at the robot that seemingly had it's attention on his granddaughter. Steve's patience was beginning to wear very thin and at a very fast pace.

"Jarvis." Tony called out but there was no answer. The robot then began to speak again and Emma clenched her fists from where she stood next to Steve. This robot was setting her on edge and Emma hated feeling like that. She hadn't felt this on edge since the Avengers rescued her from the Hydra base a year ago.

"I'm sorry, I was asleep… or I was a dream." The robot continued to say.

"Reboot Legionaire OS. We got a buggy suit." Tony commanded but there was still no answer from Jarvis.

"There was this terrible noise." It said, ignoring Tony, and Emma watched as it looked down and raised it's arm over it's face. She furrowed her eyebrows in confusion. This sounded an awful like a dramatic, cheesy monologue from a play. Why on earth would a robot sound like it was delivering a monologue for an audience? It was artificial inteliigence, wasn't it? What would be the point? Emma started to think that the voice sounded very familiar to Emma. The way it talked… the dramatics. Her heart began to beat more rapidly against her chest as the uneasiness didn't go away. "And I was tangled in…in… strings." It said as it gestured to the loose wiring and cords hanging out of it's body.

"I had to kill the other guy." It told them, looking back up at all of them. "He was a good guy."

"You killed someone?" Steve asked, his eyebrows raised.

"Wouldn't have been my first call." The robot replied. "But, down in the real world, we're face with ugly choices."

"Who sent you?" Thor demanded and robot then began to play back a message.

"I see a suit of armor around the world." It was Tony. Emma shifted her gaze over to Tony who looked immensely surprised at this new development. Emma gave him a cold look. Now she knew what he and Bruce had been up to in that lab. They were making some kind of advanced artifical intelligence system. Emma, however, didn't get the feeling that this one was going to be anything like Jarvis or McConaughey. This one seemed malicious which Emma could already tell after only being in it's presence for a few minutes.

"Ultron." Bruce confirmed as he looked back at Tony. Emma raised her brow at that as she returned her attention back to the robot. So they gave it a name already? How nice.

"In the flesh." Ultron responded. "Or… no… not yet. Not this Chrysalis. But I'm ready." Ultron continued to say and everyone began to start getting even more uneasy then before. Thor's grip tightened around his hammer while Maria unlocked the safety on her gun. Emma glanced at the gun jealously. It had been a while since she had last handled a gun. Steve hadn't allowed her to be anywhere near one since she first arrived at the tower for fear of her safety. Emma wished she had one in her hands right about now. She sure would feel a lot safer if she did.

"I'm on a mission." Ultron stated and that piqued Emma's interest. The word "Mission" was something that she knew all too well.

"What mission?" Natasha asked.

"Peace of our time." Ultron answered before a bunch of the other Iron Legionaires crashed through the wall and flew into their general direction. Emma thought she heard Susan shriek in surprise in back of her as Steve pushed the both of them behind him and flipped the coffee table onto it's side as a sort of make-shift shield. One of the Iron Legionaires kicked the table sending all of them flying back and landing onto the floor. Emma immediately lifted her head back up, her eyes narrowed as she assessed the situation. She was in survival mode. Something that she hadn't been in since she been brought to the tower. It was a welcomed feeling as one of the Iron Legionaires began making it's way towards her. Steve and Susan had landed on a higher level of the living room so Emma was left to her own devices. She grabbed a bottle of champagne that had rolled onto the floor and waited for the Iron Legionaire to approach her. It reached it's hand out to grab her and Emma quickly smashed the glass over it's head before it could even counter the attack. The champagne leaked over it's electronic parts and began to fry from the impact. Emma wrapped her hands around it's neck and ripped the head off with no effort at all.

Another Iron Legionaire must have seen her as it started blasting it's repulsor beam at her. Emma glared at it as she dodged every one of it's shots. The faulty robot then began to fly over to her direction and Emma threw the head, that was still in her hands, as hard as she could at the robot. She watched as the head went right through the robot's chest, causing the Iron Legionaire to fall mid flight and crash onto the floor in pieces. Emma turned her head and noticed that the others were having severe problems with the other Iron Legionaires so with a little effort she propelled herself into the air and began to fly after one of the robots. There was one that had seemingly set it's sights onto Clint and Emma sped up, landing on the Iron Legionaire's back. It tried to throw her off but her grip was too strong. Emma grunted as she began to dig her fingers through it's chest. She already felt the metal cutting into her flesh but she ignored the pain, it would likely heal later on anyways. With all the strength that Emma could muster, she then started to rip the Iron Legionaire in half. The wires began to spark from the impact until the robot fell completely apart mid flight. She watched as it crumbled into nothingness as it crashed onto the floor. Emma then continued to fly around, looking to help the others out as they struggled in their battle against the compromised Iron Legionaires.

Emma spotted another one hovering over a terrified looking Susan. She narrowed her eyes before grabbing a pierce of loose metal railing from the second floor. Emma propelled herself down from the air, holding the shard of metal tightly within her grasp. She sped up and stabbed the malicious robot as it was about to attack Susan. The shard of metal went right through the Iron Legionaire as it began to talk in a distorted tone. Emma threw the robot away from Susan and only glanced momentarily as it hit a wall, falling to pieces as the remaining parts clattered against the floor. Emma offered a hand to a grateful and surprised looking Susan. She lifted the dark haired woman back up with no effort at all.

"Thanks." Susan whispered.

"Don't mention it." Emma replied before they watched Thor hit the last remaining Iron Legionaire with his hammer. It went flying across the room before Steve severed it in half with his Shield, causing the robot to go crashing to the floor.

"That was dramatic." Ultron commented as he walked back to the front of the room. Really… it was like it was a stage to him. Emma looked around the room, noticing the way that the place was now completely trashed. Great… that was just great. "I'm sorry, I know you mean well. You just didn't think it through." Ultron told them.

"You want to protect the world but you don't want it to change." He continued to say as they all watched. "How is humanity saved if it's not allowed to evolve? With these… these puppets." Ultron then grasped one of the Iron Legionaire's in his hand before crushing the head and carelessly tossing it to the side.

"There's only one path to peace." Ultron said, his tone definite. "The Avengers' extinction." He stated in a tone that chilled Emma right to the bone. That really was saying something since there really wasn't that much that fazed her. Thor angrily threw his hammer at Ultron, causing the robot to be ripped to pieces as he hit the wall.

"I have strings… but now I'm free." Ultron creepily murmured in a distorted voice before his light went out. Emma stared at the robotic figure in horror, wondering where she heard that line before. It sounded so familiar to her. Emma and the others all exchanged looks with each other as they internally debated about what this could all mean. It didn't take them long before everyone looked at Tony at the same exact time. Emma had definitely been right. He had absolutely been up to something but it was a lot worse than she thought. Stupid Stark.

"All our work is gone." Bruce said as he looked around inside the lab. They had all continued their discussion of the matter inside the lab since the main floor of the tower was entirely wrecked. Everyone was mostly silent as they thought about what to do next. This was a situation like no other. Emma was already thinking up strategies as to what she could do if Ultron returned… how she could apprehend him. There was one thing that was for sure in Emma's mind. She was going to get a gun and she didn't care what Steve had to say about that.

"Ultron cleared out. He used the internet as an escape hatch." Bruce continued to explain to the others as Tony silently stood in one corner of the room, analyzing one of the mangled bodies of the Iron Legionaires.

"Ultron." Steve repeated in disbelief as he gave Tony a cold look.

"He's been in everything. Files, surveillance." Natasha stated as she crossed her arms. "Probably knows more about us than we know about each other." Emma swallowed as she took in that piece of information. She carefully and silently looked around the room, not liking the idea that Ultron could know so much about her. This wasn't a welcomed notion and Emma could tell that Natasha felt uncomfortable as well.

"He's in your files, he's in the internet." Rhodey said, a worried expression on his face as he crossed the room. "What if he decides to access something a little more exciting?"

"Nuclear codes." Maria said aloud as she picked out shards of glass from her feet.

"He could shut down the power grid with little to no effort at all." Emma added, her voice sounding quite haunting. "If he did that the country wouldn't be able to get power back for at least a year. We'd be in the dark." Everyone seemed more alarmed at what Emma had just said rather than the fact that it had come out of the mouth of a fourteen year old. It seemed like dangerous situations made people forget about pesky age gaps.

"Nuclear codes. The power grid." Rhodey confirmed, indicating that Maria and Emma were correct. "Look, we need to make some calls, assuming we still can."

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

"He didn't say "dead". He said "extinct." Steve responded as his mind combed over their previous encounter with Ultron.

"He also said he killed somebody." Clint reminded them.

"There wasn't anybody else in the building." Maria replied. Maria was right about that, Emma thought to herself. Everyone had cleared out from the party and all the people that were left just included the Avengers and their companions. Tony then began to walk towards the center of the room, pointing his phone towards the middle. Emma was alarmed at how quiet he had been throughout this whole thing but she kind of understood why.

"Yes, there was." Tony said quietly and flash of a yellowish orange color appeared before them. It was holographic yet it appeared as though the image itself had been torn apart. It occurred to Emma in that moment that it was Jarvis that they were looking at. She stiffened as she looked at what was remaining of the AI system that had helped her settle into the tower for the past year. Emma tried not to feel emotional over the image since it wasn't like Jarvis was real but she couldn't help herself. She plastered a calm and emotionless expression on her face but Emma felt saddened by the sight deep down. Bruce walked towards the remnants of Jarvis, looking to be completely shocked at the sight.

"What?" He questioned as he stared a broken Jarvis. "This is insane."

"Jarvis was the first line of defense." Steve said, looking down at the floor but switching into his battle strategy mode. "He would have shut Ultron down. It makes sense."

"No. Ultron could have assimilated Jarvis. This isn't strategy… this is rage." Bruce told them, looking more befuddled than Emma had ever seen him as before. The look on his face was enough to make her feel even more uneasy about this whole thing. They were interupted in their discussion as a furious looking Thor came marching into the lab. He grabbed Tony by the throat and lifted him up into the air like Tony didn't weigh anything at all. Steve immediately protested the action while the others watched on in shock. Emma just glanced at the interaction in boredom. Because this was going to solve so much...

"Put him down!" Susan protested as she watched someone who was like an older brother to her struggle underneath Thor's grasp. It had to be scary for her, Emma noted, Thor really was massive.

"Come on, use your words, buddy." Tony wheezed as he struggled to breathe under Thor's grip.

"I have more than enough words to describe you, Stark." Thor sneered before dropping Tony onto the floor when Steve approached. Tony coughed as he tried to catch his breath and Emma looked at him in disgust. This entire thing was his fault.

"Thor." Steve commanded. "The Legionaire."

"Trail went cold about one hundred miles out, but it's headed north." Thor told them before he glared at Tony. "And it has the sceptor." Emma closed her eyes as she heard that bit of news. She was pretty sure everyone in the room right now wasn't Tony's biggest fan. How could Stark screw something up so badly in so little of time? She would never know. "Now we have to retrieve it, again."

"Genie's out of that bottle." Natasha told Thor. "Clear and present is Ultron."

"I don't understand." Helen Cho said as both she and Susan were glancing at one of the mangled Iron Legionaires. "You built this program." Cho continued as she continued to look at the broken robot but Susan turned around to look at Tony. She had only reunited with him a few months ago after spending so much time away. Truthfully she had decided to part ways with him before because he had been so self destructive back then. It hurt her to see someone, she had looked up to so much as a child, willingly hurting themselves like that. Drinking a ton of booze… partying… sleeping with random women. When Susan had reunited with him she was more than happy to see a changed Tony. Someone who actually gave a damn about something but building an evil robot didn't seem like something he would do. Tony looked away from her, trying to avoid Susan's disappointed gaze.

"Yeah, if you created this program then why is it trying to kill us?" Susan questioned. Tony then suddenly started giggling. Emma narrowed her eyes at him as Bruce shook his head at Tony, trying to warn him.

"You think this is funny?" Thor asked.

"No?" Tony said as he turned back around. "It's probably not, right? This is very terrible. Is it so… is it so… it is. It's so terrible."

"I told you so." Emma said quietly but fiercely as her eyes rested on Tony. Tony looked up at her in surpise as the blonde teenager addressed him directly. "When I walked into this lab yesterday I told the both of you that the sceptor is not something to mess with." She said more angrily as she glared at both Tony and Bruce. The duo never thought they would see the day that they would be frightened of a fourteen year old girl. If looks could kill they'd both be dead and buried six feet under. "I told you that is was beyond human understanding but did you listen? No. Because why would you? I'm only a fourteen year old girl. What would I know? You two obviously know way more than I do." Her tone was now sarcastic as she gestured wildly around them.

"Wait…" Rhodey questioned as everyone stared at her. "You knew what they were doing?" Emma shook her head.

"I didn't know that they were creating the Terminator down there but I knew they were messing around with the sceptor." She returned her heated gaze to Tony and Bruce who looked even more surprised than before. "Oh, don't give me that look. Did you honestly think that I didn't know that you were up to something? Stark, you were all twitchy and Banner… you got all sweaty and skittish." She sneered before continuing. "You two are both terrible liars by the way. Never become spies… you'd fail quite miserably."

"And you'd know an awful lot about that wouldn't you, Rogers?" Stark questioned. Emma was a bit taken back at how he didn't call her "Mini Cap" for once but she didn't let her surprise show as she held his gaze steadily. "Lying… I mean. You're the master of it after all. I think you even have Romanoff beat."

"That's right." Emma said without even missing a beat. "It's all thanks to your daddy too. The serum he helped create for my grandfather and the serum he created that they injected me with… it's really done wonders for me and let's not forget Hydra's training. Compulsive lying really is good for the soul." The others watched awkwardly as Emma and Tony had their little stare down. Steve looked like he wanted to step in but before he could Thor interupted Emma and Tony's staring contest, bringing the conversation back to the main problem.

"This could have been avoided if you hadn't played with something you don't understand." Thor told Tony in a condescending tone. Emma stepped back as she let Thor have his turn with Stark.

"No. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. It is funny." Tony sneered as he walked towards Thor until he was standing right in front of the God. Emma noticed how much Tony had to lift his head up in order to speak to Thor directly. "It's a hoot that you don't get why we need this."

"Tony, maybe this might not be the time." Bruce warned, trying to diffuse the situation.

"Really?" Tony questioned as he turned back to look at Bruce. "That's it? You just roll over, show your belly everytime somebody snarls?"

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

"We didn't." Tony responded. "We weren't even close. Were we close to an interface?" Tony asked Bruce but Bruce only shrugged at him

"Well, you did something right." Steve interupted. "And you did it right here. The Avengers were supposed to be different than Shield." Steve told him.

"Anybody remember when I carried a nuke through a wormhole?" Emma rolled her eyes as soon as Tony responded. Like they didn't hear that story every week? Emma had probably heard the story fifteen times within her first few days at the tower.

"No, it's never come up." Rhodey said sarcastically as he shook his head.

"Saved New York?" Even Natasha rolled her eyes at that one. Tony was acting like he had single handedly saved everyone. While he did send the nuke through the workhole, he didn't save New York all on his own.

"Never heard that." Rhodey retorted.

"Recall that?" Tony continued to ask rhetorically. "A hostile alien army came charging through a hole in space. We're standing three hundred feet below it." Tony told everyone as he looked around the room.

"We're the Avengers. We can bust arms dealers all the livelong day, but that up there, that's… that's the endgame." Emma could kind of see Tony's point but she didn't necessarily agree with it. She was sure that Thor would have the capability of helping them out if a situation like that arose. Tony had instead taken matters into his own hands and created an evil robot that wanted to kill them all. He actually tried to fix an unforeseeable problem and then instead created an even bigger problem. Only Stark could do that. "How were you guys planning on beating that?"

"Together." Steve told him without missing a beat. Tony stepped forward and gave Steve a pointed look.

"We'll lose." Tony replied seriously.

"Then we'll do that together, too." Steve said and it looked like that had made Tony shut up… at least for now. Steve then took command of the situation and returned the conversation to the task at hand. "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." Steve told everyone as he paced around the room. "Let's start making it smaller."

Emma watched curiously as her grandfather began taking command of the situation. She had never really seen him in action like that before and it was curious to her. Emma wondered briefly if he was finally going to allow her to help. She knew that the Avengers probably needed as many people as they could get in this situation so probably. Whatever was going to happen Emma knew that Steve was right. They had to do this together. There was no more time for petty little fights. What was done was done. Still… Emma couldn't help but wonder if maybe she was right about Tony. She had always joked around how crazy and unhinged Tony was but maybe he really was. She glanced at Stark who had his back turned to the rest of them as he seemed to be deeply embedded within his own thoughts. What was wrong with him if he couldn't tell the difference between saving the world and destroying it?