Salvage yard African coast (Toni POV)
There was a somber mood in the jet as we fly.
Bruce was blaming himself for what happened while Nat was trying to comfort him, Rogers was pacing, Clint was inspecting his gear and Thor was still pissed off.
"Ok we're meeting our back-up a half a mile from Klaue's base of operations." I say starting the auto land sequence.
"Who exactly are we meeting?" Rogers asks.
"As I said a concerned group so let's leave it at that." I reply getting in my armor.
Landing in a clearing with a few trees Bruce decided to stay with the jet as we go down the ramp I see the group that is waiting for us. Dora Milaje are always a little intimidating but this was another level from the stoic bunch. They are clad in a gray bodysuit that covers them, dark gray armor plating, dark gray combat boots and a hood/mask combo that hides there identity. The metal spears they hold adds to the don't fuck with us vibe.
"Nice to meet you I'm Steve Rogers. Can I ask who you are?" Cap says approaching them but stops when they slam the butt of there spears on the ground.
"Let us begin the hunt." King T'Chaka says appearing out of thin air then walks forward with his group.
"Alright you want go loud or silent?" I ask ignoring Rogers dumbfounded look.
"You will go get there attention we will attack from the shadows." He says leaving towards the shipyard.
Rogers try's to follow but when they break line of sight over a hill they disappear like they were never there not even leaving footprints in the dirt. Nat and Clint look jealous of that but I can't say anything because so am I.
"Well let's get moving." I say getting ready to takeoff.
"Everyone move out." Rogers says.
"That's what I just said numb nuts." I add.
Derelict ship (Toni POV)
Flying in I see Ultron was already here with the wonder twins ranting about me. Klaue's clutching a stump that used to be an arm but I'm more focused on the cylinder full of Vibranium in the robots hand.
"Don't compare me to Stark she's a sickness." He yells.
"Wow moved out of the house and already talking bad about me with your friends. Your going to breaks your mothers heart." I say landing in front of them.
"If I have to." He says take a step forward.
"Nobody has to break anything." Thor adds.
"Clearly you've never made an omelette." Ultron says.
"He gets that from me." I say.
"Ah yes. She's funny Ms Stark. What is it comfortable being in familiar surroundings?" The male Maximoff asks.
"Like I'd ever make shit like this. My weapons are much nicer than anything you'll find here." I say gesturing to the bargain bin missiles scattered about.
"You two can still walk away from this." Rogers says.
"Oh we will." The creepy girl twin says.
"Listen I know you've suffered." Rogers says starting a sanctimonious speech.
Ultron makes a scoffing noise but I decided to take the initiative and fire a palm blast. he is surprisingly agile for his size when he dodges it and blast me in the chest.
Flying at him he proves his size is not for show when he tanks the hit and tosses me up to slam my body into the hull of the ship. Righting my self I return the blow and hit him harder then follow up with a blast that sends him through the ceiling and I follow. The aerial battle doesn't last long when I clip him with a blast and he goes down.
"You know it wasn't nice cutting me off from your Vibranium stash but it lets me get creative." Ultron says propping himself up against some scrap.
"Well you killed your older brother so you lost your right to my stuff." I say not hiding my anger as I raise my arm and point a wrist rocket at him.
"A necessary action. Speaking of action you might want to check on Dr Banner. He may have wandered off." Ultron says with a robotic smirk.
"Shit." Was all I could say blowing up Ultron.
"Friday pull up any news with Hulk in it." She does and it's not pretty. Hulk was rampaging in Johannesburg destroying anything in sight.
"Nat your green boyfriend is destroying a city come out and deal with it." I say in to the COMM.
"Sorry Stark but the rest of the team are out of it." Clint says.
"Great. Friday what are my chances with the Vibranium suit or the Hulk buster armor?" I ask.
"Boss you have a 53 percent chance of success with the Hulk Buster vs 55 percent with the Vibranium suit. However you have an added 20 percent chance if you use the Adamantium sword which will cut through the Hulks dense skin." Friday says going over the numbers.
"Ya but I don't feel like carving up Bruce like a Christmas turkey. Ok Friday I'm going to try something stupid." I say taking off to the city.
"I wish you wouldn't boss." Friday reply's.
Wakanda jet same time (T'Chaka POV)
"Is the prisoner secure?" I ask as my guard's as they drag a shouting bag to the plane.
"He is we are just waiting for the sedative to kick in." Says the Dora Milaje giving the bag a kick.
"Then we can proceed home for his judgment." I say wiping the blood from the Black panther suit.
"My King we have a call from Stark." One guard says I nod to put it through.
"Hay buddy can I ask you for a favor?" Stark asks.
"In thanks for helping apprehend a criminal of Wakanda I suppose so." I say diplomatically.
"Could you help evacuate a few thousand civilians while I fight the Hulk? Pretty please." She asks in a sugary sweet tone that doesn't sound right.
"Your going to do what!?" I shout.
"A death match with the Hulk. Oh and if I die Shuri gets the Stark Research and development building." She say then cuts the line.
"My King" one guard say.
"Make sure the prisoner is secure we are helping Stark!" I yell.
Johannesburg same time (Toni POV)
Flying in the direction of screaming and destruction I see Hulk going after some soldiers.
"Friday deploy the cage." I say landing a few yards out.
I see metal pillars land around the Hulk shocking him as they close up into a container but I know it won't hold for long. Getting ready I see the kinetic energy storage was only at 30 percent but for this to work it needs to be at least 90.
Crack!
The road gave out and Hulk jumps from underground yelling in rage.
"Hay jolly green jack ass! Pick on someone in your own weight class!" I shout with the suits speakers.
Roar!!!
That worked a little to well as Hulk looks at me and charges. Right as his fist was about to connect I hit my boosters and shoot left out of the way. Once I had some breathing room I blast him in the face but that did little to nothing as he starts swinging wildly to hit a small target. I pepper him with small blast but I miscalculated a side step and get hit with a truck of a punch that puts me through a building.
"Kinetic energy storage now at 60 percent." Friday says.
"Ya I can feel that." I groan picking myself up.
I didn't have to wait long as I see the building I just went through rumble then Hulk comes crashing out and spots me. Giving another yell he jumps at me but I blast off into the air. Firing a salvo of missiles at him it kicks up dirt obscuring my view for a second but it clears with a loud clap that makes a shockwave clearing the dust. Before I can respond I feel a large hand grab my leg and swing me into a car then a truck finally it lets go launching me into a a statue smashing it into dust.
"Boss kinetic energy storage at 96 percent. Your stupid plan is ready to go." Friday says.
"Perfect now I just need him to sit still for a couple of seconds." I lamented remembering the second part of this plan.
Right as Hulk was about to charge again a blast of blue energy hits his head jarring him for a moment. Two Dora Milaje rush over cover and start to shoot Hulk distracting him from me.
"Stark what do you need?" T'Chaka asks next to me.
"I need him held in one place for a few seconds so I can blast him with something that will hopefully knock him out ." I say looking over at the two royal guard's bobbing and weaving around Hulks punches.
T'Chaka nods and runs out ready to strike as he yells something in Wakandan getting a nod from the other two. There spears seem to break into segments turning into more of a whip. One whip snags Hulks foot as she runs around him barely missing a punch that would have taken her head off wrapping the whip around his legs. Once it was around both his legs all three grab the handle and pull with all there might. The whip seems to shock Hulk tripping him momentarily as he hits the ground.
"MOVE!" I yell hovering in the air.
T'Chaka and the Dora Milaje jump out of the way as I redirected all power from my suit into chest beam. The light from the blast could have been seen from space as it slams Hulks downed form blinding anyone near the air around me begins to sizzle before I cut the blast. Once it was safe to look I see a massive hole surrounded by red hot lava pooling in the center. My blood runs cold as a massive green hand shoots out of the lava and pulls Hulk out. He makes his way over but when he looks up his eyes slam shut and he falls to the ground starting to turn back into Banner.
"Well that was fun." I pant hunching over in relief.
"Never a dull moment with you Stark." T'Chaka says patting me on the back.
"Well that's most of my charm. I need to get Banner out of here thanks for the help." I say.
"Happy to help we need to get our package back home. Good luck on your mission." He says running out of the area his guard's close behind.
Picking up the unconscious Banner I take off back to the jet.
Jet three hour later (Toni POV)
"What a sad lot we are."
Once all of us piled into the jet it was apparent that everyone was depressed. Nat was comforting Banner, Rogers was lost in his own head, Thor had a far off look in his eyes. Clint was doing fine but was focused on flying and I was laying down from being thrown through several things.
"Hay Clint were are we going?" I ask.
"A safe house." Was his only reply.
"Ok tell me when we get there I'm going to sleep off these cracked ribs." I say laying back down.
Unknown location three hours later (Toni POV)
Tap. Tap. Tap.
Batting away whatever was taping on my forehead I turn to try and go back to sleep.
"Toni if you don't get up I will dump a bucket of water on you." Nats voice says.
"Do that and die." I say in a sleepy tone.
Getting up I noticed we have landed somewhere and the team was waiting for me. Standing and stretching I see Clint go down the ramp so we just follow him to a house that was apparently on a farm. Walking in it looked like a a regular house with a homely feel then a woman walked in.
"Hay honey I'm home and I brought some friends." Clint says walking up to the woman giving her a kiss.
"Hi it's nice to meet you I'm Laura Barton." The now named Laura says with a little wave. I give a little wave back before some kids run in and give Clint a hug.
Deciding I'm not need right now I walk out to explore the grounds of the farm. I walk around the farm for about a half hour before I see Rogers cutting wood like a mad man.
"So what's up your ass." I ask walking in font of him.
"Why did you make that thing?" He asks chopping another log.
"As I said it was commissioned by the military." I respond.
"So it was just about the money for you." He says in a condescending tone.
"Don't try to pin all this on me. It's not my fault some space scepter brought my not even close to finished Artificial intelligence to life and made it a megalomaniac with a savior complex." I say.
"It wouldn't exist if you just said no to making even more weapons of mass destruction that you seem to flood the world with." He says ripping a log in half with his bare hands like some intimidation move.
"Well fuck you Mr Military project I hope you feel comfortable with all that power Howard gave you. Because right after he helped make you a super solider he turned around to create the largest weapons manufacturer in the world. So don't give me your sanctimonious bullshit when I know for a fact that if it was Howard Stark that did this you would tell him it wasn't his fault and pat him on the back." I say giving in to my anger.
"Howard was different than you. He actually cared what he created and what it was used for." He say turning his nose up to me.
"Howard Stark didn't give a shit what he made wether it was a gun or me. He only cared about his reputation and you." I snarl out before stomping past Laura into the house.
Barton family farm same time (Laura Barton POV)
Watching Toni Stark tear Captain American a new asshole was surreal to say the least. But it sounded like he deserved it from what I caught from the conversation. I was supposed to send Stark into the barn to meet Fury but I'm not going after a woman that pissed off.
"What do I do now?" I ask Clint as I walk back into the house.
"It was Fury's idea to camp in our barn. Just ask Stark when she's cooled off." He says changing clothes.
I just shrug if Fury want to come into the house he can, nothing is keeping him in the barn.
Barton family farm 5 hours later (Toni POV)
I finally calmed down from Rogers idiotic remarks that pissed me off to a homicidal degree.
"How dare he suggest I don't care about my creations, Jarvis was my pride and joy and nothing will replace him as one of my best friends."
Putting that out of my head Laura asked if I could look at the tractor in the barn I said I'd do it but I need a drink in return. Now I'm walking out to a barn drinking straight from a bottle of vodka that was apparently here when Nat visits.
"Ok baby show me your secrets." I say giving it a once over.
I hear a crunch behind me so I spin around and on instinct I throw the mostly full bottle at the target. A smash of glass and a grunt greet me along with the sight of Nicholas J Fury looking very unhappy.
"Well what do you expect when you sneak around." I ask in a deadpan tone.
He didn't say anything just wiped some vodka from his face.
"Wait... how long have you been out here?" I ask taping my chin with a finger.
He still didn't say anything just looked me straight in the eye then his eyes rolled back and collapsed.
"Guess I hit him in the head." I say to myself.
Grabbing him by the pant leg I drag him to the house probably hitting his head on some stuff. Once I cleared the door I see Nat and Rogers sitting on the couch while Bruce walks in with a steaming mug. Rogers immediately jumps and scoops up Fury and lays him on the couch. Clint comes down stairs to see what the commotion was about and sees Rogers over a slightly damp Fury, Bruce just sipping from a cup and Nat trying not to laugh.
Clint however has no such restraint.
"Pfft. Hahahaha what the hell happened." He says clutching the railing on the stairs to balance himself.
"What? He was just lurking in your barn at dusk." I defended.
Laura came down looked at all of us and just went back upstairs. She came back with a tablet of smelling salts and walked right over to Fury stuck it under his nose. Fury sprang up and surveyed the room when is eyes landed on me he looked like he wants to shoot me.
Now we are standing around discussing what our next move is.
"What about the nukes? Rhodey said there constantly being attacked." I ask.
"It's seems someone is constantly changing the codes before Ultron can get them." Fury says.
"I may have to head there to see who." I mumbled.
"But what's Ultrons next move? He has plenty of Vibranium but what's he going to do with it." Nat asks.
"He is making new body's but he keeps coming back to humans." I add.
"He keeps evolving from body to body and that is what he wants for humanity. So he needs to evolve even more." Bruce says.
"How's he going on do that?" Rogers asks.
"Has anyone heard from Helen Cho?" Bruce asks.
"Yo guys go after Cho I'll handle the codes." What's all I could say running to the jet.
South Korea 7 hours later (Steve Rogers POV)
While this was a win Because we got Ultron's new body and we are sending it to Stark but we still lost Natasha. Now I'm standing with the twins that have caused us a lot of trouble but still saved lives against Ultron. Hopefully I can help them turn from there bad choices and set them straight.
"You can't give the body to Stark." The female twins says.
"Stark's not crazy she will do the right thing." I say at least a little sure of that.
"She will use everything at her disposal to stop Ultron that body included. She will not pass up a chance for this kind of weapon." She continued.
"She will create something no one can stop to hell with the consequences." The boy adds.
"Do you really think she will just destroy a masterpiece of death that Ultron made." She finished.
I hope they are wrong but looking at Stark's track record I can help but agree. She may see this as to good of an opportunity to miss.
Stark tower 1 hour later (Toni POV)
"So this is what all the fuss was about?" I ask looking into the cradle.
"It is a perfect blend of man and machine." Bruce says looking over the readings.
"An android powered by an infinity stone what horrors this can bring."
"I can start dissolving the tissue if you want to disassemble the operating system." Bruce says.
"But with the right pilot it could work wonderfully."
"Wait one minute Bruce I think I have an idea." I say.
"Please don't suggest what I think your going to." He says.
"This thing is powerful and it may be our best shot at finishing Ultron. We just need the right person to control it." I say looking over the body.
"This is a bad idea." He says.
"I very much agree." Clint says walking in.
"But what choice do we have. We need an edge and this will work." I say.
"What exactly will run this body?" Bruce asks.
"Well I'm glad you asked." I say pulling up a hologram.
"Hello Dr Banner." Jarvis says.
"Our mystery hacker is no other that my late great first son Jarvis. Didn't even know he was keeping the world safe from Ultron until I put him back together." I say proud of my first AI.
"You want to put Jarvis into Ultron's new body?" Bruce says.
"Yup." I say.
He seemed to contemplate this choice while Clint stayed out being well out of his depth.
"Hay Clint is there any way to check if Nat will use some old spy shot to contact us?" I ask.
"If there is I'll find it. Don't make a murder bot while I look." He says walking out.
"No promises!" I yell after him.
"Ok I'll help but I'm trusting you on this." Bruce relents.
"Let's get to work." I say.
It took a bit long to map how Jarvis was going to fit into the android but our progress was steady. I had Jarvis making a backup of himself in case this went south and Friday was helping him. Friday was overjoyed to have her brother back and she was not taking the chance of losing him again to which I completely agree. We were so close to done when a voice cut us off.
"I'm only going to say this once shut it down." Rogers says being flanked by the twins.
"Guess Friday is to busy with Jarvis to run security." I say aloud.
"Stark you don't know what your doing." He say.
"That's rich coming from you. But stay back we are almost done." I say going back to the tablet.
Without warning the fast twin runs around disconnecting things from the cradle. He was standing there then a bullet shattered the glass below him causing him to fall.
"Pietro!" The girl twin yells.
Rogers throws his shield at me and I dodge rolling out of the way. I called my armor to me and the gauntlet hits me first so I shot Rogers in the chest knocking him back. The fight would have continued but Thor shows up out of nowhere and his the cradle wit a few million volts of lightning. The cradle bursts open with a red humanoid who looks around. He makes a move at Thor but gets tossed through some glass. He seems to hover looking over the city when Thor approached.
"Sorry that was odd. Thank you." The android say to Thor.
"Thor you helped make this." Rogers accused.
"I had a vision. A whirlpool that sucks in all hope of life, and at its center is this." He gestures to the stone.
"What the gem?" Bruce asks.
"It's the mind stone one of the six infinity stones the greatest power of the universe unparalleled in its destructive capabilities." Thor explained.
"Then why would you-" Rogers say but is cut off.
"Because Stark is right." Thor says.
"Thank Thor." I say flatly.
"The avengers cannot defeat Ultron." Thor says.
"Not alone." The android says.
"Why does your vision sound like Jarvis?" Rogers asks.
"Because Jarvis was supposed to run it until you guys busted in and fucked that up." I say getting closer to the android.
"I'm not Ultron but I'm not Jarvis." It says looking back at me.
"When I looked in your head I saw annihilation." The witch twin says.
"Honey the adults are talking so zip it." I say dismissing her.
"How do we know your on our side?" Rogers asks.
"It's not that simple I am on the side of life Ultron wants to end it." The android clarified.
"Good enough for me let's move. Were we heading Clint?" I ask ignoring everyone.
"Sokovia that's were Nat is." Clint says.
"Wait we ne-" Rogers try's to say.
"Yes we need to move." The android says picking up my Hammer handing it to Thor.
That rendered everyone speechless as it moved out. I walked over to the main computer console and checked if Jarvis was still there but he was gone.
"Friday is the backup ready?" I ask.
"Yes boss lady one hundred percent ready." She says happily as I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding.
"Then boot it up." I say.
It took a moment but I can see the data upload to Jarvis's servers reintroducing his core programming. I just hope there is nothing wrong with him because I'm not sure if my heart could take it.
"Hello Mam sorry if I kept you waiting." Jarvis says.
"You have nothing to be sorry for now let's get ready to kill your evil little brother." I say putting my armor on.
"Let's boss lady." Friday says.
"Of course Mam." Jarvis says.
The fight ahead was going to be brutal but I can't help but smile.
"This should be fun." I thought with a sinister smile.