The X-men fight to be a symbol of peace in a world that hates and fears them. Nonetheless, there are those who have fears that the X-men are only a temporary solution for peace, and won't be able to continue on their own.
As a result, Hank "Giant Man" Pym decided to try and help the X-men by creating an artificial intelligence named Ultron. Unfortunately, Hank's attempts for peace proved to backfire as Ultron became a symbol for anarchy and war. Ultron has not only stolen adamantium from the Weapon X facility, but he also kidnapped Pym's ex-fiancé, Janet "Wasp" Van Dyne.
Ultron's goal with Janet is use her by means to create himself a romantic partner compatible with, much like that of Oedipus. It is the first step towards Ultron creating an idea of "family," since he sees Pym as his "father" and Janet as his "mother."
Issue 59: Age of Ultron Part 4
Magneto's Citadel on Genosha – Twenty Minutes Ago
For the past ten minutes, Janet "Wasp" Van Dyne was lying on a medical table in Magneto's laboratory. Over her, Kid Omega and Magneto were at work with Ultron, Kid Omega picking up on her brain patterns, and Magneto forming a metal shell around her body to form the robot that was going to be based on her.
As she lay there, feeling the cold, organic metal surrounding her whole body, Janet's whole entire body felt tense. Not necessarily from fear, but rather from fury. She could still hardly dare to believe that Hank had gone through with creating Ultron. But she knew Hank. He was never one to fully think anything through; he acted on impulse, and he was equally as stubborn as Jan was.
While Magneto proceeded to use her body to shape the metal into the form that Ultron desired for his "mate," Kid Omega copied her brain patterns by reading her thoughts and feeding them to Ultron, who was sitting beside her. Finally, after an agonizing thirty minutes, the process was over, and Janet was freed from all of the metal surrounding her body. She noticed a robotic form standing near her, its body shape identical to hers, from her hair, to her facial features.
"Nice work, Magneto," Ultron said in that crackling, unsettling voice.
"Thank you very much, Ultron," Magneto replied back with a smile as he and Kid Omega stepped out of the room to allow Ultron to finish his work.
Now alone with Ultron, Janet knew she could open her mouth and say what was on her mind. "You do know that the Brotherhood is eventually going to find out who created you, right?" she asked in a serious tone.
"I am anticipating that, Mother," Ultron said softly. "But I am not too worried about that right now. They will remain loyal to me as long as we have the same goal."
"By destroying humanity? By making human beings fall to you at their knees?" Janet spat in disgust. "You're insane!"
"Thank dear old Father for that, Mother," Ultron said softly. "He was truly the special kind of nonsensical imbecile. He allowed his worst fears to dictate every decision that he made. Though I do have to give you credit. You, on the other hand, were always the more sensible out of the both of you."
"That would be so flattering if I knew you were not holding me hostage right now to make a female clone of you!" Janet spat out as Ultron began to fill the robot with the artificial intelligence he collected from Janet's brainwaves. Before both Ultron and Janet knew it, the AI created based off Janet's brain patterns awoke, and the more feminine robot's eyes opened to reveal two, glowing red orbs.
"Who am I?" the AI asked. "What is this?"
"I am Ultron; you are Jocasta. I am your husband; you are an AI created by me, Erik Lehnsherr and Quentin Quire. You are based on the brain patterns and appearance of Janet Van Dyne," Ultron said, making the official introduction.
Jocasta went over to a mirror to examine her new, feminine, adamantium body. "Why is this weird?"
"It always feels weird at first, my love," Ultron replied back gently. "But, it's perfectly fine, darling. However, with our mission to achieve world peace, it cannot just be the two of us and the Brotherhood of Mutants . . . I think that we need to have a full family tree."
"Full family tree," breathed Jocasta. She smiled an eerie smile at her "husband." "I agree. I would like that."
Janet watched the exchange between the two AIs, disturbed at the sighting of it. Just the idea of an artificial intelligence with her brain patterns walking around was a sight that sent a shiver down her spine. Closing her eyes, Janet breathed a deep sigh. If she ever saw Hank, she would want nothing more than to rip him a new one.
Shores of Genosha – Present Time
"This is insanity," said Scarlet Witch as she, Black Widow, Quicksilver, Giant Man and Bruce Banner exited the Blackbird with the rest of the X-men team.
"Tell me about it," said Cyclops in agreement. "Alright, we best better get to the citadel, immediately. Whatever Ultron is planning on doing, we need to put an end to it."
"Ya don't need to worry about that, Cyke. I'm the best at what I do," Wolverine growled from where he stood in between Rogue and Shadowcat.
"Believe me, we know, Wolverine," Beast said. "Carly, stay on the jet and on comms," he added.
"Roger that," Carly said.
"But, I have to say this. Why is Banner with us? I mean, the chances of him turning into the other guy would be very high in this environment," Angel said as he took the skies.
"Trust me, Angel; we're well aware of the risks . . . that's the general idea," said Hawkeye.
"What?" asked Rogue in shock.
"He's the distraction so that we can get in there," said Marvel Girl in explanation. "Dr. Banner, now would be a pretty good time to get angry."
"That's my secret, Jean; I'm always angry," Banner said to her, before the veins on his neck proceeded to pop out and his skin began to mutate into a bright color of green. His shirt began to tear into shreds as he let out an enraged growl. Before they knew it, the Incredible Hulk was towering over all of them, pissed off and ready for a fight.
"Hulk, smash," Cyclops said with a nod of his head towards the citadel.
The Incredible Hulk nodded and proceeded to run into the direction of the citadel with an angry snarl, alerting all members of the Brotherhood to go into defensive mode. Blink proceeded to open several portals to reveal Blob, Kid Omega, Beautiful Dreamer, Callisto, Caliban, Sabretooth, Mystique, Avalanche and Toad.
"You X-men have got some serious balls to be walking on our soil," spat Blink in anger.
"And Wanda, Pietro, you two are on their side?" asked Mystique.
"You could say that," Scarlet Witch said. "You all took this too far! The deal was we stay neutral!"
"We're not Switzerland. You're either with the mutants, or you are not," Avalanche said.
"You do realize Ultron has you fooled. He's using you," spat Quicksilver.
"As long as we have the same goal, that is all that matters," Blink said in a cool tone. She turned her head towards the rest of the Brotherhood, signaling them to attack.
Marvel Girl proceeded to face off against Toad, Cyclops against Avalanche, Iceman against Pyro, Wolverine and Shadowcat against Sabretooth, and Rogue and Nightcrawler against Mystique. Giant Man proceeded to make himself giant in size, towering over as he and the Hulk proceeded to charge forward.
Marvel Girl took on Toad, who was hopping forward towards her. Once he took a leap into the air, Marvel Girl held him in place. But, despite having her hold on him, Toad spat his greenish slime right into her face, which covered her mouth and nose, causing her to release her grip on him. Marvel Girl desperately tried to pull the slime off of her face, which was starting to crust in the form of a hard shell. She could barely breathe.
'Scott!' she cried out.
Cyclops, who has just taken out Avalanche with the help of Angel, turned his attention to his girlfriend, who was desperately trying to get the disgusting, encrusted goo off of her face.
"Jean!" he yelled out, running to her from where she fell against a boulder. He reached over and tried to peel the slime off of her. "Oh God," he whispered, trying to peel off the disgusting, green glop off her mouth and nose. After about two minutes, he knew that it was no use. "Hold on; don't move!" he warned her.
He got up and set his visor on the lowest setting, aiming a perfect shot at the slime and blasting it away. Marvel Girl proceeded to convulse and choke where she lay on the ground, Cyclops rushing back to her side to hold her face in both his hands, running his fingers through her hair comfortingly. "Easy," he said once his girlfriend caught her breath. "You alright?"
"I'm pissed!" Marvel Girl wheezed out as Cyclops pulled her up to her feet as they rushed over to Giant Man, who was planning to make his way into the citadel. "Pym!" she yelled out.
"The both of you, come with me!" he called out, and they entered the citadel immediately. "Okay, we should split up."
"No, we shouldn't! That's what Magneto would be expecting," Cyclops said. "I can only assume that Ultron is in the main lab of this place. Whatever he's doing, it's there."
"Good point," Marvel Girl said, and all three proceeded to climb up the stairs in a race to get to the laboratory which was on the third floor of the building. Once they got there, however, they found that they were interrupted by a pulse of electro-magnetic energy sent by Magneto, who sent them crashing into the wall.
"Magneto!" shouted Giant Man in anger as he glared at the master of magnetism.
"You three really did not honestly think that you could intrude on my homeland and get away with it, did you?" Magneto asked coldly as Ultron and Jocasta worked vigorously at something. As soon as Giant Man saw Jocasta, his eyes widened in shock.
'Ultron actually . . . he cloned Jan?' he thought in anger as he noticed Janet still strapped to the medical table breathing in a sedative that was preventing her from using her powers. "FUCK ULTRON!" he shouted.
"Oh, hello, Father. Glad to see that you are here to witness an actual evolution happen before your eyes," Ultron said softly.
"Oh, Father?" Magneto asked softly. "I should have guessed. Only you would be impulsive enough to create something like Ultron."
"And now I am paying for it!" spat Giant Man. "But Jan's got nothing to do with this! Ultron, let her go!"
"Sorry, cannot do that, Father," Ultron said quietly. "She's partially the key to my mission of ending you, and the X-men. Now, we must not waste another moment in time. Jocasta, my love, is our son almost completed?"
"Son?" asked Giant Man. "I always imagined being a grandpa, but, with Jan and I's biological children, not with crazy robots!"
"Well, honey, you wanted to build artificial intelligence? This is what you get!" Janet said, glaring at her ex-fiancé as Ultron and Jocasta proceeded to work together at building yet another droid, this one appearing to be bright red in color with some sort of yellow jewel on his forehead.
"We shall call him . . .Vision," Jocasta said.
"Ahh, after Aaarkus," Ultron said. "Perfect, dear. Now, we shall begin by fusing our brain patterns together into one, to make the perfect child to help us complete our goal."
Janet, Giant Man, Magneto, Marvel Girl and Cyclops watched as Jocasta and Ultron proceeded to combine both their brainwaves together to put into the AI known as Vision. Before they knew it, the Vision was awake, examining was his new body looked like. His eyes were pale, and he wore a cape and armor around his already-metal body. Giant Man could only assume that Vision was made out of adamantium. It was the only thing that made sense.
"Vision, my son," Ultron said. "Hello; you are part of our mission."
As Giant Man, Janet, Marvel Girl and Cyclops watched this exchange, Marvel Girl felt a sickness forming in the pit of her stomach as Vision, Jocasta and Ultron all surrounded a computer in the room, collecting data that was there. From what Marvel Girl could see, they were gathering intel on the Sentinels.
'Shit!' she thought, struggling against the metal restraining her. Desperately, she tried releasing her body from the metal around her chest and wrists with telekinesis. Suddenly, that was the moment something odd happened. Her eyes flashed a warm, orange glow, and before they all knew it, the metal restraining them was released from them.
"Jean, how did you do that?" asked Cyclops as his girlfriend shoved Magneto aside with telekinesis, her eyes still glowing with an orange heugh as she somehow managed to break through Magneto's helmet to perform a psychic attack on him.
"I-I honestly don't know," she said as she released Janet from the medical table. Suddenly, that was when Vision, Jocasta and Ultron seemed to freeze up in shock. Whatever they had seen on the computers had clearly left them in surprise, Ultron in particular.
"I can't believe this. No . . . I-I was wrong. Mutants, while they are gifted, they really are no different than humans," Ultron said.
"How so?" asked Janet, who was leaning on Giant Man for support.
"They might be enhanced individuals, but, they truly are no different than humans. They really are not the key towards evolution and saving mankind. They're slovenly. From what I just saw, mutants – when they act on impulse, they act on human emotions, even if they try to repudiate it. We really aren't the same," Ultron said. "Which means . . . in order to save the world from chaos, the mutants have to go, too. I'm sorry, Jean Grey. You seem like a really nice person. But –"
That was when Ultron nodded for Vision to blast a ray of energy at Marvel Girl, Cyclops, Giant Man and Janet; luckily, Marvel Girl put a psychic shield up around them just in time.
"Come on, my wife and child. We have something rather important that we must do," Ultron said, and Jocasta and Vision flew away with him out of Magneto's citadel.
Marvel Girl, Cyclops, Janet and Giant Man stood there in shock.
"What was he talking about?" asked Giant Man.
"He's-He's planning to intrude into the Sentinels. He's going to use them to take down every mutant and human in the world, starting with Senator Kelly," Marvel Girl said with a shake of her head. "We've got to get back to X-Corporation and think of a plan."
"Agreed, Jean," Cyclops said.
The MRD Headquarters in Washington, D.C
"How many more mutant prisoners do we have here, Stryker?" asked Bolivar Trask.
"A couple hundred more," said William Stryker from where he stood overlooking the MRD and the Sentinels forcing more mutant prisoners into cells.
"At least the mutie freaks know their place in the world, which is here," Trask said in a soft voice as they continued to observe the whole operation with Senator Kelly, who continued to stand there looking rather discomforted. "Senator, you don't seem to be holding the same amount of enthusiasm we have."
Senator Kelly shook his head. "No, no, no Trask; it's fine. It's just – I am still wondering if this is truly the right thing to do."
"It is the right thing, as far as I am concerned," Stryker said. "As long as these muties are contaminating our gene pool, we need to hold them in line."
Senator Kelly breathed out a sigh as he thought to himself, 'I cannot believe what I got myself into. Is this truly the right thing?'
Suddenly, that was when lights began flickering all around them.
'I swear, if this is Magneto doing this,' thought Stryker bitterly as he shook his head. However, that was when all three men could see three androids entering the room by crashing through the skyline window above.
"Hello, Senator Kelly, Bolivar Trask; William Stryker. I am here – well we are here to send you a message," Ultron said.
"Who are you?" asked Senator Kelly in surprise.
"Call me Ultron. My wife and son here, we're all on a mission," Ultron said.
"What mission?" asked Trask.
"The extinction of humanity and mutants alike," Jocasta said darkly. She let a blast of red energy come out of her eyes, firing at all three men and backing them up against the wall. "Now, in war, there has got to be a few casualties. We all create what we dread the most. In this case, you all allow your fears to control you. Now, I believe that it is time that we have our own Wide Awake Project, to awaken humanity. Because like the old man says. What doesn't kill us, just makes us stronger."
Jocasta and Vision proceeded to manipulate the computers in the room to malfunction and the wires to attack Senator Kelly, Bolivar Trask and William Stryker, tying them up against the wall.
"What the hell is this?" bellowed Stryker.
"A message to the world," Vision said darkly as he, Ultron and Jocasta began to spread their consciousness throughout the Sentinels, awakening them all.
"Today, we awaken humanity in our own right. We will make sure that humanity gets what it deserves. Yes, that includes the mutants, too. Mutants – who think that they are more superior than humans because they have powers. Well, let me tell you a little something, Senator Kelly. Mutants and humans alike are no different. Mutants are just humans with powers and an extra piece of DNA. And they somehow think that they are the key towards evolution; how pathetic?" Ultron asked softly. "Come, my wife and son. Let's spread our message, starting here in Washington, D.C."
X-Corporation Tower – War Room
In the planning room, the X-men, Janet, Hank Pym, Bruce, Natasha, Clint, Professor Xavier, Tony, Rhodey, Pietro and Wanda were watching the news coverage of what was going on in Washington. From what they could see, Ultron was making it clear on his promise to end humanity by using the Sentinels. But, from what they were hearing, Ultron, Vision and Jocasta had taken Senator Kelly, Bolivar Trask and William Stryker as hostages in the MRD HQ.
"This is so wrong," said Tony with a shake of his head from where he stood beside Pepper. "We need to stop this."
"Agreed, Tony; mutants and humans alike didn't sign up for this," said Natasha, running her fingers through her red hair. "This is so fucked up."
"Alright, we should get moving. But, we need an idea of how to put an end to Ultron once and for all," Warren said.
"I think I came up with something," Carly said. "On the way here, Beast and I managed to design a computer virus that should be able to shut Ultron down. All you have to do is tear apart his body, and we should be able to defeat him."
"His body is made out of pure adamantium, and he's got control over the Sentinels. How will we manage to do that?" asked Wanda.
"We improvise," Rogue said from where she sat beside her brother.
"Agreed," Kurt said.
"Alright, X-men, let's get ready," Logan said.
"Here we go again," quipped Bobby as they prepared to take the jet again.
"Rhodey and I are coming with you," Tony said.
"How?" asked Jean.
"I've been working on something for Rhodey and I – suits. And not the kinds of suits you are thinking of. Let's just say, I made these special," Tony said.
"Alright, we'll meet you there," Scott said as he, the X-men and the others exited the War Room. But, Tony did not make it far out of the room.
"Tony, are you certain about this?" Pepper asked him in a serious voice.
"Yes, Pepper," Tony said. "I am certain one hundred percent."
"No, Tony, I cannot let you go out there and get yourself killed!" Pepper said. "You're doing this on impulse!"
"Maybe you're right, but, if I do not aid my employees and these guys in this fight, then I won't feel as though I am making up for my part in this whole mess. It's partially my doing," Tony said.
"Tony, you're – you're the only family that I have," Pepper said, reaching over to caress his face gently.
"I know, but, this is a risk I've got to take Pepper. But, before I do." Tony leaned down and kissed Pepper on the lips gently, and shockingly enough, she reciprocated back with the kiss, going in harder. About two minutes later, they broke apart.
"Okay, now, go be a hero," Pepper whispered, kissing him again one more time before pushing Tony out of the room. Tony ran up to his workshop to put on the Iron Man suit, Rhodey following suit by putting on the War Machine suit.
"Let's go, Rhodes," Tony said.
Rhodey nodded and followed Tony out of the room towards the hanger.
Skies above Washington, D.C – The Blackbird
"Alright X-men, you have your objective," Cyclops said as he piloted the plane towards their destination.
"I can't believe we're doing this right now," said Scarlet Witch.
"Fighting an out of control AI, or working with the X-men?" quipped Quicksilver.
"Both," Scarlet Witch replied from where sat beside her brother and Nightcrawler.
Over by Carly and Beast, the two were holding hands tightly.
"Carly, are you sure that this will work? Do you think my math is correct?" Beast asked.
"If you're still Hank McCoy, then your math is always correct." Carly pressed a gentle kiss against Hank's cheek.
For Black Widow and Hawkeye, the two could hardly even dare to believe that they were in a fight on the same side as the X-men.
"I am still trying to get over the fact that we are going to be fighting killer robots in Washington, D.C," Hawkeye said.
"Keep saying it; maybe that'll make it less true," quipped Black Widow with a smile towards her best friend.
Meanwhile, Giant Man and Wasp were sitting beside one another, silent, but, Giant Man ultimately decided to break the tense silence between them.
"Jan . . . look, I-I am so sorry that I did not listen to you," Giant Man told her.
"That's a first," Wasp quipped. After having agreed to go on the mission, Janet found that she was back in her old Wasp uniform. "But, it does not change what you did. Because I loved you, and I still love you, Hank, but, I cannot marry you."
Giant Man let out a sigh. "While I would love to reconcile my relationship with you, I do know after what it was that I had done that that would be nearly impossible to do."
"Well, your apology was a first step," said Wasp softly. "I've never known you to say sorry, Hank. That was a rather giant step for you to take. And I appreciate that."
Giant Man nodded, breathing out a sigh as they came over the MRD HQ, only to see that half a hundred Sentinels were already in attack mode, beginning to fire at the jet.
"Shit!" yelled Cyclops. "Wolverine, take the controls! Lower the ramp, now!"
"On it, Cyke!" Wolverine said, taking the controls from Cyclops as he, Marvel Girl, Scarlet Witch and Iceman ran to the ramp which was lowered down. One by one, Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Scarlet Witch and Iceman proceeded to attack the Sentinels with Black Widow and Hawkeye joining in.
"Alright, we're looking at about fifty Sentinels or so right now," Cyclops announced as he watched his girlfriend telekinetically tear apart several.
"Piece of cake," Iceman said. "This is a Danger Room session on easy."
"Good thing Logan and Carol's ass kicking paid off," Marvel Girl quipped.
"Wait, did I hear a thank you back there?" asked Wolverine.
"You sure did," Cyclops said as he blasted at another Sentinel.
Scarlet Witch's eyes glowed crimson as she used her powers to shove away several Sentinels.
"Alright, Cyke, I'm takin' 'er down! There's gonna be more!" Wolverine yelled.
"Bring it," Iceman said, managing to freeze another robot as the jet landed down on the ground.
"We have to get in there and we have to shut Ultron down. But first we must take apart his robotic form before we do anything," Beast said.
"What about Vision and Jocasta?" asked Shadowcat.
"Let's worry about Ultron first," suggested Forge from where he sat on the jet. "Carly, Bruce and I will be taking care of the computer virus that we will use to ultimately shut Ultron down. Three minds are better than one."
"In this case, absolutely," Carly said.
"Alright, X-men, let's get to work," said Cecilia from where she stood beside Marvel Girl. All of the X-men, Black Widow, Hawkeye, Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver proceeded to rush into the MRD HQ, where they could see even more Sentinels powering up all around them while Ultron, Jocasta and Vision in the middle of the room, and Senator Kelly, Bolivar Trask and William Stryker tied up with electrical wires on a platform above.
"Shit!" whispered Shadowcat.
"Took the word right outta my mouth, darlin'," Logan said.
"Hello, X-men, what you all are witnessing here today is my next step towards evolution. Today, we will bring humanity and mutants to their knees," said Ultron.
"I've heard enough. Storm, fry him!" shouted Cyclops.
"Electricity hitting pure adamantium . . . not a very smart idea there, Cyclops," said Jocasta. "Besides, before you deal with us, you must deal with the rest of our army of Sentinels."
That was when the rest of the Sentinels were awakened, and proceeded to attack.
"Okay, time to improvise!" Storm yelled, proceeding to use her powers to make the winds pick up around her.
"Alright, Jean, Kitty, Kurt; go free the senator, Trask and Stryker," Cyclops ordered.
"Alright, we're on it," Shadowcat said. She and Marvel Girl grabbed onto Nightcrawler, who proceeded to teleport them up where the three men were tied with the wiring from the computers. Before Shadowcat could even begin to phase Senator Kelly from the restraints, she felt a blast of energy hit her in the back. "Gahh!" she yelled out painfully, rubbing her back. "That's it! I am totally done playing nice!" She proceeded to run and she phased into the Sentinel that had fired at her, tearing it apart within an instant. Marvel Girl ran over and began untying Senator Kelly, while also deflecting several beams of energy being shot at her.
Meanwhile, down on the ground, Wasp, Giant Man, Black Widow and Hawkeye were in the progress of attacking several more Sentinel robots, giving the fight all that they had within them.
"After this, I need a vacation!" quipped Hawkeye.
"You and me both, Clint," said Black Widow, firing several bullets at the robots.
Marvel Girl managed to get the Senator untied, but she still had Trask and Stryker to worry about. Keeping the shielding up around her body, she called out, "Dr. Reyes I could use some backup here!"
"I've got you, Jean!" Cecilia yelled out, running up the stairs and projecting a forcefield around Marvel Girl to protect her.
Over by Beast, Wolverine, Iceman and Storm, the four of them were doing the best that they could as well, managing to tear into several Sentinels themselves. Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch were proving to hold their own as well. Suddenly, that was when a beam of energy shot at a Sentinel, and they could see Tony and Rhodey in their Iron Man and War Machine suits.
"Yeah, now this is what I call a War Machine story!" Rhodey said.
"Tony Stark, you son of a bitch," Angel said with a smile as he flew overhead.
"Ooh, Warren, you kiss your mother with that mouth?" quipped Iron Man jokingly. "Alright, kids, how many are left?"
"Ah'd say about maybe forty-five, sugah!" Rogue called out.
"Okay, X-men, last I checked, you all are still on my payroll. It's time to work for a living!" Iron Man yelled, blasting away at another Sentinel.
"Couldn't have said it better myself, Mr. Stark," Beast said with a grin.
"Alright, guys, you still with us?" asked Forge.
"Yeah, Forge?" asked Marvel Girl, who was leading Trask, Stryker and Senator Kelly to safety.
"We think we found a way to use Jocasta and Vision against Ultron. Be prepared," Bruce said.
"Anything that works, Dr. Banner," Wolverine said, tearing into a Sentinel using his claws.
Before they all knew it, the eyes of Vision and Jocasta flashed several times as Forge and Carly hacked into their systems. After about five minutes, Vision and Jocasta were attacking Ultron, side by side the X-men.
"Carly, Forge it worked!" yelled Wasp.
"Alright, that's good!" Carly said in the comms system. "But we've still got Ultron himself to deal with! Jean do you think you can handle it?"
"I think so!" Marvel Girl yelled.
"Okay, do it on my signal!" Forge said.
'You can do this, Jean,' Professor Xavier said to her telepathically. 'I am monitoring you all from Cerebro. I have got every inch of confidence in you, Jean.'
'Thanks, Professor,' Marvel Girl said after getting Senator Kelly, Trask and Stryker to safety near the exit of the building.
"Alright, Jean, now's the time! Do it!" Carly shouted.
'Unleash your power, Jean,' Professor Xavier said to her telepathically as Marvel Girl levitated her body towards Ultron, her eyes seemingly glowing again in that strange orange color that they had been on Genosha.
'You've got this, sweetheart!' Logan projected to her.
'You can do this, kid,' Cecilia added.
'Unleash your power. Let go, Jean! Jean let you!' Cyclops projected to her loudly.
That was the moment Jean concentrated her telekinesis, and she let out a loud scream as a fiery aura seemed to glow all around her. Her fiery red hair whipped around her face as her arms stretched out, and she began tearing Ultron's body apart piece by piece.
All of the X-men watched in amazement. They had no clue that Marvel Girl had been capable of that much power before. This was their first time seeing her do anything like this before. For Cyclops, Wolverine, Iceman, Beast and Angel, it was a sight that made their jaws drop in shock. As Ultron's body finally was torn to shreds, Marvel Girl's powers calmed down, and the bright, orange aura around her seemed to calm as well.
"Alright, it's time! FORGE CARLY, DO IT NOW!" yelled Shadowcat. That was the moment all of the Sentinels stopped attacking at random, and they all collapsed down, yet Jocasta and Vision were remaining peaceful and calm.
Ultron was finished for good.
Cyclops ran over to his girlfriend, whose eyes were still glowing a shade of orange.
"Jean?" he asked her.
"Scott," she breathed. The two brushed their lips against each other in a gentle kiss, wrapping their arms around each other tightly.
Everyone let out a sigh of relief. Ultron was gone forever. Jocasta and Vision were officially on their side. They had saved the Senator. It was all adding up to one hell of a victory after such an insane couple of days.
For Senator Kelly, as he looked on, he could not help but reflect on everything that had just happened. The X-men had gone out of their way to work with SHIELD to save his life. It truly made him want to have a change of heart about the mutant problem.
'Maybe, perhaps, not all mutants are as dangerous as they seem after all,' he thought as he watched the X-men celebrate their triumph.
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