"Engines running on full power. Activate scanners and optimize field of view. Yes. Smoothly. Looking good there."
Toni looked around in the training hall, studying the new equipment he installed. This was almost as good as a field-test. Traps, non-lethal weapons, sound. The new recruits would have fun with this. On a lookout, not far from him Steve and Natasha were discussing the next steps in training. Those two had the honor to work out the plans and decide who was ready to go on mission and who would better stay here. Rogers was annoying him with this system update for days now. It was really time to test it and show it to them. The course and also his new prototype. It fit like a glove. Of course it did.
"Jarvis. Give me a checkup and some numbers. I want numbers."
No answer from inside his suit.
"Jarv-" But a silent hum in a familiar melody, slowly growing to a song. "So you wanna play with magic? Boy you should know what you're fallin' for. Baby do you dare to do this…"
"Oh. Sorry. Ultron?" He watched Natasha and Steve closely, but they couldn't possibly hear him. A little pixel-image of Ultrons usual face appeared on his screen, moving its mouth when it started talking. "Hello Toni. Don't tell me you forgot about me."
"How could I? Was that Katy Perry?"
The face frowned a little. "I´m in the cafeteria. Well part of me is. And the radio is turned on. That song is catchy."

"I feel you. Sneaks into your brain like some-" Toni twitched in surprise, when his suit moved on his own, checking panels and moving them back into place. They snapped in perfectly and more controlled than ever.
"You wanted numbers. There you go. We´re running on full power, there is no disturbance in the controls. But me. It's about 25° degrees Celsius outside and there are two other human beings in the room. Is that enough for now?" "You work with Celsius? That's a bummer." "Celsius is more logical."
Toni huffed into his suit. "Fahrenheit is more American.", he proclaimed proudly.
"I´m not American. I think." His body was and his creator was, but now it was getting philosophical again. "Nevermind.", Ultron stated. "So what is the task?"

Back in the cafeteria an unfamiliar voice behind his main body caught his attention. "Hello, you. Drone?" He turned around and looked at a female in beige pantsuit. Not the one with the coffee. That one looked slightly different. "Drone?", he asked almost insulted. "Well, yes. You are one of Starks drones, are you?" She ran her fingers through her brown hair and shoved it behind her right ear, watching him with her ridiculously green eyes. "I saw you sitting here and I was curious. Is he testing you here or something? You can talk in full sentences, can you?" Was she insulting him on purpose? It was probably a bad idea to tell her his name. Also to throw her out of the window. "Yes. Yes I am capable of speech." What was this supposed to be? He didn't ask for any kind of company.

Back in the training room Toni got his suit in the air and let Ultron finish the test sequence. They were stable. Maybe the robot in the cafeteria wasn't, but his connection to this gear was. He had actually managed to link that sassy piece of metal to a cooperative system and he was still in control.
"Alright. You know what, Ulti? Why don't we mash it up?"
"Pardon?"
"Steve?", Toni asked by radio and Captain America uncrossed his legs on the other side of the room.
"Toni? Everything alright? You are still in view. Nothing seems out of order."
"Yeah no, I´m fine. Can you start the simulation? Bring it on. Just…" and he made some twirling gestures with his hand, so Natasha and Steve could see them. "Hit all the buttons. Give me all that we´ve got." They had just installed non-lethal weapons. What could possibly go wrong?
Ultron noticed the movement in the room. The sensors in the suit were working pretty well. "Ah.", he noted and the face on the screen smiled a little. "Are we field testing?"
"Correct. You ready pal?" "I´m not a `pal´, but yes. Ready." Toni checked his surroundings. They had rubber bullets in machine guns, placed in the floor, on the wall and ceiling. There was no way to dodge all of them. "Okay. I need you to help me out here." "Say please." Toni sighed into his helmet.

Ultrons main body gave a little chuckle. There was no way the mighty Iron Man was able to pass that test without him. It was a shame that this suit didn´t have any real weaponry. "What are you doing?" The woman leant over to the laptop. Oh right. He had almost forgotten about her. Why was she even still bothering him? "Lady. I am very busy. So I would appreciate if you could give me some space." "Oh are you doing something important? Like surveillance?" "No."

"Alright. Please. Ultron please help me with this simulation. I can't disable the guns, so we have to get out of the way or dodge them with the heavier protected arm pieces. Take control and look after the ones I can´t see in time"
The face frowned unamused. „Yes, yes. I know. Protect the core in the chest. Got it."
"Wait wha-?" The simulation started sudden. Within seconds the guns had heated up and took aim. Toni got out of the way when the ones mounted on the wall started firing. The bullets almost scraped the surface of the unpainted grey suit. His head turned quickly when he heard the ones in the floor panels move. Before he could even say something his arms twisted and changed the position of the flight stabilizers. He violently turned around and almost hit the wall with his shoulder.
"Argh! Dammit Ultron!" Toni tried to act against the control, only to tumble around in the air. The next wave of bullets hit him right in the head and chest. "Ah! Ouch! Damn! Stop! Steve! Stop the simulation!" In the struggle his foot got caught in one of the gun barrels and he hit the floor.

Ultron blinked confused. He failed. His fingers let go of the keyboard where he was writing a little program at the moment. Why did he fail? That was not part of the plan. "Why did you stop?" He twitched slightly when the brunette spoke again. Yes. The human factor. That's why. The human had worked against him and then they got tangled up. It was going well until then.
"That was not going well from the beginning.", Toni mumbled, lying on his back and giving the other two a quick wave. Yes, he was still alive.
"What the hell was that? You used me like a ragdoll." Ultron stared at him from the pixel screen. "What? You think this was my fault?", he asked insulted. "Well yeah! You can´t just throw me around like that. I´m still in here, you know? I´m not one of your drones. I don't have a `core´ you need to protect. I have a head and internal organs and stuff that can´t take too much shaking. Also you intervened with my movements." "Isn´t that what you wanted?"
Toni sat up and shook his head. "No! I wanted your help. Not being controlled by you. You got the better sensor-net control, but I have the better motions."

The robot tilted his head and the coffee machine made a spluttering noise. It was still out of order and Toni hadn´t bothered to take the stick out. Maybe he really did forget about that human factor. Of course that body was vulnerable and weak. He should have concentrated more on the surroundings and maybe, and Ultron sighed, maybe trust him with a little more control. "Can we try again?", he asked politely. This was really scratching on his ego.
It took a while until he got an answer. "Yeah. Yeah let's try again. Intervene when it´s really necessary and I´ll try to trust you and let you do the movements." The main body nodded silently. The laptop was not interesting anymore and he closed the program. "Oh? Did you give up?!" There she was again. When he turned around she was already reaching out. She grabbed his shoulders and rubbed them with a laugh. "Go, robot! You can do it!" His patience was really wearing out. Was this a test? Was he being tested? Oh he wished he could just snap her neck. "Toni. I think I´m being molested here."

Toni got up and laughed. "Oh really? Someone is into that pile of scrap? I should give you an upgrade and make you look all shiny again." "This is not funny." It was a little. "Ignore it or write a report later." No one would read that. "And don't get distracted." "Me? Toni. I am an artificial intelligence, that is able to-" "Yes. Yes, I know. Are you ready? We´ll try again." He got the suit back in the air and waved at Steve. This time he wouldn't see him hit the ground like that.
Exactly like last time. The machine guns activated and he prepared himself. The first wave. Easy to dodge and easy to get out of the way. When the second one started he waited for that foreign feeling of unwanted use again, but nothing happened. The bullets got more and he noticed himself losing control of the situation. It was almost gentle. When his other arm moved without his doing it was a natural movement. He didn't have to look over his shoulder. Ultron took over that part and he was able to use his thrusters to get out of the way in time without worrying. That could actually work.

The robot grinned slightly. This was fun. Genuine fun. Of course he would never admit it. But they had accomplished quite a nice and fluid movement pattern and that with that one weak link named `human intervention´. It was even a little impressive.
"You know, Ulti… if you promise not to touch anything you could come over. I´ll tell the system to let you into the training area this one time. Look at all the funny bullets everywhere." Ultron considered. Of course he could stay here and watch TV and play Sims. Or he could check out those weapons. This was maybe a good opportunity to see what they had in that hall.
"I´m coming over.", he decided and closed the laptop. He would take the computer with him. What if someone stole it?
"Oh? You´re leaving already?", the woman asked and put one hand in her hip. "That's a shame. I thought we could have a little talk."
"I have to decline." It was really getting hard to ignore her. If she was following him outside he would have to think about a way to hide the body.
She shook her head. "Really a shame. But I have to go too. And you my friend…" Suddenly her eyes had that weird shimmer again. Maybe some illness? "…you shouldn't stay up at night."

With that she left him and strutted out of the cafeteria. Ultron stared for a while. That was odd. What a weird specimen. Why did she even care what he was doing at night? He decided not to care and just headed out for the training hall. He passed security without being paralyzed or anything and stepped in. From this perspective it looked even bigger. Steve and Natasha were watching him come in. Was that displeasure on their faces? How wonderful. So Toni was making them dislike his actions even more. He spotted him between the bullets where he was taking off his test suit.
"I heard you did a good job in this simulation.", Ultron claimed. With the laptop under his arm and the ridiculous necktie he almost looked like some college student. "Yes.", Toni answered with a little grin. "That new system is working well and I thought about using it more in the future." "I think that should be consid-" A beeping noise startled both of them. "What was that?", Toni asked a little confused. He didn't remember putting a beeping device into Ultrons body. The robot turned around himself and Toni noticed a little box between the metal plates on his shoulders.
Both of them looked at it for a moment and then they looked each other in the eye. "Get down.", Ultron mumbled. It was a matter of seconds. The moment Toni dove behind a machinegun stand an explosion ripped the robot body into shreds.