The sirens had ceased.
It was quiet, other than the sound of animals in the forest. Pym sat on the bed, his head in his hands. Torunn leaned on the countertop, James sat with his arms folded on the sofa (he had finally gotten dressed), Aisha was sitting on top of the countertop next to Torunn, and Azari was pacing the floor. He stepped in a wad of gum on the floor. He lifted his foot and examined it, and a disgusted expression came on his face. "How do you live like this James?" he asked revoltingly. "Haven't you ever heard of cleaning up?"
James, meanwhile, was digging up his nose, but quickly moved his finger when he saw Azari's eyes on him. "Ew." Pym stated. "Gold digger." "I am not." Aisha huffed. No one ever said anything to her. The room was quiet, until Aisha spat out "We should be out there with Tony, not hiding in this place!" "Maybe this is a new training drill." Pym suggested and Torunn glared at him. "Maybe…" Pym gasped, and then whispered: "Maybe it's Ultron." "What?" James asked, sitting up straight. "That's ridiculous. It's not Ultron. Probably something stupid like, a fire on the machine level or that time Jocasta went nuts because of the water main leak." James rested his hands behind his head. "It's not Ultron." "Yeah, you're right." Pym agreed, shaking his head. "There's no way it's-"
Pym didn't see the thing manifesting into the room from the wall behind him, but his siblings did. James, Aisha and Torunn jumped up. Torunn had her sword in her hand, James had his shield up in front of him, Azari stood with his eyes pulsing blue, electricity forming a huge circle around him, and Aisha's claws shot out of her hands and she balled her fists, standing in a fighting position. Pym turned around.
The robot came into clear view, it was battered and its clothes were torn. It looked like it had just been ambushed. "Hello…children." It said in a friendly robotic voice, before collapsing to the ground. The kids were surprised. Azari's field disappeared, James and Torunn lowered their weapons, and Aisha stood like a normal person. Everyone gasped at the same time. The door opened to reveal Tony. "Vision!" he said and got down on his knees to examine the robot.
"My apologizes." The Vision said, turning his head to face Tony. "The drones in Ultra City have been upgraded. One was able to damage my immaterial form as I left." "Were you followed?" Tony asked seriously. "Negative." Vision replied. "Did I set off the alarms? Perhaps my electronic access keys were damaged. And how odd, this doesn't look like the control center." Vision looked around, as if to actually notice where he was. "Everything's going to be alright. Come on; let's get you to the workshop." Tony said, helping the Vision up and putting his arm over his shoulder. He walked towards the doorway, and then turned and looked at the kids. "Stay here." He ordered and left.
The kids looked after them in silence, until Pym screamed. "A little late with the reaction there, buddy." Aisha said, putting her hand on her hip. As Tony and the Vision started down the stairs, the kids ran out of the bungalow and watched them from the landing. "Tony?" James asked. "Look, I know you have questions." Tony said, stepping off the last stair. "Ya darn right." Aisha muttered. "I promise I will explain everything, but later." Tony assured them. "Right now I have to take care of my friend. Please…stay in your rooms." Tony started out into the forest, the kids watching him.
Tony, still with the Vision, walked into the circular island that Torunn had been at earlier, he placed his hand over the picture on the pillar for Iron Man, and bright light shot out. The circle in the middle of the island slid back to reveal a staircase going down into a metal hall. As Tony started down the stairs, he didn't know the kids were in the forest right across from him, watching his every move. Pym was kneeling down, James standing behind him. Torunn was across from him, kneeling also, and Azari was behind her. Aisha was in the middle of the sort of square, squinting her grey eyes. "We're going to follow him right?" Pym asked. "Yeah." James agreed. "Aye." Torunn answered. "Ya duh." Aisha rolled her eyes. Azari stepped past the group.
"No. No. Absolutely not." He stated, standing like a barrier in front of them. "Tony said wait so we'll wait. He'll explain everything. We need to respect his wishes." Azari's eyes glowed yellow, and he created an electric field around himself. Aisha put her hands on her hips and Torunn folded her arms. The girls looked sneakily at each other, and then back at Azari. Torunn whipped out her sword and Aisha brought out her claws. "Wanna bet?" she asked. Torunn put her sword right in the middle of Azari's field. It sucked up all the electricity, leaving Azari defenseless. Aisha put her claws to his neck playfully. "You'd totally be dead right now." She said, popping her gum. Azari rolled his eyes and groaned, slumping with defeat. "Pym, you're the tech head." James said. "Open it up."
Pym had found how to open it, and once again the group was looking at the staircase. "Did you guys know the fountain was a secret door?" he asked excitedly, looking around at his older siblings. "Because I didn't, and I'm way smarter than all of you!" "Who told you that?" Aisha asked. "Who lied to you?" with that, she started down the stairs, James and Azari right behind her, and Torunn not too far after. Pym frowned, and then shrunk and flew after them.
The group walked down the metal hall, which would have been dark if not for the light coming from the door they left open. "How could we have lived here all this time and not known about this?" Torunn asked. "Gee, I dunno." Aisha said, rolling her eyes. "Anyone bother to ask 'Hey Tony, is the circle in the middle of the fountain a secret door? Just out of spontaneous thought'?"
Pym flew over to a door at the end of the hall. The circle in the middle of it rotated upwards, and the entire door slid up. "Come on!" Pym called, flying ahead. The group followed him. "Guys, we're going to get in so much trouble…" Azari said. "Wah, wah, wah." Pym replied. They were crossing a bridge like thing, and James froze while everyone else kept walking. "I…I think I've been here before, when I was a kid." He stated. "Huh?" Aisha asked and everyone turned around. "I remember holding onto this rail." James placed his hand on the iron rail to his left. "I was falling I…I remember being scared."
"Ha ha!" Pym laughed. "That sounds like you. Big old scaredy-" Pym never finished his sentence, because he bumped into something from flying backwards. He turned around to see what it was, and that's when he saw a tall metal robot. A spotlight came on above it, and Pym gasped. His siblings gasped too. Pym flew away, and the rest of the spotlights below turned on, to reveal six iron robots with painted on suits standing in a banana shape. Behind the platform they were all standing on, a huge metal robot stood, and a light appeared below this one last.
"What is this?" Azari asked. "These are our parents." James explained. Aisha shot him a glance. "Our parents are metal?" she asked dryly. "No, no, he's right!" Pym agreed, zooming back towards them. "It's just like the story! That's my dad, Giant Man!" Pym pointed to the huge robot in the back. "That's James's dad, The Solider…" he pointed to the robot in the center. "And his mom the Black Widow!" Pym pointed to the robot left of James's dad. "And Azari's cat dad, The King!" he pointed to the robot to the right of the soldier. "There's Aisha's dad, Wolverine…" Pym continued, pointing at the robot next to The King. "And There's Torunn's dad…" Pym zoomed over in front of the robot, Torunn watching him.
"Er wait…maybe that's her mom." Pym corrected. "Look at all that hair!" "Maybe he needs a trim." Aisha said, walking over and taking out her claws. The two giggled. Torunn walked over, her hand on her sword, threating to take it out. "Ah!" Pym screaming, flying away. Aisha retracted her claws, and rolled her eyes. "Killjoy." She said. "Who's that?" Azari asked, walking over to the only robot Pym hadn't pointed out. The girls followed him. "The Archer, maybe?" Torunn guessed. "But the pixie's missing." Aisha pointed out. "And the knight." "Guys!" Pym said, soaring over to them. "Tony called that robot The Vision. The Vision is the ghost!"
The kids turned and looked at James, who was standing in front of his father's robot, analyzing it. "Why would Tony keep this from us?" Torunn asked. "Uh…" Pym whispered. "Aisha…remember…" "I could probably cut through these robots too." Aisha thought aloud. "Maybe I should try." "We shouldn't be here. If he wanted us to know about these he'd tell us." Azari said. "We should keep going if we want to spy on him-find him, I mean..." "Hm mh." Aisha said, smirking and rolling her eyes.