Ninety Four
Ultron was going to use the whole country of Sovakia as a weapon to wipe clean the earth. Again we were broken into teams, a few rescuing civilians, a few protecting the master switch, and I trying to figure out how to get Sovakia either back on the ground safely, or destroy it into enough pieces to not burn the atmosphere. We had extra help from Fury with the helicarrier to evacuate people. Rhodey stepped helping us destroy drones. Even two of our former enemies stood with us. Wanda and Pietro Maximoff helped. It felt great to have extra hands helping. And soon, Vision was hunting down the last drone, the group evacuated everyone, and I had yet to figure out how to blow this thing.
Friday, my new female voiced AI, was a little slower at calculations than Jarvis.
"Sir, a direct hit to the master switch should break it into smaller pieces."
"Are you sure?" I shouted, pouring energy into the vibranium matrix.
"89% sure. But there is a 12% chance at your survival." She added.
"Not today. Thor hit it with all you got!" I yelled, hoping he hadn't lost the ear piece. I saw the lightning flash through the metal. My time was up, I flew as fast as the jet assist would allow out into the upper atmosphere.
I lived. I was alive and this was over. Sovakia was gone, and I was to blame. I was to blame for all of this. It was time to turn myself in. I boarded the Quinjet. There was a somber tone, as we has lost Pietro, Banner took off in another Quinjet, and everyone was tired and exhausted.
It was at the new Avengers training base, that I said my goodbyes. I hinted at what I was doing. Thor also suggested he was leaving. He said finding four Infinity Stones was not a coincidence, and headed for Asgard. I breathed a breath of relief, Loki would like to know his brother was no longer on earth.
My first stop was the United States Senate. I explained that Ultron was my fault, and I took full responsibility for the damages. I would pay out what I needed to to repair things. I also offered up my retirement from Ironman in exchange for not having a prison sentence. I was told they would hold a committee meeting to decide my fate, but to go to Avengers Tower and stay there until I was summoned.
I gladly went home. I rushed in grabbing Loki in my arms, kissing him deeply.
"I've missed you." He said after we had fallen in bed.
"So have I."
"Where's Jarvis, I've been dealing with this woman calling herself Friday."
"Jarvis was given a body. He's an Avenger now. He helped save the world." I laughed. "Friday is the replacement AI. She has all the same capabilities as Jarvis."
"Oh. Now who would go and give Jarvis a body?" He looked at me dumbfounded. I sheepishly raised my hand. He shook his head.
"Thor went back to Asgard." I offered.
"Did he now? What was his reasoning? Am I supposedly causing problems?"
"No, he said there had been four Infinity Stones found."
"Four? You're sure he said four."
"Yes." I cocked my head looking at him in confusion. He started ticking off a mental list on his fingertips. I took a finger in my mouth, sucking lightly. I earned a gasp as he lost track of his counting.
"Oh, how I missed you." He said, pushing me back and straddling my hips. Clothes quickly went missing. I didn't care where they ended up as long as I was in his arms again.