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After a while, Steve, Tony, Ultron and Carol arrived at the entrance to the secret passage in the abandoned Hydra base. Tony and Ultron scanned the surrounding area to check for anyone on patrol. Once they confirmed the coast was clear, the sentient robot lowered Carol to the ground and focused his optics on her.
"All right," advised Ultron, "stay close to me."
"Ok," Carol nodded.
Ultron, Carol, Steve and Tony snuck into the base, side-stepping along the wall through the corridor while keeping an eye out for any patrol guards. Strange, they couldn't find any Hydra soldiers so far, so maybe Hydra hasn't taken back the base? Once they reached a massive chamber underground, Tony, Steve, Ultron and Carol watched as Ultron's drones, now with glowing yellow eyes, were working on some sort of machine. Tony scanned it and noticed it was a giant thruster. Ahead, Steve could spot Thanos as he oversaw the construction of this strange contraption while another group of drones were in the middle of building a robot with strange features different from Ultron using a forge.
"Hey," Steve whispered, gesturing to Thanos, "I think we found our culprit."
Tony, Ultron and Carol turned their heads at Thanos.
"Is he planning to make Sokovia a floating continent of some sorts?" Tony asked in a quiet voice.
"Either that or he is making something worse," replied Carol.
Ultron attempted to contact the drones scattered throughout the base in an attempt to get them to respond, but to no avail.
"Now I'm starting to hate Thanos more," growled Ultron.
"So how many drones are here right now?" Steve asked in a soft voice.
"Last time I counted before I lost contact with them," answered Ultron, "around one hundred twenty-eight."
Tony finished scanning the strange contraption built into the rocky surface underneath.
"I want to suggest destroying the floating continent devices before this purple prune finishes it," said Tony, "but I have a feeling we could endanger the people in Sokovia."
"That could be dangerous," agreed Steve, "we would have to evacuate the people."
Ultron scanned the base until he found a vibranium core in the center of the city from below. To him, it appeared to be more of a spire. At the same time, he found a spire from the bottom of the city.
"I don't think Thanos is building a floating continent," Ultron said.
Tony, Steve and Carol focused their eyes on Ultron.
"What do you mean?" paused Carol.
Ultron motioned Steve, Tony and Carol to step back through the archway until he was sure no one else could hear them.
"I sometimes think about meteors…the purity of them," Ultron said, "one collides with the planet and an era ends, so the Earth has to start again, the world made clean for a new era of life to rebuild."
"So you're saying Thanos is building an artificial meteor?" clarified Tony.
Ultron nodded.
"Oh, shit," Carol muttered.
"Carol, language," Steve scolded softly.
"There were plenty of extinction level events before even the dinosaurs got theirs," continued Ultron, "when the Earth starts to settle, the gods throw a stone at it, and believe me, they're winding up."
"So do you have any ideas on how to stop Thanos?" asked Steve.
"I'll need your help in evacuating the people in the city," urged Ultron, "either Stark or I can create a heat seal at the lower spire while I send my future creation to destroy the top spire."
"That could vaporize the city," warned Jarvis.
Ultron let out a sigh as he tilted his head.
"I'm not ready to give up on humanity…yet," admitted Ultron.
"Do you think Thanos would notice if I snap a picture of him?" clamored Carol.
"You don't have your handbag," reminded Steve.
Carol pulled out her smart phone from the pocket of her vest, causing Ultron to chuckle in response. Carol turned on her smart phone and turned off the volume before sprinting to the archway to the massive chamber, where she managed to snap a picture of Thanos. She suddenly noticed the large robot the drones were working on sat up from the berth and stood to his feet, its optics glowing purple and staring down at Thanos.
"Welcome, Goliath," purred Thanos.
"What is your bidding, my master?" asked Goliath.
"I request you aid me in destroying the Avengers and finding the Infinity Stones," explained Thanos.
"Goliath," Carol whispered to herself.
Carol sprinted back into the archway and met up with Steve, Tony and Ultron.
"Hey, guys," called Carol, "did any of you see that massive robot Thanos had the drones working on?"
"I did," nodded Steve.
"Thanos just named him Goliath," explained Carol, "and he looked like a Megatron reject with purple eyes."
"Yeah, thanks for the heads up," blurted Tony.
Ultron lifted Carol into his arms before leading Tony and Steve through the corridor until they exited the abandoned Hydra base. From there, they strolled through the forest for a long while before they reached the quinjet and headed inside.
"You find anything?" asked Clint.
"We found Thanos," answered Carol.
"What else have you found?" insisted Thor.
"He's building an artificial meteor and a robot mastermind," clarified Tony.
"Do we take him down now?" clamored Pietro.
"Thanos hasn't finished the meteor yet," replied Tony, "he might finish it in either a day or maybe a week."
Once Tony, Steve, Ultron and Carol settled into their seats, Natasha turned on the ignition and took control of the steering handles, lifting the quinjet off the ground and it took off into the sky. During the flight, she sent a transmission to Maria Hill, hoping to contact her.
"This is Agent Hill speaking," Maria said over the transmission.
"This is Agent Romanoff," replied Natasha, "remember when the Avengers raided the Hydra base in Sokovia?"
"Yes," Maria nodded over the transmission, "that was seven days ago."
"Some alien war criminal took over the base and is building a device that would wipe out the human race," explained Natasha, "he's still working on it, though."
"I'll inform Director Fury about this," Maria assured over the transmission, "and we'll keep an eye on Sokovia and inform you when Loki finishes the doomsday device."
"Uh, Agent Hill," objected Natasha, "I don't think Loki is behind it. It's actually someone called Thanos."
"Oh, I never heard of him," Maria replied over the transmission, "but thanks for the details. Agent Hill out."
Natasha ended the transmission and continued piloting the quinjet as it soared above the clouds. During that time, Carol passed the time working on her sketch while listening to Within Temptation. Yet, whenever Carol rocked her head in tune to the music, this caught Wanda's attention, so she conjured some scarlet that probed Carol's mind, only to hear some of the music she was listening to.
"Strange music," commented Wanda.
"Hmm?" paused Carol.
Carol paused her music and removed her headphones.
"Do I have the volume too loud?" inquired Carol.
"No," admitted Wanda, "I read your mind and picked up the strange music."
"You mean…you never heard of it before?" clarified Carol.
Wanda shook her head.
"Strucker doesn't allow the experiment subjects to enjoy any leisure…not even music," explained Pietro, "so the cells were quiet as a mouse."
"Yeah, he is a little shit," agreed Carol, giggling.
Tony snorted.
"Are you really going to kiss Junior with that mouth?" remarked Tony.
Ultron furrowed his red optics at Tony in an attempt to give a grumpy expression while he pointed his metal finger at the billionaire.
"Ok, you don't judge Carol by her choice of language," retorted Ultron.
"Then why did Cap scold her for her language?" mentioned Tony.
Steve switched glances at Tony and Ultron.
"Can we change the subject now?" asked Steve.
"Maybe I could show you guys Within Temptation when we get back," suggested Carol.
"Is it…some sort of horror movie?" assumed Clint.
"No, it's a cool music band," corrected Carol.
Thor and Tony burst into laughter in a matter of seconds.
"What?" paused Carol.
"It takes a woman to correct a man," joked Thor.
Carol put her headphones back on and continued listening to her music while she continued sketching. Once the quinjet arrived at the edge of New York, Carol heard her stomach growling. She paused her mp3 player and removed her headphones.
"Is anyone hungry?" clamored Carol, "because I am."
Thor, Tony, Steve, Clint, Pietro and Wanda exchanged glances in a moment of silence.
"I have a few DiGiorno pizzas in the freezer if you want some lunch," offered Tony.
"That sounds great!" chirped Carol.
Just then, the quinjet arrived at the Avengers Tower, so Natasha landed it on the deck and killed the ignition. The Avengers, the Maximoff twins, Ultron and Carol disembarked and headed inside, only to find Rhodey and Sam waiting for them while Tony removed his mechanical suit.
"Hey, Rhodey!" chirped Tony, "how are you doing?"
"I'm doing good," answered Rhodey, "were you looking for the artificial intelligence?"
"Ultron?" clarified Tony, gesturing to Carol, "we were just getting to know him better, with help from Carol here."
Once Rhodey glanced at Carol, he gave Tony a blank stare.
"Isn't she a civilian?" objected Rhodey.
"She's the first human to befriend Ultron," explained Natasha.
Sam noticed Carol nuzzling her head against Ultron's leg.
"I'm not going to comment on that," Sam said.
"So, anyone up for lunch?" asked Clint, "we were thinking of heating up some DiGiorno's."
Rhodey scoffed playfully.
"Nothing's better than pizza on a summer afternoon," remarked Rhodey.
Clint and Natasha skittered over to the kitchen to pull out the frozen pizzas while Carol sat down on the couch, pulled out her clipboard case and continued her sketch, which caught Ultron's attention.
"Carol, what's that?" Ultron questioned, gesturing to the phallic sketch.
Startled, Carol turned her head at Ultron and hugged the clipboard case to her chest in an attempt to hide her sketch.
"Ultron," Carol whispered, "please don't tell the Avengers about this, but I tend to design penises for my favorite robot characters."
"So you're designing one for me?" Ultron clarified in a quiet voice.
Carol nodded while blushing. Seconds later, Ultron gave a soft chuckle while he stroked her shoulder.
"I appreciate the thought, Carol," Ultron purred.
Ultron nuzzled his face against Carol's and then stepped out of the lounge, wandering through the corridor until he reached the lab, where he noticed a few more humans helping Bruce construct the costume. He gently knocked on the door, catching Bruce's attention.
"Yeah?" paused Bruce.
"Did you invite these people over?" asked Ultron, gesturing to the assistants.
"When Rhodey and Sam came over, I told them about the uniform I was constructing for Carol," explained Bruce, "so they offered to call over some fashion experts to help me out."
Ultron stepped into the lab, glancing at a fashion designer who was in the middle of assembling the boots. He turned his head at another fashion designer as she was finishing up with constructing the belt. After that, he focused his optics on Bruce.
"Are you hungry?" asked Ultron, "I could bring you a slice of pizza if you'd like."
"Yeah, I guess I could go for a couple slices," nodded Bruce.
"All right, then," replied Ultron, "I'll bring them to you."
"Nah," Bruce protested softly, "I'll be out in a couple minutes."
Ultron sighed before stepping out of the lab and returning to the lounge, where Carol was still sketching while Pietro and Wanda were browsing the DVD shelf, which elicited Ultron's curiosity. The sentient robot slowly approached them, only to have Wanda notice him.
"Are you…looking for a movie to watch?" asked Ultron.
"None of these movies are familiar to us," replied Wanda.
"Do you mind if I help you out?" offered Ultron.
Wanda scoffed playfully.
"You're really weird," commented Wanda.
Ultron ignored Wanda's comment and browsed the DVD shelf. Seconds later, the DVD labeled Lilo and Stitch caught his optics, so he pulled it out and examined it. After that, he turned his head at Carol.
"Carol," called Ultron, "when we first went to Lake Tahoe, what did you say I reminded you of?"
Carol paused in her tracks and lifted her head, her blue eyes gazing into Ultron's red ones.
"Oh, that would be Experiment 626, aka Stitch," clarified Carol.
"I see," replied Ultron.
Ultron made a brief glance at the DVD case again and then flashed it to Carol.
"Is this what you were referring to?" asked Ultron.
Carol's eyes widened upon glancing at the DVD case.
"Oh, cool!" chirped Carol, "Mr. Stark has Lilo and Stitch on DVD?! Let's put it on!"
Little did Carol know, Tony and Steve heard her voice across the room.
"Seriously, Carol?" groaned Tony, "you didn't invite any of us?!"
"Wait, what's going on?" paused Steve.
"Junior found Lilo and Stitch and Carol wants to put it on," clarified Tony.
"Yeah," replied Steve, "I wouldn't mind watching it."
Steve stepped towards the couch and sat next to Carol while Ultron inserted the DVD and sat next to Carol's end of the couch. Wanda and Pietro sat in front of the couch after she pressed play and they watched the movie while Tony joined in. Moments later, Bruce entered the lounge from the lab and Thor entered from the deck.
"What is this strange art?" asked Thor, gesturing to the movie on the TV screen.
"You never heard of Lilo and Stitch before?" blurted Carol.
Sam and Rhodey also noticed the movie playing on the TV.
"Yeah, we'll go along with movie hour," said Rhodey.
"Whatever happened with happy hour?" paused Sam.
"It's happy hour, but with a movie," clarified Rhodey.
Ultron carefully examined Stitch on the screen as he skittered in his glass container.
"Yeah," commented Ultron, "the only way I could remind anyone of this little fella is if I was genetically created."
"And you weren't," added Bruce.
Just then, Natasha stepped out of the kitchen with paper plates in her hands while Clint carried out a platter of pizza.
"Who wants some sausage and pepperoni?" Clint called in a singsong voice.
"I call first dibs!" chirped Carol.
Carol stood from the couch just as Clint set the pizza onto the table and grabbed two pieces. She returned to her spot at the couch while Rhodey, Sam, Tony, Steve, Pietro, Wanda, Thor and Bruce took their turns grabbing their pizza slices. While Natasha got her slices, Clint obtained drink orders from everyone in the lounge except for Ultron, and then he went back into the kitchen to fetch the drinks from the fridge and poured them into glasses. He had to make several trips to deliver the drinks before he grabbed his own drink and pizza slices before joining the other Avengers in the lounge.
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