The six children waited inside of the bungalow. Azari paced the room with impatience. That is, until he accidentally stepped in a piece of old gum that was on the floor. He lifted his shoe and stared at it in disgust.

"Ugh, how do you live like this James? Haven't you ever heard of cleaning up?" He asked.

The older boy, who had a finger in his nose, just shrugged. He had managed to get changed, ignoring Raven's jokingly seductive growls. He now wore a black leather jacket and blue jeans. He had on a red glove on his right hand to match the one on his left, along with matching boots.

"We should be out there with Tony, not hiding!" Shouted Toruun.

"We're not hiding," Liz replied, picking up a slice of pizza from yesterday's lunch, "We're having a party. Besides, this is probably a new training drill."

"Maybe," Pym was saying before he gasped, clasping his hands over his mouth. He slowly removed them to continue in a whisper, "Maybe it's Ultron!"

"What? That's ridiculous! It's not Ultron!" Replied James, "It's probably something stupid, like a fire on the machine level, or that time Jocasta went nuts because of the water main leak. It's not Ultron."

"Don't be so quick in making conclusions," Raven stated, "Tony wouldn't react this way if it were something mundane."

"Ya you're right," agreed Pym. "There's no way it's..."

He trailed off as the others jumped up, weapons ready. He glanced behind him to see a strange green and yellow robot facing through the wall behind him.

"Hello children," was all it said before it collapsed onto the ground.

The children lowered their weapons uncertainly. Suddenly, the door opened to reveal Tony. He looked at the robot on the ground.

"Vision!" He exclaimed before dropping to his knees.

The android's eyes reopened and it turned to face Tony, "My apologies, the drones in Ultra City have been upgraded. One was able to damage my immaterial form as I left."

"Were you followed?" Was all the man asked.

"Negative," replied the robot, "Did I set off the alarm? Perhaps my electronic access keys were damaged. And how odd, this doesn't look like the control center."

"Everything is going to be all right," said the old man, "Come on let's get you to the workshop."

"Stay here!" He told the kids.

Pym blinked before yelling in fright.

"Delayed reaction, much?" Muttered Liz.

They all followed Tony out onto the balcony.

"Tony...?" James asked uncertainly.

Tony sighed, "Look, I know you all have questions. I promise I'll explain everything, but later. Right now I have to take care of my friend. Please stay in your rooms."

Tony approached the fountain, or more specifically, the Iron Man monument, farthest to the right. He extended his hand to symbol on it, which began to glow. Suddenly, the circle in the center moved away to reveal a secret passage, which he began to descend. From the trees, the children watched.

"We're gonna follow him, right?" Asked Pym.

"Ya!" Replied James.

"Aye!" Agreed Toruun.

"No duh!" Liz exclaimed.

"Why?" Raven asked.

"No!" Azari declared, the lone voice of reason, "Tony said wait, so we'll wait. He'll explain everything. We need to respect his wishes."

He finished by glowing menacingly, and letting electricity in circle his body.

Toruun glanced at each him mischievously. She whipped out her sword and absorbed the lightning into it and brought it to the Wakandan's throat.

"Stand down, Brother," she ordered.

He only sighed miserably.

"Pym, you're the tech head," James instructed, "Open it up!"

The youngest boy nodded.

They all stared down into the darkness, wondering what awaited them.

"Did you guys know the fountain was a secret door? Cause I didn't, and I'm WAY smarter than all of you!" Pym said in excitement.

They ignored him and walked downward into the void, Raven and Liz smacking his head as they passed.

"How could we have lived here all this time and not known about this?" Toruun wondered aloud.

"For the same reason why we're going down here in the first place," Raven explained, "Tony didn't want to tell us because he felt we weren't ready."

"But why not?" James asked.

As they walked, a door ahead of them opened automatically.

"Come on!" Pym called.

"Guys, we're gonna get in so much trouble!" Azari warned.

"Oh wah, wah, wah!" Pym mocked as Liz rolled her eyes and countered, "We've been getting into trouble since the day we were born. If you're ever gonna get promoted from prince to king, you'd better grow some guts."

"I think I've been here before, when I was a kid," James said, causing the others to stop and look back at him as he continued, "I remember hanging onto this rail, I was falling on it. I remember being scared."

Pym laughed, not noticing that even Liz had gone silent at his words.

"That sounds like you! Big old scaredy- ah!" He yelled as he ran into something.

He turned around to see something he never thought he'd ever see: Their parents.

First they saw Captain America, and then the others began to light up, one by one. They stared in amazement at them all, noticing for the first time that they were all robots.

"What is this?!" Azari asked breathlessly.

"They're our parents," replied James.

"He's right!" Pym exclaimed, "It's just like the story! That's my dad! The Gaint! That's James's dad, the Solider, and his mom the Spy! There's Raven's dad, the Hunter! And that's Liz's dad, the Spider! There's Toruun's dad! Or wait, maybe that's her mom? Look at all that hair!"

Toruun stepped forward, gripping her sword to scare him off.

"Who's that?" Azari asked, walking up to the one next to Thor.

"The Archer, maybe?" Toruun theorized.

"No, really," Liz replied sarcastically, "I thought the giant bow in his hands means that he's Knight!"

"But the Knight is missing, and the Pixie and Ghost," Toruun countered.

"Guy!" Pym yelled excitedly, "Tony called that robot the Vision! The Vision is the Ghost!"

They all turned to look at James. He stood in front of his parents, staring at them intently. All his life he'd grown up hearing about how amazing Captain America was, but the boy had never met him. He was more attached to his father than any of the others, save Toruun.

"Why would Tony keep this from us?" Toruun asked.

"As I said earlier," Raven responded, "For whatever reason, he felt we were not ready. We shouldn't be in here."

"Raven's right," Azari agreed, "If Tony DID want us to know about these, he would tell us. Now we should keep going if we want to spy on him. FIND him, I mean."

"Goin' with the flow, are you?" Liz smiled, "There may be hope for you yet, Spark-plug."

With that, they began to walk away. Toruun turned back and noticed that James had yet to move from his place in front of the robot Captain America.

"James, come on!" She called to him.

He didn't answer.

"James..."

The others emerged onto a catwalk, smoke and steam rising into the air.

"Just relax, old friend," Tony's voice came from somewhere below, "I need to see how extensive the damage is. How did they find you?"

"I was accessing the mainframe…" replied the android.

A panel opened up on his stomach to reveal the wires within.

"Ew, robot guts!" Pym gagged.

"Robots don't HAVE guts!" Liz whisper-shouted at him.

"All of Europe has been subjugated by the machine forces since my last report," continued Vision, "Drones are gathering along the Pacific Rim and eastern Europe. The invasion of Asia will soon commence, along with phase three. "

The children glanced at each other.

"What's "phase three?" Azari's eyes narrowed.

"Bake a birthday cake," Liz smiled nervously.

"In thirteen years, he's conquered half the planet," Tony muttered.

"On the bright side," the mechanical man added, "I have heard various reports that Logan has survived, though none of them are conclusive."

"That's to be excepted," Tony nodded, "Even Thor admits that Logan is one of the few truly immortal people in the universe."

"Also, although I'm not certain about the man himself, I have confirmed that Clint Barton's son is alive," Vision finished.

"What?!" gasped the old man.

"Hey who's Clint Barton?" Asked Azari.

"He must've been an ally or former enemy of the Avengers," Raven deduced, "Probably an Avenger himself."

"Maybe he was the Knight, or the Pixie!" Pym exclaimed.

"The Pixie was your mom, idiot!" Azari and Liz glared in unison.

"Maybe he was the Knight!" Pym correctly repeated, undeterred.

"James, we should go," Toruun said quietly.

"What it has my dad's voice," he replied, "Or it's programmed to be like him, or has his memories! Do you think he can hear me?"

He looked back towards her. They stared into each other's eyes for a moment before Toruun found herself unable to hold his gaze any longer.

He turned back to the machine.

"Um, dad?" he said uncertainly, "Can you hear me? Hello? Are you awake?"

"James, it's not your dad," said Toruun quietly as she placed a hand comfortingly on his shoulder, "It's a robot. As Raven would say, even if it was like your father it would be a poor substitute."

He shook her hand off and stepped forward, his foot half in the spotlight that illuminated the android, "Sir? Um…. Captain America? Are you, um… online?"

Its eyes lit up, causing the pair to stumble back in fright.

"Iron Avenger!" It yelled, "Designation: Captain America, now online! Accessing mission database. Mission acquired. Destruction of A.I. threat, designation: Ultron, commencing!"

"Ultron?" Toruun gawked.

The robot had walked to the end of the platform before it turned around to face its companions.

"Iron Avengers, assemble!" It called.

This appeared to be some kind of activation code, because all the others activated and began to follow the Iron Captain out of the room.

"Whow, wait!" Called James as he realized what was happening.

The floor suddenly shook as the Iron Giant Man moved through an entrance to its side.

"Stop!" He cried vainly.

He turned and sprinted after the leaving robots.

"Ahhh, stand down! Stop! Dad!" He yelled as he pulled against the leading robot.

It just shook him off and kept walking. They entered what appeared to be a large launching platform, just as Toruun caught up with James. The pair followed them, only to be stopped as the ground they were standing on moved away.

The others watched as Tony repaired the Vision. Pym, the tech head that he was, couldn't help admiring the mechanics that had been put into making him. He leaned farther out to try and get a better look and lost his balance, slipping over the side. Fortunately, Raven managed to catch the younger boy in time, and he murmured his thanks as he was pulled up. Unfortunately, Tony heard Pym's yelp of surprise.

"Azari, Pym, Raven, Liz! What are you four doing down here?!" He called.

The Cap was the first to launch. He rose into the air on a pair of jet boots that had been built into his feet. The two children could only watch in horror the others began to rise into the air after him.

The ground began to rumble, knocking Tony's tools over, causing him to blink in shock. An alert began to sound, focusing his attention.

"Iron Avengers launch sequence: initiated," said Jocasta.

Tony removed his goggles for dramatic effect.

"Oh no," he whispered, fear in his voice.

Iron Giant Man was the last to launch, spewing smoke in its wake.

"Oops," said James.

"Verily," agreed Toruun.

In a room far away, a figure stood atop a pillar, watching multitudes of video screens displaying images from all around the world.

"Energy source detected," reported an electronic voice. "Location: Arctic Circle. Energy analysis matches fugitive, designation: Iron Man."

"Finally," the figure said.

"Jocasta, send reserve power to long range radar!" Tony commanded.

"Tony, this was not my idea!" Azari tried to explain, "It was-"

"Grab Vision's head!" Tony ordered, ignoring him.

They all blinked, confused.

They then turned to face the figure on the table as he began to speak, "Hello Henry, hello Azari, hello-"

"His head?" Asked Raven, interrupting.

"Now!" the old man called.

They all gathered around the head. A couple of panels opened in Vision's chest.

"Awesome!" Pym exclaimed, pulling the head free.

"Multiple radar contacts, designation: Iron Avengers," they heard Jocasta say.

They all moved over to the radar screen.

"What's going on?" Asked Pym, worry creeping into his voice.

"Ya," Liz agreed, "Give us some answers, Pops!"

Before he could reply, Jocasta spoke, "New contact, suborbital trajectory. Designation:-"

"Tony!" Yelled a voice behind them.

They turned to see James and Toruun race into the room.

"I'm sorry!" said the boy, "Th-there were these robots, and they looked just like our parents! And then..."

He trailed off as he noticed the look on the old man's face that read "yeah, I know". Without a word he turned back to the computer screen.

"I think he knows," said Toruun.

"Gee, Ya think?!" Liz called.

As the Iron Avengers flew through the sky, they noticed a red light ahead. They confirmed using their scanners. It was the target. Iron Giant Man flew ahead while the others took up defensive positions in the air. The giant moved toward the target, but it flew through its head without even slowing down.

"We're leaving," the old man stated.

"What do you mean, leaving?" Azari asked , confused.

"Leaving?" Pym gawked, "As in, leaving here? But- but, we've never left here!"

"Come on, Tony!" Raven demanded, "Give us some answers! We have the right to know!"

Tony just sighed, knowing they didn't have time for this.

Iron Black Widow felt something slam into her back. Red lines began spreading across the android's body. Her eyes turned red.

"Get to the control center!" the old man said. "We don't have much time! Vision will explain!"

"Vision?" James asked . "What about you?"

"Alert, Iron Widow: offline," called Jocasta.

Tony gasped, "You have to get to the control center!"

"Iron Spider: offline." Jocasta's voice continued to echo as they ran up the steps, "Iron Thor: offline."

Toruun stopped. "

We shouldn't have left him!" She yelled angrily.

Azari moved toward her, "He told us to! We have to get to the control center, that's what he said!"

"Iron Panther: offline." She kept running. "Iron Wolverine: offline."

"Those robots, the Iron Avengers?" James asked Vision, "Why are they going offline?"

"The enemy has developed the ability to infect machinery, corrupting and overidding its programming with its own," Vision replied, "There is a high probability that the Iron Avengers have been compromised."

"Iron Captain America: offline."

"He was the last," the android continued, "Ultron will be coming for us now."

"Wait, wait, wait, wait!" Pym interrupted, almost dropping him in shock, "Ultron? Realy? Ultron is coming? Here?"

"You've got to be kidding me," Raven added, her eyes widening.

"He's not," replied Liz warily.

They turned to look at her. She had gone pale and was shaking like crazy. Azari instintictivly reached out and gripped her hand.

"How do you know?" Asked Pym.

"You know how I have a spider-sense like my dad?" They nodded. "Well, here's a hint: I'm not shaking cause I'm cold."

As if in response to her words, the sky exploded. Toruun and Raven grabbed the others and launched out of the way of the falling debris.

James blinked as snow rained down on his face. He looked up to see a hole torn in the sky. Suddenly, it began to darken in a dome. Red lights and alarms lite up, illuminating the area.

But they were watching the light that was descending from the sky.

A large, sliver robot touched down in front of them. It looked strangely similar to the pictures they had seen of the Knight, except for the face which seemed to be smilingly wickedly. For the first time in their lives, they stared into the face of Ultron.

"Oh, snap," Raven said in an almost monotone voice.