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That night, everyone was in house.
"Ultron took you folks out of play to buy himself time." Fury told the Avengers as they all stood around the kitchen. "My contacts say he's building something. The amount of vibranium he made off with, I don't think it's just one thing."
"Killer robots is a new one on us Sailor Scouts." Hotaru said as she sat curled up in a chair, ready for bed. Clint stood behind her, hands on her shoulders.
"I really thought we saw it all too." Michelle added as she, Bucky and Natasha sat at the table. It took the Avengers mostly Tony, to warm up to Bucky and accept him. Bucky's right arm is stretched on Michelle's chair. "Guess not."
"What about Ultron himself?" Steve asked, arms folded as he leaned casually on a column. He was itching to get details to save Trista.
"Ah, he's easy to track, he's everywhere. The guys multiplying faster then a Catholic rabbit. Still doesn't help us get an angle on any of his plans though." Fury answered.
"Still going after launch codes?" Tony asked as he played darts.
"He is. But he's not making any headway." Fury said as he's making himself a sandwich.
"I cracked the Pentagon's firewall in high school on a dare." Tony points out annoyed as Clint comes over to the stove.
"Well, I contacted our friends at the Nexus about that." Fury replied.
"Nexus?" Steve and Bucky asked in union, never hearing it before.
"It's the world internet hub in Oslo, every byte of data flows through there. Fastest access on Earth." Banner explained.
"So, what'd they say?" Clint asked, still in front of the stove and holding a dart, watching Tony pull off the darts he was using.
"He's fixated on the missiles, but the codes are constantly being changed." Fury revealed.
"By whom?" Tony asked curiously, suddenly a dart flew inches from his face, he gives an annoyed look towards Clint, who smiles and a half shrug.
"Parties unknown." Fury answered annoyed at the not knowing.
"We have an ally?" Natasha asked, looking at their former Director.
"Ultron's got an enemy, that's not the same thing. Still, I'd pay folding money to know who it is." Fury answered with determination.
"I think I'd rather face Mistress 9 again." Hotaru said.
"NO!" Both Clint and Michelle shout in union.
"I said think!" Hotaru stood up from her chair. "There's a difference!" With that she stalks towards the stairs to head to her room for the night.
"Not to get off topic." Tony said, making everyone turn to him.
"Something you're not innocent of." Fury replied.
"But who?"
"All you have to know is that Mistress 9 was a dangerous enemy." Michelle told Tony. "It took everything we had just to survive."
"Ok fine." Tony pouts. "Don't tell me." He points accusing at Clint. "He gets to know."
"He's Hotaru's father, you annoying Tin Man." Michelle glares at Tony, the others minus Bucky who just looked confused, snickered at the nickname.
"Fine." Tony pouts. "I might need to visit Oslo, find out 'unknown'."
"Well, this is good times, boss, but I was kind of hoping when I saw you, you'd have more then that." Natasha was disappointed at the lack of information.
"I do, I have you. Back in the day, I had eyes everywhere, ears everywhere else. You kids had all the tech you could dream up." Fury moves to sit at the table. "Here we all are, back on Earth with nothing but our wit and our will to save the world. Ultron says the Avengers are the only things between him and his mission. And weather or not he admits it, his mission is global destruction. All this laid in a grave, so stand. Outwit the Platinum bastard." He sits down at the table.
"Steve doesn't like that kind of talk." She turns to look behind Michelle at Steve, who raises his eyebrows.
"You know what Romanoff." He starts fondly, and Bucky turns to look at his best friend, while Natasha gives him an amused smile.
"So what does he want?" Fury asked as he leans in his chair.
"To become better." Steve realized and looks at everyone. "Better than us. He keeps building bodies."
"Person bodies." Tony added. "The human form is inefficient, biologically speaking, we're outmoded."
"When you two idiots programmed him to protect the human race, you amazingly failed." Michelle said as she leaned back in her chair, not bothered by Bucky's arm as she give Tony and Banner looks.
"Hold the phone, you're mad at me now?" Banner asked, then pointed at Tony. "It was all his idea!"
"Hey, don't through me under the buss!"
Banner ignored him as his eyes are on something. "They don't need to be protected." Banner said in thought as he moves to the fridge, looking at a drawing of a butterfly. "Clint, Hotaru make this?" He turns to him.
"She did." Clint nods with a proud smile. "Looks professional, huh?"
"Yeah."
"Dr. where are you going with this?" Steve asked, everyone looking at him.
Banner turns to face everyone. "Ultron's going to evolve." He said gravely, turning back around to face everyone.
"Evolve?" Bucky repeated. "How?"
"Has anyone been in contact with Helen Cho?" Banner asked.
"Not since Ultron killed JARVIS." Steve answered.
Michelle's blue eyes grew. "What?" She asked in shock, turning to look at Steve. "JARVIS?"
The blonde nods. "Yeah, try not to ask too much."
"Maybe Tony's fault." Clint added. "But he's still insititve about it, especially since we gave him shit after the fact, and Thor was this close to ripping his head off."
Michelle nods. "Ok." She turns back around in her chair, leaning the back of her head on Bucky's arm, keeping him in place as she folds her arms.
"JARVIS?" Bucky asks, looking towards Steve.
"I'll tell you later." He promises.
