*CRASH!*

"Remind me again why I let you guys try piloting my Mobile Suit again?"

"Because there would inevitably be a situation in which you're incapacitated, and one of us will need to pilot the thing in your place."

"Okay," Amuro started, "Now remind me again as to why it has to be one of you guys and not Zechs."

"Zechs has his own Mobile Suit."

"To be fair, Guts managed to pilot that one pretty easily. He also didn't have any issues with the ZERO system for some reason."

Dante paused for a moment, "I want you to think long and hard as to why that is."

"… Oh. Right."

"Aside from that, I heard Guts didn't try moving at super high speeds or whatever." Tommy said, "He just kinda walked around."

*CRASH!*

"For the love of Heideki Kamiya, Yang crashed into less stuff!" Dante pointed out.

"Crashing into ten buildings, and comparing that to Cloud's eleven, isn't something to be particularly proud of!"

*CRASH!*

"How about twelve versus ten?"

"Okay, maybe that."

"Hey, I built a flying motorcycle, I think I can pilot this thing."

"Cloud, I need you to pay attention to the context of how you did that. You had Yang's help, and the general schematics from Mewtwo, and you bought the parts you needed by using smut fiction between Tifa and Yang as payment."

"H-How in the hell-"

"Because I recognized your writing style. How Tifa wasn't is beyond me, but that's another story." Zelda replied, "And don't even get me started on that one about me and Link!- Who even thinks of using the hookshot that way?"

"Like you can judge me! I know for a fact that you have that story bookmarked!" Cloud replied, "And at least I only crashed into twelve buildings. Compared to your sixteen, that's a better record than you!"

*CRASH!*

"You were saying?"

Thirteen buildings is still less than sixteen!"

"How is it that the people with the best records of this have been Iron Man, the Spider-Men, the Batmen, Wolverine, Tracer, and freaking TJ?"

"Wait, how did TJ have a better record than me?" Dante asked, "I crashed into five buildings, how many did he crash into?"

"Two. And he was actively trying because he was somewhat curious if he could do some of his moves in the thing."

"How'd that work out?" Zelda asked.

"Turns out the Powerline works pretty well in the Mobile Suit."

"Go figure."

*CRASH!*

"You're starting to get close to the number of buildings I crashed into." Zelda muttered.

"Maybe I could do better if I didn't have people like you or Dante constantly bugging me while I'm doing this!"

"Whatever." Amuro muttered, "I'm just waiting on Tony to finish up working with Batman and Otacon on getting something together for an antivirus for the next time we square off against Ultron."

"Yeah, I've been meaning to ask about that, how the heck did you stop him on your own?"

"Well…

A few days earlier…

"Uh, guys?- My Mobile Suit's going nuts!"

"Amuro! What's going on?"

"YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED!"

"Uh oh…" Amuro started to sweat, "Ultron's in my systems."

"IT'S NO USE! ULTRON HAS HACKED YOUR COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE! THIS SUIT WILL SOON BE HIS!"

"Wait, are you actually Ultron or are you a drone?"

"WHAT DOES IT MATTER FLESHBAG?- YOU WILL SOON BE PART OF THE ULTRON COLLECTIVE!"

"Well, that won't last for long. My soul will be collected back at the hotel for heroes, and they'll rebuild me a new organic body with all the stuff I had previously."

"HOW DOES THAT EVEN WORK?!"

"I don't claim the knowledge on how it works. Maybe they made a wish on the Dragonballs, or maybe it's some crazy mix of magic and technology. It doesn't really matter. It works, and then they use the collected energy from Mewtwo to suppress the phantom pains and other psychological effects of death."

"YOU ARE TOO CALM FOR THIS! I WILL JUST HAVE TO DESTROY THE MACHINE!"

"Yeah, not going to happen. The thing's made up of some weird material that even Doctor Fate can't effect. Not even Diana's sword can cut it. And we tried to break it."

"WHY? THAT MAKES NO SENSE. ULTRON WILL JUST HAVE TO DESTROY ALL OF YOU THEN!" The virus replied.

"I think it was a drunken dare." Amuro shrugged, "Now, I have to ask, do you speak in the third person or something?"

"WHAT KIND OF QUESTION IS THAT?"

"A simple one. Are you an extension, or the real Ultron?- Because if you have a drone shout 'hail Ultron' isn't that the same thing as a puppeteer having his puppet compliment him?"

"..."

"It just seems to me that you have self-esteem issues and just want to be acknowledged for your abilities. Did you not get enough praise from Hank or something?"

"DON'T PLAY PSYCHOANALYST WITH ME, BOY!" the AI shot back, "I AM PERFECTION! I AM ULTRON! YOU AND YOUR PATHETIC ORGANIC RACE NOW BELONG TO ME!"

"Now, how does wiping out all organic life make you feel?" Amuro asked, suddenly pulling a notepad and a pen out of nowhere.

"WHERE DID YOU EVEN GET THOSE?"

"I believe I will be asking the questions here. Now, what caused this sudden change? Is there an event in your life that you can remember that made you feel a need to destroy all organic life?"

"I DON'T NEED TO ANSWER TO YOU."

"Does it have to do with a lack of positive encouragement?- Possibly from a parental figure like a grandmother?"

"..."

"And then he left."

"You beat Ultron… by pulling a Terry McGinnis." Dante trailed off.

"I mean, you live in a war long enough, you tend to pick up a few things. Especially with the Newtype powers."

"There's not many people who can make the claim that they beat back Ultron." Zelda mentioned, "And the number of people who have beaten him by simply talking is even lower. It's likely zero."

"Huh, go figure."

*CRASH!*

"You beat Ultron… by pulling a Terry McGinnis." Dante repeated.

"Okay Cloud!" Amuro shouted, "That's your twentieth building that you've crashed into! Get out of the cockpit! You're done!"

"Hang on! I've almost got the hang of it-"

*CRASH!*

"… Okay, maybe I don't have this…" He trailed off.

"You think?"

"You beat Ultron… By pulling a Terry McGinnis." Dante repeated.

"I think you broke him." Tommy quipped.

"Dante? Dante? You there?"

"You beat Ultron… By pulling a Terry McGinnis."

"Yeah, I think we're not going to get anything out of him for a while."

"You beat Ultron… By pulling a Terry McGinnis." Dante emphasized.

"Yeah, I'm going to get this guy to the psych ward." Tommy grumbled as he hoisted Dante over his shoulder and started to carry him off.

"He defeated Ultron… By pulling a Terry McGinnis!" Dante kept repeating, as if it was the only thing that made sense in this world.

X: Had a friend of mine suggest the main plot idea to me. Big shoutout to them.

Wade: Think they'll join us in the booth?

X: If they want to. I'm not going to force them. In addition, in respect to privacy, I won't give away their name, nor will I drop their gender.