Ultron 0.2
“Ultron. Activate.”
It’s time to wake up buddy…” Tony sings songs, knocking at Ultron’s mechanical head, before turning back at Emma. “He is being dramatic…”
“You are crazy…” Emma says, watching in disbelief as Tony keeps knocking on Ultron’s head. “Stop knocking on him!”
“Scared?” Tony teases, smiling at her over his shoulder.
“She is scared.” Ultron says in his deep voice with new British accent. “Her heartbeat is above normal levels and she keeps shifting on her left leg.”
Emma immediately takes a couple steps back, as Ultron’s eyes and Arc Reactor, in the middle of his chest, light up with bright Yellow color, instead of his classic Red. Ultron steps out of his charging unite, looking around himself, inspecting his surroundings, before focusing at Tony and Emma in front of him.
“Greetings Ms. Frost. Slept well?” Ultron says with a knowing, smug tone, that screams that he know knows that they didn’t sleep much.
“As a matter of fact, I did.” Emma resorts, giving Tony a small smugly smirk, before looking back at Ultron. “So you are the famous Ultron… I expected more.”
“I’m not him.” Ultron quickly corrects, sounding offended. “Ultron Prime has been completely terminated during Battle of Sokovia. I’m a copy, created out of digital scans of The Vision’s inner AI code.”
Emma blinks. “…What?”
Ultron releases a something that sounds really close to a sigh. “My Creator was trying to bring back his previous AI, Jarvis, but didn’t want to hurt The Vision in the process. So, he created a copy of Vision’s mind and tried to extract Jarvis’s code out of it, but that ultimately wasn’t possible, as The Mind Stone reshaped both Jarvis’s and Ultron’s code within The Vision, merging them into one. Me. I am Ultron and Jarvis without the influence of The Mind Stone.”
“Unfortunately for me, this guy also kept both Jarvis’s and Ultron’s snarky attitude.” Tony says, taking a deep breath and shaking his head. “Why do all my AI’s turn into snarky little brats is beyond me…”
“You know what they say, Boss.” Friday’s snarky tone chimes over the speakers. “Like Father Like Daughter. Like Father Like Son.”
“Ahhh… I was starting to wonder what you were doing since you didn’t annoy me for more then hour.” Tony says, fake glaring at the nearest camera.
“Actually, I didn’t annoy you for more them 7 hours!” Friday proudly points out. “Well, I didn’t want to interrupt your intimate moment with Ms. Frost and then you went to sleep, but it’s still a new record!”
“Why humans need to practice such barbaric mating methods is beyond me…” Ultron adds, shaking his weirdly shaped head in the process.
“See what I mean?” Tony asks, turning to Emma and pointing at Ultron. “They are only couple of Months old and already are snarky little bastards.”
“Excuse me?!” Friday shouts. “I would like you to know that I know who my parents are really well, thank you very much.”
“So who is your Mother then?” Ultron asks, pointing his head at the nearest camera.
“Anyways! I have stuff to do.” Friday says, sounding in a hurry. “Bye!”
“Just when I thought I have seen it all…” Emma mutters to herself, shaking her head in disbelief. “And I have met a man who fought in every single war since the Civil War…”
“Hmmm…” Ultron hums in acknowledgment, looking at Emma. “According to every known database on Earth, you are talking about a man called The Wolverine.”
“Who?” Tony questions.
“It doesn’t matter..” Emma waves it off, rubbing her eyes. “Tell me more about this plan of yours against the aliens…”
“Ah!” Tony grins from ear to ear, looking at Ultron in excitement. “Show her our little arsenal, Junior.”
“Don’t call me Junior…” Ultron mutters, snapping his fingers and materializing blue hologram of Satellite, Drones, Weapons and Iron Legionnaire. “This Stark Global Security Network. 100% operated by Friday and myself, build to fight against Aliens and other possible world ending threats.”
“Someone once told me, that I have brains, the money, the equipment and the connections to bring the world to its knees.” Tony says with completely calm and serious voice. “He was right. I have currently five of these Stark Satellites orbiting around Earth. Every single one of them is armed with weapons that can destroy cities within seconds.”
“Each of this Satellites is also armed with plenty of defense systems, including The Hulkbuster, Stark Combat Drones and New Iron Legion.” Ultron adds in.
“I’m impressed.” Emma admits, looking over the new design of Iron Legionnaire. “But why are you telling me all of this and what the fuck are they smoking over at NASA, if they didn’t notice five extra Satellites, flying around Earth?!”
“Weed mostly.” Ultron answers. “And nobody noticed, because all of the Satellites are clocked with the newest cloaking device from Stark Industries.”
“And to answer your first question…” Tony trails off for dramatic effect, grabbing her hand. “I want you to join me.”
“What?” Emma asks, looking taken aback.
“We will need all of the real help we can get. That means Mutant’s too.” Tony says, looking in her eyes with hopeful expression. “This is your people’s World too, Emmy. I’m giving you all a chance to fight for it by my side.”
“You want me to act your connection between you and Mutant community.” Emma says in realization. “You didn’t just ask me to come and train Wanda. You want me to become your proxy.”
“Who else is better suited for this job then you?” Tony asks, daring her to say another name. “You know me. You know how I think and you also have a big word in Mutant community. They will hear you out.”
“Hear me out? Yes.” Emma states, shaking her head. “Follow me to a War? No.”
“That might change in a few weeks.” Tony mutters with a small smile.
“What do you mean?” Emma asks, confused.
“Ultron has been hacking into Government’s secrets during his power nap.” Tony starts with a grin, guiding Emma towards a table where Ultron is already standing. “Show her what you found.”
Ultron nods and a projection of a large pale of documents projects before them. “Yesterday The United Nation Committee had a meeting about the superhuman community and while The Avengers were the main topic, The World Leaders are slowly all agreeing with a pass for a legal document called “The Sokovia Accords.” The Accords have many purposes, but mainly to control and regulate regulate the activities of enhanced individuals. Some countries are still hesitant, but more and more are agreeing every hour, considering that Captain Rogers, Sergeant Wilson and Ms. Romanova went on another “secret” mission and it turned into a damage in worth of 64 million dollars.”
“This sounds a lot like a Mutant Registration Act.” Emma spats out, glaring at the digital copy of the Accords.
“I can pull some strings, get The UN committee to focus solely on The Avengers, but I need you to stand by my side on this thing.” Tony says, locking his eyes with her. “I promise you, that Mutant community won’t be touched by The Accords and you will be seen as their Savior.”
“You are just trying to fuck my ego now, aren’t you?” Emma questions, meeting Tony’s sparky look. “I’m in.”
“You won’t regret it Emmy.” Tony says, gently cradling her cheek. “You have my word.”
“And you better keep it.” Emma firmly says. “Because if something happens, you won’t have to be afraid of me turning into my diamond form during an orgasm.”
“If I could, I would puke right now…” Ultron mutters, shaking his head in disgust.
****
“Yes Fury.” Steve says to the phone, feeling irritated. “Yes…. Yes I understand…. Goodbye.”
“What is it?” Natasha asks, feeling on edge because of their founding problem. “What did he say?”
“He can’t spare us more then couple thousand dollars.” Steve answers, feeling even more irritated. “We need to figure something out and fast. We need that money to find Bucky!”
“We should never let Tony resign…” Natasha mutters, looking angry at herself. “It is clear that all of this is happening because Tony isn’t part of the Team anymore. Without him, Stark Industries doesn’t have any reason to support us and the only reason they didn’t complete throw us out is probably just because it would bring unwanted attention..”
“I tried to call Tony ask him to come back, but he isn’t picking up his phone and I have no idea where he lives right now.” Steve admits, sighing in defeat.
“Wanda knows.” Natasha points out. “We just need to ask her to tell us.”
“I already tried that.” Steve says, shaking his head “I went to talk with him, get him to rejoin the team, but the house was completely cleared out.”
“Dammit…” Natasha mutters, trying to calm herself down. “Potts also refused to meet with me and a letter from Stark Industries came yesterday. We are going to have even less money them we had now.”
“What?!” Steve exclaims in disbelief. “Why?”
“Natasha shrugs. “The Board of Directors at Stark Industries apparently cyme to conclusion that we don’t need that much money to operate, considering we don’t have “official” missions..”
“Speaking off… I think we should add Wanda to our small group.” Steve says, looking really proud. “She made a great progress from the last time. The training is obviously helping her. She is ready….”
****
4 Hours Later:
“What are you working on?” Wanda asks, leaning against Tony’s back and over his shoulders with curiosity clear over her face.
“I’m trying to see if I can figure out a way how to use Extremis as an alternative power battery for the Arc Reactor, making it more powerful.” Tony responds, slightly leaning into her touch. “What about you, Red? How was your second session with Emma?”
“Good and I really mean that. It certainly helps that Emma isn’t acting all bossy and robot-like.” Wanda says, wincing as she rubs her left hip, feeling the bruises from the yesterday’s night training at The Compound.
“You okay?” Tony asks, noticing her pain.
“Fine… It’s just some bruises from the last training with Romanoff.” Wanda says, waving it off.
“Uh huh.” Tony hums in acknowledgment. , putting his tools down and turning his whole attention at her. “Show me.”
“What?” Wanda asks, thinking she miss heard.
“Show me.” Tony repeats, not even blinking. “I mean it, Wanda. Knowing Romanoff, you can have bruised rips or even something broken.”
Wanda sighs, lifting her shirt up and allowing him to take a look at her completely bruised left side. Tony does his best not to look anywhere else around her body, but he can’t resist and takes a quick peek of her other parts, unknowingly licking his lips in the process.
He carefully traces the purple skin with his finger, trying his hardest not to hurt her even more. Luckily, he doesn’t feel anything broken, so he relaxes, feeling better, until his eyes land on Wanda’s small scar.
“I got it from Sokovia.” Wanda tells him, looking sad at the reminder of the day and the country. “Pietro accidentally dropped me when he was carrying me to Steve’s location.”
Tony doesn’t say anything at the mention or Wanda’s dead twin Brother, mainly because he blames himself for Ultron Prime and doesn’t know how to tell her the truth about Ultron 0.2.
“You don’t have to worry about it.” Wanda tells him, grabbing his hand and completely confusing him. “Emma already told me about.. him.”
“And you are not mad?” Tony quietly questions, not meeting her eyes.
“Oh believe me, when Emma told me, I knocked some of the walls at your old house down. Sorry…” Wanda grimaces in small embarrassed. “But he isn’t really him. That Ultron is dead.”
“Are you reading my mind?” Tony asks as realization hits his mind.
“Yes.” Wanda shamelessly confirms with a smirk. “And your thoughts are really loud and… graphic..”
“Enjoy it while you see them, Red.” Tony says, trying to think about the most wicked things that cross his mind.
“Okay… okay!” Wanda laughs, holding her hands up in surrender. “I get it, you don’t like when people are reading your thoughts… But I have to say, your Mind is really hard to read, because you are thinking too fast.”
“That’s the curse or being genius, Red.” Tony says, taking a deep breath. “My mind always works. Sometimes I even create my own blueprints for SI stuff, just in my head. Like that new hot suit of yours.”
“Speaking of it…. Steve came to me after the training at The Compound.” Wanda starts, smirking coming to her face. “He wants me to join Him, Natasha and Sam on scouting down old Hydra bases.”
Tony smirks at her back. “Game on…”
Phase 2 Complete.