Chapter 34: Keep up

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No words can explain the way I'm missing you

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No words can explain the way I'm missing you

Deny this emptiness, this hole that I'm inside

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After the chaotic Ultron incident, the Avengers, alongside Doctor Cho, Rhodey, and Agent Hill, convened in Tony's lab to discuss the aftermath. Thor pursed the escaped Legionnaire, while the team lamented the loss of their work.

"All our work is gone," Bruce sombrely stated. "Ultron cleared out. He used the Internet as an escape hatch."

"Ultron..." Steve muttered under his breath.

"He's been in everything. Files, surveillance. Probably knows more about us than we know about each other," Nat added.

"He's in your files, he's in the Internet," Rhodey remarked, pacing around the room. "What if he decides to access something a little more exciting?"

Alice raised her head, suggesting, "Nuclear codes."

"Nuclear codes," Rhodey agreed. "Look, we need to make some calls, assuming we still can."

"Nukes?" Nat questioned. "He said he wanted us dead."

"He didn't say dead. He said extinct," Steve corrected her.

"He also said he killed somebody," Clint, who had been quiet the whole time, joined the conversation.

"There wasn't anyone else in the building," Maria added, picking shards of glass from her foot.

"Yes, there was." Tony walked to the middle of the lab and, using his small device, he projected something orange and blue, which actually was J.A.R.V.I.S. matrix, destroyed by Ultron.

"What?" Bruce couldn't believe his eyes. "This is insane."

"J.A.R.V.I.S. was the first line of defence," Steve reasoned, looking down at the floor. "He would have shut Ultron down. It makes sense."

"No. Ultron could have assimilated J.A.R.V.I.S." Bruce disagreed with the captain. "This isn't strategy. This is... rage."

Thor entered the lab, grabbing Tony by the neck in a fit of anger.

"It's going around," Clint observed.

"Come, use your words, buddy," Tony's voice was strained due to the tight grip Thor had on his throat.

"I have more than enough words to describe you, Stark," Thor said in a cold tone.

"Thor," Steve assertively called. "The Legionnaire."

Thor released Stark, informing them, "Trail went cold about 100 miles out, but it's headed north. And it has the sceptre. Now we have to retrieve it, again."

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