the strongest avenger (0.5)

seven

"Anything on Nat?" Banner asks.

"I haven't heard. But she's alive, or Ultron would be rubbing our faces in it."

Clint jumps down from the cradle. "This is sealed tight."

"We're gonna need access to the program, break it down from within." Talia sighs and rests her head on the table.

"Any chance Natasha might leave you a message outside the internet? Old-school spy stuff?"

"There are some nets I can cast. Yeah, I'll find her." Talia watches Clint leave to go try and find the redhead.

"I can work on tissue degeneration if you could fry whatever operational system Cho implanted."

"Yeah, about that," Tal rolls her eyes, as she knows that Tony is going to do something stupid.

"No—"

"You have to trust me."

"Kind of don't."

"Our ally, the guy protecting the military's nuclear codes, I found him." He turns and projects a diagram of something, it's orange.

"Hello, Dr. Banner." JARVIS says, Talia tilts her head at the familiar voice.

"Ultron didn't go after JARVIS because he was angry. He attacked him because he was scared of what he can do. So, JARVIS went underground. Scattered, dumped his memory. But not his protocols. He didn't even know he was in there until I pieced him together."

Bruce scoffs. "So, you want me to help you put JARVIS into this thing?"

"No! Of course not. I wanna help you put JARVIS into this thing. We're out of my field here. You know bio-organics better than anyone."

"And you just assume that JARVIS' operational matrix can beat Ultron's?"

"JARVIS had been beating him from inside without even knowing it.This is the opportunity. We can create Ultron's perfect self without the homicidal glitches he thinks are his winning personality. We have to."

"I believe it's worth a go." JARVIS includes.

Talia observes Bruce struggling with himself to do what he thinks is right. She knows that Tony will win, he's way too consistent to not, but she can't decide her position on what to do yet.

"I-I'm in a loop! I'm caught in a time loop. This is exactly where we it all went wrong."

"I know, I know. I know what everyone's gonna say. But they're already saying it."

"What about you?" He asks Tal.

"It's your planet. I couldn't care less." She rubs her temples.

"Okay well—"

"We're mad scientists," Tony interrupts. "We're monsters, buddy. We've gotta own it. Make a stand. It's not a loop. It's the end of the line."

Talia watches as Bruce gives in, and they start gathering supplies. The two plug in tubes and Tony fiddles with the computer.

The girl munches on a granola bar, sitting idly in the corner while they finish the work in the cradle.

"This framework is not compatible."

"The genetic coding tower is at 97%. You have got to upload that schematic in the next three minutes." Bruce says.

Talia looks up as Steve walks into the room, two people trailing behind him, the twins. She had been avoiding the two after they got the Cradle.

"I'm gonna say this once." Cap starts.

"How about none-ce?"

"Shut it down!"