Across The Galaxies (Marvel/Star Wars)

Chapter 37: The Skirmish in Johannesburg

⍟ ⎊ ⧗Chapter 37: The Skirmish in Johannesburg ⍟ ⎊ ⧗

All of us, except for Thor, who went after the rest of the Legionaire bots that fled the tower, quickly made our way to the lab, finding all our work that involved Ultron now completely gone. My heart dropped. How did this happen? Jarvis would have warned us. My heart clenched. But he had gone completely silent since Ultron arrived. 

"All our work is gone." Bruce said.

"Ultron cleared out. He used the Internet as an escape hatch." I chimed in, informing the others of the damage done.

"Ultron." Steve whispered, giving my dad a glare.

"He's been in everything. Files, surveillance." Astra added.

"Probably knows more about us than we know about each other." Natasha stated.

"He's in your files, he's in the Internet. What if he decides to access something a little more exciting?" Uncle Rhodey warned, holding his wounded arm.

"Nuclear codes." Maria offered, looking worried.

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

"Nukes?" Natasha repeated. "He said he wanted us dead."

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

"He also said he kill somebody." Clint pointed out.

"There wasn't anyone else in the building." Maria commented.

My heart clenched. Oh but there was....Dad, Astra, and I exchanged a look, having the same thought in mind. I rushed over towards my tablet, speaking up. "Yes, there was."

I then threw up the remains of Jarvis, which wasn't much. We saw much of Jarvis in shambles. It all made sense though. Jarvis was the first line of defense. That meant he would be the first one to dismantle and shut down Ultron. However, Ultron got to Jarvis first. My heart dropped. Jarvis was practically gone, completely After all these years of him helping me out, being there for me, covering me when there were times where I didn't want my dad knowing certain things. He had pratically become like family to me. I still couldn't believe he was gone.

"What? This is insane." Bruce gasped.

"Jarvis was the first line of defense. He would have shut Ultron down. It makes sense." Steve pointed out.

"No. Ultron could have assimilated Jarvis." Astra corrected.

"Exatly. This isn't strategy. This is rage." Bruce added.

At that moment, Thor stormed in, wearing his Asgardian armor and clothing with his hammer in his hand. Thor looked furious, glaring at dad. With no warning, he grabbed dad by the throat, lifting him up in the air. Astra, Steve, and Uncle Rhodey rushed towards Thor, while I quickly hid behind Natasha, not wanting to be next as I did help create Ultron.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" I exclaimed, baffled.

"It's going around." Clint quipped.

"Come on, use your words, buddy." Dad croaked out.

"I have more than enough words to describe you, Stark." Thor retorted.

"Thor. The Legionnaire." Steve intervened, giving him a stern look on his face.

I peaked my head out from Natasha's back, speaking up. "Thor, you have every right to be pissed off at my dad and every right to choke the living life out of him..."

"Can we get to the but now rather than later!" Dad exclaimed, cutting me off at once.

I rolled my eyes, but continued on. "But just please don't. We have a perfectly great explanation for our reasoning, but please put down my dad. We have bigger problems to worry about right now."