Starks Pheonix {2}

Nineteen

Izzy stood leaning against one of the rails, her arms folded as she watched them all. Her heart ached, being this close to them, and them no knowing who she was.

'All our work is gone..'.. Bruce sighed, checking the computers. Her eyes strayed over to Stark, as he stared down at the broken shell of the legionnaire. She wanted to go to him, tell him.

'Ultron cleared out, and used the Internet as an escape hatch. He's been into everything, files, surveillance..'.. Izzy sighed, shaking her head.

'So, he probably knows more about us, than we do of each other..'.. Nat frowned over to Izzy... 'How did you know?..'

'I'm more interested in knowing who you are..'.. Izzy rolled her eyes, and turned her head to Cap.

'And as much as I would love to tell you, I can't, not right now. Ultron still has his eyes and ears everywhere. Trust me when I say, telling you now, wouldn't help this situation..'.. Izzy gave him a pointed look.

'How can we trust you, when we don't know you?..'.. He stepped forward, going into 'Captain mode'.

'Look, Rogers, believe me, more than anything I really want to tell you, all of you, but I can't. There's people out there who would do anything to get a hold of me again..'.. She looked over to Bucky, tilting her head at him, hoping he would understand. Not a second later, he did.

'Steve, she'll tell us when we stop Ultron..'.. Bucky came to stand at Steve's side, and she couldn't help but smile at Bucky.

Tony was half listening to what was being said. Clearly this woman knew more than she was letting on, but if what she said was true, that Ultron could still be listening, then she wasn't going to tell them.

'Now, back to the matter at hand, ladies and gentlemen. He's in the files, in the Internet..'... Izzy paced around.

'What if he decides to access something a little more exciting?..'.. Rhodey asks her.

'Nuclear codes..'.. Maria's head whips up, from removing the glass from her feet.

'Look, we need to make some calls, assuming we still can..'.. Rhodey looks around at everyone.

'He said he wanted us dead..'.. Nat pipes up.

'He didn't say dead, he said extinct..'.. Steve looks over to her.

'He also said he killed somebody..'.. Clint leans on the rail, over looking the floor.

'There wasn't anyone else in the building..'.. Sam frowned.

'Yes there was..'.. Tony walks to the center of the lab, brining up Jarvis'shattered matrix. Izzy could see the pain in him, as she walked closer to the holo.

'Jarvis..'.. She ran her fingers through it, feeling a lump in her throat. He may have been an AI, but Jarvis was a part of her family.

Tony watched her, and her reaction was not what he was expecting. It was a reaction of someone losing a family member. She knew Jarvis, and clearly, knew him well. Ultrons words ran in his mind... 'And her, spying, trying to stop me, I shut her out..'

'Jarvis was the first line of defense..'... She cleared her throat, looking around at the confused faces, and then to Stark.

'He would've shut Ultron down, it makes sense. But what doesn't make sense, is what you were doing in my system. Ultrons words..'.. He walked towards her and she backed up... 'Her spying, trying to stop me, so I shut her out. That about you, isn't it?..'