Chapter 34.

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Briana Stark

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Briana Stark

"All our work is gone," Bruce speaks up, breaking through the thick and heavy silence, "Ultron cleared out. He used the Internet as an escape hatch,"

"Ultron," Steve spits out, shaking his head in disbelief.

"He's been in everything," Natasha says, crossing her arms over her chest and facing everyone. "Files, surveillance. Probably knows more about us than we know about each other," she and Clint glance at each other.

"He's in your files," Uncle Rhodey speaks up, "He's in the internet. What if he decides to access something a little more exciting?"

"Nuclear codes," Maria looks up.

"Nuclear codes," my uncle repeats. "Look, we need to make some calls, assuming we still can,"

"Nukes?" Natasha looks around, "He said he wanted us dead,"

"He didn't say dead," Steve quickly interrupts. "He said, extinct,"

Clint steps along the railing above us, "He also said he killed somebody,"

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

"Yes, there was," dad suddenly turns, walking up in between Steve and Bruce.

He suddenly flicks out his wrist and then two broken spheres; one orange, one pink appears before us. This horrible sense of loss hit me. Jarvis was there for me since I could remember, and C.A.S.S was the first invention that I ever made. And now they're both gone.

"What? This is insane," Bruce says.

Steve looks down, saying lowly, "Jarvis and C.A.S.S were the first line of defense. They would have shut Ultron down, it makes sense,"

I dazed out of the conversation, thinking about both Jarvis and C.A.S.S. I just couldn't believe that they were both gone now. "Trail went cold about hundred miles out, but it's headed north. And it has the scepter, and now we have to get it back. Again," Thor's voice brings me back to reality.

"Genie's out of that bottle," Natasha nods towards the orange and pink hologram. "Clear and present is Ultron,"

"I don't understand," Maria said. "You built this program. Why is it trying to kill us?"

Dad doesn't say anything for a while but then he starts laughing a bit, Bruce begins shaking his head, humming at my father to stop.

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