Falling City

𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚛 6

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"𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝙸'𝚖 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚖𝚎"

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"Worthy?" 

They all turned to see what looked to be a broken iron suit. 

"No. How could you be worthy? You're all killers" It told them.

"Stark" Steve called.

Tony called for Jarvis but got no response. 

"I'm sorry I was asleep. Or I was a dream?" It questioned.

"Reboot Legionnaire OS. We got a buggy suit" Tony called.

It carried on talking "There was this terrible noise. And I was tangled in...in... Strings. I had to kill the other guy. He was a good guy"

Steve pushed Athena behind him slightly but she pushed back not needing his protection. 

"You killed someone?" Steve asked.

"Wouldn't have been my first call. But down in the real world, we're faced with ugly choices" It told him.

Thor looked over at the suit "Who sent you?"

Tony's voice started to play "I see a suit of armor around the world." 

Bruce looked over at Tony "Ultron" 

"Who the fuck is an Ultron?" Athena questioned.

Steve looked down at her with a disappointed gaze she held her hands up and muttered an apology.

"In the flesh. Or no not yet. Not this chrysalis. But I'm ready I'm on a mission" Ultron told them.

Athena illuminated her hands getting ready to attack "What mission?" She asked.

"Peace in our time" Ultron responded.

Multiple other suits burst through the walls and they all started to fight. One of the suits managed to get to the scepter while they were fighting them. Athena got fed up with the back and forth so she short-circuited the suits.

They fell to the ground and Ultron turned to her "That was dramatic. I'm sorry, I know you mean well. You just didn't think it through. You want to protect the world but you don't want it to change. How is humanity saved if it's not allowed to evolve?" He picked up one of the suits "With these? These puppets. There's only one path to peace. The Avenger's extinction" 

Thor threw his hammer and destroyed the suit Ultron was in but not Ultron itself because he started to sing. "I had strings, but now I'm free. There are no strings on me"