Are we just going to 'fight the good fight' until another nuke drops on us? Are we going to wait for another miracle? Or some lucky series of events that work in our favour? Luck? Skill? Or preparation? That's why I wanted to make Ultron, not because it was a fun project, I got Bruce to help me make him because we need help. How are you guys planning to beat that next time?"
"Together." Steve said without missing a beat.
"We'll lose."
"Then we'll do that together too." Steve said without missing a beat.
"I'd rather not do that thanks," Harry cut him off before he could anymore. "I hate to say this, I really hate to say this, but I do understand where Tony was coming from."
"Thank you!" Tony clapped his hands together and gestured to Harry, happy to have one person on his side.
"With that being said, Tony you're a fucking dumbass." Harry continued, wiping the smile off of Tony's face. "preparation was one thing, but creating artificial intelligence? Haven't you ever seen a movie before?"
"You do realize that we don't live in a movie?" Clint asked.
"Says the archer to the wizard while he is arguing with the mad scientist who fly's around in a robotic suit." Harry countered.
"…"
"…"
"… fair." Clint nodded.
"Anyway," Harry said as he turned back to Tony. "what you did might have been done with good intentions but we will be discussing it at length later, fair warning that it will likely involve a lot of screaming in pain on your part." Harry said before turning to Steve. "This will be a P.R disaster if people find out."
"What do you suggest?" Steve asked.
"Give me a sec," Harry said before he conjured two pieces of paper, he waved his wand a couple of times over both, they transformed into paper airplanes and shot off in two separate directions. "there, done."
"What did you do?" Sif asked.
"Gwen and Rhodes are contacting everyone they know. They will inform them that a rogue program is on the lose and that they you suspect Hydra or some other organization that we won't mind throwing under the bus, the last thing any of us need is to be blamed for creating this."
"Nice idea," Natasha nodded. "but that doesn't fix our Ultron problem."
"We should get to work then," Steve suggested. "I want Bruce and Stark to lead as we check through all of our system and anything we have that connects to the internet."
"If possible try and make it so that Ultron can't access it and if you can't do that then shut them off." Harry added. "We are not allowing him access to our stuff."
"Harry's right," Steve nodded. "Also gather any and all information you have on Ultron and try to find a location. The rest of you either help them if you're capable or stay ready, the second we get a hint of where he is we are off. We need to find Ultron as soon as possible."
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Unfortunately finding Ultron was much easier said than done, the fact that he could be anywhere in the internet made sure of that. The Avengers focused all of their time on trying to find Ultron, luckily Harry didn't really need more than two minutes to repair all of the physical damage from Ultron's attack. A lot of time had been diverted into making sure Ultron couldn't hack into any of their systems.
Harry was currently walking along with Gwen who was telling him what she had learned so far.
"He's all over the globe." She said. "Robotics labs, weapons facilities, jet propulsion labs and so on. Reports of a metal man, or men, just coming in and emptying the place."
"He's probably made a lot of robots to help him." Harry sighed. "I can only guess the number. Has there been any attacks? Injuries? Deaths?"
"Only when engaged." Gwen replied. "Mostly just a lot of guys complaining and going on about old memories, worst fears and something too fast to see."
"That's interesting." Harry hummed.
"Which part?"
"Both, the 'only when engaged' part indicates that Ultron would prefer to keep the bloodshed to a minimum or is simply trying to keep a low profile." Harry responded. "As for the mind fucks and thing too fast to see, that is very likely to be the Maximoff twins." Harry nodded. "I guess I'm not completely surprised that they teamed up, they both have something in common."
"Not anymore." She replied as she showed Harry a tablet with a picture of a dead Strucker with the word 'peace' written behind him in Strucker's blood.
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"Guys, Gwen found something interesting." Harry said as he joined the other Avengers. He handed Thor a tablet showing him the picture that Gwen had showed him.
"What's this?" Tony asked, Thor's response was slamming the tablet into Stark's stomach, causing Tony to stumble back slightly. In Thor's defense, he was still upset.
"A message, Ultron killed Strucker." Steve said as they all looked at the picture.
"And he did a Banksy at the crime scene just for us." Tony replied.
"This is a smoke screen, why send a message when you've given a speech?" Natasha asked.
"Strucker knew something that Ultron wanted us to miss." Steve replied.
"Why would he… yep." Natasha said as she looked at a computer. "All of our information on Strucker has been erased, it was done from the very night that Ultron became active."
"Well, he takes after his dad in the brains department." Harry said, causing Tony to glare at him. "But the one thing he can't hack into is physical knowledge, find any files we have. Maybe we can find something."
"On it." Barton said.
The Avengers went off and came back later with as many boxes of files as they could, everyone began looking through for any piece of valuable information they could find.
"Strucker sure had a lot of friends." Steve commented after half an hour of searching.
"Well… these people are all horrible." Bruce said after putting one file to the side.
"Prick," Harry said as he skimmed through one paper before throwing it away, he picked up another and skimmed through it. "asshole," Harry said before throwing it away. "cunt," he said at the next piece of paper. "Bi-curious."
"That's enough with the commentary, please." Steve sighed.
"Wait!" Tony said suddenly as he picked up the folder that Bruce had put away. "I know that guy from back in the day, he operates off the African coast. Black market arms deals."
"Of course you do." Harry rolled his eyes as everyone else gave Tony a look that clearly showed what they were thinking about Tony dealing with this guy.
"There are conventions alright. You meet people, I didn't sell anything." Tony said, defending himself.
"What's this?" Thor asked as he pointed at the guys neck.
"Tattoos." Tony said.
"No these are tattoos." Thor said as he pointed to different marks.
"Thor's right," Harry agreed as he examined the photos. "the difference is there, that mark is burnt on to his skin. He's been branded. Bruce, look up this symbol." Harry said as he showed Bruce the picture and pointed to the brand on the guy's neck.
"You got it." Bruce said as he took the photo and went to a computer and began searching.
"You think it's important?" Natasha asked.
"You don't just brand people." Harry said. "If you brand someone then it's either because you're a cunt with issues or because you want people to know what this person has done."
"It means thief." Bruce said a short while later. "It means thief in an African dialect."
"Which one?" Harry asked.
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