"Cap, do you have eyes on Andi?" Clint asked through the earpiece. She had just flown out of the sky. He should have been more careful, should have insisted that she move further away from the doors so nothing like this would have happened.

"If you have the package, get it to Stark," Steve spoke, before a grunt and the sound of metal against metal sounded through the earpiece.

"But—"

"Clint, if we don't get this package to him now, Ultron will come back and we might not be as lucky the second time," Steve cut him off. "Go!"

Clint bit his lip and thought hard for a moment before slamming his fist down on the steering wheel. "Damn it," he muttered, pulling a lever and sending the jet speeding through the sky with extra thrusters.

"She'll be fine, Clint," Natasha said, and he glanced behind him to see that she was still staring at the doors, which had now closed. "Ultron wouldn't have just taken her without any reason."

Clint didn't speak, but he sure as hell was hoping that she was alright. For now, all he could do was what he was told, so he continued onward, to the Avengers tower.

* * *

Clint was doing his best to try and pry the cradle open or do something to override the process of building a new body. Bruce and Nat stood by, speaking in hushed tones, and Tony just stared at the cradle, thinking. He told her. He told Andi to go to the tower, and now...

"There's got to be some way we can track her, or something," Natasha was saying, looking to Tony.

Tony crossed his arms and walked over to the cradle. "Right now all I know is that she's alive. Ultron had a reason for taking her." But how he was treating her... Tony had no way of knowing. Nor did he know yet how to find her and try to catch Ultron by surprise. It frustrated him to no end, feeling helpless. He should have been more careful and made sure she got the tower.

"Meanwhile, this thing is sealed tight," Clint said. He was frustrated too, Tony could tell, but right now, he wanted only Bruce in this room. The faster they got to work, the sooner they'd have a way to try and get Andi back.

"We're going to have to access the program and break it down from within," Bruce said, placing a hand on the cradle, as though he were admiring it.

"Clint, see what you can do, tap into traffic cams, anything. See if you can find out where Ultron took her," Tony told the man, who nodded almost immediately and headed downstairs where he could access their surveillance system.

"I'll help him. A second set of eyes will help, and I'm no use up here." Natasha headed downstairs too. Tony got the feeling that she felt guilty about Andi being taken, but he didn't say anything. He didn't need to make things worse. Besides, with what he had in mind, he was probably going to make it worse anyway.

Tony and Bruce were left alone and Bruce walked over to the cradle to inspect the monitor at the head of it. "I could work on tissue regeneration if you could fry whatever operational system Doctor Cho implanted."

"Yeah," Tony nodded and scratched the back of his head. "About that..."

Bruce looked up and met his gaze. Tony had no intentions of undoing what Ultron did. And Bruce understood it, because his eyes soon went wide and he stepped back with his hands up in defence. "No."

Tony sighed and stepped closer. "You have to trust me here."

Bruce stepped back some more. "I kind of don't."

"Remember Fury said that we had some unknown party protecting the nuclear launch codes? Well I found him," Tony explained, picking up the glass remote from his back pocket to project the image — or the construction, rather — of Jarvis.

Bruce stared, stunned, but said nothing.

"Hello, Doctor Banner," Jarvis said.

"Ultron didn't go after Jarvis because he was angry," Tony explained. "He attacked him because he was scared of what he can do."

Bruce still seemed unconvinced, so Tony continued. "So Jarvis went underground. Scattered. And I found him and I pieced him together again.

Bruce chuckled, though it was devoid of any humour. "So, you want me to help you put Jarvis, into this thing?" He gestured to the half completed body that, had they not intercepted it, would belong to Ultron right now.

"No! Of course not," Tony shook his head as though the idea was ridiculous before continuing. "I want to help you put Jarvis into this thing."

Bruce sighed.

"We're out of my field here," Tony shrugged. "You know bio-organics better than anyone."

"And you just assume that Jarvis can beat Ultron?" Bruce asked, staring at him.

"Jarvis has been beating him from the inside without knowing it," Tony argued, crossing his arms. "This is our opportunity. We can create Ultron's perfect self without the homicidal glitches he thinks are his winning personality. We have to do this."

"I believe it's worth a go," Jarvis chimed in for support.

Bruce put his hands on his head. "I'm in a loop. I'm caught in a time loop. This is exactly where it all went wrong."

"I know," Tony nodded, trying to ease his frustration. And he did know. But he also knew this was their only chance to defeat Ultron before he came up with some other tactic. "I know," he repeated. "I know what everyone's going to say. But they're already saying it," he said, placing a hand on Bruce's shoulder. "We're mad scientists. We've got to own it."

Bruce looked down at the cradle, lips pursed. Tony could tell he was still a little unconvinced.

"I don't know where Andi is right now. And I know — or I'm hoping — that she's okay. She's strong. And we will find her," he told Bruce. "But at the end of the day, Ultron took her. And he's going to keep taking people. We were lucky to get the cradle, even after he took her. Don't let that be in vain."

Bruce pinched the bridge of his nose and looked up at Tony once he let his hand fall back down to his side. And though he didn't say anything out loud, the subtle nod he gave was enough for Tony.