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Avengers Tower,
New York City

          CHARLOTTE WAS DEFINITELY  in a happier mood having returned to New York.

That evening, they had discovered that Ultron's enemy, the hacker, had been JARVIS all along. Their reunion was sweet, and even Tony was relieved to see his robotic butler. The two talked almost every second during the Quinjet ride, and JARVIS was just as pleased to see that Charlotte and Tony were all right after he failed to shut Ultron down at the party. Both Starks didn't blame him.

The happiness, however, was outlived when Clint arrived back from Seoul with the Cradle and with the synthetic body that Ultron wanted to own inside of it. He returned alone, informing the group that Natasha had been taken by Ultron and Steve ordered him to return without him to keep the Cradle away from Ultron, he was returning by himself.

When Charlotte realised how distraught Clint was at losing Natasha, she tried to cheer him up by assuring him that their friend was strong and that Natasha would figure out a way to connect with them. Clint barely managed a feeble smile because, as much as he appreciated Charlotte's efforts to console him, he couldn't help but be concerned for his best friend.

The Cradle was now turned on, and Bruce and her dad were preparing to destroy the synthetic body before it's too late and Ultron had the opportunity to get his hands on it again. 

Charlotte looked at the Cradle as the room became silent and melancholic. What intrigued her most about the synthetic body was the yellow stone it was beginning to generate on its forehead. The inquisitive part of her felt inclined to reach out and touch it, but her instincts were telling her to stay away. Charlotte wondered what would happen if she were to touch it with a finger - would the Extremis protect her?

Her dad's sudden entrance stopped her thoughts, and everyone looked at him expectantly.

"Anything on Nat?" Bruce asked him.

"I haven't heard," Tony answered, "But she's alive, or Ultron would be rubbing out faces in it," he added to comfort Clint and Charlotte.

The archer hopped down from his standing place and placed an arm on top of the closed Cradle, "This is sealed tight," he commented.

"We're gonna need to access the program, break it down from within," Bruce explained.

Tony hummed, distracted but still listening to Bruce. Charlotte watched his thoughtful expression before he turned to Clint, "Any chance Natasha might leave you a message outside the Internet?" he asked the worried archer, "Old-school spy stuff?"

"There are some nets I can cast," Clint replied, his hands on his hips, "Yeah, I'll find her," he quickly added, assuring himself as he walked down the stairs to the lower level, ready to try and track Natasha no matter what.

Tony watched him leave, his expression hesitant but still with a plan forming in his mind.

"I can work on tissue degeneration if you could fry whatever operational system Cho implanted," Bruce began as he started tapping on the device to start cleaning the Cradle.

Charlotte watched her dad scratch his head, and she knew he was about to say something neither Bruce or she was going to like.

"Yeah, about that," her dad cut him, not finishing his sentence and hoping Bruce would get it just from his pointed look.

"Dad?" Charlotte warned, not liking where this was going.

Bruce stared at Tony with a confused expression at first, but after realizing what Tony meant with that he immediately looked at him with a startled look, "No!"

"You have to trust me," Tony quickly states as he approached him.

Bruce stepped back further, his arms spread, "Kind of don't."

Charlotte stared between the two, her mouth agape with what her dad was suggesting. "Yeah, whatever you're planning Dad, I don't trust it either."

"Our ally" Tony squinted his eyes as he began explaining what he wanted, "the guys protecting the military's nuclear codes," Charlotte now realised where her dad was going with his statement, and as Bruce shook his head thinking how unbelievable Tony was being right now, "I found him," he flipped out his holographic card and a familiar flash of yellowish-orange colour appeared before them.

Charlotte couldn't but smile at JARVIS while Bruce's eyes widened with shock clear on his expression.

"Hello, Dr. Banner," JARVIS greeted him courteously.

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

Bruce, albeit shocked, was still hesitant with going forward with Tony was suggesting. Even Charlotte didn't know if it was a good idea, she trusted JARVIS with her life but what if something goes wrong?

"So JARVIS went underground. Scattered, dumped his memory," Tony continued as the three circled the Cradle. Charlotte was now standing next to her dad, giving the synthetic body forming inside of it a frown, "But not his protocols. He didn't 't 't even know he was in there until I pieced him together."

Bruce huffed, "So, you want me to help you put JARVIS into this thing?" he questioned as he gestured between her dad and the holographic imagine of JARVIS.

"No! Of course not. I wanna help you put JARVIS in this thing," Tony retorted.

Bruce shook his head while looking exasperated and Tony smiled tightly at him, "We're out of my field, here. You know bio-organics better than anyone," he added as a reason to his statement.

"And you just assume that JARVIS'S operational matrix can beat Ultron's?" Bruce questioned with the face of someone who couldn't believe what they were about to do.

Charlotte scoffed, "Yeah, because nothing bad happened the last time you put an AI into a suit." Normally, she would have remained quiet. This was not her field and while she had a somewhat over basic knowledge of the mechanics behind the plan , she was still inexperienced. However, she knew that the idea was truly irresponsible and most definitely dangerous.

"JARVIS has been beating him from inside without knowing it. This is the opportunity. We can create Ultron's perfect self without the homicidal glitches he thinks are his winning personality. We have to," Tony finished with a persistent tone.

"I believe it's worth a go," JARVIS suddenly commented.

Charlotte was surprised at that, "Really? You think this is a good idea?"

"I do."

JARVIS didn't even hesitate with his answer, and that made Charlotte think, "Dad?" she looked at him, "Will JARVIS lose all of his memories once he's transferred into that body?"

Tony stared at her quietly, before slowly nodding. 

Charlotte's face deflated, she should've seen it coming. After losing JARVIS, she felt so sad and there was a bump on her throat that refused to go down. All of her fears about Ultron disappeared when she regained him, and now she was about to lose him again. She didn't want anyone to see that her eyes were beginning to fill, so she turned her gaze to the floor.

"Well that sucks," she was able to muster out.

Tony and Bruce both gave her a sad look, but Tony was still confident about his plan. He gave Bruce a questioning glance, which sent the doctor into a frustrating position.

"I'm in a loop! I'm caught in a time loop!" he exclaimed, "This is exactly where it all went wrong."

"I know. I know," Tony agreed, his tone gentle, "I know what everyone's gonna say. But they're already saying it," he placed his hand on Bruce's shoulder, "We're mad scientists. We're monsters, buddy. We've gotta own it. Make a stand."

Charlotte approached the two, "I don't think you're monsters but the mad scientists part? You're not exactly building a strong case for yourself," she quipped, trying to diffuse the tension. 

Bruce didn't deserve any of it, and she couldn't stand hearing her dad down speak himself like that. She wanted to be close to them, not on the other side, if they were going along with it and being hated by the rest of the team. She will always be on her dad's side, no matter what.

She managed to get a smile from both of them, and Tony placed his hand on her head, ruffling it slightly before looking at Bruce again, who was biting his lower lip with contemplation while shaking his head, trying to mentally refuse it.

"It's not a loop," Tony insisted, still holding a softer tone, "It's the end of the line," he stated as he looked down at Charlotte, who was giving him hopeful eyes. Silently begging him to make everything right again and be sure about what he was about to do.

"Please, Dad" she whispered desperately, and he hushed her gently, assuring her.

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One hour had passed since Bruce had given in.

She stayed back, watching the two work together to upload JARVIS into the synthetic body. Charlotte had said her goodbyes already, thanking him for watching over her and promising him she'd try to bring his memories back once he's in that body.

JARVIS promised as well that, if he could, he would try to remember her. Even if it would be just a distant one. He told her he loved her, and that it was an honour watching her grow up.

There were tears of course, but Charlotte had calmed down as she watched the two.

"This framework is not compatible," she heard her dad tell Bruce.

"The genetic coding tower is at ninety-seven percent," Bruce warned, as he looked at Tony before placing his hand on the Cradle, "You have got to upload that schematic in the next three minutes."

Charlotte frowned, this all sounded too tense. She was then startled as Steve appeared with a heavy footstep, but what surprised her the most was that the Maximoff twins were standing directly behind him, suspicious glances on their faces, and Wanda had her arms wrapped around Pietro's arm.

"Steve? Are you okay?" Charlotte asked nervously, thinking he was under Wanda's spell. Talking made the twins look at her, and they both looked surprised to see a child in the room.

"I'm fine, Charlie," Steve said with a nod before glaring at Tony, "I'm only gonna say this once," he warned with a scowl.

Charlotte quickly frowned and thought about what to do next, this was definitely not going to end up well.

"How about 'non-once'," Tony snarked at him.

"Shut it down." Steve ordered.

"Please, wait–" Charlotte tried as she approached them, she was doing her best to keep things civil.

Tony quickly noticed and raised his arm at her, silently telling her to stay where she was, further from the group, when she bowed at him and obeyed his request her blonde looked back, "Nope gonna happen, " he stubbornly retorted before making his way towards the Cradle.

"You don't know what you're doing," Steve insisted.

"And you do?" Bruce questioned with a dark tone, implying that Steve might be bewitched because of Wanda's presence – after all, he was still resentful towards her for what Wanda did in Africa.

Charlotte looked at her and squinted her eyes, "Did you do something to him, again?" her tone had no malice, but she couldn't help but ask.

Wanda silently shook her head, denying it. It seemed like she wanted to say something else, but her lips remained shut.

"She's not in your head?" Bruce asked again, his hands trembling from anger as he glared at the witch.

"I know you're angry," Wanda tried, but Bruce cut her instantly.

"No, we're way past that. I can choke the life out of you and never change a shade," he stated darkly.

Even Charlotte got scared at that one, she never imagined Bruce intentionally hurting someone - Wanda had really messed up. She seemed hurt by his comment, but Charlotte couldn't still sympathize with her, she was on Bruce's side here. Even if they were on the Avengers' side, trying to stop Ultron, the two still committed awful acts towards her family – and she didn't intend to forget that.

Steve stepped closer to the doctor, still trying to insist, "Banner, after everything that's happ–"

"It's nothing compared to what's coming!" Charlotte looked at her dad as he suddenly exclaimed from where he was.

"You don't know what's in there!" Wanda retorted with a desperate tone.

Charlotte observed the brother roll his eyes as he stared back at her, as if he was bored with the debate that was unfolding. She scowled at him, how can he find the whole ordeal a nuisance?

"This isn't a game!" As Steve talked, Pietro grew tired and flashed himself around the Cradle in milliseconds, unplugging everything and shutting it down with his enhanced speed.

Charlotte covered her mouth and stared at it, shocked at what he just did, "Not good," she mumbled as she worriedly felt the tension in the room grow.

"No, no. Go on," Pietro stated with a mocking tone as he tossed aside one of the plugs without care, "You were saying?" he asked as he looked at Tony with a challenging look.

Suddenly, the glassed floor under him shattered when someone shot through it from the floor below – Charlotte gasped and stepped back as Wanda ran forward, screaming his name.

As the dust settled, her dad turned towards the screens controlling Cradle as if nothing had happened, "I'm rerouting the upload."

Charlotte looked at Steve to see his reaction and saw that he was about to throw his shield, "Steve, no!" she yelled, not using the formality anymore because of the situation.

The shield ricocheted everywhere, further damaging the Cradle, and to her dismay, her dad had an Iron Man glove on, which he used to launch a beam at the Captain, as if he knew what was about to happen.

"Stop!" Charlotte begged, having flashbacks of her dad and Rhodey fighting at the party, "Please!" When she felt her body hover, she squealed, and when she looked down, she saw a dark-red mist whisking her away and Wanda's eyes widened as she stared at her, and she noticed the young woman looking back with concealing horror in her eyes.

Charlotte then looked at her dad and saw him call the rest of his armour as Steve recovered from being hit by the beam, she saw Wanda about to use her powers on him when Bruce showed up from behind her to headlock her, "Go ahead, piss me off!" he whispered in her ear with a taunting tone.

Charlotte whined, crawling back out of her safe spot, "Guys, stop it!" she screamed, but everyone ignored her. This was getting out of hand, this is exactly what Ultron wanted!

"Charlie! Duck!" Clint ordered as he walked up the stairs, he had been concerned over her as soon as the sudden fight began, but Charlotte didn't obey him.

When she looked at her dad and Steve, she noticed that they were in the midst of a fight. Steve stood up and was about to punch him in the chest as the Iron Man's torso was growing, but her dad quickly launched himself away from the Captain using the small rockets attached to his back and arc reactor.

"Dad!" she exclaimed in panic as he slammed through one of the glassed windows, smashing it. She ran up to him and knelt to examine his face; he appeared angry at first, but as soon as he saw her, his look changed to one of guilt.

"Go hide!" He ordered before standing up again, but before he could run back to Steve and continue their fight, everyone noticed Thor running around the corner and then landed on top of the Cradle with a determined expression.

They watched as the God called upon his thunder by raising Mjolnir towards the ceiling.

"Wait!" Bruce yelled.

As soon as Tony knew what Thor was about to do, he hastily covered Charlotte from any potential explosion. They all watched as the blonde transferred the lightning he'd managed into the Cradle, providing it with an immense amount of power.

When Thor stopped, it was a little antilimactic how nothing happened at first. Everyone was just catching their breaths and staring at the Cradle, waiting for something to happen. Charlotte managed to get off from her dad's holding and stared wide-eyed at the scene , hoping that her dad and Bruce were right and that Thor's actions had been the evidence.

Then it happened, something struggled so harshly inside the Cradle that it smashed it's container door completely, causing a small explosion that sent Thor flying towards the lower floor and losing grip of his hammer; Tony quickly pulled Charlotte behind him, but the girl had already involuntarily created energy barrier in front of them both - a faint pulsating shield evolved before them, deflecting any lightening that came their way. Tony's eyes shot down towards his daughter; the teen didn't seem fazed, as if she had no idea that she was even doing it. 

It appeared quickly and elegantly through a dense fog. The android's synthetic, vibranium-made body was structured like a male, and it had a red face and body, with grey-blue panels covering sections of it. Smog was coming out of him as he raised his head to look at his surroundings, Charlotte noticed the yellow stone again, displayed in the centre of its forehead.

Everyone was wary yet ready to fight as the android slowly rose to its feet. Charlotte saw it look around, at each person's face present in the room, with a nervous and agitated expression; it appeared confused and almost scared.

The android suddenly landed his eyes on Thor and stared. Then, out of nowhere, he flung himself at the God with seemingly the intent to attack him, but Thor's fast reflexes made him grab hold of its arms and toss him away from him.

Charlotte stayed behind as everyone quickly followed the android, who was now floating in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, fascinated with the city's landscape and lights.

She slowly followed them, still uncertain. Charlotte quickly made her way next to her dad as she saw Steve hopping from floor to another, ready to attack – but Thor quickly raised an arm at him, giving him a silent order for him to halt.

The android was reaching his arms towards the city as if he could feel each person's life with it. Then, Charlotte watched as a suit began to form, its navy fabric covering his body. This android seemed to have calmed down as he approached Thor while hovering in the air.

"I'm sorry that was odd."

It spoke and Charlotte gasped. It had JARVIS's voice.

"Thank you," he told Thor with a nod. There was an awkward silence between the two before the android glanced at Thor's red cape and quickly copied one for himself

"Thor? You helped create this?" Steve asked, his tone accusatory.

"I've had a vision," Thor began to explain, "A whirlpool that sucks in all hope of life, and at its centre is that," he continued while pointing at the yellow gem attached to the android's forehead.

"What? The gem?" Bruce questioned quickly.

"It's the Mind Stone. It's one of the six Infinity Stones," Thor explained further, "The greatest power in the universe, unparalleled in its destructive capabilities."

"Then why would you bring–" Steve began, but Thor cut him.

"Because Stark is right," the God stated.

"Oh, it's definitely the end of times," Bruce quipped.

"Why is everyone acting like it's all his fault?" Charlotte asked suddenly, there was an iciness to her tone as she turned her glare towards Thor. "What, you have a vision , about a android with a rock in its head that could destroy the world, and we're supposed to just be okay with that?"

"I get that you're angry with me," Thor then quickly looked at her, she wasn't expecting him to do that and gasped slightly, "I apologise for what I did to your father, Little Stark. Do you think you can you forgive me?"

Charlotte looked at him and smiled sadly, "I forgive you Thor, but just so you know, I was fully prepared to hate you for the rest of your Asgardian life," she threw in a wink for good measure. She needed him to know that she was kidding.

Thor smiled at her before looking at the team again, "The Avengers cannot defeat Ultron."

"Not alone," the android added.

"So, question?" Feeling much calmer not that she knew he was on their side, Charlotte strolled a little to the middle and placed her hands on her hips while looking at Thor, "Why does your Vision sound like my uncle JARVIS?"

The Vision looked at her with an amused smile.

"We reconfigured JARVIS's matrix, to create something new," her dad explained out loud as he and Vision met halfway, seeming to be fascinated with each other.

"I think I've had my fill of new," Steve commented dryly.

As Charlotte stepped back to give the team some space, she noticed that the twins had been quietly clinging to each other and giving off a protective aura around them. It was clear how much they cared about each other, and Charlotte couldn't help but feel for them, they must be so confused. First, they trusted Ultron, and Charlotte was still unaware of what happened in Seoul for them to change teams but it was terrible enough for them to switch. Now they were in the presence of what Ultron wanted to achieve, something that they tried to stop along with Steve – so Charlotte couldn't blame them for feeling so wary of Vision.

"You think I'm a child of Ultron," the android stated towards Steve with a smile.

"You're not?"

"I'm not Ultron," he said calmly, "I'm not JARVIS," he continued, breaking Charlotte's heart again even though she had been expecting this, "I am I am."

"I looked in your head and saw annihilation," Wanda suddenly said as she approached him with a wary expression.

"Look again," Vision insisted.

"Her seal of approval means jack to me," Clint said with an annoyed expression as he approached them, it was obvious he still had ill feelings towards her as well.

"Their powers, the horrors in our heads, Ultron himself – they all came from the Mind Stone. And they're nothing compared to what it can unleash!" Thor told them urgently.

"The Tesseract - the stone was inside of it?" Charlotte mumbled out, "Does that mean that Loki was being controlled by it when he attacked New York?"

Bringing up Loki's name made Thor frown, but he managed to nod at her, "Partially, yes."

"But everything is okay now, right? It – I mean, he, is on our side, right?" she looked up at Vision expectantly, and the android gave her a surprised look.

"Is it?" Steve ruefully asked before looking at the android, "Are you? On our side?"

Everyone stared at the android, waiting for his answer with tension in the air.

The Vision seemed hesitant before responding, "I don't think it's that simple."

"Well, it better get real simple real soon," Steve threatened.

"I am on the side of life. Ultron isn't," Vision told everyone, "He will end it all."

"What's he waiting for?" Tony asked.

"You."

"Where?"

"Sokovia," Clint informed them, "He's got Nat there, too."

Charlotte smiled with relief, Natasha was alive and well. Bruce approached Vision with a cautious expression, "If we're wrong about you – if you're the monster that Ultron made you to be -"

"What will you do?" Vision asked him quietly, but not in a threatening way.

This appeared to silence Bruce, and the rest of the team seemed to understand that they had no choice but to believe Vision, since even if they were wrong, they wouldn't be able to destroy Ultron and Vision if they joined forces - it was a risk they had to take.

"I don't want to kill Ultron," the android admitted, "He's unique and he's in pain. But that pain will roll over the Earth. So he must be destroyed."

Charlotte thought now, how almost sad Ultron was. If only he didn't have murderous tendencies, maybe they could've helped Ultron realize how good sometimes mankind could be and try to help him understand his purpose in the world. But that was impossible – Ultron had to be destroyed.

"Every form he's built, every trace of his presence on the net. We have to act now. And not one of us can do it without the others," Vision stated, and for a reason, Charlotte saw his eyes fall on her, intention within them.

"Maybe I am a monster," Vision continued as he looked at himself, "I don't think I'd know if I was one. I'm not what you are, and not what you intended," he turned around to look at something, "So, there may be no way to make you trust me, but we need to go."

The group didn't respond, for they were too stunned. As Thor was frozen in place, everyone gazed at the interaction with baffled expressions. The android had risen his arm towards the team, Mjolnir in his grip. He gripped the handle, seemingly afraid he wouldn't be able to grab his hammer once Vision did, and when the android freed his grasp, he stared at his teammates with a similarly confused and lost expression.

But at least everyone got the evidence they needed to trust Vision.

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hi guys,

this will be my last update for a short time, but i have posted an update on my profile explaining the circumstances