"BUT IT'S A TRICK!" Clint babbled while twirling some drumsticks around his fingers.

Thor chuckled in and sat back in his chair. "No, no, it's much more than that."

"Ah, whosoever be he worthy shall haveth the power." Carson chimed in, doing his best Thor impression. Everyone laughed in amusement while Thor simply smiled and nodded at his statement.

"Whatever, man! It's a trick." Clint commented.

"Well please, be my guest." Thor raised his hand and gestured towards his hammer.

"Really?" Clint asked, putting both drumsticks in one hand while standing up.

"Yeah!" Thor exclaimed, giving Clint reassuring smile as he walked over.

"Oh this is going to be beautiful." Carson said while putting his feet up to rest on the table and leaning back into the couch. Clint chuckled at rolled his eyes at him and Natasha gave him a playful nudge to stop him from making another comment, to which Carson just smirked at.

"Clint, you've had a tough week. We won't hold it against you if you can't get it up." Tony said, making everyone laugh.

Clint brushed off the comment and turned his attention to Thor. "You know I've seen this before right?" Clint then reached down and placed his hand on the handle of the hammer and began to pull but it didn't budge. Not even an inch. After letting out a grunt, Clint let go of the handle and let out a laugh. "I still don't know how you do it!"

"Smell the silent judgement?" Tony smirked in amusement.

"Please, Stark, by all means." Clint said raising his hand, motioning for Tony to come and try.

Natasha took another sip of her drink and looked at Carson. "Now this is going to be beautiful." Her and Carson exchanged and amused glance before turning their attention back to Tony.

"Never one to shrink from an honest challenge." Tony commented while making his way over to Thor's hammer.

Clint began to walk back to his seat. "Get after it."

"It's physics." Tony stated while wrapping the leather that hung off the edge of the handle around his wrist.

"Physics?" Bruce said.

"Right, so, if I lift it, I then rule Asgard?" Tony questioned, almost psyching himself up.

"Yes, of course." Thor answered.

"I will be reinstituting prima nocta." Tony places both hands on hammer and even puts his foot on the table to help him, but still the hammer doesn't move. "I'll be right back." He announces, before walking out of the room then returning a minute later with his iron man glove on. He tried again, but he failed. Tony called over Rhodey for backup and even with them both trying, they still couldn't lift it.

Carson smirked and put his head in his hands. "Are they done? I don't think I can watch any longer."

Banner decided to give it a shot, he ended up being stood on the table with both hands on the hammer. He eventually gave up and stepped back letting out a yell, making Carson and Natasha both cringe. Next up was Steve, he rolled up his sleeves while walking over and pulled. However, this time, it moved ever so slightly. Carson raised an eyebrow and glanced over at Thor who looked almost relieved once Steve gave up, after not being able to lift it.

"And, Widow?" Bruce questioned, while gesturing for Natasha to go and give it a try.

"Oh, no, no. That's not a question I need answered." Natasha said while taking another sip of her drink.

Tony looked over at Carson, who just responded with a smirk and the shake of his head. "Yeah no, I'm good thanks." They all smiled and nodded at his answer, slightly disappointed they didn't get to see whether he could lift it or not.

"All deference to the man who wouldn't be king, but it's rigged." Tony said, while putting down his drink.

"You bet your ass." Clint responded, giving Tony a pat on the shoulder.

"Steve he said a bad language word." Maria chimed in. Steve looked between Tony and Carson and let out a sigh.

"Did you tell everyone about that?"

Tony and Carson shared a look and they both laughed, making Steve roll his eyes. "The handle's imprinted, right? Like a security code. 'Whosoever is carrying Thor's fingerprints' is, I think, the literal translation."

"Yes. It's a very, very interesting theory. I have a simpler one." Thor stands up and picks up his hammer, flipping it in the air and catching it a few times. "You're all not worthy."

Everyone let out groans and huffs at what Thor had said. "Oh come on thunder boy." Carson said while letting out a scoff.

Suddenly a piercing sound flooded into the room causing everyone to cover their ears. The sound was a lot louder for Carson compared to everyone else, because of his enhanced hearing. He let out a groan and winced in discomfort, Natasha put her hand on his shoulder to comfort him. Tony noticed Carson's reaction to the sound and instantly began checking one of his control panels to see where it was coming from. Once the ringing had stopped, Carson sat up and turned his attention towards one of the entrances to the floor they was on. They all noticed the confused look on his face and turned in the direction he was looking in.

"Carson what is it?" Steve questioned, knowing that Carson felt something was off.

Carson closed his eyes and his hearing focused on the sound of staggered footsteps, metal dragging and oil dripping. "I think there's som-" He was cut off by an unfamiliar voice.

"Worthy.. No.. How could you be worthy? You're all killers." Everyone stood up and turned their attention to a robot that had made it's way into the room. Wires were hanging out out of the robot, parts of it's body was missing and oil was leaking out of it leaving a trail along the floor.

"Stark." Steve said. Carson clenched his jaw at the robot and reached his hand across Natasha and Maria and gently pushed them behind him. Thor stood in front of Helen, guarding her.

"JARVIS" Tony called out, but there was no reply from the AI.

"I'm sorry, I was alseep. Or I was a... dream." The robot stated.

"Reboot Legionnaire OS, we got a buggy suit." Tony mumbled, still no response from his AI.

"There was this terrible noise. And I was tangled in.. in... strings. I had to kill the other guy. He was a good guy."

"I'm sorry you what now?" Carson asked.

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

"Who sent you?" Thor questioned the robot.

The robot plays back a voice recording of Tony saying "I see a suit of armour around the world." Everyone looks over to Tony giving him confused but yet concerned looks.

Bruce's eyes grow wide with realization. "Ultron."

"I'm sorry, come again?" Carson says while furrowing his brows. Tony and Carson make eye contact and he notices the worried look that has grown on Tony's face, making him become more agitated at the situation.

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

Everyone exchanges glances around the room and they begin to prepare themselves for the situation going south. Thor tightens his grip on his hammer, Maria slowly clocks her gun with one hand while passing Natasha her second gun with the other hand and Carson's energy begins to spark out of his fingers, while his eyes flicker red.

"What mission?" Natasha questions, looking over Carson's shoulder.

The robot looks at them all and tilts it's head. "Peace in our time."

Robots begin to shoot through the walls and everyone takes cover. Carson sees a robot heading straight towards them so he flips the table in front of him and pushes Natasha and Maria down in front of it, making sure they aren't in the line of fire from the robot. The robot flies straight into him knocking him back into the wall. He quickly recovers and before it can fly away, he grabs its leg and pulls it towards him, ripping it's head off once it gets close enough. He blasts a few other robots flying around the room, destroying them instantly. Maria and Natasha open fire on the other robots. Carson sees Tony getting knocked into a bookshelf and before the robot can hurt Tony anymore, he throws the previous robots head at the other, sending it through the wall. "Heads up!" Carson shouts over then smirks. Tony smiles at Carson thanking him then gets up. Clint grabs Steve's shield and throws it over to him. Steve then tosses it at the last robot, cutting it in half.

Carson lowers his hand and looks over and Steve and rolls his eyes. "Hey, that one was mine oldman."

"That was dramatic. I'm sorry, I know you mean well. You just didn't think it through." The robot states. "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 walks over and picks up one of the destroyed robots and crushes it's head in his hands. "With these? These puppets. There's only one path to peace." The robot turns and looks at them all, staying silent.

"We don't have all night buddy." Carson shouted over to the robots and Natasha lightly elbowed him in his side.

The robot looked Carson directly in the eyes after his comment "The Avengers' extinction."

Carson scoffs and then raises his hand, sending a blast over to the robot making it blow up into pieces. Everyone looks over to him but he just shrugs. "What?"

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

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