"ALL OUR WORK IS GONE." Bruce began while Carson leant on the wall beside Steve, looking at the crushed body of the robot placed on the table on the lab. "Ultron cleared out, he used the internet as an escape hatch."

"Ultron." Steve mumbled under his breath.

Natasha stepped into the room with a sigh, turning everyone's attention onto her as they waited for her to give an update. "He's been in everything. Files, surveillance. Probably knows more about us than we know about each other." She stated while perching herself between Steve and Carson.

"He's in your files, he's in the internet. What if he decides to access something a little more exciting?" Rhodey asked while pacing back and forth.

"Nuclear codes." Maria added.

"Well that's just the cherry on top, isn't it?" Carson said while gripping the bridge of his nose and letting out a small chuckle. Tony gave him a 'not the time' look to which he just responded with a shrug of his shoulders.

"Nukes?" Natasha questioned. "He said he wanted us dead."

"He didn't say dead. He said extinct." Steve corrected.

Clint stood up from the chair he was sat in. "He also said he killed somebody."

"But there wasn't anyone else in the building." Carson said furrowing his brows.

Everyone's eyes focused on Tony as he walked into the middle of the room while grabbing a remote and turning on a projection of a very much broken JARVIS. "Yes, there was." Tony muttered while looking down at the ground. Carson leant up from the wall and walked over to the image of JARVIS, his eyes scanning every inch of the destroyed AI.

"Jarvis was the first line of defence. He would've shut Ultron down, it makes sense." Steve declared.

"No. Ultron could've assimilated Jarvis." Bruce commented while shaking his head at Steve's incorrect theory. "This isn't strategy... this is-"

"Ultron having a little bit of a tantrum?" Carson spoke up, cutting Bruce off. Before anyone had any time to respond to Carson's comment Thor stormed into the room and headed straight for Tony, grabbing him by the throat and lifting him into the air.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Steve said shooting up out of his seat.

"Speaking of temper tantrums.." Carson mumbled with a roll of his eyes as he watched the situation unfold.

"Come on.. use your words buddy." Tony managed to speak.

"I have more than enough words to describe you, Stark." Thor snarled.

They all waited for a few moments in anticipation of Thor releasing the billionaire, but he didn't. Instead the god tightened his grip ever so slightly making Tony gasp for air. Carson's eyes narrowed at the sight, he'd decided he'd had enough of Thor's little outburst.

Carson began walking over to Thor and everyone's eyes alternated between the three. "Alright, you've had your little outburst. It was entertaining at first I'll admit.. but put him down." He snapped.

Thor turned his head to look at the boy that Tony would call his son, he noticed the quick flash of red surging in his eyes and he slowly began lowering Tony to the ground, not wanting the situation to turn into something nasty.

Tony took a few moments to catch his breath before making his way over to Carson and placing his hand on his shoulder. "What would I do without you kid?" He smiled.

"Thor, the legionnaire?" Steve asked.

"Trail went cold about 100 miles out, but it's headed north and it has the scepter. Now we have to retrieve it, again." Thor grunted.

"Genie's out of the bottle." Natasha told them. "Clear and present is Ultron."

"I don't understand.." Helen spoke for the first time. "You built this program. Why is it trying to kill us?"

Everyone looked towards scientist duo. Tony with his head in his hands laughing while Banner looked down at the ground and began to shake his head.

"You think this is funny?!" Thor snapped.

"No. It's probably not, right?" Stark questioned. "This is very terrible. Is.. Is it.. It is. It's so terrible."

"This could have been avoided if you hadn't played with something you don't understand." Thor stated.

"Oh for the love of-" Carson said under his breath which earned a nudge in the arm from Natasha, her way of silently telling him to kindly, shut the fuck up. He rolled his eyes at the red head and sat down on one of the chairs in the lab, to which Natasha followed and sat on the arm of the chair that Carson was on.

"Tony, maybe this might not be the time." Bruce whispered.

"Really? That's it?" Tony scoffed while turning to face him. "You just roll over, show your belly every time somebody snarls?"

Bruce sighed. "Only when I've created a murder bot."

"We didn't. We weren't even close." Tony corrected. "Were we close to an interface?"

"Well, you did something right. And you did it right here. The Avengers were supposed to be different than S.H.I.E.L.D." Steve chimed in. Carson sat with his head back in the chair, looking up at the ceiling. As much as it annoyed him to come to the decision, he knew that what the others had been saying was right and that Tony needed to listen.

"Anybody remember when I carried a nuke through a wormhole?" Tony quizzed. "Saved New York, recall that?"

"No, it's never come up." Rhodey responded sarcastically.

"A hostile alien army came charging through a hole in space. We're standing 300 feet below it. We're the Avengers. We can bust arms dealers all the livelong day, but that up there, that's... That's the endgame. How were you guys planning on beating that?" Tony ranted, looking around at everyone in the room.

"Together." Steve simply said.

"We'll lose." Tony replied.

"Then we'll do that together too." The super soldier responded. "Thor's right, Ultron is calling us out. And I'd like to find him before he's ready for us. The world's a big place.. Let's start making it smaller."

"Bravo, bravo. Very inspiring oldman." Carson smirked while jokingly applauding Steve. Natasha pretended to scratch her cheek in attempt of trying to cover up the the grin that was tugging at her lips after hearing Carson's comment as she wanted to stay serious.

✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* ✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* 

They all got into their positions on the ship. Natasha and Clint on the floor above, hiding behind the railings making sure they had a clear view of the others while Steve, Thor, Carson and Tony stood behind Ultron, listening in on the conversation the robot was having.

"Stark is... He's a sickness!" Ultron raged.

"Ah, Junior." Tony mocked, grabbing the attention of the robot. "You're gonna break your old mans heart."

"If I have to." Ultron stated.

"Nobody has to break anything." Thor voiced.

"Clearly you've never made an omelette." The robot replied.

"He beat me by one second." Tony claimed.

"Ah, yes. He's funny. Mr. Stark. It's what? Comfortable? Like old times?" A male voice with a thick Sokovian spoke up, his words laced with hatred. The four of them watched as the twins emerged from one of the other rooms and took their stance behind Ultron.

Carson didn't even bother to look at Pietro, his eyes were already locked on the twin who messed with his mind. He glared at the girl with his hand tightly clasped into a fist and his jaw clenched, in the moment he felt nothing but rage towards her.

Wanda began scanning around the room getting to know her surroundings but stopped when she saw Carson. Upon making eye contact her facial expressions softened. Part of it being because she was shocked to find him already looking at her, but mainly because she felt guilty seeing him again after what she made him re-live.. she didn't know why, but she did. Wanda wanted to let him know how sorry she truly was.

It actually upset her to see the hate in his eyes when he was looking at her, but she knew she had to stay focused on the mission. Carson on the other hand, didn't let them catching eyes bother him. In fact, it only caused him to narrow his eyes and deepen the stare between the two even more. You see, he had no idea that the girl felt terrible about what she did. He was letting his anger block him from seeing the full picture.

Wanda broke the stare and quickly moved her eyes to look at the ground. Carson smirked in amusement at how easily she gave in and looked back towards Ultron.

"This was never my life." Tony disagreed with Pietro.

"You two can still walk away from this." Steve assured the twins.

"Oh, we will." Wanda spoke up. Carson raised his eyebrows at the girls sudden burst of confidence.

"I know you've suffered-" Steve started, only to be interrupted by Ultron.

"Ugh.. Captain America, God's righteous man. Pretending you could live without a war. I can't physically throw up in my mouth but.."

"If you believe in peace, then let us keep it." Thor suggested.

"I think you're confusing 'peace' with 'quiet'." Ultron replied.

"Uh-huh. What's the vibranium for tinman?" Carson asked.

"I'm glad you asked that because I wanted to take this time to explain my evil plan."

Ultron shot a blast at Tony and they both flew towards one another and began attacking each other in the air. Within a few seconds, Ultron's small army of robots flew into the room and everyone was quick to jump into the fight. Carson raised his hand pulling a robot into his grasp and proceeded to rip it's head off, dumping it onto the ground. Klaw and the soldier that was with him joined in on attacking the avengers. The soldier opened fire on Carson while he was distracted with another robot. The first two shots missed but the third hit him in his his shoulder.

Carson ripped the robot he was currently occupied with in half then turned his attention to the man who shot him and raised his eyebrows.

"Um, Rude." He said in an annoyed tone as he picked the bullet out of his shoulder, letting out a small wince. Carson knew he'd be fine because of his healing, but there was no way he'd let  the man get away with shooting him.

The soldier raised his gun to shoot him again but Carson was quick to react. He put his hand around the barrel and bent it so far back that the muzzle was now facing the man, making the gun completely useless. "Terribly sorry mate but I can't have you shooting me again, now can I?" Carson said while putting his hand on the back of the soldiers head, harshly bringing it down to meet his knee. He then kicked the soldiers legs from underneath him making him fall onto his back. The soldier groaned and slowly began getting back up. Carson almost felt sorry for the poor guy, he really thought he stood a chance. What a shame. Carson leant to the side and grabbed a pipe that was on top of some boxes, he then turned back to the soldier and forcefully hit him over the head with it knocking him clean out. He let out a slight chuckle at the sight then re-joined the fight with the rest of the team. 

After destroying a few more robots, his attention was turned to  one in particular. He noticed it's eyes change from blue to red and the Maximoff girl appeared next to it. It leant down and whispered something to her, which Carson decided to focus his hearing on.

"It's time for some mind games." Wanda hesitantly nodded at the robots request before slipping into the shadows once again.

"Oh no you don't." Carson mumbled under his breath before going after her.

"Thor! Status?!" Steve questioned out of breath through the comms.

"The girl tried to warp my mind. Take special care, I doubt a human could keep her at bay. Fortunately, I am mighty." Thor confidently stated.. before going silent.

"Yeah uh.. something about the sudden silence tells me he isn't as mighty as he believes." Carson smirked before turning around the corner still looking for the girl.

His hearing picked up the sound of two heartbeats not far from him so he picked up the pace. Once he got around the corner he saw Wanda creeping up behind Natasha, who was completely oblivious. Before he could do anything he saw red wisps cover Natasha's face and her body crashed to the ground. He was too late. Wanda turned around and stopped in her tracks when she saw Carson glaring at her, this time worse than before. Once again the guilt came rushing back as she saw the effect that her warping Natasha's mind had on him, she instantly regretted her actions. She opened her mouth the speak but before she could get a word out she was being pulled towards him by his powers, his hand locked tightly around her neck lifting her off the ground.

"Warping my mind pissed me off, but hers?" He squeezed tighter making her gasp for air. "You have some nerve."

Wanda looked into his crimson glowing eyes and saw nothing but pure rage. She tried to pry his hand off of her neck as she was barely breathing but it didn't budge, not one bit. Carson grinned at her failed attempt and swung her around, pinning her against the wall.

He inched closer to the her face, their noses almost touching. "Give me one good reason why I shouldn't kill you right here, right now."

"I- I'm sorry." Wanda managed to let out in a hoarse voice, before her head started drooping at the lack of oxygen she was getting.

Carson furrowed his brows at her response, searching her eyes for any possible amount of dishonesty in the girls claim. He saw how terrified she was but it wasn't at the fact she was fighting against 'earth's mightiest heroes', she was terrified of him. She managed to lift up her head and look at him, her expression now fully expressing how sorry she truly was. Carson saw the desperation and guilt in her eyes, he hesitantly loosed his grip and let go of her. Her back slid down the wall and she fell to her knees, gripping her neck and gasping for air letting out a series of coughs. He looked down at her, his head slightly tilted to the side as he questioned whether he made the right decision or not. Before either of them could do anything else, her brother appeared next to her. He picked her up and shot Carson a glare before speeding away with her in his arms.

✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* ✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*

"What can I do?" Pietro asked desperate to make his sister feel better.

Wanda was sat on a box that had been flung from one of the ships recovering from her encounter with Carson. Pietro was knelt down at the side of her with his hand on her back trying to comfort her as she was clearly shaken by the situation. He caught a glimpse of something on Wanda's neck so he put his finger under her chin and tilted it up so he could her a better look. His jaw clenched as he saw a few bruises forming on her neck from where Carson had grabbed her.

"I'm going to kill him!" He snarled. "I'll be right back."

He went to stand up but Wanda pulled him by the arm and stopped him. "No. Don't hurt him."

Pietro looked at his sister, and decided to ignore her request. He turned back around but Wanda tugged at his arm again.

"Pietro, please." Wanda begged. "The things I made him see... It's.. I-." She trailed off.

He let out an annoyed huff and sat down next to her.

"Fine."

✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* ✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*

"I'm not liking how silent it is, what's going on? Kid how you doing?" Tony spoke up through the comms.

Carson ran over to Natasha and knelt down beside her to check if she was alright. He could hear the rapid pace that her heart was beating at and saw beads of sweat running down her forehead, building up at the top of her eyebrows. He lifted her up slightly, propping her head on his legs trying to give her more comfort. She was muttering something under her breath that he couldn't quite make out.

"I'm fine but uh-." Carson replied, pressing down on the earpiece. "Nat's down and it's pretty bad."

"So are the others." Clint informed the both of them.

"Damnit... Carson get Romanoff back to the jet. Me and Clint will get Thor and Steve." Tony requested.

Carson gently moved Natasha's hair out of her face to see if she had improved in any way. Once he realised she hadn't, he adjusted his position and moved his arms under Natasha, picking her up bridal style.

"Making my way back now." He said while carrying Natasha out of the ship.

✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* ✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:*

Gawd damn, this took longer than expected. I was procrastinating writing this for so long I-

P.S. I can't wait for the upcoming interactions between Carson and Wanda aaaah I'm so exciteddddd

Alsoooo this chapter is currently unedited so I'm sorry for any mistakes.