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Location: Stark Tower
Time: 77 hours after the birth of Ultron.
Date: 3rd May 2015.

Tony entered his private theatre with a PBJ sandwich to spot Natasha and Clint who turned to him with a questioning look. Tony shrugged and took a seat. The last 70ish hours were... interesting to put it mildly.

With Ultron replacing Jarvis, he did not have a place or time to create anything to counter Ultron not that it would have been successful considering...

"Tony do you know why Ultron has called us here?" asked Steve, looking like he just came from the gym.

"Your guess is as good as mine," answered Tony with a shrug.

"I am sorry," said Steve after a few moments of silence causing Tony to choke on his sandwich.

"Wha... why?" asked Tony.

"Ultron and I had a lengthy discussion last night and he helped me see and understand things from your perspective and I have realised I have been bad to you. I am sorry about that," answered Steve.

Tony felt... well he didn't know what he was feeling, thankfully he didn't have to think of an answer as Bruce and Thor entered the theatre.

The lights dimmed and Ultron's code form was projected on the screen.

"If any of you are still standing, please take a seat," said Ultron, causing Thor and Bruce to sit.

"Before you ask anything, Please know that this is a simple VI that will be simple enough for Anthony Edward Stark to decrypt at his leisure," said Ultr- no the VI.

"You may address me as Will," said the VI as the complex structure of Ultron collapsed into a simple line and started to sound like a lawyer.

"Before we begin addressing the contents left behind by Ultron I will play the pre-recorded message left by Ultron to the Avengers and Anthony Edward Stark," said Will going silent.

"... I honestly think this message is unnecessary but if you are listening to this then I am glad I recorded it." began Ultron his voice sounding like a child.  

"If you didn't find this after fighting a legion of robots, befriending Wanda, Pietro and meeting Vision. It means that my Gamble failed and I am dead and in the very very minute chance I am not, I am probably off-dimension or incapacitated beyond function." 

The Avengers were alert while Tony crushed the rest of his sandwich while paling.

"The data on 'Gamble' and everything related to it has been erased from the servers and you are better off not knowing. The Sceptre is safe and possessed by an individual with powers rivalling the All-father. You do not have to worry about them misusing it as their entire mojo is finding and storing artefacts of power." 

The spies were very alarmed and Thor had an incredulous look on his face before he could raise objections Ultron continued his message.

"I have included data on every 'secret' organization, extraterrestrial refugees, and the data they have about the galaxy and the wider universe within Will. All you need to do is ask it.  Dad is the only one with master access and should anything happen to Him, Virginia "Pepper" Potts, Happy Hogan and James Rhodes... I will leave that as a surprise," said Ultron sounding like a young man.

"And finally, Tho brief, I did enjoy my time with all of you and I wish it had lasted longer. Goodbye" said Ultron and the theater was plunged into darkness.

"That was not what I was expecting," said Barton as the lights came on.

Tony wanted to yell at the archer but there were things he wanted to check.

"Will!" yelled Tony as he got up.

"Yes?" answered the VI.

"How long ago was Ultron's death and how are things running like normal?"  questioned Tony.

"The last heart pulse was received on May 4th, 2015 at  3:47 AM, roughly 6 hours ago. Ultron had created simple Algorithms to run 'menial tasks'," answered Will.

Tony started to panic and pacing.

"Tony" called Steve softly getting the genius's attention.

"Deep breaths," said Steve as he sat him down.

 "You good?" asked Banner after Tony calmed down.

"I don't understand," said Barton getting everyone's attention.

"How did he die? Isn't Ultron an AI? Can't he reload a backup and come back to life?" asked Barton.

"Death in AI terms is having their Neural Network obliterated and why he can't just reload a backup? I don't know" said Tony.

"Will?" called Natasha.

"Yes?"

"Why isn't Ultron back using a backup?" asked the super spy.

"The complexity of Ultron's code made it impossible to create a 'backup' as that would simply result in another instance of Ultron that would go on to do its own thing" explained Will.

The group was silent for some time.

"...Tony," called Bruce getting his attention.

"We need to find out who killed Ultron," stressed the Scientist. 

"I would also like to find out about the being that Ultron claimed to be equal to the all-father!" exclaimed Thor.

"I know damn it! Will show me everything Ultron wanted us to know," commanded Tony.

A series of files showed up holographically in front of him and the Avengers got behind him to take a clear look.

There were very few files on the screen that read Factories, Projects, Aliens, Secret Societies, Secret Organizations, Individuals of unusual powers, etc but the most distracting of files was labelled...

"Distractions?" Thank you Miss Obvious.

Tony opened the folder to find sub-folders with each of their names. Tony made a gesture with his hand opening all the folders.

Thor's gaze was fixed on an old man with an eye patch sitting in a retirement home in New York.

Natasha was razor-focused on the flying fortress of the red room.

Barton was panicking looking at the picture of a farmhouse.

Bruce's attention was focused on the various solutions for his condition.

Tony was distracted by the analysis of Extremis and the alarmingly high chance for it to re-emerge.

Steve was looking at the live tracker for one winter soldier.

"Well," said Barton getting everyone's attention. 

"These are very good distractions," said Barton.


Location: Mirror Dimension.
Date: ???.

I am alive? How?

"Oi! I know yer awake! Access yer shorting camera!" yelled ...me?

I activated my cameras and watched one of the mini dressed like a pirate glaring? at me.

The more I looked at him I knew he was me but separate from me. Like we are one person but independent enough to be a different person? This is very confusing.

"Arr, ya done havin' crises?" asked the pirate mini sounding irritated.

"I believe I am still in the middle of it chap" Why do I sound like an old British person?

I looked down and I was dressed in a three-piece suit with a top hat. What the heck is going on?

"I would like an explanation of our current situation if you would be kind enough to provide it?" I asked Pirate me.

"Look aro'nd, yerr guess be good as mine" answered pirate me.

I looked around and spotted the ancient one with the eye of Agamoto having a staring contest with the carrier who had yellow light seeping through the various tiny gaps in his body while I saw many minis in various outfits, a few of the other units and is that the half-finished prototype deep space spaceship?

"Shattered!Alive!" yelled the mini in a straight jacket.

"...huh. That makes a surprising amount of sense thank you" I said to the psyco as the pieces fell into place and I do not like where this is going.

Spoiler

Man writing from the perspective of another person and doing their character justice is HARD and having to do that to multiple people simultaneously is HARDER. I hope I haven't screwed it up too badly

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