[Sokovia]
The Avengers Team A had just finished the subjugation of the HYDRA base. The extraction team were swarming the place, taking over the assets of the base one at a time.
The group; Captain Rogers, Tony Stark, Natasha Romanoff, and Bruce Banner were in this operation.
Rogers, Romanoff, and Banner were just chilling around, waiting for the extraction team to finish their thing. Suddenly, Stark landed beside them, still in his armor.
"Oh boy that was fun." Stark commented. He then turned towards Banner, who was lying on the ground covered in a blanket. "What happened to him?"
"What do you think?" Branner grumbled.
"I thought you had sessions with the gorillas?" asked Stark again, his suit opening up.
Banner just sighed at the comment. "Yeah, well, it isn't working so far."
Stark hummed, sitting cross legged on a chair. "Natasha had to babysit you again?"
Natasha just shrugged. "I wouldn't call it that."
"It's humiliating." Banner rolled his eyes.
"You haven't accepted the monster in you yet, Mr. Banner, that is why it is not working." a voice suddenly sounded from behind them. All of them turned, and saw that it was Isaiah, typing away on a tablet. "Anyway, I think that's about it, good work everyone. Although, we got two enhanced individuals here, so the extraction team needed a little bit more time."
"You mean those twins?" Rogers asked in concern. "How are they?"
"They are fine, captain." said Isaiah. "They will be transferred to one of our facilities for rehabilitation."
"You mean brainwashing?" Stark jabbed. "You know, you know all about us, yet we don't know much about you. What is your organization really about? World domination? New World Order? Wait, are you guys the illuminati? If so, I want to join."
Isaiah just stared at Stark for a little while, before speaking. "No, we are not the illuminati Mr. Stark. Let's focus on other topic, we have also recovered Loki's Scepter, and I am here to tell you, Mr. Stark, that King Grodd has authorized you to have a look at it, on the condition that he will be with you while doing it."
Stark groaned. "Great, the last thing I need is the king of the simians to babysit me."
"Thank you, agent." Natasha smiled, ignoring Stark's rant. "How about the other targets?"
"All of the targets have been hit, Agent Romanoff." said Isaiah. "Also, I think we should talk in private, Agent, it concerns your… familial matters."
Natasha frowned. "Right now?"
"Whenever you want." Isaiah smiled weakly. "Anyways, all of you can go to the shuttle, we'll be finishing in about an hour."
—
Two individuals were sitting inside a room, they looked similar to each other, but one was a woman, and the other one was a man. They had a power dampener around their wrists, as both of them are enhanced individuals.
Suddenly, the door opened, and a woman walked inside. It was Cleo, already changed to a more formal attire. The twins were staring at her with hate, as if they wanted to bite her head.
"Good afternoon." Cleo smiled as she sat in front of the two of them. "Let me introduce myself. My name is Cleo, and I'm here to talk to you both about something."
"You want to brainwash us? Make us work for Stark?" scoffed the man, whose name is Pietro.
"No, not really," said Cleo. "I just want to ask you two about something, why work with the people that experimented on you? Did you go willingly? Or…"
"Yes, we volunteered," said the woman, Wanda.
"Why?"
"Why? Are you really asking us that?" said Pietro accusingly. "Americans bombed our land, invaded our country, killed our kin, and you ask us why?"
"They gave us a chance to fight, so we took it." continued Wanda. "What are we going to do? Sit around? Let the Americans keep oppressing us?"
"Yeah, well, if I were you, I would do that too." Cleo gave her a smile. "But you've been played."
"Meaning?" Pietro asked.
"The organization you're working for, HYDRA, is the cause of the political turmoil of your country," said Cleo. "While the US can be blamed for their invasion of your country, they played right into HYDRA's plan."
"I don't understand." Wanda said. "What is their plan exactly?"
"To incite war around the world." Cleo answered. "And from the chaos, they wanted to control what's left of it. Afghanistan, Columbia, it's all in the archive."
The twins went quiet for a minute, not saying a thing. But then, Pietro spoke out. "So what do you want for us? You want us to work for you now?"
Cleo shook her head. "No, of course not Mr. Maximoff. I'm here to give you a choice. Once you get out of rehab, you can go back to your country, but because of your sensitive situation, we will always watch you, so that you won't go rogue."
"And the other one?"
"You can train your abilities with us," said Cleo. "You will not work for any country, you will work for the benefit of the whole of humanity."
"And this organization includes Stark?"
"Unfortunately…" Cleo sighed. "But don't worry, you will rarely meet him."
"What about our country?" Wanda asked. "You will just leave it in shambles?"
"Your countrymen are wary of outsiders, we understand that," said Cleo. "Right now, we have convinced the US to pull their military from Sokovia, and the UN is giving humanitarian aid for the rest of the year, as well as helping with the rebuilding of cities and towns."
Cleo then looked at the time, and saw that it was lunch time. "Ah, it's lunch time, your meal will be delivered shortly, as for the decision, you can think as long as you want."
She then stood up, tidying up her uniform. "Good afternoon then to the both of you. I trust you can choose the right choice when the time comes."
Cleo then left the twins alone, giving them time and space to choose.
[Temporary SWORD HQ, Antarctica]
After the success of the HYDRA purge operation, the team decided to throw a small party in the HQ. all of the members were invited, even the security council were invited too. The Avengers were the so-called 'freaks' of this party. They sat in the corner of the room, drinking champagne and eating pizza.
"Go on, try to lift it." said Thor, putting his Mjolnir on the ground.
"I'll go first." said Clint Barton, getting in position. He tried to pull Mjolnir off the ground, but it didn't budge whatsoever. "Nope. Natasha?"
"I'll pass." she said, forcing a smile. She seemed to have a lot in her mind.
"Doctor Banner. Why don't you try?" Thor smiled, seemingly taunting him.
"Nah, I don't—"
"Come on Banner." Clint pushed Banner towards the Mjolnir.
"Alright, don't blame me if something happens." Banner walked towards Mjolnir, and pull it from the ground as hard as he could. His neck even turned green for a second, but ultimately, he failed. "See? Didn't work."
"Cap?" Clint asked Rogers, who acted shy for a second, but eventually gave in. He got into position, and tried to pull the hammer. He realized that it was quite light, but he didn't want Thor to embarrass himself, so he faked it, but it twitched, so Thor knew the truth.
"Can't." said Rogers with a fake smile.
Thor recovered his smile, and shouted to the rest of the team. "Anybody else?"
Suddenly, a Greek woman, Anna, walked into the crowd, she looked a bit impatient, and she asked the team. "Where's Stark?"
"I don't know, miss." said Clint, obviously lying. Anna looked at Thor, who just shrugged.
She growled at the team, and suddenly grabbed Mjolnir, raising it, and pointing the hammer at Clint. "Where's Stark?"
The entire room went silent, Thor's face literally fell, from a smile to a look of embarrassment.
"H-He's in the lab…" stuttered Clint.
Anna smiled. "Thank you, wasn't so hard, was it?"
—
[In the lab]
Stark was examining two holograms that were placed side by side. One was orange, and the other one was blue. He looked like he was deep in thinking, tons of ideas flooding right through his brain.
"It's beautiful, isn't it?" a voice suddenly sounded from behind him. As Stark turned around, he saw King Grodd, with his gigantic build, walking towards him.
"Your majesty." Tony nodded. "I'm surprised I didn't hear you at all."
"Ah, yes." said Grodd, showing Stark his shoes. "I am testing some force-dampener shoes, everytime I walk I seem to scare the shit out of people because of the tremor."
Tony just smirked at the king. "I kinda like it. It's part of your charm."
Grodd laughed, his voice heavy. "That is very kind of you to say."
Grodd then walked towards the two holograms. "Are you comparing your AI with a sentient stone?"
"Pardon?" Stark said, quite surprised with Grodd's words. "A.. sentient stone?"
"Ah, you don't know." Grodd hummed. "What you are seeing right here is an engram of an old and sentient entity of the universe. It cannot be compared to your AI, because unlike yours, this cannot be controlled."
"I'm sorry your majesty, i'm not following what you're saying." said Stark. "Are you saying that I'm looking at a god right now? Like an actual god?"
"More of an origin point, rather than a god." Grodd explained. "This scepter contained one of the six singularities that was created when the big bang occured. This construct you are seeing right now is an engram of a mind stone. The origin point of how we think, how we imagine, and so on and so forth."
Stark pulled his head a little as he looked at the construct in front of him. "Huh… Is that supposed to be a new discovery or something? Cause I never heard of it."
Grodd chuckled. "The mysteries of the universe are vast Mr. Stark, even I cannot possibly know it all. Anyway, do you want to use that engram for your Ultron program?"
"How do you—"
"Any SWORD program that requires authorisation goes through me, Mr. Stark."
"Right…" Stark cleared his throat. "Do you think it'll work?"
"Yes. It will work beyond what you imagine." Grodd answered. "Such is the danger of a sentient AI."
"Meaning?"
"The worst thing about a sentient AI is that they are unpredictable Mr. Stark." explained Grodd. "If it gets activated, and you input the model of the AI, it will choose the most effective path and thoroughly believes in it, at that point, you cannot stop it anymore. For example, if you input the command of the AI to 'Protect Earth', and if the AI concludes that the best solution is to get rid of humanity, what will you do?"
"Yeah that may be a problem…" Stark hummed. "So what do you suggest?"
"You tell me, Mr. Stark. It's your project." Grodd smiled. "In fact, I haven't authorized it, so I'd like to hear the reason why you want to create this project."
"Well, what I'd hope is that we as protectors of the earth will not meaninglessly sacrifice our lives anymore if suits of armor can defend earth itself," said Stark. "When aliens attack again, it will be gone before it even touches our atmosphere."
"So you imagine your suits of armor at every inch of the world?"
"Yes." said Stark.
"Watching every human being's movement?"
"Well…"
"That is quite a cold world, Mr. Stark." said Grodd.
"I've seen colder."
"And what's the difference between your project and Hydra's Project Insight?"
"The difference is we actually help people." Stark answered. "And your Majesty, the Ultron Program will not interfere with people's life, it will just be a response team, wherever SWORD cannot deal with faraway threat."
Grodd sighed. "Very well, for now, I will authorize it, but I will also work with you, so you won't stray too far from the goal."
Stark clapped his hands. "Got it, you won't regret it, you can babysit me whenever you want."
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