A Vision of hope

[Vision]

:: Orbit around Earth::

A body slowly floating in orbit around earth, amongst the peaceful stillness of space the lifeless body stirs movement. It's eyes slowly open sparking the reflection of the bright sun, it's red face glowing to life. It turns it's gaze to the earth's surface, something had awoken the slumbering being and caught its full attention. It slowly begin to float down through the atmosphere like taking a stroll, slowly walking toward Earth's surface with his hands folded across its lower back keeping a calm composure during re-entry.


:: Over New York Sky ::

Vision continues his calm walk toward New York, standing over the Manhattan sky. {What has humanity got itself into this time I wonder} He starts to slowly glide over the sky looking down across the city.

{Murdering of differences still continues it seems. Beginning to wonder if Ultron was right in the End.} Vision hovers high above a building top glances at the streets below and further away as he surveys the city. Vision closed his eyes for a moment absorbing the information across the city, minor acts of good and majority of acts of greed, hatred and just pure evil. Vision tilted his head focusing on a single person through the busy streets, a child handing a homeless person a cup of coffee. He then focused further across the city where a group of strangers stood up to attackers of single woman in a dark alley.  {No... Ultron never stopped to analyze the possibility of hope and strength humanity has left hidden away.}

Vision looked down over the gritty city hovering high above, his green and yellow cloak waving behind him in the winds as he hovers observing what has now become the city he once protected many times at least his previous self had. Now he returns as an observer, collecting data for whats to come or perhaps to keep record of the fate of world as it nears sudden doom.


tbc - (anyone welcome )

[Doctor Strange]

Stephen Strange had decided that being holed up in his Sanctum Sanctorum was doing him little good, so he ventured out into Manhattan to watch the world that continued to move around him while he was busy studying the mystic realms. He did a "sweep" of the rooftops in the area and came across an old friend and teammate as he surveyed his surroundings.

"It is good to see you again, Vision," Strange said as he seemed to appear out of thin air where his teammate hovered. "You have been missed. The Avengers seem to lose a bit of their reason and sanity when you are away."

As Strange hovered where Vision floated in the air, his mind wandered to the one question he had been unable to answer in all these many months, but he was loathe to ask it just yet. He feared the location of The Scarlet Witch was one even Vision did not know.

"Who or what have you been watching? My mind has been on changes in the mystic community of late. With magic now a grudgingly acknowledged commodity in this world, the playing field has changed. People are moving in the shadows to garner mystic weapons and, worse yet, practitioners. I fear that, one day, the situation will bring this world to the brink of armageddon once more."     

[Vision]

Vision turned toward Strange greeting him politely, "Doctor Strange, It is good to seeing you again as well." He had focused for a moment where the Avengers tower stood then continued to look across the city.

"I fear the internal fighting will never really cease to exist within the Avengers. The probablity of so many different personality types conflicting with one another weighs heavy against them." Vision spread his arms open motioning the city in front of them. "Humanity, Doctor, humanity."

Vision folded his hands behind his back hovering forward slightly, "The Mystic world is finally out of the shadows as mutants, aliens and super beings once were. Even further back than that, humanity evolves through these struggles."

He circled around to face Strange again. "Humanity has always fascinated me, Doctor. Always so calculated and yet so random."

Vision turned again to look across the city, "Unfortunately Doctor, Armageddon is definitely on the horizon. Humanity's odds do not look favorable, yet I am willing to bet on its randomness to succeed."

[Doctor Strange]

"Ah yes, the state of the human condition," Strange started to say to Vision before he felt a "tug" at his mind from across the mystic realms. He dismissed it for the moment as he tried to focus on what Vision was talking about. "You are correct that the human spirit, in all its many forms, is what pushes mankind on to survival. Just as you are correct about the Avengers being, at times, a lot that brings more chaos into their own lives than might be visible to the outsider. I just fear about the outsiders that are showing up putting a strain on the team."

Strange did not mean to sound so grim, but the arrival of Tony Stark's alternate reality offspring had thrown a magical monkey wrench into the works at times. "I am not sure Tony knows what to make of the children who, through the chance workings of the multiverse, share his DNA. I know he is not pleased with having one of the X-Men under the roof of Avengers Tower all that often, but she is their mother, and they are both under the age of emancipation."

If Vision had been like some of their other teammates, he likely would have dozed off during the Sorceror Supreme's commentary. "I apologize if I rambled. Tony just seems a bit off since Jean Grey's return in all her Phoenix-related glory. Adding his connect to the extended MacFeorais clan and all their drama seems to have made him a bit more paranoid than he was the last time you saw him. It bothers me a great deal."

 

[LADY THOR]

Alexia had been inside the Avengers Tower catching up on her duties as an Avenger. Her father had given her a lot of useful information but she was still very much new to this. There was also a part of her which wondered how much the rest of the team trusted her. She knew part of why she was accepted was due to the lineage on her fathers side but her mothers side muddied the waters slightly.

Steve had reassured her multiple times but despite this Alexia always had a doubt in her mind she couldn't shake. Her attention was caught by two familiar faces. Dr Strange which she had regular interaction with and Vision. A face she knew of but never really had a lot of experience with since taking over her fathers position.

She flew out into the open air and towards the two. "Gentleman.....This is an interesting spot for a meeting."She said trying to add a little humor to things.

[Vision]

Vision turned to face Dr. Strange partly upon hearing of the offspring and strain on the Avengers. His head tilted slightly as a brow rose out of curiosity, his golden and green cape flowing out like a stream in the wind. "Humans are so intriguing. Despite going through the process of birth humans still consider genetic engineering and alternate reality beings as offspring and care for them as though they had." He smiled partly as he turned to gaze upon the city letting a soft smile cross his face. "No Doctor, I always liked our talks."

Vision noticed a vaguely familiar person flying toward them as he responded to Strange, "Perhaps I will visit the Avenger tower to see if I can once again aid Tony and the Avengers."

Vision nodded and smiled, not really getting humor too much anymore "Greetings indeed. I am sorry but you look and seem very familiar but do not recognize you nor do I have any current memory of you." He bowed slightly to Alexia "Its a pleasure to make your acquaintance"

[LADY THOR]

Alexia simply smiled. "You would most likely not recognize me but you would know my father. I am Alexia Odinson also known as Lady Thor. My father is the king of Asgard now and I have taken on his role as in this case the Thunder Goddess as well as his position on the Avengers. I am still very new to this but everyone is helping me get acquainted with things. " She responded looking over at Dr Strange with a nod.

[Doctor Strange]

"It is good to see you again, Alexia," Strange said as he nodded to the Thunder Goddess. "And I am sorry if what we were discussing might disturb you in any way. Tony is a very complicated man, and at times he feels he is the only one who can fix things, even if deep down he knows that is not the best way to handle a situation. Vision, I hope you do decided to come back to Avengers Tower. Your rationality might calm things down a bit."

Strange smiled at Alexia and wondered about those she left behind in Asgard. "And how is your father? I know Loki has been making himself a bit of a name here now that magic is out in the open, but, at least for the moment, it seems he isn't plotting world domination. Of that we can all be thankful."

As the trio hovered over the Manhattan skyline, Strange looked off into the distance at a SHIELD Helicarrier making its way into the airspace above New York Harbor.  "I wonder what they want this time around?"

[Vision]

Vision watch the two for a moment listening to them both, he had indeed been away for long time but had not expected so much to have changed as it had. As he carried on the conversation with Strange and Lady Thor he began soft hacking into the Avenger Tower. Luckily he still had access to many outlets within the systems which was enough to copy a part of himself into the system with connections with his own core systems enabling him to be in 2 places at once at least visually.

--Connection established--

--Running system diagnostics of Avenger Tower--

--Transfer complete--

After accessing the mainframe Vision began acquiring information to catch up on the actions of the world and the Avengers. Having made contact Tony at the Tower Vision turned toward the SHIELD Helicarrier. "Perhaps its worth investigating" With that Vision started flying off toward the Helicarrier. 

[Doctor Strange]

Strange looked at Lady Thor as the two started to follow Vision. "I haven't seen a Helicarrier in New York in the last few months. We saw more than enough of them in San Francisco..."

The Sorceror Supreme stopped talking and bowed his head slightly to Alexia before resuming again. "And I pray we never have to see them out in such force again. Your mother and Jean Grey were pushed to the brink by forces still unknown to us. I know we all have our private suspicions as to who or what caused that fight over the Golden Gate Bridge, Alexia. Rest assured I know it was not of their own volition."

As the group got closer to the Helicarrier, a message came over the Avengers' comm system. "Avengers, this is Maria Hill. We're in the area on a routine shakedown trip for this new Helicarrier. If you wish to come aboard, let us know."

Strange looked between Alexia and Vision. "Should we go and greet Deputy Director Hill in person?"  

[Vision]

Vision continued his flight toward the helicarrier glancing back behind himself to Dr Strange and Lady Thor. "Indeed I think we should greet them in person. However, what does Deputy Director mean by shakedown."

As the group came closer to the helicarrier Vision began scanning the ship to match with known designs, cross referencing them to with known technology usage that he had been searching for. Only a few remain unaccounted for which was his main purpose of coming back to Earth, to complete his promise and mission. "Doctor, we must share knowledge after this greeting. Seems I have indeed missed more than I thought while away. Even now my other self with Tony Stark is acquiring a lot of missing data."

[Phil Coulson]

In the distance on the Helicarrier, Phil Coulson stood looking out the main viewing window as Maria Hill paced the walkway between the window and the main control console. "You're going to make a rut in the flooring," Coulson said as Hill stopped and gave him a blank stare. "What? You keep going back and forth. Slow down a minute. I see them, too. And I know. You haven't met Lady Thor yet. Neither have I. But if her father vouches for her, that's good enough for me."

"What about Holland Novak? Any word from him lately?" Hill asked as she kept staring out the main window.  "You know. Robot guy from the UK?"

"With the X-Men last I heard. I can contact them if you want me to," Coulson replied as Hill shook her head. "Or not."

"Ma'am, request has come in from Doctor Strange for landing party to board the Helicarrier," one of the officers said from the command deck.

"Welcome them aboard," Hill replied as the trio landed on the deck above them.  

 

[Doctor Strange]

Doctor Strange led the way as he, Vision and Lady Thor made their way up to the command center on the Helicarrier. He nodded to the various crew members as the group reached Hill and Coulson. "What can we do for you today, Deputy Director Hill?" Strange asked as he suddenly remembered they likely had not met Lady Thor. "This is our newest member, Lady Thor. Lady Thor, this is Deputy Director Maria Hill and Agent Phil Couslon."

"Your father is a very good man and friend," Coulson said to Lady Thor as he extended his hand.

"We're just here for routine meetings at the UN," Hill said to Strange, Vision and Lady Thor. "Vision, when did you rejoin the team?"