As impressive as the security in the new Avengers Facility was- top of the line Stark Industries patented systems, as expected from a building owned and operated by Tony Stark-l himself- Vision was undeniably better.
It had taken approximately 48 minutes to fully integrate himself into the building’s mainframe, back when he first moved into the facility; it was a relatively short installation period in the grand scheme of things, given the complexity of the system and the sheer size of the network he was working with. After that, he had been able to access any file that passed through the facility’s servers.
Some of them peaked his interest, enough so that he filed the information on his internal hard drive for later use: Avengers field reports, old S.H.I.E.L.D data, occasionally a few Stark Industries labelled blueprints- nothing he wouldn’t expect to be there. Most files he stumbled across were irrelevant and, to be honest, rather boring, though he tried to avoid reading anything that appeared to be of a.. personal nature. That would simply be considered rude.
It wasn’t as though he was secretly sneaking around the facility network, however. He made no effort to hide himself, because he didn’t have anything to hide. J.A.R.V.I.S. could easily have reported him to Tony, if he wanted to, but aside from giving the android a few disapproving remarks on the subject, he never did. Vision could never determine why that was; maybe he preferred knowing what the other AI was accessing? Or did he simply realize that, in the long run, he couldn’t do anything to keep him out?
He was glad that he still had access to the facility network nonetheless, because collecting information seemed to be the only thing he really did these days. The android had been on lockdown ever since Hydra took control of him a year prior, and he missed going outside and flying. There was nothing keeping him in the facility, per say, but he felt that it would be better if he followed those particular orders. He knew that the government had been monitoring him closely, especially following the Superhuman Registration Act, and he didn’t want to give them an excuse to arrest him.
The only good thing about not being able to leave the building was that he didn’t have to partake in any of the arrests, unlike other registered heroes. He didn’t want to hurt anyone else, not again.
Maria Hill’s email came as a surprise when he located it, roughly 7.23 minutes after it was sent out to various individuals within the compound. The attached files were…ghastly, to say the least. Torture; The Raft was torturing its prisoners. There was a an audio file of Steve Rogers, banging around and screaming Tony’s name with absolute terror in his voice; he only made it three seconds into the recording before he stopped and wiped it completely from his hard drive. The android didn’t think he’d heard a human in so much pain before.
According to social media reports, the Iron Legion was deployed from Stark Tower at approximately the same time as Vision located the email; they never returned, and neither did Iron Man, as far as the android could tell.
There was complete radio silence at the Avengers Facility, after that. At least until Vision noticed a sudden stream of messages flooding into Tony Stark’s private message box a week after the man disappeared.
He received upwards of twenty messages in the span of five minutes, each one sounding more urgent than the last. The voice was young, and identified itself by the name 'Nova’, which Vision used to pull files from the Avengers database.
The messages seemed to be coming from the 16 year old Sam Alexander; Vision wasn’t familiar with him, but he seemed upset about some sort of ship that had been….shot down? The messages were rambling and unclear.
It wasn’t until a human sized object registered on the facility’s radar that Vision realized that Nova wasn’t just trying to contact Tony Stark, he was trying to see him in person as well. The android was hesitant to meet him, even as the young man pushed his way through the front doors and started wandering around.
He wasn’t the most…delicate when it came to human emotions. Vision didn’t know how close Nova was to Tony, nor did he really know how to tell him that the man he was looking for was likely in a prison known for torturing its inmates. There was no easy way to do this.
Vision phased through the wall and into the main foyer, rematerializing behind the young man.
“Sam Alexander. I apologize, but Mr. Stark is not here.”
Sam took a few more steps into the foyer and he couldn’t hear anyone. His helmet picked up readings of a lifeform, but before Worldmind could register a location, he heard a voice behind him.
Sam Alexander. I apologize, but Mr. Stark is not here.
Very startled, Sam yelled and turned around. He didn’t recognize the person - being? - standing before him.
“Jeez!” Sam exclaimed, taking a few steps backwards. “Don’t sneak up on people!”
His visor was automatically scanning the being. It registered as an android - part human, part robot. Worldmind noted it was the only one of its kind on Earth. It took a few seconds, but he finally identified the being as ‘Vision’.
Sam squinted. “Vision? What kind of a name is that?”
“I suppose you could ask him yourself. Also, you said that out loud, Sam.” Worldmind said.
Sam’s focus shifted from his visor to Vision and his cheeks went hot. Nothing like meeting someone new and immediately insulting them.
“Er… sorry. My…um…AI says your name is Vision. You apparently already know my name. What are you doing here? And where is Mr. Stark?”
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