Downtime at the Avengers Tower

[The Vision]

> rebooting...

Vision rearranged the programs that Skynet had corrupted. It had made quite a mess. Many of his finer preset density control programs were heavily corrupted. He was not nearly as formidable in combat as he once was. Though, frankly, it was unclear whether that was due to Skynet's digital invasion or the result of the Omniverse.

It was clear to him, however, that at least partially Vision's programming was compromised due to Skynet. Now that he was rid of the virus, he was once more able to maintain a density that allowed him to float in mid-air. He could additionally once more alter his density rapidly, even in combat. His combat protocols were quite memory-intensive, so some auxiliary programs were aborted in order to improve his performance. Vision finally managed to include fromtheinside.att into his core programs so that he could use it in extended combat.

There were other subroutines that troubled the Vision. Now that he was cleaning up (a process he should have done earlier) he could find traces of his old Anti-Vision subroutines. They were incorporated into his core code, so he could not delete them safely. Perhaps he could weaponize this programming somehow. But this was comparable to reawakening the Ultron codes inside of him. Very unwise.

As of now, he was relishing floating in the air. Since he lost his flight, Vision found moving to be increasingly... annoying. An emotion he seldom processed when he could fly on Earth-616. Furthermore, flight often evoked an emotion within humans, even beings that simulated humanity.

Freedom.

Freedom from the chains of gravity pulling him downward. Freedom in being unbound by forces of nature. Freedom in being one with the frantically moving gas molecules of the air. Freedom from the need to engage muscles. Freedom to let everything go, for all around there was nothing but nature's soul blowing around his body. He could just let go.

He allowed himself to be overwhelmed by these complex programs. His sentimental programming contained the only lines of code that Vision could not understand. There was a vague sense of cause-and-effect. Beneficial stimuli tended to instill positive emotions, and vice versa. But why did the same emotion instill different inner reactions?

Vision thus meditated on human nature for three hours.

"Sir?"

Jarvis' voice cut through Vision's philosophical processes. Vision slowly lowered his body onto the ground. It would be best to use this newly recovered ability carefully.

"Receiving, Mr. Jarvis."

"I believe that Captain Rogers and Mr. Wright are currently on a mission. Perhaps you should contact them?"

"Query: are they in trouble?"

"Not as far as I'm aware. Just a suggestion, sir."

Vision floated once more into the air. "Affirmative. I would like more time to meditate. Please alert Ms. Dreemurr that I plan to depart. If she should like to join me, she may do so with Mrs. Dreemurr's permission."

He decided to continue his code until he received a response from Frisk.