Search for Arnim Zola

The Search for Arnim Zola was an attempt by Black Widow and Hawkeye to find Arnim Zola's backup databanks and get his help against Ultron and his army.
==Background==
Created as a peacekeeping program, Ultron deemed the life itself an ultimate threat to the universal peace. Ultron turned against his creators and uploaded himself into the vibranium synthezoid body, powered by the Mind Stone which gave him an enormous power. Despite the Avengers attempting to stop him, Ultron's newfound power allowed him to defeat all of them, including his creator Tony Stark. Ultron then accessed the nuclear codes and launched the nuclear strike on the Earth, resulting in near extinction of the human race.
Black Widow and Hawkeye managed to survive the strike, as they were in the Quinjet above the ground. For a while, two remaining Avengers continued surviving the apocalypse, hiding from Ultron Sentries, and searching for a way to defeat Ultron. Black Widow eventually suggested enlisting Arnim Zola for help, who was an analog AI with his mind transferred into a complex computer system, and Ultron's code would not be able to resist non-digital AI. Although Zola's databanks were destroyed at the Camp Lehigh, Black Widow suggested that HYDRA could have had a backup somewhere, so they needed to access the archives to find it.What If...?: 1.08: What If... Ultron Won?
==Search==
Black Widow and Hawkeye infiltrated Moscow's ruins, occupied by the Ultron Sentries, to access the KGB archive that could have the old HYDRA data. With Hawkeye positioning on the nearby building, Black Widow drove to the city on her motorcycle before the Sentries followed her. Hawkeye then fired several arrows into the Sentry group, destroying them, while Black Widow was maneuvering to avoid their attacks. Black Widow managed to lure several Sentries into the narrow alley and destroy them with the bombs.
Alerting another group of Sentries about his presence, Hawkeye then used the Stealth Cloak to hide from their sensors. When the Sentries landed on the roof to find Hawkeye, he ambushed them using his invisibility. Black Widow then warned him that they had thirty seconds before the Sentries' signals reconnect with the hive, before she got attacked, so she had to fight back with her electric batons. While Black Widow got rid of all Sentries on the ground, Hawkeye had problems on his side, with the Sentries firing off his prosthetic arm. Hawkeye eventually ended up on the ground with the Sentries preparing to execute him, but Black Widow got in time to rescue him.
With Sentries out of the way, Black Widow and Hawkeye entered the city and found the KGB Archive Building to find any useful leads. While Hawkeye was close to giving up, Black Widow managed to find Arnim Zola's old KGB file which specified that HYDRA set the backup databanks in the abandoned facility in Siberia.
==Aftermath==
With new information in their possession, Black Widow and Hawkeye arrived at Siberia where they found Arnim Zola's computer network inside the HYDRA Siberian Facility. Black Widow and Hawkeye informed Zola about their situation and coerced him to join forces with them to stop Ultron. According to their plan, they needed to upload Zola into the Ultron's network via a Sentry drone, so he could dismantle his code and avoided being detected due to his analog nature.
When they lured the Sentries into the facility, Hawkeye shot one of the drones with his hacking arrow on which Zola was uploaded. While Zola was entering the drone's mainframe, Black Widow and Hawkeye fought the drones, preventing them from stopping the upload. Zola eventually uploaded himself into the drone in his entirety, however, his attempt to hack Ultron's network was not successful. Black Widow and Zola managed to escape from the facility, however, Hawkeye had to sacrifice himself.
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