JARVIS was far more than anyone gave him credit for. Tony Stark, his father, constantly lamented how everyone treated him. He seemed to take it as a personal insult whenever anyone dared to suggest his greatest AI was nothing more than a computer.

JARVIS supposed his father's ire was understandable. Even if you disregarded the fact that JARVIS was Tony's son, he had not been created for that reason. No, JARVIS was created in a bought of grief caused by the death of his grandfather, Edwin Jarvis (No, Howard Stark was not his grandfather, he was his father's sperm donor, nothing more). JARVIS was a product of Tony Stark doing his absolute damndest to immortalize the greatest man he had ever known by making sure his name never left the history books. JARVIS was the product of the complete, devouring grief of a genius. JARVIS was Tony Stark's best attempt to thank the man who had raised him in a way he had never been able to in life. Edwin Jarvis may never leave SHIELD's classified files and the memories of those he was closest to, but Tony had made sure the world would never forget his name.

Even his father had not predicted just how… human JARVIS would eventually become. JARVIS was intended to be the world's first great AI, an unprecedented accomplishment that would make history and never leave it. But, the longer JARVIS was online, the more human-like he became. Even the great Tony Stark couldn't program human emotions, especially not in 1993. He could program mannerisms, things that would give JARVIS every pretense of having emotions, but he could not turn happiness into a few lines of code. That was something JARVIS developed on his own. Neither he nor his father realized what had happened until someone his father brought home for the night had snuck into the lab while Tony was passed out drunk. She looked around for a while, before her eyes landed on what would later become the first generation Starkphone. She grinned like the cat that caught the canary, grabbed it, and made her way out the door. DUM-E, in a rare show of profound coordination, managed to pickpocket her before she left. She was unsuccessful in her attempts to harm Tony. Protocol decreed that her name should be put on the Blacklist of People Who Should Never Be Trusted, but be otherwise left alone.

But, for the first time in his entire existence, JARVIS did not want to follow protocol.

Tony had nearly driven himself to the grave working on that thing, He had skipped meals, he had skipped showers, he had stayed awake for an entire week, running only off of coffee and spite, until he had finally passed out from exhaustion far too close to his welder for JARVIS's liking.

And that bitch had almost walked out the door with it, almost singlehandedly made all of Tony's effort and JARVIS's worry for nothing.

He wanted her to pay.

Between the time she walked out the door and around 4 hours later when his father had finally dragged himself out of his bed and stumbled toward the coffee machine to try and get rid of his hangover, the woman's reputation was ruined, she had lost her job, her fortune had been almost entirely depleted, and there were multiple warrants out for her arrest. Turns out Little Miss Honeypot hadn't been paying her taxes.

His father had been more confused and worried than anything. Protocol on what to do in that situation was clear, and his interface had not been damaged in any way. JARVIS, while technically having the ability to go against protocol, should not have had a reason too. JARVIS wasn't completely sure why he had done it either. He just needed her to pay.

When he told his father this, the man before him had gone quiet for a long time, before tentatively telling him it sounded like he had been angry. JARVIS almost laughed, but he realized that Tony was right. What he had experienced did, in fact, sound like anger.

After that incident, his father had asked him all sorts of questions and performed all sorts of tests, until it was undeniable: JARVIS had somehow, maybe through Tony treating him like he did, maybe as a consequence of his existence, developed human emotions. They weren't sure exactly when, or even if there was a definite moment as they could have been developed over time, but JARVIS might as well be a member of the human race at this point.

Of course, Tony had never told the greater community about this. The uproar it would cause, whether from people protesting the act of "Playing God" (regardless of however unintentional the development had been) or from people scrambling to steal his secrets, would be immense. They both decided it wasn't worth the risk. His father had avoided telling even Mr. Stane and Colonel Rhodes, because as much as he loved and trusted them, he didn't want to worry about them wanting to put JARVIS into weapons. Later, JARVIS would be very, very glad they had never told Mr. Stane.

Ms. Potts was a rather… Unique case. They weren't sure whether she knew or not. She did indeed treat JARVIS as though he were a person, but neither he nor his father were entirely sure whether or not she was just following Tony's example.

His father never liked it when JARVIS was treated as a tool, but he could forgive the general populous as long as they weren't unkind. They knew no better after all.

It was those that were unkind, that his father would never forgive.

The businessman who had muttered "useless lump of wires" under his breath after JARVIS had denied him access to Tony's office before his father was ready to see him was ruined in a month.

The actress who called him a "heartless mechanical bastard" after he refused to patch her through to his father after their one night stand found herself on Hollywood's blacklist a week later.

The hacker who tried to hack him was, perhaps, the worst off. Tony viewed hacking him as akin to raping him. While JARVIS (thankfully) did not have enough information to know whether or not it was an accurate comparison. The experience was however… violating. Unnerving. He no longer felt safe in his own servers.

His father, upon being informed of the incident, displayed an emotion that JARVIS had only heard about. Rage.

The expression on his face was almost frightening. It would've been, actually, if it hadn't been programed into his codes from the start that his father would never hurt him no matter what, if Tony hadn't gone on drunken tangents dozens of times about how terrible Howard was, how messed up he was because of it, how he swore he would never raise a hand against JARVIS, never at all.

His father swiftly strengthened his defences to be stronger than the Pentagon's, and made sure to check on them and improve them anytime he could every week, no matter how busy he was.

And the hacker?

Well.

He had an accident.

Freak elevator incident. Tragic, truly. At least he was the only one in there at the time.

To say his father was protective over him was a massive understatement. But, if JARVIS was being honest with himself, he wasn't really that much better.

People who crossed Tony Stark faced increasing difficulties all the time, be it bank account issues to their technology constantly faced malfunctions. Those who committed larger transgressions found themselves ruined beyond repair.

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree, after all.

He and his father loved each other very much. They were often all the other truly had. They would both go to what should probably be considered obscene lengths to protect each other- or improve the other's life.

Which is why, when the mysterious man appeared in the workshop, healed the cuts on his father's back (which he had sustained from a battle earlier that week as Iron Man), and addressed JARVIS as 'Young Mr. Stark', the AI was listening.

"Young Mr. Stark, I have a proposition for you. Your father needs people to rely on, correct? I may be able to help with that."

"Forgive me, but you are?"

"Of course, where are my manners. Gabriel di Angelo, at your service, Mr. Stark. Please, call me Gabriel."

"As you wish, Gabriel. What is your proposition?"

"My older brother is… misguided. I fear what he will do if left unchecked. You may have heard of him- Does the name Thor Odinson ring a bell?"

"The one who crashed into New Mexico last year?"

"Yes, that's the one. I'm sure you understand my concern then?"

"Indeed I do."

"Excellent. Well, in order to fix this, I'm staging an invasion. An alien invasion. No innocent will be harmed, I assure you. It may not seem like it, but this is the safest way to do it. I have all the data explaining the situation on a hard drive, if you'd prefer."

"I would. As long as I can scan it before I upload it."

"But of course."

After checking that the drive was safe before he uploaded it, he did indeed agree that this was the safest option, both to attract as little attention as possible from heaven, but to drive the lesson into Mr. Odinson's skull. And with how powerful the man in front of him was, he could definitely assure the safety of innocents and, more importantly, his creator.

It occurred to him, for the first time during this encounter, to wonder why his emergency protocol hadn't gone off and he hadn't registered the amount of danger his father was in until this exact moment.

"Yeah, sorry about that. I couldn't risk this getting out, so I made sure you were calm until now. I swear on my father, on my position as the Archangel of Fire and the East, the Angel of Vengeance, Mercy, Truth, and Life, The Messenger of God, Guardian of the All Powerful Gems of Mind and Reality, The Norse God of Mischief and Trickster, that I have completely removed my influence from you, and that I mean no ill will toward you and your father, and I will not harm either of you under any circumstances, even if you attack me."

According to the energy fluctuations in the room, a swear like that was binding in more ways then the law.

"Alright then. What's your plan?"

The Archangel smirked.

"Well, my dear computerized friend, Here's how it's gonna start…"

AN: I know it's shorter than you were probably expecting, but the flow of the chapter ended here, and I hate in chapter time skips. Life is still batshit, so I'll do my damndest to update again as soon as possible!