Ultron Beyond (Marvel NEW)/Issue 1

The first chapter of the Ultron Beyond series in Marvel NEW.

Plot
In an apocalyptic far future, an incarnation of the Defenders consisting of Black Widow, the Punisher, Drax, Fandral, and Spitfire are seen sneaking their way in a highly advanced compound. Encountering and defeating multiple Sentinels and Adaptoids on the way, they managed to hide in the ventilation system above the base's enormous control room. There, a gigantic Ultron can be seen sitting on a throne of similar size, guarded by multiple mechanized heroes.

Black Widow explains their mission to destroy Ultron once and for all by using the Ultimate Nullifier. She asks her teammates to keep Ultron and his forces busy while she rains the weapon upon Ultron. An intrigued Drax then asks her if it could really work, with the comic page switching to the base's exterior and showing Galactus' corpse. Fandral follows Drax, stating that Ultron has become more powerful than Galactus. The Punisher then shuts them down, telling them that they're not exactly targeting the almighty Ultron himself, but his "brain". Widow explains that his main body is truly invincible and the only thing sufficient enough to be destroyed of him with the Ultimate Nullifier is his main processor.

Before the team can go with their plans however, Spitfire is suddenly stabbed by an Ultron Shatterstar from below, alerting the entire compound. In an instance, the ventilation suddenly dematerialized and the heroes end up falling. Luckily, they survive the fall but they're faced by an entire Ultron legion of superheroes and supervillains alike. The Mighty Ultron himself looks at them and mocks their effort, telling them that he can't be stopped. Drax, consumed by anger, then recklessly charged at a group of Ultrons but was knocked back by an Ultron Hulk. Helping Drax to get up, Black Widow then tells him that they knew that their deaths are coming, but the universe would be safe from him right after.

Pulling out the Ultimate Nullifier, Ultron is not afraid by the weapon, asking them if they've seen the World-Eater's corpse outside. The Punisher ignores his words and relents, unleashing multiple energy blasts from his guns that stagger the Ultrons. In the ensuing Chaos, Drax and Fandral then bring out the warriors inside them and engages as many Ultrons as they can. Black Widow on the other hand, attempts to enter Ultron's mainframe.

Successfully halting several Ultrons by herself, Black Widow managed to enter Ultron's mainframe where his core processor is located in. The processor however, is guarded by Ultron versions of her old Avengers teammates, including Vision and Jocasta. Sharing a few words together, Black Widow then passes through the mechanical Avengers and quickly activates the Ultimate Nullifier, which is now revealed to be modified to some sort of time bomb. Planting it to the processor, Black Widow managed to set the weapon's timer before getting hit by a knife thrown by the newly-converted Fandral.

Bleeding out, Widow then sees his fellow Defenders, now converted, walking towards her alongside the remaining Ultrons. The heroine then stares at them and tells them that the Nullifier itself is unstoppable. Hearing this, Vision then steps in to stop the bomb but found himself unable to, discovering that the bomb is protected by a magical seal given by the Wand of Watoomb. Looking at the Widow, Vision heartlessly kills her by blasting her head off with his solar ray.

The timer, ticking at three seconds, is then suddenly stopped by Ultron himself who then integrates the weapon into himself while dispersing the magical seal using his "omnipotence". Ultron then hastily summons his Ultron to the base's exterior after the converted AI, JARVIS, warned him of a universal intrusion at the skies above his base. The giant machine himself stepping out of the base with his drones, a large thunderstorm accompanied by an opening black hole are seen. An Ultron Iron Man asks his master of what that is, in which Ultron replied, "the past."