The Sokovia Accords

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We were watching a news report on the Sokovia Accords, a new program proposed by the UN to regulate and control when "enhanced beings" would respond to threats. Just the thing I needed right now. We were watching a press conference in Vienna, Austria. It dealt with the accords being officially proposed to the UN, and the aftermath of the destruction in Lagos, Nigeria. A leader from one of the countries-Hungary, maybe? He had a really thick accent-stepped forward, and talked about how they had sent the Secretary of State as a representative to "negotiate terms with the Avengers". By "negotiate terms", they probably meant "you do what we want, or become an enemy of the state.""We now call Natasha Romanoff to the stage." Wait, they had a representative from the Avengers? And why not Captain America, or Tony Stark, someone with more influence than The Black Widow? 

The bell rang a few minutes later, so I grabbed my bag and ran outside onto the bustling streets of New York. A ten-minute subway ride later, I was a block away from our apartment. I hurried down the block, entered our building, and pressed the call button for the elevator. After the ride up, I fished my key out of my bag, and entered the apartment. I spotted a note from my dad on the counter.

"Hi Gwennie,

The station needed some help calming down the protestors, I probably won't be home until tomorrow evening at the earliest. Dinner is in the fridge, remember to eat breakfast. Don't forget you have dance at 5 today and tomorrow.

Thanks, your Father."

I grabbed a snack, noting the container of leftovers in the fridge. I started on my homework, luckily there wasn't too much, because I was able to get most of it done in study hall. After I finished, I grabbed my suit, intending to finalize work on the web-shooters before I made my big debut as a superhero. I turned on the TV, intending to watch a movie while I worked, but a news story caught my eye. It was the Secretary of State talking about his meeting the Avengers over the Sokovia accords earlier. The news then cut to a shot of protestors outside the Avengers Tower, holding signs proclaiming "Super humans are humans, too!" and "Where will the Avengers be if we need them?" 

As the rally played out, a voice-over said "As protest groups gather in front of the former Stark tower, we must ask how will the group of vigilantes known as 'The Avengers' respond to the accords? Tune in tonight at 8pm, est, for another exclusive interview with Secretary of State General Everett Ross." I moved away from the report, and turned on Star Wars: Episode IV, then, before I knew it, it was 4:30, and I needed to leave for dance class, and then rehearsal with the MJs. 

I threw my suit in my room, and grabbed my bag. Class got over at 6, because we just had our spring recital, so it was mostly warm-ups and stretching. I changed back into my street clothes, and boarded the subway from Queens to the Upper West Side. MJ would kill me if I was even a minute late to rehearsal again.

I took my hair down on the subway, sighing in relief when I pulled out the bobby pin that had been giving me a headache. I got off half a block away from MJ's house, and hurriedly walked towards it. Practice started to at 6:30, and it was 6:29. Good thing my dads a cop, because MJ is going to kill me.

I knocked on the door at 6:32, and MJs aunt opened the door. "Oh, hello, Gwen," she said, "The rest of the girls are downstairs, but you may want to hurry."

"Thanks for the warning!" I replied, and hurried to the basement door. I raced down the stairs and turned the corner, only to be faced with a Mary Jane Watson whose face was almost as red as her hair.

"Practice started three minutes ago, you're late," she said, obviously irritated at me.

"Yep, I know. Trains were running a bit behind." I said calmly, knowing I will probably be on the receiving end of all her annoyance this evening. 

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