Phoenix

Accords

The team jumped on the Jet this morning to head off to Lagos, leaving me and Vision behind. We decided to play chess like usual, we had played a few games it had now been hours since the team had gone until we had a call come through.

"Something went wrong. We stopped Hydra but Rumlow had a bomb vest on. Wanda tried to stop it but as she dragged the explosion away she couldn't hold its power long enough and exploded into the side of a building. She is shaken up and Steve believes it's his fault, Rumlow said something about Bucky before he set off the bomb. We are on our way back, minor cuts and bruises." Natasha's voice came over the phone from the Jet as she was flying them back to the compound

As the jet lands, Vision and I are there to greet everyone helping them inside and checking them over for injury. Wanda retreated to her room after hugging me, I hugged her back I knew she needed it. Nat gave me a small smile as we walked behind the others back into the compound.

She had explained the mission to me and we had a call from Fury explaining all missions for the Avengers are temporarily suspended. Which only had Steve anxious and stressed, he was watching the news of how people had lost their lives and it devastated him, that it had happened because he let his guard down.

Wanda was beating herself up over the fact she lost control and threw the bomb into a building full of people. Steve had been to check on her but she just shut down, I often sat with her even if just in silence, as time passed the news just boiled.

It has now been a month since the incident Steve and Wanda still watch the news blaming themself. Tony is arriving today claiming he left for a while and everything now goes wrong. I'm sat with Nat as she reads next to me her head on my legs as we are on the sofa and I am flicking the ring around my finger.

"Mr Stark is here, with the Secretary of state" Vision appears in the doorway and flies off down I'm assuming to find Steve and Wanda.  I look over at Nat

"That's not good is it?" I ask as we both stand up heading to greet them downstairs.

"Not at all Tom," She says placing a hand on my shoulder.

We head down in the lift together, stepping out to be greeted by Tony.

"I'm home" He calls his smile brightens a little bit as he sees me and Natasha. "I brought a friend." he motions to the man stood next to him. He moves to shake mine and Natasha's hand, we both look at him and then each other. He retracts his hand noticing we aren't going to take it. All four of us head up to the briefing room to be met with the others. I take a seat next to Nat and opposite Wanda, I offer her a small smile, and her head snaps down to look at her rings. As everyone gets settled, Secretary ross introduces himself again.

"5 year's ago I had a heart attack, dropped right in the middle of my backswing. Turns out that was the best round of my life because after 13 hours of surgery and a triple bypass I found something, 40 years in the army never taught me Perspective. The world owes the Avengers an unplayable debate, you have fought for us, protected us, risked your lives for us. But while a great many people see you as heroes some would prefer the word vigilantes"

"And what word would you use Mr secretary," Natasha asks

"How about dangerous, what would you call a group of, US-based enhanced individuals who routinely ignore sovereign borders and inflict their will where ever they choose and who frankly seem unconcerned about what they leave behind.

New York
Washington DC
Sokovia
Lagos"

"Okay, that's enough," Steve notices Wanda's distress and stops the images on the screen in front of us. Nothing helping the current anger filling my veins slowly as if it was poison.