Walking in the Wind // Avengers

The Great Escape

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Three days had passed since the Avengers were last gathered to discuss the signing of the Accords and a lot had gone down since then. Peggy Carter, the founder of S.H.I.E.L.D., badass agent and Steve's girlfriend from the 40's (Lexie did not know how he managed to get a woman like that to fall for him), had passed away. Lexie, Tony, Rhodey and Vision had signed the Accords, and Natasha was going to sign them at the meeting in Vienna, where apparently the situation had gone from bad to even worse. A bomb had gone off where the meeting was held, injuring several important figures, and killing the king of Wakanda. Not only that, the person responsible for the bombing was supposedly Bucky Barnes, aka the Winter Soldier.

There was something that wasn't adding up, Lexie was sure of that, but as she didn't know what it was or what was going to happen next, there wasn't much she could do. Barnes had been seen at the scene, there was evidence against him, but it didn't make any sense for him to do it. He himself wasn't a bad person, he'd just been under the control of an organization filled with very bad people. That's at least what she'd told herself ever since she let him go on the edge of the lake two years ago.

But who knows, she could be wrong.

Either way, Barnes was to be found and shot on sight. He'd been found in Bucharest, where the authorities, the the king of Wakanda and Rhodey had apprehended him, along with Steve and Sam who'd tried to help him, causing them to be deemed criminals as well.

They were being brought to Berlin, where Tony, Lexie and Natasha were waiting.

Natasha and Lexie were on the bridge, walking to greet them.

"You'll be provided with an office instead of a cell," Everett Ross, the Deputy Task Force commander, informed. "Now, do me a favor, stay in it?"

"I don't intend on going anywhere," T'Challa, the new king of Wakanda and resident cat man, said. 

Natasha and Lexie joined Steve and Sam, Natasha speaking to the former. "For the record, this is what making things worse looks like."

"Yeah, this was not your best moment," Lexie agreed. She didn't mean to sound mean, but she couldn't help but come with a small dig at Steve. She respected him and loved him a lot, but lately she was just extremely frustrated with him and wanted to knock some sense into him. If he refused to listen to logic and wanted to go with the option that put her freedom and future at risk, she should be allowed to feel slightly betrayed and be a little upset.

"He's alive," Steve responded.

"No," they heard Tony speak into the phone as they entered the room. "Romania was not Accord-sanctioned. Colonel Rhodes is supervising cleanup."

"Try not to break anything while we fix this," Natasha told them, walking forward.

"Consequences? You bet there'll be consequences. Obviously you can quote me on that, because I just said it. Anything else? Thank you, sir." He ended the call and looked at Sam and Steve.