Captain's Hart and Soul

Chapter 24 Catastrophe

Tony came flying down to strike his fist on Steve's shield, the pair starting to fight in the middle of everyone else as the others also engaged one-on-one. Black Widow and Ant-man started to fight each other once more as Falcon and Iron Patriot engaged in the air above. Spider-Man dodged Scarlet Witch's attacks while Hawkeye shot arrows swiftly to break Vision's attacks, and Black Panther got his wish and engaged the Winter Soldier in battle.

The fight quickly spread, each attacking whoever they could from the opposite side while trying to avoid all the attacks that came their way. Steve hit Tony hard in the chest with his shield, and at the moment Tony was knocked back, Clint fired an exploding arrow at the man. Tony was sent flying backwards from the force of the blow while Steve dodged an attack from Vision as Clint fired an arrow at Spider-Man, who was busy dodging all the flying vehicles Wanda was sending his way.

T'Challa and Bucky remained engaged in a tight battle as Ant-Man attracted Vision's attention and the two began to fight not far away. Nat had engaged Clint in close combat, swinging her batons at him as he used his bow almost as a staff weapon to block her attacks. The two friends were in an apparently even match, when Clint pinned Nat slightly back.

"We're still friends, right?" She asked, and Clint grinned: "Depends how hard you hit me."

He then blinked as Nat swung him around in her famous headlock, throwing him down before she aimed a kick at his head. Clint braced himself for the impact, but it never came as Nat was stopped by a red energy. Nat barely had time to look over at Wanda before the younger woman threw her away. Nat crashed into the side of a truck, landing with a pained groan as Clint got back up to his feet.

He glanced at Wanda, who answered his questioningly gaze with the flat: "You were pulling your punches."

She then dashed off as Clint sighed, shrugging before he darted off as well.

Meanwhile, T'Challa and Bucky were locked in a tight fight as they threw punches and kicks at one another. Bucky finally locked his metal arm around the other man's neck, gripping him tightly and forcing T'Challa to grab his hand tightly as he struggled to get free.

"I didn't kill your father." Bucky said suddenly as he stared into the other man's eyes, hidden behind the mask.

"Then why did you run?" T'Challa demanded, before drawing on his anger and hate to fuel his strength. He slowly pulled Bucky's arm away from his neck, causing the other man's eyes to widen and Bucky quickly leapt back as T'Challa aimed another punch at him. Their fight began once more, the two landing equal hits on the other before T'Challa managed to land a solid kick on Bucky's chest. Bucky was sent flying back, hitting a pile of crates before he crashed back down to the ground.

T'Challa leapt at him, his claws extended and ready to rip Bucky's throat out, when he was suddenly stopped by a red energy. Like Nat, T'Challa barely had time to look over before Wanda threw him up through the air and sent him crashing right threw a jet bridge.

Spider-Man flew by as she did, and Steve quickly threw his shield at the youngster... or rather the web that was holding the boy up. The shield cut right through the webbing, sending Spider-Man crashing down. The boy was quick to recover, leaping to his feet as he landed in a crouch and he stared at Steve as the super-soldier caught his shield as it boomeranged back to him.

"That thing does not obey the laws of physics at all." The boy commented dryly, pointing at Steve's shield and Steve almost sighed.

"Look kid." Steve said sternly. "There's a lot going on here that you don't understand."

"Stark said you'd say that. Wow." The boy observed before he shot another line of webbing at Steve. Steve quickly blocked it with his shield, when suddenly Spider-Man aimed his other wrist at Steve's feet, shooting another line of webbing from his hand and attaching it to Steve's ankle.