Fall of the Mighty ★ [4] ✔

Civil War - Part One

⏳ 2016

I stepped out onto the empty airfield, my heart racing in my chest. This wasn't going to be pretty, that was for sure. But I was getting to Siberia, by any means necessary.

The helicopter stood before me, ready to be warmed up and flown to a very cold place. I ran to it. The whistling and snapping of metallic object of some sort of explosive reached my ears and I skidded to a stop to see an electromagnetic charge arc up the blades and down the tail of the vehicle, dismantling the engines.

I looked up to see Iron Man and War Machine, and they flew down to meet me, landing in front of me.

"Wow, it's so weird how you run into people at the airport," Stark remarked sarcastically, turning to Rhodes. "Don't you think that's weird?"

"Definitely weird," Rhodes agreed.

They were trying to put me off my game, but I wasn't going to fall for it. I wasn't in the mood for it to begin with.  "Hear me out, Tony," I began, him sending me a heated glare. "That doctor, the psychiatrist, he's behind all of this."

I turned to see the prince of Wakanda—the Black Panther—leap and land to my right. "Captain," he greeted.

I inclined my head. "Your Highness."

"Anyway," Tony said as he circled around Rhodes to stand on his other side. "Ross gave me thirty-six hours to bring you in. That was twenty-four hours ago. Can you help a brother out?"

"You're after the wrong guy."

"Your judgement is askew," he countered bitterly. "Your old war buddy killed innocent people yesterday—"

"And there are five more super soldiers just like him. I can't let the doctor find them first, Tony. I can't."

"Steve." I whipped to Nat behind me, her wearing an expression of warning. "You know what's about to happen. Do you really wanna punch your way out of this one?"

I had to admit it, I was glad not to see Andi in their ranks. But neither was the Vision, which meant there was still time for her to arrive. If she came later in the game, arriving as their secret weapon, the likelihood of us losing was higher.