Eye for an Eye (sequel to Protecting Spirits)

Chapter 9

The two groups started toward one another, determination clear on their faces. The twins trailed a little further behind their teams, wanting to keep an eye on those they were going to try and protect. The teams met in the middle of the runway, everyone launching into battle. Asha paused to stare in horror - her family was willing to fight against one another to do what they thought was right. Asha stepped forward, knocking Tony several feet back from Steve before the billionaire could land a punch.

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Zola glanced over her shoulder to find Natasha and Clint fighting one another. Clint knocked Natasha to the ground but paused to look down at her.

"We're still friends, right?" Natasha asked.

"Depends on how hard you hit me," Clint replied with a small smirk.

Natasha raised her legs, throwing Clint to the ground. While he was down, she got to her feet. She went to kick the archer but Wanda stopped her leg with her powers. Zola ran after her mother when she got thrown into a metal container.

"You alright?" she asked, moving to help her up.

"Yeah," Natasha groaned.

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Asha raised her sword, slicing a car in half as it came flying at her. Out of the corner of her eye, she could see Bucky and T'Challa fighting. Bucky had his hand on T'Challa throat to keep him away while the king was trying to tear at the Winter Soldier's throat with his claws.

"I didn't kill your father," Bucky said to him.

"Then why did you run?" T'Challa questioned.

The two pulled away and fought again. T'Challa kicked Bucky back into a crate. As the Soldier got up, T'Challa launched his clawed hand at his throat. Asha extended her hand, using her powers to stop T'Challa's claws. Gold energy wrapped about his hand, freezing him in his attack. The king glanced at her before she used her powers to throw him away. Asha kept a hold on him with his powers, giving Bucky a nod before teleporting away.

Asha stood under T'Challa, glaring at him. The king looked down at her.

"Release me, Miss Romanoff," he commanded.

"Then don't attack him again," she replied. "He's done nothing wrong here."

"He killed my father."

"Open your eyes and look at the facts! He ran because he was being hunted for something that he had no relation to." She lowered her hand, letting T'Challa fall to the ground. The king managed to land on his feet. "What would you do if you had been trying to live a life of peace and someone were to ruin it in a single moment? Wouldn't you run too?"

Without waiting for a response, Asha hurried away, hiding behind a truck to watch Steve and Spider-Man fight. Spider-Man was telling Steve everything that Tony had warned him about the super soldier. Over her shoulder, she could see Clint firing an arrow at Tony, which exploded.

Asha looked back at Steve and Spider-Man, watching as the boy swung himself up onto a gangway.

"Stark tell you anything else?" Steve asked him.

"That you're wrong. You think you're right. That makes you dangerous."

Spider-Man swung down in an attempt to kick Steve, but the super soldier knocked him back. The boy knocked into the gangway's leg, falling to the ground.

"Guess he had a point," Steve said before throwing his shield at the leg. Spider-Man quickly got up and caught the leg, keeping it from crushing him. "You got heart, kid. Where're you from?"