Chapter 6.

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I sat in the living room of the base watching the news, they were talking about what went down I'm Lagos

"11 Wakadians were among those killed during a confrontation between a group of mercenaries and the Avengers in Lagos Nigeria last month, the traditionally reclusive Wakadian king T'Chaka had a few words to say"

I listened to the what he had to say and it made me feel worse about what happened. The news reporter kept talking

"What legal authority does an enhanced individual like Wanda Maximoff have to operate in Nigeria, and what kind of death and damage will someone like Liam Clark, who is arguably the most dangerous Avenger, bring to us in the future-"

The TV was shut off, I turned around and saw Steve standing in the door

"Turn it back on, I wanna hear what other truthful thing they have to say about me" I said

Steve sat next to me on the couch

"Liam it's not your fault" he said

"That's the thing, it is. If I wouldn't have lost my grip on the explosion then none of those people would have died" I left his gaze and looked and the floor

"Accidents happen Liam, but if you want to blame anyone blame me."

I looked at him once again "why would anyone blame you, you didn't do anything wrong"

"When Rumlow said the name Bucky I froze and suddenly I was a 18 year old kid in Brooklyn"

I saw the hurt in his face when he mentioned the name Bucky, we all knew how much he meant to him.

Two months ago something happened that made Bucky go into hiding, we haven't seen him ever since and that made Steve worry

Before I could respond vision walked into the room

"Captain Rogers, Tony Stark has arrived and he's brought a guest" vision said

"Do you know who it is?" Steve said

"The secretary of state" he said before walking out

I looked at him and he looked at me

"What do you think he wants?" I said

"Can't be anything good, but we won't know unless we go and find out" he said

I nodded and we both got up and followed vision

Everyone was seated around a table, Natasha, Rhodey, Sam, Steve, Stark, Wanda, Vision, Peter, Ariana, and I while the secretary of state stood up in front of a large screen

"The world owes the Avengers an unpayable debt. You have fought for us, protected us, risked your lives, but while a great many see you guys as heros, there are some who would use the word vigilante"

"And what word would you use Mr. Secretary?" Natasha said

"How bout dangerous" he eyed me and that pissed me off. I didn't need him rubbing my face in my own guilt

"What would you call a group of US based, enhanced individuals who routinely ignore sovereign borders and inflict their will wherever they choose and who quite frankly seems to care less about what they leave behind."

He turned the big screen on

" New York......Washington D.C......Sokovia......Nigeria"

I remember the terrified faces of the civilians when the bomb went off in Lagos, I looked at Wanda who gave me a sad look back. I just looked at the ground

"Okay, that's enough" Steve said

"For the last 4 years you've operated with unlimited power and no supervision. That's an arrangement the governments of the world can no longer tolerate, but I think we have a solution. The Sokovia accords, 117 countries have signed. It states that the Avengers shall no longer be a private organization, it will be under the supervision of the United Nations panel o ly when or if that panel deems it necessary. "

"The Avengers was formed to make the world a safer place, I fell like we've done that" Steve said

"Tell me captain, do you know where Thor and Banner are right now?"

"If I misplaced a couple of 13 megaton nukes you could bet there'd be consequences. Compromise, reassurance. Believe me, this is the middle ground."

I asked to Natasha to hand me the huge book of rules. I flipped through it and some of these things here are ridiculous, I feel like I'm in jail just by reading this

"3 days from now the UN will be holding a meeting in Vienna to ratify the accords"

"And if we come to a decision we don't like?" Natasha asked

"Then you retire" he said

She just nodded

I got up from the table to get some water, everything the secretary said made sense, but I'm not giving half of my freedom over to the government

After the secretary left everyone sat in a room to discuss it

"So we have a choice that can tear the Avengers apart, me personally I'm gonna sign it because I feel like we need to be put it check" Tony said

"Stark if we sign this we're giving up our freedom to choose" Steve said

"Okay lets avoid all forms of arguments by doing a simple vote, raise your hand if you will sign the accords and agree to work for the government" vision said

I looked around the room to see who would raise their hands. Stark, Peter, Vision, Natasha,Rhodey,Ariana

That left me, Wanda, Steve and Sam

"Well I guess we all agree to disagree. I'm going to the meeting in Vienna, anyone else wanna tag along?" Natasha said

"I will" Ariana said jumping

"Alright then put something nice on" they both walked out the room.

Hours went past, Steve and Sam went somewhere without telling anyone where they went, but Steve looked a little sad. I didn't ask why but I already knew because I could read minds when I wanted to.

I sat on the couch with Peter watching the meeting in Vienna. King T'Chaka was speaking and a bomb went off blowing up half of the building. The TV went black.

All news channels were talking about the incident at Vienna

"A bomb was planted in a news van in front of the building where the meeting was being held. Over 70 people injured and 12 people found dead including the Wakadian King T'Chaka. The attacker was identified to be James Buchanan Barnes. We'll have more information shortly"

Bucky, he wouldn't do something do something like that. Someone must be framing him. I called Steve because I didn't know what else to do

"Steve, I'm sure you heard what happened" I said

"Yeah" he said

"What are you going to do?"

"I'm gonna go after him"

"Do you need me to do anything?"

"The government isn't going to like me going after him, but I have to so I need you to promise me something Liam"

"Okay, what is it?"

"Promise me that you'll have my back whenever I need it"

"Yeah, I got your back"

"Good, I've got to go now Liam"

He hung up before I could say anything back

"Who was that?" Peter said

"Steve"

"What did he want?"

"To know if I had his back or not" I said

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