Saving Grace

Forty Six

Before Peter can reply to her, Tony calls everyone to the tarmac, near the Quinjet they took here. When Grace gets there, Vision is floating in the air, and everyone else lands on the ground in front of him, facing Steve and his team. Grace stands next to Peter, putting her helmet up again.

Steve's team starts walking forward then, and Tony walks forward too, everyone else following behind him.

"This is gonna end well," Nat deadpans.

Peter sounds worried. "They're not stopping."

"Neither are we," Tony replies.

And then everyone runs.

They all meet in the middle, punches, blasts, and kicks being exchanged almost mercilessly. But no one runs at Grace.

She follows Peter, who's rushing at Wanda by jumping over the trucks she has floating in the air. She's farther back from the group.

Grace sees her heading for Nat and Clint, who are fighting each other. She thinks for a second then puts her helmet down and presses her earpiece. "I got Wanda. You go find someone else."

"Got it," Peter replies.

Grace watches as Wanda telekinetically flings Nat back against a trailer. "You were pulling your punches," she says to Clint. He nods and runs off.

She starts to go too, but Grace reaches her. "Wanda!"

She stops, putting her hands up in a blocking position, but drops them when she sees Grace just standing there. "You shouldn't be here," she says.

"Well, I am," Grace replies, stepping forward. "And I need you to help me stop this."

"How?" Wanda asks. "What are we supposed to do? Your father signed those Accords. With everything that happened... it's too late."

"Just talk to Steve," Grace pleads. "Convince him to talk my dad. This-This fighting it... we were a family. You guys were a family. And now look at you."

Wanda looks at her sadly, reaching out and touching Grace's shoulder. "I know, iertare. I know. And I'm sorry, but there's nothing we can do now. Steve won't risk Bucky. And... the Accords..." she trails off.

Grace looks at her for a moment, her hope beginning to crumble. But she reminds herself that it's not over yet and turns away, talking to Peter in her earpiece as Wanda's hand falls. "Wanda's a no-go too. Who's next?"

"I see the arrow guy alone." Peter tells her where.

Grace runs over and spots him as he shoots an explosive arrow at Tony. He sees her and starts to move, but she reaches him first. "Clint, please. I need to talk to you."

"About what?" he asks, stopping.

"About ending this fight."

He laughs mirthlessly. "Yeah, as if that's gonna happen."

"Just talk to Steve-"

"And tell him what?" Clint asks. "That Tony'll get all of us — including Barnes — off the hook? That he'll cancel the Accords, make it all the way it was before? Even if he wanted to do that, Grace, he can't. I'm sorry, but there's no ending this fight now. We're in too deep."