𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙿𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝙰𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚗

Chapter 13: Civil War

(Bucky's P.O.V.)

I watch Tony with boredom as he continues going through the security footage. After he was framed he's been restless with figuring out who this person is. Claire and Peter are here, too, working on something that has to do with their web-shooters. Nat is staring out the window talking to Bruce, Clint is busy beating Steve at darts with Sam watching, and Thor, Carol Danvers, Vision, and Wanda are all conversing by the couch.

"Damnit," Tony curses to himself with frustration. My head is resting on the table with my hands under it to act as a pillow. Today felt like a lazy day to me, so I had jeans and a tee-shirt on. "Oh, come on! Get the hell out of the way!" I lean over to catch a glimpse at Tony's hologramic screen and see the face of a pigeon in the way of what's happening. It causes me to snort with laughter. Tony, on the other hand, is not amused.

"Tony, you've been at this for weeks now," Nat says across the room. "Maybe you should give it a rest."

"I'll 'give it a rest' when I figure out who this imposter tin-man is."

"Now you're starting to sound like Fury," Clint mutters under his breath. Suddenly something crashes through the window, the object rolling across the floor and stopping close to where Peter and Claire are working. Everyone stops what they're doing, pausing to look at the object in confusion, my eyebrows furrowed as I lean over the table to get a better look. My stomach drops when I see the blinking light on the circular nozzle. I scramble out of my chair and race to tackle the two away from the grenade. Steve says exactly what I'm thinking.

"Get down!" It explodes, blowing a hole in the floor and causing everyone to fall from the blast. Luckily I was able to get them behind a table in time. The explosion causes the windows to shatter. When I look back up over the table I see Vision has a forcefield around Thor and Wanda and Carol is using her powers as a shield to protect Nat and Bruce. I look farther right to see Steve, Clint, and Sam all rising from some broken glass that fell on top of them. Tony managed to suit up fast enough to keep himself from harm. Then something catches my attention in the corner of my eye. My gaze is pulled to the sky, and that's when I see a woman dressed in a red and black bodysuit with many strapped on pockets and a belt filled with weaponized explosives. The lower half of her face is covered by a mask, but the characteristic that really catches my eye is her arm. It's exactly like mine. And her hair is almost the exact length that mine is, too. And she's... flying?

"Uh... M-Mr. Stark?" Peter stutters. He's still holding Claire tightly in his arms. Steve stands fully and follows my gaze out the broken windows.

"Avenger's assemble!"

(Third Person P.O.V.)

Balls of light form in Kore's hands as she hovers in the air, admiring the little destruction she was able to cause. Her short hair whips in her face as the wind picks up, strands of it floating in front of her eyes and back again. After making sure Bruce and Nat are safe, Captain Marvel flies towards Kore, her suit fabricating onto her skin in thin air, with Vision and Iron Man trailing her. The smirk on her face is greatly noticeable as they inch closer and closer, and then the villain thinks to herself: This is going to be fun. Captain Marvel strikes first, her energy blast firing from her hands. Kore simply moves to the side, letting them barely pass her body. In return, the brunette launches herself at the Captain in the air, tackling her and smashing her into the side of the building with great speed. The force of the impact causes the building to sway. Bucky and Steve trip as they're gearing up, unable to keep their balance. It's not until they hit the ground floor that Kore finally lets up off of Marvel. She's knocked out cold. Cautiously she retreats to finish off the others. She wasn't going to rid of Marvel just yet. Even if it was Kore's plan to rid of them completely, she needed to focus on weakening them first. And with Marvel out of the picture, that would make things all the easier.