Once A Warrior Princess

Chapter 17~ Butting Heads: The Revival

Melody's POV

We made our way toward a grounded chopper. When had it gotten so bad? Hadn't we already dealt with this?

"Wow, it's so weird how you run into people at the airport. Don't you think that's weird?" Tony asked Rhody.

"Definitely weird," Rhody agreed.

"Hear me out, Tony. That doctor, the psychiatrist, he's behind all of this," Steve said. Ah, yes. Bucky's little misstep, as I liked to refer to it as.

"Captain," T'Challa said, making himself known.

"Your highness," Steve replied.

"Anyway, Ross gave me 36 hours to bring you in. That was 24 hours ago. Can you help a brother out?" Tony asked and I rolled my eyes.

"You're after the wrong guy," Steve said.

"Your judgment is askew. Your old war buddy killed innocent people yesterday," Tony countered.

"And there are five more super soldiers just like him. I can't let the doctor find them first, Tony. I can't," Steve said, and I knew he hated this as much as Tony did, but Tony was still blinded by his hate.

"Steve . . . you know what's about to happen. Do you really wanna punch your way out of this one?" Nat asked.

"All right, I've run out of patience. Underoos!" Tony called and a boy in a red and blue suit swung out from nowhere and stole Steve's shield with a web.

"Nice job, kid."

"Thanks. Well, I could've stuck the landing a little better. It's just the new suit... Well, it's nothing, Mr. Stark. It's--it's perfect. Thank you," The rookie said and I chuckled.

"Tony, you had to get someone so new to do your dirty work?" I laughed.

"Yeah, we don't really need to start a conversation," Tony told the kid.

"Okay. Cap . . . Captain. Big fan, I'm Spider-Man."

"Yeah, we'll talk about it later. Just..." Tony trailed off, and I didn't blame him. How do you finish that sentence?

"Hey, everyone," Spider-Man said, and oh my God. This kid was just so happy to be here. I bet he didn't even understand what was happening.

"...Good job," Tony said and it was clear he was out of his depth.

"You've been busy," Steve commented.

"Busy? He made a whole real person by himself in a day," I told him.

"And you've been a complete idiot. Dragging in Clint. 'Rescuing' Wanda from a place she doesn't even want to leave, a safe place. I'm trying to keep . . . I'm trying to keep you from tearing the Avengers apart," Tony said.

"You did that when you signed," Steve replied.

"Alright, we're done. You're gonna turn Barnes over, you're gonna come with us. NOW! Because it's us! Or a squad of J-SOC guys... with no compunction about being impolite. Come on," Tony said.

"We found it. Their Quinjet's in hanger five, north runway," Sam said through the coms.

"Alright, Lang," Steve said after Clint had fired an arrow.

"Hey, guys, something..." Spiderman was cut off when Scott grew to normal size and got Steve's shield back.

"Whoa. What--what the hell was that?" Rhody asked.

"I believe this is yours, Captain America."

"Oh, great. Alright, there's two on the parking deck. One of them's Maximoff, I'm gonna grab her. Rhodey, you want to take Cap? And someone deal with Melody," Tony said.