Little Situation

Chapter 21

 Sarah sat in the front pew while Sam, Bucky, and Steve assisted in carrying Peggy's casket into the church. She moved over so the three men could sit down after. The whole affair was solemn yet not heavy with sadness. It was about the achievements that Peggy had achieved throughout her lifetime. The church slowly emptied out leaving just Sarah's family. Nat came in a little later.

"I'm sorry to do this to you, Steve and Bucky, I know you'd rather just mourn but the jet's outside for Vienna."

"We have a job to do. Let's go."

The conference was already starting on rocky footing as the leaders of countries looked through the Accords and the marks that Steve had made. They were pleased at the announcement of signing until they saw the copies of the new Accords being handed out.

"We notice a lack of Miss Rogers' signature," one of the leaders said.

"She's a minor, my signature is enough for both of us as her parent. Take it or leave it but you are not holding a minor to your world council."

Murmurs but eventual agreement on that point. Sarah zoned out as the Avengers kept going back and forth, some points were agreed to immediately, others were marked as needing to be returned to towards the end of the meeting for further discussion.

A recess was held— Tony calling it despite not being in a position to, but everyone agreed that one was needed anyway. Bucky went to get Sarah a soda and pretzels from the vending machine like she asked. She stood with Nat at the large glass windows and stared at the outside down below. T'Challa, a welcomed face, came up to them.

"I suppose none of us are used to the spotlight," T'Challa said.

"It's not always flattering," Nat gave a dry chuckle.

T'Challa shrugged and looked at Sarah. "At least you get to miss school."

"I think I'd rather be giving my oral report in English class than staring at all these leaders... or in Shuri's lab."

"Ah. Ah, you two cause trouble."

"Only to you."

He turned back to Nat. "The two of them together, nothing but problems. It's like I have two sisters, Shuri's found her long lost twin."

Natasha laughed and continued her talk with T'Challa about the Accords. He agreed more with the newer version that the Avengers were pushing for, stating he didn't care about the politics of it all. Sarah went back to looking out the window.

She meant it, the oral report she was missing would be less intimidating— she didn't like how they kept trying to ask her questions, everyone else on the team kept answering for her. King T'Chaka came up as well. They both heard Nat ask T'Challa what about the politics he wasn't a fan of.

"I find that two people in a room can get more done than a hundred," T'Challa said.

"Unless you need to move a piano," King T'Chaka leaned down and whispered to Sarah, making the girl laugh.

The intercom came on to announce that the talks were starting again. They agreed to leave Sarah alone and let her stay by the window per her and Steve's request. Sarah had turned off her hearing aids until it was King T'Chaka's turn to speak, wanting to hear him talk but also because she had respect for him. She watched the people get to and from wherever they had to go. Vienna seemed nice, the people seemed nice and very relaxed. They strolled along to their next destination, so different from the busyness of New York. Even the cars seemed more relaxed, she thought as she watched the news van pull up across the street. A dog started barking, breaking the relaxing Vienna that Sarah had created. She watched the dog's owner pull him back.