19. We fight
"We found it." Sam's voice comes over Steve and Mary's coms.
"Their Quinjet's in hanger five, north runway." Becca states into her own com.
Mary and Steve both raise their arms up into the air as two arrows break apart the webbings done by Peter. "Alright, Lang." Steve mutters into his com. Mary looks at her brother nervously, then watches Scott appear on Steve's shield.
"Hey guys, something-" Peter is cut off when Scott grows to normal size, backflipping away with the shield from the teenager, landing on the ground.
"Whoa. What- What the hell was that?" Rhodey stammers as he watches all of this unfold before his eyes.
Scott stands next to Steve, extending his arm with the shield, "I believe this is yours, Captain America." Scott says proudly as the Captain takes his shield back from Ant Man.
"Oh great." Tony groans, "All right, there's two in the parking deck. One of them is Maximoff, I'm gonna grab her." He states as he powers up his jet boots, hovering in the air, "Rhodey, you wanna take Cap and Mom?"
"Got three in the terminal. Wilson, Barnes and Becca." Rhodey states.
"Barnes is mine." T'Challa says quickly, rushing off to the terminal. Mary's eyes widen briefly, looking at her brother as he sends his shield up into Rhodey's chest. He then grabs takes off running towards T'Challa in hopes of stopping him from pursuing his brother and niece.
Mary takes to the skies in her own jet boots, looking around cautiously. She follows her brother in the air as he and T'Challa fight. "Move, Captain. I wont ask a second time." T'Challa tells Steve as he leaps into the air, kicking at the shield. Mary's hazel eyes widen, the King of Wakanda is her friend but at the same time, Steve is her brother. The sister makes a quick decision as she shoots her repulsers at the king, sending him backwards briefly. At the same time, she can see Scott fighting one on one with Natasha.
Mary looks over as Rhodey flies over to her. The hazel eyed mother widens her eyes, quickly ducking out of the way of her son's best friend, "Rhodey, please." She pleads with him, "I don't want to fight."
"You chose the wrong side, Mama Ree." Rhodey states as he pulls out a sword type of weaponry, ready to strike her brother.
"There shouldn't be any sides!" Mary shouts as T'Challa lands a kick on Steve's chest, knocking the wind out of the Captain briefly but long enough for Rhodey to fly in with his sword. Steve manages to raise his shield in time to block it.
Mary is torn in two when she looks around the tarmac, seeing everyone she loves fighting each other. She notices Tony with Clint and Wanda. The mother knows she should try and stop her son from hurting others so that's where she heads next.
Mary lands next to Wanda as Tony hovers in the air before them, "Wanda, I think you hurt Vision's feelings."
"You locked me in my room." Wanda grits out with a clenched jaw, her eyes briefly make contact with Mary's eyes.
"Okay first, that's an exaggeration. And second, i did it to protect you." Tony points out to the girl with his hand raised, his repulser ready to fire if need be. Mary hesitantly does the same, her hand raised to meet Tony's.
Wanda tilts her head in frustration as Mary comes to her aide, "That wasn't protection, it was imprisonment." She states.
"Mom, i know you're upset. But we can talk about this later." Tony says to his mom, trying to get her away from the fighting if at all possible. He then looks over at the Archer, "Hey, Clint."
"Hey, man."
"Clearly retirement doesn't suit you." Tony quips, "Got tired of shooting golf?"
"Well, I played eighteen, shot eighteen. Just can't seem to miss." Clint states as he glances over at Mary, she nods in confirmation at Clint and Wanda. Giving all he needs when he raises his bow with arrows knocked. Letting them loose but Tony quickly shoots them down with his repulsers.
"Well, first time for everything." Tony states.
Clint smirks, "Made you look." He states in reply as Wanda pulls cars from the parking garage down on top of Mary's son. Clint pulls Mary back as the cars come crashing down. With flicks of her hands, Wanda has buried Tony is a multitude of cars.
"I'm sorry, T. I love you so much, but i can't let anyone get their hands on James and Becca. I thought you would understand that the most." Mary states into the coms to her son. Her heart breaking slightly as Clint and Wanda pull her away from the wreckage.
"Go help your brother, we got this." Clint states, briefly hugging Mary. The mother looks over at Wanda, the girl nodding in agreement.
"I wish we could've caught up before this." Mary states.
Wanda smiles, kissing her sister's cheek, Mary doing the same to Wanda's cheek, "We will." The Sokovian girl tells her sister before the woman takes off towards her brother.
Mary arrives in time to see Scott also running up to the Captain, "Hey, Cap, heads up!" Scott shouts as he tosses something to the brother. Mary lands beside her brother as Scott holds up a small disc, "Throw it at this." He instructs, "Now!" He shouts as he throws the disc into the air where Rhodey and T'Challa are. Steve nods, throwing the object at the disc. When the object hits the disc, it enlarges to a huge containment truck. Rhodey shouts something in frustration when he dives out of the way of the collision. The truck lands on the ground exploding. The people in the way are scrambling to get away from the explosion. "Oh, man. I thought it was a water truck." Scott murmurs in disbelief. "Uh, sorry."
Mary's eyes are huge as she steps away and follows her brother and Ant Man. As she rounds the corner, she can see her husband running along side their daughter with Sam, Wanda and Clint also running to catch up. They all spot the Quinjet where Becca said it was.
"There's our ride." Clint states into the coms.
Steve shouts to gather his team, Mary runs along side her daughter and husband as her brother leads the group to the hanger. A sudden laser beam stops them from running any further. Bucky places his arm in front of his wife and daughter to stop them from running just before the laser beam had hit. All of them look up to see Vision appear, floating in the air above them. "Captain Rogers, Doctor Barnes. I know you two believe what you're doing is right-" As Vision speaks, the others from the opposing side appear along side him on the other side of the line, "But for the collective good, you must surrender now."
Mary watches as Peter swings onto the ground, landing in between Rhodey and Vision. She looks over at her daughter, her heart breaking a little more than before. Bucky looks up at his wife, "We fought the boy earlier." He whispers. "Becca knows him."
Mary nods, "They did patrol around Queens together. They're good friends." She whispers in reply, not giving up Peter's identity as her arm wraps around her daughter's shoulders as she hears Becca sniffle but compose herself for the oncoming fight they all know is about to happen.
Bucky hesitates, looking down at his daughter. The father doesn't know what to say so he remains silent and stoic as he looks over at the teenager in the red and blue spandex suit. His daughter is hurting because of him.
"What do we do, Uncle Steve?" Becca asks quietly.
"We fight." Steve responds solemnly and sternly. He begins to lead his team towards the opposing team, marching forward. Soon the teams begin to pick up the pace, running towards each other. Mary looks at her husband, they briefly make eye contact before Mary and the others who can fly ascend into the sky. Giving the others the space they need to pick up the pace even faster. Becca running as fast as her uncle and father. And the mother's eyes widen when Tony goes fist first into Steve's shield. Mary dodges out of the way as T'Challa leaps into the air for Bucky. She dives to protect her husband, tackling T'Challa from the air.
"Mary!" Bucky yells as Mary lands roughly on the ground with T'Challa. She yells out in pain when the claws of the King scrape her back. The King of Wakanda's eyes widen in shock. His friend had deliberately come between him and her husband. He also knew Mary wasn't the best fighter. Mary felt the blood pooling out of the claw marks on her back, but she paid them no mind when she looked over and saw her son and brother fighting each other. As if the years of teamwork and fellowship meant nothing to them. That they didn't see themselves as a family anymore. But a broken family.
"I told you i would save my family no matter the cost." Mary grunts out as she staggers onto her feet, her husband then by her side as he shields her from the African King. "Did you really not know me, T'Challa?"
The wife doesn't get a response as she's pushed to the side when T'Challa engages Bucky again, the two begin fighting and Mary can only watch until she hears the yelps of her daughter as she fights off Peter. Mary whips her head around to see her sister and Clint fighting each other. The two people besides her and her family who were the closest together. The wife looks over as red wisps attach themselves to Natasha's ankle as she was about to kick Clint. She looks over, seeing Wanda controlling her magic. She rushes over to her sister as she looks at Clint, "You were pulling your punches." Wanda quips to the archer and she and Mary take off in a jog elsewhere on the battle ground.
Mary notices Bucky and T'Challa still fighting one on one, she hadn't forgotten the claw marks down her back, but the fighting had made her focus on something other than the pain. Wanda and Mary reach the two men as Bucky has the King's throat tightly in his metal hand's grasp. T'Challa places his knee into Bucky's stomach. The husband groans in pain briefly, "I didn't kill your father." Bucky states in an attempt to get the man to stop.
"Then why did you run?" T'Challa asks, the pain in his voice could be heard by anyone listening. The King was still heavily grieving his father. Anyone with eyes could see that. The King grips the metal hand of Bucky's and pries it from his throat. Bucky throws another punch but T'Challa grabs the fist, twisting Bucky's arm painfully as he throws them over and rolls on the ground. T'Challa briefly lets go of Bucky's fist as he leaps into the air and kicks the veteran solider in the chest into crates behind them. Bucky lands on his stomach, groaning in pain as T'Challa readies his claws.
"Wanda, now!" Mary shouts as T'Challa's claws go for Bucky's throat. The Scarlet Witch catches the hand in time to save her sister's husband. Mary then takes the opportunity to blast T'Challa in the chest with her repulsers as Wanda sends him flying into a boarding walkway. Mary looks up as she sees Peter flying overhead and Steve throwing his shield up to break the webbing. The sister squeezes Wanda's hand as she hurries over to her brother to aide and also try to stop the teenager.
Peter lands on a walkway as the shield returns to its owner, "That thing does not obey the laws of physics at all." Peter quips as Becca rushes to her mother's side. Her face filled with hurt and longing as her crystal blue eyes never leave her boyfriend's.
"Look kid, there's a lot going on here that you don't understand." Steve says, trying to plead with the boy to stop fighting before he gets hurt. The Captain looks up at the kid, then at his niece. He had aided the two a while back in capturing Adam Sinclair. It hurt to see his niece suffering as she was in this moment.
"Mr. Stark said you'd say that. Wow." Peter says before he throws a web at Steve's head. The Captain easily deflects it with his shield but Peter shoots another web, attaching it to Steve's ankle. Peter then yanks his webs, Steve goes flying onto his back and pulls him towards him. Spiderman shoots out two more webs and launches his foot into Steve's face. The uncle goes flying backwards and his back collides with crates. "He also said to go for your legs."
Becca, seeing her uncle dazed, dives for the shield. Then looks over at her boyfriend, "Stop this now! Please!" She exclaims, fighting hard to stop tears that threaten to fall from her eyes. She holds the shield tightly in her grasp. "Why would hurt my family, Benji." Becca whispers quietly.
Peter's eyes widen as he sees Becca holding the shield. "Because i need to keep you safe. That's my job." He says quietly in reply, "Don't make me fight you, Fia. Please."
"I love you, Benji." The daughter whimpers as she holds the shield upwards. Peter throws a web at the shield but Becca pulls him forward and her boyfriend's face collides harshly with the shield. The boy quickly recovers and he jumps up, his webbing springing him forward onto a higher platform.
Steve stands beside his niece and sister and Mary looks up, "Did Tony tell you anything else?" Mary asks her daughter's boyfriend.
Peter hesitates as he breathes heavily, "That you guys are wrong.. You think that you're right. And that makes you dangerous for Fia." He says as he swing over the platform and comes flying towards Steve. Mary shoots out a repulser blast at Peter's chest, sending the boy flying into the leg of a wheel.
"Guess he had a point." Steve grumbles and nods to his niece. Becca hesitates then launches the shield into the leg Peter had just collided with. The metal leg collapses with Peter under it but he catches it, holding it up as the shield returns to Becca. She hands it to her uncle who secures it back onto his arm. "You got heart kid. Where you from?"
Peter, still struggling to hold up the platform grunts out, "Queens."
Mary chuckles at the boy, then looks at her brother who has a slight smirk on his lips, "Brooklyn." He states. Then they jog off to somewhere else.
Soon Mary, Steve and Becca meet up with Bucky. The family of four hide behind cart pullers. The mother finally taking in the pain of the claw marks on her back, wincing as she takes a moment for herself. "We gotta go." Bucky states to them, "That guy's probably in Siberia by now."
"We gotta draw out the flyers." Steve comments, looking up and around where the family of four are located on the tarmac. Bucky holds onto his wife's arms as she breathes deeply to get her pain levels under control. "I'll take Vision, you three get to the jet."
"No, you get to the jet! The four of you!" Sam shouts into his coms. "The rest of us aren't getting out of here."
"As much as i hate to admit it, if we're gonna win this one, some of us might have to lose it." Clint pipes in
"N-No there has to be another way." Becca mumbles, "I can't lose you."
"It's alright Baby B." Sam responds, "We'll all be together someday. You just focus on keeping you and your family safe. This isn't the real fight."
"Alright, Sam. What's the play?" Steve asks after looking at his brother in law, the brunette man nodding in agreement as he holds onto his wife, bending his knee to give her a seat to sit on.
"We need a diversion. Something big." Sam answers.
"I got something kinda big." Scott pipes in, and Mary's eyes widen. "But i can't hold it very long."
"Scott. No, that's too dangerous. Hank couldn't even pull that off." Mary states, trying to deter her new friend from killing himself essentially.
"It'll be alright, Mary." Scott reassures his mentor's friend. "On my signal, run like hell. And if i tear myself in half, don't come back for me."
"He's gonna tear himself in half?" Bucky asks confusedly as he pushes some hair from Mary's face.
"You sure about this, Scott?" Steve asks.
"I do it all the time. I mean once. In a lab. Then i passed out." Scott replies, then Mary can faintly hear Scott chanting himself on as he says, "I'm the boss, i'm the boss, i'm the boss." Then Mary's eyes widen as she sees Scott appear out of nowhere as his now giant hand grabs hold of Rhodey's ankle.
Becca gasps as she looks up, seeing Ant Man now Giant Man. "Mama, did you know he could do this?"
Mary chuckles, her eyes still fixed on Scott's huge form, "Hank tried it back in the eighties, but it didn't work. I guess him and Scott found a way to make it work." She replies, laughing slightly as she hears Scott's laughter.
"I guess that's the signal." Steve murmurs as he and becca step out from hiding, Mary standing up with the help of her husband, following her brother's suit.
"Way to go, Tic Tac!" Sam shouts from the skies into the coms.
"Give me back my Rhodey." Tony states to Scott.
"Will you be alright?" Bucky asks Mary, his voice laced with concern and worry.
Mary nods, "It's painful, but not unbearable. It'll definitely leaved scars." She says, knowing she'll need Eva to stitch her back up if they can contact her after this. Bucky nods at her, then the two of them proceed to follow Steve and Becca to where the quinjet is.
As they run under a plane, Mary overhears Scott's booming voice talking to someone, "You wanna get to them? You gotta go through me." She chuckles at her friend, then gasps when Rhodey comes up behind them as they almost reach the hanger. Wanda wraps her wisps around the Colonel and forces him into the underbelly of a plane. Then proceeds to give the family more cover by throwing things at Rhodey to block him from getting to them.
As the family of four almost reach the hanger, Vision uses the Mind Stone to laser beam a tower to block it off from them. Becca screams but Steve lifts his niece into his arms and Bucky lifts Mary into his own arms. Wanda catches the top part of the collapsing tower with her magic and the brothers push harder to make it to the hanger. Rhodey sounds off a sonic blast at Wanda, causing her to lose focus on the tower. Steve and Bucky both push forward and barely make it into the hanger.
"You're not gonna stop." The spy states quietly
The brothers stop running when they're faced against Natasha. Mary's eyes widen as she steps down from Bucky's hold. "Nat, please." She pleads her sister.
"You know we can't." Steve responds.
Natasha sighs as she raises her wrist, Becca notices her aunt activating her widow bites. "I'm gonna regret this." The spy mutters as she lets a bite go flying, but it passes the family and hits T'Challa instead. The King had barely made it in before the tower collapsed. "Go." Natasha instructs the family.
"Aunt Tasha." Becca mumbles as she steps down from her Uncle's hold and walking with her parents and uncle to the quinjet
"Stay safe, B." Natasha replies quietly as she sends out another bite towards T'Challa.
When the family gets onto the quinjet, Mary immediately sits down into the chair behind Steve's pilot seat, per Bucky's orders. "Just sit there, Becca's gonna find some medical supplies and you're gonna tell her what to do to stitch you up, got it?" Bucky states sternly to his wife as Steve sits down in the pilot seat and fires up the quinjet.
"James, i'm okay-"
"You're not. Just let us take care of you for once, alright?" Bucky cuts his wife off as he presses his lips softly to hers briefly, then presses his lips to her forehead. Becca walks out from the back of the quinjet with some bandage wraps and alcohol to clean her mother's wounds.
"We'll be there soon. Just sit tight." Steve states as he powers up the guns on the jet, breaking down the debris quickly as he slowly makes the quinjet raise off the ground. Bucky holds his wife chest to chest as Becca peels off her mother's uniform and repulser gloves.
"Just hang on, okay, Mary?" Bucky tells his wife. She nods with a small smile on her lips as she leans into her husband's embrace.
"Tell me what to do, Mama." Becca says, holding the alcohol and a small towel in her hands, ready to take care of her mother like Mary had done to so many in the past.
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