Team Iron Man vs. Giant-Man, Team Captain America's last stand, and yes, Rhodey is still in trouble.

Enjoy chapter eleven!

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"Give me back my Rhodey!" Tony shouted, diving at Scott.

Sam kicked him in the chest, sending Tony off course, and Scott tossed Rhodey into the air. "I got him!" Peter swung by, grabbing Rhodey with a web. It took him crashing into a bus and swinging, but Rhodey went back on track, flying back towards Scott.

Scott kicked a large bus in the direction of a black speck on the ground. T'Challa braced himself, but a blast of cold air hit him. Looking up, he watched Saleen soar past, creating a wall several inches thick. The bus crashed into it, shattering the ice all over the asphalt, but the bus stopped in its tracks. T'Challa nodded to her in thanks, then spotted Jessie running past. He wouldn't have gone after her had he not seen Steve and Bucky sprint after her, followed by the four ground fighters.

The Doctor flew towards Sam, narrowing his eyes, then narrowly phased through the plane wing suddenly in his way. He flew backwards, blinking, watching Tony dodge as well. "OK, anybody on our side hiding any shocking and fantastic abilities they'd like to disclose?" Tony asked. "Doctor? Anyone? I'm open to suggestions!"

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Sam narrowed his eyes, seeing Tony flying back around Scott. He tucked his arms in, diving for him, and released Redwing from his back. Tony flailed about in the air, his helmet cracked. Sam grinned and extended his wings, flying back towards the runners.

Scott turned to T'Challa as the man jumped to high ground to try and get to the others. "You wanna get to them, you gotta go through me," he declared, doing a sweeping kick, destroying the crates T'Challa stood on, sending the king to the ground.

He reached for the king, but he was taken aback by explosions around his head. Rhodey barreled in, Peter swinging in on his back. As Rhodey kept firing, Peter attached a web to Scott's arm, starting to wrap it around his arm, Scott trying to shake him off.

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Wanda spared a glance behind her as they ran, and she pointed. "Incoming!"

Clint looked over his shoulder to see T'Challa and Saleen running towards them at full speed, Saleen raising her hand, her fingers icing over. He closed his eyes, then spun around, placing himself directly in front of Saleen's shot, which had been aimed right at Jessie. Saleen immediately whipped her hand to the side, ice spraying everywhere. Clint loaded his bow quickly, firing at T'Challa, seeing him as the bigger threat. Jessie could make it through ice. She could not make it through vibranium.

As a father, Clint was not about to let this man get to the Time Lady and possibly harm her enough to make her lose her baby.

It appeared Martha had the same idea, as she turned, a knife sliding into her hand. She threw it overhand, and Saleen cried out when it buried into her palm. Martha ran at the ginger, Saleen grinding her teeth before launching forward. Clint didn't stop to see where the women went, because he was more concerned with the two exploding arrows T'Challa caught that did not harm him at all. Clint watched him warily as he extended his claws, then nodded. "We haven't met yet," he said, spinning his bow, collapsing it into a staff. "I'm Clint."

"I don't care," T'Challa sneered, running forward and swiping at Clint, the archer blocking and attacking back.

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Scott punched Rhodey out of the air, then picked up a gangway and swung towards him. The Doctor dove down, conjuring fireballs as fast as he threw them. In no time at all, he had completely destroyed the gangway Scott was trying to use.

Now that Scott had nothing in his hands, he stomped, trying to take Rhodey out. He flew out of the way, readying his guns, when he was suddenly thrown towards another plane. When he recovered, he found that Wanda had turned as well and was throwing vehicles at him, Rhodey trying to weave through them all.

Scott blinked, spotting a red-suited face right in his eye. "Get off!" he swatted at Peter.

Vision flew in, curled into a ball, and rammed into Scott's chest, making Scott stumble into a plane behind him. When Vision uncurled, he spotted Steve, Bucky, and Jessie still running, Pietro the last of the team following.

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Clara ran towards Saleen, eyes wide when she saw the woman was cradling a bloody hand, her other hand outstretched, Martha completely stuck to the ground, hands and feet glued to the asphalt under layers of ice. T'Challa spun around and knocked Clint to the ground, the archer groaning and trying to get back to his feet.

"Something just flew in me!" Scott suddenly yelled.

Clara looked up to see Vision float through Scott, and he fired a beam from the Mind Stone. She turned to see what he was firing at, and her eyes widened in horror when the control tower collapsed, falling towards the ground in the doorway of hangar five . . . right where the four others were sprinting. "No!" she screamed, eyes widening in horror.

Pietro skidded to a stop when he heard her, looking up. Jessie screamed as well when she saw the tower, Steve throwing his shield up, Bucky's metal arm going around her. He tensed, ready to run forward –

The tower landed on a net of red magic, and Pietro turned to see Wanda had abandoned fighting Rhodey and was nearly bent over double, hands clawed, chewing her lip as she struggled to keep the tower from falling. Pietro turned. "Go!" he shouted.

"Come on!" Steve urged Jessie on, the three of them running.

Wanda had one knee on the ground, eyes narrowed as she focused, then Rhodey flew down and fired sonic rays at her. Wanda recoiled at once, holding her hands to her head and screaming in pain. Pietro immediately ran to high ground and slammed into Rhodey, knocking him away from his twin, but the damage was done. Clara put her hand over her mouth, eyes wide. Steve and Bucky ran forward faster, Jessie sprinting, but Clara watched the tower fall right on top of them –

The energy stopping it this time was even darker red, tendrils of black in it as well. Clara's eyes widened in realization, and she turned to see the Doctor hovering in the air, clawed hand outstretched, teeth gritted, but he kept the tower from falling, allowing the three to pass through without harm. Clara sagged in relief and ran towards Wanda, Pietro doing the same.

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Steve, Bucky, and Jessie ran for the ramp of the Quinjet, only to stop as Natasha blocked their way. "You're not gonna stop," she remarked.

It wasn't a question. "You know I can't," Steve shook his head.

Natasha sighed, raising her arm. "I'm gonna regret this." Steve tensed, Bucky shifting to block Jessie, but Natasha fired a shock past them. Steve whirled when he heard a grunt, and watched T'Challa drop to one knee. "Go," Natasha ordered.

Steve slumped in relief, running up the ramp to ready the jet as Bucky helped Jessie up.

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"Hey, guys!" Peter called to Tony and Rhodey as he used his webs to sling closer to Scott. "You ever see that really old movie, Empire Strikes Back?"

"Jesus, Tony, how old is this guy?" Rhodey asked incredulously.

"I don't know, I didn't carbon date him," Tony rolled his eyes. "He's on the young side."

Peter swung down, firing a web at Scott's legs. "You know that part where they're on the snow planet with the walking thingies?"

Tony brightened, getting what Peter was hinting at. "Maybe the kid's on to something!"

Rhodey got it, too. "High now, Tony, go high!"

Peter swung around Scott's legs, wrapping them in webbing as Tony and Rhodey rocketed towards Scott's head. They punched at the same time, making Scott topple. "Yes!" Peter cheered. "Ha ha! That was awesome!"

He was cut off from laughing when one of Scott's flailing arms hit him, sending Peter flying into a pile of crates. Scott himself collapsed onto the wing of one of the planes. He triggered his remote again and shrank back to normal size, wincing and removing his face plate. "Does anyone have any orange slices?" he asked weakly.

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Tony landed on the ground, retracting his face mask and hurrying towards Peter. "Kid, you all right?"

"Hey!" Peter flailed, his mask half off, smacking Tony away. "Get off me!"

"Same side!" Tony grabbed his wrists, stopping him. "Guess who! Hi! It's me!"

"Oh," Peter sighed, relaxing. "Hey, man."

"Yeah."

"That was scary."

"Yeah, you're done, all right?"

"What?" Peter blinked rapidly.

"You did a good job. Stay down."

"No, I'm good, I'm fine!" he tried to sit up.

"Stya down," Tony ordered, standing up.

"No, it's good. I gotta get him back!"

"You're going home, or I'll call Aunt May," Tony threatened. "You're done!"

"Wait, Mr. Stark, wait!" Peter pulled his mask on, managing to get to his knees. "I'm not done, I'm not – " He collapsed back on his elbows and panted. "OK, I'm done. I'm done!"

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Natasha kept stunning T'Challa, hearing the Quinjet engines rumble to life behind her. The ship lifted into the air, and T'Challa leapt towards it. He grabbed onto the landing gear, but as it retracted, he lost his grip, falling to the ground. The Quinjet flew off into the sky, and Natasha turned to face T'Challa when he looked at her. "The Doctor said he'd help you find him," she said. "He didn't say anything about catching him. There's a difference, especially when it's his blood bonded on the line."

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The Doctor watched the Quinjet fly off, blowing out a breath. As long as Jessie got away from this hell, that was fine with him.

Then Rhodey lifted off, flying after the jet, and he immediately hovered into the sky, only to jerk to the side as Sam soared after Rhodey.

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"Oh, my stars, are you all right?" Clara collapsed by Wanda, Pietro cradling her.

Wanda just kept her hands on her head. "What about you?" Pietro looked at Clara.

"I'm fine," Clara bit her lip, nodding. "Oh, this was a disaster. I'm sorry!"

"The Accords weren't your fault," Pietro shook his head, kissing the top of her head. "I don't blame you."

"I'm sorry," a quiet voice behind them said.

Pietro turned as Vision landed, cautiously walking over. Wanda weakly turned to look at him, struggling to sit up. Pietro let her go, and Vision took her into his arms, kneeling down. "Me, too," she whispered.

"It's as I said," Vision looked around the airfield as Clara engulfed Pietro in a hug, the speedster hugging her back. "Catastrophe."

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Steve looked behind him, watching Jessie collapse in one of the seats, gripping the armrests for dear life, Bucky helping her in. A flash of grey caught his eye, and Steve looked out the side to see Rhodey flying after him. Gritting his teeth, he put on the thrusters, determined to get away from the airfield.

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Rhodey watched Tony fly beside him, then heard another incoming flyer. It didn't sound like Vision, and he knew the Doctor was still on the ground. That only left one other person. "Vision, I got a bandit on my six," he called, ducking through explosions sent by Sam. "Vision, you copy? Target his thrusters, turn him into a glider!"

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Vision turned away from Wanda and narrowed his eyes, firing with the Mind Stone, aiming for Sam.

Sam, however, tucked and dove, easily avoiding Vision's overshoot. Consequently, Vision's laser sliced through the power core on the War Machine's chest plate.

"Rhodey!" Tony yelled, diving after his best friend when he started to plummet.

"Tony, I'm flying dead stick!" Rhodey cried, the power in his suit flickering out, and Tony dove straight after him, not even noticing Sam immediately diving after him as well.

"Rhodes!" Tony screamed as the free fall sped up.

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"No!" Clara screamed, shooting to her feet, Vision and Pietro doing the same, watching Rhodey free fall.

"They're not gonna make it," Pietro shook his head as Tony and Sam struggled to catch up. He was gone in a blur of silver, Vision soaring after him, Clara sinking back to her knees, her arm around Wanda as the witch stared in horror.

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Tony's heart plummeted, watching Rhodey plummet to the ground, knowing he wouldn't be able to catch him, but he sure as hell was going to try.

But he didn't need to.

A flash of black and red obscured his view, and he staggered, but watched as the Doctor threw out both hands, waves of the Aether wrapping under Rhodey, rapidly slowing his descent. Sam flew up, eyes wide as the Doctor guided Rhodey safely to the ground, Pietro zooming to his side. Tony landed on the ground and ran over, Pietro already taking off Rhodey's face plate. The man was wide-eyed, looking dazed and confused, but other than that, he looked absolutely fine. The three others landed at the same time as Tony bent down by Rhodey's side. "He's all right," Pietro whispered.

"FRIDAY!" Tony demanded.

"Emergency medical is on its way," his AI answered.

Tony clenched his jaw angrily, looking up at Vision, the android looking stunned. Finally, he turned to the Doctor, the Time Lord finally looking out of breath, heaving as he went on one knee, scanning Rhodey's suit with his sonic. "Thank you," he told him sincerely.

"No one needed to risk their life today," the Doctor shook his head angrily. "And your best friend nearly died because of that!"

Tony breathed heavily, then watched as Pietro straightened on his knees. Vision braced himself, but Pietro just raised his hands, placing them behind his head. Tony watched Sam go to his knees as well, his hands raised as well.

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Clint watched the Quinjet fly off, and he turned as Saleen stamped on the ice surrounding Martha, releasing her. Martha just gave a small, smug smile before raising her hands, placing them behind her head. Clint breathed a sigh of relief, turning to T'Challa as he slunk out from the hangar remnants. He tossed his bow aside, going to one knee as well, placing his hands behind his head, watching Scott to the same as the man rolled onto his knees.

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Clara sobbed in relief, her hand over her mouth as she watched the Doctor just barely save Rhodey from crashing into the ground. Wanda slowly sat up, her eyes on the scene as well. When Pietro and Sam surrendered, she turned to Clara, raising her hands as well. "They are safe," she whispered. "We surrender."

Clara swallowed, then helped her stand, escorting Wanda to where the others were.

What had been so important that these six had gone into a complete frenzy to ensure Steve, Bucky, and the Bad Wolf had gotten away?

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I felt absolutely horrible for Rhodey when I saw what happened to him in the movie, and I knew without hesitation that one of the Time Lords was gonna save him. And as Jessie's otherwise occupied, it made sense for the Doctor to save him and chew Tony out at the same time.

Needless to say, Tony won't be heading to Siberia alone.

I'll try and get another chapter done while we're on the road - the mobile hotspot on my phone is a godsend, thank you, mobile data - but if not, it'll definitely be up tomorrow!