𝙽𝙾𝙱𝙸𝙻𝙸𝚃𝚈
❪ 𓄹˚𓏲 𝖲𝖳𝖠𝖱𝖳 𝖠 𝖶𝖠𝖱 ━ 𝗔𝗖𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗥𝗘𝗘... 𓄼˚𓏲 ❫

━━━━━━━━ 𝓣he four had arrived to the 6th level of a parking garage at the Leipzig/Halle airport. Sam had contacted a friend of his as did Steve who was to pick up said friend of Sam's. To say Melody felt nervous about what was to occur with all her friends would be fair to say. She didn't want to have to fight them, but she also knew there was no way to get Tony to listen to her or Steve's defence when it came to James Buchanan Barnes.

Melody smiled brightly as she saw Clint and Wanda exiting a grey van to meet with Steve. She stood next to Bucky behind the old beat up car that belonged to Steve.

"Cap." Clint nodded, before nodding to Melody and Sam.

"You know I wouldn't have called If I had any other choice."

"Hey man, you're doing me a favour. Besides, I owe a debt." Clint shrugged him off.

"Thanks for having my back." Steve nodded to his friend, then to Wanda.

"It was time to get off my ass." Wanda shrugged smirking to Melody as she made her way over glancing over to the brunette man who hadn't left her side. "You've been busy." She whispered to the blonde whose cheeks tinted a light pink at her words; whereas Bucky smirked to himself.

"How about our other recruit?" Steve asked Clint looking from Sam to Clint.

"He's rarin' to go. Had to put a little coffee in him, but . . . he should be good." Clint shrugged as he slammed the door opened startling the man who had been soundlessly asleep in the back of the van.

"What timezone is this?" Scott questioned groggily as he stumbled out of the van.

"Come on. Come on."

Scott's eyes widened as he looked to Steve as if a child meeting their hero. He took Steve's hand in his own and shook it, "Captain America." He breathed out continuing to shake his hand.

"Mr. Lang." Steve nodded in amusement glancing down at his hand that was still in Scott's grasp.

"It's an honour. I'm shaking your hand too long. Wow! This is awesome! Captain America." He gushed then looked over to Wanda and Melody, "I know you guys, too. You guys are great!"

"He's so cute." Melody gushed placing her hands to the side of her face staring at the man in awe. Bucky glanced to the blonde and let out a grunt.

Scott's cheeks tinted pink looking at the blonde then back to Steve feeling his shoulders. "Jeez. Ah, look, I wanna say, I know you know a lot of super people, so . . . Thanks for thanking of me." He nodded sheepishly turning to Sam he nodded, "Hey, man!"

"What's up, Tic Tac?" Sam nodded with an amused smile.

"Uh, good to see you. Look, what happened last time when I . . ." Scott trailed off.

"It was a great audition, but it'll . . . it'll never happen again."

"They tell you what we're up against?" Steve questioned the man.

"Something about some . . . psycho-assassins?" Scott questioned the group of superheroes.

Melody frowned at his words wrapping her hand in his own feeling him relax under her touch. She ran her thumb against his fleshed knuckles.

"We're outside the law on this one. So, if you come with us, you're a wanted man."

"Yeah, well, what else is new?" Scott said grimly.

"We should get moving." Bucky cleared his throat.

"We got a chopper lined up." Clint announced.

"Dies ist eine Notsituation. Alle Passagiere müssen den Flughafen sofort evakuieren." A voice over the PA system warned.

"They're evacuating the airport." Bucky noted glancing down to the blonde.

"Tony." Melody voiced up.

"Suit up." Steve nodded.

Bucky walked behind Steve's trunk and grabbed his bag with his suit. Melody followed behind, her head tilted slightly as she looked off out of the parking garage. The familiar oceanic scent of home hit her nose, confusing her.

"What's wrong?" He asked placing his hand on her forearm as he shut the trunk with his free hand, escorting her away from the group.

Melody shook her head, "I thought - never mind."

"Mel, what's wrong?" Bucky said firmly stopping in front of her. His ocean eyes showing nothing but genuine concern.

"I don't want to fight them." She admitted, "But I also don't want you to get taken away." She said softly, "And we have to get the others too."

Bucky dropped his bag to his side and placed his palms on her cheeks, "It'll be okay." He said firmly, "Once there's a clearing you, Steve and I can get on the jet and get out. We'll only be distracting them no one's going to actually get hurt, you know that, doll." Melody nodded placing her hands over his. Bucky licked his lips fluttering his eyes shut before he said, "I need to tell you something after we finish this." He said firmly gaining a look of confusion from the blonde, "Just know that I didn't want to tell you it until I had all the information and that I'm so sorry." He whispered.

"I don't understand." Melody said with a frown.

"Just - please trust me." He silently pleaded her.

"I trust you with my life." She said firmly looking up at him.

Bucky placed his lips to her forehead. His lips hovered for a brief minute before he pulled away, "Come on." He said as he took her hand and grabbed his bag to get changed.

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𝓜elody stood next to Bucky and Sam as they observed the group before them, her lips formed into a frown as she watched her friends fight each other. When she had joined the team she never thought they'd be at 'war' with one another. And she didn't know which side was correct; both men, Tony and Steve, thought they were doing the right thing. She knew Tony meant good, but she knew if they sided with him they'd take James Barnes for a crime he didn't commit.

"We found it. Their Quinjet's in hanger five, north runway." Sam informed Steve and their group over his mic.

Steve raised his hands as an arrow soared through the air cutting off his webbed bindings.

"Let's go." Sam nodded to the two next to him as they began running through the terminal.

Melody's eyes widened as she spotted a red blob that flew past them quickly, "Woah!" She gushed running to the window and shoving her face against it, "What is it?" She breathed against the glass.

Bucky grabbed her arm pulling her away from the window as the three began sprinting away again, "What the hell is that?" Bucky shouted to Sam who shrugged.

"Everyone's got a gimmick now." Sam muttered just as a body flew in knocking him down to the ground. Bucky threw a punch, only for Peter to catch his fist.

Peter's eyes widened in astonishment, "Woah, you have a metal arm? That is awesome, dude!" Bucky eyed the teen in disbelief as he looked down at his arm then to Peter who effortlessly held his fist in his own. Sam flew in and grabbed Peter, "You have the right to remain silent!" He struggled hitting Falcon's arms.

Sam let go of Peter who rushed after him shooting webs from his wrists.

Melody raised her hands and a large sign headed towards the boy, "I'm sorry, Mr!" She called out just as Bucky pulled her back by her waist behind a wall.

"Hey uh, I think you lost this!"

Melody titled her head and began to walk out from behind the wall only to be yanked back as the sign crashed through the wall nearly taking her head off as it sent debris flying to the floor.

"That wasn't very friendly."

Peter shot at Sam's wing resulting in him colliding to the ground, webs coating his hand. "Those wings carbon fiber?" Peter asked.

"Is this stuff coming out of you?" Sam asked in disgust looking down at his hands.

"That would explain the rigidity-flexibility ratio, which, gotta say, that's awesome, man." Peter nodded excitedly. "Guys, look. I'd love to keep this up but I've only got one job here today and I gotta impress Mr. Stark, so, I'm really sorry."

"I don't know if you've been in a fight before but there's usually not this much talking."

"All right sorry, my bad." He shrugged before raising his hand towards Falcon. Bucky ran forwards and jumped in front of Sam to shield his body with his own.

Melody jumped through the air and landed next to the two men who were stuck to the floor, now. "Let them go." Melody demanded, her hands igniting an emerald green.

"Woah, uh, hi. Hey, there." Peter climbed to the floor, stumbling over this feet. "Uh, I'm Peter - Spiderman." He nodded to the blonde who eyed him oddly, where as Bucky and Sam wore looks of annoyance. "Y-you're Melusine? I watched you. Uh, I mean on T.V. I didn't mean like I watch you, that would be really weird." He shook his head in embarrassment.

Melody smiled, "I like him." She nodded to Sam and Bucky who rolled their eyes. "Are you a spider?" She asked recalling his hero name, her eyes brightened, "I love spiders."

Peter's head titled, "Uh, no . . .? I'm a boy - man." He corrected.

"Dear God." Bucky muttered, trying to free his webbed hand.

Sam's brows rose, "Hey, uh, Mel." Melody turned to the trapped man and nodded, "I'm pretty sure to get his powers he had to kill one." He nodded glancing to Bucky who shook his head with a glare. Sam nodded sternly, Bucky sighed in annoyance.

Melody looked to Bucky for affirmation. "Yeah." Bucky nodded as a frown adorned Melody's lips.

"Well, I mean, it bit me!" Peter exclaimed defending himself. "What else was I supposed to do?"

Sam pressed on his wrist signalling Red Wing as Melody's eyes narrowed at the boy before raising her hand and sending him flying out the window attached to the robotic bird.

"You couldn't have done that earlier?" Bucky questioned looking to Sam.

"I hate you."

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𝓣he seven ran towards the Quintet, as did the seven from Tony's side. "There's our ride." Clint informed the group as they ran forwards.

"Come on!"

They came to a halt as Vision hovered above them a laser beam burning it's way through the concrete floor in front of them.

"Captain Rogers. I know you believe what you're doing is right. But for the collective good you must surrender now." He said as Tony's team arrived behind him.

"Kai?" Melody whispered in disbelief seeing the dark haired male standing next to Natasha, a stern look on his features. Her face fell.

"That's Kai?" Bucky whispered from next to Melody, his eyes glaring at the merman as he returned the gesture if not with much more hatred, as memories dawned on him.

"Whose Kai?" Scott asked Clint who shook his head.

"Who the hell is Kai?" Sam asked. "Wha - who cares? What do we do, Cap?" Sam questioned turning his attention back to what was occurring before them.

"We fight." Steve instructed as they jogged towards their fellow team mates, then began sprinting.

The Avengers began their attack on one another.

Melody dodged a hit from Kai, her eyes widened at her best friend.

"Why are you here?" She demanded throw him back with force, as he stood up to his feet within seconds.

"Tony came to me." He explained as he grabbed her forearm and twisting it behind her back before sending her to the ground, "You never told me, Barnes was the one you were visiting. He's a killer, Melody." He hissed out.

Melody's brows furrowed, "He's innocent. And as if we are no different." She said before flipping Kai over onto his back, she now sat on his chest punching him repeatedly. "Can't you understand that?"

Kai grabbed her hands halting her movements, his once crystal blue eyes now darkened. "He's far from innocent." He seethed before sending her body backwards onto the pavement. "I promised your father I'd watch over you, and that's exactly what I'm going to do."

Melody round house kicked Kai, "He was being controlled! He didn't know what he was doing." She continued to defended him.

Kai grabbed her leg and threw her to the ground, "You've been protecting him, hiding him! Do you know what he has done?!" He demanded stalking towards her.

Melody whimpered clutching her leg, "He's changed. He never wanted to be apart of HYDRA. He was an innocent man who had been taken against his will." She explained, Kai's eyes softened slightly before they hardened once more.

"You have developed feelings for the lander." He concluded. His ocean eyes held a look of hurt and anger, where as Melody's held guilt and fire.

"I am ordering you to stop." Melody demanded looking through her tangled locks of hair. "Don't do this, Kai." She pleaded, her doe eyes now meeting his own.

"Daor." He shook his head, keeping a stoic look on his face.

"Hae aōha future kahelesi, nyke order ao naejot iōragon ilagon, sir!" She hissed raising her hand towards him.

"Hae future dārys naejot Atlantica, kesan mīsagon ao se se dārion. Ondoso following orders, se kesan daor iōragon ilagon." Kai said sternly, his hands glowing an electric blue. "Ikaan vaoreznuni." He breathed out, tears breamed his vision.

"She can decide what she wants on her own." Wanda's voice called out from behind the man sending him soaring through the air across them.

"Thank you." Melody nodded as the Scarlett Witch helped her to her feet.

"Not a problem." She offered a smile.

Melody nodded, her eyes widened as she watched T'Challa pull Bucky's hand away from his neck, and spun him around and fly-kicked him backwards. His claws flicked out from his finger tips aiming for Bucky's neck.

"No!" Melody shouted raising her hand to the man in the catsuit and sent him crashing in to a passenger gangway.

She ran to the metal armed man and helped him up. The two were met with Steve, "We gotta go. That guy's probably in Siberia by now." Bucky informed the Captain.

"We gotta draw out the flyers. I'll take Vision. You get to the jet." Steve nodded to his best friend.

"I'm coming to." Melody spoke up earning imitate head shakes from the two men, "Don't start with me."

"No, you get to the jet! All of you! The rest of us aren't getting out of here." Sam said over the mic.

"As much as I hate to admit it, if we're gonna win this one, some of us might have to lose it." Clint added.

"This isn't the real fight, Steve." Sam added.

"He's right." Melody nodded, "Finding them is, and we're gonna need to get to them first before they do."

Steve looked to Bucky who nodded agreeing with the petite blonde, "Alright, Sam, what's the play?"

"We need a diversion, something big."

"I got something kind of big, but I can't hold it very long. On my signal, run like hell. And if I tear myself in half . . . don't come back for me." Scott announced.

Bucky shook his head looking to Steve, "He's gonna tear himself in half?"

"You're sure about this, Scott?" Steve asked warily.

"I do it all the time. I mean once . . . in a lab. Then I passed out." Scott explained, earning looks of doubt from the trio. Just then Scott grew into a towering Behemoth and grabs War Machine's leg.

"Mother of Tridant." Melody whispered starring wide eyed at the now giant man.

"Language." Steve breathed out in equal astonishment.

"I guess that's the signal."

"Way to go, Tic Tac!" Sam exclaimed.

The trio began sprinting towards the Quinjet while everyone had been distracted by Scott. Vision hovered from above and spotted the three approaching the hangar as Ant Man wavers. He simply floated through Scott's chest.

"Something just flew in me!" Scott shrieked touching his chest.

Vision fired a shining beam of energy from his mind stone and the controll tower collapes towards the entrance of the hangar. Wanda struggles to slow its collapse. Melody raised her hands and tried to help secure it long enough for them to cross under.

A sonic disruptor misfired by War Machine. Melody collided to the ground screaming in pain, clutching her head, as did Wanda.

A body hovered above her before they raised their hands out holding the debris up. Kai nodded to Steve who helped Bucky lift her up and run where the hangar was. To see Natasha waiting for them.

Kai's jaw clenched in anger, before turning back to the scene before him.

Bucky held up a weak Melody, as Natasha spoke with Steve. "You're not gonna stop." She glanced to Melody with a frown.

"You know I can't."

"I'm gonna regret this." She said raising her hand. Steve held out his shield only to be surprised as she stuns T'Challa who arrived behind them. "Go." She nodded to the jet.

Bucky helped Melody sit down in the back of the jet as Steve flew away from the airport.

He brought his fingers up against her dirt covered cheeks, a frown adorned his lips as liquid fell from her doe eyes. He wiped the dirt and tears away, regret written in his eyes.

"He hates me." She whispered, "He - he hates me. They hate me." She sniffled referring to Kai and her family. Bucky brought her into his chest, as she sobbed gripping onto his jacket.

Steve glanced over his shoulder with sad eyes, watching the two.

Within a matter of minutes the whimpers from the sea nymph had died down, and was replaced with heavy breathing. She had fallen asleep in Bucky's arms. He carefully laid her down on the seats before making his way over to Steve.

"What's gonna happen to your friends?" Bucky asked after a moment of silence.

Steve stared ahead of him, heavy browed. He sighs and shakes his head. "Whatever it is . . . I'll deal with it."

Bucky glanced over his shoulder to the blonde who clutched onto the seats of the jet every so often, "I don't know if I'm worth all this, Steve." He admitted quietly.

Steve glanced around at Bucky. "What you did all those years . . . It wasn't you. You didn't have a choice." He tried assure him, "She knows it wasn't."

"I know." Bucky nodded solemnly, "But I did it."

Steve looked down, "Have you told her?" He asked softly.

Bucky's eyes remained on her sleeping figure, "No."

Steve glanced over his shoulder, "She'll understand."

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𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗦𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 ;
Dies ist eine Notsituation. Alle Passagiere müssen den Flughafen sofort evakuieren ; this is an emergency. All passengers must evacuate the airport immediately
Hae aōha future kahelesi, nyke order ao naejot iōragon ilagon, sir : as your future queen, i order you to stand down, now
Hae future dārys naejot Atlantica, kesan mīsagon ao se se dārion. Ondoso following orders, se kesan daor iōragon ilagon : as future king to Atlantica, i will protect you and the kingdom. by following orders, and i will not stan down
ikaan vaoreznuni : i am sorry
daor : no

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