[ xxiii. twenty-tree ! ]
❛ 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙴𝙽𝙳 𝙾𝙵 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙰𝚅𝙴𝙽𝙶𝙴𝚁𝚂 ❜

❝ I'm trying to keep you from tearing the Avengers apart! ❞

"𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐈 𝐃𝐎𝐍'𝐓 𝐒𝐔𝐏𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐘 𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐀 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐀𝐑𝐄?", 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐋 𝐌𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐒𝐊𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐀𝐒 𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐀𝐋𝐊𝐄𝐃 𝐔𝐏 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐃𝐎𝐖𝐍 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌. "We will. GSG 9's got the borders covered. Recon's flying 24/7. They get a hit, we handle it."

Tony looked at the man who turned his back towards them as he watched the other people. "You don't get it, Stark. It's not yours to handle. It's clear you can't be objective. I putting Special Ops on this."

Natasha spoke up from besides Anastasija, "What happens when the shooting starts? What, do you kill Steve Rogers?"

Anastasija eyed the man carefully as she leaned back in her chair. "If we're provoked. Barnes would've been eliminated in Romania if it wasn't for Rogers. There are dead people who would be alive now!" The council man told Stark who sat down again.

"Feel free to check my math."

"All due respect, you're not gonna solve this with boys and bullets, Ross. You gotta let us bring them in", Stark reasoned with the man. Ross looked at him sceptical. "How would that end any different than last time?"

"Because this time, I won't be wearing loafers and a silk shirt. 72 hours, guaranteed", Tony told him confident.
"36 hours. Barnes, Rogers, Wilson", and with that the man left the room.

"Thank you, sir", Tony shouted after him before he looked at the twins and exhaled deeply. Anastasija stood up as he looked at him, "My left arm is numb, is that normal?"

Ana patted his shoulder as she looked down at the man, "You all right?" He looked up at her, "Always." Anastasija was joins by Natasha as they looked out of the room.

"36 hours, Jeez", Tony said more to himself than to them. "We're seriously understaffed", Natasha told him.

"It's be great if we had a Hulk right about now. Any shot?", Tony smiled at the woman. "You really think he'd be on our side?", Natasha smiled down at him as she crossed her arms over her chest.

"No", Tony responded to her, deep in thoughts. "I have an Idea", Anastasija suddenly spoke up again making them both look at her.

"Me too, where's yours?", Tony asked her with an raise eyebrow as he smirked. "Downstairs, where's yours?", the Russian questioned him and Tony still smiled widely.

As Tony went to Queens to recruit Spiderman for their team as Natasha went to see T'Challa. The two Russians walked down a couple of stairs as Anastasija's phone suddenly chimmed, she looked at the screen but the number was unknown. "I have to take this one."

Natasha nodded at her and made her way quickly downstairs. "Yes", Anastasija answerd the phone.

"Hey", Steve's voice could be heard from the other side. Anastasija's eyes widended, "Steve, what are you doing! It is dangerous to call me!"

"I know, I know. But I- I wanted to hear your voice. Who knows when I'm going to see you again."

Ana deeply exhaled, "That's gonna be quicker than you think. Ross wants to bring you in. Stay away from the streets, Steve. Take Bucky and disappear for a while."

"I'll do my best. I gotta go. Take care of yourself." Ana sighed, "You too."

She quickly eneded the call before she made her way downstairs as well. But when she arrived Natasha had already convinced T'Challa to join their Team and the three made thier way upstairs again.

Just two hours later Tony got coordinates to Steve's location and they all quickly suited up and drove to the air port where Steve and the others would try to escape.

Anastasija just hoped they already would be gone. But when her team that consisted out off Natasha, Tony, Vision, Rhodes, Peter and herself arrived Tony and Rhodes stopped Steve from getting into a helicopter.

Anastasija's could hear Tony's voice through her earbuts, "Wow, it's so weird how you run into the people at the airport. Don't you think that weird."

"Definotley weird", Rhodes answered him. Anastasija and Natasha slowly made their way closer, "Hear me out, Tony. That doctor, the psychiatrist, he's behind all of this." She could hear Steve explain to Tony but suddenly T'Challa left his hiding spot as he jumped over a truck that stood next to Steve.

"Captain", he greeted Steve before Steve nodded at him, "Your Highness."

"Anyway, Ross gave me 36 hours to bring you in. That's was 24 hours ago. Can you help a brother out?", Tony asked the Captain sarcastically.

"You're after the wrong guy", Steve told him stubborn. Tony narrowed his eyes at the blond man, "Your judgement is askew. Your old war buddy killed innocent people yesterday."

"And there are five more super Solider's just like him. I can't let the doctor find them first, Tony. I can't", Steve resoned with his friend.

Anastasija had approched Steve from behind with Natasha as she looked at him. "Steve, you know what's about to happen. Do you really want to punch your way out if this one?", Natasha questioned him. But Steve just looked at Anastasija sadly.

"All right, I've run out of patience. Underoos!", Tony shouted loudly.

Suddenly Peter jumped over them, yanked Steve his shield out of his hands and threw a web at him to patch his hands together as he landed on the roof of a truck.

"Nice job, Kid", Tony told him as they all looked up at Peter. "Thanks. Well, I could stuck the landing a little better, it's just new suit- It's nothing, Mr. Stark. It's perfect. Thank you", the teenagers started to rammbel making a light smile appear on Ana's face.

"Yeah, we don't really need to start a conversation", Stark told him patiently. "Okay. Cap- Captain", Peter said as he looked at Steve. "Big fan. I'm Spider-Man."

"Yeah, we'll talk about it later just good job", Tony said while Peter awkwardly lifted his hand into the air. "Hey, everyone."

"You've been busy", Steve spoke up again, his hands still tied together with the web.

"And you've been a complete idiot. Dragging in Clint, 'Rescuing' Wanda and Eva from a place they doesn't even want to leave, a safe place." Tony looked back at Steve angryly.

"I'm trying to keep-", he stopped as he sighed, "I'm trying to keep you from tearing the Avengers apart!"

Steve looked at Tony sadly, "You did that when you signed." Anastasija looked to the ground feeling a little bit offended, she signed too so he meant he as well.

"All right, we're done. You 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!", Tony shouted at Steve with anger.

He lowered his voice still looking at Steve as he begged, "Come on."

But suddenly Steve held up his hands as an arrow cut the web open. Anastasija immediately turned around searching for Clint but she could spot him anywhere.

Then out of nowhere a man appreared next to Peter and kicked him in the jaw making him grunt in pain as he fell off of the truck.

"Whoa, what the hell was that?", Rhodes questioned as they watched the guy handing Steve the shield back.

"I believe this is yours, Captain America." Tony quickly scanned the Airport as he sighed, "Oh great, all right there's two on the parking deck. Two of them are Maximoff's, I'm gonna grab them", he flew into the air as he looked at Rhodes.

"Rhodey, you wanna take Cap?"

But Rhodes didn't answered him as he infromed the others, "Got two in the terminal, Troy, Wilson and Barnes."

Suddenly T'Challa started running, "Barnes is mine!" Steve immediately threw his shield at Rhodey as Peter asked Stark, "Hey, Mr. Stark. What should I do?"

Anastasija could hear Tony answer there their ears speakers, "What we discussed. Keep your distance. Web them up."

And with that Peter jumped away as Steve followed after T'Challa starting a fight him. Anastasija and Natasha had remained by the man that and appeared out of nowhere.

"Look, I don't wanna hurt you, Lady's", He told them as he held up his hands. "I wouldn't stress about that", Anastasija told him confident as she kicked him in-between his legs, making the stranger groan in pain. She then quickly grabbed his arm and turned it around as she tried to hit him against the next best thing.

But suddenly the man disappeared again and she was thrown to the ground. He tried to turned her arm around but Natasha had spotted him and shot him off of her sister. He flew against the next truck growning as Natasha help Anastasia up.

Suddenly the man appeared besides Cap telling him something before they both threw something at Rhodey. Anastasija eyes widended as she and her sister quickly run away from Rhodes who now watched a big truck fly towards him.

"Oh, come on!"

The Truck landed on him as it exploded making Natasha, T'Challa and Anastasija fly a couple of meters before they hit the floor.

"All right, now I'm pissed", Rhodey said as he watched Steve and the stranger run away. Tony helped Natasha and Anastasija up as the redhead looked at him sceptical, "Is this part of the plan?"

"Well, my plan was go easy on them. You wanna switch it up?", Tony asked her curious.

"Well, I'm pissed. It's not that fun to be thrown around", Anastasija told him as she patted off the dirt. They quickly hurried towards the Helicarrier as Vision got in Steve's and the others way.

"Captain Rogers, I know you believe what you're doing is right. But for the collective good you must surrender now."

Tony sat Natasha and Anastasija down to the ground as Rhodes sat down T'Challa and Peter landed besides Ana.

After a moment of silence Steve started to approche them, his team following right after him.

"Well, this is gonna end well", Natasha muttered as she looked over at Ana. They slowly started jogging as well while Peter looked at the others, "They're not stopping!"

"Neither are we", Tony told him as they got faster and faster.

Anastasija immediately attacked Barton who tried to block her attack with his bow. She kicked her leg up but he blocked it with his hand. The blond grabbed her batons from her back and stared to hit Clint but he tried to block her attacks again with his bow.

Ana then tried to hit him again but he grabbed it, twisted her and threw the woman over him to the ground and onto her back.

She hit her batons against his bow as she looked at him for a moment, "We're still friends right?"

"Depents on how hard you hit me", he looked down at her smiling lightly.

Anastasija used this moment of distraction and quickly slung her legs around his arm. This made him roll to the ground as she twisted his arm.

The russian quickly stood up and tried to kick Barton who tried to stand up but suddenly a red mist surrounded her foot. She looked up and saw Wanda who then threw her against a truck.

Anastasija collided hardly with the truck grunting in pain as she fell to the floor. She rolled onto her back as she grunted again.

She sat up but Clint and Wanda were already gone. Suddenly a big guy appeared out of nowhere and held Rhodes by his feet as he laughed loudly.

"Okay, tiny dude it big now. He's big now!", Rhodes exclaimed as he looked at the gigantic man behind him. "Give me back my Rhodey", Ana could hear Stark as she stood up grabbing her Batons.

She knew the others would handel him so she quickly made her way to Quint jed where she knew she would just have to wait for Barnes and Steve.

"Okay, anybody on our side hiding any shocking and fantastic abilities they'd like to disclose. I'm open to suggestions", Tony spoke up again.

Eventually Vision had understood Steve's plan as well and tried to stop Barnes and him. He shot at a tower cutting it in a half before it fell down right in front of Steve and Bucky.

But Eva quickly used her powers and held it up into the air, letting her purple-redish mist surround it, so that the two could walk underneath the tower before it collided with the floor.

Anastasija immediately approched the two making them stop running, "Steve you not gonna stop are you?", she questioned him calmly.

He exhaled deeply as he looked at her, "You know I can't." Anastasija sighed as she lifted her arm into the air, "I'm gonna regret this, I just know it."

And then out of nowhere she shot an electric energy blast at T'Challa who had quietly approched them from behind. Steve looked at her surprised, "Just go!", she told him as she looked at the two and fired at T'Challa again.

Steve started the Jet and T'Challa tried to attack it but Anastasija just shot him again making the electricity run through his body. The jet took off and Bucky and Steve flew away.

Anastasija turned to T'Challa who looked at her. "I'm sorry T'Challa. But my sister promised you to help you find him. I didn't promised you to help catch him."

She turned around and climbed over many big debris that sperated them from the others. As she finally jumped down to the other side the woman saw how Rhodey fell from the sky like a rock, Tony and Sam flying right after him.

Her eyes widened as the two couldn't manage to catch him before the man collided with the ground.

❝𝐇𝐞'𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝❞
❝𝐬𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐈❞