"Sam!" She yelled seeing Rumlow drive off, "I'm in pursuit but could use a lift!"
"On it." He flew down behind her, grabbing her by a strap on her suit that had been built in just for this purpose.
She tried to shoot fire at the truck, but it was too close to people. It rammed into a marketplace. Raven looked up, "Sam, where'd Rumlow go?"
"East. The others are splitting up two and two." He told her as they landed on the ground.
"I've got left." Natasha said.
"I've got Rumlow." Raven followed. She went the direction Sam had told her and pulled out her blades, the marketplace full of people.
"No, I've got you again, bitch." Rumlow spoke behind her.
As she turned around, he punched her in the stomach. She slid back from the force of his gauntlets. Fire laced through her blades and she rushed him.
Steve was running to catch up with them and heard a fight. He broke through in time to see Rumlow release a blade putting it through Ravens stomach, "NO!"
Raven looked from the blade then up to Rumlow through his mask, "Sorry, I got an upgrade."
Her body went white hot and she let out a yell. The metal of his blade started to melt, and his hand burned from the heat as the blade fell from her body. He punched her in the face, sending her flying and as she laid in the rubble, catching her breath for a moment she muttered, "Tag out."
"On it." Steve rushed in.
It took her a bit to be able to stand back up, but once she did, she was fine again. Rumlow was on his knees, Steve holding his collar. The man was talking about Bucky. She approached the two of them then saw Rumlow stick his hand out. Running as the button clicked, she stopped as Wanda contained the blast, trying to lift it up. She lost control of it as it got higher. It exploded next to the building.
Screams were already filling her ears as her feet moved to get her into the building. Up the stairs she rushed through the fire, helping everyone she could.
Steve saw her wiping the soot and ash off of her face and hands on the flight back. Walking over to her he pointed to the hole in her suit on her stomach, "You alright?"
She looked down at the hole, "First hole it's gotten and I'm still standing. I consider that a win."
"It could have been a close call though." He put his hand on her shoulder.
"Maybe for someone normal like you." She smirked.
"Raven." His face softened.
"I'm more worried about her." She motioned her head towards Wanda in the back of the jet.
"Yeah, I know." He was careful not to look at the girl, so she didn't know they were talking about them. He lowered his voice, "We should give her some time before we try to talk to her about it."
She nodded, "It's still to fresh right now."
"When she seems a little better, you should talk to her. You guys are close." Steve's hand slid down to her elbow.
"Yeah." She looked up at him, "Yeah, I will."
She let out a sigh and he asked again, "You sure you're okay?"
Raven nodded, "Are you? After what he said about Bucky?"
"I froze." His eyes went to the ground, "I froze and that's why all of those people are dead."
"No." She shook her head at him, placing a hand on his chest, "Rumlow is why they're dead. Not because of any of us. If he hadn't of been doing what he was, then we never would have even been there."
"Yeah…yeah I guess your right." He gave her a sad smile.
Raven knocked on Steve's office door. He turned in his chair, "Hey."
"Hey."
"What's up?"
"I think she might need you." Raven walked in, the TV from Wanda's room being heard down the hall. "Just like I did."
"I'll see what I can do." He stood from his chair, "Tony should be here soon."
"Alright. I'll send Vision when he gets here." She said watching him leave and head to Wanda's room.
It didn't take Tony long to get there with Secretary Ross in tow. The group of them assembled in the meeting room and listened as Ross talked about perspective and how he thinks they're dangerous. When he started showing images of the devastation Raven looked away from the screen as New York was shown, but she felt Steve's hand on her leg. Her hand found a place on top of his as the screen continued to show different events they had been a part of.
She listened as Ross told them about the Sokovia Accords and she stayed out of the conversation that followed. She listened to the arguments after the man left, as Vision told them about the growth in world ending events in comparison to the number of enhanced individuals. She didn't do anything as Tony told them he'd already made up his mind, then told them about the boy who died in Sokovia.
"Tony, someone dies on your watch, you don't give up." Steve told him.
"Who says were giving up?" Tony asked him.
"We are if we're not taking responsibility for our actions." He answered. "This document just shifts the blame."
"I'm sorry, Steve," Rhodey butted in, "That is dangerously arrogant. This is the United Nations we're talking about. Not the World Security Council. It's not S.H.I.E.L.D., it's not Hydra."
"But how long until it is?" Raven finally spoke and the room looked to her. She looked up at them, "Other people given power like ours without ever having learned how to wield it will always abuse it." She pointed at Tony, "And don't you say anything about New York because I know what I did, and I did it because people had power and they didn't know how to use it and it made me, then I was given power through Loki and didn't know how to use it. I have taken responsibility for that and I've had some due punishment. I'm still trying to make up for what I did back then, believe me I am." She stood, "I don't want someone else to use me for their political agenda. I've done that before. I've been a contract mercenary before. And I'm not going to be that again."
She left the room and headed to hers. Once she got there, she started packing a bag. When she zipped it up, she looked and saw Steve standing in the doorway, his face solemn. He sniffled, "You -uh- you leaving?"
"I was thinking some time in Seoul would be nice." She didn't pick up her bag though.
"How about London instead?" His throat was tight.
She went over to him, "What's wrong?"
"Peggy…she's…um…" He couldn't say it, but she knew. Her face fell and she put her arms around him, and he held her tight. She ran her hand down the back of his hair and felt him start to cry.
She didn't know what to say. "I'm sorry."
"Will you go? With me?" He asked.
She nodded, "Yeah. My bags are already packed."
Raven had only been to one funeral before, Pietro's, but she stayed by Steve's side the whole time. When the got back to the hotel room they saw the footage of the explosion and the information about Bucky and they were on their way to Vienna, and from some intel from old S.H.I.E.L.D. contacts, Bucharest.
When they got to Bucky's apartment, she stayed away from the fray, unless it got to bad. Her powers would just make it more obvious what was going on to the authorities. She went along side them the whole way though, keeping Steve and Sam aware of her position in case they needed her at any point. None of the German forces had seen her so when Rhodey showed up she hid even more.
Raven was breathing hard from the running but heard Rhodey ask, "Where's Raven?"
"Not here." Steve told him.
She wasn't sure if she was relieved or not when he said that. She wasn't ready to get taken into custody again, but it also meant she wasn't going to be with the rest of them. What she was sure of was that she had to find a way to Berlin to try and get them out of there.
She looked at the Task Force building and had no idea how she was going to do this. Waiting until night didn't seem possible. Walking in and lighting the place up could just make things even worse than they already were. The power went out throughout the entire block she could see, including the Task Force building. Something was wrong, she just knew it. There was no way that a power outage would just happen after a high priority subject was just taken into custody.
With the traffic lights out she carefully made her way across the street. Rushing into the building could once again be a bad decision, but screw it, she was doing it anyways. If something was wrong, people could be getting hurt, if nothing was wrong, she was just there to see if her friends were okay.
As she ran through the building she came across Tony and Nat fighting Bucky. She yelled out, "Bucky, stop it!"
He didn't even look at her, flinch in response to his name. Something was very wrong. It was like when she had been programed by HYDRA and given a mission. She ran over and jumped him, taking the fight away from the others.
"Raven, you can't! You haven't signed!" Tony yelled.
"None of you are a match for him! He'll kill you." She grunted out the last part as Bucky pinned her to the ground, only to be ripped off by the T'Challa. "Okay, he's a match for him."
"Then why aren't you stopping running after them?" Natasha yelled as she followed their fight.
"No, I in team." She yelled back. She didn't follow them up the stairs but when Bucky fell and kept running, she followed him.
Steve almost rammed into her on the stairs, "What are you doing here?"
"Well I was originally coming up with a way to break you out but now I'm trying to stop your friend from getting away." She answered as they bolted up the stairs.
When they reached the roof, they saw Bucky in the helicopter. Steve yelled, already running, "I've got this, you cover us!"
She kept her hands ready to fire anything at the door but kept her eyes on them. Raven watched as Steve jumped onto the helicopter, then grabbing a pole to keep Bucky from getting away. When she saw the man inside turn the machine towards him and the blades flying back at Steve, her throat burned as she yelled his name. But when the helicopter stopped moving, he was fine, and she breathed a sigh.
Bucky's arm busted out of the window, hand wrapping around Steve's neck. The helicopter started sliding and Steve couldn't get away. Running towards them and she put her arms around his waist, pulling him back, both of their feet sliding as the weight of the aircraft pulled them both. They toppled over the side, crashing into the water. When the metal settled at the bottom of the small river Steve pulled Bucky out and they swam to the top. Raven breathed in a lung full of air, "I swear, I end up in water one more time."
Steve couldn't help but laugh as they made their way to the bank.
A/N: Don't forget to let me know what you guys think :) Good stuff ahead!
