Well, here we go, the rifts begin here, the sides are about to form, yet they don't know it yet. Is it sad that this movie was based on Cap's affection for the last remnant of his past versus Tony's guilt on what he's done. I literally just realized this. Anyway let's get this going.
Ch.35 We Need to be Put in Check
Back at the Avengers Facility, the Avengers were having a discussion-argument about the Sokovia Accords. Rhodey and Sam were constantly talking about Ross as well since he serve in the Army and the two served in the USAF.
"Secretary Ross has a Congressional Medal of Honor, which is one more than you have." Rhodey said.
"So let's say we agree to this thing. How long is it gonna be before they LoJack us like a bunch of common criminals?" Sam asked.
"Not long from the look of things," Skye answered, sitting next to her husband, who has been quiet.
"Thank you," Sam said.
"117 countries want to sign this. 117, you two, and you're just like, 'No, that's cool. We got it'." Rhodey said.
"How long are you going to play both sides?" Sam asked.
"I have an equation." Vision said.
"Oh, this will clear it up." Sam said before Rhodey and himself turn their attention to Vision.
"In the eight years since Mr. Stark announced himself as Iron Man, the number of known enhanced persons has grown exponentially. And during the same period, the number of potentially world-ending events has risen at a commensurate rate." Vision said.
"Are you saying it's our fault?" Steve asked.
"I'm saying there may be a causality. Our very strength invites challenge. Challenge incites conflict. And conflict... breeds catastrophe. Oversight... Oversight is not an idea that can be dismissed out of hand." Vision explained.
"Boom." Rhodey said looking at Sam and Skye.
Natasha then turned her attention to Tony, who was sitting on the chair with his hand on his face.
"Tony." Natasha said. "You are being uncharacteristically non-hyperverbal."
"It's because he's already made up his mind." Steve said.
"Boy, you know me so well." Tony said before getting up from his seat and approached the kitchen. "Actually, I'm nursing an electromagnetic headache. That's what's going on, Cap. It's just pain. It's discomfort." Tony said before looking at the sink's disposal. "Who's putting coffee grounds in the disposal? Am I running a bed and breakfast for a biker gang?" Tony asked before displaying a hologram screen of Miriam's son. "Oh, that's Charles Spencer, by the way. He's a great kid. Computer engineering degree, 3.6 GPA, had a floor-level gig at Intel planned for the fall. But first, he wanted to put a few miles on his soul before he parked it behind a desk. See the world. Maybe be of service. Charlie didn't want to go to Vegas or Fort Lauderdale, which is what I would do. He didn't go to Paris or Amsterdam, which sounds fun. He decided to spend his summer building sustainable housing for the poor. Guess where. Sokovia." Tony said making the Avengers be silent. "He wanted to make a difference, I suppose. We won't know because we dropped a building on him while we were kicking ass." Tony said before drinking his coffee. "There's no decision-making process here. We need to be put in check! Whatever form that takes, I'm game. If we can't accept limitations, if we're boundary-less, we're no better than the bad guys."
"You're letting guilt drive you, Tony," Rex said quietly, but loud enough for them all to hear.
"What was that?" Tony asked.
"You're letting that guilt you have, that guilt over that incident at your mansion and Pepper, the incident with Ultron, and let me guess, this kid's mom was some government worker, am I right?" Rex said, his voice slowly rising as he talked, making Tony flinch.
"Yes," Tony admitted.
"Probably paid by Ross to get in your head, to control your guilt." Rex told him.
"Tony, someone dies on your watch, you don't give up." Steve said.
"Who said we're giving up?" Tony asked.
"We are if we're not taking responsibility for our actions. This document just shifts the blame." Steve said.
"He's right," Skye said, "gives the blame right to the UN."
"I'm sorry, Steve. That is dangerously arrogant. This is the United Nations we're talking about. It's not the World Security Council, it's not S.H.I.E.L.D., it's not HYDRA." Rhodey said.
"No, but it's run by people with agendas, and agendas change." Steve said.
"That's good. That's why I'm here. When I realized what my weapons were capable of in the wrong hands, I shut it down and stopped manufacturing." Tony said.
"Tony, you chose to do that. If we sign this, we surrender our right to choose. What if this panel sends us somewhere we don't think we should go? What if there is somewhere we need to go and they don't let us? We may not be perfect, but the safest hands are still our own." Steve said.
"I agree with Steve, I see someone in trouble, I'm going to go help, I wont wait for someone to tell me too." Rex said.
"If we don't do this now, it's gonna be done to us later. That's the fact. That won't be pretty." Tony said.
"You're saying they'll come for me." Wanda said.
"For all of us," Skye added.
"We would protect you." Vision said to Wanda.
"Maybe Tony's right." Natasha said making Tony look at her in confusion. "If we have one hand on the wheel, we can still steer. If we take it off..."
"Aren't you the same woman who told the government to kiss her ass a few years ago?" Sam asked.
"I'm just reading the terrain. We have made some very public mistakes. We need to win their trust back." Natasha said.
"Focus up. I'm sorry. Did I just mishear you, or did you agree with me?" Tony asked.
"I want to take it back now?" Natasha said.
"No, you can't retract it. Thank you. Unprecedented. Okay. Case closed. I win." Tony said.
"I ain't putting up with this," Rex said as he got up, "if you guys think becoming corporate puppets is the right thing, you can count me out of the kiss ass club." Rex then stormed out.
Steve then looked at Skye. "You might want to go with him." Skye nodded before she get's up and goes after her husband.
Once she left, Steve's cell phone suddenly buzzed. Steve checks his cell phone to see that he has received a text message. He sees the message and sees that he has received heartbreaking news. He suddenly becomes depressed.
"I have to go." Steve said before leaving.
Steve stands alone at the stairwell, all depressed for he has lost someone special to him.
Another chapter done, and I'm hoping to have this finished by next Sunday so I can focus completely on Ben of the Galaxy. Anyway, next chapter involves a funeral, meeting African Batman, and a man framed. Don't forget to review and check out my profile for my other stories and future content.