New York
It was at the dawn of midnight back in upstate New York. Vision floated in the living room, guarding the HQ. There was a sudden explosion that rocked everything outside, which lit up the room as a slumbering Vision glanced towards the light.
"What is it?" Wanda asked.
"Stay here, please," Vision ordered.
Vision left outside and only a few seconds later after he left, Wanda perked up as she heard a noise from above. Percy suddenly fell from the ventilating shaft above and dropped in front of Wanda.
"Percy!" Wanda cried in outburst.
"The security system here kind of sucks," Percy commented. "That really needs to be addressed. I got in way too easily."
"I can't believe it's you," Wanda said.
"Tony locked you up in here, didn't he?" Percy asked. "Wrong move, bastard. Anyways, we need to get out of here before Visy comes back. Cap needs our help."
Percy grabbed Wanda's hand and they started to run but not before Vision stopped them.
"Percy!" Vision called as floated back inside the room. "What do you think you're doing?"
"Relieving you of your babysitting duties," Percy retorted jokingly. "I know Tony had you with Wanda for 'protection.'" Percy made air quotes with his finger. "Don't you have any shame? Oh wait, you're an android. Of course you don't."
"Please consider the consequences of your actions," Vision said.
"Hm, let me think about it," Percy mocked. "Mm … yeah, they're considered. I'm still gonna get Wanda out of here."
"You don't realize the catastrophe that will ensue if you do this," Vision argued.
Percy rolled his eyes. "Alright, I've had enough of this."
Percy summoned his trident, which flew through a window and into his hand. He attacked Vision, and the trident shimmered right through Vision like a ghost.
Percy frowned. "Huh … that's never happened before."
Percy tried two more times but the trident now bounced off of Vision like he was made of rubber. "That's never happened before either."
Percy tried something else he didn't do often: summoning water. He extended a hand towards the sink and made a pulling gesture as it bursted and he directed his hand towards Vision, and aimed the flow of the water towards him. Vision simply stood there with arms crossed though, looking mighty unimpressed as the he simply didn't budge from his spot.
"Are you finished?" Vision asked as Percy subsided the water.
Percy grimaced. This was not looking good for him. He looked at Wanda, yelling, "Run!"
Vision flew towards Percy and grabbed him as he tried to escape, putting him in a headlock. "Percy, you can't overpower me."
"You're right. I can't beat you," Percy squeezed out and looked towards Wanda. "But she can."
"Vision, let him go," Wanda demanded as a red ball of energy curled in her hands.
"I can't do that," Vision said.
"I'm sorry to do this," Wanda said and held her hands apart, the red ball glowing bigger and brighter as Percy started to slip from Vision's grasp.
Wanda had controlled Vision's mind stone to make him lighter so that he would let go of Percy. Then she proceeded to make him denser, and the floor began to crack under his growing weight.
"If you do this … they will never stop being afraid of you," Vision warned as he was pushed further down.
"I can't control their fear, only my own," Wanda replied.
She stepped closer to Vision and he was sent crashing down, through several floors and deep down into the Earth's crust. Wanda and Percy stood over the hole and looked down it.
"Well, that was kinda dramatic," Percy commented. "Thanks for saving my ass, though."
"Maybe he's right," Wanda said, sounding remorseful. "Maybe I've caused enough trouble."
"Remember what I said?" Percy asked. "You're being too hard on yourself. There's nothing anyone could have done. And now … Tony is trying to stop Steve from doing something that needs to be done: stopping Helmut Zemo."
"Who's that?" Wanda asked.
"Someone who … wants revenge on us, for Sokovia," Percy explained. "He's on his way to Siberia to do some … inhumanely things. He can't beat us himself so he might use other Winter Soldiers to try to kill us. Now, Steve and Bucky are both fugitives so they can't exactly just get on a plane and go to Russia. But there's a helicopter at Leipzig airport and he's asking for all the help we can get to stop this guy. Do you understand?"
Wanda nodded.
"Alright, are you up for it?" Percy asked.
"Yeah."
"Let's go, then," Percy said. "We need to pick someone up first on the way, though."
…
Leipzig, Germany
An old Volkswagen arrived to the 6th floor parking garage of Halle/Leipzig International as a white van waited patiently in one of the parking spaces. Steve, Bucky and Sam all get out of the old car. Meanwhile, Percy and Wanda both get out of the white van.
"Hey, Steve," Percy greeted.
"Thank you for helping," Steve said.
"You know I'm always on your side, Cap," Percy replied with a smile.
"Thanks for having my back," Steve addressed Wanda.
Wanda nodded. "Percy explained everything. I'm willing to do whatever to help."
"How about our other recruit?" Steve asked.
"Oh, Scottie?" Percy asked, walking back towards the van. "He's a little jarred. You know, a bit of a long flight but he'll be raring to go. We stopped for coffee on the way."
Percy opened the sliding door and revealed the last recruit in Steve's team, Scott Lang. Otherwise known as Ant-Man. According to him, he shrinks. That was his power. He gave them something a little different. "What timezone is this?" Scott asked.
"You're in Germany, homie," Percy replied. "Takes a little getting used to."
Scott looked up and stared at Steve. He looked amazed as he shook Steve's hand. "Captain America."
"Mr. Lang," Steve greeted back.
Scott grinned as he continued to shake Steve's hand. "It's an honor. I'm shaking your hand too long. Wow! This is awesome! Captain America." He looked back at Wanda. "I know you, too. You're great!"
Percy and Wanda were both amused by the whole scene.
Scott firmly gripped Steve's shoulders once before letting go. "Jeez. Ah, look, I wanna say, I know you know a lot of super people, so … thinks for thanking of me."
Percy snorted, finding it amusing that Scott was fangirling over Captain America so much, he didn't realize he just had a little case of the spoonerisms.
Scott greeted Sam. Clearly, the two had met before, and most likely, not in a good way. "Hey, man."
"What's up, Tic Tac?" Sam greeted back.
"Uh, good to see you. Look, what happened last time when I …"
"It was a great audition, but it'll … it'll never happen again," Sam promised.
Percy raised his eyebrows as his eyes bounced between Sam and Scott. Now, he was really interested in knowing how these two met and what happened when they did.
"They tell you what we're up against?" Steve asked.
"Something about some ... psycho-assassins?" Scott asked.
Percy nodded in agreement. "Yeah, pretty much the gist of it."
"We're outside the law on this one. So, if you come with us, you're a wanted man," Steve warned.
Scott shrugged. "Yeah, well, what else is new?"
"We should get moving," Bucky urged.
Percy nodded in agreement with Bucky. "There's a chopper lined up down there. Ready for us, just waiting there."
They all perked up as a man on the PA spoke in German. Percy frowned though, not really knowing enough German to know what the man was saying.
"They're evacuating the airport," Bucky translated.
"It might be Tony," Percy warned.
"Yeah, it's definitely him," Sam agreed.
Steve sighed. "Alright, then. Everybody suit up."