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*Gasp*

Aqua woke from her sleep with a jolt as her phone vibrated and the holographic screen materialized revealing Tony.

"Aqua! Aqua, I need you awake." Aqua took some steadying breaths. She couldn't remember what her dream was about, but she knew it wasn't just Tony calling her that caused her to startle. "Aqua? You okay?"

Aqua looked up, "yeah. Yeah, I'm good. What's going on?"

"Steve has finally lost it and is making a move in Germany. I've got the kid. Will you keep an eye on the facility? Just in case any of the others decide to go there?"

"Yeah – wait, what?!" Aqua realized what Tony was doing. "You want me to just stay here while you're fighting in Europe?"

"Aqua, you know that out of most of us, you have some of the closest relationships with those siding with Cap. I can't put you in the middle of that."

"Me?! What about all of you?" Aqua moved out of bed, grabbing clothes from her closet. "You were friends before I ever joined the fray. You – "

"You know that's not entirely true. You and I met over five years ago, before the original six of us got together to fight in New York. As everyone has added, you've gotten closer, too. Don't try and say you haven't. What if you had to fight Wanda? Huh?"

"But Tony," Aqua stood there, thinking. She couldn't just sit at the compound, waiting to see who might have won, if there would even be a winner. She didn't want to imagine needing to fight the others, especially Wanda. The two of them had gotten so close, others in the facility began asking if they were sisters. But since she had left the compound to join Steve, their relationship began to slip; Wanda wanted freedom, Aqua wanted to help invisibly. Not to mention her thing with Vis that began taking her attention as well. "Why is this happening?" She dropped her clothes on her bed.

"Cap made a decision. A stupid one. But I want to try to reason with him as much as possible."

Aqua sat on the bed, "is that why you're taking Peter? To try and reason with Steve and the others?"

"The kid is coming as a precaution. He'll come in handy if we do end up fighting." Aqua shook her head. There had to be a better way, she just couldn't think of one right then.

"Just be careful. Don't get hurt. Don't hurt the others. Tell Peter to be careful, too. He hasn't responded to any of my texts recently."

"You and Pete text? Since when?"

"Since you first brought him to the facility." She blushed a little, but not enough for Tony to notice through the image in his glasses.

"I'm going to ignore the implications of that for now. I'm not ready for that talk." There was a pause, though the silence spoke a thousand words. "Look, just in case, your suit is in locker A7. There should be a couple of pilots on standby if I were to need you over here."

Aqua nodded softly, knowing he would probably never call on her for something like this.

"Stay safe." She murmured.

"No guarantees." And the holographic screen disappeared.

Aqua checked the display with the tracking system often, making sure their colors never left green or yellow for orange or red. The moment she saw orange or red, she would be on a jet. So far, there wasn't too much action. She wasn't even sure a fight had started yet.

*buzz … buzz*

Aqua looked to her phone to see a text from Peter; he must have finally gotten service from Tony.

Peter: So far, so good. Not really sure why I'm here.

Aqua: Just stay alert. You may have Nat, but Cap's got Clint.

Peter: Will do. Happy said you're not coming?

qua: Yeah, Tony has me as a last resort. Says he doesn't want to involve me due to my relationships with the others. But I'm on standby. The minute I see someone get hurt, I'm heading over.

Peter: *typing*

Five minutes later: *still typing*

Aqua: What? You sending me a novel?

Ten minutes later

Aqua: Peter?

Aqua looked up and suddenly the dots are moving quickly back and forth across the screen. So far, only two green dots had turned yellow, meaning very minor injuries; the most they'll become are bruises.

"Friday, unlock A7."

"Sure thing, Aqua."

Aqua moved the large screen down to her watch so that she could keep an eye on things while sent went to retrieve her suit. She wanted to be ready.

As she moved through hallways to the suit storage, Aqua kept a close eye on the trackers. Four more green dots turned yellow. So far, no orange or red, so she was okay for now. As she entered the suit storage, her suit moved upwards from its case. She took it from the mannequin and quickly walked back to her room to change.

"Friday, who are the pilots on standby?"

"For which jet, Aqua?"

"Probably the Quin. It's the fastest."

"Looks like Agents Dawson and Marefield are on standby for the QuinJet. Would you like me to notify them that you are taking off?"

Aqua finished pulling her jacket over arms and clasped the front, then clipped her tool belt across her waist. "No, not yet, but perhaps notify them that I will want to take off as soon as I give the signal."

"Sure thing."

She glanced back at the trackers. Then she gasped. Three of the yellow dots had turned orange. And one was Peter.

"Friday, I'm giving the signal. I'm heading up now."

Even with the Quinjet, it would take more than three hours for Agents Dawson and Marefield to get Aqua to Germany. About half way through, she noticed there were no more green dots and three more yellow dots turn orange. She was beginning to really stress. These were her friends, or as Peter had been starting to tell her, her family. And her family was hurting each other. She paced, trying to keep her mind from what could be happening on the ground.

"Pacing isn't going to get us there any fast, you know." Dawson kept a light tone, knowing Aqua was on edge and knowing it wasn't a good idea to start something when she was on edge.

"Just trying to occupy myself," she said absentmindedly. "You just focus on getting us there as fast as possible."

Dawson and Marefield shook their heads slightly and chuckled. They'd known Aqua for a while now and figured she was over-exaggerating a little. Dawson nodded to Marefield, who pushed the gear up one more level, getting scarily close to maximum speed, which they were to never use unless the world depended on them. Dawson looked back to Aqua expectedly, to which Aqua replied with a thankful nod and continued to pace.

Aqua had finally decided to sit and wait out the rest of the flight, keeping careful watch as nine of the twelve dots were now orange. Dawson and Marefield were in communication with German airspace, which meant they would be landing soon.

"Aqua, they're giving us five minutes to drop you. Be ready," Dawson called from the co-pilot seat. Aqua unbuckled herself and readied herself for the jump. She knew Marefield would get her as close to the ground as possible, but she also knew that five minutes wasn't a ton of time and wouldn't be enough to get close to land and then get out of the airspace. She moved to the back and waited for Dawson to open the dock. The watch with the hologram tracking system started flashing at her; one dot was red.

"Dawson! Open it! Now!" Aqua was frantic. She couldn't even focus to see who the red dot belonged to, and who was hurt so badly that the tracking system was sending such an alert. She turned to yell again when the dock opened. It was a larger drop than expected, but she would be okay. She nodded her thanks and jumped.