Lionfire: Tony may not have been the bad guy, but he acted the part. Many of his actions were appalling and the pre CW Avengers would be horrified and disgusted by those actions, especially his actions with Peter. What you call bashing I call realistic reactions for the characters. And Tony is not being singled out; did you miss the part where everyone was mad at Vision for what he did to Wanda? If you can find me evidence that Tony experienced or did any of that around the time of CW, I will include it, but I'm not one for making up head canons in order to make the audience feel sorry for a character.
Jason Hunter: I'm going to have Tony react how I think he would react once he is given all the information, not the small, twisted bits he got in the film from Zemo.
Green Hal37: Because it wasn't Tony, it was his extremely OOC doppelganger, Phony Stark. The real Tony would not have done half the stuff he did in CW and Homecoming, especially with Peter.
I know, but I'm not a fan of 'plot over logic' type scenarios.
Guest 1: Oh my god, I didn't even see that pun. God, I missed such an opportunity there! Eh, don't think anything about that scene yet.
Guest 2: Let's just say it won't be pretty.
Steve, in uniform, stepped out of the parking garage and onto the airfield. He moves towards the chopper Clint had mentioned but a device hits the chopper, making it useless. Tony and Rhodey fly down, blocking Steve's way by landing in front of the chopper.
"You knew that we were coming. Why would you try and go for the chopper?" Rhodey asked confused.
"It's probably a distraction, especially since he went there alone," Natasha said as she looked over at Steve, who was simply watching the recording stonily.
Steve tries to tell Tony about Zemo but is interrupted when T'Challa, dressed in his suit, jumps down, landing a few feet from Steve. Steve and T'Challa greet each other as Tony gives Steve the opportunity to surrender.
"You know I can't do that Tony, not with what's at stake," Steve said slowly and Tony sighed.
"I know that…but he doesn't," Tony said as he gestured towards the screen.
Steve tries to reason with Tony as Tony accuses Steve's judgement of being askew.
Neither Steve nor Tony looked at each other, neither able to say out loud what both knew: That perhaps both their judgements were compromised.
Steve tries once more to warn Tony about Zemo's plan as Natasha appears, asking Steve, almost pleadingly, not to 'punch his way out of this'.
"Seriously, none of you are questioning that Steve just warned you about five more Winter Soldiers?" Sam asked incredulously and Tony, Rhodey, Natasha, and T'Challa exchanged awkward glances, wondering why that information had gone over their heads.
"It does seem odd that Colonel Rhodes and Agent Romanoff would not question that," Vision noted.1
Steve answers Natasha with silence and Tony runs out of patience. He calls out and Steve's shield is yanked from his hands, his hands bound by webbing as Peter, in a new suit, landed on the chopper.
Peter stares in awe of the suit his on screen self is wearing. It looks much cooler than his, he thought.
Peter talks excitedly about the suit Tony had given him before Tony shut him down saying they 'didn't need to start a conversation'. Peter, embarrassed, shyly greeted Steve. Steve calmly notes Tony has been busy and Tony exploded on Steve, accusing him of dragging in Clint and rescuing Wanda from 'a place she didn't want to leave, a safe place'.
Tony looked awkward as several pairs of eyes turn to him incredulously.
"Safe? You call being at the mercy of Ross, who can take her out of the Compound and ship her off to some off the books facility at his whim safe?" Clint asked incredulously, unsure whether to be angry or concerned for Tony's mental state.
"The only reason I would not have left is because Vision kept me there against my will. Do not confuse avoiding conflict for being happy with the situation," Wanda hissed and Tony winced.
Tony claims to be trying to stop The Avengers from being torn apart but Steve says Tony already tore them apart when he signed The Accords.
Tony and Steve both winced at this. While it wasn't necessary wrong, as Tony signing did tear them apart, it was ultimately Steve and Tony's inability to come to any sort of understanding on The Accords that had torn them apart, they silently acknowledged.
Tony becomes even more enraged at this, shouting that Steve he needs to turn Bucky over and surrender, almost beginning him to give up by the end. Sam radios in, telling Steve Red Wing has found the Quinjet. Steve raised his hand and Clint fires, cutting Steve free. Steve signals Scott, who enlarges himself on Steve's shield. Scott kicks Peter in the head and takes the shield.
"Good god, I'm so sorry," Scott exclaimed, horrified that he'd just hit a kid.
"It's okay, I've had worse," Peter said and everyone stared at him. "You don't fight crime without getting a few bumps and scraps."
Scott returns Steve's shield to him as Tony and Rhodey marvel at this turn of events. Tony's scanners pick up Wanda and Clint on the parking deck. As Tony goes off to handle them, Rhodey picks up Bucky and Sam in the terminal. T'Challa races towards it, eager to kill Bucky as Steve throws his shield at Rhodey. It hits the front of Rhodey's armor, forcing him back as Peter asks Tony for instructions. Tony orders Peter to stay back and 'web them up'.
"Well, at least you had the sense to tell him to keep his distance," Steve said grudgingly.
"Still doesn't make you involving a kid okay," Rhodey said sharply and Tony winced.
"I know," Tony admitted ashamed.
Steve throws his shield at T'Challa, hitting him in the back and knocking him down.
"Sorry you're highness," Steve said but T'Challa waved him off.
"I was going after the wrong man, you were right to try and stop me," T'Challa assured him.
T'Challa quickly gets back to his feet as the shield returns to Steve and Steve grabs T'Challa, throwing him back. T'Challa demands for Steve to move but Steve stands his ground, so T'Challa tries to strike him but blocks with his shield.
Elsewhere, Scott tells Natasha he doesn't want to hurt her but she is unconcerned, kneeing him in the groin.
All the males in the room winced, eying Natasha wearily as she flashed a wicked smile.
Natasha grabs Scott's arm and tries to flip him but Scott shrinks himself and, to Natasha's shock, flips her on her back.
"Wow, you're strong," Peter said in awe and Scott shrugged.
"Only when I shrink. An Ant can lift up to fifty times its body weight, so Hank designed the suit to be even better than that," Scott said, pride in his mentor clear in his voice.
"Who?" Tony said confused.
"Hank Pym? He worked with your dad? Come on man," Scott said offended as he saw Tony had no clue what he was talking about.
"Hey, my old man didn't share a lot of things with me," Tony held up his hands defensively.
Scott begins dragging her hand behind her back before Natasha uses her Widow's Bite to send Scott flying.
"You don't play around," Scott winced as Natasha smirked.
In the Terminal, Bucky asks what 'that' is as he spots Peter outside the windows. Sam mutters about everyone having a gimmick.
"I am not a gimmick!" Peter exclaimed defensively.
"Sorry kid," Sam apologized in order to calm the kid, figuring that Peter had had too much negative reinforcement from Tony.
Peter uses his webbing to crash through the windows and delivers a flying kick to Sam, sending him sliding across the floor. Bucky tries to punch Peter with his robotic arm but Peter catches his fist, to his surprise. Peter fanboys over Bucky's arm before Sam flies in, grabbing Peter and flying him away from Bucky. They struggle before Peter kicks Sam, forcing him to let Peter go.
"You have the right to remain silent? What are you kid, a cop?" Clint asked amused as Peter flushed.
"It sounded cool in my head," Peter said embarrassed.
Outside, Wanda and Clint are dodging missiles Tony is shooting at them, destroying everything they could be using to take cover.
"Are you-are you shooting missiles at us?" Clint asked as everyone looked toward Tony, who looked shocked at his own actions.
"So you're gonna shoot missiles at us if we disagree with you?" Sam demanded and Tony was so shocked he didn't even register it, horrified he would endanger his teammates that way.2
Steve and T'Challa were still fighting, T'Challa's claws making a scratch on the shield. T'Challa attempts to strike Steve but Steve is able to dodge the strikes. Rhodey pulls out a Stun Staff, warning Steve this wouldn't kill him but 'wouldn't tickle either'. Rhodey tries to strike Steve but Steve blocks with his shield.
As he reaches Clint and Wanda, Tony tells Wanda she hurt Vision's feelings.
Vision did not respond as Clint shoot him a dirty look and Wanda pointedly avoided looking at him. He had his work cut out for him, as Tony would say, Vision mused.
Wanda accuses Tony of locking her in her room Tony claims that is an exaggeration and he did it to protect her, causing Wanda to look at him incredulously.
"An exag-I think it's a damn simplification!" Clint exclaimed angrily.
"That's enough," Steve said as they looked over at him. "This hasn't happened yet, none of this has. Tony hasn't done any of this yet, so let's not blame him for things he hasn't done."
"The Captain is right. I do not believe were brought here so we could fight among ourselves," Thor agreed.
Clint still looked at Tony angrily and the rage was still clear in Wanda's eye but they both decided to table this for now, acknowledging the point. However, it was clear that everyone was far from pleased with Tony's actions, including the man in question.
Tony greets Clint, noting retirement doesn't suit him. Clint notes he played golf, getting a hole in one every time. He can't seem to miss, Clint noted before firing at Tony. Tony easily destroys the arrow but Clint, with a smirk, says 'made ya look'. Wanda then uses her powers to bring down the cars from the parking garage onto Tony, burying him.
"Did you really have to bury me?" Tony whined.
"Did you have to make me a prisoner in my own home?" Wanda asked coolly and Tony winced.
She felt a twinge of regret as she saw Steve's look of disapproval but stonily looked back at the screen.
Back in the terminal, Peter was dodging Sam's tricks when Bucky threw something at him. Peter dodged before throwing it back at Bucky, who took cover behind a pillar.
"You're pretty strong kid," Steve said, impressed and Peter flushed at the praise from CAPTAIN AMERICA of all people.
"T-thanks," Peter said, trying not to have a meltdown.
Sam kicked Peter from behind, trying to force Peter to the floor, but Peter shot off some webbing to swing away. Peter then shot some webbing into Sam's jet pack, throwing him off balance and forcing a crashing landing. As Sam stood up, Peter shoot off some webbing that hit his hands and stuck him to a railing.
"I can't believe it. I've been beaten by a kid," Sam said in complete disbelief.
"Maybe he should take your place on the team," Natasha joked.
"You guys aren't letting me live this down anytime soon, are you?" Sam deadpanned.
The only answer he got were the smirks on Natasha, Clint and Rhodey's faces and the amused smile Steve flashed. Sam groaned, already knowing this wasn't going away anytime soon.
Peter lands on the side of a pillar and starts fanboying over Sam's wings. An annoyed Sam says their usually isn't this much talking in a fight and Peter apologized, swinging down. Bucky tackles him and Peter kicks him into Sam. They go through the glass and fall, Peter webbing Sam in a web body wrap and pinning Bucky's metal arm to the floor. Peter apologizes but says he needs to impress Tony before Sam calls Red Wing. Red Wing tackles Peter and sends him flying out the window.
"God, I'm sorry kid," Sam said in horror.
"It's okay, really. The bully's at school rough me up more than you guys," Peter assured them.
Bucky jokingly asks if Sam couldn't have done that earlier, causing an exasperated Sam to say he hates Bucky.
"I like this guy," Clint said with a laugh, causing Steve to smile slightly. "I think he and I will get along great."
Outside, Rhodey goes to strike Steve but Steve jumps into the air and delivers a flying kick to Rhodey, sending him down to the ground and cutting his stun staff in half. Rhodey gets up as Steve sends a flying kick to T'Challa, sending him back. Rhodey angrily tosses aside his damaged weapon as Scott runs up to Steve, handing him what looks like a Hot Wheels truck. Scott pulls out a Pym Partial Disk, instructing Steve to throw the truck at it.
"You want to throw a Hot Wheels at them?" Sam asked incredulously as they all turned to stare at Scott incredulously.
"It won't be one for long," Scott said cheerfully.
Scott tossed the Disk into the air and Steve tossed the truck at it. As they made contact, the truck enlarged into a regular sized gas truck. Rhodey, T'Challa, and Natasha got out of the way as it hit the ground, exploding in a blast of flames.
"Oh god, I must have thought that was a water truck! My bad," Scott said apologetically as everyone turned to give him an angry look.
"You're bad? You could've killed them!" Clint snapped, worried for Natasha.
"Hey, I'm okay, we're all okay," Natasha pointed out as she gestured to herself, T'Challa, and Rhodey. "Besides, like Steve said, let's not blame each other for things that haven't happened yet."
Clint shot Scott a glare that had Scott shivering but backed down, conceding Natasha's point.
Natasha and T'Challa are knocked back by the blast as Rhodey is protected by his armor. Scott exclaims he thought it was a water truck as Steve gives him an annoyed look.
"Sorry," Scott said sheepishly.
Steve and Scott rush off as Tony helps Natasha up, Natasha asking if this was part of the plan. Tony says he was going easy on them.
"You call shooting missiles at us going easy?" Sam asked incredulously as Tony squirmed.
"Apparently he does," Tony muttered.
Steve and Scott meet up with Wanda and Clint, who points out the Quinjet in the hanger. Bucky and Sam join them as they rushed towards it but they are forced to stop as a beam cuts a line in the ground, signaling the arrival of Vision.
"And here we go," Clint muttered, knowing the real fight was going to start now.
Vision demands Steve surrender, for the collective good.
"Except the collective good id served by Captain Rogers not surrendering," Thor pointed out.
"I am aware of that, but, as Mr. Stark said earlier, the Vision in these recordings is not," Vision said simply.
Tony and Natasha assemble behind Vision, followed by Rhodey, T'Challa, and finally Peter. There is a moment of silence as Sam asks Steve what to do and Steve says they fight.
"We don't have any other choice," Steve noted sadly as the tension in the room was back.
The two sides rush each other, Wanda, Sam, Rhodey, Vision, and Tony taking off into the air. Tony goes for Steve as Steve blocks with his shield as T'Challa tackles Bucky. Clint fires arrows into the air while Wanda uses her powers to throws objects into the air. Natasha throws Scott to the ground as Steve hits Tony in the head with his helmet. Tony is then hit in the Arc Reactor with an arrow, which goes off, throwing him back. Natasha and Clint engage, Clint throwing her to the ground and putting bow at her chest.
For this, The Avengers could only watch, the tension mounting with each second, horror flooding through them that this conflict had spread so far, gotten to the point where they were forced to fight each other. It was a sobering thought for all of them.
Natasha quickly asks if they're still friends and Clint, his voice supposed to sound sarcastic but just sounds strained, says it depends how hard she hits him.
Clint and Natasha winced as they glanced over at each other, the pain on their faces at being forced to fight family clear to all of them Steve placed a hand on Natasha's shoulder as Wanda took Clint's hand, each hoping to comfort their friend.
Using her legs, Natasha frees herself and they stand up. Natasha goes to kick Clint but Wanda intervenes, using her powers to freeze Natasha's kick before throwing her, gently, into the side of a jet bridge. Wanda scolds Clint for throwing his punches and he nods at her.
"Sorry," Wanda said sheepishly but, to her surprise, Natasha smiled.
"Don't be. You did exactly as I taught you, looking over your shoulder and assisting your teammates. Very impressive," Natasha said a hint of pride in her voice.
As Bucky and T'Challa fight, Bucky says he didn't kill T'Chaka. T'Challa demands to know why he ran then.
"Maybe because people were shooting at him and trying to kill him," Clint said dryly and T'Challa winced.
"In hindsight, that is rather clear but in these recordings, I am blinded by grief and not listening to reason," T'Challa admitted.
T'Challa, with surprising strength, forces Bucky's robotic hand back, flipping him. Bucky gets up but T'Challa kicks him against some crates. T'Challa attempts to slit his throat with his claws but Wanda uses her powers to send T'Challa flying into a jet bridge.
Steve shot Wanda a grateful look as Natasha led out a breath she didn't realize she was holding. She might not love him, but Barnes had been one of the few good things in her life before she met Clint. She didn't want him dead.
Clint and Steve both noticed Natasha's reaction and were curious, wondering why she seemed to care so much about Bucky.
Steve throws his shield; cutting Peter's webbing and causing Peter to fall.
Steve winced, horrified that he was fighting a child as Tony was ashamed that he'd dragged a child into this situation.
Peter landed on some equipment as the shield returned to Steve. Peter gets up; noting Steve's shield doesn't obey the laws of physics.
"You really know how to handle that thing Cap," Rhodey noted and Steve shrugged.
"I've had a lot of practice," Steve said simply.
Steve attempts to reason with Peter but Tony has told Peter not to listen to Steve.
"Great," Tony sighed, looking over at Peter. "In the future kid, don't blindly listen to someone's orders, especially when they come from me."
Peter used his webbing and grabs Steve's legs, yanking hismforward. Steve drops his shield as Peter yanks Steve forward and kicks Steve in the chest, causing Steve to fly into some machinery.
"Wow, I hit Captain America," Peter said in awe.
"Just be careful kid, he probably hits a lot harder," Sam said and Steve winced.
Steve's shield drops to the ground, a few feet from him as Steve lands on the ground. Peter tells him Tony told him to go for the legs.
"Not bad advice," Steve said as he looked over at Tony. "At least you gave him some useful advice."
Tony smiled weakly, appreciating that Steve was trying to make him feel less horrible about the situation but it wasn't working.
Steve goes for his shield but Peter grabs his hands with his webbing, attempting to pull Steve back. However, not to be deterred, Steve pulled, hard, and sent Peter flying.
Steve winced, the thought he could potentially hurt a kid an unpleasant one. However, Peter thought very differently.
"That was awesome! You just pulled and I went whoosh!" Peter exclaimed excitedly and his boundless energy cut through the tension as the adults smiled.
Sam is avoiding Tony's blasts, asking Clint if he can get him off his back. Clint, on the ground, aimed an arrow with Scott, shrunken down, on the arrowhead.
"What are you two doing?" Tony asked as he eyed the pair, who both shrugged.
Clint asks if Scott is good to go, which Scott is. Clint fires and the arrowhead exploded into fragments. As Tony blasts them, destroying the fragments, he is unaware of Scott crawling inside his suit.
"Get out of my suit!" Tony exclaimed.
"Sorry, no can do. The biggest threat is the one you never see coming," Scott said cheekily and Tony groaned.
Steve pulls on the webbing, binging Peter close to him so he can strike him in the face with his shield.
Steve flinched, shame filling him as Tony is shot glares by Clint and Scott and Tony could honestly say he deserved it.
Peter swings himself upon a platform and Steve asks what else Tony told him. Steve's wrong, he thinks he's right, which makes him dangerous Peter says.
"He's got a point," Steve acknowledged.
"Captain Rogers is right. To think you are so right and not listen to others makes one incredibly dangerous," Thor noted and Tony winced. "I've seen it happen many times in my lifetime. It never ends well."
Steve notes Tony has a point as Peter comes at him again. Steve kicks Peter under the platform and throws the shield, knocking out the pillar supporting it. The platform comes down and Peter is forced to catch it.
"You really are strong kid," Clint said impressed.
"How strong are you exactly?" Scott asked curiously and Peter shrugged.
"I don't know, I've never tried to test my limits," Peter admitted.
Steve asks Peter where he's from and Peter grunts Queens as he struggles under the weight of the platform. Steve grins, saying Brooklyn before he wants off.
"You're from Brooklyn?" Peter asked surprised and Steve smiled slightly.
"I'm just a kid from Brooklyn that wanted to serve my country," Steve said simply.
"And ended up becoming Captain America," Tony noted and Steve shrugged.
"Life is weird that way," Steve said simply.
Clint is firing at Tony, who blasts his arrows before suddenly, his gantlet stops firing. Tony is confused as FRIDAY tells him the weapons system is malfunctioning. Scott, in the process of disabling his suit, alerts Tony to his presence by taunting Tony about apparently having o conscience.
"Really Scott? You had to let him know you were in his suit?" Steve asked incredulously.
Scott winced as Clint, Wanda, and Sam groaned.
"Yeah, not one of my better ideas," Scott admitted.
Tony expunges Scott from his suit by activating the fire suppression system.
"So much for that idea," Sam sighed as Scott winced.
Natasha climbs up onto a platform, watching in horror as Rhodey fires missiles at Steve, which destroy everything they come into contact with.
Rhodey, likewise, is horrified by his own actions, wondering what happened that made him disregard the safety of his friends that way.
Steve is knocked down; dropping his shield and Bucky grabs it, throwing it at Rhodey. The shield hits Rhodey's chest plate and stuns him as Sam flies in, grabbing the shield and tossing it back to Steve. Steve catches it, thanking Bucky, who quips he needs to get one of those.
"Don't we all," Tony said jokingly.
Steve and Bucky take cover behind a plane as Bucky notes Zemo is probably in Siberia by now. Steve orders Bucky to get to the Quinjet while he handles Vision but Sam radios in, telling them both to get to the jet. Sam flies over Clint, Rhodey following him and Clint is forced to jump to avoid a blast from Rhodey. Clint adds that in order to win this fight, some of them might have to lose. Sam points out this 'isn't the real fight' and Steve sighs before asking what Sam's plan is.
"A sacrifice play," Tony noted, looking over at Steve who nodded.
"A sacrifice play," Steve agreed.
Sam requests a distraction, something big he says as he dodges Rhodey attacks.
"Something big? That's my cue," Scott said cheerfully, to the confusion of everyone.
Scott says he as something big as he runs up the side of some machinery, telling them to 'run like hell' on his signal and not to come back for him if he tears himself in half, to the confusion of teammates.
"Tear yourself in half?" Clint repeats as they looked at Scott in confusion and a hint of worry.
"Well, Hank and I are still working out the kinks. But I'm sure I'll be fine!" Scott said cheerfully, although they weren't sure if he was trying to convince them or himself.
Steve asks Scott if he's sure about this, to which Scott says yes, babbling about how he did this 'once. In a lab. And I passed out right afterwards'.
"Not instilling much confidence Scott," Natasha said as they all looked over at him, concerned.
Scott jumps on the passing Rhodey's armor and activates a panel on his wrist. Scott let go of Rhodey and, to the shock of everyone, grew to gigantic size, towering over the airport as he grabbed Rhodey.
"Son of a bitch," Tony said and it said how shocked they were no one made a point to tease Steve.
"Whoa," Peter breathed.
"Not bad Tic-Tac," Sam said with an impressed smirk.
"I'm just glad it worked! Last time it didn't go so well," Scott said with a wince.
"Well, we'll be happy to have you on the team Scott," Steve said and Scott froze for a moment.
"On the-on the team? Like on The Avengers? That team?" Scott stammered.
"Well, we were brought here for a reason. Stands to reason we're supposed to work together," Rhodey pointed out.
"No one's forcing you to join the team if you don't want to," Steve told him.
"No, it's an honor, of course I'll join, wow!" Scott exclaimed.
"Calm down Tic-Tac," Sam said, all of them amused by Scott.
Taking Scot's signal, his teammates sprang into action. Sam slammed into Tony before he could try and help Rhodey, who Scott threw. As Rhodey tried to gain control of his flight, Peter tries to help. He shoots webbing, grabbing onto Rhodey to stop him. Peter is pulled by the flying Rhodey but crashes into a truck, flipping it on its side. Peter pulls, yanking and stops Rhodey from crashing into a plane.
"Thanks kid, although part of me wished you'd let me be taken out of the fight," Rhodey said wearily.
Scott kicks a bus and sends it crashing into a few trucks, causing a stampede of rolling vehicles. T'Challa is nearly crushed by them but Vision steps in front of him, hardening his body so the bus is cut in half when it reaches him.
"Oh god, I am so sorry you're Highness! I wasn't trying to hurt anyone," Scott said full of regret.
"It is alright Mr. Lang, I remained unharmed, thanks to the Vision," T'Challa said, nodding at Vision gratefully.
T'Challa sees Steve and Bucky running for the Quinjet and takes off after them as Scott pulls the wing off a plane. Tony is flying after Sam, firing blasts at him before Scott brings the wing down. Tony is forced to dodge as the wing crashes onto the ground, exploding.
"Wow, you don't make things easy," Tony muttered.
"I was supposed to be a distraction," Scott shrugged.
"Well, you're doing a good job," Rhodey assured him.
"Nothing's more distracting than a sixty foot man causing chaos," Clint said with a smirk.
Tony asks if any of the others have 'shocking and fantastic abilities' as Sam dis engaged his wings and launched Red Wing. Red Wing hits Tony's face plate, dazing him as Sam reactivated his wings, flying off.
"You don't fight fair," Tony complained.
"And you do Tones?" Rhodey asked with a smirk.
"Seriously Tony, you're the dirtiest fighter I've even seen. And that's coming from me," Natasha pointed out.
Tony crossed his arms, grumbling under his breath as the others laughed at his behavior.
T'Challa climbed up some crates in his pursuit of Steve and Bucky, finding Scott standing in his path. Scott declares T'Challa would have to go through him first before kicking the crates, destroying them and knocking T'Challa on his back.
"Thanks Scott," Steve said and Scott shrugged.
"Anytime Cap," Scott said cheerfully.
Scott goes to grab T'Challa but Rhodey flies in, Peter hanging on to him by the webbing from earlier, and fires at Scott. Scott is unaffected but distracted enough that Peter swung some webbing on Scott's wrist, allowing Peter to swing a kick into Scott's face.
"Did you have to go for the face?" Scott complained and Peter shrugged.
"Not a lot of places to hit when you're that size," Peter pointed out.
On the ground, Clint fired arrow after Arrow at T'Challa. T'Challa jumps out of the way before catching tow arrows, that explode but T'Challa is unaffected. Clint introduces himself as he turns his bow into a Bo staff but T'Challa is uninterested.
"Yeah, no one cares about old Hawkeye. I feel the love," Clint said dryly and the original Avenges rolled their eyes.
"Oh stop it you big baby," Tony said.
"We all know you don't care about the attention," Natasha said, amused at the show he was putting on.
"Of course you'd say that, you're the Black Widow. Everyone knows who you are," Clint said dryly.
"Don't make me come over there," Natasha threatened.
"Come on, I dare you," Clint egged on as everyone laughed.
"Is this normal behavior?" T'Challa asked curiously.
"More than I'd like to admit," Steve admitted.
As Clint and T'Challa begin engaging on the ground, Rhodey uses his Sonic Cannon on Scott, to no affect. Scott knocks Rhodey to the ground before he grabs a truck and attempts to hit Rhodey with it but Rhodey fired his weapons at it to destroy it before it could reach him. In frustration, Scott tried to kick him but Rhodey took off into the air in order to avoid it.
"I'm not a bug!" Rhodey exclaimed and Scott winced.
"Sorry?"
Spotting Steve and Bucky heading for the hanger, Rhodey tried to go after them but Wanda stopped him by a crate at him before throwing a car at him, forcing him to dodge.
Peter distracted Scott by climbing onto his mask and Scott threw him off, Peter dangling by his webbing as Vision bonked into him, making Scott crash into a plane. This allows Vision to spot Steve and Bucky as they are almost at the hanger.
"Uh oh," Scott said as they all tensed.
"Something tells me we're not gonna let you guys go without a fight," Rhodey noted sadly.
"I wouldn't expect anything less," Steve said with a smile, showing he held no ill will to them for it.
T'Challa, restrained by Clint, spots this as well, breaking Clint's bow and rushing after them.
"You owe me a new bow," Clint said with a glare at T'Challa.
"He's very territorial about his bows," Natasha explained and T'Challa smirked, amused.
"I see," T'Challa said before looking over at Clint. "Do not worry; I will supply you with one."
Clint nodded, leaning back in his seat, accepting T'Challa's answer.
Vision phases through Scott, freaking the man out as Vision appears on the other side.
"Okay, yeah, you don't do that man! That's just wrong," Scott said with a shudder.
Vision uses a beam to cut down a tower, causing it to collapsed and land in front of the hanger. It would've stopped Steve and Bucky, but Wanda uses her powers to create a safe passage for them. However, Rhodey uses his sonic canon on her, causing her to scream as she loses her concentration. The rubble comes down on Steve and Bucky, who are just able to make it to the other side before it collapses on them.
"What the hell Rhodey!? Are you trying to kill them?" Clint demanded as they all whirled on the stunned Rhodey.
"I-I don't know what to say. God Cap, I'm sorry," Rhodey said, once again stunned by his indifference to the safety of his friends.
"Your and Stark's actions throughout the battle have been…disturbing," Thor echoed Rhodey and Tony's own thoughts.
"You don't have to tell us," Tony muttered.
They find Natasha on the other side, who notes Steve's not going to stop.
"I'll never stop trying to do what's right Nat," Steve said calmly as he looked over at her.
"I know," Natasha said as she looked back at him and there was a certain intensity to their gaze that made Clint look back and forth between them with an odd look.
Steve says he can't and Natasha raises her arm, noting she's going to regret this. She fires a Taser Disk and it hits T'Challa, to the shock of Steve and Bucky.
"I told you I wouldn't arrest you," Natasha said, causing Steve to smile slightly.
She tells them to go and Steve nods at her as he and Bucky move towards the Quinjet as she fires another Taser Disk at T'Challa.
"Sorry you're highness," Natasha apologized but he waved her off.
"You have stopped me from killing the wrong man. You do not owe me anything, I owe you a debt of gratitude," T'Challa said humbly.
Outside the hanger, Scott is causing chaos as Peter asks on the Comms if they've ever 'seen that really old movie, Empire strikes back'. This causes Rhodey to ask how old Peter is, to which Tony responds he 'didn't carbon date' Peter.
Tony flinched as Clint, Scott, and T'Challa bristled. However, none of them said anything, taking Steve's words about not blaming him for things he hasn't done yet to heart.
Peter brings up the scene with the Imperial Walkers and Tony and Rhodey catch on. As Peter wraps Scott's legs together with webbing, Rhodey and Tony punch him, causing Scott to fall while in avertedly hitting Peter, sending him to the ground.
"It's okay Mr. Lang," Peter said as he saw the horrified Scott open his moth. "Besides, this hasn't happened yet."
Peter crashed into some crates as Scott shrikes back down to his normal size, removing his mask as he asks for some orange slices.
"I like oranges," Scott said simply as he was shot some odd looks.
Tony lands by Peter removing his face plate as he frantically checks on Peter. Peter, his mask half pulled off, wildly goes for him but calms down as he sees its Tony.
Scott let out the breath he had been holding; relieved he hadn't harmed a child as Tony relaxed, happy he hadn't gotten Peter killed or seriously hurt. Every else released a breath like Scott, happy a child hadn't been hurt in their conflict.
Tony tells Peter he's done and tells him to go home, even threatening to call May. Tony flies off and Peter protests, pulling on his mask and trying to get up but the exhaustion takes hold and he falls down, agreeing he's done.
"I like you kid. You remind me a lot of my son," Clint said with a warm smile.
"Thanks Mr. Hawkeye. Sir," Peter said awkwardly and Clint chuckled.
"Just call me Clint," Clint told him.
Rhodey is clearing the rubble as Steve is at the controls of the Quinjet, set to take off. T'Challa is hit by Natasha's Taser Disks every time he tries to go for the Quinjet. Once the rubble is cleared enough, Steve takes off. T'Challa tries to grab onto the wheel but falls off as it goes into flight mode. The Quinjet flies into the air, Rhodey taking off after it as T'Challa angrily picks himself up. Natasha tells him she promised to help him find Bucky, not catch him.
"I doubt Ross will see it that way," Tony noted and Natasha shrugged.
"Screw Ross," Natasha said.
"An excellent idea Natasha," Thor said darkly, imagining the things he'd like to do to Ross once he got out of there.
Outside, Vision flies down to Wanda, apologizing for keeping her prisoner. Wanda apologizes in turn for what she did to him.
"I'm sorry that I hurt you, but I'm not sorry I did it," Wanda said stiffly and Vision nodded.
"And I am sorry that I kept you prisoner. My intentions may have been good, but I should not have done that," Vision acknowledged. "I see that now. I am sorry Wanda."
Wanda nodded, not accepting his apology or refusing it. He supposed that was best he could expect from her right now.
Vision points out he accurately predicted it would lead to catastrophe.
"Really, an 'I told you so' right now?" Clint asked angrily.
"And your equation is wrong Vision. There is only chaos because of Ross and The Accords. Because the governments of the world desire to control us," Thor pointed out and Vision frowned.
"Perhaps you are right," Vision allowed.
In the Quinjet, Steve sees Rhodey and Tony are on his tail, so he increases power to the thrusters. Seeing Sam on his tail, Rhodey calls Vision for back up as Sam shot off some weapons aimed only to distract Rhodey. When he gets no answer, Rhodey calls him again, telling Vision to target Sam's thrusters to 'turn him into a glider'. Vision glances up and shoots a beam from the stone. Sam sees it and dodged, so the beam hits Rhodey instead.
"Sorry man," Sam said but Rhodey waved him off.
"You just avoided taking a hit, I'd have done the same thing," Rhodey assured him.
The blast completely destroys his Arc reactor and Rhodey falls. Sam and Tony see this and fly after him, trying to save him as Rhodey alerts Tony that his suit is useless. However, they are unable to reach him in time and Rhodey crash lands, creating a creator as Tony lands next to him. He yanks off Rhodey's mask, seeing his friend unconscious and with a bloody nose.
The mood plummeted as everyone stared at the screen in horror, worried for Rhodey.
Tony asks FRIDAY for vitals and she tells him Rhodey has a heartbeat and that help is on the way.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, relieved that Rhodey was not dead.
"I'm sorry man," Sam said shakily.
"It's not your fault. I'd rather it be me than you," Rhodey said as he looked over at Vision. "What the hell man? I told you to slow him down, not kill him! If that had been him, Sam would have died!"3
"We don't kill our friends Vision," Steve said firmly, anger shining in his eyes.
"I apologize Mr. Wilson. It appears I still have much to learn," Vision said, assessing his actions.
Sam lands nearby, saying he's sorry. Tony angrily blasts him, knocking him out as Vision lands next to Sam's unconscious body.
Tony flinched, knowing that was uncalled for. He opened his mouth to apologize but Sam waved him off.
"Don't worry about it man. I get it, I get it," Sam said as he thought of Riley.
1: Seriously, Steve says that there are five more Winter Soldiers and no one says thing? I could understand why Tony would no believe him and T'Challa wouldn't care, but Natasha and Rhodey just ignore this information? Seriously?
2: Something that is disturbingly overlooked about the airport battle is that Tony and Rhodey were shooting missiles at Team Cap. None of the members of Team Cap would have been able to withstand a strike from a missile, so even one direct hit would have been fatal. Its played for laughs with Tony saying he was going easy on them, but I don't find it a laughing matter. Throughout the battle, Tony and Rhodey display zero concern for the safety of their friends on Team Cap and could have killed them several times. Team Cap wasn't perfect, as Scott definitely had a few reckless moments after becoming Giant-Man, but they all went out of their way to make sure the other side was incapacitated, not killed.
3: No one try and fool themselves, Vision's attack on Sam was a kill shot. If the beam destroyed Rhodey's Arc reactor, it would have destroyed Sam's jetpack. Even if Sam survived the explosion, that still leaves him in exact same scenario Rhodey was in with a crucial difference: Sam was not protected by a metal armor that can withstand missiles. So Sam would have taken the full force of the fal land undoubtedly died as a result.