Authoress Note: Welcome to Chapter 57 of God of Lies and Mischief and the Woman of Many Faces. Thank you to those who have left reviews for this story. It really does mean a lot to me that you guys are enjoying this story. I am trying my best to make this series about as good as I can. Hopefully it comes across well. I hope that you guys enjoy this next chapter. Without further ado Chapter 57. ENJOY!

Chapter 57

Everleigh lowered her head as she sat next to Wanda on her bed in her room. The two of them were watching the news reports of what had happened in Lagos and how they blamed Wanda and Everleigh for what had happened even though Everleigh knew that wasn't the case. It was an accident and she knew it. There was no way to control the blast even if they were able to use their powers to keep the damage down to a minimum. Everleigh only had come into Wanda's room to talk to her and of course they would both get caught up on what was on the television.

"11 Wakandans were among those killed during a confrontation between the Avengers and a group of mercenaries in Lagos, Nigeria, last month. The traditionally reclusive Wakandans were on an outreach mission in Lagos when the attack occurred." A reporter said on the television.

"Our people's blood is spilled on foreign soil. Not only because of the actions of criminals, but by the indifference of those pledged to stop them. Victory at the expense of the innocent, is no victory at all." King T'Chaka said on the television.

"The Wakanda king went on to…"

"They are operating outside and above the international law. Because that's the reality, if we don't respond to acts like these." A second news anchor said.

Everleigh looked down gripping her hands together tightly on her knees knowing that they were blaming her and Wanda for this all. And it hurt to know that people thought that they were dangerous.

"What legal authority does an enhanced individual like Wanda Maximoff and Everleigh Vincin have to operate in Nigeri -"

Suddenly the television was shut off.

Wanda turned her head to see Steve setting the remote down leaning against the door frame. "It's my fault." Wanda said softly.

Everleigh felt her heart clench in her chest. She never wanted Wanda to feel that way.

"That's not true." Steve said softly.

"Turn the TV back on. They're being very specific."

"I should've clocked that bomb vest long before you had to deal with it." Steve said as he walked over to the two women. "Rumlow said "Bucky" and . . . all of a sudden I was a 16-year-old kid again, in Brooklyn." He sat down next to Wanda and saw the look on Everleigh's face knowing what she was thinking and feeling at that moment. He knew that she was just as hurt as Wanda was. "And people died. It's on me."

"It's on both of us." Wanda said softly.

"It's on me too." Everleigh said softly. "I couldn't even stop it from happening…" She looked down ashamed at her hands. Even though she helped fight Loki this was bringing her fight level down into a low level that Steve was concerned about.

Steve took a breath. "This job . . . we try to save as many people as we can. Sometimes that doesn't mean everybody. But if we can't find a way to live with that, next time . . . maybe nobody gets saved."

Vision suddenly materialized through the wall.

"Vis! We talked about this." Wanda said, looking at Vision letting out a breath.

"Yes, but the door was open so I assumed that . . ." Vision gestured to the door and stopped. "Captain Rogers wished to know when Mr. Stark was arriving."

"Thank you. We'll be right down." Steve said with a nod of his head.

"I'll . . . use the door. Oh, and apparently, he's brought a guest."

"We know who it is?"

"The Secretary of State."

Everleigh let out a groan shaking her head. "Of course he had to bring the one man that hates us." Everleigh slowly got up to her feet taking a soft breath.

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This is the end of Chapter 57. I hope that you guys enjoyed this chapter. I tried my best with trying to write this chapter out. Hopefully it turned out well. I'm going to try my best to get through this movie part and I do promise there are more chapters that will be OG chapters. It's just going to take some time to get to those chapters. But I do promise you that those chapters are worth waiting for. Please leave a review and let me know what you think. I'll update next Monday. Until next time.