Authoress Note: Welcome to Chapter 69 of God of Lies and Mischief and the Woman of Many Faces. There is one more chapter for Captain America Civil War, but there isn't going to be much of Captain America Civil War just due to what I have written for this chapter. 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'm trying my best to make the chapters good for everyone. I know that this chapter will be a bit of a tearjerker. Will Everleigh get involved in the fight or will she just stay out of allowing all three men to fight? I can't wait to show you guys what happens in this chapter. Without further ado Chapter 69. ENJOY!
Chapter 69
Tony looked at the freeze frame of a secluded road and the date. His eyes roved anxiously. ''I know that road. What is this?"
The video began to play. That car that the Winter Soldier forced off the road crashed into a tree.
Tony watched intently as the Winter Soldier rode up and got off his motorbike.
Steve watched Tony's increasing unease.
The driver laid on the ground beside the car. It was Tony's father, Howard.
"Help my wife. Please. Help." Howard pleaded with the man.
The Winter Soldier walked over and hoisted him up by his hair. He stared at Howard's blood face. Howard stared back pleadingly.
"Sergeant Barnes?"
"Howard!" Maria sobbed out.
Tony's eyes slid over to Bucky glaring at him.
The Winter Soldier pounded Howard hard in the face with his metal fist.
"Howard!"
Tony closed his eyes for a moment in grief.
His father slumped dead on the video. The Winter Soldier put him back in the driver's seat with his face against the steering wheel.
Tony stared on in horror.
Maria was in the passenger seat smeared with blood on her face.
The Winter soldier walked around and gripped her by the throat, strangling her to death.
Tony watched the screen stunned at what he had seen.
Everleigh grasped her arms softly, looking away from the screen.
Steve watched Tony anxiously.
Tony lunged at Bucky only to have Steve stop him.
"Tony. Tony."
"Did you know?" Tony asked with tears unshed.
"I didn't know it was him."
"Don't bullshit me, Rogers! Did you know?"
"Yes."
Tony stepped back, his chin jutting upwards twitching. He reengaged the iron man helmet. He punched Steve to the floor and deflected gunfire from Bucky, disarming him. He grabbed Bucky and flew across the chamber. He slammed him into the floro, then jumped on his arms.
Everleigh phased out knowing that she wasn't about to allow herself to get involved. Her hands tangled into her hair as she slowly made her way out of the room. She just couldn't believe that this is what her family had become. All because Steve wanted to be noble and help his friend, but now Tony knows the truth of what had happened to his parents. It was just going to implode everyone and now there wasn't going to be much of a choice of what she was going to do. She wasn't going to involve herself in a fight with Tony who thought he was doing the right thing.
She made her way to the exit taking a soft breath materializing once again. She looked back at the building before slowly bringing her magic forward and flying away from the building. She was finally done with everything. She helped Steve help his friend and now the rest was on him. She knew that this path wasn't going to be all that easy, but she knew that she had made the right choice. Her family was gone and she had a feeling that the Avengers would never be able to return to what they once were.
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This is the end of Chapter 69. I hope that you guys enjoyed this chapter. I know that this is one of my shorter chapters, which I do apologize for. Everleigh has made her choice in what she was going to do. Now will the choice haunt her? Please leave a review and let me know what you think. I'll update next Monday with the next part of this story. Reviews help me keep on going. Until next time.
