So there is one thing that I struggle with when writing scenes where they're dressed as the super hero. Do you call them by their name, or do you call them by the super hero name.

I'm going to apologise in advance because I'm certain it jumps around between the two quite often, but I just can't be decisive over this one detail.

It's infuriating!

Anyway...

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Chapter 8

The Hype

They sprinted out to the tarmac, heading towards Steve.

"There's our ride," Clint called through the comms as he and Wanda ran from where they left Tony under a pile of cars.

"Come on!" Steve shouted as Bucky, Sam and Lex appeared around a truck, Scott joining them from the other side. They all ran towards the hangar containing the Quinjet.

They were stopped in their tracks as a fizzing stream of energy sliced across the concrete runway in front of them, cleanly slicing through the cement. They turned to see Vision hovering overhead. "Captain Rogers. I know you believe what you're doing is right. But for the collective good you must surrender now."

Steve and Bucky glanced at each other as Tony and the rest of his team landed in front of Vision.

"What do we do, Cap?" Sam asked, not taking his eyes off of his former team mates blocking their way.

Steve looked straight at Tony, determination on his face. "We fight."

"Oh goodie," Lex whispered smoothly, a grim smile spreading across her features.

"This isn't going to end well," Natasha murmured as the two teams began running towards each other.

"They're not stopping," Spider-Man shouted, his voice exposing his nerves.

"Neither are we," Tony replied grimly, as his face plate dropped over his face before taking off from the ground and soaring into the air.

Bucky and Lex sprinted towards the armoured Black Panther. As they reached him, he launched himself at Bucky, tackling him roughly and throwing him backwards. Bucky landed heavily on his back, but Lex was quick to knock away the Wakandan, putting herself between Bucky and the Black Panther.

"My fight is with him, not with you," T'Challa warned, eyeing off Lex as Bucky quickly got back to his feet.

"It's with me too, now," she sneered in response. Bucky moved to stand next to her, gaining a sideways glance from her. Bucky felt a strange heat in his cheeks as clenched his jaw as he considered her words.

"Very well," T'Challa replied, leaping forward to attack them both. Bucky and Lex dodged and weaved from Black Panther, taking turns to trade blows with the angry Wakandan.

"Where is your honour?" T'challa growled as he blocked a kick from Lex. "This fight is between the Winter Soldier and I!" He kicked Bucky heavily as he had tried to run at The Black Panther from the side, sending him flying backwards into the side of a truck.

Lex was quick to recover from her strike, dropping low and sweeping her leg behind the Black Panther's feet, felling him heavily. She pulled her stave from her back, extending it with a flick of her wrist, before jumping on top of The Black Panther, the stave pressed across his throat.

"Where's your common sense? He cannot have gotten fourteen hours from Bucharest to Vienna in under five hours!" she snarled, pushing pressure down on the Black Panther's throat.

The Wakandan King managed to free an elbow, knocking her to the head, but it had little affect on her and she just grinned malevolently.

"Excuse me!" Spider-Man shouted as he swung past. Lex looked up in annoyance as he shot a web at her, attaching to her back. He swung away, hoisting her off of The Black Panther and throwing her into the fuselage of a nearby aircraft.

The Black Panther leapt to his feet, sprinting towards Bucky, who was trying to make his way to Lex as she landed heavily on the ground, but The Wakandan King was quick to block his path, kicking and punching at Bucky and stopping Bucky in his tracks.

He reached out to grab Bucky about the throat, as Bucky did the same to him.

"I didn't kill your father," Bucky growled as the Wakandan tried to squeeze his throat tightly.

"Then why did you run?" T'Challa demanded, before pulling Bucky's hand off of his neck, before spinning him away and fly-kicking him backwards.

Bucky landed several metres away before rolling to his feet, he looked back to the Black Panther and watched as he sprouted sharp looking, metal claws from his gloves and started striding towards Bucky again, aiming for his neck.

Before he could get close enough to Bucky, Lex was suddenly behind him again, a fearsome look on her face. She grabbed him about the shoulders, pulling him backwards and struck him in the lower back with great force, with her knee.

T'Challa cried out in pain, as she then flipped him over, causing him to land heavily on his front. She grabbed him roughly by an arm, hoisting the King off the ground and flinging him far away from them, into a passenger gangway.

Bucky stood staring in awe at Lex, before she turned to look at Bucky. Her normally brown eyes were nearly black, as she wiped blood that dripped from her mouth away with the back of her hand. "Move," she ordered darkly, starting to run towards the hangar that contained the Quinjet.

As they ran, Bucky and Lex came across Steve in the middle of the tarmac, ducking for cover as explosions echoed behind them. They took cover behind some baggage containers.

Bucky looked towards the Quinjet that was easily a good 700m away over open ground, as Sam flew overhead in an effort to avoid War Machine. "We gotta go. That guy's probably in Siberia by now."

"We've got to draw out the flyers. I'll take Vision. You get to the jet," Steve said moving to walk away.

Lex screwed up her nose, putting her hand out to stop Steve. "I don't think that's a good idea. The Death Squad aren't going to be a match for average people, Rogers."

"She's right, you get to the jet! All of you!" Sam shouted through comms as War Machine continued to pursue him. "The rest of us aren't getting out of here."

"As much as I hate to admit it," Clint said with a sigh as he took cover behind a baggage container. "If we're going to win this one, some of us might have to lose it."

Bucky and Steve looked at each other apprehensively. "This isn't the real fight, Steve," Sam said as he soared high into the air.

Steve sighed, dejectedly. "Alright, Sam, what's the play?"

"We need a diversion, something big."

"I got something kind of big, but I can't hold it very long," Scott piped up on the comms as he sounded like he was climbing something. "On my signal, run like hell. And if I tear myself in half... don't come back for me."

Bucky looked at Lex and Steve, concerned about what Scott was planning. "He's going to tear himself in half?" He saw Lex look back towards the main fight with an intrigued expression on her face, as she ran a tongue of over her bottom lip and smirked. She worried him, sometimes.

"You're sure about this, Scott?" Steve demanded, as he, Bucky and Lex ducked again when Iron man flew overhead, as Wanda continued to propel whatever wasn't secured to the ground at him.

"I do it all the time," Scott replied, sounding breathless. "I mean once... in a lab. Then I passed out."

Lex looked from Steve to Bucky with raised eyebrows, an unimpressed look on her face. "Really?" Steve shook his head at her and they turned to look for the signal.

Within seconds, there was a rumbling and they saw Scott, except he was at least sixty feet tall.

"Whoa..." Lex murmured, her mouth slightly agape as she stared up at Scott. "That's something." Bucky also stared, it was hard not to as Scott grabbed War Machine and swung him away like he was rag doll.

"I guess that's the signal," Steve remarked, recovering from the shock first. They all glanced at each other quickly, before sprinting away across the tarmac for the Quinjet.

They sprinted as fast as they could, not looking back. Lex proved to be the faster over the ground, quickly moving to the front, her plait whipping out behind her like the tail of a big cat in full flight.

They were quickly approaching the open hangar, Lex had to be only 100m from the entrance when a shining beam of energy shot out from behind them and struck the control tower, causing it to collapse towards the entrance of the hangar.

"That ain't good," Lex exclaimed breathlessly, starting to slow down, as she was well ahead of the Bucky and Steve.

As the debris from the control tower fell, a red glow captured it, holding it up off the ground. Bucky glanced over his shoulder to see Wanda focusing her attention onto the tower.

"Keep going!" Steve shouted, and they picked up the pace.

They were just about under it when there was an ear splitting sound coming from behind them, Bucky saw Lex wince as the red glow disappeared, letting the crumbling tower fall all around them. They rolled, slid and dove out of the way of falling debris, avoiding any serious injury, although Lex lay on her back for a little longer than the boys, trying to catch her breath.

Bucky and Steve got to their feet, seeing Natasha standing between them and the Quinjet. They looked at her in anticipation, preparing for the worst.

"You're not gonna stop," Natasha murmured matter-of-factly, looking straight at Steve.

"You know I can't."

Lex groaned as she got to her feet, moving to stand next to Bucky. Natasha's eyes flicked towards her fellow former Black Widow.

"You live up to the hype," Natasha commented quietly, eyeing off the taller blonde.

"I try to please."

"This isn't your fight, you didn't need to do this," Natasha said, looking at Lex with a combination of awe and confusion.

"No, but I've been hiding from the fight for too long, I think," Lex replied, sounding almost a little sad. Bucky glanced sideways at her. There was no malevolent grin, no menacing look in her eyes, she looked resolute. "I'm where I need to be now. Besides, can't have anymore of us running around giving the rest of us a bad name," she joked, smiling again as she motioned to Bucky and herself.

Natasha looked at the female super soldier, before sighing. "I'm going to regret this." She raised an arm, her fist pointed towards Lex, who tensed in response to the threatening movement. Natasha fired a widow bite, the electric charged prongs flying past Lex and hitting a creeping Black Panther behind them, stunning him.

All three turned in surprise, before looking back to Natasha.

"Go."

Steve and Bucky made a run for the Quinjet without hesitation. Lex also made to move towards the Quinjet, but slowed next to Natasha, placing a hand on her shoulder. "You're the only good thing to come out of The Red Room, Romanoff." Natasha responded with a grim smile. With that, Lex sprinted for the Quinjet as Natasha fired another widow bite at the Wakandan.