THE HEROES CONTINUED TO FIGHT at the airport. Ant-Man combatted Black Widow, Spider-Man fought with Falcon and the Winter Soldier, War Machine and Black Panther were trying to subdue Captain America.
Tony flew towards a running Barton and Maximoff, and shot rockets in front of them to divert their path.
They stopped, and Tony hovered above them with a charged gauntlet raised.
"Wanda, I think you hurt Vision's feelings." Tony remarked.
"You locked me in my room."
"Okay, first, that's an exaggeration. Second, I did it to protect you."
Wanda kept looking at Iron Man, tilting her head.
"Hey, Clint." Tony greeted Hawkeye who was holding his bow.
"Hey, man."
"Clearly retirement doesn't suit you. You got tired of shooting golf?"
"Well, I played 18, shot 18. Just can't seem to miss."
Hawkeye quickly shot a cluster of arrows at Tony, who deftly shot them down with his repulsors.
"First time for everything."
Clint smirked, "Made you look."
Wanda used her powers to drop cars from the parking structure at Tony. He was caught off guard, and tried maneuvering away from the falling vehicles.
They were too much, and Tony crashed down onto the ground under the weight of a car.
Specter saw the event unfold, and landed near Clint and Wanda. He saw Iron Man under the damaged cars.
"You got him for me. Thank you." He said. The three fled the scene soon after.
"Multiple contusions detected." FRIDAY informed Tony.
"Yeah, I detected that, too."
• • •
WANDA, HAWKEYE, AND SPECTER started running towards the hangar. The rest of Cap's team were not far behind.
"There's the Quinjet." Clint called out.
"Come on!" Steve shouted. Scott and Steve caught up with the three, and were joined moments later by Sam and Bucky.
Suddenly, a beam of yellow energy started cutting into the pavement ahead, stopping them in their tracks.
Vision hovered above, and spoke in a booming voice.
"Captain Rogers. I know you believe what you're doing is right. But for the collective good, just surrender now."
Iron Man and War Machine landed below Vision. Black Widow, Black Panther, and Spider-Man arrived moments later.
Each side lined up, all facing each other.
Team Iron Man.
Team Captain America.
"What do we do, Cap?" Falcon asked.
Steve was determined to get this mission done. If he had to get through Tony and his team, then that's what he'd have to do.
"We fight."
Captain America's side started walking forward, which made Iron Man's side do the same.
Walking turned to running.
Running turned to a full on sprint.
Soon, flyers like Tony, Rhodey, Vision, Wanda, Sam, and Y/N took flight.
The sides eventually clashed, and Tony brought a fist down at Steve, who blocked it with his shield.
Wanda threw crates in Spider-Man's direction, but the hero swiftly evaded them.
Falcon fought with War Machine, the two soaring through the air.
Bucky engaged in hand to hand combat with T'Challa.
Natasha fought with Ant-Man for a moment before tossing him aside. Hawkeye came to his aid and started fighting with Black Widow.
Clint ended up pinning her down. Nat looked at him. "We're still friends after this?"
"Depends on how hard you hit me."
Natasha quickly did a reversal and flipped Clint over. He recovered, and Nat was about to kick him before her leg was held back by crimson energy.
Wanda threw Natasha into the side of a van, knocking her down. The witch looked at Clint.
"You were pulling your punches."
Clint gave a nod, and the two resumed the fight.
Nearby, T'Challa was fighting Bucky. They ended up holding each other's necks.
"I didn't kill your father." Bucky said.
"Then why did you run?" T'Challa shot back.
Black Panther pried Bucky's vibranium arm away, and flipped him over. Out of nowhere, Specter leaped in and kicked T'Challa down.
"Sorry about that, Your Highness."
He sprang back up and did a flying back kick, sending Specter back a few yards. Bucky tried to engage him again, T'Challa did the same move and kicked him away.
Specter flew towards Black Panther, tackling him and rolling on the ground with him. T'Challa had enough, and swiftly pinned Specter down. He showed his claws brought his hand down at him, but was stopped.
Wanda kept his claws from stabbing into Y/N, and she flung T'Challa into the side of an airplane walkway.
Specter panted, and gave a nod to Wanda.
Meanwhile, Captain America was fighting Spider-Man. The young hero shot a web at him, but the soldier grabbed the line and pulled him back. He hit him with his shield.
Spider-Man sprang back up and swung onto the top of a walkway.
"Stark tell you anything else?" Steve looked up.
"That you're wrong. You think you're right. That makes you dangerous."
Spider-Man backflipped off of the walkway and swung towards Cap. Steve reacted, and did a leaping kick, sending Peter back.
"Guess he had a point." Steve replied. He threw his shield at the weakened beam and caused the walkway to fall on him. Peter used his enhanced strength to keep it from crushing him.
"You got heart, kid. Where you from?" Steve asked as he retrieved his shield.
"Queens." Spider-Man groaned.
"Brooklyn." Cap replied before running off.
Steve met up with Bucky, and took cover as the rest of the heroes were fighting.
"We gotta go. That guy's probably in Siberia by now." Bucky spoke to Steve.
"We gotta draw out the flyers. I'll take Vision, you get to the jet."
"No, you get to the jet!" Sam spoke into his comms, currently in a aerial fight with Rhodey, "Both of you! The rest of us aren't getting out of here."
Hawkeye was nearby, loading up his bow. "As much as I hate to admit it, if we're gonna win this one, some of us might have to lose it."
"This ain't the real fight, Steve." Sam added.
"Alright, Sam. What's the plan?"
"We need a diversion. Something big."
"I got something kind of big. But I can't hold it very long." Scott chimed in through the comms, "On my signal, run like hell. And if I tear myself in half, don't come back to me."
"What's this guy saying?" Y/N spoke into his radio too.
"You sure about this, Scott?" Steve asked.
Scott agreed, and in his miniature state, leaped on to the back of War Machine. He held on and prepared to activate his alternative mode.
It worked, and Scott turned into Giant-Man. He held Rhodey's legs with two fingers and kept him from chasing after Falcon.
"Okay, tiny dude is big now. He's big now." Rhodey exclaimed.
Steve and Bucky got out of cover and looked at the towering Scott.
"I guess that's the signal."
Sam soared above, "Way to go, Tic Tac!" He glided down and kicked Iron Man back. Scott tossed Rhodey aside.
Y/N looked up, and saw Vision processing the situation. In his eyes, the synthezoid could singlehandedly change the tide of this battle.
"I'll deal with Vision, Cap. You two go to the jet." He spoke into the comms.
Giant-Man kicked a bus towards Black Panther, but Vision flew down and got in front of him. He split the vehicle in half with his hardened density.
T'Challa ran off, and Vision noticed Specter flying up. The synthezoid soared up as well, confronting his friend.
"You're perspective is askew, Y/N. I thought you agreed with the Accords." Vision spoke.
"Upon further realization, I found out it was bull." Y/N replied.
"What you and Cap are doing will cause great catastrophe. You don't understand the consequences that can befall you."
"It's a risk I'm willing to take."
The two enhanced individuals hovered in the air facing each other. Vision then looked behind Y/N, and saw Steve and Bucky running towards the jet.
"I'm doing what I think is right." Vision said, then started gliding forward. Specter quickly put a hand on Vision's chest to stop him, but the synthezoid phased through and pushed him away.
Specter reacted and flew towards Vision, grabbing him and initiating an aerial fight. The two flew around, grabbing each other and using their phasing abilities to escape holds.
They separated and were yards away from each other in mid air.
"I don't want to hurt you, Y/N. But you're giving me no choice."
"I don't either, Vis. Just let them go."
"That I can't do. I'm sorry."
Vision charged up his Mind Stone, and shot a beam at Y/N. Specter shot back his own from his hands, and both beams were clashing against each other.
Vision's power was more extreme, and ended up winning the duel. The energy blasted Specter back, who landed on a luggage carrier below. The blast caused him to transform back into his civilian form, and Y/N tried to revert back to no avail. He kept on trying.
Vision flew towards the hangar, and shot his beam again at the tower nearby. It started crashing down, and he hoped it'd block Steve and Bucky's path.
Suddenly, Wanda used her powers to keep the debris from falling.
War Machine flew in and used a sonic blast to disorient Wanda. She held her ears and screamed in pain. The debris continued to fall, but the two super soldiers narrowly made it through.
Y/N, who was able to transform back into his Specter self for a moment, flew in and kicked Rhodey away, causing him to spin and hurl many yards back. He suddenly reverted back into his civilian form, and fell to the ground near Wanda. He groaned as he got on his knees and looked at her.
"Are you okay?" He asked.
Wanda panted, "I'm fine." She noticed how he reverted back to his civilian form. "What's wrong with you?"
"I don't know..."
Vision hovered above them and landed on the ground, overhearing their exchange.
"The combined energy of both our powers shorted Y/N'a abilities temporarily."
Y/N weakly laughed, "And you knew that'd happen, huh?"
Vision didn't respond, but he did know it would. Y/N laid on the ground, taking quick breaths. "Good one, Vis."
Suddenly, the Quinjet flew out of the hangar and ascended into the air. Steve and Bucky were on their way to Siberia. War Machine and Iron Man started chasing after it, but Falcon followed too and was on Rhodey's tail.
"Vision, I got a bandit on my six." Rhodey informed. "Target his thruster, turn him into a glider."
Vision turned around and aimed at the sky. He charged his Mind Stone, ready to shoot at Sam's thrusters.
"Vis..." Y/N called out.
Vision shot at him, but Falcon reacted to the incoming beam and tucked into a barrel roll. It missed, and ended up hitting Rhodey's arc reactor on his suit.
It powered down, and Rhodey started free falling in the dead metal suit.
"Rhodes!" Tony exclaimed, and started flying towards him. Falcon did so too, not wanting his friend to get hurt.
It was too late though.
THUD!
Rhodey hit the ground.
Tony landed near the crater and knelt beside his friend. He ripped off his face plate, seeing blood running down from his nose.
"Read vitals." Tony frantically ordered FRIDAY.
"Heartbeat detected. Emergency and medical is on its way."
Falcon glided down and landed near the two Iron-Men. He retracted his wings back into his pack and looked down at Rhodey. Guilt consumed him.
"I'm sorry." Sam breathed out.
Tony charged up his repulsor and blasted Sam away, the Falcon rolling over and groaning in pain.
Tony held his friend's unconscious body, breathing out and filled with worry.
All this could've been avoided.
He looked up at the sky, seeing the Quinjet becoming a black speck in the distance.