The three days passed by in a blur. Alex's bodies in the other worlds had made nice progress and he was getting nice EP each day.
[ «Perks»
‹EP Generation: 0.6/Day›
‹(Host #1— 0.1) (Host #2— 0.2) (Host #3— 0.1) (Host #5— 0.2)›
]
He was going to continue things as they were going in the other worlds. Gwen-65 i.e. Ghost-Spider Gwen was spending her time training with him. Both her martial arts and her physical abilities. He was also having fun teaching that innocent virgin about the pleasures of the world.
In the Amazing Spider-Man Earth, he'd established his research center and had started working with the Gwen of that Earth on making his own version of the arc reactor.
In the other Spider-Man Earth, he'd made enough progress with MJ by spending a week doing nothing but farming the bonding rate with her. After realizing that it was going to take some time, he'd decided to try some different tactics with her to increase the efficiency of the bonding rate. He was also going to find other girls to bond with within that world.
He was mostly going to be focusing on the MCU earth for a while, at least until the Civil War stuff finished.
…
Soon, it was time for the UN conference.
There were quite a few agendas that were to be talked about at that conference, but the first and main agenda was the Sokovia Accords.
Although 116 countries had signed off on the Accords, all the member countries of the UN were present.
Including the Wakandan king and his son, T'Challa.
'Is this what you call fate?' Alex had thought that after not killing any Wakandans in Lagos, Wakanda would probably only send a proxy to this conference since they didn't have any important agenda to talk about.
'I thought that the presence of this clusterfuck of different planets would cause any fate and plot bullshit to get negated… I guess that whatever external force is keeping these planets together and intact without breaking apart is also trying to keep the plot running. Why though…'
Alex couldn't understand the reasoning behind this. This was something completely different from Battleworld, where The Beyonder threw different versions of heroes into a single place to have an all-out brawl.
This situation, on the other hand, was much more sophisticated.
Just like the question of who sent him here, Alex decided that he didn't want to think about it and paid attention to the stuff that was going on currently.
Natasha was sitting on the panel as the representative of the Avengers while the others were busy with their own thing.
They were all going to publically sign the Accords in front of the committee. It could've been done privately, but this was a symbolic thing. A show of trust for the representatives.
Since the Wakandan king wasn't spearheading the Accords this time, someone else came up to introduce them and initiate the signing. It was the US representative.
Alex expected that bomb to go off any time soon.
*BOOM* And soon, it did go off.
Unexpectedly to Alex though, the bomb didn't go off from a news van outside, and instead somewhere much closer or maybe within the building. It didn't just kill the person on the podium who was speaking, but also quite a few people in the hall. With the explosion, half of the ceiling fell out, smashing right into a large section of the people sitting in the hall.

Natasha was included in that section. Half of the building had completely been destroyed.
She reacted quickly and tried to get away from a large piece of debris but sadly she wasn't able to get far enough as another piece fell on top of her.
She tightly closed her eyes in preparation for her inevitable death. There was no sadness on her face, only acceptance.
But the pain never came.
[Like hell I'm going to let my partner die so pathetically…] She heard Alex's voice in her head.
She was still in the suit that she was wearing, only there was a large pillar that was coming out of her back that held up the huge piece of concrete.
Nat was surprised and blinked her eyes a few times. [Thank you, Alex…] She didn't expect that Alex would be able to help her here.
[You're still thanking me? We're a team, partners, we have each other's backs.] She felt his hand caressing her cheek momentarily before it disappeared. The action brought an imperceptible smile to her face.
Alex pushed that piece of debris to the side as Natasha discretely made her way to the side. With Alex's camouflage ability, it was a piece of cake.
When people saw that she'd disappeared in the leftover cameras, she could tell them that she got out of the debris after a while.
[You need some makeup, Nat… You don't seem like you've just been through an explosion.] He informed her. She'd been making her way outside and made a turn to a discrete location.
Spending 30 seconds, making herself look like she'd just been through an explosion, with real injuries to match, she left.
[You're brutal babe…] Alex told her as she held the side of her arm that had a deep gash while making her way out of the building.
[That's what I was trained to be…] She said in a bittersweet tone.
[They were brutal people…] Alex said.
[You have no idea.] She shook her head.
[Your… womb. They were the ones who sterilized you?] He brought up the topic of her womb.
Natasha froze in her spot.
[How do you know?] She had a cold edge in her tone, thinking that he'd been given that information. She was feeling betrayed.
[I've been deep enough inside you to know about every single nook and cranny of your body. You think I wouldn't know that you can't have children?] Alex's answer was slightly sarcastic. He understood that her mind had instantly gone to the worst-case scenario.
"Ahem ahem ahem…" Natasha started coughing at his mention of how deep he'd been inside her.
[I'm a lady, you shouldn't be so uncouth and direct…] She said in a righteous tone, with all hostility forgotten— or at least hidden— since she understood that he was intricately familiar with her biology.
[Right… What happened to 'Go harder, daddy'?] He imitated her tone.
[Whatever…] She was speechless and stopped talking to him.
[I can fix it, you know…] He mentioned as he got her full attention back.
[You better not be joking Alex…] Her tone was as serious as it could get almost to the point of being threatening.

[Please, I can regenerate lost limbs, I can even regenerate your hymen so that you can enjoy the feeling of being fucked as a virgin again. Your uterus is far from a big deal.] He said in a proud tone.
[Please don't… Just my womb will do…] Though she said that in a nonchalant fashion, Alex saw tears gathering up in her eyes.
[Hey now… Don't cry… I'll get it done. Though I will need some time. Our symbiotic bond isn't deep enough yet to heal such an internal process easily. I'll let you know when I'll be able to do it.] She was still camouflaged as Alex wiped away her tears with a tendril. He gave her the feeling that he was hugging her through her clothes.
[It's fine… It's fine… Thank you, Alex. For everything.] His presence hadn't just allowed her to protect herself better, but it would allow her to get back something that she'd thought she'd never be able to get.
[What did I tell you?] Alex couldn't take much of this mushy atmosphere and slapped her butt with enough force to make her jump.
[Hey! That hurt…] She protested.
[Find a good spot to get back in camera vision, I'll remove the camouflaging.] He told her while ignoring her protest as he squeezed her butt.
She had already gotten familiar with how much of a pervert Alex was and had given up on going against him, only teasing him every once in a while. She knew that he wouldn't get her in any trouble.
As rough as he was with her, she was always left feeling amazing after their 'bonding' sessions as he called them. She couldn't help but be left wanting more after it was over. This was also a reason that she'd come to love training. After every training session, Alex would give her an amazing reward.
She knew that he wanted her to train more and was basically conditioning her with it, but she didn't mind since he was doing it so that she would get stronger. She was sort of just going along with his whims for now since she saw quite a bit of benefit in being bonded with Alex.
When she finally walked out of the building, Alex noticed someone— T'Challa.
'I guess some things aren't changing, huh…' He thought as he looked at his desolate expression.
Natasha also realized that as she looked at him and took a seat with him.
She'd talked with him before the meeting since he seemed to be curious about the Avengers
His father had brought him to introduce him to his father's contacts at the UN conference. He was going to be the next king, it was a signal that his father was going to be enthroning him soon.
Sadly though, that 'soon' ended up becoming a 'now'. T'Challa would have to take up his father's mantle of the king now.
Natasha understood his situation and sat on the bench at the side.
"I'm very sorry…" She said to him.
"…In my culture, death is not the end. It's more of a stepping-off point. You reach out to Bast and Sekhmet. They lead you into the green belt where you can run forever…" He told her with a reminiscent tone.
"It sounds peaceful."
"My father also thought that… I am not my father." His tone revealed that he was planning something.
"T'Challa… The task force will decide who brings in Barnes." She understood his undertone and tried to calm him down.
"Don't bother Miss Romanoff. I'll kill him myself." He told her as he walked off with determined steps.
Natasha sighed and dismissed his words, not taking him seriously.
*Ring* She got a call from an unknown number.

"Yeah?" She asked after picking up the phone. She seemed to know who it was.
"Are you okay?" It was Steve.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I got lucky." Natasha got a chill that made her feel that someone was watching her.
She shrugged it off, before continuing, "I know how much Barnes means to you. I really do… Stay, home. You'll only make this worse. For all of us."
After coming out of the building she'd seen a few reporters in front of the wreckage reporting that Barnes was the main suspect in this bombing.
"Are you saying, you'll arrest me?" He asked her.
"No! But someone else will if you interfere. That's how it works now." She tried to show him the reality of the situation.
"If he's this far gone then I should be the one to bring him in." He said stubbornly.
"Why?" Nat couldn't understand his motivations.
"Cause I'm the one least likely to die trying." He hung up.
[I wanna call him an arrogant prick…] Alex said in her mind.
[I don't disagree with you on that…] She was annoyed that he didn't listen to her while at the same time worried for her friend.
[Wanna help him?] He understood her dilemma and offered his help.
[How? I have to meet with Stark. I can't exactly bail on it.] She did want to help him, but she didn't plan to risk her freedom for helping Steve save The Winter Soldier.
[You seem to have forgotten about my ability to turn into a living breathing, person… I can separate a part of my body to form a temporary clone of you. You can go help Steve and I'll manage whatever is necessary.] He told her.
[And if they talk about something you don't know?] She wanted some assurances.
[The separated part of my body is connected to me and I can telepathically ask you something I don't know at any time.]
[And my mannerisms?]
[I've been reading every single tiny movement of yours for the past week. I know how to act like you.] He said with a husky whisper.
[You just had to make it sound sexual, don't you?] Nat was convinced.
[It's necessary.] He told her as if he was doing god's work by making double innuendos every once in a while.
[Any idea where Steve might be?] She consulted him.
[Look for Bucky, You'll find Steve.] He told her.
Before she could sigh at his useless answer, he told her, [Or you could turn around and start walking, he was just there.]
[What? How long have you known about his presence?] She asked him as she started walking to the spot where Alex was directing her.
[About a minute before he called you. He was waiting for you to finish your talk with the Vibranium King.] He told her.
[Vibranium King?] She was confused by the address.
[You'll find out soon enough.] Alex was having fun by being cryptic with her.
[Fuck you, Alex. And where is Steve?] Natasha looked around while asking him.
[Turn left, he's in the third shop. And I would gladly fuck you, Natasha Romanoff. It's one of the greatest joys of life.] He said.
[Aren't you an alien? Why are you so into having sex with a human woman?] She asked while walking to the place he'd told her about.
[Asthetics are very important, and you are very aesthetically pleasing. Especially your insides… heavenly.] He was completely frank with her.
[What have I told you about being so straightforward with a lady? You sound barbaric…] She dismissed his words.

[Yet my words are the ones that make you wet…] He teased her.
She didn't reply to Alex and walked into the bar that he had indicated Steve was in.
[Could you please camouflage me, Alex?] She asked him before walking to a discrete location.
[Of course, my dear partner. That wasn't so hard, was it?] He'd finally gotten her used to not ordering him when she needs something from him.
[Yeah, yeah… Fucker doesn't want me to say thank you but wants me to say please every time I need to share his powers…] She thought to herself.
[You're damn right I do!] He generously confirmed her thoughts.
Natasha rolled her eyes.
She'd already seen where Steve was and gone near him. He seemed to be standing with Sam and Peggy's niece. Natasha was going to spy on them and follow Steve to reach Bucky.
[Hey, Alex… I need a suit. Like a suit that's distinct from my combat suit…] While spying on their conversation, she realized that she couldn't use her identity and had to get some disguise.
[Don't want to be Black Widow anymore?] Alex asked with a mock heartbroken tone.
[You know what I mean.] She said.
[Yeah and I have just the suit in mind for you…] He said in an anticipatory tone.
[If it's a damn sex suit, I swear to god…] Natasha realized his intentions.
[Damn it, you're no fun… Fine, I'll put it on you during our next reward session…] He sounded disappointed.
[The important topic here, Alex…] She ignored it while acting nonchalant about it, but inwardly, she was anticipatory about what he had in store for her.
[I know what you need. When you can get rid of the camo, I'll show it to you.] He assured her.
Nat, in her invisible state, followed Steve after he found out about Bucky's location. She followed him all the way to Bucharest.
Meanwhile, Alex formed Natasha's exact replica and that replica went to meet with Tony about the aftermath of the signing.
…
"You know me?" Steve looked at Bucky while in his Captain America costume, ready for a fight.
They were both standing in a rundown apartment, it was the place where Bucky had been staying for a while.
"You're Steve… I read about you in a museum piece." He told Steve something that anyone would know when looking at his current attire.
"All right smart guy… There are people coming after you." He told Bucky.
"I wasn't in Vienna. I don't do that anymore." Bucky's presence changed when he realized that he was in danger.
"I know you're scared. But the people who think you did are coming here right now, and they're not planning to take you alive." Steve tried to negotiate with him.
-1 minute Cap.- Sam called out to Steve from the intercom. The local law enforcement was arriving.
"Smart." Barnes smiled almost self-deprecatingly.
The tension in the room was almost solid.
"This doesn't have to end in a fight, Buck…"
"It always ends in a fight." Bucky took off the glove that was covering his metallic hand as he said that.
-5 seconds- Sam told Steve.
"You pulled me from the river! Why?" Steve asked referring to the time when Bucky helped him when the Helicarrier crashed during the events at the Triskelion.
"I don't know." Buckey lied.

"Yes, you do…"
Before they could continue their talk, a flashbang broke through the window. Steve blocked and threw it away with his shield while another was thrown toward Bucky. Not caring about Steve, Bucky kicked the other flashbang at him. Steve used his shield to cover the impact of the weak explosion of the flashbang.
A large number of things started happening at the same time.
A few people dressed in SWAT armor broke in through the windows while another team started ramming the door with a battering ram.
Their orders were shoot-on-sight. They weren't planning on getting Bucky alive.
Like the seasoned veterans that they were, both Steve and Bucky engaged the assailants.
After incapacitating one of them, Bucky picked up a table with his metal arm and threw it with a huge amount of force to the small area where the door would open, jamming the door completely. It would only open if they broke the hinges and pulled it out.
*Bang**Bang**Bang**Bang**Bang*
Steve pushed a cop's rifle away from Bucky as he started before knocking out the guy. Looking at Steve once, Bucky moved to another area of his apartment and punched through the floor, taking out a duffel bag. Probably something he'd stored for emergencies.
Then he threw it out the window to have it land on the roof of the building in the next block.
*BANG* There was the sound of a shotgun shot.
*BANG**BANG*
Two more shots were fired at the hinges of the door, they were preparing o pull it out.
A metal hand came out of the door and grabbed the shooter's head, banging it against the door before dropping him.
Bucky then punched the door out of its boundary, getting out and punching one of the guys in his chest and dropping the other two down the stairs.
*Shatter* The glass of the roof shattered as another person started rappelling down the roof while shooting at Bucky.
He blocked the bullets with his metal arm while moving to grab that guy and incapacitate him while using the rope as support to swing down to the next section of the stairs.
He kept running into assailants that he kept beating down while going down the stairs as Captain America followed behind him.
He made sure that Bucky didn't end up killing anyone while supporting him whenever he could.
Soon, he was at his destination.
It was a balcony with the perfect route to his escape plan.
He was a trained veteran. Even though he had been laying low, he still made sure to have an escape route planned in case of such a day.
Bucky charged through a small hallway to the balcony and jumped across to the next building on which he'd dropped his bag.
Reaching the roof of that building, he grabbed his bag and ran as if his life depended on it. Which it did.
Though his bad day wasn't going to end any time soon.
Bucky noticed a shadow looming in front of him and quickly turned around, only to have his nigh-indestructible metallic arm get scratched by what seemed like the claws of a panther-themed armored individual.
-Sam, bogey, inbound.- Steve told Sam after noticing a helicopter.
-On it.-
At the same time, Steve followed after bucky and jumped down while a gunner from the helicopter started raining bullets on Bucky who was standing behind the Black Panther.
Just before Sam arrived, there was the arrival of another person.
Someone appeared from thin air beside Bucky and The Black Panther and shot a grappling gun directly at the machine gun that was being used to shoot them from the helicopter.
It was a female figure who was wearing a white combat suit with a helmet-like sleek mask that extended from her collar and covered her face.
"Hey, guys…" She turned to the two people that were fighting on the rooftop. Alex had tweaked her voice so that she wasn't recognizable to people who knew her.
Nat was smiling under her costume. Alex had made this for her and she absolutely loved it. It was sleek, made her look sexy, and most importantly, it was bulletproof, then again, even her usual comfortable home clothes were bulletproof.
After getting rid of the annoying gun that could've killed either Steve or Bucky, she turned invisible again and kicked Black Panther's head.
He wasn't able to react and was thrown to the side.
-Cap, is it just me, or did that woman just turn invisible?-
-She did and she seems on our side. Try to help her out. I'll try to get Bucky out of this shit-storm.-
Steve ignored the cat-themed man who seemed to have gone crazy as he kept getting punched by air and followed after Bucky.
"Stand down, your Highness," Nat called out as she kicked him behind his knee and turned around to hit his head.
Alex had already informed her who was under that Vibranium suit. She was trying to pull him away from the fight.
"What?" He asked from behind the mask as he clawed the air in a place where he thought she would be.
Sadly for him, Natasha was just as good of a physical fighter as him. Coupled with her ability to turn invisible at command, she was basically unstoppable unless you were Tony Stark who had all kinds of different sensors like infrared and heat sensors in his suit.
"King T'Challa. This is not your jurisdiction. Stand down" She punched his face again.
Although he seemed to be getting a beatdown, T'Challa wasn't feeling anything since the suit was made of Vibranium. A metal that is known for absorbing and negating force with ease. He wasn't getting hurt by a single one of her punches.
After realizing that trying to fight her was futile, T'Challa changed tactics and started ignoring her.
He ran after Bucky and Steve at full speed while ignoring the blows that Natasha was hitting him with. The Vibranium was taking care of mitigating the force so that he didn't get too affected.
"Well, this is a problem… Is that suit completely made of Vibranium?" She asked out to no one in particular.
[Yep. Wakanda is far different from what they portray themselves to be. It's the strongest country on Earth with a literal shit-ton of Vibranium. I'm not exaggerating. Their entire culture is based around Vibranium. Vibranium houses, Vibranium tech, even fucking Vibranium clothes. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if they eat and shit Vibranium too.]
Natasha was speechless at how to react to the information that Alex had just given her and just followed after T'Challa.
[Alex can you turn Steve and Bucky invisible too?] She got an idea.
[Nope.] He instantly shot it down.
[What's the problem?]
[I'm not wrapping myself around a dude's body. It's gay.]
[Isn't your race gender-neutral?] Natasha was both speechless and annoyed at his meaningless reason.
[Doesn't matter. I'm a male. I will not be cupping a dude's sweaty genitals.]
[Ugh, I did not need that image in my head.] Natasha was disgusted.

[Exactly.]
[You just made this thing a whole lot harder.]
[If anything I made it easier. Do you think that it would be as easy for you to wreck T'Challa without going invisible?]
As they both bantered, Bucky was running ahead with Steve pretty close to him. T'Challa seemed to be gaining on them since he wasn't being hindered by as many cops as they were. Especially since he could easily shrug off the bullets.
Natasha, being invisible, had it the easiest, and she soon surpassed T'Challa and started gaining on Steve and Bucky.
With her initial speed, Natasha couldn't have hoped to contend with these enhanced people, but with Alex increasing her limits and base stats and the enhancement provided through the bond, she was equivalent, if not better than them.
Her stats had been increased by a factor of 4 times with his enhancement. So it was pretty significant.
It had increased from the initial 3 times to 4 times since her bond was a Level 2 bond.
Alex updated that information in the skill description of that skill too.
‹Host Enhancement›:: Enhances the host's base stats and auxiliary powers that the host of the symbiote possesses. Passive skill (Can toggle on and off ). Auxiliary power enhancement depends on factors like the type of the powers and compatibility with those powers. Enhancement increases with the level of the bond— ‹2x at Lvl 0› ‹3x at Lvl 1› ‹4x at Lvl 2›
After they went down that building, it was a big fucking chase.
Steve after Bucky, T'Challa after Bucky, and the police after all of them.
Nat was the unknown variable here. Soon, she reached Bucky.
What she did first was to taser the fucker and grab him like a sack over her shoulder.
Before either Steve or T'Challa could react, the woman clad in white armor started turning invisible from bottom to top.
Neither of them had the presence of mind to realize that it was different from her usual disappearance style where her entire body turns invisible instantly. Especially since Barnes disappeared with her.
"Fuck!" Steve shouted out before hearing the whirring of another helicopter and some sirens.
-Sam! Extraction…- Steve called into his intercom as he heard them getting closer and closer.
Natasha meanwhile was running at full speed away after taking care of Barnes. She knew that Steve would escape the authorities after she got Bucky away. It would be the same with T'Challa. And she was right. The moment they realized that things were out of hand, they both retreated.
[You were really serious about not wanting to wrap around a dude, huh…] Natasha observed as she felt Alex's presence surrounding Bucky but not actually touching him. Bucky was inside an invisible sphere while still being hung on Natasha's shoulder.
[As I told you. I'm very much attracted to the fairer sex and ONLY the fairer sex.]
Natasha chuckled but at the same time felt warm inside. Although he'd disagreed with helping her out due to feeling uncomfortable, he still did end up helping her and making things so much easier. Otherwise, she would've had to do a whole lot more work to escape with Bucky.
Soon, after effortlessly getting through numerous checkpoints and encirclements, Nat reached the safe house that she had planned on using.
[Talk about security…] Alex commented after remembering the huge amount of manpower that must've been mobilized for this manhunt for Bucky.
[Of course. It was the UN committee that was bombed. Not some random meeting. They have to find the culprit or the UN will be left as a joke in the public eye.] Natasha didn't like politics, but she understood it extremely well.
After dropping the unconscious Bucky on the floor, whom Alex seemed to avoid like the plague, Natasha sent a text to someone from a burner phone, it was the address of the safe house.
…

"Hello!" Steve called out as he broke into the apartment that he got from the address.
As he walked in, he found the unconscious Bucky on the floor, along with a note left on him. Steve picked up that note and read it.
-Try not to split up the Avengers. The world needs you all. White Knight.- That was all that the note said.
'White Knight… Is she a kid?' Hearing the name that she'd called herself, Steve thought that she was a kid that liked Disney movies too much. Or had a hero complex.
He chuckled at her name for a second and dropped the note at the side, paying attention to Bucky's condition. Only after checking his vitals and knowing that he was okay did he sigh in relief.
'Someone's after him. Why frame him for this…'
-Sam. Come in. I got Bucky. We're leaving.-
…
[White Knight? Seriously? You couldn't think of anything better?]
[What? It suits. I wear white armor and I want to protect my family. It's perfect. Not to mention a nice antithesis for my Black Widow namesake…] Nat was on her way back to meet with Tony and replace Alex's copy of hers.
[Whatever… It's not bad per se, it's just a little cringe, no?]
[I take offense to that statement.]
[Whatever. How'd you like acting like a nice vigilante superhero for once?]
[I had fun. And tasing that fucker Bucky was just so fun…] Nat was a vengeful person. She didn't take kindly to being brutally beaten up by him during the events of Shield's fall.
[Is that so…] Alex trailed off.
…
Meanwhile, with Wanda.
Wanda was planning to go on a walk after being cooped up in the compound for so long. Though she was intercepted by Vision.
"Vis? What's up? I was just about to go take a walk…" She said as she picked up a windbreaker.
"Alternatively, Wanda… How about the backyard? I hear it's got beautiful flora." Vision suggested after abruptly coming in front of her just as she was going.
Wanda almost narrowed her eyes, "Vision, are you not letting me leave?" She understood that his flimsy excuse was no more than an excuse.
Vision looked down for a moment almost seeming guilty, "It is a question of safety."
"I can protect myself." Wanda wanted to know the real reason and skirted around him to walk out.
Vision still stopped her, "Not yours… Mr. Stark would like to avoid the possibility of a public incident. Until the accords are on a more secure foundation."
Wanda's face had a slightly annoyed look, but on the inside, she was feeling much more. She felt angry, untrusted, and worst of all betrayed. She hadn't done anything wrong. She'd even made sure that no one got hurt in that explosion that Steve should've been able to prevent. But this is what she gets.
"Is that so…" She said that and turned around to go back to her room.


"You really want to do this Steve?" Tony was talking to Steve over the phone.
"He didn't do it, Tony. Someone's after him. You know that." Steve wanted to protect his friend.
"Damn it. He killed 5 people Cap! He will be brought in and you are going to get burned right with him." Tony was almost shouting right now.
"What do you want Tony?" Steve said calmly.
"I want you to sign the Accords. We can make the last 24 hours legit. When Barnes is brought in and he will. Instead of a maximum security prison, he gets transferred to an American Psyche ward." Tony tried to convince him.
"Even though he's innocent?" Steve asked.
"That's the best deal we can get, Cap," Tony said with a helpless tone. He wasn't against Steve. As much as they bickered with each other, they were still comrades in arms. They just had too much pride.
"I'm not completely against signing the accords…" Steve finally compromised.
Before Tony could say anything he said, "But there would have to be amends and safeguards." Steve was not willing to accept the number of restrictions that the accords put on him.
"Great! Once we put out the PR fire and tell everyone that all the Avengers have signed, the documents can be amended. I'll file a motion to have you, Sam, and Wanda reinstated. Everything goes back to normal."
"Wanda? What about her?" Steve caught onto Tony's words.
"It's nothing, she's currently confined to The Compound, Vision's keeping her company." Tony tried to dismiss it, knowing that Steve would lash out at him for his decision.
"God, Tony… Every time I think you see things the right way…" As Tony expected, Steve was completely against Tony's actions.
"It's 100 acres with a lap pool, there's a screening room. There are worse ways to protect people." He tried to defend his decision.
"Protection?!" Steve was flabbergasted, "Is that how you see this, Tony? This isn't protection, this is internment."
"She's not a US citizen…" Tony tried to reason with Steve.
"Oh, come on, Tony." Steve thought that it was dumb reasoning.
"…And they don't grant visas to a weapon of mass destruction." Tony's volume was increasing.
"She's a kid!" Steve said with a loud voice.
"Give me a break!" Tony slammed the table, "I'm doing what has to be done to keep us together."
"Keep telling yourself that." Steve scoffed and hung up the phone.
"Well, that was entertaining…" Nat says from beside Tony.
"God, when did you get here?" He didn't even realize her presence in the room.
"I've been here a while." She smiled. She'd just switched with Alex's copy of hers and came to Tony only to see him having a screaming contest with his phone.
"That so?" Tony pinched his eyebrows.
"You didn't do things right…" Nat told him.
"Oh yeah? How?"
"First of all, you should've been there when Ross came to tell us about the accords. It was a dick move to agree without even consulting the team."
"I don't have the time. Nat. Fucking politics. The world is scared and they all want the Avengers under their control. I would've done better if I wasn't so busy. We don't know when we'll start dealing with a literal intergalactic war, and Steve here is throwing his temper tantrum because of his trust issues with Shield." Tony was completely exasperated with this shit.
Nat didn't know what to say after Tony laid everything bare like this. Her stance on authority figures was similar to Steve's— That was why she ended up helping him out with Bucky— But hearing all that laid bare like that left her a little speechless.
"So-" Just as she was going to speak, Ross walked into the room.
"I don't suppose you have any idea about where they are." Secretary Ross walked in while posturing.
[It's funny how he keeps trying to act up like a little rooster in front of the Avengers. It's like he's wagging his tail feathers while saying, "Look at me. Praise me, Admire me!"] Alex said into Natasha's head.
[Hahaha...] Natasha had to turn her head slightly away so that she doesn't look at his face. She would laugh right in his face if she looked at him.

[Alex… All I can imagine right now is that fucker… haha… with a little beak on his face with… haha… wagging feathers behind him…. hahaha.] That image was burned into Natasha's brain right now.
'I should get better with biological manipulation so that I can make that image a reality.' Alex really didn't like this fucker.
"We will. GSG 9's got the border covered. Recon's flying 24/7. They'll get a hit. We'll handle it." Tony said told Ross that the German Feds were focused on their task.
"You don't get it Stark. It's not yours to handle. You have more important things to do and it's clear that you can't be objective. I'm putting Special Ops on this." Ross said in a final tone.
Natasha frowned, "And what happens when the shooting starts? What, do you kill Steve Rogers?"
"If provoked, yes. Barnes would've been eliminated in Romania if it wasn't for Rogers. There are dead people who would be alive now." He glared at Tony as he said the last sentence.
"All due respect, Ross. Guns and bullets aren't going to work here. You've got to let us bring them in. 72 hours. Guaranteed." Tony gave his final words. His tone left no room for refusal and Ross knew that it was impossible to have Tony change his mind on this.
"36 Hours." Ross gave in, but he had to get in the final word to satisfy his fragile pride.
"Barnes. Rogers. Wilson." He said the names as he walked out.
"You okay?" Nat walked up to Tony and asked him.
"Always…" He said nonchalantly, deep in thought.
"We're seriously understaffed for this…" She mentioned.
"Yeah. I've got a few ideas, what about you?" Tony was in contact with a group of people that he was planning to bring on for this.
"Yeah, me too." Nat also knew someone who had a reason to be involved in the fight.
…
[I'm angry, Alex…] Wanda was looking out the window while talking to Alex.
[Then let it out. Let all your anger out.] Alex was all in to see the world burn from the Scarlet Witch's wrath.
[That's a risk that I'm not willing to take…] She knew that her powers were unstable and didn't want to risk blowing up the entire compound. She'd never really understood the true potential of how strong she was.
[Go into the mountains then, find some secluded spot, and let out all your anger. Destroy the entire mountain if that's what it takes.] Alex joked.
[That sounds kinda sorta fun…] Wanda smiled at his suggestion.
As she was talking to Alex, she abruptly turned around and threw a knife from the kitchen at the person that she'd captured in her senses.
And at the same time, there was an explosion nearby. It served as a minor distraction to lure Vision away for the next few seconds.
"Clint?" The tension of the fight left her body as Wanda realized who it was.
"Oh, my god. What are you doing here?" Wanda walked to Clint.
"Disappointing my kids." He fired two electromagnetic shock arrows at two sides of the window that she was standing in front of as a trap to suppress Vision for a bit.
"I was supposed to take them to the water park. Come on, Cap needs our help." He grabbed Wanda and started walking out with her.
"Clint!" It was Vision.
"You should not be here." He phased through the window and was floating toward Wanda and Clint.
"Really? I retire for what? 5 minutes and everything goes to shit." Clint stopped and turned to look at Vision.
"Please consider the consequences of your actions," Vision was objective in his actions.
"They're considered," Clint said as he activated the electromagnetic suppressors. There was a constant electric burst from the arrows that destabilized Vision's artificial body and froze him in place.
"Let's go!" He hurried Wanda as he started running.
Wanda didn't follow after him as she looked at Vision.

"It's this way…" He pointed to the exit, hoping that he doesn't have to give her another pep talk.
She said, "Those arrows won't hold him long enough." He indeed didn't have to give her a pep talk.
Talking with Alex regularly, she'd already been planning to leave sooner or later. Her mental state had been much better than it would've been otherwise.
Wanda was someone who desperately needed some sort of pillar in her life. Especially since her powers were very volatile and she was terrified of them. Alex's presence not only helped her find someone who was with her at all times, but it also gave her real hope that one day she would be able to control her powers.
It's like she'd always lived with a monster within her that would sooner or later devour her. And one day, Alex came and helped her control that monster and became a confidant for her.
Before Vision could get free from the electric prison, Wanda extended her hands with a red glow in them.
"Wanda!" Vision tried to dissuade her as he felt his body's connection with his core getting suppressed.
Wanda didn't listen to him as she suppressed the connection between the Mind Stone and Vision's Vibranium body, making his body flicker between tangible and intangible.
Then she put a large amount of pressure on his body, making sure that it started floating in a fetal position while being unable to move.
"That's new…" Clint was surprised by the fine-tuned control that she had just displayed with her power.
"I've been training. This should hold him for a few hours. We should get going." Wanda was proud of her newfound control over her power.
This was because of the large amount of training that she'd been doing with Alex. She was still a little hesitant to use her powers but after seeing how Alex suppressed her outbursts easily, she started getting more confident in her use of the power.
All Alex did in the name of suppressing her outburst was to absorb all the excess Chaos Energy in her body. She was able to naturally generate it at all times. Her so-called 'outbursts' were because when she didn't use her powers for a long time, the Chaos energy would get accumulated and at one point, it would burst out. Hence the so-called 'outbursts'.
Wanda never bothered to explore her powers or understand them so she wasn't able to control that generation of Chaos energy in her body.
Alex had been constantly absorbing a portion since she didn't exactly have much use for it and it helped her prevent her outbursts. Initially, he'd planned to convert it into EP so that he could buy the teleportation skill, but that didn't work. Chaos energy is a powerful energy on the level of Cosmic Energy, It has countless uses, but it can't help Alex buy skills since he needs biological energy for that. Even though EP was on a similar level as Chaos energy, he didn't have any way to convert one to the other.
So, he did the next best thing, he started experimenting with it to see what he could do with it. He could use it since he'd gotten ‹Weak Magic Affinity› after bonding with Wanda.
Theoretically, he should be able to use Chaos energy, but it's not that simple. He hasn't found any use for it yet. Mostly because he had practically no control over Chaos energy.
Clint and Wanda left The Compound and then went to grab another person that Cap was planning to recruit— Ant-Man.
After that, the three of them left on their way to infiltrate Germany.
…
Although the German Police or the GSG 9 were paying strict attention to outgoing traffic, it wasn't exactly difficult to infiltrate and get inside the country. It was going out that was difficult.
At the same time, Tony had started getting together his side.
Natasha grabbed T'Challa, Black Panther. She decided to make some flimsy excuse that she deduced his identity and was offering him a chance to bring his father's culprit to justice.
Similarly Tony grabbed Spider-Man, the bane of Alex's existence.
Alex had reached four different versions of Earth and every single one of them had him run in with Spider-Man in an identical scenario. He was almost going crazy.
Tony had also gotten into contact with a certain group of people that he'd recently discovered and was going to invite them to the conflict.
Steve had assembled his team consisting of himself, his lackey Sam, Bucky, Clint, Wanda, and Ant-Man.
Cap had also invited some loose strings that he'd known about and had practically called in every favor.
Tony had gotten himself, Rhodey, Natasha, Peter Parker, T-Challa, Vision, and lastly, the mysterious group that he'd invited.
Though Alex had a host on both sides, he didn't know the exact situation and was going to be in for a surprise when the complete situation unfolds. He only knew what Wanda and Natasha knew, and that wasn't a lot considering that neither of them had the time to coordinate with their respective teammates. They were both extremely busy.
'Some things are bound to happen, eh?' Alex thought as he realized that even after all his interferences, everything was building up to the same thing.


Steve and Bucky were running toward a helicopter at full speed.
They'd figured out a bit of the gist of the situation and were going to Siberia to double-check and finish up everything relating to the other Winter Soldiers in the Hydra facility that Bucky had remembered being trained in.
They were both running on a clock and had to get there as soon as possible. Though they both knew it wasn't going to be that easy.
*Clink* *Bzzz*
Before they even got to the helicopter, there was a clinking sound of something sticking to it, and an electromagnetic pulse fried the helicopter's rotor motor.
"Stand down Cap!" Tony came flying through the air and pointed his repulsers at Cap and Bucky while midair.
"You know I can't do that, Tony." Steve shook his head.
"Then you leave me no choice." He said as there was the sound of his repulsors powering up.
And then it was Pandemonium.
…
[Wanna fight for both sides again?] Alex asked in Nat's mind as she ran through the staff entrance of the airport toward the center of the conflict that had just started. She'd received the signal from Tony to arrive at the scene.
[The only family I've felt in far too long is falling apart Alex. I don't want to choose sides.] Natasha's mood wasn't the most stable.
[It's happening, Nat… Whether you like it or not.] Alex felt sad about it too, but he knew that at this point it was inevitable.
[What do you think I should do?]
[If you want my opinion, then you should help Cap leave. Make sure that the rest of the people don't end up imprisoned in the Raft. He and Steve are going to Siberia, to the facility where Bucky was turned into the Winter Soldier. There's more of him. More Winter Soldiers. Let them both leave, Stark and the War Machine guy can follow them and deal with what needs to be dealt with.]
[How do you even know this?] Nat was surprised that he knew so much.
[I may have planted an indetectable bug on Bucky when you dropped him in the warehouse, a tiny tendril of my body. I couldn't hear everything perfectly since it was a very tiny tendril and most of my focus was on gathering his plans, but I heard enough.] He hadn't done anything of the sort, but he couldn't just say that he knew the plot from the movie.
'Now that I think about it, this would've been a very nice spying method…' Alex regretting not having this idea earlier.
[You didn't think to tell me this before?] Nat frowned.
[It would only make you feel bad for not telling Tony about it. And I know you wouldn't have told him about it. That would lead to you feeling guilty for no reason.] Alex said.
[You don't know that…] Her thought lacked conviction.
At this point, Nat finally reached the open area and saw Steve and Bucky fighting against Iron Man and War Machine.

[Incoming!] Before they could continue their conversation though a strong shockwave was blasted toward Natasha's head, with the intent of incapacitating her.
With Alex's timely warning though, she instantly jumped back. The ground where she would have been at this point in time was blasted apart. She noticed and noted that his voice was really panicky when he warned her.
[Quake?] Alex said in her mind while feeling rattled from the shockwave that spread from the impact. He was feeling glad inwardly that he'd gotten that ‹Lesser Heat and Sound Resistance›
[Who's that?] Nat asked him as she shot a taser dart at Daisy who was floating in the air.
[Daisy. Coulson's subordinate. The vibrator girl.] Alex told her many terms to remind Natasha about her.
[That sounds wrong on so many levels…] Natasha remembered whom Alex was talking about, but was weirded out by him calling Daisy the vibrator girl.
She'd skimmed through almost all of Shield's data and knew about many of the high-priority individuals of Shield. She also knew quite a bit about the Inhumans too.
[It's accurate.] Alex shrugged.
[Right…] Nat trailed off as she saw Quake release a sonic blast at Nat's taser dart and destroy the projectile.
Alex looked around at the battlefield and noticed that it was much more chaotic than it should've been.
'The Defenders… Agents of Shield… Is that the fucking Ghost Rider? The Punisher... These guys are all on Cap's side… Shit changed. Amazing.' Alex felt a sort of internal excitement to fight all of them.
He also saw that Iron Man's side was also much more crowded.
The most prominent being almost a hundred different versions of Iron Man suits piloted by Friday. Also, the presence of a few of the Inhumans.
'No wonder this fucker ended up on a break with Pepper. He's probably made a fucking production line that creates the base suit and then he personally enhances them with different purposes in mind.
Alex even noticed a weaker version of the Hulkbuster fighting with the combined forces of Luke Cage and Iron Fist.
'Those Inhumans probably came out since the new reality made them want to get more involved in the world. These people can't stay hidden in the shadows any longer. Even Wakanda will have to expose itself soon enough.'
Alex saw Blackbolt, Karnak, Gorgon, and a few other Inhumans that he didn't recognize.
Yo-yo and Daredevil were fighting against Karnak and an unknown inhuman with fire manipulation. Yo-yo was being assisted by some drones that were blocking blows for her while helping with the fire.
Ghost Rider and Ant-Man were fending off the combined forces of Black Panther and Gorgon.
'Did he get the upgraded suit already?' Alex thought as he saw T'Challa's suit absorb most of the impact from Gorgon's shockwave manipulation ability before releasing it at Robbie Reyes aka Ghost Rider. They had created a combo attack to beat Ghost Rider.
A whole lot more stuff was going on at the same time. Alex already knew that the entire airport was going to get trashed in the aftermath of this fight.
[Nat, I'm joining in the fight…] Alex told her as a portion of his symbiote body left Natasha's body in a camouflaged state.
[Which side?] She asked as she jumped up at Daisy who was floating only slightly above the ground, intending to engage in a fistfight.

[Both of them.] He told her. He just wanted to fight a good fight. He was going to help whichever team would have the weaker hand and even out the field.
He knew that by the end of all this Steve and Bucky would be making their way out of this place in the Quinjet. He was confident in all that fate bullshit that was going on.
He told Wanda the same thing as a part of his body separated from her and merged with the camouflaged body that was outside.
She was with Hawkeye and they were dealing with Vision and a couple of Tony's suits.
Finally, Alex did something he'd wanted to do for a while.
He made himself visible in the middle of the battlefield. He was wearing completely black armor with a prominent belt wrapped around his waist that seemed to have many tools. Only half of his face was visible as the rest of it was covered by a mask that had two tips going out from the ends.
He'd turned into Batman.
Noticing an unfamiliar face on the battlefield, one of Tony's suits moved in to attack Alex.
Alex also wanted to check his tanking capabilities so he let the repulser blast hit him, though for safety measures he used the palm of his hand to receive that attack.
'Okay, it stings… I'm not invincible.' Alex's palm was a little charred but healed back in an instant, but it helped him calm down from all that excitement. After seeing this utter chaos, he was excited to the ends of the earth and wanted to fight every single one of the people in this airport.
Now though, he'd calmed down a little.
Alex moved to dodge the other blasts that were shot at him as he moved with an inhuman level of speed toward the suit that was attacking him. His hand formed into a spike and he leaped into the air, piercing through the suit's chest. He discretely grabbed the arc reactor with his tendrils and kept it within him. He was going to see if it could provide him with any insight into the new metal that Tony had created for his upgraded arc reactor.
He landed in the middle of a fight between Jessica Jones and an unknown Inhuman who had the power to manipulate metal.
The inhuman was fighting her while having his fists covered in the scrap metal of an airplane while at the same time bombarding her with scrap metal projectiles. Jesica, despite being physically stronger, was forced to keep dodging the projectiles while being at a disadvantage in the fight.
Seeing that Jessica was on the losing side in this fight, Alex decided on his opponent and slightly changed his trajectory midair toward the metal manipulator.
A few of the stray projectiles ended up hitting Alex but he easily shrugged them off.
He increased the mass and density of his leg and swung it at the guy.
The metal manipulator blocked Alex's kick with his metal-coated arm. But that ended up giving Jessica an opportunity to punch him.
He flew back from the huge recoil but used some more metal to slow his fall and did not get too hurt.
"Hi!" He smiled charmingly at Jessica.
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