Chapter 3; The Sokovia Accords
*Author's note*
Well here you guys go, here is yet another chapter to BAD WOLF in Civil War, now here's where we pretty much start off where I began the request to begin with and there are some changes to it, now I'm debating about this but I ant yall's opinion, just so we're not confused or whatever, should I delete the Civil War request or just keep it. Now just know I would NEVER EVER delete a request esp. a good one like the one I did that helped inspire this series, but with me now having the DVD and the fact that I wanna add more stuff to the sequel that I never did in the request and in case people get confused between the request and this story should I delete the request but keep some info that I put in there and copy it onto here (which I was going to do anyways) but just leave a comment below on what you guys think, I just don;t want people to be wither confused to what was already said in the civil war request and this story or trolls coming onto me saying 'why did you add this? I liked the request better'. Now enough of that, I'll let you guys get to reading this chapter, enjoy my lovelies :)
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We were all gathered in the meeting room next to the kitchen and we were all sitting at the table and there stood Secretary Ross with his guards surrounding the four corners of the room.
"Five years ago, I had a heart attack," he then made a golfer's swing pose as he continued, "And dropped right in the middle of my backswing. Turned out it was the best run of my life because after 13 hours of surgery and a triple bypass, I found something 40 years in the army had never taught me. Perspective".
Wow okay so that's a cool story but what's the real reason you're here Mr. Secretary or did you just come here to tell us about how you almost keeled over 5 years ago. I had wanted to say but I'd rather keep that to myself and not get in trouble.
"The world owes the Avengers an unpayable debt, you have fought for us. Protected us. Risked your lives. But while a great many people see you as heroes, there are some who would prefer the world vigilantes".
"And what word would you use Mr. Secretary?" asked Natasha.
"How about dangerous? What would you call a group of US based, enhanced individuals...who routinely ignore sovereign borders and inflict their will wherever they choose and who frankly seem unconcerned about what they leave behind?"
Secretary Ross soon stepped aside and the screen soon digitalized itself into a world globe map with certain points picked out around the world.
"New York," soon video footage of the New York attack from when Loki had brought an alien army upon the city. Guns were heard firing, people running and screaming in fear and the Hulk jumping from building to building roaring as debris fell to the ground. "Washington DC," the footage changed to the day when both SHIELD AND HYDRA fell apart with the Helicarriers over the Lincoln Memorial.
People screaming and as one Helicarrier fell into the lake, the water surged up and began to wash people away.
"Sokovia". Soon the image changed to a year ago when Sokovia was attacked by Ultron. People screaming and an image of half of the city being lifted up into the air, and buildings coming down. My heart sunk and I closed my eyes trying to hold in my tears from even remembering that day. "Lagos" and to add more salt to the wound, we were shown what had happened a month ago when Rumlow's suicide attempt failed thanks to Wanda but in the end people died.
The video showed police carrying out the dead or trying to help people covered from head to toe in debris and it showed just how frightened some of these people were in the aftermath. I turned to Wanda to see her turning away when I snarled.
"Alright! We get it!" Ross nodded to his guard to shut off the image as he stated.
"For the past four years you've operated with unlimited power and no supervision. That's an arrangement the governments of the world can no long tolerate. But I think we have a solution," it was then one of his guards handed him a very large thick book and he gave it to me as he continued, "The Sokovia Accords."
I looked at it as well as Wanda over my shoulder before I slid it over to Rhodey as Secretary Ross explained the Accords to us.
"Approved by 117 countries, it states that the Avengers shall no longer be a private organization, instead; they'll operate under the supervision of a United Nations panel, only when and if that panel deems it necessary".
"The Avengers were formed to make the world a safer place, I feel we've done that" said Steve.
"Tell me Captain, do you know where Thor and Banner are right now? If I placed a couple of 30 megaton nukes, you can bet there'd be consequences. Compromise. Reassurance. That's how the world works, believe me, this is the middle ground" he said gesturing to the book at his last statement.
"So, there are contingencies?" asked Rhodey.
"Three days from now, the UN meets in Vienna to ratify the accords. Talk it over". As he and his guards took their leave Natasha spoke up.
"And if we come to a decision you don't like?"
"Then you retire" Secretary Ross stated plain and simple.
After Secretary Ross left the facility, we were now all gathered in the kitchen/dining room area. I was in my wolf form in my bed that Tony had custom made for me while everyone was sitting on either a couch or chair except for Rhodey and Sam who were arguing with each other behind Steve who was reading the accords.
"Secretary Ross has a Congressional Medal of Honor, which is one more than you have".
"So let's say we agree to this thing, how long is it gonna be before the LoJack us like a bunch of common criminals?" demanded Sam.
"117 countries want to sign this. 117 Sam and you're just like 'No, that's cool, we got is'".
"How long are you gonna play both sides?!"
"I have an equation" stated Vision.
"Oh, this will clear it up" stated Sam sarcastically.
"In the eight years since Mr. Stark announced himself as Iron-Man, the number of known enhanced persons as grown exponentially. And during the same period, the number of potentially world-ending events has risen to a commensurate rate".
"Are you saying it's our fault?" asked Steve but Vision continued with his professor analysis.
"I'm saying there may be a causality. Our very strength invites challenge, challenge incites conflict, and conflict—breeds catastrophe. Oversight...oversight is not an idea that can be dismissed out of hand".
"Boom" stated Rhodey.
"Tony, you are being uncharacteristically non-hyperverbal" stated Natasha.
"It's because he's already made up his mind" said Steve.
"Boy you know me so well," Tony spat out sarcastically at Steve. He slowly stood up as he gripped his head and stood up and walked towards the kitchen. "Actually, I'm nursing an electromagnetic headache. That's what's going on Cap, it's just pain. It's discomfort. Who's putting coffee grounds in the disposal?" Tony exclaimed.
At that statement my ears lowered slowly. I mean I didn't like having grounds end up in my coffee so I just thought dumping them there would be fine, no one says it's a bad thing right?
"Am I running a bed and Breakfast for a Biker gang?" Thank god he didn't look directly at me to see I was the culprit. He just took out his tablet and pulled up a picture of a boy around my age maybe a year or two older. "Oh that's Charles Spencer by the way, he's a great kid. Computer engineering degree, 3.6 GPA, had a floor-level gig at Intel for the fall. But first, he wanted to put a few miles on his soul... before he parked it behind a desk. See the world. Maybe be of service. Charlie didn't want to go to Vegas or Fort Lauderdale which is what I would've done, he didn't want to go to Paris or Amsterdam which sounds fun, he decided to spend his summer building sustainable housing for the poor guess where Sokovia!"
I lowered my head solemnly and let out a small whimper because suddenly I began to recall seeing him around Sokovia as Bad Wolf building houses for the poor people, he even once made me a house to live in before we found Mr. Bobinsky to take me, Wanda and her brother in.
"Oh so he helped you out too huh Little Red? That's good because I assume he wanted to make a difference I suppose I mean we wouldn't know because we dropped a building on him while we were kicking ass".
Tony took a moment to drink his coffee before deeply sighing and he finally stated his side of the argument.
"There's no decision-making process here. We need to be put in check, whatever form that takes, I'm game. If we can't accept limitations, we're boundary-less, we're no better than the bad guys".
"Tony, someone dies on your watch, you don't give up".
"Who said we're giving up?"
"We are if we're not taking responsibility for our actions. This document just shifts the blame".
"I'm sorry, Steve. That is dangerously arrogant. This is the United Nations we're talking about. It's not the World Security Council, it's not SHIELD, it's not HYDRA".
"No but its run by people with agendas and agendas change".
"That's good. That's why I'm here. When I realized what my weapons were capable in the wrong hands, I shut it down and stopped manufacturing".
"Tony you chose to do that. If we sign this, we surrender our right to choose. What if this panel sends us somewhere we don't think we should go? What if there's somewhere we need to go and they don't let us?"
"(Y/n) you haven't even said a single word about this whole thing, why don't you tell us what you think?" Rhodey said to me. Everyone soon turned to look at me. I stood up and as I walked I began to phase back into my human form and I said as I sat beside Wanda.
"I've always gone along with the group, even if it wasn't really the best decision to make. But like Steve said, what if there is somewhere we need to go and they don't let us? Humans are always stubborn and above all else stupid, they think they can destroy anything by building bigger guns, that's why there's always war. More people die from their own stupidity than anything else, but with us we give them the right to go back to their families from a fight they don't deserve to be in in the first place. We may not be perfect, but the safest hands are still our own".
"But (n/n), if we don't do this now, it's gonna be done to us later. That's the fact, that won't be pretty".
"You're saying they'll come for me?" asked Wanda.
"We would protect you" said Vision.
"Maybe Tony's right" stated Natasha. Tony, Sam and Steve turned to Nat as she continued, "If we have one hand on the wheel we can still steer. If we take it off,"
"Aren't you the same woman who told the government to kiss her ass a few years ago?" stated Sam.
"I'm just—I'm reading the terrain. We have made some very public mistakes, we need to win their trust back".
"Focus up I'm sorry—did I just mishear you...or did you agree with me?"
"Oh I wanna take it back now".
"No, no, no you can't retract it thank you unprecedented. Okay, Case close, I win".
"I have to go" said Steve suddenly and he rushed out of the room. My instincts were telling me to go after him so I stood up and followed behind Steve but didn't let him know I was behind him. He stopped at the middle of the stairway so I just stood a stairwell above him and watched him pinch the bridge of his nose and heard him sniffling out and I could smell the salt of tears running down his face.
I was currently packing up for the funeral of Peggy Carter in London since I had told Steve that I wanted to come along with him to give him moral support. As I was finishing up my packing, Tony knocked at my door and said.
"You got a second?"
"Not really but I have a feeling you're not gonna give me much choice now are you?" I teased. For the past year since I had met Tony, he and I have this little head-butting thing that we do, we tease each other, sometimes blackmail to get the other to do what we want stuff like that but it's all out of love in the end.
"Now I will take into consideration what you had said earlier about the accords, but are you sure there's nothing else I can do to change your mind".
"Afraid not Tony".
"Not even if I threatened to share this video of you with your stuffed teddy bear on Instagram?"
"Especially if you did that, plus that'd make me even more Instagram famous, I already have about 9 thousand followers, you do that and I'll have more followers than you".
"In your dreams Little Red," Tony then took me in a hug and he whispered in my ear.
"I just hope you made the right choice, cause if you choose his side, I can't protect you anymore".
"Oh like you didn't when I first became Bad Wolf?"
"Dick move there Maximoff, but I really am sorry about that, about everything HYDRA has done to you, I do wish I could take it away from you".
"I know, now I've gotta meet Sam, Nat and Steve upstairs on the jet". I then grabbed my suitcase and headed up to the roof and boarded the jet and we were all headed off to the funeral in London.
At the church, Steve was one of the few lucky men to carry Peggy's casket down the aisle as the choir sung their hymn but even as I watched him, I knew that this was not how Steve wanted to imagine Peggy walking down the aisle in a church filled with so many people who knew her. The head mourner spoke into the microphone.
"And now, I would like to invite Sharon Carter to come up and say a few words". Sharon Carter otherwise known as Agent 13 to SHIELD soon came up onto the stand and Sam gently nudged Steve and softly gestured with his head as we all looked up to her and she began to speak.
"Margaret Carter was known to most as the founder of SHIELD, but I just knew her as Aunt Peggy," at that statement Steve's eyes turned to shock as Sharon continued on with her speech, "She had a photograph in her office, Aunt Peggy standing next to JFK. As a kid that was pretty cool, but it was a lot to live up to, which is why I never told anyone we were related. I asked her once how she managed to master diplomacy and espionage in a time when no one wanted to see a woman succeed at either. And she said compromise where you can, but where you can't, don't. Even if everyone is telling you that something wrong, is something right. Even if the whole world is telling you to move, it is your duty to plant yourself like a tree, look them in the eye and say 'No. You move'".
After the ceremony and the burial, Steve went back into the church and when Nat started to follow him, I grabbed her arm and said.
"Hey Nat, can I try?" She looked at me and softly smiled and said.
"Sure thing wolfie, I'll be here waiting for you guys should you choose to come out". I nodded to her then I walked back inside the church to see Steve staring up at a young Peggy Carter's picture, back in WW2.
As I walked towards Steve and he heard me walking towards him, he began to explain to me.
"When I came out of the ice, I thought everyone I had known was gone. Then I found out that she was alive—I was just lucky to have her".
"She had you back too" I stated with a soft smile.
"Who else signed?" He wanted to know about the accords. I thought about it quickly and stated out the names.
"Tony, Rhodey, and Vis".
"Clint?"
"Old man's finally retired" I teased.
"Your sister?"
"Mama Bear's in the cage. Nat told me to tell you that she's off to Vienna for the signing of the accords, says there's plenty of room on the jet". Steve sighed softly and I looked at him solemnly. "Just because it's the path of least resistance doesn't mean it's the wrong path. Staying together as a pack is more important that how the pack stays together".
"What are we giving up to do it?" Steve asked me. Silence remained between the two of us before he stated sadly, "I'm sorry (n/n) I can't sign it".
"I know, I'm not either I thought I made that clear back at the facility".
"Well then what are you doing here?" I swallowed my sobs and choked out softly.
"I'm the one person who knows what it feels like to see the person you love die before them". We both looked at each other with tears then I softly told him, "Come here Alpha dog". I brought him close to me and we hugged each other letting our tears come out letting it all out.
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