--Latveria--

The guard placed his gun on his holster as he thought he had heard something in the shadows. After some investigating, he returned back to his post. He leaned on the wall and watched the two men play a game of chess.

"You better buy me some drinks after this game. I'm almost going to checkmate you." The guard said, as he moved his King.

"Only if you win." The other guard said, placing his Horse in a strategic position. "If not, little Gary over there will buy you two cups."

Two chess pieces fell on the floor with no one moving an inch. The three looked at each other, confused. The next thing he saw was darkness, and claws that were made of the finest metal. They could feel their faces, wounded after the attack had been given out. One of them opened their eyes and saw a black figure standing over them.

"Where is your leader?" The man asked in his native accent.

"I'll never tell you, you piece of shit!" The guard shouted, spitting at him.

Bucky then pulled the trigger on him and shot him between the eyes. He placed his gun back and drew his shield out for he might have attracted some attention. He isn't worried though because he had a suppressor on it. They quietly hid the bodies and went on their way.

"Don't try to greet any civilians in the area. Once you start talking about the Mandarin, they call the authorities. They treat Mandarin as some sort of God in these parts." T'Challa reminded before they rounded a corner.

"Should've told me that while we were on the plane," Bucky said, reloading his M16, "Just wait for Strange's signal. He'll be there in a few minutes, I suppose."

"Few minutes is something we don't have, so let's move it." T'Challa said, and so they quietly made it into the castle of the Mandarin.

They moved through the edges of the buildings, where they could feel the land breeze hit their faces. They could see the moon and all the stars shine in the night. But clouds started covering their location, and their view was blocked by rainfall. The edges started getting wet and they could fall in a instance. They then saw a ship pass by them which belonged to the Avengers. Once they reached an office in the castle, they entered it. No one had seem to been there in a while since the bookshelves have gone a little dusty. Behind them was the siblings, Pietro and Wanda.

"Did you deal with the radio tower?" Wanda asked, closing the window as she and Pietro entered.

"If we didn't take it out, then we wouldn't be here. Is Sam and Strange ready for the attack?" Bucky asked, as he prepared to open the door.

"Natasha and Peter are already in the lower levels where they will be disabling the next bombing in New York. Hope and Scott are watching the Mandarin conduct a meeting upstairs." Pietro reported

"Good. We move silently then. No quick or noisy movements." Bucky commanded, as he opened the door and aimed at the corners of the room.

T'Challa quickly followed to his left while the siblings went to his other side. There were guards on the stairs but they didn't fight them since Strange and Sam had gotten their attention outside. All our of them moved to the upper floor where the Mandarin was having his meeting. Bucky checked his wrist and it had a camera looking at the meeting.

"Scott, are they finishing up on the meeting?" Bucky asked, as they tried to find the meeting room.

"They're finishing up. Get your ass over here before they end it." Scott pressured the group, as they finally found the meeting room. All of the guards had walked outside where Sam and Strange were. "Two are coming out of the room."

The door opened and Bucky aimed his M16 at the officials who were trying to make their way out. T'Challa threatened them by bringing his claws out while the siblings followed behind them.

"Nobody leaves this room. Especially you, you son of a bitch." Bucky aimed his weapon at the Mandarin. "You're lucky, the President told me to bring you back. But if he hadn't say that, I would have blown Latveria up. Today is your lucky day."

T'Challa and Bucky walked towards the Mandarin holding handcuffs. Wanda and Pietro watched the corridor for any guards coming their way. They finally reached the seat of the Mandarin and handcuffed him.

"Do you really think handcuffs will hold me down?" The Mandarin questioned, as he grinned at both of them.

"Of course, Vibranium could hold a entire army down." T'Challa said, as he looked straight at Mandarin's eyes.

"I'm not talking about holding me down, I'm talking about holding the Ten Rings down." The Mandarin unleashed his powers as ice shards spiked in his finger.

It knocked both Avengers down on the floor but they both quickly got up. Bucky got his shield out and pursued him on one-on-one combat. Bucky went first by attacking him with his shield. He hit the Mandarin in the stomach and he got moved by it. The Mandarin came back though, kicking Bucky in his chest and striking him in the face. T'Challa surprised him from behind but he was flung on the table. The Mandarin tried to strangle T'Challa on the table but he broke out easily. He kicked him on the ankle and gave him a blow on the jaw.

"How does that feel, primitive bastard?" T'Challa asked, as he punched the Mandarin once more on the cheek.

"Think of what you say, your Highness." The Mandarin chuckled, as ice shards pierced T'Challa's armor, rendering him dead.

"No! T'Challa!" Bucky shouted, standing up and fighting the Mandarin again. The Mandarin came out on top, however, by throwing Bucky across the room.

Pietro sped up to the Mandarin so he could punch him but the he countered again. The Mandarin managed to catch him using one of the rings and setting him on fire, burning Pietro.

"Pietro! No!" Wanda shouted and crumbled onto her knees, as the ceiling started to shake.

Strange and Sam arrived at the scene and made a showing. Sam flew in and kicked the Mandarin, making him stumble a little. Sam rushed him again but the Mandarin prevailed. He used one of the rings to slow him down and electrocuted him with lightning. Scott came from behind and punched the Mandarin, making him fall over. When Scott was about to punch the Mandarin, he used a ring to make him the smallest size possible, erasing him from existence. Hope landed on the ground and tried to use a laser beam on him. The Mandarin fought back with another laser beam and turned her into ashes.

"None of you are strong enough? Any of you? How about you, girl? Strange? Captain America?" The Mandarin chuckled at the destruction he had caused.

He walked slowly towards them as the three of them were looking downwards. They haven't answered any of his questions and it looked like Wanda was crying. Strange and Bucky looked defeated and the battle had been won by the Mandarin.

"Looks like the competition has slowed down these days." The Mandarin said, sitting on a chair, "Guards! Bring these fine visitors to the execution room."

Suddenly Strange stood up with the Time Stone functioning. Wanda had created a force field around her and Strange and Bucky who were in the same circle.

"What are you doing?!" The Mandarin stood up in horror.

"Bucky, remember. Don't try to join them. Fight when they are not looking. And most importantly, don't change history." Strange said, as he placed his hands on Bucky.

"No!"