--Downtown--

Strange ran towards Bucky who was finished checking a building for anyone inside. There were no more people running around in the streets after 6 hours of chaos.

"Bucky, how's the people down here?" Strange asked, as his cape got stuck on a pole, "Wait."

"They're all evacuated. Now all we need is some police to start roaming the streets while we find out who is behind this." Bucky said, chuckling at the same time as Strange fixed his cape.

"Not a smart idea, Buck." Strange fixed himself and stood straight. "It's martial law. No one is allowed to walk around."

"Hey! You two over there!" A man shouted from a distance. Once they both heard it, they ran away from him to not get into more trouble.

They hid inside a hotel near them and quickly ran upstairs. They entered a room nearby to catch a breath. Strange then took a seat on the bed.

"I'm tired. I mean, after the funeral of Steve and Tony, we still have to do this kind of work?" Strange asked, as he made a portal leading to the base.

"Do you have any other things in your mind?" Bucky sarcastically said, as they entered the control room of HQ. He saw Hope working on the computers as she turned around. "Any update on who we are dealing with?"

"I almost have his file. Wanda and Pietro are still helping the people find their place in the evacuation center. Still no word on Sam, Natasha, Peter and Scott." Hope was worried that four members of the group were missing.

"They're probably still finding the leader of who's behind this." Bucky sighed, "Is there help coming?"

"Let me check." Hope brought up a screen which had the map of the world. From a distance, Bucky could see a line that was from Africa traveling to America. "T'Challa's on the phone."

"Captain. I can see that you have a city ending problem. I think you may need my assistance." T'Challa asked as he appeared on screen.

"Don't you have your own business to attend to? Like golfing, swimming, taking a walk on the beach?" Bucky chuckled. It was clear that Strange and Hope weren't amused by their faces.

"I think you need me." T'Challa said, checking his watch, "I'll be there in a few hours."

Strange and Bucky then went closer to Hope. She opened a map to New York which stated that the whole land was in martial law. The prisoners of Ryker's Island managed to break out a few hours after the law was enacted. A source suddenly appeared at Central Park.

"What is that?" Bucky asked, pointing at the blinking light in Central Park.

"That means," Hope zoomed onto the light which showed a man with a group of individuals surrounding him. Hope quickly glanced at the other screen and looked back. "This is the guy. Those files match this guy's database."

Bucky and Strange looked at each other in confusion. Hope sighed as she pushed both of them away from her.

"Hurry up before he gets away!" Hope shouted, as she returned to her work.

Strange made a portal right outside of Central Park while Bucky followed. Papers flew around town as there were patrols surrounding them. They were armored cars. They hid in an alleyway and waited for the patrol to pass by. Bucky got his phone out and called everyone.

"If anyone could hear this, meet us at Central Park. I think we have a lead on the guy who is causing all of this." Bucky said in the conference call.

Suddenly a bolt of lightning appeared behind them after a few moments. Pietro wiped some dust off his shirt as Wanda came behind him. Bucky looked at them and chuckled.

"Jesus, that was quick as hell." Bucky said, as he got his shield off his back. Wanda approached him as Strange started to check for patrols.

"There are... a lot of people in the evac center. If we don't finish this now, we'll have too many people that will stay on the street." Wanda worryingly said

"Coast is clear. I think it's time to finish this." Strange took charge as Pietro, Bucky and Wanda followed him. The person they were looking for was easy to find. He was just there, staring at the statue of Tony and Steve. There were guards around him, but when they got close, they didn't move.

"The Avengers. The so-called, Earth's Mightiest Heroes. So much has passed, as well as great fallen heroes. I am very impressed that you have managed to keep this group together, but I must destroy it to acquire the Infinity Stone." The man turned around and looked at them and smiled, "At least, that's one way it could go."

"I know you now. You are that actor who portrayed as the..." Pietro paused and tried to remember his name, "the Mandarin."

"Your memory must be great, my boy. Now, back to put topic. Where is the Infinity Stone that I am interested in?"

"We didn't come here to give you the stone, Mandarin. We came here to kick your ass." Bucky said, bringing his pistol out.

"Very well then." The Mandarin started to slowly walk around in circles with complete confidence. He made his men stand down while they watched. "The powers that I have garnered the past year, Barnes, is unbelievable."

Bucky looked shocked that he knows his last name. He just stood there and tried to think as everyone stared at the Mandarin. He had ten rings that he wears in each finger. They were of different colors and shapes. Suddenly the wind started getting harder.

"Looks like the wind is going faster, isn't that right, Barnes?" The Mandarin said, as his ring started glowing.

The wind was so hard at the point that Strange flew away from the park. Pietro tried to slow down time but he couldn't. Wanda couldn't also do anything because she was off-balance. The Mandarin was the only one standing properly. Suddenly the wind got too hard that the branch Bucky was holding to broke. He started to feel like he was falling until he hit his face right into a tree.