--Outside--

Strange leaned on the tree as flames started to rise from the abandoned house. The other Avengers also took a breather after Strange teleported everyone out quickly. Wanda and Peter still needed time to heal.

"Why did that house just explode right on my face?" Sam asked Strange as he approached him.

"If you want to find answers, go ask the Mandarin. You'll just get more questions from me." Strange replied, as he looked at the rubble which was New York City.

"We better start moving, Strange. Our people are dying. They need medical treatment now." T'Challa said

"You and I should start searching the city while the others should rest." Strange recommended T'Challa.

"Without me?" Sam asked

"Fine." Strange went up to Sam's ear and whispered, "Follow me or you die."

Sam nodded as Strange created a portal leading into the Avengers HQ. Once all of them were gone, the three set out for the city which was basically a place in America where ruins are located. Every corner was a building destroyed. Every corner was a group of strangers who just wanted warmth from the cold air. Every corner, was a depiction of poverty. They walked quickly towards their next objective so they won't attract too much attention.

"What's the plan now?" Sam asked, as he confidently walked with the two other Avengers.

"We might have a lead on where one of them is. In the office of Slattery, I saw a picture of New York. There was circle on Empire State Building." Strange said, as they all suddenly heard people shouting from around the corner. The three of them quickly hid in the alleyway.

"Criminals. They must've broken out of Ryker's Island." T'Challa said, as men with pistols ran past them. Once they all cleared, they started to move out again.

Now they carefully moved towards the Empire State Building which was not far away from them. Strange didn't want to teleport and risk getting caught in-between a firefight. Sam couldn't fly because there may be men shooting him down since Martial Law is implemented. And T'Challa was T'Challa. They reached the Empire State Building and to their surprise, there was no one guarding it.

"So you're telling me that there was no one here and you couldn't sense that?" Sam argued with Strange.

"I'm not God, Sam. I am just a Sorcerer Supreme." Strange replied as he started getting annoyed with Sam.

"A Supreme! A Supreme Sorcerer! There is a reason there is a Supreme in your name! Don't te-" Sam couldn't continue as bullets started shooting at them.

"Go find whoever is in there." Strange said, as he put a shield around the door. "I'll keep them company."

"Alright, Sorcerer Supreme!" Sam annoyed Strange as he and T'Challa ran up the stairs leading into the different floors of the building.

They actually took twenty minutes to search all the floors and came up empty. They met up at the stairs again and Sam and T'Challa came up with nothing in their hands. The only floor left is the roof.

"No. There is now way they are in the roof." Sam said

"There is a 100% chance that they are up there so move your ass right along." T'Challa pushed Sam to climb the ladder.

When they got up there, there were two guards around a chair with someone strapped on it. They took their approach slowly, with one coming up on another guard. T'Challa was the first to strike as he punched the first guard in the face followed by Sam who kicked the second guard off the building. After a series of punches, T'Challa knocked out the guard and went towards the person on the chair. He removed the mask to reveal Scott.

"Scott! You're alive and well buddy!" Sam chuckled, as he watched T'Challa removed the strap on Scott.

Scott was quiet for some reason, he would have said something by now. He was looking straight with a calm face, looking like he doesn't worry about anything. Suddenly a beeping sound could be heard near them.

"Do you know what's your reaction when you hear something beeping?" Sam asked T'Challa who was looking around.

"It usually means that your microwave is done cooking something." T'Challa started sweating inside his armor.

--Downstairs--

Strange was bored so he brought a chair outside and sat on it as bullets continued to hit the shield. He was just waiting for the others to finish upstairs so that they can leave. Suddenly he heard an explosion from above and rocks, bricks and other materials fell from the ceiling. On the other hand, two people landed outside as Strange pushed his way out. He sent the ones who were shooting at him into another dimension. He finally reached the two men and not to his surprise, it was T'Challa and Sam who was holding Scott in his arms.

"He is not moving." Sam mentioned, as he stood up and fixed himself.

"Bring him back to base. He has the same reaction as Peter and some can be said about Wanda." Strange said, as he looked around him.

"Base? You always want me in the base. I think you sho-" Sam, once again, couldn't finish his sentence as the portal went towards him.

"That's how you take care of people like Sam." T'Challa was in amazement as Strange stood there smiling.

"So, what is our next move, Strange? So far we have found Scott and Peter. We have Bucky and Natasha left. Where should we go find them?" T'Challa waited for him to answer as Strange went into deep thought.

"They must be... somewhere underground. I just have that feeling, you know. Like there down there, they just don't want to show." Strange said, as he opened one of the sewer tunnel.

"Do you hear what I'm hearing?" T'Challa asked with fear in his voice.

Suddenly Hope went onto the comms and warned T'Challa before it was too late.

"T'Challa! You have an airstrike coming your way! Four bombers with heavily armed explosives." Hope shouted into his comms.

T'Challa and Strange looked into the sky and saw in the distance, not only four bombers, but fifteen bombers.

"I think you have to do your little magic thing." T'Challa asked with him standing there in disbelief.