Civil War
Veronika was stationed with Sam and Bucky; she stayed as far from them, him, as possible.
He kept looking over at her. He knew her. He recognized her, but she looked much older than when he last saw her. God that must’ve been at least 10 years ago now. How’d she get here?
“Sammy, you found that aircraft?” Veronika asked, watching the scene below. He was looking through Red Wing’s cameras.
“Not yet Little Romanoff.” He said still searching.
“Little Romanoff?” Bucky asked and she immediately glared at him.
“Yes. Veronika Romanoff-Rogers is my name, now shut up.” She glared and then turned back to look out the window.
Veronika knew it was never his choice the things The Winter Soldier did. She knew there was a man behind the monster. But that didn’t change the fear he still gave her, didn’t change all those times he’s hit her to the ground and nearly strangled her. He was basically, in a way, programmed to do those things…so she doesn’t blame him, tries not to at least. Another thing he remembers her, so what if he tells, or told Steve who she really is? Not a risk she wants to take, two people know and that’s enough for her.
“Okay what is it with you two? You hate him and he gets all frozen when you look at him. Almost as bad as Pietro-”
“SAM! Do not talk about him!” She hissed. He raised his hands defensively. She sighed and nodded towards Bucky. “He was a part of HYDRA, so was I, you know this. We had a few encounters.”
“‘Encounters’? That's what you call them?” He tried to joke. Though HYDRA had messed up his perception of the act.
“Oh, would ‘he used to beat me so hard and almost killed me on some occasions’ be a better explanation soldat ?” she rolled her eyes.
“No,” he muttered and looked down.
It was quiet for a long while. She looked back at her father, waiting for Sam to find the jet, Steve and Tony were still just talking.
“Veronika, I am sorry for what happened to you, you were too young.” He whispered and she turned to him and saw the sincerity in his eyes. Felt it in his thoughts, she stared at him and thinking she wouldn’t answer he just sighed, turning back to look below.
“It’s not like you put me there…” She whispered and looked out the window when suddenly something red and blue came into view. She looked around at the people, seeing her mother, Tony, Rhodey and someone dressed like a cat, Prince T’Challa, The Black Panther, she met him once she recalled.
Suddenly Sam spoke.
“I found it. Steve, I found it. Their Quinjet’s in hangar five, north runway.”
Steve raised his hands and an arrow broke the webs binding them.
“Go ahead Lang.”
“Hey guys there’s something on this-”
Suddenly the small guy, Scott, grew bigger and knocked the red and blue person off his perch on a van. Scott flipped next to Steve.
“Boys, we should get going.” Veronika stood and started running, Sam and Bucky soon following.
“I believe this is yours, Captain America.” Scott handed Steve the shield.
“The hell?” Rhodey said in disbelief.
“Oh, great, two in the parking deck one is Wanda, I’ll grab her,” Tony said as he arose. “Rhodey, you wanna take Cap?”
“I have three in the terminal, Romanoff-Rogers, Wilson, and Barnes.”
“Barnes is mine! ” T’Challa said, running towards the terminal.
Steve threw his shield at Rhodey, throwing him off. Then launched after T’Challa. They rolled to the ground but T’Challa stood quickly.
“Move Captain, I won’t ask again.”
Steve didn’t back down. Veronika heard his efforts in her comms.
Suddenly something- a human? Jumped onto the glass above them.
“What the hell is that?!”
“Everyone’s got a gimmick now.” Sam said almost grudgingly.
“Says the man who wears fucking wings!” Veronika stared at the thing crawling above them as the three of them moved forward.
“Watch your language Little Romanoff-” the crawling person broke through a window throwing Sam off his feet.
“Oh shit-” She summoned daggers and went for the person. She threw them at the person’s side, and they dodged.
“Woah I almost forgot how cool your powers are dude.”
She’s heard that voice before. She felt his thoughts.
DON’T MESS THIS UP PETER! Was being yelled through his head.
PETER??? Uh oh.
Bucky threw a punch and the boy grabbed his fist.
“WOAH! You have a metal arm!?” He said in obvious awe. “That is so cool dude.”
Veronika couldn’t help but laugh. “Have you ever been in fight before Red Suit?” her accent caught him off guard. She knew who he was, but she’ll let him have his fun.
“I’m called Spider-Man, and duh-” that was partially a lie, he’s fought very few people. “Also by the way you are awesome-” Suddenly Sam picked him up off his feet and flew him across the Terminal.
Veronika heard explosions and turned her head seeing Wanda and Clint running through crossfires she threw stars at the window breaking it.
“Be Sammy’s back up.” she said to Bucky, then flew out of the area throwing stars at Tony’s suit as she landed in front of Wanda and Clint.
Clint was covering Wanda, so Veronika, ran to them and checked on her friend when she heard Tony speak.
“Girls, I think you hurt both of your boys’ feelings.”
“You locked us in our rooms.” Wanda glared.
“First, that’s an exaggeration. Second, I did it to protect you.” Tony said, pointing his blasters at them.
She Russian rolled her eyes. “You’re stupid,” Veronika sighed.
Wanda tilted her head, Veronika knew this look.
“Hey Clint.” Tony turned to him.
“Hey man.”
“Clearly, retirement doesn’t suit you.” he said, still hovering. “Got tired of playing golf?”
He chuckled, readying his bow. “Well, I played 18, shot 18. Just can’t seem to miss.” He shot at Tony who dodged it.
“First time for everything.”
“Made you look.”
Suddenly cars were flying in red and blue, little purple in the mix and crashing into Tony.
“Okay, that pile won’t hold him long let’s go you guys.” Veronika said, looking at them both. They all started running towards where Cap and Scott were.
“There’s our ride.” Clint said as they ran towards hangar five.
The whole team came together and started running towards it when a laser stopped them, and a streak of silver and blue followed. Pietro stood in front of them arms crossed, and he looked a bit stressed.
“Captain Rogers!” Vision said, commanding. “I know you believe what you are doing is right. But for the collective good. You must surrender now .” They stared Steve down.
Tony’s team all formed a line, Pietro and Vision joining said line and Wanda and Veronika shared tormented looks.
We are sure about this? Wanda asked.
Veronika looked at Pietro who was staring at her. His eyes pleading she looked at Wanda again.
This is our only choice…
Wanda nodded and looked at her brother then at Vision. Veronika looked from her mother and to Pietro, family and lovers against each other…this won’t end well.
“What do we do Cap?” Sam asked.
“We fight.” he started forward.
Natasha sighed and shook her head. “This is gonna end well…” she said, obviously sarcastic.
“They’re not stopping,” Peter said as the other team started running.
“Neither are we.” Tony said determined.
Rhodey, Tony, and Sam all started to fly into battle. Wanda picked herself up and just as Veronika was about to do the same, someone grabbed her and they rolled to the ground. He pinned her with his weight.
“Don’t do this.” It was Pietro. She rolled him
“What choice do I have?” She didn’t want to fight him so she just stood.
“Every choice Veronika!” He stood now as well.
“Pietro, they won’t let us be happy. They won’t let us be free with that-”
“You don’t know that Ver! Just stop this and come home,” he pleaded.
She looked around at everyone fighting. This whole fight is becoming tiresome and as she looked back at him something hit her like a bus. “Come with me,” she said to him. His eyes went to hers in question. “Come with me, we’ll run, we’ll hide together-”
“Hide again?” He sighed. “All we have been doing is hiding! With this we don’t have to- Your father won’t be able to reach you-”
“Do you want to be together or not?” She asked setting the ultimatum.
“I want to be together,” he said standing there, watching her. She walked to him, put her hands on his cheeks.
“Then run away with me. We can leave this place, leave the team to be just you, me and Artemis.” She whispered her eyes searching his. “Please…”
He held her hands on his face. “We’d be on the run for the rest of our lives…hiding, do you really want that!? What happens after that?” he asked exasperated. “Why does hiding HAVE to be the only answer?”
She groaned, “Who cares Piet?! I mean, w-we’d be together isn’t that better than following blind orders for the rest of our lives!? I’ve lived that once I’m not doing it again.”
“We can’t build a life out of hiding Ver.” He said looking down and then back at her.
“What life could we build here, Pietro?” She narrowed her eyes. “The government, it finds out we’re together, they will just do same thing my father would. Trap us, and IF, in even the slightest possibility, we have them they would trap children we make, it would be endless. We would be puppets.”
“You don’t know that-”
“STOP THAT! Stop patronizing me on something I lived. You know I do! Just fucking listen to me please!” Suddenly she was knocked off her feet and Spider-Man was over her.
“Who’s the one talking during a fight now?”
She groaned as she rolled onto her feet and picked him up in her stars. “You’re getting too cocky,” a thought hit her mind’s ear, “Peter,” his suit eyes widened as she walked with him in star binds and threw him at Tony. Pietro stood flabbergasted. One last shared glance she sighed as she ran toward Wanda.
He just let her go, there’s no getting her out of this and that was making him scared. He wanted to follow he did, because if she leaves what will be left here for him? But then a part of him was holding back because maybe, just maybe , she’ll change her mind and they’ll be home together.
Then again he knew her too well.
Her and Wanda looked for who they could help. That’s when she heard Sam say the inevitable.
“Steve, both of you get on the jet. The rest of us aren’t getting out of here.”
“As much as I hate to admit it…” Clint started. “If we’re going to win this one, some of us might have to lose it.”
Ver looked at Wanda who nodded and they grabbed each other’s hands.
“This isn’t the real fight Steve.” Sam said.
“Dad he’s right, you have to go.” She hated saying it, but this was the only way…
Steve gave an apologetic look towards Veronika’s direction. “Alright Sam, what’s the plan?”
“We need a diversion, something big.”
“I’ve got something big,” Scott said, “but I can’t hold it very long.” He was running towards the action. “On my signal, run like hell. If I tear myself in half don’t come back for me.”
Veronika looked worried in a way.
“He’s going to tear himself in half?” Bucky whispered to Steve.
“You sure about this Scott?” Steve asked as he and Bucy ran.
“I do it all the time!” He lied, “I mean, once, in a lab…Then I passed out.”
“Oh my Gosh.” Veronika whispered into her hands as she considered praying.
“I’m the boss. I’m the boss. I’m the boss.” He jumped. “I’M THE BOSS!” He yelled, jumping onto Rhodey. And then suddenly.
“WOAHHH OKAY TINY DUDE IS BIG NOW…he’s- he’s big now-” Rhodey was saying.
“Holy shit-” Veronika said in shock. Literally everyone was in shock. Pietro who was mid run around stopped in his tracks.
“What the fuck?” he whispered and from the corner of his eye he saw Steve and Bucky running. He just watched as he ran in a circle.
Steve was looking back and whispering I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m so sorry. As if trying to say it to his daughter, but she knew. She understood. She did, if she had someone she thought she lost back, had the chance to save them, she’d take it too.
“Wanda let’s go, they might need our help.” She took her friend’s hand and they ran around the fight towards the hangar. She saw Vision above scanning and then a laser went to a tower beside the hangar.
“Oh no!” Wanda said they both freed their hands and stopped. They used their powers together to stop the building from collapsing onto Steve and Bucky. When a frequency hits them.
“GAH!” They yelled in unison the pain radiating through but they tried when it got too much they grabbed their heads collapsing.
“Wanda, Veronika.” Pietro said running to his sister and girlfriend but Vision was with Wanda. So he kneeled with Veronika, blood dripping from her nose as she groaned in pain.
Pietro cradled her head in his lap and heard Vision utter to Wanda, maybe a little to Ver too.
“It’s as I said. Catastrophe.”
Pietro put his head on Ver’s and kissed her temple.
“I’m sorry.” She whispered.
“I am too.” He spoke.
Suddenly Vision shot his laser but it wasn’t who he meant to go down falling.
Pure chaos surrounded them as they were breaking.
Sirens filled the area and before Veronika knew it, she and Wanda were being put into straight jackets.
“What are you doing to them!?” Pietro yelled trying to get past Tony.
“Stop it Maximoff, those two made their choice.” Tony said as he was looking grim from Rhodey’s condition.
“Wands! Veronika!” Neither looked at him, their expressions blank as they were put into separate padded cars and taken away. “NO!” Pietro yelled but it was too late they were off.