Daughter of the Shield 19
Warnings: Violence and swearing
AN: TOMORROW I will be posting the final chapter of this series!
The tiny blue car pulled into the parking garage and parked along side a white van. Jo got out of the backseat as quickly as she could, happy to stretch her legs.
“Hey Jo,” Clint smiled as he walked over and gave Jo a hug before turning to Steve. “Cap.”
“You I wouldn’t have called if I had any other choice.” Steve explained as the two men shook hands
“Hey, man, you’re doing me a favor. Besides, I owe a debt.” Clint responded glancing back at Wanda.
“Thanks for having my back.” Steve spoke to her.
“It was time to get off my ass.”
Jo snorted at Wanda’s statement and the two women did a fist bump. Because they were cool like that.
“How about our other recruit?”
“He’s raring to go,” Clint grunted as he pulled the side door of the van open. “Had to put a little coffee in him, but he should be good.”
The man in the back seat jumped awake and slowly climbed out of the van. “What time is this?” he groaned.
Steve glanced at Sam with worried expression, but Sam just shrugged and crossed his arms.
Clint gave the man a little push, since he had stopped dead at the sight of Steve.
“Captain America,” He said in shock as he and Steve shook hands.
“Mr. Lang,” Steve answered.
“It’s an honor…. I’m shaking your hand too long.”
“Just a bit,” Jo joked as Scott Lang let go of Steve’s hand.
“Wow! This is Awesome! Captain America. Hey, I know you guys too! You’re awesome!” Scott exclaimed looking over at Wanda and Jo. Scott turned back to Steve, “Ah, look, I just wanna say. I know you know a lot of super people, so, thanks for thinking of me.”
“Hey man!” Scott said pointing to Sam.
“Hey, listen, about what happened last time…”
“It was a great audition, but it will never happen again” Sam chuckled.
“Aw, I was hoping to see that live. I mean, the security tape was funny but the same as seeing Sam get his ass kicked in person.” Jo laughed as Sam gave her a death glare.
Steve rolled his eyes, ignoring their childishness. “They tell you what we’re up against?” he asked Scott.
“Something about some psycho-assassins?”
“We’re outside the law on this one. So, if you come with us, you’re a wanted man.”
“Yeah, well, what else is new?” Scott mumbled.
“We should get moving.” Bucky spoke up.
“We got a chopper lined up.” Clint explained. Suddenly, a voice began to speak through the speakers.
“They’re evacuating the airport,” Jo translated.
“Stark.” Steve muttered. “Suit up!”
Jo stood with Bucky and Sam in the upper level watching as Tony and Natasha tried to convince Steve to turn himself in. When suddenly, a man in a red and blue suit shot something at Steve and took his shield from him.
“Who the hell is that?” Sam demanded.
“I think he goes by Spider-man, saw a YouTube video of him once” Jo answered, her eyes never leaving her father.
“Found it!” Sam exclaimed. “Quinjet is in hanger five, north runway.”
Jo watched as Steve held up his bonded hands and an arrow broke him free. Tony put his helmet back on, looking to where the arrow had come from.
“Alright Lang,” Steve ordered.
Ant-man jumped off the shield, returning to his normal size and kicking Spider-man in the face. “I believe this yours, Captain America.”
Steve nodded and took the shield.
Tony flew off to where Clint and Wanda where and Steve threw his shield at Rhodey. Jo didn’t have time to see more as she took off running with Bucky and Sam, making their way to the Quinjet.
There was a thud on the glass as Spider-man landed on it.
“Everyone’s got a gimmick these days,” Sam grunted in frustration as they ran.
Spidey swung away from the glass and then back toward it, crashing threw and kicking Sam to the ground. Jo jumped back as Bucky swung at the kid, but Spidey caught the metal fist in his hand.
“Woah! You have a metal arm? Dude, that’s so cool!”
Bucky looked at the kid confused. Jo kicked the kid in the back and tumbled to the floor. Sam grabbed him and flew into the air as the two wrestled.
“You have the right to remain silent!” Spidey yelled. He broke free and began swinging around the room as Sam shot missiles at him. Jo grabbed a couch and chucked it at the webslinger, ducking behind a column beside Bucky.
“Hey buddy, I think you lost this!” there was a loud crash as the couch hit the column breaking in half.
Sam tried kicking the guy to the ground but jumped out of the way and webbed up Sam’s wings. Sam hit the ground with a grunt he tried to move quickly but the kid shot his webs, tying Sam to a railing.
“Those wings carbon fiber?”
“Is this stuff coming out of you?”
“That would explain the rigidity-flexibility ratio, which, gotta say, that’s awesome man.”
“I don’t know if you’ve ever been in a fight before, but there’s usually not this much talking.” Sam growled with annoyance.
“Alright, sorry. My bad.” The kid jumped up as Bucky moved to free Sam. He shot his webs, pushing both men to the ground and tying them to where they landed.
“Look, I would love to keep this up, but I only got one job today and I gotta impress Mr. Stark so… hey wait! Weren’t there three of you?”
Spidey let out a yelp as Jo grabbed him from behind and flung him out the window. He was too shocked to try and catch himself and ended up hitting the ground below.
“Never did like spiders,” Jo muttered climbing down to Sam and Bucky.
“You couldn’t have done that earlier?”
“Stop complaining, at least I didn’t get beaten by fifteen-year-old kid.”
Both men kept their mouths shut after that as Jo used her knife to free them.
“Come on!” Steve shouted as the team gathered together, sprinting towards the hanger. They all came to a stop as beam of light craved out a line in front of them. Everyone looked up to see Vision floating high above them.
“Captain Rogers,” Visions’ voice boomed. “I know, you believe what you’re doing is right. But for the collective good, you must surrender now.”
Tony, Natasha, Rhodey, T’Challa, and Spidey appeared on the other side of the line.
“What do we do Cap?” Sam asked.
“We fight.” Steve ordered. He walked forward, and his team followed him. Tony’s team began to approach them.
Jo glanced at the people in front and beside her. Her family was divided and when this was over, the Avengers would end with it. This she was sure of. There would be nothing left for her. Jo shook her head. She knew she was fighting for the right cause, but how much longer could she keep this up?
Steve broke into a run and the others followed. Wanda and Sam shot into the air as the rest of the team sprinted at the enemy, because that’s what they were. No longer family, but enemies.
Chaos exploded. Cap dodged one of Tony’s missiles, Natasha and Clint were clearly not hitting as hard as they could. Jo noticed Bucky was stuck with T’Challa’s hand on his neck.
“I didn’t kill your father!” Bucky grunted.
Jo kicked the King’s feet out from under him, and shoved him hard enough to send him a few feet threw the air.
“If a guy in a cat suit with killer claws tried to kill you wouldn’t you run too?” She shouted at T’Challa.
The King growled and charged at her. Jo jumped over him as Bucky punched T’Challa straight in the jaw. Jo grabbed the King’s arm and swung him up into some piece of equipment. Bucky nodded to her in thanks.
Jo, Bucky, and Steve took cover behind some equipment.
“We gotta go,” Bucky ordered. “that guys probably in Siberia by now.”
“We gotta draw out the flyers,” Steve answered. “I’ll take Vision, you two get to the jet.”
“No! you get to the jet! All three of you!” Sam shouted over the coms. “The rest of us aren’t getting out of here.”
“As much as I hate to admit it, if we’re gonna win this one, some of us might have to lose it.” Clint put in.
Steve hung his head, knowing they were right.
“This isn’t the real fight Steve!” Sam pressed.
“Alright Sam, what’s the play?” Jo asked.
“We need a diversion. Something big.”
“I got something kind of big!” Scott piped up. “But I can’t hold it very long. On my signal, run like hell. And if I tear myself in half, don’t come back for me.”
“He’s gonna tear himself in half?” Bucky asked, clearly confused.
“You sure about this Scott?”
“I do it all the time. I mean, once. In a lab. Then I passed out.”
A few seconds later Scott Yang was now a sixty-foot-tall man, who was holding Rhodey by the foot.
“I guess that’s the signal,” Steve stated looking impressed.
“What?” Steve growled turning to Jo.
“You don’t need me! You guys got this.” Jo turned from her father to Bucky. “Make sure he doesn’t do anything completely stupid.”
Bucky nodded, not fully understanding the look in Jo’s eyes, but he didn’t argue.
“Get to the jet, and get out of here. You’ll be fine!” Jo ran off before Steve could argue with her.
“Let’s go,” Bucky grunted grabbing his friend by the arm. Cap reluctantly followed.
Jo noticed Tony flying after Sam. She jumped from box to box, climbing up any tall piece of equipment she could find. Jo made it onto a plane and along it, waiting for the right moment.
“Wait for it… wait for it…” She muttered to herself. “And now!”
Jo jumped from the plane into the air, shoving her knife into Tony’s leg.
“Come on Tinman!” Jo growled climbing up to where she had her arms around Tony’s chest. She grabbed Tony’s arm as he tried to shoot Sam, moving it so the shot hit Rhodey.
“And you’re a pain in my ass!” Tony growled flying in random directions, trying to shake Jo. “Vision! Rhodey! Someone shoot her!”
Vision got there first. He fired, hitting Jo in the back. Jo fell probably around seventy feet from the sky, crashing into a broken plane that was already in flames. Fire licked at her skin, causing pain to shoot through her body. Jo struggled to move away. The plane creaked, and a metal beam fell, landing on Jo’s legs. She let out a cry, feeling her bones break
Jo laid down on her back. The flames were growing hotter. She could see the blue sky through the wreckage. She watched as the Quinjet flew by, causing a small smile to appear on her face.
Maybe it was better this way. If there was no life to go back to, then why go back at all?
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