Star Labs
Morning
"According to the data from Lyla, the symbiont is of unknown origin. It crashed here in a meteorite around a year ago. After some study, Argus determined it to be too dangerous to be left unchecked, so they locked it away in a secret Argus facility," Caitlin explained as she brought up clips of Argus scientists experimenting on Venom on the monitor in the cortex. "Through experimentation, they discovered that it was vulnerable to high frequency sound waves and fire."
"Which is why Savitar was weakened by Stark's attack," Bucky noted and Caitlin nodded.
"Cisco and Tony are working on coming up with a set of weapons that utilize high sound waves. In the meantime, we need to try and locate Savitar," Steve said as he looked around at them. "There's no telling what he'll do now."
Central City Police Department
Same time
Julian Albert was hard at work. Honestly, if he knew being the CSI in this precinct was going to be this hard, he would never have forced Barry to resign. Hearing someone knock on the door to his lab, Julian looked up to see Barry linger in the doorway.
"Speak of the devil. What are you doing here Allen?" Julian asked confused.
"We need your help with something Julian. We need you to help us defeat our enemies," Venom Flash said, his voice dipping lower and Julian could feel the menacing tone in it aimed at him.
Star Labs
Same time
"Careful Barry, the wound in your stomach is still healing," Wanda said in a mix of exasperation, concern, and amusement as Barry quickly ate the donuts Cisco had brought him from Jitters.
"I know, I know, take it easy for a bit," Barry rolled his eyes good naturedly.
Wanda smiled, which was then wiped off her face as Vison walked into the room.
"Mr. Allen," Vision greeted neutrally and Barry nodded.
"Vision," Barry greeted politely. "Glad to have you back with us."
"Thank you Mr. Allen. I see congratulations are in order," Vision said as he looked at Wanda's swollen belly.
"Thank you," Wanda said without an ounce of sincerity.
"Wanda, I was wondering if we might speak privately," Vision requested.
Wanda almost replied with a snippy retort but Barry gave her a look and Wanda took a deep breath. With a nod, she and Vision exited the room.
"You have five minutes," Wanda said as she crossed her arms, staring down at him. "Talk fast."
"I wanted to apologize. It was…wrong for me to try and keep you from leaving the compound," Vision said with genuine remorse. "I'm sorry."
"You were my friend. I trusted you and you kept me prisoner in my own home. You manipulated me until I did whatever you said," Wanda hissed, trying to control her anger and keep her powers under control.
"I know," Vision remorsefully. "I am truly sorry Wanda."
"I understand you thought you were protecting me, but that wasn't protection, it was control," Wanda said, anger giving way to weariness. "I understand why you did it…but I don't forgive you. Maybe one day, I will, but that day is not today."
"I understand," Vision said sadly. "I am sorry for what I did to you."
"Me to," Wanda said before she walked back into the med bay, Vison staring after her sadly.
Central City Police Department
Not long after
"Julian?" Joe called out as he walked into the lab. "Julian, Singh wants the report on…"
Joe trailed off, staring in horror at Julian's lifeless body lying on the floor. However, hearing beeping, he looked over and stared in horror at the bomb on the wall. Knowing he didn't have time to waste, Joe turned and ran from the room.
"Everyone, we need to evacuate, there's a bomb!" Joe shouted as he ran into the hall.
His warning came too late though, as the bomb went off. Outside the building, those on the streets looked up in shock and horror as the precinct was rocked by an explosion that tore a hole in the side of the building. On the streets, blending in with the civilians, Venom Flash smirked.
Star Labs
Same time
"We've got a problem, someone just set off a bomb at the CCPD!" Cisco shouted as he got the alert.
"Savitar," Steve realized.
"Who else?! We need to get down there before it comes down!" Cisco shouted.
Central City Police Department
Same time
Singh was trying to lead as many officers as he could out as Joe led some others down the stairs as the building crumbled, pieces of debris falling all around them.
"What the hell happened West?!" Singh demanded.
"Someone set off a bomb in Julian's lab!" Joe shouted.
Before they could move, a hunk of debris fell from the ceiling and landed in front of the door, blocking the exit.
Outside, a breach opened up. As the people on the street turned to look, Cisco, Sam, Steve, Natasha, Bucky, Clint and Roy got out as Vision, Tony, Pietro, and Wally entered the street by feet or air. Seeing this, Venom Flash smirked before he was quickly covered in his suit and sped over to them. Grabbing Cisco, he threw him to the side and Cisco hit a mail box, dazed.
"You did this!" Tony snarled and Venom Flash laughed mockingly.
"You can stand around blaming me or you can do something," Venom Flash said, gesturing to the collapsing precinct behind him.
"Sam, Vison, get everyone on the top floor out. Pietro, you me and Nat are gonna get everyone on the first floor out. The rest of you, deal with him," Steve said as he took charge.
"With pleasure Cap," Clint said as he took aim at Venom Flash.
"You will try, fools," Venom Flash said with a menacing laugh.
Sam and Vision flew up into the air and to the upper level, trying to find any people trapped there. Tony shot some sonic energy waves at Venom Flash but the evil speedster sped out of the way, determined not to get caught again as Clint and Roy fired at him.
This distraction allowed Pietro to speed over to the entrance and, with a punch thanks to his enhanced strength, was able to clear away the debris. He, Steve, and Natasha entered the building to find Joe, Singh and the other officers.
"Come on; let's get you guys out of there," Natasha said.
"There are some officers still down there," Singh said as he gestured to a stairwell.
"On it," Pietro said as he sped down the stairs.
Outside, Venom Flash caught two arrows, one each from Roy and Clint, before tossing them both back. The two archers barely managed to avoid getting hit with their own arrows as Wally raced around the area. Wally then stopped, throwing a lightning bolt at Venom Flash but, to the shock of everyone, the other speedster grabbed the bolt and threw it back. Wally was hit right in the chest and sent flying back, hitting the ground. Venom Flash then turned and grabbed Bucky, throwing him on his back and punching him several times before letting the unconscious Bucky go. Venom Flash then dodged the yellow beam aimed at him and jumped into the air, tackling Tony and slamming him down to the ground. As Tony tried to fight back, Venom Flash easily crushed the mechanical hand, disabling the weapons feature.
"Never forget, I know all your weaknesses," Venom Flash snarled.
Suddenly, a Vibe beam hit him and threw him back, getting him away from Tony. Venom Flash got to his feet and turned to see Cisco aiming at him.
"Well, looks like it's just you and me old friend," Venom Flash said with a monstrous laugh.
In the basement, Pietro sped in and found two officers.
"Hey, we need to go. This building is about to come down," Pietro told them.
He had barely finished speeding when the roof above their heads started to cave in. Pietro sped over and tackled them out of the way; using his enhanced strength to catch the debris.
"Go, get to the first floor," Pietro grunted as he held the debris above them, protecting them.
"We can't, the stairs are blocked," one of the officers said, gesturing to the debris blocking the stairs Pietro had just come down.
Outside, Venom Flash was approaching Cisco when suddenly; an arrow hit him in the back. The speedster staggered; pulling out the arrow and saw it was an injection arrow. Feeling something very wrong, Venom Flash growled before speeding off into the distance. Roy lowered his arrow, sighing in relief.
"What'd you inject him with?" Clint asked.
"Tibet Viper venom. It's what Oliver used to keep me sedated while I was on Mirakuru. Not sure how it'll affect a speedster, but it seems to slow him down at least," Roy said as Vision and Sam rejoined the others.
"Where's Pietro?" Clint asked as he noticed the absence of the silver haired speedster.
"He went down to the basement to get some offices. He still hasn't come back yet," Steve frown in concern before looking over at Vision. "Vision, go look for him."
The AI nodded before he flew into the building, phasing the floor. He found Pietro quickly enough, holding up a large pile of debris, protecting to officers.
"Vision!" Pietro shouted in relief upon seeing his teammate. "Just the man I was hoping for! I need you to get these two out of here."
"Wait, what about you," one of the officers protested.
"Vision can come back for me. I'll be fine," Pietro insisted.
Vision simply stared, knowing Pietro was lying. There was no guarantee that Pietro could hold that up for much longer, but Vision could only take two. So Pietro had lied to ease the mind of the two officers.
"You are a true hero Pietro Maximoff," Vision said as he grabbed the officers.
Pietro phased through the ceiling along with the officers, leaving Pietro alone. Pietro finally, relaxed, allowing himself a small smile. For the first time since he had learned the truth about Savitar, he felt at peace. He felt…vindicated.
Outside, Vision had barley flown through the doors to the precinct, taking the officers to safety when the building finally collapsed. Vision set the officers on the ground as everyone stared, knowing there was no possible way for Pietro to have survived that as the precinct fell on top of Pietro. His last thought was of Wanda before he knew no more.