Contains spoilers for captain America The Winter Soldier
The inner conflict
"Your name is James Buchanan Barnes"
"Shut up!" the soldier roared, viciously hitting the man down. He landed on the floor and he furiously pushed away the familiarity he felt when he heard the name.
As the two weakly pushed themselves up from the metal ground the man opposite the soldier pulled his helmet off.
The soldier froze slightly...he knew that face.
"I'm not going to fight you" the man stated and let go of his shield. The soldier watched in disbelief as the shield fell through a gap in the floor and disappeared.
"You're my friend."
The soldier's eyes snapped back to the man and once again he felt the familiarity of those words.
The soldier pushed the feeling away and slammed into the man, knocking them both to the ground.
"You're my mission" the soldier told him. He pulled his mechanic arm back and punched the man again and again in the face, letting his anger and desperation guide his movements.
The man's head jerked back every time a punch met its target. The soldier paused before dealing the finishing blow, the man's face is now cut and bloody. It should have been easy for the soldier to finish it...and yet still he paused. As he brought his arm up to strike again the man spoke and his voice wobbled with emotion, his eyes held acceptance "then finish it...cause I'm with you till the end of the line".
The soldier inhaled sharply and he felt pain fill his heart when a picture flashed before his eyes. It was of him and this man, he grabbed the man's shoulder and said "I'm with you till the end of the line pal" as the image fades the soldiers eyes fill with tears.
The floor collapsed suddenly and the soldier clung to a beam to prevent himself falling, the man however fell with the floor. Time seemed to slow and another image played before him. He was surrounded by mountains and snow, he was clinging to a metal bar, hanging from a train. The man...Steve...appeared.
"Grab my hand" Steve shouted, desperately reaching towards him.
The soldier tried to reach but the bar snapped and he fell for a very long time. Flinching from the memory the soldier saw the man -no- Steve hit the water.
Not thinking twice the soldier stood and dived towards his best friend.