This was inspired by the picture https / pin. it/ hxtkqv6nt6vcdn (remove spaces) and will be split into two parts.

Honestly, I don't know why I wrote it. It makes me sad.

Anyway... Let me know what you think.

~TH~

"You Either Die a Hero, or You Live Long Enough To See Yourself Become the Villain."

They had been tracking him for months. This Winter Soldier, the assassin responsible for hundreds of lives.

Cap had him cornered in an old storehouse. "Turn yourself in now and stop this." He called out to the man with the metal arm.

Only a growl came in response. Cap found his shield at the Winter Soldier. The Soldier caught it with his metal arm and flung it across the room. It skidded across the floor, landing beside the hand of a nameless soldier.

Cap's cowl had fallen off during the fight and he could feel blood trickling down his face.

"I have the Winter Soldier." He said into his earpiece.

Natasha was the first to respond. "What's your position?"

"The back storehouse, " he grunted as he avoided a metal fist.

The Soldier took a step back and resides himself to attack. The captain was able to avoid most of the attacks, but then one of the bodies on the floor grabbed his leg. He kicked down, crushing the man's skull, but it was just enough of a distraction for the metal fist to slam into his chest.

Cap staggered back, grabbing onto a shelf to hold himself up. He knew he had at least three broken ribs from that one hit. That arm was powerful.

His head fogged over, giving his opponent enough time to fire a gun towards him. Cap moved at the last minute, taking a bullet to the shoulder instead of the chest.

He gasped, feeling his brain fog over. There were shouts over the comm, indistinguishable due to the loud pounding of his heart.

There were more gunshots and more screaming. He felt three more bullets bite through his flesh before he had a chance to register.

The captain fell into a heap on the floor. The Winter Soldier calmly walked over, gun still in hand.

Cap reached his hand out towards the dead soldier that lay beside him. The footsteps got closer, closer. Cap's hand latched around the gun. He turned and with military precision accuracy, shot at his enemy.

The Soldier's eyes widened for only a moment before he fell to the ground, a bullet hole in the centre of his forehead.

Cap gasped for air, finally beginning to hear the voices in his ear.

"Cap, what happening?"

"What's wrong?"

"Captain?'

"Cap?'

"Answer me!

"I got him." The man in question finally answered. "He-he's dead." He choked out, followed by a coughing spasm. The blood he had spit out should probably concern him. He was just too tired to care.

The voices were back, asking him how he was if he was okay if he needed medical. He couldn't find it in himself to respond.

He drunkenly made his way to the dead assassin, ripping off the mask covering his face. Then he gasped.

"Bucky?" He whispers.

No, it was impossible. But he was looking at him. Looking into the dead eyes of his best friend.

"No," he heard himself say, "no, no, no!"

"Cap, what's wrong?" Natasha asked.

Steve stumbled backwards before falling to his knees and throwing up. There was an amazing amount of blood. He didn't even notice.

"No!" Tony yelled, "Cap, you've got to get out of there! There's an energy blast coming right for you! It completely decimates everything. You've got to get out of here!"

Steve somehow found himself lying in a pile of boxes, staring at the ceiling. He felt like his world was crumbling around him. He couldn't breathe as another coughing fit overtook him.

He wanted to get up. He needed to get up. But he couldn't find the strength. His body had finally decided that he had had enough. Captain America was dead. Steve had killed his best friend. "'Till the end of the line", right? Well, it was the end.

He mustered what little strength he had left to get rid of the annoying voices in his ear. They hadn't stopped talking, they wouldn't stop screaming. They wanted him to leave. Steve didn't care.

He heard a loud, deafening noise, followed by an immensely bright light. The ground shook and the warehouse began to fall around him.

Then there was silence.

~TH~

Part 2 coming very soon, probably before the end of the day.

I hope you enjoyed this first part.

Next chapter will feature a fight between Captain America and Iron Man.

See you then!

God bless,

Jamie