To: lucia. : I'm so glad you like the way the story is going! Let me know if you like this chapter :) I don't want to repeat all the scenes and dialogues from the movie, so I'll keep it limited!

Kaira walked through the doors of the warehouse that Agent Hill brought them to, looking around at all the agents there.

"She's lost at least a pint of blood" She yelled "She'll want to see him first though"

"See who first?" Kaira asked.

"Fury" She said matter of factly.

"He's alive?" Natasha asked and then they all went to see him.

"You don't seem all that excited about this" She said, looking at Kaira. Kaira shrugged "I am bleeding from my arm, and me and Nick never met so..."

"Suit yourself" She said and followed her friends into a room. Kaira took a seat outside on a cold metal chair, as one of the people came to fix her wound. She peeled off her blood-stained jacket and tried not to look at the wound. She hated blood.

"Wow" The doctor said.

"What?"

"This is extremely precise. It's not deep at all, and it missed your artery perfectly" He said.

"I'm sorry, are you actually impressed with how I was stabbed?" Kaira looked at him. All she needed was him to stitch it up so she could go and sleep. This day had been long. Of course the wound hadn't been deep, it was clear he hadn't meant to kill her but he had hurt her regardless and she would definitely get back at him for that. The doctor cleaned her up and Kaira went to the nearest bathroom to wash up. She looked at herself in the mirror and sighed. There was a scar running down her left cheek, and one on her neck that he had definitely given her. Even if it healed, it would definitely leave a mark. A knock on the door distracted her and she saw Agent Hill standing with a file.

"You wanted to read this?" She asked. Kaira nodded and Hill handed her the file. Kaira looked at the top cover. Asset LE -0623. Sergeant James Buchanan Barnes. After seeing Steve's dismay in the van, Kaira wanted to do anything that would help him get over his loss.

She flipped it open and the first thing that caught her eye was the picture. It was a picture of The Winter Soldier, yet he didn't look menacing or hostile. He was in an army uniform, with a cap that was too big for his head. He was clean-shaven, and his eyes weren't hollow and sunken in like the Winter Soldier's. He had a smile on his face, and it traveled up to his eyes. She flipped ahead and spotted a list of his missions. All the people he had been responsible for killing. It was hard to believe this had happened to him. But he wasn't who he used to be before, it was clear to see that. He was without a conscience now, and that made him a weapon. He was just as bad as any of the other Hydra agents. She sighed and closed the file. Steve would need her help and she could really use some rest.

"Kaira?" She heard a voice and got up. She was bundled up in a corner of the room the doctor had given her. The hospital beds were too stiff so she had moved to a couch. They'd given her a fresh set of pajamas too, which were surprisingly her size and extremely soft. Steve knocked on the door again and called her "You up?"

She lifted the blanket off her and said "I am now"

"I think you might want to be part of this discussion" He said. She nodded, slipped a jacket over her pajamas and followed him to a room where they were all gathered.

"We have to stop the launch" Natasha was saying.

"If even one of those ships remains operational, a whole lot of people are gonna die" Agent Hill said.

"How do we stop that?" Kaira asked, joining them with Steve at her side. She could feel his hand at her back, for support and she suppressed a smile.

"We have to assume everyone onboard those carriers is Hydra. We have to get past them and get these server blades in" Fury explained. He looked at Kaira and shot her a smile "Is this her?"

"Um"

"I'm Nick Fury, ex head of Shield" He said, offering his hand.

"I'm Kaira Sade Hastings. Nice to meet you" She said, extending her healthy arm forward.

"So I've heard, you're quite popular with this one" he said, gesturing to Steve. "And you've been a great help to Stark. I would also like to thank you for jumping in today and doing your part at the bridge, as they told me. Not every intern we get is so brave"

Kaira didn't know what to say, she was extremely awkward in these situations, especially when everyone was staring at her in her pajamas and all of them were affiliated with the avengers.

"I know you feel out of place, and it's completely understandable. But we'll need your help with this one. You need to guide Steve and Sam to those servers, so they know exactly what to do and what to replace. We won't have much time to explain once we're there, so Steve will safely escort you to the server room, and all you have to do is flick the switch" Agent Hill told her. Kaira nodded, taking everything in and Steve looked at her in reassurance.

"Any questions?" Fury asked.

"How will I be with both Sam and Steve at the same time?" Kaira asked.

"You won't. Sam will have help from one of our own on the helicarrier" Fury said "You go with Steve"

"I'll just go get changed" Kaira said and left, just as they all started getting in a heated discussion about taking down Shield. She had never been on a mission before, especially not one with this high risks. She went to look at her wound in the mirror, and the doctor had been right, it wasn't serious. After changing into clothes Agent Hill had brought her, she stepped outside for fresh air.

Rogers was standing on the bridge, staring out and Sam was walking up to him.

"He's gonna be there, you know" Sam said as Kaira joined them. He turned to notice her and asked her about her arm.

"It doesn't hurt anymore" She told him and went up to Steve. He put an arm around her as she put her head on his shoulder.

"Look, whoever he used to be, and the guy he is now. I don't think he's the kind you save. He's the kind you stop" Sam said and Kaira could see that he was trying really hard to be empathetic.

"He's kind of right, he tried to, and could have easily killed us all. He's a weapon now, not the war hero he used to be" Kaira added "And he almost scarred me, but I assure you if there's even a 5% chance of bringing him back...we'll try it"

"I don't know if I can stop him" Steve admitted.

"He might not give you a choice" Sam said, and then tried to lighten up the mood "And Kaira really hates him, so"

"Yeah, he ruined my favorite jacket!" She said and Steve had just a hint of a smile. He looked at her and then did a double take "What are you wearing?"

"I know? It's so tight, it's some suit Agent Hill had lying around and this is all she has" Kaira said, embarrassed at her outfit.

"Well, I'm not complaining" Sam said, lifting his hands up and smiling.

A few hours later, Kaira was following Steve through a forested area towards the SHIELD launch site. Kaira had a gun tucked in her waistband and two knives at her disposal. In case she ever got caught alone on the ship, she would have to put her training to use but Rogers would mostly be there to protect her.

"Stay next to me at all times, okay?" Steve said, looking back at Kaira. Kaira didn't want to feel like the weakest link among them, but she was. She had nothing to contribute other than her brainpower, and that also which she shared with Agent Hill. Even if Kaira wasn't mentally ready for battle, she definitely looked physically ready. Her hair was tied up in a bun, and all strands had mostly been tucked in. A few ran astray and framed her face. The skintight bodysuit she was in started high up her neck, and only tightened around her chest. The area around her waist was thinner, as if made of net, and it then blended back into pants. She had an upper thigh knife holster, and she had an armband tucked inside the sleeve for the other knife. The suit was easy to move in and despite it's small size, was comfortable enough for her to be tossed around and still land a punch. And it definitely made her look good, if the fact that both Steve and Sam couldn't stop staring at her was any indication.

They all went up the stairs in to the building and Hill messed up the dish. A few seconds later, a dark man opened the door and saw Steve, Sam, Hill and Kaira all decked up in battle armor with guns pointed at him.

"Excuse us" Steve said. He raised his hands and stepped aside in a second. Smart move. They walked up till the communications center, and Steve started speaking into the microphone. He talked about how SHIELD had been taken over by Hydra, and wasn't what they thought anymore. As soon as he finished his inspirational speech, Sam stepped up smiling and asked "Did you write that down first, or was it off the top of your head?"

"Okay, I'm going to go to the server room. I'll guide you from there" Agent Hill said and handed them the server blades. Kaira took two and followed Steve out onto the tarmac. Steve handed her a Bluetooth so she would be able to hear Hill too and Kaira inserted it in her right ear.

"They've begin the launch" She told them.

"Isn't it way too early?" Kaira asked.

"They're trying to stop us" Steve said "Come on, we got to get on one of those ships before it's up" They ran as a siren blared through the launch site. Kaira looked up and almost stopped dead in her tracks at the size of the ship.

"Want to catch a ride?" Sam asked, just as Insight crew started shooting at them. Steve lifted his shield up to protect them "Take her up!" Sam nodded, grabbed Kaira by the waist and they took off.

Kaira looked down to see Steve being shot at, but Sam assured her he would be okay. They approached the helicarrier, and someone started shooting. He held her tightly as they escaped missiles being shot at them.

"Hey Cap! I found those bad guys you were talking about" Sam yelled.

"You okay?" Steve's voice came in.

"We're not dead yet" Sam replied "Okay, Kaira listen to me. You see that tiny platform over there by the northwest entrance?"

"Uh huh?" Kaira nodded, not sure where this was going.

"I'm gonna drop you off there" He said.

"What?"

"You're gonna have to make the jump because otherwise we both die" He said "I'll fly us near it but then we'll be in range of the missiles again. Can you do that Kaira?"

Kaira looked at where he wanted to land, and then the steep fall below to the ground. She would have to make a perfect jump.

"What do I do when I'm there?" She asked, gripping onto his suit tightly as he whizzed past gunshots.

"You'll be safe, that area is clear and you're not their priority" Sam told us "I can't hold you any longer, We gotta do this now!"

Kaira gulped as Sam turned a 180 degree to throw off the shooters. He aimed straight for the platform, and dove there. Kaira braced herself as they neared it, and just as they were about 15 meters above it, Sam let go and Kaira jumped. She reached out to her hands to be able to grasp at the railing in case she missed, and in a quick five seconds, her body hit the hard metal floor. She almost rolled off it but her hands tightly gripped the floor and she sighed. She had made it. Now she just had to sit there and wait for Sam or Steve to show up. Kaira caught her breath and then stood up, and almost took a step back when she saw him.

The Winter Soldier was standing in front of her.

She was standing on the edge of a high fall, straight down to the ground. He wasn't wearing any mask this time. He raised his metal arm up, and Kaira took a step even further back, and then as if to betray her recent good luck, her foot slipped.

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