Fury opened his email. Captain Rogers had sent a full report of the Winter Soldier and how things went this morning. Fury read through the message, looks like Barnes was spying on his old friend and after he got hurt he knew where to go. So Barnes broke his Russian programing so now the question is Barnes going to be helpful to S.H.I.E.L.D. or was he going to be a problem? If Fury even tried to shut Barnes down he would have the captain on his back, and that thought made Fury nervous, Steve Rogers was a good guy but from the S.S.R. files Fury knew better than to mess with the people close to him.
So Barnes was shot, who would be dumb enough to shot the Winter Soldier? Most likely hydra, but A.I.M. was out there too and still active. Would they be after him? Fury grabbed his phone, "Hill, I want some agents around Captain Rogers place, I think the Winter Soldier might draw some unwanted people there."
"Steve, what is wrong with your shield?"
"Nothing is wrong with it, why"
"Maybe because it looks like it has a huge crack down the middle of it? Did someone brake it? Oh god, did I brake your shield?"
Steve took the shield from Bucky, "No, you did not break it. Something more evil did." Bucky looked confused, "About a year ago Stark made a new A.I. called Ultron, well Ultron was based off the human mind, and well he saw the human race as corrupt and tried to end it. My shield didn't stand a chance against him. The Black Panther, well the vibrainum in my shield came from his country and he was able to repair the damage, I just haven't re painted it yet."
"Sense humans are still alive, I assume you stopped him."
"Yeah, we did but things got bad. Thor has not been back to Earth sense the whole thing happened, and Stark well... I hope he learned his lesson and will start asking himself if he should do something rather than just making things because he can."
"This would be Anthony Stark, Howard's son?" Bucky asked looking sad.
"Yeah, he is a lot like Howard. What is wrong?" Bucky had got up and walked to the window.
"I didn't kill Howard but I helped set the stage for his death. Zola thought that it was too early to put me up against someone I had known. I am part responsible for Howard's death. Heaven only knows what Anthony would be like if I hadn't been a part of that plan."
"Hydra would still have killed him, Buck. He got too close to their secret."
There was a knock on the door, "Wow, I have never had this many people over in one day." Steve said slowly walking to the door. To his surprise it was Natasha. "I am surprised you didn't come in the window." Steve said as he opened the door.
"I thought about it but decided to act human." She smiled and have him a half hug. "Fury sent me over, I thought I would let you know he has activated the bugs in your walls, and also placed agents everywhere in the building."
"What does he think is going to happen?"
"I don't know but I think he is scared that hydra is following your guest."
Bucky walked around the corner, he looked confused he was studying Natasha, "The Black Widow? You work for S.H.I.E.D. now?"
"Yes, James, after what I saw them do to you I could not stay."
Steve looked from one to the other, "I am missing something here, and how do you two know each other?"
"I wasn't totally honest with you Steve. When I worked for the K.G.B. I was trained by the Winter Soldier."
"She was first and only person to act as if I was still human. The Russian leaders didn't like that, so I got my memory wiped and sent back to my frozen sleep." Bucky finished.
"There was always rumors about who you really were but I could never confirm it. The Red Room Train was the same branch that found James, while training me they had us do missions together, but he started to remember. Steve, I was too embarrassed to tell that part." She looked up sheepishly. "I am sorry."
Bucky looked down and smiled, "Things got a little romantic."
Steve smiled at Natasha, "You think I am angry with you?" She nodded, "Why would I be. Buck always had an eye for women, I doubt that whatever they did to him would change that." Steve shared a look with Bucky.
"You are never going to let go that I hit on Peggy are you?"
"You tried, she shut you down. But look on the bright side, she didn't try to shoot you."
