Hello Chapter 9! Enjoy the curveball (if you want to call it that)


"Is that?"

"Captain Rogers. Good to see you again. I see you've met Penelope, my daughter."

"Lilijanna!" She growled.

"You died. How did you bring your sorry ass back to life?" Sam asked.

"Perks of HYDRA technology." Pierce replied, coyly, snapping his fingers. A figure came out from the shadows. Lily couldn't believe her eyes, Bucky. Standing in his old black uniform with brown combat books. The once faded red star now apparently repainted on his metal arm, which held one of a steady ready to fire automatic rifle.

"Bucky!" She called out to him, moving out of her fighting stance.

"Bucky?" Steve questioned at the same time.

"Winter Soldier has willingly come back to us." Pierce said.

"Liar!" Lily snapped back one second after her father had finished. She may have trouble communicating, but her mind did not reflect her speech troubles. After all they had gone through, ; after all the actions and conflicts Bucky had fought to be come close to the man Steve remembers when he looks at him, she would not let her father destroy that.

"Kill them." Pierce ordered. "Kill them all."

"Bucky!" Lily pleaded, seeing the hesitation in his stance before raising his gun. But she saw something else. Bucky winked at her and nodded his head ever so slightly, where anyone could have missed it. But he already knew she was not just any person. Keeping his cover, Lily stepped forward, shielding Steve and Sam with her body. Raising her hand, knowing she could control her abilities, unlike the last time she encountered HYDRA in a place like where they were, she pushed the gun out of Bucky's hands off to his right, far away from her father. Sprinting into a run she attempted to tackle Bucky to the ground, but he dodged it, causing her to trip a little. Regaining her posture, she took a swing at him, dodging his blows. However, he managed to trip her, pulling a knife and holding it to her throat as she lay flat on her back on the floor.

Steve and Sam, after the initial shock of how well Lily moved, noticed Pierce moving to leave and jumped into action. Steve threw his shield, which lodged into the wall, blocking Pierce's escape. Pierce began to run for the windows when a shot rang out and he fell to the hard concrete floor. Steve looked a Sam and saw the same confused look on his face. Looking back, they saw Bucky rolling off Lily, who had his side pistol in her hand. Standing up, she ran over to where Pierce lay on the floor, bleeding from his hip. Bucky ran after her, stopping where Steve stood. Steve wanted to go over to make sure Lily didn't do anything foolish, but Bucky held him back.

"She needs to do this." He said.

Lily stared down at her father. "Why?" She asked, sternly. "I'm your daughter. How could you?" She nearly screamed, her speech improving as the drugs continued to wear off.

"You and your brother were nothing but disappointments. I wanted to make you better."

"Jesse was SHIELD. Joined for you."

"His mind was anti-HYDRA. We had scientists who wanted to try to create super soldiers, assassins. You were the perfect candidate." He told her, unremorseful.

"Bastard! I'm your daughter!" She shouted. "You made me a freak!" Lily tossed the gun to the side. "You wanted me, dead." She hissed.

"You showed no signs of improvement until the end." He grunted in pain. "You were a success. In more ways than we could have hoped or imagined."

Lily did something not even Bucky had even seen before; igniting her arms on fire. Steve, once again, attempted to intervene, but Bucky still held him back with his arm. Sam just stood still, doing his best to understand the situation. Lily looked into the eyes of the man who ruined her life. If she wanted to, she could kill him. But as always, her mom came to her, telling her she'd be no better than him. With than in mind, she extinguished the fire on her arms.

"Knew you wouldn't kill me." Pierce said.

"Lying bastard." She scoffed. "You're the murderer, not me." Looking back at Bucky, she added, "And not him. You. And you'll pay." She steadily walked back towards the three men, a smile forming on her face as her eyes met Bucky's.

Alexander Pierce was not the kind of man who liked to lose. Seeing the gun close to him he reached for it, aiming the barrel in the direction of his daughter. Bucky saw him move, realizing Pierce's target.

"Lily look out!" He cried, running the short distance to her, pushing her down to block the shot. The bullet bounced off his metal arm, and immediately following Bucky reached for his spare gun and shot Pierce square in the head. After a few moments, Steve reached for his cellphone.

Captain Rogers, good to hear from you.

"Coulson?"

Director Coulson. But same man, none the less.

"Where's Natasha?"

Out on a mission. But she gave me this phone and told me the details. We'll be at your coordinates in an hour.

"We've got four people, and one officially dead former head of SHIELD."

Roger that.

Steve looked at Bucky, who was in the middle of an embrace with Lily. Their eyes met and a smile came across Bucky's face as he nodded to his oldest friend.

"We have an hour til help comes. I guess we should exchange stories?"


Hello! I threw in Coulson! Ha! Don't ask me for the story on Natasha connecting with him, because I have none in my head. I love Black Widow and Scarlett, but I'm more Bucky focused. :)

If you didn't guess Pierce, then YES! But if you did, oh well. I'm kind of terrible with this stuff sometimes.