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Chapter 10: Again

Trees flashed past her as Rhea ran towards DC. She skirted around people, hearing the 'hey what hell?' as she bumped past them, but she was doing too fast to say anything to them. Rhea turned towards downtown, she knew that Bucky would be somewhere in DC, but the question was where. Where did he have a connection to? She skidded to a halt right beside the Lincoln Memorial, people turned in shock and jumped as if she'd just appeared out of no where.

She put her hands on her knees and took too long breaths to clear her head. There were so many places he could be and if he headed to New York to some old stomping ground then Rhea wouldn't know where to start.

She decided to run to her apartment, maybe he headed there to get to talk to me alone, Rhea thought as she ran. Her building came into view and she shot up the stairs towards her apartment door. She stopped suddenly as she saw her door open, she walked forward slowly and saw that it was hanging off its hinges. Oh god, She took a breath and peered around the corner, she released some ice from her hand shaped like a dagger and held it in her hand. Her apartment was in a state, the couches were ripped to pieces, the curtains were in shredded and books were all over the floor. She sighed as she realised that he wasn't there. Rhea turned to leave the apartment and walked slowly down the stairs, "God, where are you Bucky? You can't just up and leave me like that," Rhea said to herself and opened the door back outside to the coolness of the autumn day. Then she remembered, where had she met Bucky first? The museum, he would go there, And hopefully not assault another pervy vendor, She shook her head and picked up and run, feeling her legs pump faster.

Within minutes she was at the Smithsonian complex, she skirted past tourists looking at the Washington Monument, then skidded to a halt. A shout broke Rhea's attention, it was coming from the street. She ran over and saw a crowd was gathering by a car, she pushed her way past and saw a man lying on the road. She gulped, god no, she thought and pushed past the last few people. The man on the ground began to get to his feet and a bystander went to help him up, suddenly the man grabbed the bystander by the neck, lifting him off the ground. Rhea saw a tear in the shirt and a flash of metal caught her eye.

"Bucky! No!" She called and jumped out in front of crowd.

Bucky turned to look at her, there was something different about his eyes. He stared at her with a dead pan expression. The poor bystander was still dangling from his grip, "Who the hell is Bucky?"

Rhea's heart dropped, "Shite."

Bucky dropped the man and walked over to her, eyes locked on his target. "You. Hydra Weapon Next Generation, you failed to comply with Hydra, I failed to complete my mission. Not now."

Rhea backed away from him, she couldn't let him harm the crowd of people, you are a fool Rhea Rogers for leaving Steve behind, she wanted to kick herself. "Bucky, you're not yourself, just come with me and we can sort this out."

"No, I have to finish what I let begin, finish it for Hydra," He covered the distance between them and raised his left arm.

"I'm really sorry Bucky," Rhea said and stood back in a defensive stance and raised her hands. The cold drifted down her arms, her eyes turned icy blue, and her sallow skin went ghostly white. The transformation made Bucky check himself for a second but that was all the time Rhea needed. Rhea shot out two spears of ice towards him, I don't want to hurt you, she pleaded to herself.

Bucky raised his metal arm and the ice shattered in every direction. He drew two knives out of his pocket, then crossed the distance between them. Rhea needed to think fast, Bucky raised the knife in his right hand. She thought quickly, ice formed around her forehand, it was thick, and as Bucky brought the knife down she raised her arm and blocked him. She flicked her leg and kicked him in the knee causing him to grunt.

She backed off him and raised her voice to the crowd, "Get outta here now, get to a safe area, I have back up coming." Totally bluffing about the backup, but Bucky doesn't need to know that, she thought. She watched as the crowd began to run in the opposite direction, Bucky looked at them but his focus went straight back to her.

OK Rhea, think, you need to get him talking, you need to get him to remember, Rhea thought as she dodged away from Bucky again. "Bucky, please, it's me, its Rhea," She looked into his eyes, but they were still the glassed over blue.

"'Rhea' doesn't exist, you are the Next Generation and you must be brought in, or ended," He spun the knife on his fingers.

Rhea sighed, This is not gonna be fun, Steve better show up or I really am dead.

"We need to find her Tony," Steve said as he looked out the window scanning the streets for any sign of either Rhea or Bucky.

"I'm doing everything that I can Steve," Tony said as he steered the car in and out of traffic, "JARVIS, scan all media channels and police radio's, try and home in on these two."

"Right away sir," JARVIS said smoothly.

Steve tapped the door of the car, I shouldn't have let her go, why did I let her get so close to Bucky, I should have stayed home and trained her myself.

"Cap, you gotta stop tapping the door, you're gonna break it," Tony looked over at him.

Steve stopped, "Sorry Tony, I just shouldn't have left Rhea with Bucky for so long."

"You didn't know that she was going to go after him," Tony glanced over at him.

"I did, its a Rogers' thing, we can't help ourselves," Steve sighed and moved his legs, his shield rolled in the foot well of the car.

"Sorry to interrupt sir," JARVIS spoke, "But I have managed to locate Miss Rogers. She's on Jefferson Drive near the Washington Monument."

Tony hit the breaks on his car and the wheels squealed in protest, he turned the car and the wheels screamed again as he but his foot on the gas, heading back towards Jefferson Drive.

As Tony and Steve got closer they heard the sirens of the police cars and saw people running in the opposite direction, "Well I think we've found where The Ice Queen and The Terminator have gone." Tony said puling the car over on the pavement. Steve jumped out and grabbed his shield, strapping it to his arm. Tony touched a button on his watch and out of the trunk of the car flew his suit, it clicked into place and the armour folded over his clothes.

Steve began to sprint towards the chaos, he saw people shouting, the fear was clear in their eyes. He gulped, Rhea what have we done? He rounded the corner and jumped over a police car that was blocking the way. He stopped beside a cop.

"Hey Cap, is that some sorta new Avenger or something?" The cop asked.

Steve looked across the road and his blood went cold. Rhea was fighting for her life against Bucky. "They aren't." He said to the cop, "Stark what's your position?"

Tony answered over the radio, "Yeah Cap I got eyes on them over head. Rhea's holding her own."

"She is but she won't be for long, Bucky taught her so he knows the moves that she's going to use, even if he isn't himself right now." Steve said, trying to maintain composer.

"What made him revert?" Tony asked.

Steve shrugged, "I have no idea. But we need a game plan, we need to get Rhea to safety and we need to get Bucky under control and back to the Stark Industries building."

"Any ideas so?" Tony said, adjusting his flight pattern.

Steve shifted his shield, "I need you in the air while I engage Bucky, I'll give you a signal then I need you to hit him with all you have and get him down, then we can remove him." Steve motioned for the cops to stay and he stepped out.

Rhea leapt in the air and flipped over Bucky's head, shooting ice down at him. He reached up grabbed her leg pulling her to the ground, she landed with a thud on to the hard ground. But she was quick, she put her hands on the ground and let ice leak on to the road and under Bucky's feet. Rhea then swept her leg underneath Bucky causing him to slip on the ice. She put her hands back and flipped up on to her feet again, then caught sight of Steve, "Ah nice of you to join me."

"What happened?" Steve asked as he stood beside her, his shield raised.

"No idea, found him after he was hit by a car, must have triggered something," Rhea shrugged. "But we need to get him home."

Steve nodded, "Working on it."

Bucky stood and looked at them both, he faltered, Rhea took her chance. She shot a blast of ice at his face, he raised his arm and blocked it, but Rhea had another trick. She stamped her foot and ice flowed outwards. Bucky tried to stop her, but as the ice reached his foot it crawled upwards, up his leg, gripping it tightly. Bucky tried to move to kick off the ice, but it just got thicker, like a vice around his feet.

"Stark! Now!" Steve shouted.

Out of the sky Tony flew down and pinned Bucky's arms behind him. Bucky struggled and fought against the armour of the Iron Man suit, but Tony wasn't letting go. Bucky glared over at Rhea, his eyes full of venom and hate. Rhea stepped back, Why Bucky? Why?

Rhea turned in her bed, she couldn't get settled, she saw the look in Bucky's eyes every time she closed her eyes. She sat up in bed and ran her hand through her hair, then she smiled to herself, If you told yourself five months ago you'd be sitting here you would have told them to get their head checked. She stood up and pulled on a hoodie. Rhea opened her door and walked down the corridor, she felt the cold titles on her feet and smiled. Something caught her eye, she stopped. In a room to her right there was a person. She turned and peered in, then gulped. Bucky was tied to a chair, his head on his chest. She turned to leave but then he looked up, their eyes met. She looked into those familiar blue eyes, as he stared back at her.

Bucky spoke, "Я должен был убить вас лет назад," I should have killed you years ago.