Alright. Back with the last chapter of chasing down General Walker. And our chance to see Kraven the Hunter in action.

Let's get to it.

Chapter 11- Hunting

In a hangar in Moscow, General Walker smiles as he watches the doors to the van shut, having just sealed the deal with the Markovians. Their leader walks over to Walker, who smiles and says cheerfully, "Hey. Pleasure doing business with you, Lev." Walker and Lev shake hands.

"You sure you don't want to toast the transaction?" Lev asks.

"Ah, I'd love to, but I got a plane to catch, and there's someone I'm trying to avoid," Walker responds.

"American government?" Lev asks.

Walkers chuckles a bit before saying, "I wish it were just that."

Suddenly, out of nowhere, what looks like a mass of ropes shoots down from the ceiling, wrapping around some of Walker's men, and yanking them up towards the ceiling as the men cry out in surprise. Six more of Walker's men raise their assault rifles and start shooting up towards the ceiling. That is, until Kraven, from his position outside the hangar, drops two of the men with rifle shots.

After a second of this, Rory drops down from the ceiling, right before a small grenade goes off. With that, Diggle hurries into the hangar, firing his gun and taking out the men who were shooting.

Not wanting to get caught, the Markovians in the van hurriedly speed away. From the van, Felicity says, "Winter Soldier, Tango is headed your way."

In a small Jeep, driven by Laurel, Bucky watches the Markovians' van as they get close. One of the Markovians tries to shoot at the Jeep, but both Bucky and Laurel avoid getting hit. Bucky manages to pull out a pistol and shoots out the left side tires. The van rolls over and quickly crashes.

Bucky and Laurel hop out of the Jeep, as about half a dozen Markovians get out of the van. "You think you could beat us all with just the two of you?" Lev asks.

The sudden of cocking guns draws their attention. They look up to see Anatoli and his six men, all with assault rifles aimed at them. And right then, Bucky reveals his cybernetic arm. Reluctantly, the Markovians surrender.

Inside the hangar, the battle is still raging. Walker still has about a dozen men, who are all firing at Rory and Diggle. Rory is just trying his best to protect Diggle from the bullets.

Suddenly, two rifle shots kill two of Walker's men. The rest turn and see Kraven rushing at them, his spear and fighting knife in hand.

Walker's men don't even have enough time to react before Kraven is upon them. He drives his spear through the heart of one of the men, then slashes open the throat of another man with his fighting knife. A swipe of his spear cuts open a third man's entire front, as well as knocking three other men's guns out of their hands.

Knowing they can't really engage with assault rifles at this close range, they all engage with their fists, and the two still holding their assault rifles trying to use them as clubs.

In the meantime, Walker has been attempting to escape under the cover of the battle. But, with Kraven's attack against Walker's men, Diggle is now free to go after him. Diggle chases Walker over to a collection of oil drums and tackles his former general. Diggle slugs him in the face before pulling his gun on Walker and shouting, "Don't move, you SOB!"

Walker looks up at Diggle in confusion. "Who the h*** are you?" he asks. Diggle responds by pulling off his black mask, making General Walker throw his head back in slight exasperation.

"You didn't expect to see me here, did you, General?" Diggle spits out at Walker before continuing, "And nobody is gonna believe that I was, but everyone's gonna know that you tried to sell a nuclear bomb to terrorists."

"You're assuming I actually meant to sell the bomb to the Markovians, John. And I am surprised that a man like you would ever work with a man like Kraven the Hunter," Walker says mockingly. Diggle feels a bit confused, and worried, at that statement, as he can hear another death scream indicating that Kraven has gotten another kill. But he tries to shut that out of his mind.

Outside the hangar, Bucky races up to the van. Finding the crate holding the bomb, he rips the lid right off, only to discover that there's nothing in it.

"The bomb isn't with the Markovians!" Bucky says over comms.

"Walker was headed for the other hangar. Odds are that's where the nuke is," Felicity calls over comms as she gets out of the team's van and heads to the hangar in question.

In the first hangar, Diggle is still pointing his gun at Walker, trying to keep his thoughts away from Kraven, which has been made harder by two more death screams from Walker's men. Diggle looks Walker firmly in the eye and demands, "Why the ruse?"

Walker chuckles as he says, "Why sell a nuclear weapon once when I can steal it back and sell it to another rebel sucker?" Walker chuckles, making Diggle just want to pull the trigger even more.

In the other hangar, Felicity races in, only to find Rory has already found the bomb. Rory turns to look at her and says, "I had a feeling you'd need some help."

"Okay. You need to get out of here. The bomb is in countdown mode. We've got 10 minutes left," Felicity says urgently.

"What?" Rory asks in confusion.

"Walker must've installed a failsafe. And we must have triggered it when we entered the hangar," Felicity explains.

"Can you disarm it?" Rory asks in slight alarm.

"If I can't, the yield of this thing will spread over 50 miles," Felicity says. Rory looks down at the bomb, feeling very concerned.

Back in the first hangar, Diggle is still standing with his gun pointed at Walker, who is now looking tauntingly up at Diggle. "Do it. You know you want to. Come on, John. You have to. I got a lot of friends, John, with a lot of resources and itchy trigger fingers, and you…" But Walker is cut off when there's a flash of metal, a sickening thud, and he slumps over sideways, unconscious. Diggle looks up and sees Bucky standing there.

"Sorry. I'd had enough of him," Bucky says before walking off. Diggle looks down at Walker, the feelings of conflict still burning fierce, wondering whether or not he should've pulled the trigger, or if he still should.

As Bucky walks away from Diggle, he says Kraven cut down another man with a slash of his fighting knife. Kraven then dodges a punch from his last opponent and drives his spear right into the man's throat, killing him. The man falls to the ground, leaving Kraven standing in a pool of blood among 10 bodies.

Bucky looks at Kraven, feeling a little uncertain about this guy. Kraven senses Bucky behind him and turns to face him. Kraven smirks and says, "I haven't gotten exercise like that in a long time."

Bucky just looks at him, wondering if it was wise to accept Kraven's help.

Over in the second hangar, Rory and Felicity are arguing over what to do after Felicity's attempt to disarm the nuke only cut down the time they had. As they're arguing, a lightbulb suddenly goes off in Rory's head.

"Wait. Wait. Less populated. Like Havenrock. The rags…they survived Havenrock. They can survive this, too. I can use them to contain the blast and the radiation," Rory says.

"No! You don't know that!" Felicity exclaims.

"I don't need to know that. I…have…faith," Rory says before motioning her to leave and saying fiercely, "Just go! Get out of here, just in case this doesn't work. Felicity, go need to go!"

Finally, she listens and hurries out of the hangar as Rory puts his mask back on. He stands over the bomb, hesitating for a moment, then kneels down and lets the rags begin to envelop the bomb, chanting in Hebrew as he does.

Outside, Laurel and Bucky are running up to the hangar as Felicity is racing out. "What's going on?" Bucky demands.

Felicity turns towards them. But before they can do anything, the inside of the hangar lights up, and they can hear the sound of a blast. For a few agonizing seconds, they wait to be vaporized. But, after a few seconds, the light dies down. Felicity looks at the window of the hangar before racing back in, Bucky and Laurel following her.

As they race in, they see a pile of rags around where the bomb was. "Oh no! Rory!" Bucky shouts as the three race up to the pile.

Then, to their extreme relief, they see Rory, with his suit mostly intact, trying to get up. He looks up at the three of them and says in a tired voice, "I'm alright." He then looks at Bucky and says, "This means I get a promotion, right?" Bucky chuckles in response.

(The next morning, a bar)

"To Rory and his rags," Bucky toasts as Felicity, Laurel, Diggle, Anatoli, Rory, and Kraven, who was invited by Anatoli, look on. The group raises their glasses, then drinks. Felicity and Rory both cough a bit from how strong it is, while Diggle, Bucky and Laurel down their shots with no problem.

"Wimps," Diggle says.

"Yeah, come on, guys," Bucky says with a laugh.

Laurel smirks at them before adding, "Can't handle your liquor?"

Anatoli looks approvingly at Bucky and Laurel. "Now, you two my favorite Americans," he says with a smile.

Bucky smiles before turning to Diggle. "Did you hear from Lyla?"

"Walker is being escorted under military guard as we speak," Diggle says. He pauses before continuing, "Thank you, man. For keeping me under control. And honestly, thanks for knocking out Walker. I don't know how much longer I could've kept myself from shooting him. And I know that right now I'd be regretting it if I had. So thanks a lot, Bucky."

Bucky just nods. Then, Diggle, after glancing at Kraven, whispers, "We need to watch that friend of Anatoli's. Before you knocked him out, Walker said he was surprised a man like me would work with a guy like him. I don't know what Walker knew, but I doubt it's anything good."

Bucky nods to show he understands. Then, Anatoli comes over and brings Bucky over to the bar. "It was good to work with you, Mr. Barnes. Good to have made a new friend," he says, pouring a shot for Bucky and himself.

"Same to you, Anatoli," Bucky says before they down their shots. Bucky then looks over Anatoli's shoulders at Kraven and asks, quietly, "What's your friend's story? Kraven?"

Anatoli glances back over his shoulder. "He is avid hunter. Years ago, he took a formula to enhance his strength and reflexes. It also slowed down his aging a bit. And it made him a far deadlier hunter. He no longer just hunts animals, but people as well. Mainly criminals and rivals. With…occasional exceptions," Anatoli explains briefly.

Bucky looks at Kraven, a little uncomfortable. He wants to tell Anatoli what he thinks of the man, but decides against it.

(Two days later, Star City)

Bucky walks into a warehouse, having heard from the rest of the team that Rory was there.

"Hey, Rory. What's going on?" Bucky asks, right before he notices the packed bag. He then folds his arms as Rory looks at him and asks, "You're leaving?"

Rory hesitates for a moment before sighing and nodding. Bucky nods once before asking simply, "Why?"

Rory is quiet for a moment before he turns to the rags. He looks at them for a moment, then back at Bucky. "The blast did something to them. They don't work anymore, and I don't have any control. They don't offer any protection," Rory explains.

Bucky nods as he steps forward. "Well, I would say to hang around and see if it's just temporary, but I think you'd have a better idea of that than me. Still, I hate to see you go."

"I know. But without the rags, and Prometheus still on the loose, I'd just be a liability. I need to leave. One day, I'll be back, and hopefully by then maybe the rags will work again. But for now, I need to say goodbye," Rory says.

Bucky nods. "And I support your decision," he says, reaching out a hand. Rory smiles and takes it.

Rory picks up the rags, and his bag, and starts to walk out of the shed. But, before he gets beyond the entrance, he stops and turns back. "Hey, Bucky. I think you need to know something. Something's up with Felicity. I can't tell you exactly how, but she managed to get some information in Russia through some shady means. I think she crossed a line trying to find Walker. I just think you need to keep an eye on here," he says before turning and walking out.

Bucky stares after him, concerned. If Felicity is up to something, he doesn't want to imagine what it could be.

And, I'll end the chapter there.

I hope you liked this chapter, and the Kraven action we saw here. Originally, I'd hoped for Kraven to have a bit of a bigger role, but it didn't work out like that. I will promise to use him again in the MACU, but I'm not sure when. Also, regardless of what Arrow does Rory, and if they bring him back like Rory said he would be, I will be bringing Rory back as Ragman at some point in the future.

Well, for now, and until next time, please, please leave a review, and stay tuned!