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Well this is going to be my version of Captain America: Winter Soldier. I'd advise that you watch the movie before reading or some aspects won't make much sense.

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Chapter 16: Winter Soldier

Declan Diaz's P.O.V.

I'm at Xavier's school for the gifted, which I've been living at with my girlfriend, Rogue, while also visiting Darcy while I can. I was walking through the walkway when I heard Rogue and the other girl's whispering, so I decided to eardrop.

"Do you know what's up with Declan. I'm getting worried, he ain't talking to me," Rogue whispers to the female x-men.

"I'm sure he's going to tell you what's up with him when he's ready," Jubilee assures her friend.

"I'm not sure. I learnt from Scott that men aren't the best at sharing their feelings," Jean whispers.

"Well maybe you should just talk to him about it," Storm whispers.

I walk out from corner I was hiding behind. "That sounds like a great idea," I say.

"How much of that did you hear?" Rogue asks.

"Quite a bit about me," I say.

"Sugah, I'm-," Rogue says, sounding concerned.

"I'm not mad, upset or anything," I say interrupting her. "I actually find it kinda cute how worried you're getting about me," I say, causing Rogue to blush a bit. "But I'm not quite ready to talk to you about what's going on…," I say. "…But when I am, you'll be the first I talk to about this, okay?" I ask.

"Okay," Rogue says. I smile.

"Thank you for being so understanding," I say.

"I should probably get ready for my classes," Rogue says.

"That's all right, we can talk about this some other time," I say. Rogue rushes off. I can't help but smile at how amazing my girlfriend is.

I then see Professor Xavier rushing across the hallway. I walk over. "Is everything all right Professor?" I ask.

"A friend of mine is in hospital and it doesn't look good, so I was going to get Scott to take me there," Charles says.

"Who?" I ask.

"Nick Fury," he says.

"What happened to Nick?" I ask.

"Some mercenary attacked, according to Maria," Charles says.

"I could take you, especially since I don't have a class, so it won't be an issue," I say.

"All right then, let's go," Charles says.


Scene change, the Triskelion.

I walk over, wheeling the Professor with me as we go over to the window, to see Fury getting performed on. "Who are you two?" Steve asks, the Professor and me.

"I'm Professor Charles Xavier, a dear and old friend of Director Fury," Charles says.

"And I'm Declan, Nick helped me when I fought the world had ended," I say. "It's nice to meet all three of you, I've heard such great things about you," I add. I then turn to Nick Fury who's in the middle of the procedure. "Just wish it was under better circumstances."

Then we hear shouting gaining our attention and we are all in shock when we found that Nick Fury is dead lining. "Defibrillator! I want him at charge one hundred," the doctor says.

"Don't do this to me, Nick," Natasha Romanoff pleads.

"Stand back, three, two, one. Clear!" the doctor shouts. Fury is given a shock with the defibrillator. Pulse?"

"No pulse," the male nurse says.

"No pulse," another doctor says.

"Okay. 200, please. Stand back! Three, two, one. Clear!" the original Doctor shouts. Fury is given another shock. "Give me epinephrine! Pulse?"

"Negative," the male Nurse replies.

"Don't do this to me, Nick. Don't do this to me," Natasha begs. The five of us watch the doctors as they continue to revive Fury but Fury is still showing as flat lining, Steve turns away as they finally call his time of death.

"What's the time?" the doctor asks.

"1:03 Doctor," a female Nurse says.

"Time of death, 1;03," the Doctor says.


Time skip.

Natasha, Steve, Charles and me are in a room where Fury's dead body has been laid out, Natasha is looking at Fury's body with tears running down her face, Maria Hill joins them.

"I need to take him," Maria says.

Steve goes over to Natasha. "Natasha," Steve says. She doesn't respond, instead she tenderly touches Fury's head then turns and walks out, Steve follows her. "Natasha!"

I then notice that both Maria and Chares are out of focus, it's like there concentrated on talking physically. "Declan, Fury's alive. Maria says that he's faking his own death and they'll explain in a private location," Charles says psychically.

"What!?" I shout psychically.


Time skip.

So, we got to a secure location and Maria explained everything. That HYDRA has been inside S.H.I.E.L.D. as a parasite using its resources to rebuild itself, that Fury faked his death to so that HYDRA would advance and he can see who's friend and who's foe, and she also told me about project insight, which I really, really didn't agree with.

"Whose bright idea was it to build a weapon that could kill anyone, at any area of the world?" I ask.

"Are you going to help or not," Maria asks.

"I'll help clean up your mess," I say. Maria shakes her head annoyed at me.


Time skip.

I see Maria lead Natasha, who's losing a blood because of a wound, as well as Stave and some guy I've never meet before. "GSW. She's lost at least a pint," Maria says, referring to Natasha.

"Maybe two," Sam says.

"Let me take her," A doctor says.

"She'll want to see him first," Maria says, she then takes the three of them to Fury ad they are shocked to see that he's alive.

"About damn time," Fury says, as the doctor starts to treat Natasha's wounds. "Lacerated spinal column, cracked sternum, shattered collarbone, perforated liver, one hell of a headache," Fury lists.

"Don't forget your collapsed lung," the doctor says.

"Oh, let's not forget that. Otherwise I'm good," Nick says.

"They cut you open, your heart stopped," Nat replies.

"Tetrodotoxin B. Slows the pulse to one beat a minute. Banner developed it for stress. Didn't work so great for him, but we found a use for it," Nick says.

"Why all the secrecy? Why not just tell us?" Steve asks.

"Any attempt on the director's life had to look successful," Maria says.

"Can't kill you if you're already dead. Besides, I wasn't sure who to trust," Nick says.


Time skip.

Nick looks a picture of Peirce. "This man declined the Nobel Peace Prize. He said, "Peace wasn't an achievement, it was a responsibility." See, it's stuff like this that gives me trust issues," Nick says.

"We have to stop the launch," Nat says.

"I don't think the Council's accepting my calls anymore," Nick says. Fury opens a case containing three chips.

"What's that?" I ask. Spoking the guy that I didn't know before, Sam Wilson.

"Once the Helicarriers reach three thousand feet, they'll triangulate with Insight satellites becoming fully weaponized," Maria says.

"We need to breach those carriers and replace their targeting blades with our own," Nick says.

"One or two won't cut it. We need to link all three carriers for this to work, because if even one of those ships remains operational a whole lot of people are gonna die," Maria says.

"We have to assume everyone aboard those carriers is HYDRA. We need to get pass them, insert the server blades, and maybe, just maybe, we can salvage what's left...," Nick says, but gets interrupted.

"We're not salvaging anything. We're not just taking down the carriers, Nick, we're taking down S.H.I.E.L.D.," Steve says.

"S.H.I.E.L.D. had nothing to do with this," Nick says.

"You gave me this mission; this is how it ends. SHIELD's been compromised, you said so yourself. HYDRA grew right under your nose and nobody noticed," Steve says.

"Why do you think we are meeting in a cave? I noticed," Nick says.

"And how many paid the price before you did?" Steve replies.

"Look, I didn't know about Barnes," Nick says.

"Even if you have, would you have told me? Or would you have compartmentalized that too? SHIELD, HYDRA, it all goes," Steve says.

"He's right," Maria says. Nick looks at Nat and then Sam.

"Don't look at me. I just do what he do's, just slower," Sam says. I crack a smile. Nick then looks at me.

"Declan?" Nick asks.

"You really need to ask? Sorry Nick, but Cap's right," I say. "And I'm gonna help."

"Well... Looks like you're giving the orders now, Captain," Nick says.


Time skip.

"So, how are you going to help?" Natasha asks.

"I'm a class 6 mutant," I say.

"I thought there were only five classes," Natasha asks.

"Yeah well, class five didn't quite cut it when you're talking about my power level," I reply.

"So, what can you do exactly?" Nat asks.

"Wait and see," I say, with a cocky grin on my face. Natasha rolls her eyes at me with a slight smile on her face.


Time skip.

At the Triskelion where the Helicarriers are being held.

"We are in final launch sequence," a man on PA says.

"We are go on guidance," S.H.I.E.L.D. Tech says.

"All personnel to launch station," Woman on PA says

Pierce meets the World Security Council as they arrive at the Triskelion]

"And how was your flight?" Alexander Peirce asks.

"Lovely. The ride from the airport less so," Councilman Rockwell says.

"Sadly, SHIELD can't control everything," Alexander Peirce says.

"Including Captain America," Councilman Rockwell says. Pierce walks over to one of the guards who hands him a case containing four pins.

"This facility is biometrically controlled, and these will give you unrestricted access," Alexander Peirce says, the council members each take a pin to wear.

At the Project Insight headquarters

"I've been parking there for two months," Com Tech #1 says.

"But it's his spot," Com Tech #2

"So where's he been?" Com Tech #1

"I think Afghanistan," Com Tech #2

Com Tech #1 says into his earpiece, "Negative, DT-6. The pattern is full." He then turns to his college and says, "Well, he could have said something." suddenly they hear a sharp noise through their earpiece. "Ow!"

"Must be the dish," Com Tech #2 says.

"I'll check it out," Com Tech #1 says.

"Triskelion command request we clear the area for launch," man on PA says.

As the Tech goes and opens the door he's faced with Steve, Sam, Maria and me on the other side of the door, Sam and Maria point their guns at him and I create an energy sword.

"Excuse us," I say with the same cocky grin I gave Natasha. The tech holds his hands up and steps aside to let them enter.

Alexander Peirce addresses the Council. "I know the road hasn't exactly been smooth, and some of you would have gladly kicked me out of the car along the way. Finally, we're here, and the world should be grateful," he says, to the Council. As they start drinking to Pierce's toast suddenly they hear Steve over the SHIELD microphone that everyone in the building can hear.

"Attention, all SHIELD agents. This is Steve Rogers. You've heard a lot about me over the last few days, some of you were even ordered to hunt me down. But I think it's time you know the truth. SHIELD is not what we thought it was, it's been taken over by HYDRA. Alexander Pierce is their leader. The STRIKE and Insight crew are HYDRA as well. I don't know how many more, but I know they're in the building. They could be standing right next to you. They almost have what they want: absolute control. They shot Nick Fury and it won't end there. If you launch those Helicarriers today, HYDRA will be able to kill anyone that stands in their way, unless we stop them. I know I'm asking a lot, but the price of freedom is high, it always has been, and it's a price I'm willing to pay. And if I'm the only one, then so be it. But I'm willing to bet I'm not," Steve says.

When Steve finished his speech, Sam is astounded and says, "Did you write that down first, or was it off the top of your head?"

I watch a room over the monitors. Rumlow and his men break into the control room, where Agent 13 also is, Rumlow walks over to one of the techs.

"Pre-empt the launch sequence. Send those ships up now," Rumlow says. The Tech hesitates visibly. "Is there a problem?"

"I'm...," the S.H.I.E.L.D. Tech says, he shakes his head nervously.

"Is there a problem?" Rumlow asks.

"I'm sorry sir," the tech says, and takes a few nervous breaths before replying. "I'm not gonna launch those ships. Captain's orders." Rumlow points his gun at the Tech's head.

"Move away from your station," Rumlow says. Sharon Carter walks over to him and aims her gun at him.

"Like he said!" Sharon says, as all the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents draw and aim their guns at Rumlow. "Captains orders."

"You picked the wrong side, Agent," Rumlow says.

"Depends on where you're standing," Sharon replies. Rumlow drops his gun, but as he does he grabs his knife and cuts Agent 13's arm, leading to the SHIELD agents firing their guns, amidst the bullets, Rumlow manages to release the Helicarriers and runs off.

"They're initiating launch," Maria says.


Scene change.

Steve, Sam and me make our way over to the Helicarriers.

"Hey, Cap, how do we know the good guys from the bad guys?" Sam asks.

"If they're shooting at you, they're bad," Steve replies. Sam, in his Falcon suit, flies off and Steve heads down, the HYDRA agents starting shooting at them, Sam flies around avoiding getting shot.

"This is gonna be fun," I cheer as I jump into the sky and transform into energy and fly around. Several HYDRA agents fire at me but I easily dodge them as I fly up to one of the three Helicarriers. I'm greeted by an army of HYDRA agents aiming their machine guns at me. "Hello, Nazi B******s!" I shout. They start firing at me. "And…," I say, I then touch the ground and send an electric wave that knocks all of the HYDRA agents back. "…goodbye."

I hear the agents groan, I walk past them whistling as I go to the elevator and venture my way down to the bottom, being greeted by another army of HYDRA agents. "Permission to come aboard," I quip. The HYDRA agents fire at me and I create an energy sword and charge at them, with their bullets bouncing off of me, I then knock them out one by one. "I'll take that as a no," I say to myself. I then transform into energy and fly off and only stop when I reach the room with the room where I need to insert the goober.

I see two HYDRA agents who fire at me not giving me the chance to say a word. I create an energy whip and use it to knock them into a wall. "Now that was just rude," I say.

"Declan status?" Maria asks, over the coms.

"Hold you horses Maria. I'm almost there," I say, over the coms.

I walk over to a device and pull something out that looks exactly like the goober and replace it with the goober.

"Goober's in place," I say, over the coms.

"Goober?" Maria asks, over the coms.

"There's always a bypass key, a virus key, a who-cares key. I can never remember so I always call it a goober," I say, over the coms.

"That is the dumbest thing I've ever heard," Maria says, over coms.

"You remember that we can still hear this," Sam says, interrupting us over coms.

"Right. Sorry," Maria says, over coms.

"Just keep it down, lovebirds," Sam says, over coms.

"I don't think you have the right to call anyone else a bird, falcy," I quip over coms.

"Bravo locked," Sam says, over the coms, ignoring me.

"Cap, we've got two minutes. What's your status," Maria says, over the coms, but Cap doesn't reply.

"I'll fly over and help him," I say, over the coms.

I fly out the window in my energy form, shattering the glass. But a S.H.I.E.L.D. jet flies at me. It fires a missile and I couldn't dodge it, causing me to transform back to normal and fall out of the sky. I try to start flying but I end up falling on the ground with a loud crash.


When I wake up I'm in a hospital bed. I groan as I wake up. I hear two people rush towards me. Maria and Natasha. "We were worried about you?" Natasha says.

"Aw, it's nice to know that the two ice queens of S.H.I.E.L.D. have hearts," I tease.

Both girls glare at me causing me to swallow. "Sorry, that was rude of me. I've been told that some of my jokes aren't quite funny," I apologies.

"How about all of them," Maria says.

"I guess that makes us even now," I say, chuckling a bit. "You know, it's sincerely nice to know that you care," I add, smiling.

"Ah, I better go make sure that Cap is alright," Nat says, stammering a bit, before rushing out the door.

"Yeah, I got to do… stuff," Maria says, before rushing out the door.

I chuckle and roll my eyes.


Alright, that is Captain America: Winter Soldier. How was the chapter? Next I'll be doing the finally of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Also, I put in a reference or two to some superhero movies. Please review and until next time, Ant-boy out.