You had been working hard on remembering what was coming next. You asked for a tablet from Tony so you could keep everything together. You also asked Jarvis to lock Tony out of it, so he couldn't go snooping. You decided to catalog everything that had happened so far, and maybe that would jog your memory of what was coming. If your memory was correct, the events of The Winter Soldier were next.
You knew Tony was having PTSD from New York. You had tried to talk to him about it, but he brushed you off, telling you he as perfectly fine, and that you should go with Steve You stopped trying, knowing that it would do you no good arguing with him.
You were currently at Steve's apartment, in. You had decided to stay with him while you searched for Bucky. He and Natasha were working for Shield and had asked you to join. You were hesitant at first, but you figured you could keep tabs on Shield and warn them earlier about Hydra.
You hadn't made any headway on Bucky yet; you knew of a few murders he had been responsible for but that didn't give you any information on where he was currently.
Nat was out picking up Steve, Fury had them on a mission, they were after Batroc you knew, but they didn't need you. You opened the door to Steve's apartment and noticed Sharon just getting home.
"Hey Sharon." You told her. You like her, she was funny, and a good Agent. You really did feel bad about keeping it from Steve, but he was going to find out soon enough.
"Hey Allison, Steve out on a mission?" You nodded, locking the door behind you. "Yeah, Nat picked him up this morning. He should be back by tomorrow. How's Peggy? I was planning on heading over there to see her."
Sharon gave you a small smile. "She'll like that. She's doing okay, she has good days and bad days, yesterday was a good day, so hopefully today is one too. You should take Steve; I know she would love to see him." You nodded, sliding past the woman to the stairs. "Thanks, I will. See you Sharon."
You pulled your car into the parking lot at the home Peggy was residing in. Sharon had gotten both yours and Steve's names on the list, but you hadn't told him you were going yet. The nurse led you to her room and knocked on the door, letting you in. Peggy was laying in a bed, looking out the window. She looked up and her eyes shined, and she smiled when she saw you.
"Allison. My goodness. It's been so long." She told you.
You smiled and sat in the chair next to her bed, taking her hand in yours. "Hey Peg. It's so good to see you. I've missed you." You told her. You stayed for a while, she showed you pictures of her family, the life she had for herself. She forgot who were only once, her eyes lighting up when she remembered who you were again. You told her goodbye, and headed back to the Triskelion, where Shields headquarters was located.
You knew you couldn't get any information on Hydra until you got to the bunker with Zola's AI system. From there you could hack everything and get all the information on Bucky they had, though Bucky would attack not long after that. You weren't sure if you were ready to see him like that. He wouldn't know who you or Steve were, and you honestly weren't sure you could get through to him either.
You met Nat after she and Steve returned, while Steve went to confront fury about the flash drive. "I'm assuming everything went to plan?" You asked her. She nodded and handed you the flash drive. "You have about five minutes to copy this drive before I have to give it over to Fury." You nodded, taking it from her and plugging it into your computer. You could have Jarvis decrypt it later, as long as you could get the information copied over.
You handed the drive back to Nat, kissing her on the cheek. "Do not trust anyone except Fury and Hill, Shield is mostly Hydra." You whispered. Her eyes widened and she nodded, not wanting to argue what you knew.
You met Steve at the museum, you both wanting to see the Captain American wing they had set up. You walked through the halls with him, him keeping his head down under a baseball cap. You smiled at the pictures of pre-serum Steve, he was smaller than you, that made you laugh, earning you a flick in the arm from Steve.
The Howling Commandos part was next. Your breath caught in your throat when you say Bucky's face up there and you had to hold back a sob. Steve slid his hand into yours and gave it a squeeze. You were broken out of your trance when he tugged on your hand. "Ally, look." At the end of the photo, was you. And your costume. You had expressed that you didn't want to be in any photos or videos, but you guessed Phillips or Peggy thought you deserved to be. "Oh my God. I really was a Howling Commando." You whispered, tears forming in your eyes.
Steve smiled. "Of course, you were Ally." You turned and stopped, feeling like you couldn't breathe. In front of you was a whole piece dedicated to Bucky. You slipped away and found yourself in a hallway. You leaned your head back and let the tears fall. You missed Bucky so much. Steve found you a few minutes later. "Hey, you disappeared on me." He placed a hand on your arm when he noticed you were crying. "What's wrong."
"I miss him Steve, so much. He's close Steve, he's in the city, I know he is. We're getting close to the time when he appears. It's going to be bad. He's not going to know who we are. He doesn't even know who he is, and I don't know how to handle seeing him like that." You let out, a strangled sob escaping. Steve took you in his arms and ran his hand through your hair.
"It's gonna be okay Ally, we'll make him see. We'll make him remember us okay? I promise." You nodded and followed Steve out of the museum. You headed back to the apartment while Steve went to visit Peggy, then to see Sam at the VA center. You plopped down on your bed and pulled the computer out. "Jarvis, can you decrypt this for me? I need any information you can get off it for me."
"Yes Miss Allison, it may take a moment, but I will do my best."
"You're the best J."
You pulled out your phone and called Fury. "Montgomery what do you want?" He asked. He didn't sound happy. "So, I guess you've figured out by now that Shield has been infiltrated by Hydra?"
"Of course, you knew, why didn't you tell me sooner?" He snapped. "Because. I can't do anything out of order. I have to be extremely careful. I can't mess anything up."
"I'm having Hill come out here and meet me at a secure location. I will send it to you, Romanoff and Rogers once I-" But he didn't get to finish that sentence because there was a crash. Oh no.
"Fury!" Nothing. "Nick!" Crap. Crap. Bucky. The Winter Soldier was going to attack. You turned back to your computer. "Jarvis, can you pull up Nick Fury's location and get me a visual?"
"Yes Miss." Several camera locations popped up and you watched as Fury drove through the streets, getting rammed into, and shot at. "Come on Nick." You whispered. You knew he would come here when he was able to get away. You watched as The Winter Soldier threw an explosive device under Fury's truck and watched as it flipped. You touched the screen with your fingers. "Bucky." You choked out. He was right there.
"Miss, the decryption is complete." You shook your head and started opening the files. There wasn't anything on Bucky in here, other that what you had experienced firsthand. You knew Fury was about to give Steve the same drive anyway, but you needed to know yourself if they were hiding anything about Buck. "Dammit."
It was nighttime when you heard the window in the living room creak open. You carefully got off the bed and crept down the hallway. You saw Fury and he saw you and held his gun up. "It's Allison, don't shoot!" You whispered. He nodded, falling into the chair by the window. You turned the radio on so nobody could hear you. "Are you alright?" You asked, stepping closer. "No, hurts like a bitch."
"Here, let me heal you." You stepped closer and placed your hand over his arm and legs, your light flowing out of you. He relaxed just for a second, then tensed back up when heard voices in the hallway. "It's just Steve and Sharon." You told him. He nodded and relaxed back into the chair, while you went to get him a water.
You heard another window open, maybe the one from the kitchen and Steve came around the corner with his shield. "I don't remember giving you a key." He said. Steve relaxed when he saw you, placing his shield down on the coffee table. "Do you really think I'd need one?"
"My wife kicked me out." Fury said.
"I didn't know you were married."
"A lot of things you don't know about me." Fury held out a phone that had the words 'ears everywhere' on it. Someone was watching them, and you knew who it was. "I'm sorry to have to do this, but I had no place else to crash." He held the phone up again 'SHIELD COMPROMISED'. Steve looked to you and you nodded. You had planned on telling him when he got back anyway, assuming Nat hadn't gotten to him first.
"Who else knows about your wife?" Steve asked. 'Just us.' Was on his phone. "Just my friends." You had moved by the window, looking out, waiting for the attack you knew was coming.
"Is that what we are?"
"That's up to you." You moved in a split second towards Fury, the first bullet hitting your shoulder, the next three hitting Fury. "Oh fuck." You groaned, falling next to Fury on the floor. You crawled into the kitchen with Steve, watching Fury hand him the flash drive. "Don't trust anyone. Either of you." He looked to you, nodding. The door burst open and Sharon came running in, gun pointed out. "Perfect time Sharon." You grunted, rolling around to sit up. Sharon called someone on the walkie talkie and said we needed EMTs, Steve went to jump through the window, ignoring your pleas for him to stop. Bucky was going to escape anyway.
You healed yourself before the EMTs got there, changing your shirt. Bucky had shot you. You knew it wasn't him, but he had still shot you.
Nat met you in the private operating room Fury was being worked on in. "Why didn't you heal him?" She asked. "She was shot too, she had to take care of herself first."
"Tell me about the shooter."
"He was fast." Steve said. "He had a metal arm." A realization came over Steve's face as his head snapped to look at you, causing you to look anywhere but his face. He had seen you in a tank top enough to know what that star was for. The machines started beeping and you knew Fury was crashing. You also knew he wasn't dead, but the look on Nat's face watching this was enough to make you turn away. Watching this was not easy, even though you knew the outcome.
You waited outside the room where Fury's body was being held. You didn't know him well enough to be in there, you didn't feel like you had the right. Steve and Nat passed you and she turned and stopped. "Why was Fury in your apartment?"
"I don't know." She looked to you but Rumlow interrupted, asking for Cap. You caught his arm as he turned to leave. "Do not trust Rumlow." You whispered in his ear. He looked down at you and nodded, slipping the drive into your hand.
You ran back to the apartment and grabbed the bags you kept packed for you and Steve, knowing you would need them. You were quick, knowing you were probably being watched. Grabbing you bag with your computer in it, you ran back to your car, calling Nat, asking her to meet you back at the hospital.
You and Nat were waiting in a small room by the vending machine you saw earlier, waiting for Steve. He opened the door and immediately went for Nat, pushing her up against the wall. "Hey, stop, I've still got the drive, it's okay." You told him.
"Why do you have it." Nat asked.
"Why would I tell you?"
"Fury gave it to you, why? And why did you need to copy it when we got back from that mission?" Steve's head snapped in your direction and you closed your eyes. Dammit.
"You what?" He asked. You sighed. "I knew Fury was going to give it to you anyway, but I wanted to look over it myself first. To find out anything about the Winter Soldier." You told them.
"Who's the Winter Soldier?" Steve asked you.
"He's been accredited with over two dozen assassinations in the past fifty years." Nat said. "So, he's a ghost story."
"No, he's not." You said. Nat showed him the gunshot wound on her stomach. "Bye bye bikinis."
Steve looked at you. "You know who he is don't you." You nodded, taking in a breath.
"It's Bucky. The Winter Soldier is Bucky."