DISCLAIMER: I do not own anything you recognize. The only things I own is Tara, Amber and some of the plot changes I made. Everything else belongs to Stan Lee, Marvel Comics, Disney and Marvel Studios.
After a successful mission of getting the Falcon suit, we decided to interrogate Jasper Sitwell. I managed to hot wire a car and waited for Sam to show up with Sitwell. I leaned against the car and I heard my phone go off with Amber's ring tone. I looked and answered, "Hey Amber. What's up?"
"Nothing much, just waiting on Tony to get home. How are you?"
"Um, let's just say I'm on a life-or-death mission with two of your teammates and Sam." I explained.
"Are you okay?! Do I need to get there and help you?!" She said with panic in her voice.
"No, no. I'm fine, I promise. You just spend time with Tony. Me, Steve, Natasha and Sam are taking care of this. Apparently, SHIELD got infiltrated by Hydra and we're dealing with it." I explained.
"Tara, you know if Hydra finds out you're apart of this. They're gonna come after you." Amber said with worry and I sighed.
"I know the risk, Amber. I'm not backing down. It's time I took care of my past." I said.
"All right, just be careful." Amber said, still worried.
"I will. I'll call you later." I said and we hung up, just as Sam and Sitwell came into view. I walked towards them and grabbed Sitwell's wrists and summoned my ice and cuffed his hands together. "Long time no see, Sitwell."
Sitwell gave me a confused look before realization came across his face. "Agent Davis. It's good to see you again."
"I'm sure it is. And it's not Davis, it's Caine." I said frowning and shoving him toward the vehicle and into the back seat, Sam sitting in the passenger side and I got into the driver's seat and headed to our location.
"You know, Winter Soldier hasn't been happy since you escaped from him. He'll be itching to get his hands on you." Sitwell said from the back. I looked in the rearview mirror and saw his cocky face.
"Tell him I said hi." I said, not affected. I knew I could handle him if I had too. The reason we were paired together is because we were on par with each other. We were the strongest of Hydra and could fight toe-to-toe with each other. The only difference was I was the strongest one to leave Hydra.
We arrived at our meeting spot and got out of the vehicle, Steve grabbing Sitwell as we headed to the roof. Sam stayed behind and got into his suit. I was already in mine, which was an old Hydra outfit I wore on my solo missions so no one in Hydra knew what this one looked like. It was black sleeveless leather jacket, with a black t-shirt underneath. I wore fingerless black leather gloves, black jeans and black boots. My black hair was in a ponytail and I wore a pair of snow goggles on my forehead. My boots were also modified for my ice powers.
We soon reached the roof and Steve threw Sitwell through the door, the ice breaking from the impact. Natasha and I were following behind him.
"Tell me about Zola's algorithm." Steve demanded.
"Never heard of it." Jasper said and I rolled my eyes. He was such a bad liar.
"What were you doing on the Lemurian Star?" Steve yelled.
"I was throwing up, I get seasick." Jasper said weakly. Steve forced Sitwell to the edge of the rooftop and held him over the edge. Sitwell just smiled. "Is this little display meant to insinuate that you're gonna throw me off the roof? Because it's really not your style, Rogers."
"You're right, it's not. It's hers and I'm sure she'll enjoy it." Steve said and he stepped aside and I quickly went and kicked him hard off the roof, him screaming as he fell. Steve was right, I did enjoy it.
I then listened to the conversation that Natasha and Steve were having. Apparently, Natasha was trying to hook Steve up with someone. I found it kind of amusing and endearing. I could honestly see those two as a couple, I honestly thought they were when I first saw them.
Suddenly, I heard screaming and watched as Sam flew up and dropped Sitwell on the ground and Sam landed beside me. Steve and Natasha walked towards Sitwell and he held his hands up in fear and surrender. "Zola's algorithm is a program...for choosing Insight's targets!"
"What targets?" Steve asked further.
"You! A TV anchor in Cairo, the Undersecretary of Defense, a high school valedictorian in Iowa City. Bruce Banner, Stephen Strange. Clarissa Davis, whose been a target since she defected 2 years ago, anyone who's a threat to Hydra! Now, or in the future." Sitwell explained and I looked surprised. Even I didn't know any of this.
"The future? How could it know?" I asked, still in shock. Steve and Natasha looked at me.
"How could it not? The 21st century is a digital book. Zola taught Hydra how to read it. You were just never cleared to learn the details." Jasper explained looking at me and laughing. We all looked at him in confusion. "Your bank records, medical histories, voting patterns, e-mails, phone calls, your damn SAT scores. Zola's algorithm evaluates people's past to predict their future." Jasper explained.
"And what then?" Steve asked.
"Oh, my God. Pierce is gonna kill me." Jasper said in a panic.
"What then?!" I asked getting annoyed and about ready to throw him off the damn roof again.
"Then the Insight Helicarriers scratch people off the list. A few million at a time." Sitwell said and we looked in shock. That wasn't good. I cuffed his hands with my ice once more and rushed down stairs and to the car. Sam, Natasha and Steve were in the front seat and me and Jasper were in the backseat, my hands at the ready for an attack.
We headed to Triskelion and Jasper said, "Hydra doesn't like leaks."
"So, why don't you try sticking a cord in it." Sam said annoyed. "Tara, can't you freeze his mouth shut."
"As much as I would love that, it won't work." I said, wishing I could freeze his mouth. It would be a relief.
"Insight's launching in sixteen hours, we're cutting it a little bit close here." Natasha said to Steve.
"I know. We'll use him to bypass the DNA scans and access the Helicarriers directly." Steve explained.
"What?! Are you crazy?! That is a terrible, terrible idea." Jasper exclaimed, leaning forward. I was about to respond but suddenly I heard a thump come from the roof of the car and then a hand grabbed Jasper and began to pull him through the window. I grabbed onto Sitwell, trying to keep him from being dragged out but whoever was pulling him through the window was stronger than me. Jasper got pulled out and thrown into traffic. Shots then start coming through the roof and Steve then pulled the break handle and someone dropped from the car. My heart froze at who it was.
"Winter Soldier.." I said with a hint of sadness. We were then rear-ended by another car and we were pushed toward the Winter Soldier. Winter Soldier jumped back onto the car and broke through the windshield and pulled out the steering wheel.
"Shit!" Sam yelled out. Natasha and I start shooting at him but he jumped to the car behind us. I then realized we were being pushed off the road. I summoned ice and destroyed the back door and made a shield with it. Steve must have had the same idea as he broke the car door and told the others to hang on. We jumped out of the car and Steve, Natasha and Sam slid on the car door and I slid onto the ice.
Shots soon began ringing out around us and I saw Hydra agents shooting at us along with Winter Soldier. It's time we ended this. I never wanted to be the Soldier's enemy but there was no other choice. We all scattered and I yelled out, "Winter Soldier!" He then looked my way and I continued in Russian, "Remember me? Clarissa Davis?" He then pointed his gun at me and I dodged and shot my gun and hit his eye mask and ran off. I placed on my goggles and ran.
3rd Person POV
Steve, Sam and Natasha shot at the agents and Steve looked and noticed the Winter Soldier going after Tara. He knew he had to go and help her but he couldn't leave Sam and Natasha.
"Go, we got this!" Sam yelled at Steve. Steve looked at Natasha and she nodded. Steve nodded back and went after Tara and the Winter Soldier. He just hoped he wasn't too late.
Tara's POV
I knew I had to throw him off so I took out a recorder and recorded the message: I make an LZ, twenty-three hundred block of Virginia Avenue. Rendezvous two minutes. Taking fire above and below expressway. Civilian's threatened. Repeat, civilians threatened.
I then placed the recorder behind a car and quickly went to hide behind a different car. The Winter Soldier walked towards the car that the recorder was and threw a bomb toward it. When the bomb went off, I created an ice spear and I sprung out and jumped onto Winter Soldier's back, trying to stab him with the spear but he easily threw me off, I rolled and landed on my feet and began running away, him following behind me.
As I ran, I tried to get the civilians out of the way. "Get out of the way! Stay out of the way!" I yelled out. Suddenly, a shot rang out and I yelled out and pain shot through my shoulder, I looked and saw that the bullet pierced through my shoulder. I quickly kneeled behind a car and looked around as I created ice around my shoulder to numb the pain and to keep me from bleeding out.
A collision of bodies resounded from behind me. I watched as Steve and Winter Soldier fought it out. After a while, Steve managed to take off the Winter Soldier's mask. I rushed over and saw his face. It was still as I remembered it years ago. "Bucky?" Steve asked in confusion. I looked at him shocked. He knew him?
"Who the hell is Bucky?" Winter Soldier asked as he went to shoot him but I went into action and threw my ice spear to knock the gun out of Bucky's hand and Sam arrived and kicked Bucky away. Natasha then used the Grenade Launcher and shot at him, but unfortunately he got away.
Suddenly, sirens sounded around us and a bunch of Hydra agents appeared and surrounded us. "Drop the shield, Cap! On your knees!" The leader of the group, Brock Rumlow, ordered us. I didn't want to but I was forced on my knees and handcuffed. I struggled with all my might but it wasn't any use. Not now anyway. Things were just getting better and better.