The look on Bucky's face as you backed away from him broke your heart. He looked so hurt, and he had every right to be. You kept running out into the fight without him, and every time, you had gotten hurt. It was in his nature to protect you, he loved you so damn much. But you had to protect him this time. You couldn't let Zemo get his hand on him. You would never let anyone take you from Bucky ever again.

Tony followed you outside, handing you a watch. "He's gonna be pretty pissed, you know that right?" You nodded, taking it from him. Tapping it twice and smiling as the nanotech slid over your body. Unlike Tony's suit, yours was all black, with silver accents. You squealed the first time he showed it to you a few weeks ago. He wanted you to have one in case you ever needed it.

"I know, but if we can take care of Zemo and get Bucky to Wakanda and fix his brain, then maybe, just maybe, he'll forgive me and this will all have been worth it." You said as the face plate closed. You soared into the air after Tony, feeling nervous suddenly at the giant change you were making in this timeline.

The flight to Siberia didn't take long, and you carefully landed next to Tony, although not as gracefully, tripping as you hit the ground. "Nicely done buttercup." You heard Tony say.

"Shut up, seeing as that was my first time ever flying a suit, I think I did okay."

Tony laughed and you made your way to the entrance of the building, finding it already open. "He's already here."

You entered the building, shedding your suit, Tony staying in his. "I'm only detecting one heat signature, he's alone." Yeah, that's cause he killed the other soldiers.

Tony followed your lead, since you knew where you were going. Sure enough, you entered the large room and saw the other five super soldiers, dead in their cryo chambers.

"You are not who I expected." Your eyes snapped to the little window where Zemo's face was. "Who were you expecting?" Tony asked, even though you knew the answer.

"Me. He was expecting me." You spun around to see Bucky and Steve standing behind you.

"Mother fu- Seriously!" You yelled. "I told you to stay at the compound!"

"Yeah, well, I got tired of you telling me what to do and keeping me away from the fight." Bucky told you. Your mouth dropped open and you started looking around. Tony raised his eyebrow. "Uh, buttercup? What are you lookin for exactly?"

"Who the fuck Bucky thinks he's talking to?" Tony laughed, but Steve shook his head at him.

"Ah Soldat. So glad you could join us."

Steve stepped forward. "You killed innocent people in Vienna just to bring us here?"

"I've thought about nothing else for over a year." Zemo told him. "I studied you. I followed you. But now that you're standing here…I just realized. There's a bit of green in the blue of your eyes." Zemo laughed. "How nice to find a flaw."

"You're Sokovian." Steve realized. "Is that what this was about?"

You turned away from Bucky. You were pissed. You understood why he was angry, but you were just trying to keep him safe. You knew what you were doing. You were trying to prevent this. You ran a hand through your hair and went over to Tony, who was looking at a tv monitor. So Zemo was going to go with showing Tony the video. Well, at least he's already seen it.

He pressed play on the tape and you touched Tony's arm. He nodded to you as he was looking at the footage. "Tony." You whispered. You didn't want him to watch this again.

"I know. Hey dumbass, no need for the video, I've already seen it. We're good, worked through it. What's your plan now?" Tony asked him. He looked startled for a minute then his eyes narrowed. "There is always Plan B." He said. You watched him pull out a book. Your heart fell into your stomach as you looked to Bucky. "Steve, get him out of here. That's the book. That's the fucking book!" You yelled. But it was too late. Zemo was already speaking in Russian.

"Longing."

Bucky shook his head. "Tony, stop him now!" You yelled. Tony ran over and tried to blast the door in, but he couldn't.

"Rusted."

"No." Bucky said, staggering back. You ran up to him and put your hands on either side of his face. "Hey come on Bucky, fight it. You can do this."

"Seventeen."

"I can't doll. You know that I can't." He was whimpering now, holding on to your shoulders.

"Daybreak."

Bucky fell to the floor, you with him. "You have to fight it. Come on baby. I love you. You can do this."

"Furnace. Nine. Benign."

Bucky clutched his head. All you could do was watch. He was going to turn. Tears rolled down your face as you placed your hands over his. "It's okay, I'll bring you back Bucky. Don't I always?" He nodded, lacing his fingers with yours.

"Homecoming. One."

"I love you Ally. I love you so much."

"Freight car."

Bucky's hand let go of yours and he stood. "Ready to comply."

"Kill them." Zemo said. Winter stalked toward Steve and Tony. You backed away and gathered yourself for a second. Maybe, just maybe, if you could get through to him, he could snap out of it. That was a pretty big maybe though. Steve swung first, with his shield, just trying to subdue Bucky. Tony went in next with the repulsor. That just angered Winter more. You watched for a few moments before getting up and running over. Grabbing his metal arm, you started freezing it, like you had done before. You knew it wouldn't stop him, but it would slow him down. He glanced back at you and without hesitation, flung you across the room.

You skidded to a stop, rolling on your side, the wind knocked out of you. Hearing the fighting going on behind you, grunting as you rolled to face them, you got up and went back over, freezing him to the floor so he couldn't move. Steve got him in a chokehold while Tony held his arms down. You ran around to the front of him and tried to get him to look at you.

"Bucky, come on sweetheart, come back to me. You can fight this. This isn't you. Please come back." Apparently, Winter was done messing around because in one swift movement, Tony was thrown back and Steve was hurled over Bucky and right into you. Groaning under Steve, he scrambled to get off you. He went back for Bucky while you struggled to stand.

"Tony, I don't know what to do." You said shakily. You saw Zemo exit the small room. "Do not let him leave!" You ordered. Tony turned and went after him, and suddenly you were being pushed against the wall roughly. Peeking around Bucky, Steve was on the ground, barely conscious. Bucky slammed you against the wall again, and you were sure your brain was rattling around in there. "Please." You whimpered. He slammed you again. Your vision was becoming spotty, he was going to kill you if he kept this up.

"Stop!" You yelled. He stilled for a second, staring at you. "Winter. Please stop. It's me. It's Ally." His eyes bore into you as he tried to figure out if he knew you or not. You just had to make him see. You pushed your face forward and captured his lips with yours. He stilled for a second, only a second, before his hands moved down your arms to your hips, giving them a squeeze as he pressed you into the wall gently. His mouth was rough, fighting with yours, so different than how Bucky was when he kissed you. After a few minutes, you had to pull away to breathe.

"Ally." He choked out. "Winter?" He nodded, looking back up at you. Kissing you again, bruising and possessive at first, but then it changed into a slow gentle kiss, and you knew that Bucky was back. "I'm so sorry doll." He whispered against your lips. You shook your head, holding his face in your hands. "It's okay, I'm okay." He buried his head in your neck and you saw Steve getting up to com help. You held your hand out to him and he nodded.

Tony came back in a second later, dragging Zemo by the arm. "Is he dead?" Steve asked. Tony shook his head and threw Zemo into the center of the room. Your eyes narrowed as you stalked over to him and put your hands around his neck. Your hands turned white and his skin started to turn blue. You dropped him to the ground when he was no longer breathing and turned to Steve.

"He is now."