Bane's eyes glittered with malice. The Asset failed-he faltered when he encountered that idiotic Captain America; seemed like he needed another appointment with the German scientists. No matter, he could handle the blond himself.

"I'll give you one last chance to pull your men back and leave this city!" Captain America yelled. Bane ignored him and just started firing his gun. He'll give it to the Captain, the man was fast. In a blink of an eye, the tell-tale shield whipped up and the man also ran toward him. When they collided, it was like 2 tectonic plates mashing together. Bane easily flipped the lighter man off of him and onto the ground using the Captain's shield and momentum against him. The other man was fast though, leaping up and delivering a massive uppercut, knocking Bane back a step. The Captain didn't let up delivering a volley of lightning fast kicks and blows. Bane was thankful he didn't feel pain, the blows were hefty and kept him on the defensive.

The Captain saw the Asset approach and faltered. With an opening, Bane rushed him punching him in the face and grabbing the man's arm. Heaving it over his shoulder, he dislocated it and grabbed the shield out of the Captain's limp hand. He threw it into the river and grabbed his gun to shoot Captain America in the head. Suddenly, a hail of bullets from the Captain's fiendish flying ally rained down and Bane felt himself getting hit. Rather than risk hemorrhaging, he pistol whipped the other man and retreated.

A man in red metal armor appeared and a snarky voice came out of the helmet. "Well, Cap's down but no surprises there! The elderly really shouldn't be taking care of any business except complaining about the younger generations. I'm the real challenge!" Bane instantly disliked the man's cocky attitude. Let's see what kind of toys Hydra provided him with.

Bane gestures at his men to fire on the red man as he armed a small warhead. He entered the codes and gestured for a bazooka. One of the Mongol mercenaries gave one to him and Bane hefted the weapon on his formidable shoulder, aimed and fired. The warhead screamed through the sky, following the man in red as he flew crazily in order to dislodge it. Eventually he had a clear shot and fired 3 blasts of energy in rapid succession. 1 of the blasts hit the missile and it detonated harmlessly far from him.

"Ha! Suck it you masked freak! Hey what the f-," the man crowed at first then tried to back up in alarm. The explosion created a black cloud that started to surround him. He tried to fly away but there were too many. The cloud enveloped him and nanobots that the cloud was composed of started eating away his armor.

Bane watched in satisfaction as the red man fell from the sky trailing fire and black nanobots like a meteor. Done. That man couldn't possibly survive the 200 meter fall to the ground. A woman in black came out of nowhere and leapt onto his back and manages to wrap her legs around him. He reached up and grabbed a handful of red hair and yanks her down so hard, part of her scalp came off. Blood was everywhere, streaming in her eyes but she still came at him, bloody scalp hanging at her shoulder. Bane blocked her kick with a massive hand and grabbed her ankle. Twisting his body, he flung her like a rag doll and broke her leg over his knee. Her piercing cry of agony attracted attention and Bane motioned to his men to retreat.

He and his men fled and jumped down into the sewers. Their mission was accomplished, the pillars of hope had fallen. The Capital was his.