Sam tried to fly off to rescue both Steve and Clint, but Bucky grabbed him by the wing before throwing him to the other end of the ship. He then turned to Melody, but she was just standing there. "Don't hurt her!" Clint threatened, but he was useless while gripping onto the side of the ship.

As he walked towards her, Melody ran to the skewed bow and arrow quiver as he tried to go after her. Sam then began to send bullets in his direction. Bucky dodged them with impressive flips as Melody turned to look to Clint from kneeling on the ground. "Go! Fly!"

"I can't!" He screamed back. "My wing is busted!" Melody began to panic, looking from Clint to Bucky and then back to Clint. She said they had to do this, no matter what, but this was Clint's life. "Don't worry about me!" He called again. "I'll figure something out!"

Sam then tried to fly off, but Bucky used a grappling hook to tear his wing off before kicking him off the ship. Melody didn't know what to do. Sam was freefalling. But then Bucky began to make his way towards Clint. Clint was still gripping on, but he was starting to lose it. Bucky slowly walked for him, scaring Melody.

That's when she was struck with so much courage. She stood up from where she was crouched down, pulling up the bow and stealing an arrow, positioning it perfectly to hit him in his human arm. That's when a thought occurred to her. She stopped, pulling the bow down before bringing it up sideways in the Mongolian Draw Clint had taught her. Just as he made it to Clint, she let go of the arrow, it perfectly going into Bucky's arm as he screamed and staggered back.

Melody then ran to Clint, crouching down next to him. "The perfect Mongolian Draw." Clint spoke through a smile. He suddenly forgot he was struggling for his life.

"Yeah, you taught me that." Melody then looked over to a nearby rooftop, seeing Sam landed perfectly fine. "And you're gonna hate me for this."

"What do you mean?" Melody grabbed Clint's fingers, it resonating with Clint what she was doing. She was trying to keep him out of danger and ground him like Sam had been grounded. "No, Melody. Don't."

"I'm sorry." She pleaded. "But I can't have anything happen to you."

"Melody!" That's when she pushed his hands off, letting him fall.

Bucky had finally recuperated, Melody panicking before jumping off to land on the motor where Steve was. Melody established her balance before quickly walking towards Steve. "You shouldn't have done that." He advised.

"I couldn't let anything happen to him." She stressed. "This is our fight, not his."

Steve just took a moment looking at her, knowing she had a point, but they could have used Clint. "We're grounded." Sam's voice came in through the radio, but Steve just kept looking at Melody, truly worried for what was going to happen to them in the next few minutes. "The suits are down. I'm sorry, guys."

"It's okay." Melody spoke, knowing this was the best thing for them. "We've got it."

"Melody," Clint's voice came through, stopping her instantly. She didn't know what he was going to do. He could hate and yell at her, but instead, he let out a really worried sigh. "Please be careful."

Melody smiled a little bit, wishing she could give him a hug and kiss him, knowing it was very probable that this could be the last time. "I got you, babe."

"I love you." Clint uttered instantly, thinking the same thing she was thinking.

"I love you." She then cut off her transmission, not wanting either of them to hear what they were going through, knowing it was about to get bad.

As both Melody and Steve looked up, Bucky was waiting for them on the top. They each sighed before looking to each other. Melody didn't expect to survive this. She didn't think Steve did either, but neither of them had to say anything they hadn't already said, so they offered each other a smile and kept going, ready to save millions.

Emily and Maria were still watching the footage of all the different security cameras, but Emily was a lot more worried about her daughter now. "Look at that." Maria spoke, breaking Emily out of her worries. It was security camera footage of Brock Rumlow walking up the flights of stairs with his gun out. And he was going towards the meeting room Natasha was in.

"Hawkeye," Emily called. "Falcon," Clint was still freaking out on the top of the building they were rested on, looking all over the helicarrier in hopes to see just a glimpse of Melody. He didn't think it would be too hard. She had long blonde hair. She should be standing out more than anything. But she wasn't. And he was panicked. "Rumlow's headed for the council."

Clint sighed, remembering what Melody told him earlier. They had to do this mission no matter what. Just because he wasn't with Melody didn't mean he couldn't keep going and do something else to ensure millions didn't die. "We're on it."

"Why did they say your name first?" Sam complained as they took off their suits.

"Because I'm the Avenger." Clint said obviously. "You're kind of just a guy with wings."

Sam stood there offended as Clint began to walk off, trying to figure out how they were going to get there. They were lucky Clint was always stocked up with spy gear. "But I have a name. I'm important too."

"Barely." Sam just frowned.

Steve and Melody ran into the mechanic room of the last helicarrier they needed down. They slowed down once they reached the catwalk, finding Bucky waiting for them at the end of it, in front of all the target blades. He stared them both down, his menacing face what they were met with instead of the happy face they would have seen from him if HYDRA hadn't taken control.

As Steve looked to him, he wanted to reason with him. He couldn't fight him. Not his best friend. Anyone but Bucky. "People are gonna die, Buck." Melody looked to Steve quickly and then Bucky, wondering if they would be able to talk any sense in him. "We can't let that happen." He just continued to stare them down, making Melody nervous. All she saw was that murderous face. She wasn't seeing the man Steve knew. "Please don't make me do this."

Bucky wasn't backing down. Melody looked to Steve and Bucky back and forth again, becoming scared. Bucky lunged in the direction of Melody, but Steve threw his shield at him. Bucky blocked it with his arm before continuing his charge. He shot off a few bullets, but Steve protected himself and Melody with his shield.

Melody kicked one gun out of his hand, but while she was doing that, he had time to shoot Steve in the thigh with his other gun on the side. Steve then slammed his shield into his body, sending him flying back. Bucky dropped the other gun in his fall, but as he stood up, he pulled out two daggers. "That's your department."

Melody sighed with a slight roll before pulling her knives out just as dramatically as he did. "Let's go, grandpa."

Their knives clashed with the first few swings, Steve not even being able to follow their blades. Melody kept trying to push Bucky away from where they needed to put the target blades in so Steve could sneak by, but he was good. He knew exactly what she was doing, countering her every move.

Melody finally kicked him, going to her pocket and pulling out the target blade. She ran to the control station punching a few buttons, but Bucky tried to come up again. This time Steve took him. Steve got him off long enough to look over at Melody, but she made the mistake to look back.

Bucky threw Steve to the other end of the runway, Melody running to him and slashing his flesh arm. That's when he ran back and crashed into her with anger so great they fell off the runway, the target blade knocking out of her hand and to the end of the platform they were now on. "Melody!" Steve yelled.

She picked her head up, her hair flying back along with Bucky's as he looked to her direction, Melody pinned Bucky down, giving her time to crawl towards it, but Bucky grabbed her legs, pulling her back. Steve joined her down there, trying to fight off Bucky, but he threw him off the ledge they were on. "Steve!" Melody stood up as she screamed before Bucky punched her. Melody got her bearings back while giving him an angry stare before slamming her head into his, sending him staggering back just a bit. "Clint always said I was hard headed."

Melody saw Steve drop the target blade as she began to run towards it, but Bucky grabbed her at the waist, trying to push her off. Melody grabbed his head, not having any of this. In a quick fashion, she kneed him in the head, punched him and then threw him off the ledge. The second she did that, she remembered the target blade was down there. "Fuck!" She cursed before jumping down after them.

Brock made it close to the control room, but once he walked inside, Clint punched him in the face. Sam then came up and kicked him, but Brock grabbed Clint's arms before he could do anything else, sending his head into his. Clint staggered back, but Sam came in. Brock simply threw him down with Clint. "This is gonna hurt." He told them as he began to unzip his vest and shrugging it off. "There are no prisoners with HYDRA. Just order. And order only comes from pain. Are you ready for yours?"

Sam and Clint both got up, Clint so tired of this man he had been putting up with for three years. "You know man, I've been having to deal with the way you just drone on and on ceaselessly for far too long. So, even if you weren't HYDRA, know you had this coming for that."

"'Ceaselessly'" Brock quoted. "What a big word for a dumb mind."

"Man," Sam finally spoke, understanding what Clint was talking about. "Shut the hell up." Clint was the one to send in the first punch.

Once all the secrets had come up on the internet, Natasha looked down at her phone with a proud smile. "Done." She then noticed something else. "And it's trending."

Alexander Pierce looked back and forth at everyone standing around before pressing the one button that would ruin everything. All of the World Council leaders began to collapse, Nick, Natasha and Rhodey all putting their guns up in his direction after that. "Unless you all want a two inch hole in Natasha's sternum, I would put those down." Everyone looked to him in awe, realizing he had this all planned from the beginning. "That was armed the moment you pinned it on."

Everyone looked at each other with panic and worry. They wanted to stop him, but not at the sake of Natasha's life. Rhodey was the first to put his armed hand down, and then Nick. Natasha looked to her gun for a moment, knowing she could make the shot, but she would be dead. That wouldn't ruin everyone else standing here. With a reluctant sigh, she put the gun down before giving Pierce a hateful stare.

Pierce had moved to the computer, finding himself in charge again as everyone else just glared at him. He hit some buttons, putting himself in communication with the men who were in charge of launching the helicarriers into action. "Lieutenant, how much longer?"

"Targeting grid engaged." The younger man reported. "Lowering weapons array now."

At some point, Steve had lost his shield, and as he ran for the target blade, Bucky threw it into his back. That's when Melody mounted Bucky's back, beating him until he threw her off. Steve got up and went after Bucky, his shield blocking all of Bucky's slashes as Melody realized just how close the target blade was to her.

She began her crawl to it just as Bucky stabbed Steve in the shoulder. Melody couldn't stop, though. She wasn't sure what came over her, but she knew if she did stop, Steve would just tell her to keep going.

Melody finally grabbed the target blade, standing up and hurrying to climb up the ledges to make it back to the control center of the ship. "One minute." Emily reported. That's when Melody could feel a shift in the ship which she could only assume were the weapons getting ready.

Melody was pulling herself up onto the first ledge when she was shot in the thigh. She let out a scream and fell to her knees. When she looked back, she noticed Steve off to the side. He wasn't dead, she could see him breathing, just knocked out. But she knew she had to get that target blade in.

She got up, hurrying to climb on the runway, but he shot her arm. She let that arm fall, feeling the stinging pain, but she kept going anyway. She climbed up as quickly as she could with two bullet wounds in her body, finally making it to the top, hoping Bucky wouldn't be able to get a shot from up there. "Thirty seconds!" Emily stressed as Melody staggered to the thing.

She was gripping the target blade in her hand so tight, it felt good to finally release her grip. Just as she was about to put the blade in, another shot rang out, sending Melody stiff as she felt the blood pooling on her abdomen. She fell to the ground with gasps, placing her hands to the wound to try and stop the bleeding.

The ships finally reached thirty thousand feet and the algorithm was being deployed. Thousands of targets in the north east became visible to the computers. As Melody continued to sit there, she began to think of Tony. He was on that list. He would be annihilated. But then, she also thought of her father. She remembered when he was sick and how he was still taking care of her when he got to the point where he couldn't even walk. Lastly, she thought of Clint. He was on that list too.

She shot straight up before jamming the target blade into place, finding herself gripping onto one of the poles as she felt the ship shift again. When she looked out the window, she saw one of the helicarrier's guns pointing right at her, and for a moment, she felt this sense of pride wash over there. "Charlie locked." She whispered.

"Alright, Melody," Emily spoke, a smile obviously leaking through her voice. "Now you and Steve get out of there."

She looked at the gun still staring at her, shaking her head, knowing SHIELD and HYDRA had the brightest minds in the world. People were probably working on getting it restarted at this very second. Melody let out a sigh, knowing what she had to do. It was what her dad would have done. She brought these things to life, she was going to go down with them. "Fire now."

"But Melody – " Her mother panicked.

"Mom," Melody sighed out, a warm tear falling down her face at the thought of dying. "This may literally be the last opportunity you have to treat me like a real leader. Are you really going to ruin that for me?"

Emily swallowed hard the second she heard her daughter say that. It was like she had just been stabbed, but she knew this is what Melody wanted. She looked to Maria the second her first tear fell. "Do it."

Maria had a sick look on her face too. She looked down at the one button she had to push, hesitating before finally pushing it. The first shot echoed through the entire space, both of them jumping at the sound.

The helicarriers began to tear each other apart as Melody slowly and painfully began to walk towards the end of the runway, looking down at Steve and Bucky. Steve was just waking up, slowly standing up to see what was happening. She then looked over at Bucky who was struggling under a plank of metal. She sighed. Even after everything, she knew she had to help him and Steve was already headed towards him.

Alexander looked out the window of the meeting room with a deep sigh. He shook his head as the shots continued to fire. "What a waste."

"Still on the fence about Rogers and Barnes's chances?" Natasha gloated.

Pierce then looked over at Natasha, grabbing her arm. "Time to go, councilwoman." Natasha looked over at Fury, trying to give him a brave smile, but he wasn't buying into it. "You're gonna fly me out of here."

Nick didn't even look at him as he began to walk out. He couldn't stomach it. "You know," he began, but Alexander just kept going. "There was a time when I would have taken a bullet for you."

"You already did." He finally turned around, speaking in a cocky tone. That's when Natasha pulled out the shocking device, knowing it would temper with the pin she had on, deciding to make the most of this distraction.

Natasha hit the button with no second thoughts, twitching and then falling to the ground. This was their one shot. Rhodey stepped forward as Alexander looked down at Natasha, finally shooting a blast of energy into Pierce's chest. Nick Fury then stepped forward, shooting him right in the chest, sending him through the room's window walls.

Nick then hurried over to Natasha as Rhodey continued to stay in his place in case Pierce got up again. Nick began to shake her in fear that she wouldn't wake up. "Romanoff." He whispered. She didn't even move. "Natasha!" He tried again.

Her eyebrow began to raise, Nick being able to breath much easier now. When her eyes opened, she weakly looked around. "Ow." She whispered. "Those things do sting."

As Alexander Pierce laid there, the hole in his chest pouring out the blood, his ships outside were crashing into the Potomac. He only had one sentence he wanted to mutter before he died. "Hail HYDRA."

The Charlie ship was drifting towards the SHIELD building, right by the floor Clint and Sam were fighting Brock. Brock blocked Sam's punch before punching him in the face, Clint just going up behind him and punching him in the head. Brock then threw Clint off of him, landing him right by Sam.

The two laid there, taking deep breaths until they saw the helicarrier. "You're out of your depth, kid." Brock told Sam.

That's when Clint nodded to the ship, turning Brock around immediately, but Clint and Sam already had a head start. "Son of a bitch." Brock cursed as he began running off, but Clint and Sam were making great time. It was just the after they were unsure of.

"Please tell me you've got that chopper in the air!" Sam pleaded as he looked back. Clint didn't even dare.

"Where are you?" Natasha asked. They had made it just in time as a cement plank fell right where Clint was running.

"Forty-first floor!" Clint yelled as they were making it to the window. "Northwest corner!"

"Got it!" Natasha yelled through the radio, leaning out of the helicopter slightly to see where they were going. "Stay where you are!"

Clint and Sam both shared a look, knowing they were so close to the window before Sam yelled out, "Not an option!"

"Jump!" Clint called, Sam doing as he said.

They both fell through the air for a scary moment, the helicopter only a few floors off. Nick just tilted it to catch them, both falling in and taking the door out with them, Rhodey catching Sam and Natasha catching Clint and pulling them inside just before they rolled out.

They both let out deep breaths, Natasha and Rhodey still holding onto them. "Forty-first floor!" Clint finally yelled to his old boss. "Forty-first!"

"It's not like they put the floor numbers on the outside of the building!" Fury yelled over the helicopter's motor.

Clint rolled his eyes as Natasha pushed in her ear piece. "Carter, Hill, where's Rogers and Barnes?"

Sam and Clint shared a look, wondering back on the two. Clint then followed Natasha's lead, plagued with worry, but his voice came out stern and commanding. "If you have a location on Barnes, I need it now. Do you have a location on Barnes and Rogers?"

Melody held onto her side as she made it down to where Steve and Bucky were. Steve was lifting the plank of metal off of him like it was nothing, Melody sighing, wondering if this was their best option at the moment. Bucky looked stunned, but he didn't question it as he slipped out.

Melody made it right next to Steve, taking deep breaths as she grabbed his shoulder for support. Three gun shots could really take it out of a girl. "You know us." Steve insisted while stepping forward.

Bucky straightened up, shielding himself from Steve, not wanting him to see his face. "No I don't!" He knocked Steve down with his shoulder, Melody still managing to stand up without him, but it was proving to be difficult.

"Bucky," Steve tried again once he was fully standing. "You've known me your whole life."

Bucky didn't say anything that time, he just backhanded him with his metal hand. "Bucky," Melody tried, hoping the fact that she looked like her grandmother would work out for her. She couldn't bear to see Steve hit like that again. "Your name is James Buchanan Barnes. My name is Melody Buchanan Barnes. I'm your granddaughter and I was named after you."

"Shut up!" He screamed before punching her, sending her down.

"You had a son you never met named James." Melody was still clutching her aching abdomen from the ground. "He was named after you too."

Bucky slapped her that time, letting her fall back, her hands trying to push herself up along with her knees as Steve had to fight the urge to hurt him for doing that to Melody. Steve slowly walked up to her, helping her to stand up as she let out deep breaths, wrapping her arm around his shoulders for support again. They both stared at Bucky, seeing the sensation of hurt on his face. "I'm not going to fight you." Steve dropped his shield through the cracks of the ship, having it fall in the Potomac. "You're my friend."

Melody and Steve stared him down, looking as weak as ever before, and Bucky knew them. They were standing there and he knew them, but he just couldn't figure out how or where. He had a mission to complete, whether he knew them or not, they were his mission. He tackled them both down, both of them feeling so easy to take down. Like they weren't even trying. Bucky looked down at the two blondes as they laid side by side bloody and bruised, wanting to punch the memory away. "You're my mission." He muttered before bringing his fist back and doing just that.

Bucky went back and forth, hitting Melody and then hitting Steve…and they just took it. It left Bucky flabbergasted. The girl was barely hanging onto consciousness as he was about to punch her again, he looked at what he had done. Her cheek bone had cracked in, her right eye was black and her eyes were fluttering. What had he done? He recognized her. He loved her and the fact that he did that to her made him want to break down.

"Then finish it." He looked over to the man at a loss for words as he pulled back his fist, about to punch him. "Because…we're with you to the end of the line."

The second Steve said that, Bucky couldn't find himself to complete the mission. He knew him. He couldn't quite grasp how, but he knew they were best friends. All three of them. He looked back to Melody, finding tears brimming his eyes. He loved her. He loved them both, and what had he done to her?

That's when the metal under them cracked. Bucky was able to hold on, but Melody and Steve were so close to unconsciousness, they just fell through, not being able to stop it.

They each hit the water, feeling the coolness of it washing over them. Melody couldn't remember much as she fell through, but she did remember one thing. As she was sinking into the bluish green water, she remembered seeing Clint's face. It was a morning they had each woken up too early for their liking, but felt it was pointless to go back to sleep. Clint was drifting off in the covers next to her as she watched him so peaceful and so safe.

Then, Melody remembered waking up. She wasn't sure when she had passed out, but she remembered the feeling of the water dripping from her hair as her body was flung over Bucky's shoulder. She could see her arms dangling, but she wasn't sure what of her body she could move and which she couldn't. She also saw Steve's body getting dragged behind him. That's when Melody began to slightly panic. What was he going to do to them?

He then put Steve down at a small patch of sand before moving to her body. He had slowly set her down, and when he did, he noticed her open eyes. Melody wished she could pretend like she was still out, but she was paralyzed. Bucky looked down at her, their blue eyes locking in an intense staring match as she felt the sand warm her freezing body. That's when Bucky did the unexpected. He leaned towards her face, giving her a kiss on the forehead.

Melody was confused as he stood up and began to walk away. While placing a hand on her still aching abdomen, she sat up ever so slightly to watch him walk off. He had just saved her. Had he remembered her? Was that why he gave her that kiss? Melody slowly eased herself back down again, feeling the wooziness of blood loss she had unfortunately felt before. She moved closer to Steve, not wanting either of them to catch hypothermia. Steve's arm was already outstretched so all she had to so was cuddle in there.

As Steve's arm was draped around her and the two were radiating heat, Melody looked to the sun. It had been cloudy all day. But the sun was now peeking out. She smiled at the tingling warmth it left on her cheeks. And she thought about what a nice place this would be to die. Then she thought of one more thing before leaving consciousness a second time that day. "Clint." She just barely whispered it. Like the sound of a summer breeze. And then like that, it was all black.

Gigi103: Thanks so much for your review! And yes I will be doing an Olympus Has Fallen sequel! I've actually already started working on the first chapter hehe. I'll probably put it up after I'm done with this one! I will definitely be doing Thor in Scribbles for you, love! Thanks for always being a constant reviewer! They make my day!

It's been a really bad week, guys, that's why it took me so long to get this up, but it's finally up! Woo! There should be one more chapter after this one and then we'll be done. The next story will be the Agent Carter story, but it won't come up right away since I have other stories to work on, but as always, I'll post a chapter on this story whenever it's up. Let me know if you would rather have it Maria Stark: Best Mistake or Melody Barnes: Best Mistake. Anyway, I hope you like this chapter and remember to review!