Bucky

Bucky was thrown into the hull of the Quinjet, he grunted and pushed himself off of the wall. He grabbed a handle, Niko fired a rocket at them. Hill banked to the right, the round missed and flew off into the air. Bucky held on as the Quinjet turned on its side, Bucky cursed under his breath.

"Can you get closer?" Bucky asked

"Hey, it's harder than it looks" Hill said

Bucky decided to keep his mouth shut. He slowly walked toward the ramp; that was still open. He held onto the handle tightly so he wouldn't fly out of the Quinjet. Bucky felt the Quinjet bank again, he held on as it went on its side again. Hill dodged the missile and fired the main gun and it hit the truck, but the bullets only dented it.

Niko loaded his last rocket and he aimed and fired. Hill made the Quinjet go up suddenly, making Bucky's stomach turn. The round missed and Hill repositioned the Quinjet. She hit the throttle and the Quinjet shot forward. She got it to go pas the truck and she kept it at that speed. She looked back at Bucky and nodded.

Bucky walked out onto the ramp and he crouched and he saw the truck below him. He jumped down and he hit the metal container and he rolled forward and flew off the truck. He grabbed the edge just in time, he pulled himself up and Niko was waiting for him. Bucky was breathing heavily, Niko had a small smirk on his face.

"You seem tired" Niko said

Bucky stared at him and didn't respond. Niko lightly chuckled "Alexie where are we on the Kremlin?"

"Four more blocks!" Alexie yelled over the noise

"You have four blocks and less than an hour to stop me Barnes"

"I will stop you"

"But can you stop the bomb, that's the more important question"

Bucky took a step forward and Niko pulled out a pistol and fired. Bucky rolled forward and came up and hit Niko in the gut with his metal hand. Niko dropped the pistol and flew back and hit the main compartment for the driver. Bucky walked forward, Niko got up and ran at him. Bucky dodged and blocked a kick and a punch. Niko swung his leg around and hit him in the chest, sending him back sliding across the metal compartment.

Bucky grabbed the metal with his biotic hand and stopped himself. He stood back up, and his ribs gave him grief.

"I see your ribs aren't doing so good"

"Just shut up" Bucky said as he ran forward

Niko smiled and he blocked a punch and hit him in the face. Bucky saw the Quinjet turn and fired at the truck. The road in front of the truck was thrown up in chunks. Bucky used the distraction and he charged Niko. He blocked a punch and then head butted him. Niko was dazed then a knee hit him in the ribs. Bucky put him under his arm and he grabbed his waist and lifted him up and fell backwards, slamming Niko onto the metal container. Niko had the air knocked out of him and he felt Bucky grab his leg and drag him across the container. Bucky pulled him up and threw him against the driver's compartment.

Niko stood up slowly, his legs were shaking slightly. Bucky blocked a punch and his metal hand shot forward and grabbed Niko's throat. Niko smiled and he coughed "Do it" he choked

Bucky was about to when he saw a rocket fly toward them and it hit the side of the truck and tossed it up into the air. Bucky let go of Niko and they both flew off the truck as it was turned onto its side. Bucky was worried about the bomb, and he saw the metal container land on the road rather softly and he felt a wave of relief. He braced and he hit the road and rolled, he went through a shop window and he landed on a pile of boxes with stuffed animals in them.

Bucky opened his eyes and he was covered in stuffed bears and dogs. He stood up and knocked them away from him. He walked forward and his ankle was hurting, he had to limp so the pain wasn't unbearable. He climbed out of the shop window and he walked out into the street. Niko was lying on the road and he stood up. Alexie crawled out of the truck and he got up and his arm was broken. He walked forward and stood next to Niko.

Niko glanced at Alexie and then at Bucky.

"You have twenty minutes Barnes" Niko said

The wind picked up and the Quinjet flew over them and wind was blown in Bucky's face and it landed. Hill walked out of it with a rifle aimed at Niko.

"Oh how great, she gets to watch you die" Niko said and he nodded at Alexie.

Alexie took his arm and snapped the bone back into place and ran at Bucky. Bucky was tackled to the ground and Niko turned toward Hill.

"Just you and me sweetheart" he walked forward and Hill fired.

Niko dove and hit the ground with a roll and went behind a destroyed white car. He heard Hill reloading the rifle and he ran and jumped off of the trunk of the car and tackled her to the ground. Hill kneed Niko in the gut, which took the air out of him. She pushed him off of her, she stood up. Niko took in a few deep breaths and he got back up. "You'll pay for that one" Niko said

Bucky felt Alexie's hands around his throat and he was picked up into the air. He felt his grip tighten and he kicked him in the gut. Alexie threw him into the ground and kicked him in the ribs. Bucky felt the ribs bruise and some cracked while one broke. He coughed and blood flew onto the road. He pushed himself back up, clearly exhausted.

"Just give up" Alexie said

"I never do" Bucky said through a smirk and bloodied teeth.

Alexie took a step forward and Bucky brought his leg all the way up and kicked him in the lower jaw, knocking his helmet off and also dislocating his jaw. Alexie stumbled back and fell over. He was groaning in pain as he stood up. He had his hand to his jaw, he frowned at Bucky and snapped the jaw back into place. Bucky ran at him with a limp and Alexie sprinted at him. Bucky ducked a punch and he smacked him in the ribs then the under arm. Alexie felt his shoulder go up and he growled through the pain and threw punch after punch at Bucky.

Bucky kept backing off and he dodged each blow, he got a few in there, but they weren't anything substantial. Bucky was hit in the gut then the face, Alexie kicked him in the chest and he flew back and hit a building. He flew forward and Alexie put his arm out and hit him and took him slamming him into the ground. Bucky rolled backwards and he pushed off and he hit Alexie in the gut with both his hands. They both hit the ground, and they both struggled to stand.

Niko blocked a kick from Hill and he countered with a punch to the face. Hill took it and she jabbed him in the ribs, and then kneed him in the groin. Niko coughed and he fell to his knees, Hill kicked him in the face. Hill took a step away and Niko grabbed her ankle and pulled her down. Hill hit the ground and Niko rolled and brought his elbow down onto her stomach. Hill grimaced in pain and the force made her come up like she was doing a sit up. Niko stood and he grabbed her by the throat.

Hill felt another punch to the gut and then he hit her in the face twice, blood was coming out of her nose and her lip was cut. Niko brought her close and he head butted her. Hill's head shot back and she got whiplash and her head was ringing. She couldn't focus and her vision was doubled, then it went back to normal.

"Now you die" Niko said pulling out a pistol and he pulled the firing pin back and he put the gun to her head.

Bucky blocked a punch from Alexie and he glanced over and saw Niko pulling a pistol out. Bucky's eyes widened and punched Alexie in the gut and he pulled back his metal hand and used all of his strength and hit him the face breaking his cheek and knocking him out. Bucky ran forward and he felt his ankle starting to burn and it was almost unbearable. Bucky pushed through it and he ran at Niko and he saw the pistol touch Hill's head and he yelled. Niko glanced back and saw Bucky running at him.

He turned the gun at him and fired twice, the bullets hit Bucky in the shoulders and he flew back and hit the ground. Niko dropped Hill and she landed on her side and she was coughing for air. Niko saw Bucky getting back up "Just stay down" Niko said and he kicked him in the face. Bucky's arms went slack and he lied on the road and Niko kicked him over onto his back. Niko knelt down and he put the pistol to Bucky's head.

"You see, it all ends here. That bomb is going boom, in eight minutes. You failed" Niko said and he put his finger on the trigger and he was about to pull it when entire clip from a pistol went into his back.

Niko fell forward and he groaned in pain, only three bullets pieced his skin as the others were blocked by his bullet proof chest piece that he wore. Bucky looked and Hill was lying on her back and she had a pistol held with both hands and the entire mag was empty. She got up and she slowly walked over and she pulled Bucky up so he was able to sit up.

"I owe you one"

"That's the second time I have saved your life from this guy" Hill said

"Come one we need to disarm the bomb" Bucky said

Hill nodded and she helped him to his feet, Bucky put his arm over her shoulder and she wrapped hers around his waist and she helped him to the container. Niko turned over and he spoke into a communicator. "Now!"

Hill turned to look and then a gun went off. Bucky felt a bullet pierce his back and fly through his lower chest. Blood splattered onto the road and he knew that it had missed anything vital, but if he didn't get medical attention in a couple of hours, he was going to bleed to death. Hill saw a man running across a building and he had a large white X on his chest and he disappeared. Niko began to laugh "You can't disarm that bomb" Niko glanced and Alexie was back up and he pulled him to his feet and they walked away.

Hill's heart was racing and Bucky was coughing up blood.

"Oh god" Hill said as she saw the bullet wound

"It's ok, it's through and through, I'll live" Bucky said through blood filled coughs

"If you get medical attention" Hill said

"Help me up" Bucky said

Hill pulled him to his feet and he grimaced in pain, "Get the bomb and move it into the Quinjet"

Hill nodded and she walked him into the Quinjet and he kept himself up with his metal hand against the hull. Hill went to the metal container and she opened it and she saw the bomb inside and it was humming. She grabbed it and she pulled and it scrapped across the road. She saw the timer on it and it read: 6 minutes. She cursed under her breath and she slightly yelled and groaned as she dragged its weight to the Quinjet.

Bucky grabbed it with his metal hand and he helped her pull it into the Quinjet. They got it past the ramp and it was clear, Hill was breathing heavily "Ok now what?"

"I'm getting that out of here" Bucky said and he pushed Hill out of the Quinjet and closed the ramp.

Hill was lying in the road and she watched as the ramp closed slowly.

"No, Bucky!" Hill screamed

"You'll be safe" Bucky said

"This is insane" Hill protested

"It has to be done" Bucky said hitting a few switches at the console and he sat down in the pilot seat and strapped himself in and he fired u the engines and he made the Quinjet fly into the air and flew it up and away from Moscow.

Bucky saw a call come into the console and he answered it and Hill's face appeared on the screen. Bucky didn't want to look at her.

"Barnes what are you doing?"

"Saving you" Bucky said and he hit the throttle and the Quinjet flew up higher

Hill had tears in her eyes and Bucky couldn't look at her, he didn't want to. He looked at his watch and the timer was at three minutes. He was halfway there. He looked at Hill and he stared into her tearful eyes.

"Hill I want you to know something" Bucky said

"Tell me when you get back"

"No, right now in case I don't come back" Bucky said trying to keep his emotions under control.

"You are coming back" Hill said as comforting words for him and herself

"But just in case, I need you to know this"

Hill closed her eyes and tears fell down her face "Ok"

Bucky lightly laughed "I never thought that I would end up caring for someone like I care about you" Bucky said and tears fell down his face "You make this world a little easier to live through, my life has been nothing but killing. I have been tormented by memories, and you were there the entire time." Bucky looked at her and he looked at the timer it had a minute left. "I need you to know that I love you, I love you so much" Bucky said and the Quinjet was high into the air and the connection to the video cut out as he heard her tell him she loved him to.

Bucky hit the auto pilot and he unstrapped himself from the chair and he walked toward the back of the Quinjet. He saw the timer was at thirty seconds, he grabbed a hook from the equipment and he hooked the bomb to the Quinjet so it stayed put. Bucky limped over to the ramp and he hit the manual release button and he flew out of the Quinjet and into the air as the Quinjet fly up into the outer atmosphere and it touched space and it shorted out the bomb's effects and it exploded. Only the Quinjet and the bomb were destroyed, Bucky fell through the air and he was going in and out if consciousness.

He saw the memory of the first time that he met Hill, in the conference room on the Helicarrier for their first mission together, to observe Zeak, which went terribly wrong. Bucky remembered how he would steal glances at her, and how she seemed to hate him. His thoughts went to when he was down in the engine room with her, he felt her hands on his shoulders and he could taste her lips. He could feel her heart beat and he closed his eyes. He could die right now, and he would be ok with that. He saved Moscow, stopped Niko, didn't kill him, but he save millions of people. Including Hill, he was happy with that.

But Niko was still out there, and he knew that he wouldn't stop killing people and threatening the safety of others. If he died he couldn't protect Hill anymore, but she could take care of herself. He knew that, but he wanted to be there. For her and his friend, Steve would need him and he would miss his conversations with Clint. Bucky still had to show the pub where Gerald was to Hill, Gerald had to meet her face to face. He couldn't do that if he was dead. Bucky could live or die, the choice was up to him. He had his reserve chute ready and he could pull it and he would live. It just came with a choice, he could die now and that would be it, or he could choose to live and stay. He knew that in the end he would have to stop Niko, but that would not be his reason for staying. His reason would be for Hill and Steve.

Bucky knew that he didn't deserve the chance for a good life, maybe not the easiest, or safest, but it would be a good life none the less. Bucky opened his eyes and he reached for the reserve chute and he flipped over so he was facing the ground and he saw that his chance to pull it would be now, he looked at it and he put his hand on the strap and he pulled.