Love, Live, Die 2

by wickedworrior

Niko captured Bucky, Steve is searching for him tirelessly. There are darker secrets for Natasha to uncover. There are stories of a man, no one knows his name, or his motives. This man is coming for Steve, and he is nothing like what they have faced before. With an admiration and a bitter grudge, this unknown enemy may be the end for Captain America. (Sequel to Love, Live, Die).

5. Chapter 5

Author's Note: Sorry for not updating in a while, its been a crazy couple of weeks leading up to the Holidays and with school, I just had to find time, so here is a long waited chapter, I hope you enjoy. Review.

Niko

Niko quickly ascended the stairs toward the control room. He passed numerous of his men, he turn down three hallways before he came to the large control room doors. Niko took a breath and walked into the room. He was met with Alexie, the large screen on the wall had numerous things upon it. Alexie walked forward and got in front of him. Niko looked at him "Niko, what's our move?"

"We prepare for an attack"

Alexie looked at him "They found us?"

"Double the outer guard, they could be here in a few hours"

Alexie looked at three men, they stood in attention when they noticed that he was staring at them. They nodded and ran off to get the order completed. Niko walked toward the man that had his back to him. "You may want to leave"

The man was wearing a suit, it was black and he slowly turned. "If you will allow it, I'll have some men come to help"

"Helmut I appreciate the offer, but this base isn't going to be left standing soon, and most of us will be dead"

Helmut nodded while walking forward, his hands were behind his back. "My men will stay, I will await for your call"

Niko glanced at Helmut as he walked away. He turned to watch him leave. Helmut was met with Alexie and he looked at him like he was a nuisance "Excuse me"

Alexie moved, allowing him to leave. He looked at Niko "What's the plan for once they get here? Is there an escape plan?"

Niko sighed and put his hands on a console. He closed his eyes "We're not getting away from here Alexie, not this time"

Alexie frowned "So what, we're just giving up?"

"No, I'll make sure that I am going to kill at least one of those damn Avengers"

Alexie heard his bitterness in his words, Alexie nodded "I'll help the men"

Niko nodded, Alexie walked away. Niko looked back at the large screen on the wall, he frowned. He gritted his teeth and brought his hand down onto the close that his hands were rested upon and smashed the keys while sending a large crack up the screen. The console flickered and died. Niko took his hand away from the dented metal, his knuckled were broken, he watched they heal and crack back into place. He was going to kill someone, Barnes most likely. That is where he would make his last stand, where Barnes was. The base wasn't in a secluded place away from civilization, and they were placed on a large cliff. The room that Barnes was being held in was at the center of the base, it was the only place to go if he wanted to survive the initial strike. He would bring Alexie, he needed a little back up. How could he had slipped up, he always seemed to slip up. He remembered Barnes telling him that in Red Room when he was sixteen, he was good, but he could always slip up, then again so could anyone. Niko knew it took Barnes forever to find him when he wanted to blow up Moscow, yet he was alone, he had the Avengers and S.H.I.E.L.D. after him, he shouldn't have expected to make it long. At least he had two months of beating Barnes to the brink of death. That was the upside. He was ready though, he could kill at least a few.

Peter

Peter had left the Tower two hours ago, he was walking along the sidewalk. He was talking to Aunt May on the phone. "Aunt May it's only the weekend"

"Well you have schoolwork" she said annoyed

"I'll get it done"

"Yeah in the middle of the night on Sunday"

"I still get it done"

"Well I hope whatever you do in the city on the weekends is important"

"It is, just trust me on this"

"I would if I knew what this is"

"I'll see you tomorrow"

Aunt May exhaled "Ok, be careful in that city Peter"

"I will, Love you"

"Love you to" Peter hung up and he sighed, it was getting harder to hide what he was doing from her. He just needed to tell her the truth, but then he would put her in danger, better her to be upset with him then to have her be attacked.

He was walking toward the subway, when he saw two Police Cars drive past with their lights up and siren blaring. Peter stood at attention and watched them drive past. Peter smiled, he ran into an alley. Spiderman shot out of it. He caught himself on one of the posts that the traffic lights hung from. He turned his attention toward the action that was happening down the street. He leaped off and fired a web, he swung high into the air. He twirled through the air, he ran along a building's side. He jumped to the left and flipped, he fired a web, and it caught his weight and swung him up high with increased speed. Peter breathed calmly as he swung, following the cops toward the source of the problem. He swung over a cop car, he noticed numerous people were pointing at him as he swung past them. He saw where the cops were going, they were heading to a bank. Peter sighed: Robbers had to go ruin my evening.

Peter swung one last time, he flew through the air. He landed on the roof of the bank, he found an air duct and crawled into it. He was in, now he just needed to not get caught. He crawled as fast as he could while not making a sound. He came to an opening, he stared down it, he saw a line of hostages, and he could hear someone talking. He needed a better angle, he kept moving. He came to another opening, he looked through the metal blinds. He saw four men walking with guns, one was talking, and he looked like the boss. "Get the money loaded up"

"You got it" he heard someone answer, but he couldn't see him, there was more than four. He put his hand on the metal blinds, he pushed forward, and it broke off softly. He held onto it, he crawled out of it. He was up high, good. He placed the blinds back to their place. He crawled to the ceiling, he was upside down, and he looked down to survey the room. Thank you for making such a tall ceiling, but it almost seems unnecessary, but I'm not complaining.

Peter listened a little more.

"Hey the cops will be here soon"

"The cops aren't a problem"

"What about that Spider guy?" one asked, he seemed like the most nervous. He might be new, or he was just afraid.

"Seriously the Spider guy, you are always going on about him"

"It's because I've seen him"

"Yeah maybe in a nightmare"

They all laughed at him, he sighed "You guys don't remember the attack on New York last year, and he was involved"

"The Avengers were involved, the freak show. I haven't seen him hanging around with them, not saying he wouldn't fit right in"

"Fine what about the Devil of Hell's Kitchen?"

"C'mon, we're not even in Hell's Kitchen"

"Yeah that's his turf, we aren't on it, and so that means we don't have to worry about him"

One of the men tossed another large duffle bag into the large pile "Yeah, anyone heard of this Alias Investigations?"

"No, why?"

"Well I heard from on the street that the girl who runs it is one of them"

"C'mon, I don't believe it."

"Well it's not to say that New York hasn't gone to hell anyway"

"You got that right"

Peter saw that the cops were here now, he still had time to deal with these punks, but he would listen just a little longer, he kept his eyes on how many there actually were.

"Well at least we're making it off with all this money, I can't wait to be sitting on a beach sipping on one of those umbrella drinks"

"You and the beach"

"Hey it's the good life"

"Well to be honest I just want to get out of here first"

"We'll leave when we've got the money"

"Where's the boss anyway?"

"She was here a minute ago"

Peter frowned: She?

Peter heard a chuckle, her voice was smooth and soft, but strong and full of authority. She was clearly the boss. Peter looked down and he saw her, she was standing out of the small circle that the robbers had formed while talking. She was staring right up at him, Peter didn't know if she could actually see him though. She was stunning, her long hair hung to her mid-back. She had glasses on, the lenses were blue, and she was wearing a black leather cat suit, it looked very similar to Black Widows'. Did he forget to mention her hair was white?

She had a dark purple, almost black lipstick on, and she was staring right at him. Peter felt his muscles clench up, he didn't know if she could actually see him or was she just looking at the ceiling, he had a feeling it was the first one. He her lips parted into a smile, her white teeth shined brightly. Peter took a slow steady breath. "I see we have company" she said loudly

Peter sighed, he was caught "I don't know where you are, but you're here" she added

Peter thought for a second that she might be lying, or she was telling the truth, honestly he couldn't tell which. Peter dared not move, she was still staring right at him, if he moved she might see him. She turned around to her men "Get to the safe, the exit is that way"

"You got it boss"

Peter couldn't let them get away, he looked at the vault door and he sighed. He aimed and fired his webbing, the white fluid expanded as it hit the sides of the wall and formed a wall of white web, blocking the way out. The robbers stood there dumbfounded. The woman with the white hair chuckled "That's a pity" she said playfully.

Peter closed his eyes and opened them. She was looking around, still smiling with her shining white teeth. "Come out little spider and play" she taunted

Peter took a deep breath and he jumped down and fired a large wall of webbing and hit all of her men and they flew into the wall and were stuck there. Peter landed, he stood ready, she wasn't surprised by his input at all, and she just smiled at him. He wasn't quite sure how to take that. The men were hollering and their muffled screams seemed to be annoying her. "Be quite boys" she said firmly

The screams stopped, she took a long breath, and she looked back at him and smiled. Peter sighed "Well it seems you have nowhere to go"

She smirked "On contraire, I do have a way out"

"And what would that be?"

"You walking me out the front door"

"Well I would be happy to hand you over to the police"

She almost looked like she pouted "Well that's boring"

Peter awkwardly smiled at that, except she couldn't see that. She took a step forward "Well the rumors about you are true"

"Glad you heard, but you still tried to steal"

"Well, a girls got to eat" she smiled at him

"Nice white hair"

"Oh its platinum blonde, not white, I'm not you're grandma"

"My mistake"

She chuckled "Well by your height and voice, you're not very old are you"

"I can see you aren't either"

"Well start out young"

"I guess"

Peter had no idea where this was going, he took a step forward and metal claws extracted from her gloved fingers. "Nice trick"

"Hmm, they come in handy from time to time"

"Well since we've come this far, what's your name?"

"Coming to a name to name basis, moving kind of fast aren't you"

"I'm not moving anywhere"

"I wish I could see you move"

"Thanks, but the only place I want to take you is to jail"

"Oh so sad, how much fun we could have"

"Yeah, maybe never"

"I don't know spider, I get what I want, one way or another" she said seductively

Peter tried not to let her looks get to him "So, name?"

"Felicia" she said softly in a very playful way.

"Nice to meet you"

"Well you know my name, what's yours?"

"Not up for talking about it"

"Oh, so you played little old me, fun. Ok spider, what's the next move? Choke hold, hands tied behind my back, or a little playful grabbing?"

"If you call fighting playful hand grabbing, I wonder what real playful is to you?"

She smiled at him, it made him feel a little weird "If you beat me, you might find out"

"Hmm"

She smirked "Sound appealing?"

Peter took a step forward and he saw the attack a mile away, she shot a grapple hook out of her wrist and he dodged it. He landed and Felicia smiled "You are quick, I hope not too quick" her smile made his ears become warm. He fired a web and he hit her in the gut and pulled her forward. She cut the line with her claws and he kicked him in the chest, he hit the floor and pushed himself back up to his feet in one move, he flipped and hit her across the face. She grunted as she brought her hand around and blocked his next strike. She held his fist there she gave him a smirk "Not afraid to hit a woman, not bad"

"Well I guess if it comes to it"

She went to punch him and he dodged it, he shot her with a web on her wrist and he brought her hand back and he pushed it up into her back. She groaned and laughed "Not bad spider, a little rough, I like it"

Did she ever stop playing, she brought her head back and hit him in the face. He fell back and she swung her leg round and her thigh went around his neck and she took him to the floor. Peter was staring right in between her thighs, she smiled "Don't get excited spider"

Peter shot a web at the ceiling and pulled himself out of her grip and he kicked her across the face and punched her in the gut. She stood and looked at him, he was standing ready "I won't"

She smiled, Peter took a step forward and then an explosion blew a wall open and they were both thrown to the floor. Peter hit the ground and he saw the world was spinning. He saw Felicia stand over him. She smiled, she had two large bags of cash and she set them down and leaned down to his face. Peter saw the world settle and she was very close. "Thanks for the fun spider, but I've got to run"

Peter wasn't sure what she was doing next but she grabbed his mask and moved it up. But she didn't pull it off, she leaned down and kissed him hard on the lips. He felt his heart try to explode out of his chest and he felt her tongue dancing with his. His hand went to her arm and he hand went to his thigh. She broke the kiss off and she smile at him "See you around"

She left, Peter sat up and his back ached, he pulled his mask down and he was standing in the bank with the other guys still on the wall. Peter heard footsteps and yelling and the cops saw him as he swung away and up into a vent in the dark ceiling. He heard them yelling as he quickly crawled up the vent and got to the roof. He made it and he quickly ran off the building and swung toward the Stark tower. That was interesting, and he was sure he was going to see her again, Felicia.

Scott

There were things that Scott had been in, prison, a brief case, a water main, an air duct, a subatomic realm, a suit that can make him shrink, a plane, Falcon's pack, and the Avenger's Facility, but he had never been in a Quinjet. He was seated in a chair and he was feeling a little nervous, just the normal quickened pulse, sweaty hands, and the feeling of being heated from the inside out. He was in his suit, but his helmet was sitting next to him. There were two people in the Quinjet with him, Captain freaking America, and Black Widow. He was a fan of Cap and he was scared of Black Widow.

Steve was sitting in a chair that was across from Scott, and Natasha was flying the Quinjet. Scott took a deep breath, Steve smiled "Nervous Mr. Lang?"

"A little" Scott confessed

Steve chuckled "You must not get nervous often, especially what happened two months ago"

Scott chuckled "I thought Luis was kidding, but apparently not"

"You got passed Sam, not bad"

Scott nervously chuckled "I have a feeling if it was anyone else I would have been killed, like if it was you or…her" Scott looked over at Natasha.

Natasha looked at him and smirked, Scott took a breath and he felt his heart in his throat. Steve chuckled "Probably"

Scott sighed "So, Bucky?"

"Yeah, Niko had him in a base up in the mountains"

Scott nodded "My ants won't be much help here"

"Yeah winter does that" Natasha said from the pilot seat

Scott chuckled nervously "Wat's the plan?"

"Don't have one yet" Steve said

Scott looked at him and nodded, "Well I would guess it involves me shrinking"

"Most likely"

"Well I'm the man for the job then"

Steve smiled "Scott, I want to warn you, Niko is not…"

"I get it, not the thing I'm used to well I have dealt with one guy that was mentally unbalanced"

"Niko is worse" Natasha said

Scott looked over at her, he nervously sighed, he looked at Steve and he saw how Steve glanced over at her. He frowned, he looked from Natasha to him. "You guys are partners right?"

"Yeah" Steve was brought out of his glance at Natasha by the words.

"In the work sense?"

"And in the home sense" Natasha said without looking at him.

Scott chuckled "Wait you two are a…"

"We're together" Steve confirmed

Scott raised his eyebrows "Wow"

"What something wrong?" Natasha asked and her voice sounded angry

Scott instantly felt his adrenaline increase, did he just piss of Black Widow? Steve laughed at the sight of seeing Scott almost freak out "Play nice Nat"

Scott heard a small laugh from Natasha, he sighed in relief. He chuckled "Well just, nice to see, two people, you know, find…each other" Scott said while trying to find words as he spoke.

"Just stop talking about it" Steve said smiling

Scott nodded "got it"

Scott looked down at his helmet as it lay next to him. He took a deep breath. Steve watched him closely, he glanced at Natasha. She was focused on flying, he nodded slightly. He turned his attention back toward Scott. Scott seemed to notice, he sat up a little straighter as he looked at him. "So I heard about what happened at Pym Industries"

Scott seemed to be taken out of his highway traffic of thoughts "Uh yeah, well it was nothing"

"Blowing up a building so it gets sucked into a different realm isn't just nothing"

Scott shook his head "Yeah I know, just I really can't explain it"

"Do you know anything that I may need to know?"

"Other than Hydra was there, no"

"Hydra was there?" Steve asked with his brow furrowed and he instantly put his hands into fists, he got angry whenever he found out what Hydra was doing.

"Yeah, is that worse than I already thought it was?"

"It's bad, but not surprising"

Scott nodded "It seems Hydra has their hands in everything"

"Well it's what they do"

Steve stood up and walked over to the pilot seat, he placed his hand on the seat, he could feel Natasha's eyes on him as he stood there. "Steve?"

He looked at her "I'm ok" he reassured her

Natasha tilted her head "No you're not" she said and she returned her eyes to the canopy. Steve looked at her "How long till we get back?"

"Another hour" she answered, Steve could tell by her voice that she had put up the walls, he wasn't going to get much out of her at the moment. He nodded, he turned around and took a seat. Scott looked at them and went to speak, but stopped himself as he remembered who he would be talking to.

Peter

Peter was sitting on the couch in Stark's tower with an ice pack on his ribs and his head as Pepper walked in. She saw the sight of him and she dropped what she was doing and rushed over to him. Peter saw her and he sighed, his head hurt too much to try and move. Pepper looked at him, he was in his suit, but his mask was lying on the coffee table. She sat down next to him on the couch and she took the ice pack off of his head. "You are like Tony is this aspect"

"Thanks" Peter said and his head ached

Pepper gave him a look "It wasn't a complement"

Peter inhaled, his ribs ached as he exhaled, Pepper looked at him, he was covered in dust and he had small cuts on his face. "What did you get yourself into?"

Peter chuckled "It was a bank robbery"

"Did you stop them?"

"All but one, the leader of the small group, she got away"

Pepper frowned "She?"

"Yeah, she blew up a wall, and then got away, her men that were with her though are locked up by now"

Pepper nodded and placed the ice pack softly onto his head "Have you ever thought about having armor?"

Peter shrugged "Never really thought about it"

Pepper scanned down Peter's body and she saw glass sticking out of his thigh, she grabbed it and pulled it out. Peter opened his mouth in pain and he closed it, gritting his teeth. He went through the pain "Thanks, I was going to wait to take that out when I didn't have a headache"

"Well it needed to come out"

"It was glass, not a bullet" he complained

"Oh shut up"

Peter sighed and kept his mouth shut. Pepper looked at him "So this girl, you going to see her again?"

Peter grimaced slightly "Probably" he pulled out a small device and it showed a red dot and it was flashing. Pepper looked at it "You planted a tracker?"

Peter nodded "Yeah when she kissed me I put it behind her ear, it's like a nicotine patch she won't even notice it's there"

"Kissed you?"

Peter looked at her and he saw the strange look she was giving him "What, she apparently liked me"

"So she blew up a wall, hurt you and kissed you, then left?"

"That about sums it up yeah" he said putting his head back closing his eyes.

Pepper frowned "What's her name?"

"Felicia" Peter said through a breath

"You got her to tell you her name?"

"I asked"

Pepper frowned "This is the weirdest robber I have ever heard of"

"She's around my age"

"Well you apparently caught her attention"

Peter chuckled and his ribs ached, he took a short breath "Well by tomorrow I will be back to trying to stop her"

Pepper sighed, she stood. "By the way it seems and looks, you're in for a long one"

Peter nodded and closed his eyes "I let Aunt May know I'm staying with a friend in New York"

Pepper nodded "Just take care of yourself better next time" she said while walking away.

"Will do"

Peter exhaled and he tried to get comfortable, he wasn't moving for the rest of the night. Tonight was the first time that he wasn't able to catch all of them, Felicia, she was interesting. She seemed to want to verbally seduce him the entire time. He wasn't going to lie to himself, she was beautiful, really beautiful. She tricked him to, he never met a girl like her, and now he had to stop her. He could venture to guess that she was going to rob a place again, and he was going to be there to when she did.

Steve

The facility was actually quiet, there was no movement, everyone had become still when they found Bucky, now it was just a place of utter silence. The noise was the occasional word from the other Avengers, and the sound of fingers typing on keyboards and consoles. The doors opened and Steve walked in, Natasha was close behind, she stayed by the door as Steve moved to the center of the room. Scott slowly followed and he stood next to Natasha, he was nervous and he could feel his heart in his throat.

Steve looked at everyone "Layout of the base?"

A technician stood "it's well situated"

"How?"

"It's at the top of a large hill with a cliff on the other side, only one way to get there on foot" Tony said

Steve looked at Tony "Good thing we're not going in by foot"

Tony understood him and Rhodey, but he frowned. Steve took a deep breath "By the way the base looks it will have plenty of defenses on that hill, it will have anti-air turrets as well. We are going in, in Quinjets. We will use the stealth drives to get as close as we can, Stark. I want you Rhodey, Sam, and Vision in the air as well"

Tony nodded "Well it is our specialty"

"I need over watch, Allen and Barton, that'll be you"

Clint hid his feeling of annoyance as he was paired with Allen, who looked like a happy school boy. Steve looked at Natasha "I will lead the ground assault when we get shot down"

"Wait, shot down?" Scott asked

Everyone turned their heads toward him, Scott looked at everyone who was giving him a look that he was completely unknown to them. He glanced at Natasha, she had her arms cross and her fist was under her chin, she glanced at him and shrugged. "Can't we get close enough to take out the anti-air turrets?" Scott asked after a minute of silence.

"We can only get so close" Tony said

Steve looked at everyone, he wanted to give Scott a chance "Scott what do you got?"

Scott honestly didn't expect to be offered his opinion, he cleared his throat, clearly out of nervousness. "If you can get me to the right spot, I can sneak in unnoticed. I can shut down those turrets, and find Bucky. When I do get them offline, I can radio in and let you know, and then you come in"

"Who are you again?" Tony asked

"Scott Lang, Ant-Man"

Tony frowned "So you are going to go in there by yourself, and no backup, if you can't get those guns offline then we won't make it very far"

Scott nodded, he saw where the plan could go wrong and how it would really put them to where they were already heading, but he knew he could do it. Steve looked at Tony and Scott, he glanced at everyone else, no one else was objecting to Scott's idea, only Tony. Steve looked at Natasha, she gave him a soft smirk that no one else say but him. He gave her a small smirk back. "Ok Scott, we'll do it your way"

Tony turned to look at Steve "Capsicle, you know that without any back up, if he can't do this then we're literally going to fly into a trap and frankly get killed" he said hushed only so Steve could hear.

Steve looked at Tony "I know, but he can get in. I'm taking the chance that he can do this, it sounded better than my plan"

Tony sighed and nodded "Ok…?"

"Scott" Scott confirmed

"Scott, we'll do it your way. What do you need?"

"Do you have any building schematics?"

"Yeah, all of them"

"I need to see them"

Tony hurried Scott over to the console where he was would be shown the schematics. Steve looked at everyone else "Get prepped, we leave tonight"

Everyone instantly followed his orders and started to do wat they needed to do, to get the job done. Natasha walked forward and lightly placed her hand on Steve's arm and took it away quickly. Steve looked down at her, she gave him a stare that he knew. Steve nodded and he took her hand in his "We stick together" he said softly

"We're partners, we watch each other's backs" she said in the same hushed tone.

"And if I don't take you with me anywhere, you'll break every bone in my body"

Natasha chuckled as she remembered saying that to him when he was going to go to the Hydra base without her and planned on taking on Red Skull by himself. Steve smirked and he didn't care that they were in public, he didn't know if she wanted to but he put his arms around her and brought her close and kissed her deeply. Natasha wasn't expecting Steve to do that, he was one for privacy, but right now it looked like he was making out with her in front of everyone they both knew. They came apart and Steve smirked slightly and Natasha looked around, no one was looking. She looked at him and gave him a look that made him become a little lightheaded. "Later" he mouthed

Natasha was going to hold him to that.

Bucky

He could hear his heart in his ears and his head was spinning. He was slumped on his knees and he felt incredibly weak. He didn't know if he could lift his arm, Niko just broke his ribs again, and now he was locked in a room with Niko. Apparently Niko was going to use him as bait to try and kill one of them. Bucky wheezed as his sides ached from the broken bones. He could still taste blood in his mouth which was all he had tasted for two months. The bitter iron in his blood and the strange warmth as it came out of his nose and flowed into his mouth. He spit blood to the floor and t joined a rather large dark brown mixed with black stain, it was all the blood that he had sit out in the past two months.

Bucky saw Niko sitting on a metal chair and he had his pistol out and he was checking the bullets. Bucky sighed wheezily and closed his eyes.

The room was quiet and empty. Bucky stood in the room, he himself was quiet. He was standing in front of a table and a large glass bottle of scotch was sitting before him, and two glasses were next to it. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, he could smell the wood of the mansion. He opened his eyes as he heard the door open, he looked back and it was Hill standing there. Bucky froze as he stared at her, she wasn't in Red Room. Then the room began to fade away and he was standing in Hill's apartment at the island in the kitchen with a bottle of scotch and two glasses next to it. Bucky inhaled and then a shocking pain made him jolt.

Bucky opened his eyes and Niko had pressed the end of the pistol against his ribs. "Stay awake my good friend"

Bucky stared back at him and his eyes began to shut again and Niko pressed the end of the barrel harder into his ribs and Bucky gasped and he opened his eyes fully alert. "That's better" Niko said with a smile

Bucky swallowed and his throat was dry, he was dying and he knew it. The room was cold, everything felt cold, and he felt like he was leaving and nothing was stopping him either than Niko. Bucky didn't want to die yet, he still wanted to do things, which he wasn't used to being able to do or wanting to do them. He wanted to be home, lying next to Maria in bed, just him and her, enjoying each other's company. It seemed more like a dream now, it was hard for him to remember without any energy that it was only two months ago that he was doing just that.

Niko walked away and sat down in the chair, the door to the room opened and Alexie walked in. Niko stood up "The defenses are set up"

"Good, but I have a feeling it won't be enough"

"Is the plane ruined?"

"No it is still only beginning, the plan changes and evolves as new player come to the board, just keep it adaptable"

"What about Barnes?"

"He is starting to slip, fun to see him like this, but he can't die yet, if Captain America finds out that his friend is dead, he will storm this place by himself, and that won't end well"

Alexie nodded "There is no escape from this, not this time?"

"No there isn't my friend, Alexie I believe this is the last night we will see of each other"

Alexie sighed and offered his hand, Niko took it "It has been an honor my friend" Alexie said

Niko smirked "When I found you half dead in a destroyed plane, it was the start of a long friendship"

"One I am grateful for"

Niko smiled "Now go, stay up there with the others, I will be here"

Alexie turned to leave and he looked back at Niko "Goodbye old friend"

"Goodbye" Niko said softly

Alexie left the room and Niko sat back down in the chair. He looked at Bucky "Tonight it all ends Barnes, and you'll be awake to see it"

Peter

He knew that he would be busy, but not this busy. He was standing on the roof of the Stark Tower, he was still stiff from his little encounter with Felicia. He looked at the phone and he saw that the red dot was at another bank. This one didn't seem to sleep, Peter thought for a split second that he may have been brought into a trap. She was probably luring him in there, but if she was robbing a bank, this time it must be a more quiet operation. He felt his phone vibrate and he saw it was Fury, he exhaled annoyed he didn't want to talk to Fury. He quickly answered it "Hey Nick"

"You still busy?"

Peter sighed "yeah"

"How did the bank robbery go?"

"So you are keeping tabs on me, great"

"I'm just trying to look out for you"

"Yeah, and to answer your question, not good, one of them got away and they are robbing another place, I'm headed there now."

"Two in one night?"

"Yeah"

"Where is the second bank?"

"In Hell's Kitchen"

He heard Fury sigh in annoyance "Just be careful"

"You got it"

Peter ended the call and he took a deep breath, what was he getting himself into?

He spent the next five minutes heading toward the bank, he was on the side of a building as he stared down at the bank. He took a deep breath, he jumped to the roof and landed softly. He walked toward the ventilation system again, he sighed a she pulled the grate off and climbed into it. He was spending his night in a vent, great. Peter was in more of a hurry this time, he came close to the opening that would lead him to the main room. He looked down from the vent, he saw that the glass hadn't been broken, it was actually not even touched. Peter sighed, he put his hand on the grate, but he stopped himself. Now without a doubt it was a trap, he shook his head, not worth getting killed over, he slowly made his way back to the roof.

He came to the exit and climbed out of it, he placed his feet on the roof and he put the grate back and he exhaled. "You're dressed oddly for a bank robber" he heard a man's voice say.

Peter froze and he rolled his eyes, great now who was he going to meet tonight? He turned around and he saw the dark silhouette of a man standing by the water tower. He saw that he was in a dark red suit. Peter sighed and nodded "Well I'm not a bank robber"

"Funny you say that, and you just came out of the bank"

"Well I was searching the place"

"What for?"

"Someone" Peter knew he had to choose his words wisely

The man listened carefully and he could tell that the guy's dressed weirdly, his heart was elevated. Peter sighed "You probably think I'm lying"

"I do"

"Well I ran into a bank robber earlier tonight and I had a tracker planted on her and it led me here, so"

"Long way to come for one bank robber"

"Isn't that all it takes?"

The man made a small noise of agreement. Peter took a step forward "So you going to stare at me all night, because I'm not in the mood and honestly, I need to be going"

"Just stay away from here"

"Why, because it's dangerous?"

"Yes"

"Well I'm tired of people telling me what I am not allowed to do"

"Maybe you should listen to them"

"Maybe, but what if you knew that you could do something and that you had the power to do it?"

"Just because you have the power to do it, doesn't mean you should"

Peter sighed "Well I'll leave this area for you, you seem in love with it anyway, hate to charge in on a man's territory."

Peter got to the edge of the building when he felt his head buzz and he turned and caught a baton. He looked at it and he tossed it to the ground "Yeah, try harder"

Peter jumped off the roof and fired a web, he swung upward and he left the man standing on the roof. Peter was soon out of Hell's Kitchen and back on a building, he seemed to be spending his time on roofs. He placed his hands on the side of the building and exhaled, he was tired, and annoyed. A soft chuckle came behind him, he turned around and Felicia was standing behind him, she was leaning against the water tower. She was smiling and Peter swallowed, he was frustrated. "Well look who it is" he said

"Fun that you were tracking me for a few hours, made it exciting"

Peter walked forward "You seem to not want to quit"

"Like I said, a girl's got to eat"

He nodded turning back toward the railing "Well you can get going"

Felicia frowned "Well it seems playtime is over"

"I have a feeling you never stop playing"

Felicia walked up close to him, Peter frowned and turned around, and she was close, a little too close. "What are you doing?"

She sighed "Trying to figure you out"

"Well I want to stop crime, that's all you need to know"

Felicia nodded and turned around "Well I guess we'll be seeing more of each other"

Peter exhaled "Yeah, stop robbing places"

"I burgle"

"Whatever"

"And no, I get by, by burgling"

"Well, have you ever tried doing something honest?"

Felicia turned toward him and she got close, their faces were close and she ran her fingers up his chest "I am honest"

Peter felt her soft fingers travel up his chest and off of his shoulder "You still steal"

"You make it sound bad"

"It's breaking the law"

"Rules, they were made to be broken"

Peter scoffed "You seem to have that mentality"

Felicia smiled "Thank you"

Peter watched as her chest expanded as she breathed, it made her breasts press harder against her tight suit. Peter saw her look at him seductively and smirk "Looking for something Spider?"

Peter looked at her and he was clearly embarrassed, but he hid it from his voice "It seems I found it, someone breaking the law"

"So the lawful against the unlawful, sounds exciting" she said, their faces inches apart

Felicia wondered who was under that mask, she moved her fingers over his chest again and she felt the large spider logo, she smirked "See you around Spider"

Peter watched her run off and disappear over the edge of the roof, he stood there alone. He took a deep breath, he could tell he was going to be seeing more of her in the future. Peter turned around and he felt something odd, he grabbed his shoulder and pulled off a small tracker, but it wasn't his. He looked at his phone and he saw the red dot moving and then it stood still. It was behind him, he turned around and he saw Felicia standing on a roof across the way and she was smiling. Peter looked at the small tracker in his hand and he looked back up and she was gone.

Peter crushed the tracker with his fingers and he ran and jumped off the roof and flew down toward the traffic and fired a web, he caught himself and swung forward, off on the prowl for any other punk trying to do something stupid.

Steve

Scott was scanning and reading the schematics and he looked back and Steve was standing with his arms crossed, he was waiting for Scott to be ready. He could tell that Steve was ready to move out at any time. Scott was going as fast as he could, Sam was by the door and he was staring at his phone.

Vision stood next to Wanda and he was patently waiting, Wanda had her hand in his, he looked down at her. She gazed up at him, he took a deep breath that he didn't really need. "You good?" she asked

"I am functioning normally"

Wanda smirked "Maybe we need to teach you how to talk"

Vision looked at her "Am I doing it again?"

"Yes"

Vision nodded "Ok, I will try not to"

"You're getting there"

"Well who knew talking would be so difficult"

Wanda chuckled "Well at least you're not questioned by it when it happens"

"That almost makes it seem worse"

"Why?"

"Well I guess the fact that I am trying to talk like you, but no one corrects me when I mess up"

"Well, I correct you"

Vision nodded "You do"

Wanda placed her hand on his face, even though he was made out of metal, he was warm to the touch, maybe there were so many thing going on up there that it kept the metal warm, or he was doing it as a choice. Either way she liked it.

Fury hung up a phone and walked past them, Vision eyed him closely and watched as Fury stood next to Steve.

Steve looked at Fury "Everything ok?"

Fury sighed "It's nothing"

"Nick"

Fury sighed, he knew that Steve wanted to know either way "Parker is causing some trouble"

"Like what?" Steve asked instantly concerned

"Well a bank he went to stop from being robbed was basically blown up"

"Any casualties?"

"None, but the police saw Spider Man fleeing the scene, they think it's him"

"He's been around a while though"

"He was never on good terms with them"

Steve sighed "Nick, you and I both know that we can't really get involved. He has to figure it out himself"

"I know"

"Parker may be sixteen, but doing this is going to have to force him to grow up, and fast"

"I'm just trying to keep him away from going after Niko"

"Don't push too hard, he may just come"

Fury nodded "I just want him to become more experienced"

"I had to learn as I went, Parker is a smart kid he'll be ok"

"Yeah, but he might bring more problems than we thought he would"

Steve sighed "Parker is not part of the Avengers Nick, he wants to do this with or without us, we can't stop him, all we can do is support him"

Nick nodded "As long as he just stays to New York, work on becoming established there, and maybe in a few years, he can come into this"

Steve nodded "It sounds good, but Nick, you and I both know sometimes that's just not how it works"

Fury sighed "yeah I noticed, so Niko how close is the bastard?"

"Close, he's not moving either"

"Maybe he knows he can't"

"Maybe, Niko always has a plan though"

"His plan might be to kill one of you as he goes out"

"I wouldn't put it past him"

"When you do attack this base, who's going after Niko?"

"Me"

"Well you better not get killed"

Steve chuckled "I don't plan on it"

They both looked around and Scott was smiling at them, Steve raised his eyebrows "You get in?"

"You bet I did, there is a piping system that leads into the base, I can go through the pipe and get into the base, I will disarm the turrets and feed any more Intel that I get, and I will also find Bucky"

Steve nodded "You need any last minute things to do?"

"Just get me in position"

"Ok then" Steve nodded, his heart was racing. Finally they were going to go get Bucky. He raised his voice "Ok everyone knows the plan, move out!"

The entire room moved, Steve watched them all leave, Natasha was standing at the door and so was Scott. Steve walked toward them, "You're with us" he said while passing.

Natasha and Scott followed Steve out of the room and down the hall. The entire facility was buzzing as they all left the building and the Quinjets started to rise off the ground. Steve climbed into the pilot seat and brought the Quinjet to life. Natasha was standing behind him and Scott was taking deep breathes. Steve had his shield next to him and he saw that Natasha had the gauntlet on her wrist, he smirked and the Quinjet rose off the ground. Snow was blowing furiously, Steve hit the thrusters. The Quinjet flew forward. Steve had a headset on "Ok everyone I will give the order to move in once Scott has the turrets offline"

The line of Quinjets flew toward the north of New York and they were headed toward the base, Niko was now stuck in a corner and had nowhere to go.

Alexie

The defenses were up, and now they were just waiting, a blizzard had blown in an hour ago. The sky was hard to see and the snow made it difficult to see ten feet in front of them. Alexie was standing in a control room, he knew what was going to happen, and it was all part of the plan. He was finally going to get to play his part after tonight. He had been waiting for this for a long time.

The men were ready to play there part as well, Zemo had left some soldiers behind, but otherwise it was all Niko's men. They all knew the plan and they were ready to die for it. Alexie was prepared to die for it, but not before his part was over. He knew that they were not going to be able to stop the Avengers, the plan wasn't to stop them it was to delay them. Alexie did not know if they would kill any of them, but he knew that if they tried to come in from the air, then they would be nothing but ruble in the snow. Alexie knew what to do, but he may die before he gets to, but he just needs to see it, that's all he needs.

Bucky opened his eyes and he knew that his ribs were slightly healed, but he was still weak, he wasn't going to be able to fight, so he was just going to hinder them as they carried him out, he didn't doubt them finding him and getting him out, he doubted himself not being able to make it. Niko was standing now, it almost seemed like he knew what was going on, as if he knew what was going to happen.

Steve

They were in position, and Steve was making the Quinjet climb in altitude. They had the perfect cover from the blizzard, he just needed to get close enough. Natasha was helping Scott with his chute. Scott took a deep breath, Natasha looked at him "Not going to faint are you?"

"No, just last time I did this I was riding on an ant"

"Well just don't miss"

Scott looked at her "Thanks"

Natasha smirked "Not the right is the main, the left is the spare"

Scott looked at his shoulders "Got it"

Steve knew he was above the base and out beyond the cliff "Scott, drop in one"

Scott nodded and he looked at Natasha "Show time" he clicked his mask down and he walked toward the ramp. Steve hit the release and the ramp opened. Cold air instantly filled the Quinjet and Steve shivered, Natasha had her hand on his shoulder and Scott looked back at them. He nodded and ran forward, he jumped out and fell down through the air.

Steve closed the ramp and he began making his move back towards the others.

Scott kept his breathing under control. He wasn't used to it just being him. He kept his arms tight at his side. He flew down like a bullet, at least he wasn't really feeling the cold air, another pro for the suit. He was half blind from the snow, but he could see the lights coming from the base. He knew he was heading toward the cliff, that's where he needed to go. The world was becoming closer and closer, Scott took a deep breath and pulled his chute, he stopped and he felt his body shoot forward and then be sucked back upward. He felt the straps press into his shoulders. He did his best to aim himself toward the pipe, he could barely see it. He was coming upon it fast and he knew that he was going to have to shrink to fit.

He hit the button and he shrunk, he came out of the straps as the large chute fell away. He saw the edge of the pipe flying toward him, he put his hand out and grabbed it and he almost slipped and let go, but his other hand caught him. He looked down and took a deep breath. He pulled himself up and he stared down the large pipe that he now had to go through. He shook his head "I'm in"

"Ok, keep us updated" he heard Steve's voice in his ear

Scott began walking forward, he saw the pipe becoming smaller it was good that he was small. He began a light jog, he kept at a steady pace he didn't want to take too long. He saw the pipe begin to angle upward, he turned the jog into a sprint and he jumped up and grabbed the edge of the piping. He pulled himself up and looked up. He saw that he had a bit to go. "Stay patient guys"

Bucky

Bucky was pulled forward, Niko held him up and their faces were close "The time is close" Niko seemed to be losing his mind, Bucky slowly closed his eyes. Niko shook him "Stay awake Barnes, not yet"

Bucky swallowed, his throat was dry, everything felt slow, he wasn't going to make it much longer. Niko saw that blood was leaking from Bucky's side. Niko pushed him back to his knees. Bucky grimaced as his side burned, Niko looked up at the ceiling "They are coming"

Bucky shook his head "I should have stopped them"

Niko looked down at him, he knelt down "Stopped them?" he scoffed "No you let them, you wanted them to do this"

Bucky shook his head "I never wanted any of this" he breathed

Niko shook his head "No, you trained me for this, every moment you spent teaching and guiding me has brought us to this moment. You had a part in this"

"Yes, but if I knew what was going on I wouldn't have done it!" Bucky snapped, and he felt even more tired after yelling.

Niko chuckled "If you didn't know what was going on" he said mockingly "You knew what they did to me, you knew and you did nothing"

Bucky gritted his teeth "I should have stopped them and killed you"

Niko smiled and nodded "yes, you should have"

Bucky spit in Niko's face. Niko chuckled and he stood and spun in a circle with his arms wide. "Look at us, down to the end together"

"You're insane"

"Yes, and who made me that way?"

Bucky stayed quiet and he exhaled, his ribs ached and he felt even colder. Niko chuckled "You think this is the main event? No this is just the beginning"

Bucky exhaled "I am sorry"

Niko looked at him and nodded "I know" Niko turned away and he walked across the room "But I'm not"

Scott

Scott came to the exit, he was a little out of breath, he kicked the opening and it flew across the ground. Scott ran out of the piping and he was in the middle of the courtyard. Lights were moving and men were moving quickly toward defense positions. Scott looked around and he saw the turrets, there were five of them. "I have the turrets in sight, just give me a little more time"

"Just do it right" Steve said

Scott made himself grow and he ran across the courtyard and he slid across the snow covered ground and he went behind a truck. He shrunk and jumped up the wheel and onto the hood. He ran up the glass hill and leapt upward, landing on the top of the truck, he ran across and jumped over to where the turrets were. He landed on one and he looked down the long barrel "Ok, just need to find a way inside"

Scott saw an opening, he jumped into it he slid down a long metal wall. He landed and he looked at a large blue glowing energy core. "Well this looks complicated"

"What is it?" Steve asked

"Oh just have to crack the glass to this energy source, they will be able to fire off a few rounds, but once it heats up, the glass will crack more and break"

"Let me know when it's done"

"Will do" Scott ran forward and punched the glass and a large crack ran up the glass wall that held the blue energy. He nodded, now he just needed to take out four more.

Clint

Clint was used to the cold air by now, Allen was lying on the floor of the Quinjet and he had a large rifle in his arms. Clint nodded to the pilot and walked over to Allen "You got eyes on?"

Allen chuckled "yeah a lovely guy who has no idea that I'm looking right at him"

Clint nodded "Wait till Cap's order"

"Will do, just hope the wind doesn't change"

Clint sighed and went to the crate along the wall. He grabbed his bow and flicked it open. Allen chuckled "Still using that bow?"

"What?"

"Nothing just thought you would have upgraded to a gun by now"

"The bow is just fine"

Allen chuckled "Well whenever you want to get wise, let me know"

"I think not"

Allen chuckled and he frowned "Shit"

"What?"

"The damn wind changed, this is going to be a little harder"

"Do you want me to take over?"

"Just do you thin Barton and I'll do mine"

Clint nodded and sighed frustrated "They give me the idiot"

"I can hear you"

"You were meant to"

Allen chuckled.

Clint waked back toward the pilot and shook his head "Be ready to move in when I tell you to"

"You got it"

"Ok Scott has the guns offline, Allen start the show by silently taking out a few guards"

Allen nodded "You got it" he aimed and fired, the bullet flew past the snow flakes and hit a man in the throat. Allen aimed and shot another one, hitting this one in the eye. Allen aimed and fired again. He fired again and he missed the target by a few inches "Damn wind" he said and fired again and hit the man in the forehead.

"One side guard down, go in before they notice that their boys are down"

Steve

Steve hit the thrusters and the Quinjet flew forward "Move in"

The Quinjets flew in a line formation and they were headed straight for the base. Steve saw the base getting closer and then he saw blue energy blasts come up from the forest. Steve jerked the Quinjet to the right and rolled, he dodged six shots "They have guns in the forest, Tony"

"Got it"

Toy flew down and broke through the trees and landed, he slid across the ground and fired. He hit two men and he kicked another. He ignited his thruster and flew up, Rhodey flew in and fired a line and took out two turrets. "Good one" Tony said dodging a blast and fired his repulsors and destroying a turret. "I think they know we're here" Rhodey said

"Yeah well" Tony was blasted out of the sky and hit the ground. He rolled over and got to his knee, he fired and took out another man as he ran forward firing. Tony flew up and continued onward up the forest toward the base.

Steve banked to the right, he felt Natasha's hand on his shoulder, and he gritted his teeth and rolled the Quinjet. "Got to get close" he said to himself.

Tony saw a Quinjet roll and he flew close to it and he saw turrets locked onto it, he flew down and launched a barrage of missiles and lit up the woods. Steve felt the Quinjet jerk as a bolt of energy hit it in the engine. Steve fought the shaking controls, "Nat hold on"

Natasha grabbed a handle on the wall and she braced. Steve aimed the Quinjet for the base's wall. He unhooked himself from the pilot seat and hit the manual release. Jumping back, he grabbed Natasha's hand and they both flew out of the Quinjet, Steve held the shield up and they hit the ground and they slid across the snow. The Quinjet turned and flew into the wall, a large fire ball erupted forth and smoke shot outward.

They came to a stop, Natasha was lying on top of him. She breathed and looked up, "you ok?' Steve asked

"Yeah, let's not do that again"

Steve watched as she stood and he got to his feet. Two spot lights came to life and they shined on them both "Um Steve"

Steve ran forward and he held his shield up high and Natasha ran with him. Bullets sprayed down and hit the ground making snow and dirt fly into the air. Bullets hit the shield and sounded like rocks hitting a piece of metal. They both ran forward, Natasha saw that the wall was getting closer. Steve saw what she wanted to do "Now!"

Natasha aimed and fired her grappling hook and she flew forward and grabbed the top of the wall. They still fired at Steve and Natasha climbed over the wall and landed. She saw a line of soldiers and she pulled out her pistols and fired. They turned and they saw Natasha, but they hit the ground as soon as they saw her. Natasha heard one behind her, she moved and grabbed his hand and twisted it she kicked him in the head and twisted. She brought her leg around and hit the back of his head and brought him to the ground.

Natasha put one of her pistols away and fired at a soldier in a watchtower, he fell over the railing and smacked into the ground. Natasha turned, there were six more soldiers with their weapons trained on her. She activated the hologram shield and put it in front of her as they fired. The blasts of energy were reflected and absorbed into the hologram. She glanced to the left and a shield came up through the snow filled air and hit a soldier in the chest, launching him off the wall. Steve pulled himself up and disarmed a soldier and tossed the gun back toward her. She deactivated the shield and caught the gun, she aimed and fired.

Steve kicked a soldier over the wall, he blocked a punch and jumped he twisted through the air and hit the man in the face. He hit the ground, and Steve punched another soldier and he blocked a blast of energy with his shield and he shoved him and he opened his arms, Steve kicked backwards and he flew back and landed on his back. Steve threw his shield, it hit the wall and bounced off and hit a soldier behind Natasha. She picked up his shield and walked toward him. "That was fun though"

Steve took the shield from her hands, "Let's keep moving"

More soldiers ran toward them, Steve aimed and was about to throw his shield and Sam flew down and twisted through the air, he kicked two soldiers and landed on his feet. He pulled out his machine pistol and fired, killing three more. Sam reloaded the gun and he blocked a punch, and countered with a kick to the ribs. He stood to his full height and he turned around, he stared up at them "We got this, find Bucky"

Steve nodded, Natasha looked at him "Good luck"

Steve gave her a long look and he ran toward the main building. Natasha jumped down off the wall and rolled as her feet hit the ground. She came up and she held the gun close. Sam looked at her "Stark and Rhodey are busy with the turrets in the forest."

"Well then, time we just deal with these assholes"

Clint

The Quinjet banked, Clint held on and he grunted in annoyance as the Quinjet had to quickly jerk to the left to dodge a blast of energy. Allen was standing on the ramp and holding onto the handle. He had his rifle in one hand, he aimed it and fired. The bullet grazed a soldier, Allen tossed the gun back and he pulled out his pistol and fired. Clint knew they were above the base, they weren't that high off the ground either. Clint took a deep breath and he ran forward. He jumped out of the Quinjet, he felt the cold air go past him, he landed on the ground, and he rolled. He hit the ground hard and he landed on his back. Clint groaned, he stood up and drew an arrow and fired.

Allen saw soldiers starting to surround the archer, He cursed under his breath, and he grabbed a rifle and jumped down. He landed, his legs buckled and he fell to the ground. He quickly brought the gun up and fired at a group of soldiers marching toward him. Allen stood and walked backwards. He bumped into Clint, they were surrounded. Allen scoffed "They should have brought more"

Clint sighed, that statement reminded him of Thor "You are beginning to remind me of someone"

Allen fired, he hit four of them, Clint fired an arrow, it hit a main in the chest and I opened and six bullets shot outward, it hit two others. Allen rolled across the ground and shot a soldier in the gut, he kicked him in the face as he stood. Clint kicked a gun out of a soldier's hands, he wrapped the bow string around his neck and brought him around. The soldier stumbled forward, Allen kicked him to the ground and shot him.

Allen ducked a punch and he countered with a barrel of the gun going into the soldier's ribs. He yelled in pain, Allen pulled the barrel out of him and brought the gun around, he hit the soldier across the face with the stock of the rifle. Clint turned and he saw Vision land and punch two soldiers. He blasted four more with the large yellow bean from his head. Wanda blocked a punch and moved her hand over the soldier's face and his eyes glowed red, he brought his gun up and began firing at his own teammates. Vision kicked a soldier and stopped one's hand and crushed it. He yelled in pain and Vision blasted him.

Clint never noticed how ruthless Vision was, He ducked a kick and he grabbed an arrow and stabbed him in the ribs and twisted it. The arrow head beeped and then exploded. The man groaned and he fell to the ground with his organs turned to mush. Clint fired another arrow and hit a soldier in the throat.

Tony landed, he hit a soldier and fired at another. A Quinjet flew over and fired, the large rounds blew up three trucks, taking six soldiers with it. Tony looked over at Clint "Where's Cap?"

"No idea"

Rhodey landed and kicked a soldier, he looked at Tony "Sam and Natasha are in the other courtyard"

"Cap?"

"Didn't see him"

"He must be going after Niko, Scott?"

Rhodey shook his head.

Tony looked over as he heard screams and grunts of pain, he saw seven soldiers flying across the ground and they seemed to be flying around. Scott grew and he jumped on another soldier and brought him down and broke his arm. Scott stood and kicked him across the face, he turned and the Avengers were standing there looking at him. "Hey, I found Bucky"

"Where is he?"

"Niko has him a few levels down"

"Where's Steve"

"Just ran into him, he said to get up top"

Tony nodded "You guys deal with these guys, I'll go help Steve"

Scott watched as Tony walked past him, Rhodey saw more soldiers filing out of the main building "Let's go"

Natasha

Natasha hung onto the soldier, her leg was wrapped around his neck, she shocked him and she rolled across the ground, she hit another soldier in the gut, she came up and hit him in the throat with a quick jab. Sam shot three more, the courtyard was now empty. Natasha saw a soldier moving and she grabbed a gun and smacked him across the face. "Sam"

Sam turned to face her "If you want to catch up to Steve, now would be the time"

Natasha nodded "You got this?"

Sam nodded as he saw more soldiers "Yeah, go"

Natasha ran toward the door that she saw Steve run into, Sam fired his machine pistol and it ran out of ammo. He activated his wings and flew up into the air. He came back down as they fired at him, he spun and his wings hit two soldiers, he kicked one and he deactivated his wings and he rolled across the ground. He came up and punched a soldier in the face, he dodged a blow and countered with a kick to the man's stomach.

Natasha leapt over a railing and landed, she stood and it was quiet. She pulled out her pistol and began to walk forward. She rounded a corner and she saw seven soldiers lying on the floor, Steve must have come this way. She picked up the pace and lightly jogged forward. She came to stairs and she began to descend them. She heard gunfire and screams of pain, she ran and she saw a door and the bright flashes of the muzzles. She went through the door and she saw four soldiers, she fired at them, Steve flipped one and he smacked another with his shield. Natasha reloaded her pistol and she saw the last soldier creeping up from the darkness and she aimed, she fired and a hand grabbed her gun and lifted it high. She looked to the right and it was Niko's lackey, Alexie. She hit him three times in quick succession and he blocked her fourth strike. Steve threw his shield and hit the soldier that Natasha was aiming for. He saw Alexie and Natasha fighting and he ran over, Alexie hit Natasha in the gut and then he saw a blue blur and then a metal shield hit him in the face, he flew into the wall and hit the floor unconscious.

Natasha was catching her breath from getting the wind knocked out of her. Steve looked at her with concern "You good?"

"Yeah, let's go get him"

Steve nodded and he looked toward a stairway that led to a metal door. Steve skipped steps as he ran down the, he got to the door and he pushed the door open, He rolled forward and he saw Niko standing there with Bucky in front of him. He had a gun to Bucky's head.

"Steady soldier" Niko said smiling

Natasha came into the room and aimed her pistol at Niko, Niko pressed the pistol into Bucky's head "Easy Natalia"

Natasha didn't lower her gun, but she didn't fire. Steve stood and he took a step forward, Niko clicked the hammer back on the pistol. Bucky groaned and his eyes opened, he saw Steve and Natasha standing in front of him "Steve?' he asked weakly

"It's me Buck" Steve said

Bucky gave him a weak smile "took you long enough"

"You're not out of it yet"

Niko chuckled "Your dear friend is dying Captain"

"Well you'll be in the ground soon, so your worries are almost over"

"Worries? No, I'm not worried"

Steve took a breath and he heard a loud rumbling, he frowned. Niko heard it to, it was coming from behind him. He turned to look and Tony blasted through the wall and he rolled across the floor and grabbed Niko and pulled the gun out of his hand, Bucky stood for a second and fell to the floor. Steve ran forward and he knelt down and brought Bucky around "You look different" Bucky said weakly

"I could say the same to you"

Natasha walked forward and she still had her gun aimed at Niko, snow was now blowing into the large room. Niko had Tony's arm around his throat and he chuckled "You got me"

Tony sighed "Well you just had to keep hiding"

Niko laughed "Mr. Stark, I believe we have never met"

Tony frowned and Niko buckled backward and pulled out a knife and stabbed Tony in the shoulder. Tony groaned in pain and Niko grabbed his pistol off the ground and he aimed it at Steve. Natasha pressed the trigger, but Alexie tackled her to the ground and her gun slid across the ground and hit a piece of ruble. Alexie put his arm around Natasha's neck and held a knife at her ribs. Steve looked and Niko chuckled "Look at that, just you"

Steve stood and then he heard a forced breath "No, you forgot about me"

Niko looked and Bucky had Natasha's pistol and he fired at him. Six bullets hit Niko in the chest and he stumbled back and he fell out of the large hole in the wall and fell down the cliff and hit the bottom. Bucky knew he had one more bullet and he aimed and shot Alexie in the thigh and he let go of Natasha, and she punched him in the face knocking him out.

Bucky dropped Natasha's pistol and he groaned "Steve?"

Steve knelt down and he took Bucky's hand in his "Lie still, you're going home"

"Home?" Bucky asked as if he didn't believe it.

Steve nodded "Yeah, you'll see Hill"

"Maria?" Bucky asked and he looked at Steve.

Steve nodded, Bucky smirked "She's going to kill me" he coughed the last word and blood splattered onto his chin. Steve saw Bucky looking past him "Buck, stay with me"

Bucky looked at him and he smiled "I don't see me making it" he couched and gasped

Steve held his hand tightly "No, you're going home, and you'll be alive"

Bucky smiled and he seemed out of it "Hey punk, you need to…" Bucky stopped hallway through the sentence. Steve looked at him "No, no, no. Bucky?"

Bucky coughed and he looked at Steve "I followed the guy who was too stupid to run away from a fight"

Steve smiled, Bucky spoke after he struggled to breathe "Don't do anything stupid"

Steve chuckled "How can I, you're taking all the stupid with you"

Bucky chuckled, and he closed his eyes. Steve's heart jumped and he noticed that Bucky was still gripping his hand tightly. He looked at Tony "get him back to the facility"

Tony pulled out the knife from his shoulder "I got him, see at the facility"

Steve nodded and he watched as Tony flew out of the hole in the wall and Steve turned to look at Natasha. She stood over Alexie "Well, we still have a chance at some information"

Steve nodded "Let's load him up"

Natasha put her hand on Steve's chest "He'll make it Steve"

Steve looked at her and nodded "Let's get back to the facility and start our next step"

Natasha nodded and she kissed him quickly and she saw Sam walking into the room.