Sam

The dark sky was slowly becoming less black and the clouds began to show in the slightest way. The sides and tails of the thin clouds glowed against the orange glow of the sun. The white snow began to illuminate the rays as the wind lightly blew loose snow across the ground and through the early morning air. Sam was standing at the doors of the main entrance to the facility. He saw a Quinjet flying toward the facility. He watched as long white wisps hung behind the speeding Quinjet. He saw it come in and slow down quickly and snow blew in rigid waves as the Quinjet landed. Sam saw the ramp open and slowly move downward and plant itself firmly into the ground.

Four S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents came out and Bobbi exited after them. She was in her get up, her gun was attached to her thigh and she didn't look happy either. The doors opened as they walked in, Sam stood there and he glanced back at Bucky who stood next to him. Morse walked in "Well, not the best call I got in the morning."

"We wouldn't have called if we didn't need you" Sam said

Morse looked at him and her eyes moved to Bucky "Barnes"

"Morse, thanks for coming in"

She shrugged "It was getting boring in Seattle anyway"

Sam glanced at Bucky as they began to walk toward the Operations room. Morse looked at everything they passed, it had changed a bit since she was last here. She smirked "I see Stark refurnished the place"

Sam was next to her "Yeah, he made it more like the Tower"

Bucky was leading them on their way "I believe Fury has updated you Morse?"

"A guy who dressed himself up like Captain America, killed innocents, put Rogers into a coma, and is now getting help from an unknown source" she stated

"In a nutshell, yeah" Bucky replied.

"So any leads?"

"Not really, the fact that we have video of it this time, makes the job a little easier. We know it's an Adaptoid, but we're not sure it's Yelena"

Morse shrugged "She is the only one who used them"

"They were created by A.I.M. but not for this capacity"

"You mean killing innocent people and being used by an assassin as her own personal lackeys?"

"Yeah" Sam said

They continued toward the Operations room and Morse saw Vision, Wanda, and Rhodey standing in the hallway. They followed as they walked past "Agent Morse" Rhodey said giving her a stern look.

"Colonel Rhodes" she responded

Bucky glanced at them both "We have a problem?"

"No" Morse said

Rhodey shook his head, "Tony is in the Operations room"

Bucky nodded "Is Agent Allen up to speed on the new occurrence"

"Yes James" Vision said as they came to the doors and they entered. Tony had his back to them and Natasha was sitting in the far corner, Hill was standing with her hands on her hips and she was next to Tony. Tony turned to see them "Hello Bobbi"

Morse gave him a forced smile "Well this time you're not hunting down one of our own" he said glancing at Natasha.

Natasha looked at Morse and her eyes shifted toward Tony. Morse nodded "Yeah, what do you got?"

Tony smiled "Thought you'd never ask" he walked over to the console and he typed furiously into it "I like not having to look down when I do things"

"Stark" Bucky said firmly

Tony sighed "Just saying, better for the neck"

The large screen flashed and Sean appeared onto the screen and Morse saw him grab a car and through it at Tony as he dodged it. Her eyes widened slightly "He's strong"

"Very" Rhodey said

"We could use Banner" Morse said softly

"Well he's not here right now, so just us" Tony spoke "Oh and we may need to hurry" he added

Morse glared at him "Well Yelena Belova would be the first choice"

"We agree, but I know machines from A.I.M." Tony said walking up to her "and they don't make mistakes"

Morse looked up at the new video playing, it was security feeds and she saw Bucky talking to Sean, no audio, but she watched as Bucky on the screen nodded and smiled. She never saw Bucky smile like that. "Adaptoid?" She asked

Sam nodded "Yeah, it copied Barnes wrong"

Natasha stood to her feet "His arm isn't that shiny, so this Adaptoid either has a malfunction or is newly made and has never saw Bucky in person, but by a photo. Since Bucky hasn't been seen since the incident in Moscow almost a year ago, and he hadn't been fitted with that arm he has now till a few months ago. Clearly it got something wrong"

Bucky looked at her and she gave him a small nod that no one noticed. Morse nodded "I agree with that notion, it could still be Yelena though, she may have stolen another one"

Natasha shook her head "Yelena is meticulous, she wouldn't have let this small flaw give her away, she was in this very facility for longer than five months before we caught wind of her, and that was because she acted, who knows if she just waited"

Morse tiled her head "Point taken, then who could it be?"

"Niko?" Vision asked

"Probably not" a voice said from behind them.

Natasha looked to see Clint standing there, he walked forward "I just had a lovely chat with Alexie. He doesn't know anything about Niko having Adaptoids on his roster"

"Roster?" Morse asked, frowning.

Clint noticed her confusion "Part of his allies, I quoted him"

Morse nodded "Ok, so two of the most relevant enemies we have right now and they just got marked off"

Bucky frowned "What about Zemo?"

Rhodey looked at him "We haven't found anything on Zemo in months, he doesn't seem to be the kind of guy to act out and make a mistake"

Bucky sighed "Agreed, what about Rumlow?"

Tony shook his head "Rumlow was last sited in Korea, yesterday"

"Then who could it be?"

"Have we ever thought that it might be Sean himself?" Hill asked

"He came in on his own" Vision responded

"Sean seems capable enough by himself" Allen said walking in. "He doesn't have any friends"

Morse looked at Allen "Then who the hell is he talking to?" she asked confused

"Thought of Niko anyone?" a firm voice said from the door.

Natasha looked to see Steve in a wheel chair, she stood and walked over to him "Rogers, what are you doing here?"

Steve looked at her apologetically "Lying in bed was starting to annoy me"

She sighed and Steve pushed himself forward "Anyone?" he asked again

Bucky looked at him "We ruled him out"

Steve shrugged "When has Niko ever not done something like this? He needed to make a new plan, we kind of ruined it when we saved you"

Morse took a step forward "Want us to look into if it's Niko?"

"Yes, now, Buck come with me" he said turning the wheel chair around.

Bucky walked forward and Steve glanced at Natasha "Nat" he said "Clint" he added.

Natasha and Clint followed Bucky toward Steve, Steve looked at the others "Find Niko and Yelena" he said as he wheeled himself away.

Tony looked at Sam "Well a few hours of coming out of a coma doesn't damper his activity"

"Or the broken spine" Hill added

"Well let's find those two, Bobbi, care to help me with Niko" Tony asked her

Morse nodded "Sure"

They followed Steve closely as he wheeled down the hallway, Natasha stood closest to him "Steve, your back is broken"

Steve looked at her "Just had it x-rayed, not broken anymore, just tender"

"Well, normal for you to push yourself" Bucky said sternly

Steve looked at him "I'll be fine, now we need to have a talk with Sean Richardson"

"I doubt he'll want to talk to us now" Natasha said

Steve sighed "I wanted to help him when he spoke to me"

Clint frowned "You mean when he was punching you in the face?"

"Yep" Steve answered simply as he rolled the wheels. "I was getting him to stop, and I would have. If Parker didn't fire a web at him"

Clint lowered his head with an annoyed sigh "Of course"

Steve nodded "So, maybe I can talk to him, and not in an interrogating way"

Bucky looked at Clint "Steve, he killed people"

"Me too, we've all killed people Buck. Doesn't mean we should treat him like the normal murderer. He was doing what he thought was the only to get his men commended. He may have done an act of violence, but he was desperate, I want to help him and his men"

Natasha frowned "Steve, not everyone gets forgiven"

Steve sighed "Never said I would get him out of trouble. I can at least show some kindness to someone who has been treated badly"

Natasha nodded to that and smiled slightly, he was right. Even showing some kindness to someone, it was who Steve was. They stopped as they came to the doors to the room. Natasha gave Steve a firm hand on his shoulder and he accepted it and he looked at Bucky. Bucky nodded and pressed the small console on the wall and the doors unlocked. Clint took a breath "Well, let's hope he doesn't try to break out"

The doors opened and Steve had his hands on the wheels of the chair and he pushed himself forward as the doors opened. Steve went through the doorway and he was followed by the others. Sean was laying on the floor of the containment cell. He heard the door open, he just didn't care to look. He had his head in his hands as he stared at the ceiling "So, come back to try and get more out of me? Who is it this time, Falcon?" he asked clearly enjoying his remark.

Steve smiled softly and he spoke "No, me"

Sean frowned as he heard the voice, he sat up and there he was. Captain America, in a wheel chair. Sean got to his feet and he looked rather surprised "I broke you" he said softly

Steve nodded "Yeah, you did. Impressive"

Sean saw the others "They here so I don't kill you?"

"No" Steve answered simply

Sean looked at them one by one and he focused on Steve "How's the spine?"

"Tender, next time, don't hit me with a car"

Sean smirked "Well, not like I had a choice once you lied to me"

"Lied?" Steve asked "I never lied, your temper got the better of you"

Sean shook his head "You were stalling so that kid could hit me with one of those webs"

"I didn't order or call him in, he acted on his own"

Sean scoffed "You're the leader of the Avengers, don't you control your lackeys?"

Steve raised his eyebrows "Well first, no, and second, he's not an Avenger"

"So he's a guy in tights"

Steve smiled slightly "Sure, and you're a cosplay dresser as Mr. Stark likes to say"

Sean frowned slightly "I am Captain America"

"Sure, I don't doubt it, you're not the first person that let the government experiment on during a war"

"So what is the point of this little talk?"

Steve shifted slightly in his chair, he took a breath "I would like to get your men commended"

Sean was silent, then he laughed loudly. He took a breath once he was done "Good luck"

Steve shrugged "Difficult yes, but we could at least give the families some closure and give the full story"

"Your story"

"The truth" Steve said firmly.

Sean looked at him in his wheelchair and he scoffed "Truth?" he nodded and turned around "Truth is just from a point of view"

"Not when all the facts are out"

"Facts get changed, tweaked, at the last second to move blame. Or to get out of it"

Steve nodded "Sure, when it passes through numerous departments and heads of government, but coming right from us, different"

Sean laughed at his statement "You think yourselves so different from them. They have agendas, you have agendas, and everyone has agendas"

"True"

Sean nodded "What if someone's agenda contradicts the true story, how will you stop it from changing?"

"We tell it to the families directly, in person"

Sean took a breath "That would be good, if they had families left"

"All it takes is one person to know" Steve said

"Yes and only one person to lie and forget"

Steve looked down and he could feel the annoyance of the topic, it was when the man was so cynical.

"Are you that cynical?" he asked Sean.

"Are you that naïve?" Sean asked Steve in return.

Steve took a moment and he nodded "I get it, I can be cynical, and it's very easy to be. I woke up about seventy years after I sacrificed myself for the world. I had to learn everything that happened, everything." Steve nodded and took a breath "The world is different, the people are different, but the right thing never changed, they just ignored it. Sean, I know what they did, what he did. Jim Westbrook, he killed your best friend, then tried to kill you. I get it why you're so angry, but not everyone is like him"

"Not everyone is like you either" Sean said bitterly.

Steve titled his head and agreed with a sad smirk "True, but that doesn't mean people can't inspire to be, sure we hurt one another, but that's not the whole story, it's not the truth."

Natasha looked at Steve and she blinked as she listened. Steve smiled slightly "I don't know what anyone will do, I just deal with what comes my way, I make decisions on the information I know otherwise I may make a wrong decision because I have drawn the wrong conclusion. Sean let me help you"

Sean stayed silent and he looked down and he swallowed the information and went through it in his head. He took a deep breath and he looked back at Steve "No" he said simply

Steve stared at him "I can help you"

"No you can't, you can help them, not me"

Steve understood what he meant "Sean, you always had a choice"

Sean nodded "I know, and I'm going to make mine, and I'm going to kill you all"

Steve frowned and Sean nodded "I have heard that speech before, I've heard it a thousand times. It's a beautiful lie, but nothing more, I don't deal with liars"

"You don't deal with anyone" Bucky said

Sean turned his attention to him "One to talk Winter Soldier, do you remember them all. The one you killed, do you remember taking their lives, their very body becoming still as you took the life from them?"

Bucky's lips twitched slightly and he put his metal hand into a fist. Sean smiled "You're nothing but an assassin, what good is your word? And you" he said looking at Clint.

Clint titled his head, waiting for what he was going to say "You helped a defecting KGB agent, also just so happens to be the most notorious assassin in history, and you took her in, no questions asked, you spared her life. What happened? Did she bat her pretty eyes at you, play the innocent role and get you to let her in?"

Clint stepped forward and Sean slapped his hand against the glass "What, did she give you something else, huh, what was it. Don't tell me you fell for the bitch"

Steve looked at Natasha and she was emotionless, he could tell she was turning it all off. Clint was not so in control "Shut your mouth" he snapped.

Sean laughed "Did she give you something, huh, she let you fuck her, give you a blowjob, what. You disobeyed orders, what so great that stopped you from killing her?"

Clint got close to the glass and Sean laughed at him "Don't talk about her that way" Clint said, his knuckles turning white.

Sean smiled and looked at Natasha and he nodded "There she is, not emotion, nothing. And that's all she is, nothing!" he yelled "SHE IS NOTHING BUT A MUDERERING WHORE WHO DESERVES TO DIE!"

Everything was in slow motion, Natasha frowned slowly as she heard the words, she saw Bucky standing there calmly and Clint was furious, but Steve wasn't in the wheel chair anymore. Steve hit the glass and Sean stumbled back as he saw him lung at him. Steve's face was red with anger and his white teeth were in a scary snarl "Shut your mouth, you miserable brat" he growled.

Sean laughed at him "Defending a murderer, it's all you ever do"

"YOU, shut up, I am tired of hearing you speak" Steve snarled at him. Sean became silent as he saw his expression. Steve stood against the glass and he looked at Sean "You say one more thing about anyone in this room, I will rip your fucking throat out!"

Sean was prepared to hear him say that. No one was, Bucky looked at Steve in surprise and Clint took a step back. Natasha took a step forward and put her hand on Steve's shoulder. Steve looked at her and she could see the pain in his eyes, she stepped back, he said those words, but his eyes told an entire different story. She clenched her teeth together and she saw his blue eyes were filled with tears, but they weren't, he looked like he could cry, but no tears showed themselves. Steve looked back at Sean "I'm done, rot in this cell. Do not insult her again"

Sean swallowed as he stared at him in shock, he straightened up "Liar" he said softly

Steve looked at him and his eyes made Sean suddenly feel sad. Steve shook his head, he didn't have to say anything, and his eyes told Sean enough. Steve's eyes shifted and he took a deep breath and he stepped back and he almost stumbled as Clint helped him back into the wheel chair. Steve took a deep breath and he looked at Sean and he shook his head and turned around and pushed himself towards the door. They looked at Sean and followed Steve, they left and Sean watched the doors close. He took a deep breath, he sat down and he didn't know why, but seeing what he just did, he didn't like it. He was taught better than that, he strove to be better than that. He never should have said those things. He never would have said those things, his mother would be furious with him, she taught him better than that. Sean rubbed his eyes as he felt ashamed of what he had fallen into.

The hallway was silent as they stood in it. Steve had his back to them and he was staring at the floor. Clint took a deep breath and he could feel the tension, he looked at Bucky and gave him a small shrug and began to walk away. Steve could hear his footsteps "Clint" he said softly.

Clint stopped "Yeah Steve?"

"Go get an update from Morse"

Clint nodded, Bucky took a breath "I'll go with him"

Steve didn't say anything and they walked away, leaving him and Natasha in the long empty hallway. Natasha was a good distance from Steve and she looked at him, his head was hung low and his blonde hair was glowing slightly from the lights. Steve sat there quietly and he took a deep breath. He never should have snapped, he should have held back better. He knew Natasha was behind him, but he knew she wasn't moving either. Natasha took a step forward and she hesitated slightly as she saw his head lift slightly. Steve hung his head again and she moved forward, her boots clicking against the floor softly. Steve moved his hands and pushed himself forward, Natasha paused as he moved away from her. She followed him and she got close and she grabbed the back of his wheelchair and stopped him. Steve took his hands off the wheels and he sat against the back of the chair. He took a deep breath, Natasha leaned down "Let me help soldier" she said with a smile.

Steve nodded and she pushed him forward, she went toward their quarters and Steve was silent the entire time. She didn't mind either, she wasn't expecting him to say anything. She knew he hated yelling at anyone. Especially as venomous as he just did. They rounded a few corners and went down another long hallway then they were at the doors of their quarters. The door opened and Natasha pushed Steve into the room, it was dark and she kept it that way. She walked over to the bed and she placed him toward it, she let go of the back of his wheel chair and she went and had the door lock. She turned to see Steve looking at her, she could still see his features in the dim light.

She walked forward and she took a seat in front of him on the bed, she looked at him and didn't say anything. Steve didn't seem to mind. She put her hand on his and she lightly squeezed it. Steve took her hand and held it tightly, he looked up at her and he bit his lips slightly "Sorry" he said

Natasha titled her head "Nothing to be sorry about"

Steve shook his head "I shouldn't have snapped"

She looked down and she looked back at him "Hey, no one is upset with you"

"I am" he said

"You shouldn't be"

"I should, I just couldn't hear him say one more thing about you"

"You scared the crap out of him, who knows what I would have did if he started saying things about you"

"The cell would have been destroyed" Steve said

Natasha nodded "Probably"

Steve smiled softly "Sorry for snapping"

Natasha shrugged "I think I can forgive you"

Steve smiled and nodded "I want to help him"

"Sometimes people just don't want help"

He nodded and he took a deep breath "If you could be so kind and to help me on the bed" he said

Natasha smiled and got to her feet and she took his hands and pulled on him, she strained her arms as he stood and kind of fell over onto the bed. She couldn't help but snicker at him. Steve moved himself and he grimaced slightly and he got onto his back and he placed his head onto the pillow. Natasha climbed over him and she laid down beside him. She snuggled close and she felt his arm move around her. She moved slightly "I'm not hurting you are I?" she asked.

Steve shook his head "Come here" he said.

Natasha did what he said and he pulled her into a warm embrace and held her tightly and he took a deep breath "I love you" he said softly.

Natasha smiled and she closed her eyes and let her mind and body feel him touch her. His arms around her and his hands holding her tightly, but tenderly. She took a deep breath and she smelled him, the trade mark spear mint was there. She looked at him "I love you" she said

Steve put his cheek against her and he moved his hand up and lightly ran it through her red curls. He took a deep breath and he loved having her so close, he didn't want to let her go, he wanted to hold her forever. Natasha burning her face into his shirt, she looked up at him and she took a deep breath "Steve?" she asked

He looked at her and he gave her the indication that he was listening. She pushed herself up slightly "Do you like burgers?"

Steve frowned in confusion "Nat, we've eaten burgers before"

Natasha nodded and she smiled "Well good, because I know this great diner in Brooklyn"

Steve nodded "Yeah"

"Well what do you say that I take you out?"

Steve chuckled "We're a little busy for a date Nat"

"I know, just when everything cools down"

Steve smiled "Ok, you got a deal. So the number six with no carrots"

Natasha smiled at him "Yes the number six with no carrots" she said and gave him a kiss. Steve chuckled as he kissed her back, she smiled and he was kissing her teeth and he smiled and she kissed his. Steve shook his head "Let's get through this first"

Natasha looked at him and he moved his hand lightly across her cheek and moved one of her red curls out of her face. She nodded "Deal".

Author's Note: What do you guys thing is going to happen?