Steve

Through the facility, everyone was busy. The hallways were quiet, in fact in their quarters, there wasn't a noise to be heard. Steve stared up at the ceiling, his eyes blinked every so often, he was holding Natasha close as her head was against his chest. He had her hand in his and he took a deep breath. His thoughts drifted to his coma, his dream. How real it felt, but he knew it wasn't. He didn't know why his mind decided to make up a life for himself, he didn't really understand it. He didn't even know if he was supposed to. All he knew was that he didn't want the life he had made up. In fact he didn't know why he wouldn't, but he wasn't the same guy that flew that bomber into the ice. He wanted different things, Natasha was one of those.

Steve took a deep breath and turned his thoughts away from the fiction and looked at Natasha, her red hair was resting on his shoulder and he smiled slightly as he felt her legs against him. His hands moved slightly and he felt her shift in his arm. Her hair moved as her head slowly lifted and she looked at him. Steve gave her a small smile "Hi" he said softly

Natasha stared right at him, she didn't say anything. Her eyes were all he needed. He stared into them and he slowly began to lose himself in them. The brilliant emerald seemed to almost glow, he moved his head and placed his forehead against hers. He looked at her and he could feel her breath lightly brushing against his chin. He slowly breathed, almost holding in his breath. Natasha closed her eyes and she nuzzled closer to him, he moved his left arm and wrapped it around her waist and pulled her closer. Her body against his, her warm smooth skin hidden behind her jeans. He moved his hand and lightly rubbed it down her thigh. Natasha smiled softly as he moved his hand back up and brushed against her ass. He moved his hand to her waist and he lightly touched her skin under her shirt and he moved his hand back down. Natasha smirked "Having fun?"

Steve smirked "a little" he answered

She smirked as her eyes stayed closed as she felt his hand slowly move down her thigh, his fingers spread wide and lightly brushing against her jeans and it tickled her thigh. She didn't want him to stop, having him touch her was nice, and she didn't want to stop him. His hand came back up and grabbed her ass again. She opened her eyes and she moved her hand up to his chest and she placed her palm over his heart and she felt it beat strongly against her hand. She kept her eyes on him and she moved slightly and their lips touched. Steve felt her warm mouth against his, her soft lips touching his own. He moved his hand to her waist and pulled her closer, her body pressed against his firmly. He felt his heart beat strongly and his ears become warm and he felt light headed. Natasha kept her hand on his heart and she could feel the quickened pace, she took a breath and his hand grabbed her ass again. Steve opened his mouth slightly and he felt her tongue enter his mouth and lightly move against his lips and teeth. His tongue moved forward and lightly touched hers. Steve felt like he was somewhere else, her leg moved slightly and it went over his leg and placed itself between his. He held her close, he felt a lot better than he did a few hours ago.

Steve pulled her on top of him, Natasha sat on his waist, she wasn't sure if she was hurting him or not. Steve didn't seem to mind as he moved his hands down her back and grabbed her ass tightly. She felt his tongue caress hers and she tasted his lips. Steve didn't feel any pain, far from it, his heart was going crazy and his hands moved up her body. Natasha pulled away from him and she leaned back and she moaned as his hands moved to her waist and slowly moved to her lower pelvis. His hand moved up and he had his hand over her smooth stomach. Natasha put her hands on his thighs and she supported herself, Steve's hand moved up from her stomach and he moved his hand through her breasts and he lightly grabbed her by the throat. Natasha felt his warm and loving hand lightly gripping her throat, her eyes opened and she looked down at him.

Steve felt her move slightly and she rubbed against him. Natasha shifted her hips and she lightly rubbed her crouch against his. She wasn't choosing to do that, his other hand grabbed her breast and her initial reaction was to move. Steve took his hand way from her throat and he grabbed both her breasts. Natasha moved her hands and she grabbed his wrists and she moved his hands down and to her waist. Steve moved his hand around her lower back and pulled her back down. Natasha came close to his face and he kissed her passionately. His lips massaged her own and his tongue danced with hers and lightly brushed against her cheeks. Natasha pulled back and she moved her lips to his neck and he moaned softly as her hips moved again and she rubbed against him. Natasha could feel how much he wanted her, his member was pressed against her inner thigh.

They both moved their hands over each other, then Steve's communicator started to beep. Natasha took her lips away from his and she sat up and she lightly blew a curl out of her face. Steve swallowed and was breathing heavily, he brought his wrist to his mouth "Yeah" he said

"We need you guys back at the Operations room" Clint said

Steve sniffed "You got it, be there in a bit"

"Ok, see you in a bit"

Steve took the communicator away from his mouth and he sighed as his head pressed against the pillow. Natasha smiled "Raincheck?"

Steve looked at her "Yeah, pick this up later?"

"Defiantly" she said through a breath and she leaned down and gave him a kiss and climbed off of him. Steve sat up and he moved his legs over the edge of the bed and he had Natasha help him into the wheelchair. He could have done it himself, but she insisted. Steve went to push himself when Natasha placed her hands on the two handles on the back of the wheelchair and pushed him forward. Steve started to protest, but she stopped him. Steve just accepted that she was pushing him to the Operations room.

They came around a corner and Steve almost hit Peter. Peter dodged him and he caught is weight on his cane, he took a deep breath. Natasha stopped the wheelchair and Steve felt it lurch backward. Peter looked at them with wide eyes "Oh, hi"

Steve looked at him "Parker"

Peter looked at him and his eyes went to the wheelchair "Nice ride" Peter said, trying to be nonchalant. Steve smiled "Thanks" he looked at the cane in his hand "Nice cane"

Peter looked down at it "Yeah, I guess we both made good recoveries"

Steve titled his head "Well, we got lucky"

Peter nodded and he saw Natasha, he swallowed "Hi" he said softly

Natasha gave him a nod "How's the spine?"

"Uh, good, I can walk, well kind of" he said lightly shifting his cane back and forth. He nodded "Well I will leave you guys to it"

Peter stepped out farther and passed them. Steve watched him round the corner and disappear. Natasha pushed Steve forward and they made their way to the Operations room. Natasha turned him toward the door and they opened as they walked through the doorway. Everyone turned around and Steve saw the look on their faces "What?"

Sam walked forward "We have a problem"

Steve looked at him and Sam took a deep breath "It seems that the Adaptoid is being controlled by Niko, and it has been here for about a year"

Natasha's eyes widened "What?"

Morse nodded "yeah, there was an Adaptoid here when Yelena trashed the place"

Tony shrugged "And Barnes talked to Alexie and, he seems worried"

"When is Niko going to act?" Steve asked

Tony raised his eye brows and he didn't look like he had an answer, he sighed in frustration "We don't know"

"Well we better" Wanda said bluntly

Agent Allen rose his hand "I'm agreeing with her"

Everyone looked at him and Clint rolled his eyes. Allen shrugged, Tony frowned slightly "So either we sit here and let it happen, or we try and find it"

"Do we have any leads that might help to where it is in here?" Natasha asked

Wanda stepped forward "I could try and find it"

Tony frowned "I thought you couldn't touch a machine's mind, you couldn't tell what Ultron was planning"

Wanda nodded "I can try and find where there is absolutely nothing"

Everyone was quiet and there was a slow clap from behind them. They looked and Peter was leaning against the wall "I like it" he said with a smile.

Tony frowned "No, just stop clapping"

Peter paused and his hands slowly came together for a loud single clap. "Just giving my opinion"

"Well it wasn't needed" Morse said "Do it, we're desperate"

"How do we even know this is going to work?" Rhodey asked

"Got a better idea?" Morse glared at him. Rhodey crossed his arms "No" he answered.

Wanda took a deep breath and her eyes suddenly glowed red and her lips thinned as she focused. She felt around the room, everyone was themselves, she focused outside of the room and she slowly closed her eyes and she moved through the hallway and all she felt were real people. There was someone somewhere. She found someone that was nearby the power to the facility then she felt a jolt of pain and she grimaced in pain and her hands went to her head and she screamed in pain as it felt like someone was stabbing her in the chest. Vision moved forward and caught Wanda as she began to collapse. He held her, and she opened her eyes and tears flowed out of them "It's going after the power"

Tony took a step forward and then everything went dark. "Well, damn" Tony huffed.

Dim white lights came on and they all looked at each other. Steve looked at them "Get to the power" he ordered.

Tony nodded and ran for the door, he got close and it didn't open. He cursed under his breath "It's going to reboot in five minutes"

"What?" Clint asked

Tony looked back at them "I locked the containment cell and I made it so I was the only one that would be able to open it, but now that the power is out, when it reboots" he said with urgency

Clint looked like he just lost an archery contest "Shit" he said

Tony nodded "Uh-huh" he put his hands on the door "We need to force it open"

Peter stood next to him "here, hold my cane" he said handing the red cane to Tony. Tony held it and eh didn't really keno what to do with it. Peter stood in the center and he fired a web to the right side of the doors and he slowly walked over to the wall and he placed his foot on it and stood on the wall, he fired another web and another and he held them tightly. He took a deep breath, this was going to hurt. Peter leaned back and he pulled on the webs and he gritted his teeth and his face became red as he strained and the door began to open. He leaned all the way back and he groaned as his back was killing him. He pulled the door open enough for someone to fit through it. He was smiling when Vision fazed through the wall and he went right through Peter and he widened his eyes and he yelped in response and fell to the floor.

"Vision, what the hell" Sam exclaimed

Tony looked over at Wanda and Vision had her in his arms, he felt his heart sink "Parker, move!" he shouted

The fake Vision charged up its head and fired. Tony tackled Morse out of the way. The yellow beam burned through the consoles and destroyed the large screen on the wall. Natasha pulled her pistol out and fired at it as Steve threw himself to the floor. He rolled over and pushed himself back and the Fake Vision went back to its Adaptoid form and the bullets hit the metal skin and didn't do anything. Vision stood and fired his beam at it and the Adaptoid fired its own and the two beams connected and smashed together and sent a shockwave outward and threw everyone back. Steve slid across the floor and hit the wall, Tony landed on a console and everyone scattered around the room. Hill pushed herself up and fired at the Adaptoid. It walked forward and Sam ran and tackled it to the ground. It kicked him away and he flew through the air and he was going to hit the wall when a web hit him in the chest and Peter pulled him forward and he landed in a large spider web.

Clint pulled out a knife and tackled it out of the door. Natasha jolted up "Clint!" she yelled.

Allen moved through the door and he found Clint getting hit in the gut and the Adaptoid grabbed him by the throat. Clint felt this feet leave the ground and he moved the knife and stabbed it in the head, but the knife clinked against the metal and reflected off of it. Allen fired at it and a bullet hit it in the head and the Adaptoid threw Clint at him. Allen moved and caught Clint and they both fell backward and hit the floor.

The Adaptoid turned and it ran toward the control room outside of the room with the Containment cell. Tony ran after it "We have two minutes" he pressed his watch as he ran and he heard his suit flying toward him. He put his hands out and the parts of the suit attached themselves to him and he ignited his thrusters and flew through the hallway after the Adaptoid. He caught up to it and tackled it and they both slid across the floor and sparks flew. The Adaptoid knocked him away, Tony aimed his hand and fired, the Adaptoid dodged it and its chest turned into his and charged up and fired. Tony dove out of the way and he came up and fired. The blasts hit the Adaptoid in the chest and sent it flying back and into a wall.

The Adaptoid climbed out of the wall and it turned and Rhodey fired his mini-gun at it. The bullets tore through the floor and wall as it hit the Adaptoid and dented the metal. Rhodey stopped firing and he looked at Tony "its armor is better"

Tony took a breath "I figured that out for myself"

They both fired at it and the Adaptoid flipped through the air and dodged the blasts and it rolled across the ground and punched Tony. He flew back and he hit the floor and he rolled backwards and he got to his feet, it was the first time he did that, he was a little surprised he did it, then Rhodey came flying into view and smacked into him.

The Adaptoid took a step and Vision appeared behind it and put his hand through it. The Adaptoid fazed off his arm. Vision frowned and the Adaptoid swung at him. Vision dodged the punch and he pulled back and punched it in the face. The Adaptoid looked at him and grabbed him by the throat, Vision fazed out of its grip and flew forward and tackled it. The Adaptoid planted its feet on the floor and grabbed Vison and threw him down the hallway.

The Adaptoid turned toward the door to the control room and Natasha slid through its legs and tossed a charge on it and shocked it. The Adaptoid short circuited briefly, but kept moving. She dodged a punch and she kicked it back, it stumbled and Tony charged his chest and fired. It hit the Adaptoid and its chest pate dented and tore slightly. The Adaptoid got to its feet and a grenade flew past Tony and exploded as it hit the Adaptoid. Natasha looked and Bucky reloaded a grenade into his launcher. The Adaptoid stood and another grenade hit it, fire erupted and it smacked into the wall. Bucky pulled the trigger and fired his entire clip at it. He looked at Natasha "Move!"

Natasha ran back toward him and the Adaptoid moved forward and fired at her. Tony flew forward and took the hit. He smacked into the floor and he got to his feet. Rhodey stomped forward and aimed both wrists and fired at it. Bucky quickly slammed a new clip into the rifle and cocked it. Natasha got to him, he looked at her "Get to the control room"

She gave him a nod and she and Clint ran through the doorway to the control room. Bucky walked forward and kept firing at the Adaptoid. The Adaptoid walked forward and the bullets were barely doing anything. They got close and Bucky dropped the rifle and he brought his hands up and he dodged three consecutive strikes. He turned and punched the Adaptoid in the chest with his metal hand, the metal around his knuckles bent inward and the Adaptoid smacked Bucky out of the way. Bucky hit the wall and he landed on his knees, he took a deep breath and he charged forward. The Adaptoid blocked his strikes and Tony fired and it burned against the metal, leaving a black scorch mark on its ribs.

Bucky kicked it in the knee and the small metal compartments shattered and its knee crumbled and it went down. The Adaptoid blocked his follow up, Bucky stepped back and Rhodey unloaded on it. The Adaptoid shook violently as the large caliber rounds dented the metal and tore through its chest. Bucky stood ready and reached back to pull out a knife. Rhodey stopped firing when a large hole was in its chest. He stood up straight and the Adaptoid became still and it slowly stood. Bucky gripped the knife tightly and the Adaptoid changed its appearance, its arms turned into Bucky's, his legs formed into Rhodey and Tony's and it's head formed and clanked together as it formed into Rhodey's face plate. Tony let out a long breath "Well, shit"

The Adaptoid walked forward and Tony fired, it dodged the blast and Rhodey fired at its new position and it dove forward and rolled across the floor as the blasts streamed over its head. Bucky ran forward and brought the knife back and as the Adaptoid came up, Bucky blocked its strike and he sunk the knife into its head. Static spewed out of the wound and its arm twitched and lifted its leg and kicked Bucky back. Bucky slid across the floor and he could feel that his ribs were bruised. The Adaptoid reached up and pulled out the knife. It grew in size and Tony and Rhodey lifted their head and followed it as it almost hit the ceiling with its head.

Rhodey nervously chuckled "Fuck"

The Adaptoid stomped forward and Tony charged his chest and fired at it. The blast went forward and the Adaptoid dodged it and knocked him out of the way. Tony hit the wall and hit the floor, he aimed both his hands and shot it in the ankle. The Adaptoid's foot burned and tore as the metal plating flew away. The Adaptoid grabbed Rhodey and pulled the knife back. Rhodey closed his hands and flaps on his shoulders opened and launchers rose out of the new spaces. He fired and the small rockets went everywhere and the Adaptoid dropped him as the rockets tore through its arm. Rhodey got to his feet and he ran back. The Adaptoid looked at the large holes in its arm and it stomped forward.

Bucky got to his feet when the power came back on, he let out a breath of frustration and he ran forward. Tony fired and the blast hit the Adaptoid in the lower back and it stumbled slightly. Hill and Morse both fired at it. Bucky pulled his metal arm back and he punched through its lower stomach. The Adaptoid looked down at him and grabbed him by the throat. Bucky felt its cold fingers squeeze around his throat. Bucky pulled his arm out of its body cavity and he pulled out another knife and stabbed it five time in the head.

The Adaptoid stopped and Bucky slammed the knife into its head one last time. Bucky was struggling to breath as the Adaptoid, dropped him. Bucky hit the floor and gasped for air and he got to his feet. The Adaptoid was still and static and sparks spewed out of its head. Tony walked forward "is it dead?"

Bucky put his hand on his ribs "I hope so"

The Adaptoid suddenly twitched and its head turned to look at him. Bucky felt his heart sink "Spoke too soon"

Tony aimed his hand and fired, the blast hit it in the head. The Adaptoid fell back and hit the floor. Rhodey had his weapons ready on it, Sam walked forward and he reloaded his machine pistol "Well, at least there was only one"

Bucky nodded "Yeah"

They all turned and then a knife went through Bucky's thigh. Bucky felt the hit and he fell to the side and blood poured onto the floor. Hill's eyes widened and the Adaptoid came up and grabbed Tony and threw him backward, down the hall. Sam and Rhodey turned and dove to the sides and the Adaptoid moved forward quickly and it ran through the doorway to the control room. Hill ran forward and went to Bucky. She pulled him up and Bucky groan and he grabbed the knife and pulled it out of his thigh. He looked at Hill "I'm fine" he said and he got to his feet. He pushed the pain away and he ran after the Adaptoid.

Sam followed close behind and they both ran through the small hallway and they saw the Adaptoid fighting Natasha and Clint. Sam fired at it and it turned to see them. Natasha used the opportunity to jump onto its arm and she lifted herself onto its shoulders. The Adaptoid attempted to grab her, bit Clint fired an arrow and it sunk into its shoulder and the head of the arrow opened and shocked it. Natasha pulled out a knife from her thigh and she stabbed it in the head and pulled the knife forward and bent the metal open. She looked in and she was expecting to see the core, but there wasn't anything in it. She frowned and its metal hand grabbed her and threw her across the room. She hit the wall and she landed on the floor, she coughed and attempted to get up as it ran forward. She stopped and pulled out her pistol and fired at it. Sam stepped in between them and his wings open and they knocked its hand out of the way. Sam fired both his machine pistols at its knees and the metal tore.

Clint fired an arrow and it heated up and melted one of its knees and the metal detached itself, it stumbled forward as its bottom half of its leg thumped against the floor. The Adaptoid fell onto its back and Bucky jumped onto it and he yelled a she punched it in the chest. He punched it over and over and he grabbed one edge of the bent metal and began to tear it open. He saw a bright blue light, the core. He went to rip it out, but its hand grabbed him and tossed him at Clint. Clint caught Bucky and they both hit the floor. Sam ran forward and it sat up and punched him away. Bucky rolled off of Clint and ran forward with a slight limp. The Adaptoid got to its one leg and it aimed its hand and fired at Bucky. Tony flew into the room and took the hit and fired both his hands at it. The Adaptoid flew back and hit the glass and it cracked in numerous places. Natasha moved and dove as it came back and swung its arm. She rolled and came to her knees and she fired at it, her lip was bleeding and blood was running down one side of her face. Bucky jumped forward and grabbed onto the torn metal on its chest and he held on and he reached into its chest and grabbed the core.

Bucky gripped it and began to pull as the Adaptoid grabbed him by the leg and pulled him away. The force made his hand loosen and he let go of the core and he went upside down as the Adaptoid pulled him away. It dropped Bucky and he hit the floor. The Adaptoid looked over at the console and saw the release button. Tony looked at it and flew forward and kicked it in the face. Tony charged his chest and fired and its head flew off. The Adaptoid smacked him out of the air. The Adaptoid moved toward the console and then a barrage of footsteps came through the doorway. Fury had over fifty S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents with him. They all aimed and fired. The Adaptoid's arms tore apart and it moved as it slowly lost its limbs. Bucky watched as the Adaptoid got to the console and Bucky got to his feet and ran and he tackled it and a bullet hit him in the arm as he pushed the Adaptoid against the glass and the bullets tore through it and they both fell through the window. Bucky hit the floor of the large room where Sean was sitting patiently. He wasn't moving and he was unconscious.

Tony ran forward and he saw the Adaptoid was hanging onto the edge of the window its headless shoulders moved and its metal stump smacked the release button and it let go and fell to the floor. Tony felt his heart jump and he started pressing buttons on the console. He looked back at Fury "Get your men down there"

Fury nodded to one of the Agents and they nodded back and they turned and ran out of the control room and they headed toward the floor below. Natasha walked to the console "Did it hit it?"

"Yeah, right now I am trying to reverse it" Tony said frantically as he pressed numerous buttons.

Fury took a deep breath and then they heard a long hiss. Tony stopped pressing buttons, he looked at Natasha "I couldn't stop it"

Her eyes widened as the hissing grew louder and then it slowly faded. Fury brought his wrist to his mouth "Get ready, hostile inside, extremely dangerous"

Tony stared at Natasha as a loud grumble came from the floor and the edges of the Containment cell slowly turned. Tony stepped away from the console. "Rhodey, we need to get down there"

Tony and Rhodey disappeared and Steve came rolling in "Natasha" he said

She turned around "We couldn't stop it" she said softly

Steve looked at the console "Where's Bucky?"

"He tackled the damn thing through the window, it still unlocked the Containment cell." Sam said

Steve took a deep breath "Fury sent those Agents down there"

Sam nodded, Steve moved forward "They're all going to die" he said and he brought his wrist to his mouth "Fury" he said

"Yeah" Fury's voice came through. Steve took a breath "Get your men back, Sean will kill them all"

"We have to stop him"

Steve gritted his teeth and coiled up slightly "The bullets aren't going to hurt him"

"What!"

"His skin is tough, like metal"

"Rogers" Fury began to say as the connection failed and static filled the line.

Another loud grumble moved through the floor as the back side of the Containment cell began to slowly turn. Steve looked at Natasha "Those men are going to die"

Natasha put her hands out, she didn't know what to do. Clint walked forward "How do we stop him?"

Steve frowned "I don't know"

"There has to be something!" Clint said desperately.

Steve thought back to when he fought him, he couldn't remember what actually hurt him. He clenched his jaw as he tried to remember, he closed his eyes and he saw it. Tony hit him with the laser from his wrist and it burned his skin. Steve opened his eyes "We need extreme heat"

Clint sighed "yeah, I don't have a high-tech laser"

Steve nodded "Tony does"

Natasha looked at Clint and he nodded and ran out of the control room. Steve pressed a button on the console and the screen flashed and the camera above the main door came up. He watched as S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents came through and walked forward and they spread out and faced the front of the Containment cell. Steve saw Sean was sitting calmly in the center of the cell. He looked at Natasha "He's going to kill those men" he said

Natasha nodded "I know"

Sam sighed "So what, he just escapes?"

Steve looked at him "No, we find a way to beat him, Tony can hurt him"

"Well we may need to kill him" Sam said firmly

Steve nodded "The laser only burned his skin"

Sam shrugged "Got anything that could kill him?"

Steve frowned and he remembered that Sean didn't have a serum, he had a device at the base of his spine. "We need Tony to shoot him in the lower back, he has a device that makes him that way, destroy that, he will become normal, then you can stop him"

Sam nodded "Ok" he turned and ran out of the Control room, he needed to catch up to Clint.

Sean was sitting calmly and he heard the sides of the cell stopped turning with loud clicks. Sean slowly stood to his feet and he took a deep breath. He wasn't Sean Richardson, he didn't exist anymore. His feeling were weak, he didn't have any feelings, no remorse, no love. The Containment cell opened slightly and the metal locks on the edges pulled away and the glass pushed forward and lifted up to the ceiling. Sean heard the agents move forward slightly "Hands on your head!" one yelled at him.

Sean smirked and opened his eyes.