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Niko

The sun was rising and it gave the land a golden glow. The bright sun reflected off the snow, the water was covered in ice and small chunks of ruble. Niko was standing on the wall of a huge castle. He had his eyes closed and he breathed in the ice cold air and it traveled down his nostrils. He smiled and he exhaled and he inhaled again. He opened his eyes and he could see the sun rising and peering through the clouds. He frowned and he felt the bitter wind nipping at his cheeks. Niko noticed that someone was behind him.

"What is it?" Niko asked annoyed already

"The last stage has been completed sir"

"Good, I will look over it myself" Niko said taking one last look at the sunrise and he frowned at it and he turned and walked towards the stairs that led into the building. He walked through a few hallways then he came to the center and it was a huge circle with cells lining all the way up. Niko smiled and he could hear the loud chatter of the prisoners.

"Guard, feed the animals" Niko said

"Sir" the guard said and he went into another hallway.

Niko chuckled as he could hear the cries of prisoners and then the laughter of other prisoners. Niko felt right at home. Well when he was a prisoner here, he never spoke a word. He walked to the elevator and he walked in. He pulled a lever and the elevator lurched and went down.

Niko came to a dark passage and the elevator door opened and he walked through the dark tunnel. He came into the light and there was a long storage area with armed men walking back in forth some following orders, other giving them. They noticed Niko and they all stopped and saluted him. Niko nodded to them and they went back to work. Niko walked through and he found the man he needed to talk to.

"Viktor" Niko said

Viktor looked up from a file and he chuckled "Niko" he said smiling

They met and gave each other a hug. "It has been a while my friend" Viktor said in a husky Russian accent

"I know, I've been busy" Niko said smiling

"Now what is it that you need?"

"I was told that the final stage was completed"

"Da, you can use it later tonight"

"I look forward to it"

"Anything else?"

"Yes, tell my team that we move out tonight and then two days from now, we take something that belong to us"

"Yes, sir." Viktor said

Niko walked away and he smiled and he made his way to his quarters.

Clint

Clint was up in his room or 'Nest'. He had a duffle bag with his things in it. He got a text on his phone.

You're Late- Morse

Clint chuckled and he answered.

Deal with it- Clint

I'm losing my patience with you Barton- Morse

Already, I had so many things to annoy you with. Ah you're going to make me cry, suck it up agent. – Clint

I'm already regretting this- Morse

Hey you're stuck with me- Clint

Clint put his phone away and he chuckled; he was late on purpose. He just wanted to make her mad. He walked past the kitchen and he saw Steve and Nat again. Clint couldn't help but laugh. He went down to the garage again and he got in his car and he drove out onto the street. Clint like New York in the morning, there was actually not a lot of people out.

Clint headed to the airport and he started to think about Niko. How dangerous was this guy? Clint wouldn't know until they found him. He hit a bump in the road with Morse. Yet Fury did say their personalities would hit each other. Clint had a hard time trusting people, then the whole Hydra and S.H.I.E.L.D thing happened and he really doesn't trust anyone now. Sure he trusted Natasha, Steve, and everyone else, but Fury lost his a little bit. Clint didn't know if he could ever trust Fury completely again. Maybe he can, and he just didn't want to. Clint was now doing something to help Fury. Great, right? He was hoping it wouldn't be a shit storm, but usually it always turned into one. But Natasha was involved and Clint knew that if it involved her, even if it was in a small way it was important.

Clint stopped at a red light and he patiently waited for the light to change colors. He wanted to trust people, but they never gave him very good reasons for him to want to trust them. Clint knew he was being cynical and maybe a little biased, but he was never going to second guess his instincts again. He was going to help, but by his rules. He needed to be able to do things himself, he was sure he was doing things himself with S.H.I.E.L.D, but that was thrown into the wind when Hydra crawled out of it. Yet he needed Morse to trust him to be able to get it done. But with her in a constant interrogation mode made it difficult. She always second guessed anyone, to see if there was an alternative motive. He would have praised that a few years ago, but now he wasn't so sure.

Clint made it to the airport and he saw a Quinjet and he smiled. He had to admit, it was nice to see one of those again. He parked his car and he climbed out of it and he grabbed his bag and walked toward it. The ramp opened and Morse walked out. She was in a suit similar to Natasha's, but it had blue on the chest and lower abdomen. Clint was in jeans and a white shirt with a black leather jacket on. He saw a smirk cross her face.

"I see, you met me here" Clint said not returning a smirk or any other kind gesture.

"Well it seems, you're going to be late every time we call for you. What was it supposed to do, piss me off?"

"Did it?" Clint asked walking into the Quinjet passing her.

Morse frowned and she slightly flared her nostrils and she looked back at him.

A little.

Clint placed his bag down on the floor near the cock pit and he turned back to her.

"We going on mission so soon? No introduction to the helicarrier?"

"We found a lead about Niko's movements"

"How?"

"We had to go through some back channels, but we found it. Something is going to happen in the next couple days and we want to stop it"

"Ok, then we'll stop it" Clint said taking a seat

"You seem pretty confident"

"Have to be" Clint said calmly and he took his sunglasses off.

"You ready to go meet Niko?" Morse asked

"Where is the little rascal?"

"He would be above Austria right about now"

"What is it with Austria?"

"I don't follow"

"First Cap goes there, then he goes back there and with Natasha and they destroy a base, then it gets blown to bits, and now we're going back to Austria"

"I think you're over thinking it"

"Or there is something in Austria that no one knows about"

"Careful Barton, you're starting to sound a like a conspiracy theorist"

"It come with the job description" Clint said

Morse smiled and chuckled, Clint laughed lightly to and he stopped, that was the first time he ever saw her smile. He quickly casted the thought from his mind.

"So, when will this mission start?"

"We'll be in Austria in a few hours" Morse said taking a seat on the other side of the Quinjet across from Clint.

"I'll have to change on the way" Clint said

"Then you should do it now"

"Are you just wanting me to take off my shirt?" Clint asked teasingly

"What? No" Morse said quickly

"Well, I'm going to have to, this isn't a clothing store with changing areas"

"Well if you're shy…"

"I'm not shy" Clint said with a smirk

Morse was caught off guard by Clint's response and she lightly smirked and she nodded. She stood up and walked toward the cock pit and she sat down next to the pilot. Clint exhaled and he grabbed his bag and he unzipped it and he pulled out his suit. He took his shirt off and he moved slowly so he wouldn't make his scar tug. He slipped out of his pats and he put his suit on.

Morse couldn't help but take a peek. She turned her head and glanced at Clint as he took off his shirt. Morse was surprised to see the amount of scars he had. She saw a side view of his abs and she felt a little lightheaded. She didn't know why, she looked away and acted like she was doing something.

Clint zipped up his long sleeved jacket. He had his finger guard and his forearm guard on as well. He pulled his bow out of the bag and he flicked it forward and the bow snapped open. He grabbed his quiver and he placed it on his back and he reached back and pulled out an arrow and quickly put it on the bow. He aimed with the string bent all the way back, then he slowly let it go back down. He grabbed the arrow and placed it back where it belonged. He just needed to test it to see if he could reach hi arrows without any difficulty. He sat down and he noticed Morse was glancing at him. He dismissed it and he sat quietly and he waited for the ride to be over.

Location: S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier, seven miles above D.C.

Agent: James 'Bucky' Barnes

Bucky was in the maintenance area and he had his face against the wall. He could feel the cold metal on his face. He slowly got used to it, or his ace just got numb. He focused and he made all sounds fade away. He listened and he could hear muffled voices. He recognized one of them as Fury. The other he didn't know.

"I understand your concern" Fury said

"I don't think you do" the unknown voice said

"Calm down"

Bucky knew the new voice that came into his hearing, it was Hill. Who were they talking to?

"Agent Hill, do you need a valuation?" the voice said as a threat.

"Morse back off" Fury said his voice full of authority

Who was Morse? Bucky made a mental note and he continued to listen.

"Nick, all I'm saying is you have a mole"

"It wouldn't be the first time" Fury said

"We need to find out who it is" Morse said

"Morse focus on your mission at hand" Fury said

"Yes sir, but you be careful who you let know things"

"Copy that" Fury said

A long silence followed and there wasn't any noise. Bucky guessed that it was a video chat, then Fury spoke again.

"Hill, run a re-check on everyone"

"You think we actually have a mole?" Hill asked

"It's possible, how else would Niko just so happen to know out every move?"

"I see your point"

"Hill?" Fury asked his voice sounding cautious.

"What is it sir?"

"How is Barnes doing, any psyche breaks?"

"He has memory lapses" Hill said

"Nothing too serious, Romanoff has those to"

"Is it a side effect to the brain washing?"

"Yeah, and so far it never stops"

"So it's a permanent side effect?"

"Yeah"

"I will say, it's beginning to take its toll on him"

Bucky had to agree with that, the episodes of seeing flashes of memories were becoming almost too much.

"It bothered Natasha for a while to"

"When did it stop?"

"It never has, she's just had to live with it"

"So what, numb yourself to the memories?"

"That or you try to live with them"

"Which one did Romanoff choose?"

"I don't know, sometimes it seems like she numbs herself to them and other times she lives with it. She has tried very hard to escape her past"

Bucky took his face away from the cold metal. He inhaled and he turned around and he closed his eyes. Hill gave him a good lecture after that stunt in the training room. Bucky rubbed his eyes and he exhaled. Bucky looked up at the ceiling and he felt his eyes start to water. He slid down the wall and sat down. His breathing became shaky and he felt tears fall down his face. He wiped them off as quickly as they appeared. He inhaled deeply and pushed his feelings aside and he started to breathe normally. He opened his eyes and he was back to being the Winter Soldier, not Bucky. He felt nothing, he was floating in a pool of emotions and felt none of them. Sometimes this way was easier.

Bucky exhaled and he stood up and he walked out of the maintenance area. He made his way to his quarters. He rounded the corner and he ran into someone.

"Oh sorry" Bucky said sounding like his 1940's self.

"God Barnes, you need to watch it" Hill said

"I've got a lot on my mind" Bucky said

"So things do happen in there" Hill said teasingly

Bucky smiled and chuckled "Yeah"

"Listen Barnes, down in the engines I just wanted to say sorry"

"About what?"

"Our "moment'" she said looking at him

"So that's what we're calling it"

"Yeah"

"Did I do something wrong?" Bucky asked rubbing the back of his head

"No, it's just what happened, can never happen again."

"Oh, that bad huh" Bucky asked looking at her nervously

"What? No you were a good kisser" Hill said, she couldn't believe she was having this conversation; her heart was hammering in her chest.

"I get it, this is the workplace and we all know what happens to people who work together, and who get together"

"Right" Hill said smiling shyly

"Understandable" Bucky said trying to hide the fact that he was glancing at her breasts. The way she held her arms together made them look like they were going to pop out of her suit.

"Ok good talk" Hill said slightly uncomfortable and she walked past him.

Bucky chuckled and he caught a glimpse of her ass as she walked away. Bucky felt his heart begin to dance and his mouth felt dry and his ears were warm.

"Oh boy"

Author's Note: What do you guys think of the story so far? And where do you think it's going to go?