Alright. Back with another chapter!

I hope you guys liked me including Viper as an ally of Prometheus. She'll be a big part of this story, and her appearance in this will help set up a future story that will feature Taskmaster, who I introduced in Flash: Dark Dimension (which, by the way, is set after this story, timeline wise). And for your information, no, Taskmaster will not be in this story at all.

Let's get to it. Here's a spot where this story is going to vary a fair bit from the show.

Chapter 5- Diggle's Last Chance

"So, you got attacked by some woman in green who called herself Viper?" Felicity asks Bucky, as the rest of the team looks at him silently.

Bucky nods as he sits down against a desk. "Yeah. I was on the phone with Adrian Chase when I heard someone sneaking up on me. I had just hung up when she attacked me. I didn't manage to get much out of her, except for the name Viper, and that she works with Prometheus. But, the fact she also had backup concerns me. That means there's bound to be more people working with her, and thereby working with Prometheus. It was bad enough he had a few people working with him. Possibly having an army makes the situation that much worse."

"Well, then, we need to figure out a way to figure out who she is, and who these followers of hers are," Felicity says.

"And why she's working with Prometheus," Curtis adds.

Bucky nods. Right then, his phone rings. He holds up a finger to make the team be quiet, and answers with a, "Hello?"

"Mr. Barnes, it's District Attorney Chase," comes the answer.

Bucky lets out a relaxed sigh. "Ah. Mr. Chase. Thank you for calling me back. What have you got?"

"I visited Mr. Diggle in prison. General Walker was there as well. He is attempting to have Mr. Diggle transferred into his custody. And frankly, I agree with his assessment that Walker will attempt to have Mr. Diggle killed as soon as possible once Mr. Diggle is in his custody. I've got an idea of how to keep Mr. Diggle out of his custody, and I think it's gonna work," Chase says.

"Thank you so much, Mr. Chase. Give me a call as soon as there are any developments," Bucky asks.

"Understood. I got to go," Adrian replies before hanging up.

Bucky lowers his phone and looks around at the team. "That was Chase. Apparently, he's seen Diggle, and General Walker is trying to get him transferred to his custody. Chase is working on an idea to keep Diggle out of Walker's hands. He thinks it's gonna work. Hopefully, we'll hear some good news soon," he says.

"Hopefully, it does. We need some good news, right now," Curtis says.

Bucky nods in agreement. "Yeah. Now, why don't you all get out of here and get some rest? I think you're gonna need it," he suggests.

(A few hours later)

Bucky sits down at the table in his apartment, hoping he can finally get some time to eat a somewhat decent dinner.

Right as he is starting to take a bite out of his pork chop, his phone rings. Bucky sighs, then takes a quick bite before he answers his phone.

"Hello?" he answers.

"It's Chase. My plan worked. I've managed to keep Mr. Diggle out of General Walker's hands for now. Walker is still working to get Mr. Diggle into his custody. We need to figure out a way to keep him out of General Walker's hands for good," Adrian says. He pauses for a moment, then continues, "I did a little digging. Apparently General Walker has been under investigation by the NSA, but Walker managed to get the investigation shut down. The file is sealed, and we probably won't get our hands on it anytime soon. We have a lead, but the chances of us getting to use that lead are very small."

Bucky sighs internally. After a moment, Bucky says, "Alright. Thank you, Mr. Chase. I'll call up some friends I know in NSA, see if I can't get anything. Call me back if you get anything new, especially if General Walker tries anything new."

Bucky hangs up, then lowers his phone. But only for a moment. He quickly raises it back to his ear as he dials Felicity.

The moment Felicity picks up, Bucky says urgently, "Call everyone. I need the team to meet in the bunker ASAP."

"So, explain again what's going on?" Curtis asks Bucky.

"Chase called me. Diggle is safe for now, but maybe not for long. Chase also told me that the NSA had Walker under investigation, but Walker shut the investigation down and it's gonna take forever for the NSA to hand over the file. The chances of us managing to get the NSA to give us access to it in time to save Diggle is next to nothing," Bucky says.

"Okay, so that doesn't give us much to work with, except trying to hack the file from the NSA," Curtis says.

"Already on it," Felicity says as she begins typing away.

"Probably not gonna work," Bucky says, drawing everyone's attention. He pauses for a moment, then says, "Knowing what I know about Walker, I don't think he would have allowed the file to continue existing. I'd be willing to bet my other arm that he's tried, and probably succeeded at least to a degree, in getting the file erased. The chance of you finding the file is very small."

"Thanks for the vote of confidence, Bucky," Felicity says in slight irritation.

"I didn't say there wasn't another way we could get it. There's bound to be some paper records tied to it. And if we can access the NSA database directly, we may have a better chance of finding something," Bucky says.

"What are you saying?" Curtis asks.

Bucky grins a bit. "The Winter Soldier is going to break into the NSA," he says with a grin.

Alright. I'll end there. Originally I was going to go through Bucky breaking into the NSA. But, I figured that would take too long. I'll go through that next chapter, as well as Diggle getting freed.

I know that I skipped over the scenes of Adrian's meetings with Diggle, but I figured I wouldn't need to, as nothing is changed. Plus, Bucky has been a little preoccupied with Viper.

Keep giving me ideas for what you want to see in this story, and give me your feedback. Also, if any of you know which NSA facility is the proper one for Bucky to infiltrate, let me know.

Until next time. Please review, and stay tuned!