Back with another chapter.

It took me a little longer than I expected to write this, since the ACU is not pursuing Bucky or any of the team, so I was trying to figure out exactly what to do with the plot for the rest of this episode's events.

Hope you like this chapter.

Chapter 13- A Chilling Revelation

Bucky sighs as he types away at one of the computers in the lair. This situation with Warner, Cutter, and China White has been frustrating for him and the team. Particularly as it also interrupted their hunt for Vigilante, who had hit the Bertinelli crime family just a few days earlier, killing several of their highest members.

Suddenly, Felicity yells out, "I got 'em!"

Bucky is at her station in seconds. "Where?" he demands.

Felicity types a few more keys, and a map shows up, with a marker on it. "It's a warehouse used by the Triad. Looks like China White is looking back to her Triad roots," she says.

"Alright. I've got this," Bucky says as he hurries towards his uniform.

"Shouldn't I call the rest of the team?" Felicity asks.

"No, there's no time. I'll handle it," Bucky responds.

As he hurries toward his uniform, his phone rings. Looking down, he says it's Quentin. He picks it up and answers, "Hey, Lance. What's up?"

"Hey, Liza Warner, Carrier Cutter, and China White escaped from prison yesterday," Quentin says.

"Yes, I know. Felicity has already found them, and I'm on my way," Bucky responds.

"Text me where they are, and I'll meet you there," Quentin says firmly.

"Lance…" Bucky starts.

But Quentin cuts him off. "No, Bucky. This is personal. I put Warner away. I need to see her put away again. And you could use some backup. Let me help you out," he says.

Bucky hesitates for a moment. Then, he sighs and says, "Alright. I'll text you the address of the place, and I'll meet you there." He then hangs up, and again turns to face his uniform.

(Warehouse)

Bucky slowly walks into the warehouse, holding his M4 carbine at the ready. Quentin is right behind him, holding his pistol at the ready.

As they enter what looks like a dining room, they lower their weapons at the sight of multiple bodies lying in pools of blood on the floor. Quentin looks around and says, "Well, looks like we're a little late."

Bucky looks around again at the bodies before saying, "Well, I think it's safe to say that China White doesn't care about the Triad anymore." He then activates his comms and says, "Overwatch. Cutter and the others aren't here. The only people here are Triad, and they're all dead. Well, that, and a security camera," noticing said camera as he finished his sentence.

"On it," Felicity says from her station. Bucky looks down at a special device on his wrist that allows him to see photos or videos sent to him by Felicity, and he and Quentin see three women massacring the Triad members. Felicity pauses the video for them and zooms in on one of the women.

"Yup. That's Warner," Quentin says. Bucky nods in agreement.

"This isn't on you Quentin," he says in a low voice.

"Not sure about that, but either way, we got to stop whatever it is these women are up to before more bodies drop," Quentin replies.

(The lair)

Bucky, Felicity, Diggle, Laurel, and Lance watch the video screen as a video from the security camera shows China White interrogates a Triad member whose throat she's holding her knife too. The man doesn't answer immediately, so she slits his throat. Moments later, Cutter fires an arrow at the security camera.

Bucky, who understands enough Chinese to know what she said, says, "White asked him, 'Where is the depository?' Depository meaning storage. The question is what kind of storage these three could be after?"

"Well, they killed a lot of people in their pursuit of it, so it can't be good," Laurel says.

"Agreed. I think if we're gonna stop them, we have to find it first. We need to try and find a Triad member who may know," he says.

(Another Triad warehouse)

Rene and Curtis wait, with Rene trying to remain calm. Soon, their target exits the warehouse, walking out to his car.

"There he is," Rene mutters, and the two hurry out of their hiding place. As the man is trying to open his car door, he says the two approaching him. He reaches for his gun, but Rene kicks the door into him, making him fall to the ground. Curtis runs up, grabs him by his jacket, and slams him against the car.

"James Wong!" Curtis says angrily. "We want to have a little chat about your dead triad friends," Rene finishes.

"I didn't have anything to do with that," Wong says in an "I-don't-have-time-for-this" tone.

"We know, but what we want to know is what is the chucang," Curtis demands.

"What?" Wong asks in a confused tone that doesn't really fool them.

"The depository, the storage, whatever it is," Rene elaborates.

Wong hesitates for a few moments, then sighs and says, "Tobias Church."

"Is dead," Rene says as if Wong is missing the obvious.

"Yeah, and he never got to spend the hundred million he got from the Amertek deal. That's the depository," Wong replies.

"Where is it?" Curtis demands.

Rene waits for a moment before looking at Curtis and asking, "Do we believe him?"

Curtis looks at Rene, then back at Wong before slowly nodding and releasing him. Wong only gets a moment before Rene punches him in the side of the head and knocks him out.

(Across town, an hour later)

Bucky and Quentin slowly walk into the building. Quentin asks Bucky, "So, what is this place again?"

"It's the Los Halcones money laundering facility. It's likely that Warner and her new friends are after $100 million that Tobias Church left behind when he died," Bucky responds.

"And you think that Church's old running buddies might know where it is," Quentin states.

Bucky nods before saying, "Yeah. Wild Dog and Mr. Terrific are staking out the Bertinellis, and keeping an eye out for Vigilante while they're at it. And, Siren and Spartan have eyes on the Bratva."

Quentin nods before asking, "You really think Warner and the others will show up here?" No sooner are the words out of his mouth than they hear gunfire. The two look at each other and Bucky says, "Yeah, I think so." They then hurry towards the sound of the fighting.

By the time Bucky reaches the room where he heard the fighting, everyone but Warner, Cutter, and White are dead. He catches Warner saying, "Everything is going according to plan."

Bucky fires off a warning shot with his pistol before he bellows, "Think again!" Warner, Cutter, and White turn to get their first look at the Winter Soldier, who is now aiming his M4 at them.

Next to him, Quentin shouts, "You're under arrest. Get on the floor with your hands behind your head!" "On the ground!" Bucky adds.

"I'm good. Besides, I owe this SOB some payback," Warner replies. She aims a gun at Quentin, but Bucky fires off several rounds, which slice across the side of her arm. Warner turns to run, firing behind her to cover her escape. Quentin hurries out of the way and ducks out of the room to move around and cut her off.

Bucky leaps down to the floor, quickly popping up and replacing his M4 with two fighting knives as Cutter and White rush at him. He blocks White's first strikes with his own knife, then ducks under a kick from Cutter before sweeping White's legs out from under her.

Cutter throws several punches. Bucky blocks them all, then ducks under her when she throws a particularly hard one, causing her to somersault over him. He pops back up, grabs White by the throat using his cybernetic. He looks at her, eyes hidden behind his goggles, and says, "Try as you might, you'll never win. Even if you could beat me, more people will just keep coming for you. As my trainers said, if you cut off one head, two more will take its place." He doesn't feel quite right saying that, but wants to try and make her realize that she can't win.

White looks confused. "Wait. You can't be HYDRA," she says.

Bucky freezes, shocked. So shocked he doesn't hear Cutter coming up until she tackles him, forcing him to let go of White. He gets his legs under her and kicks her off of him, then fires an extension cable up and swings out of the room. Cutter and White watch him go, and have to run themselves as the ACU enters the room.

(The lair)

"Well, they got away, but we've still got some leads we can work. We'll find them," Diggle says. The whole team nods in agreement, but notices that Bucky is sitting down, looking off into the distance.

"Bucky?" Laurel asks, trying to draw his attention. After a moment, he looks up and at the rest of the team.

"Hey, what's up man?" Diggle asks.

"When I was fighting China White, I used the only motto of HYDRA, the organization that brainwashed me back on Earth-99. And White recognized it. She said 'You can't be HYDRA'," Bucky explains.

Everyone looks stunned. "Wait, so you're saying that White has been to Earth-99?" Rene asks.

"I don't know. So far as we know, the only people on this Earth who know about Earth-99 are the people in this room, the people on Team Flash, and the Legends. I think that the more likely scenario is that this Earth has its own HYDRA, and White knows about them," Bucky says.

Everyone is quiet. Finally, Curtis speaks up and asks, "Do you think Prometheus could be possibly be related to HYDRA?"

"I doubt it. He was working alone to begin with. And if he was HYDRA, he probably wouldn't be. I feel sure he's not part of HYDRA. But the fact that HYDRA even exists on this Earth is concerning to me," Bucky says.

Everyone is quiet for a few more moments. Finally, Diggle says, "Well, I can say this is definitely something to look into in the future. But for now, Warner's crew, and Prometheus, are our main priorities. We can focus on HYDRA later."

Bucky nods. But his mind is still focused on HYDRA. Are they really out there, and what do they want? he thinks to himself.

Alright, I'll end there.

The little moment with China White may have been a bit awkward and forced in terms of revealing HYDRA, but I wanted to do that in the events of this episode. So yes, HYDRA does exist in this world. They won't play too much of a role in this story, but they will appear in the future. Specifically, the story in which Taskmaster will return and make his true debut.

Also, regarding the several mentions of Vigilante. I do have plans for him to make an appearance in this story, but since I didn't show that incident from episode 13 where he killed the one guy Oliver was interrogating, I decided to throw in those name drops I did.

Also, please let me know how you'd like to see the team learn that Chase is Prometheus. In the show, we only see Oliver knowing about Talia until later on. So, I'm not entirely sure how to have the team found out Chase is Prometheus. But, I want it to happen soon, so give me your suggestions.

Anyway, hope you liked this chapter, please give me your feedback, and stay tuned!