A.N:Hope you like it.

Natasha and Alex goes to the hospital and meets up with Steve, they watch doctors operating on Fury

Alex Romanoff:"Is he gonna make it?"

Steve Rogers:"I don't know."

Natasha Romanoff:"Tell us about the shooter."

Steve Rogers:"He's fast and strong. Had a metal arm."[just then Agent Maria Hill also joins them]

Many heard the description look toward Bucky, who simply ignored them.

Natasha Romanoff:"Ballistics?"

Maria Hill:"Three slugs, no rifling. Completely untraceable."

Natasha Romanoff:"Soviet-made."

"What is soviet-made?" A first-year Ravenclaw asked.

"Soviet-made means when something was made during the Soviet-union."Alex simplifies the answer.

"How do you know that?"Daphne asked.

"I'm a spy, I need to be well inform."Alex replied, Lily and James don't like that their son is talking to a Greengrass.

Maria Hill:"Yeah."[suddenly they watch in shock as Fury's state deteriorates]

Everyone gasped.

Male Nurse:"He's in V-tach."

Female Nurse: Crash cart coming in."

Doctor:"Nurse, help me with the drape."

Male Nurse:"BP is dropping."

Doctor:"Defibrillator!"[Steve, Natasha, Alex and Hill watch in shock as Fury is flatlining]"I want you to charge him at one hundred."

Poppy looked at the screen in worried, hoping that the healers will be able to save him.

Natasha Romanoff:"Don't do this to us, Nick."

Alex Romanoff:[Gripping Natasha hand tightly.]"Come on, Uncle Nick."

"Uncle!?"Many exclaimed.

Alex shrugged."Him and Clint were the closest thing I had to an uncle at the time."

Remus and Sirius frowned at that, he'd never called them uncle, not even once before he was kidnapped, and now they discovered he'd replaced them?!

"And he let you call him uncle?"Tony asked.

"Well, yeah."Alex nodded, Natasha smirks, Nick would never admit it but he does have a soft spot for Alex.

Doctor:"Stand back! Three, two, one. Clear!"[Fury is given a shock with the defibrillator]"Pulse?"

Male Nurse:"No pulse."

Doctor #1:"No pulse."

Doctor:"Okay. 200, please. Stand back! Three, two, one. Clear! [Fury is given another shock] Give me epinephrine! Pulse?"

Male Nurse:"Negative."

Natasha Romanoff:"Don't do this to us, Nick. Don't do this to us."[the four watch the doctors as they continue to revive Fury but Fury is still showing as flatlining, Steve turns away as they finally call his time of death]

Many send them a look of pity as they put on a blank face, not wanting to show them any emotion. It was Fury that give her and her son a chance to become better and the fact that along the way he become like a uncle figure toward her son, Natasha and Alex don't want to relive that moment even it was him faking his death it did make them miserable when they thought that he die.

"Are you okay?"Wanda asked, rubbing his arm comfortingly.

"I am."Alex said, reassuringly. Wanda frowned, she know him long enough to know that he wasn't honest, he's always had a tendency to swallow his emotions, which it did got better but there are times, like now, when he'll say everything's okay when in reality it's not.

Doctor:"What's the time?"

Female Nurse:"1:03, Doctor."

Doctor:"Time of death, 1:03 a.m."[Steve looks down at the flash drive Fury had given him]

Many bow their head in respect.

Natasha, Alex and Steve are in a room where Fury's dead body has been laid out, Alex is looking at Fury's body with tears in his eyes, Hill joins them.

Wanda held Alex's hand in comfort.

Maria Hill:"I need to take him."[Steve goes over to Natasha]

Steve Rogers:"Natasha. Alex." [They doesn't respond, instead she tenderly touches Fury's head then turns and walks out, as Alex looked at Fury one last time before following her, Steve follows them] "Natasha! Alex!"

Alex Romanoff:"Why was Fury in your apartment?"

Steve Rogers:"I don't know."[they are interrupted by Rumlow]

Brock Rumlow:"Cap, they want you back at SHIELD."

Steve Rogers:"Yeah, give me a second."

Brock Rumlow:"They want you now."

Steve Rogers:"Okay."[Steven turns back to them]

Natasha Romanoff:"You're a terrible liar."[she turns and walks off]

Alex Romanoff:"She's not wrong."[He shrugged and follows Natasha]

"True."The Avengers all stated, Steve didn't denied it.

Jasper Sitwell: [on earpiece]"STRIKE team, escort Captain Rogers back to SHIELD immediately for questioning."

Brock Rumlow:"I told him."[Steve notices the vending machine next to him, we then see Steve walking towards Rumlow]

Steve Rogers:"Let's go."

Brock Rumlow:"Yeah."[to the agents]"STRIKE, move it out."[as they leave we see that Steve has hid the flash drive behind a pack of gums in the vending machine]

"Hiding it there was a dumb idea, anyone could have got it, you were lucky that mom and I found it first."Alex said.

back at SHIELD, Steve is brought to Pierce who is talking to Agent 13

Alexander Pierce:"For whatever it's worth, you did your best."

Sharon Carter:"Thank you, sir."[as she turns to leave she sees Steve]"Captain Rogers."[Steve replies coldly as he walks towards Pierce]

Steve Rogers:"Neighbor."

Alexander Pierce:"Ah, Captain. I'm Alexander Pierce."

"Asshole."Alex grunt.

Steve Rogers:"Sir, it's an honor."[they shake hands]

Alexander Pierce:"The honor is mine, Captain. My father served in the 101st. Come on in."[they enter Pierce's office where he shows Steve an old photo of Fury with Pierce]"That photo was taken five years after Nick and I met. When I was at State Department in Bogota. ELN rebels took the embassy, and security got me out, but the rebels took hostages. Nick was deputy chief for the SHIELD station there. And he comes to me with a plan. He wants to storm the building through the sewers. I said, "No, we'll negotiate." Turned out the ELN didn't negotiate, so they put out a kill order. They stormed the basement, and what did they find? They find it empty. Nick had ignored my direct order and carried out an unauthorized military operation on foreign soil. He saved the lives of a dozen political officers, including my daughter."

Steve Rogers:"So you gave him a promotion."

Alexander Pierce:"I've never had any cause to regret it. Captain, why was Nick in your apartment last night?"

Steve Rogers:"I don't know."

Alexander Pierce:"You know it was bugged?"

Steve Rogers:"I did, because Nick told me."

Alexander Pierce:"Did he tell you he was the one who bugged it?"[Steve doesn't reply obviously not knowing this information]"I want you to see something."[he brings up footage of Batroc being interrogated]

SHIELD Agent:"Who hired you, Batroc?"

Steve Rogers:"Is that live?"

Alexander Pierce:"Yeah, they picked him up last night in a not-so-safe house in Algiers."

Steve Rogers:"Are you saying he's a suspect? Assassination isn't Batroc's line."

Alexander Pierce:"No, it's more complicated than that. Batroc was hired anonymously to attack the Lemurian Star and he was contacted by e-mail and paid by wire transfer. And then the money was run through seventeen fictitious accounts, the last one going to a holding company that was registered to a Jacob Veech."

Steve Rogers:"Am I supposed to know who that is?"[he hands Steve the file]

Alexander Pierce:"Not likely. Veech died six years ago. His last address was 14-35 Elmhurst Drive. When I first met Nick his mother lived at 14-37."

Steve Rogers:"Are you saying Fury hired the pirates? Why?"

Alexander Pierce:"The prevailing theory was that the hijacking was a cover for the acquisition and sale of classified intelligence. The sale went sour and that led to Nick's death."

Steve Rogers:"If you really knew Nick Fury you'd know that's not true."

Alexander Pierce:"Why do you think we're talking? See, I took a seat on the Council not because I wanted to but because Nick asked me to, because we were both realists. We knew that despite all the diplomacy and the handshaking and the rhetoric, that to build a really better world sometimes means having to tear the old one down. And that makes enemies. Those people that call you dirty because you got the guts to stick your hands in the mud and try to build something better. And the idea that those people could be happy today, makes me really, really angry."[he hesitates a moment]"Captain, you were the last one to see Nick alive. I don't think that's an accident, and I don't think you do either. So I'm gonna ask again, why was he there?"

"Why does he seem to be suggesting that you did it?"Cedric asked.

Steve Rogers:"He told me not to trust anyone."

"You should listen to him."Moody grunt.

Alexander Pierce:"I wonder if that included him."[Steve pauses a moment before replying]

Steve Rogers:"I'm sorry. Those were his last words. Excuse me."[Steve picks up his shield, places it on his back and starts to make his out of the office]

Alexander Pierce:"Captain."[Steve stops and looks at Pierce]"Somebody murdered my friend and I'm gonna find out why. Anyone gets in my way, they're gonna regret it. Anyone."

Natasha, Alex and Steve scoffed at that man.

Steve Rogers:"Understood."[Steve turns and leaves]

Steve Rogers: [after he leaves Pierce's office he steps into the elevator]"Operations control."

SHIELD Computer:"Confirmed."[just as the elevator doors are about to close Rumlow steps in with two STRIKE agents]

Everyone frowned, feeling like something was about to happened.

Brock Rumlow:"Keep all STRIKE personnel on site."

STRIKE Agent #1:"Understood."

STRIKE Agent #2:"Yes, sir."

Brock Rumlow:"Forensics."

SHIELD Computer:"Confirmed."

Brock Rumlow:"Cap."

Steve Rogers:"Rumlow."[the elevator doors close and they start riding down]

Brock Rumlow:"Evidence Response found some fibres on the roof they want us to see. You want me to get the tac-team ready?"

Steve Rogers:"No, lets wait and see what it is first."

Brock Rumlow:"Right."[Steve notices one of the agents touching his weapon suspiciously, the elevator stops and more SHIELD and STRIKE agents enter]

Kingsley narrowed his eyes."Something is wrong." Amelia, Moody along with other auror nodded agreeing with him.

SHIELD Agent #1:"What's the status so far?"

SHIELD Agent #2:"Administrations level."

SHIELD Computer:"Confirmed."

SHIELD Agent #2: [to Steve]"Excuse me."

Brock Rumlow: [to Steve]"I'm sorry about what happened with Fury. Messed up, what happened to him."

The Avengers scoffed at him.

Steve Rogers:"Thank you."[feeling something is off, Steve looks at the agents in the elevator and notices one of them is sweating, then the elevator stops and more agents enter]

STRIKE Agent #3:"Records."

SHIELD Computer:"Confirmed."[as the elevator doors close Steve realizes he's been surrounded by agents]

Steve Rogers:"Before we get started, does anyone want to get out?"[there's a moment's pause before suddenly one of the agents turns and uses an electric rod to give Steve a shock, the others grab him and try to strap his wrists with magnetic cuffs, Steve manages to knock some of them down but one cuff remains, then Rumlow uses his rod to give Steve a shock as Steve is being attacked we see Sitwell in a controls room watching them from a monitor]

Jasper Sitwell:"Mobilize STRIKE units, 25th floor."[Steve manages free himself from the magnetic cuff and knock all the agents down, he turns to Rumlow]

The witches and wizards were amazed at how he was able to fight them all in a tight space like that.

Brock Rumlow:"Whoa, big guy. I just want you to know, Cap, this ain't personal."[Rumlow then goes to attack Steve with his electric rod but Steve manages to defend himself and eventually knocks Rumlow out]

Many in the great hall snorted in amusement.

"It sure looked like it is."Harry said.

Steve Rogers:"It kind of feels personal."[Steve picks up his shield then opens the elevator doors, but he's faced by a team of STRIKE agents pointing their weapons at him]

25th Floor STRIKE Agent:"Drop the shield! Put your hands in the air!"[Steve uses his shield to break off the elevator wires which sends the elevator down, as he forces the doors open he sees more STRIKE agents approaching him, he closes the door and looks for a way out]

STRIKE Agent:"Give it up, Rogers! Get that door open! You have nowhere to go!"[Steve breaks through the glass in the elevator and plummets down to finally hit the ground floor, from his monitor Sitwell watches in shock as Steve gets up and starts running off]

Many stared in shocked at Steve jumping out of the elevator of this height and start running like it was nothing.

Jasper Sitwell:"Are you kidding me?"[ordering the STRIKE team]"He's headed for the garage. Lock down the bridge!"[Steve rides out of the SHIELD garage on his motorcycle, evading the obstacles laid out but then a Quinjet emerges ahead of him]

Quinjet Pilot:"Stand down, Captain Rogers. Stand down."[the Quinjet lowers its machine gun]"Repeat, stand down."[as Steve doesn't stop they start shooting at him, Steve throws his shield into the propellers to jam it, giving him an opportunity to hop onto it and do more damage to the jet with his shield before jumping off as the jet goes crashing down and he escapes]

The student in the great hall cheered.

"That was badass!"Justin exclaimed.

"Big brother is more awesome."Rose pouted.

Jasper Sitwell: [to the SHIELD agents]"Eyes here."[everyone, including Agent 13, looks at Sitwell]"Whatever your op is, bury it. This is Level One. Contact DOT. All traffic lights in the district go red. Shut all runways at BWI, IAD and Reagan. All security cameras in the city go through this monitor, right here. Scan all open sources. Phones, computers, PDAs, whatever. If someone tweets about this guy, I want to know about it."

Sharon Carter:"With all due respect, If SHIELD is conducting a manhunt for Captain America, we deserve to know why."

Alexander Pierce:"Because he lied to us."[Pierce enters the room]"Captain Rogers has information regarding the death of Director Fury, he refused to share it. As difficult as this is to accept, Captain America is a fugitive from SHIELD."

Disguised as a civilian dressed in a hoody, Steve goes back to the hospital to retrieve the flash drive from the vending machine but sees it's gone.

"Like I said you were lucky we find the drive first."Alex said.

Then Natasha and Alex appears behind him chewing some gum, in anger Steve pushes Natasha into a room as Alex follow.

Steve Rogers:"Where is it?"

Natasha Romanoff:"Safe."

Steve Rogers:"Do better!"

Natasha Romanoff:"Where did you get it?"

Steve Rogers:"Why would I tell you?"

Alex Romanoff:"Fury gave it to you. Why?

Steve Rogers:"What's on it?"

Natasha and Alex:"We don't know."

Steve Rogers:"Stop lying!"

Natasha:"We only act like we know everything, Rogers."

"So you really don't know who ate all of my poptarts?"Thor asked.

"Nope, if I know I would have told you."Natasha said, clearly lying as she's looking at Clint and Alex out of the corner of her eyes, who gulp nervously.

Steve Rogers:"I bet one of you knew Fury hired the pirates, don't you?"

Alex Romanoff:"Well, it makes sense. The ship was dirty, Fury needed a way in, so do you."

Many auror nodded as they thought it was a good plan.

Steve Rogers:"I'm not gonna ask again."

Natasha Romanoff:"I know who killed Fury. Most of the intelligence community doesn't believe he exists, the ones who do call him the Winter Soldier. He's credited with over two dozen assassinations in the last fifty years."

Everyone look at Bucky judging and some even have scared look but quickly turn away when they saw the glare some of the Avengers send their way.

"Get away from our children, you murderer!"The Potter's yelled, not wanting their children near him.

"Shut up, my god you guys are annoying."Alex rolls his eyes.

"Don't talk to your parent like that young man!"Molly yelled back at him.

"You too shut your mouth, god damn you sound like a banshee."Alex said, getting laugher from many people while Molly glare at him not liking being talk like that.

Steve Rogers:"So he's a ghost story."

Natasha Romanoff:"Five years ago I was escorting a nuclear engineer out of Iran, somebody shot out my tires near Odessa. We lost control, went straight over a cliff, I pulled us out, but the Winter Soldier was there. I was covering my engineer, so he shot him straight through me."[she pulls up her shirt to show him the scar on the side of her stomach]"Soviet slug, no rifling. Bye-bye bikinis."

Many around the Great Hall gasp at seeing the scar.

Steve Rogers:"Yeah, I bet you look terrible in them now."[there's a hit of a smile from Natasha while Alex is a bit uncomfortable]

Natasha Romanoff:"Going after him is a dead end. I know, I've tried."[Natasha holds up the flash drive]"Like you said, he's a ghost story."[Steve takes the flash drive from her]

Steve Rogers:"Well, let's find out what the ghost wants."