James Buchanan ‘Bucky’ Barnes

*Ring* Natasha had gotten a call from an unknown number.

"Yeah?" She asked after picking up the phone. She seemed to know who it was.

"Are you okay?" It was Steve.

"Yeah, I'm fine. I got lucky." Natasha got a chill that made her feel that someone was watching her.

She shrugged it off, before continuing, "I know how much Barnes means to you. I really do… Stay, home. You'll only make this worse. For all of us."

After coming out of the building she'd seen a few reporters in front of the wreckage reporting that Barnes was the main suspect in this bombing.

"Are you saying, you'll arrest me?" He asked her.

"No! But someone else will if you interfere. That's how it works now." She tried to show him the reality of the situation.

"If he's this far gone then I should be the one to bring him in." He said stubbornly.

"Why?" Nat couldn't understand his motivations.

"Cause I'm the one least likely to die trying." He hung up.

[I wanna call him an arrogant prick…] Alex said in her mind.

[I don't disagree with you on that…] She was annoyed that he didn't listen to her while at the same time worried for her friend.

[Wanna help him?] He understood her dilemma and offered his help.

[How? I have to meet with Stark. I can't exactly bail on it.] She did want to help him, but she didn't plan to risk her freedom for helping Steve save The Winter Soldier.

[You seem to have forgotten about my ability to turn into a living breathing, person… I can separate a part of my body to form a temporary clone of you. You can go help Steve and I'll manage whatever is necessary.] He told her.

[And if they talk about something you don't know?] She wanted some assurances.

[The separated part of my body is connected to me and I can telepathically ask you something I don't know at any time.]

[And my mannerisms?]

[I've been reading every single tiny movement of yours for the past week. I know how to act like you.] He said with a husky whisper.

[You just had to make it sound sexual, don't you?] Nat was convinced.

[It's necessary.] He told her as if he was doing god's work by making double innuendos every once in a while.

[Any idea where Steve might be?] She consulted him.

[Look for Bucky, You'll find Steve.] He told her.

Before she could sigh at his useless answer, he told her, [Or you could turn around and start walking, he was just there.]

[What? How long have you known about his presence?] She asked him as she started walking to the spot where Alex was directing her.

[About a minute before he called you. He was waiting for you to finish your talk with the Vibranium King.] He told her.

[Vibranium King?] She was confused by the address.

[You'll find out soon enough.] Alex was having fun by being cryptic with her.

[Fuck you, Alex. And where is Steve?] Natasha looked around while asking him.

[Turn left, he's in the third shop. And I would gladly fuck you, Natasha Romanoff. It's one of the greatest joys of life.] He said.

[Aren't you an alien? Why are you so into having sex with a human woman?] She asked while walking to the place he'd told her about.

[Asthetics are very important, and you are very aesthetically pleasing. Especially your insides… heavenly.] He was completely frank with her.

[What have I told you about being so straightforward with a lady? You sound barbaric…] She dismissed his words.

[Yet my words are the ones that make you wet…] He teased her.

She didn't reply to Alex and walked into the bar that he had indicated Steve was in.

[Could you please camouflage me, Alex?] She asked him before walking to a discrete location.

[Of course, my dear partner. That wasn't so hard, was it?] He'd finally gotten her used to not ordering him when she needs something from him.

[Yeah, yeah… Fucker doesn't want me to say thank you but wants me to say please every time I need to share his powers…] She thought to herself.

[You're damn right I do!] He generously confirmed her thoughts.

Natasha rolled her eyes.

She'd already seen where Steve was and gone near him. He seemed to be standing with Sam and Peggy's niece. Natasha was going to spy on them and follow Steve to reach Bucky.

[Hey, Alex… I need a suit. Like a suit that's distinct from my combat suit…] While spying on their conversation, she realized that she couldn't use her identity and had to get some disguise.

[Don't want to be Black Widow anymore?] Alex asked with a mock heartbroken tone.

[You know what I mean.] She said.

[Yeah and I have just the suit in mind for you…] He said in an anticipatory tone.

[If it's a damn sex suit, I swear to god…] Natasha realized his intentions.

[Damn it, you're no fun… Fine, I'll put it on you during our next reward session…] He sounded disappointed.

[The important topic here, Alex…] She ignored it while acting nonchalant about it, but inwardly, she was anticipatory about what he had in store for her.

[I know what you need. When you can get rid of the camo, I'll show it to you.] He assured her.

Nat, in her invisible state, followed Steve after he found out about Bucky's location. She followed him all the way to Bucharest.

Meanwhile, Alex formed Natasha's exact replica and that replica went to meet with Tony about the aftermath of the signing.

…

"You know me?" Steve looked at Bucky while in his Captain America costume, ready for a fight.

They were both standing in a rundown apartment, it was the place where Bucky had been staying for a while.

"You're Steve… I read about you in a museum piece." He told Steve something that anyone would know when looking at his current attire.

"All right smart guy… There are people coming after you." He told Bucky.

"I wasn't in Vienna. I don't do that anymore." Bucky's presence changed when he realized that he was in danger.

"I know you're scared. But the people who think you did are coming here right now, and they're not planning to take you alive." Steve tried to negotiate with him.

-1 minute Cap.- Sam called out to Steve from the intercom. The local law enforcement was arriving.

"Smart." Barnes smiled almost self-deprecatingly.

The tension in the room was almost solid.

"This doesn't have to end in a fight, Buck…"

"It always ends in a fight." Bucky took off the glove that was covering his metallic hand as he said that.

-5 seconds- Sam told Steve.

"You pulled me from the river! Why?" Steve asked referring to the time when Bucky helped him when the Helicarrier crashed during the events at the Triskelion.

"I don't know." Buckey lied.

"Yes, you do…"

Before they could continue their talk, a flashbang broke through the window. Steve blocked and threw it away with his shield while another was thrown toward Bucky. Not caring about Steve, Bucky kicked the other flashbang at him. Steve used his shield to cover the impact of the weak explosion of the flashbang.

A large number of things started happening at the same time.

A few people dressed in SWAT armor broke in through the windows while another team started ramming the door with a battering ram.

Their orders were shoot-on-sight. They weren't planning on getting Bucky alive.

Like the seasoned veterans that they were, both Steve and Bucky engaged the assailants.

After incapacitating one of them, Bucky picked up a table with his metal arm and threw it with a huge amount of force to the small area where the door would open, jamming the door completely. It would only open if they broke the hinges and pulled it out.

*Bang**Bang**Bang**Bang**Bang*

Steve pushed a cop's rifle away from Bucky as he started before knocking out the guy. Looking at Steve once, Bucky moved to another area of his apartment and punched through the floor, taking out a duffel bag. Probably something he'd stored for emergencies.

Then he threw it out the window to have it land on the roof of the building in the next block.

*BANG* There was the sound of a shotgun shot.

*BANG**BANG*

Two more shots were fired at the hinges of the door, they were preparing o pull it out.

A metal hand came out of the door and grabbed the shooter's head, banging it against the door before dropping him.

Bucky then punched the door out of its boundary, getting out and punching one of the guys in his chest and dropping the other two down the stairs.

*Shatter* The glass of the roof shattered as another person started rappelling down the roof while shooting at Bucky.

He blocked the bullets with his metal arm while moving to grab that guy and incapacitate him while using the rope as support to swing down to the next section of the stairs.

He kept running into assailants that he kept beating down while going down the stairs as Captain America followed behind him.

He made sure that Bucky didn't end up killing anyone while supporting him whenever he could.

Soon, he was at his destination.

It was a balcony with the perfect route to his escape plan.

He was a trained veteran. Even though he had been laying low, he still made sure to have an escape route planned in case of such a day.

Bucky charged through a small hallway to the balcony and jumped across to the next building on which he'd dropped his bag.

Reaching the roof of that building, he grabbed his bag and ran as if his life depended on it. Which it did.

Though his bad day wasn't going to end any time soon.

Bucky noticed a shadow looming in front of him and quickly turned around, only to have his nigh-indestructible metallic arm get scratched by what seemed like the claws of a panther-themed armored individual.

-Sam, bogey, inbound.- Steve told Sam after noticing a helicopter.

-On it.-

At the same time, Steve followed after bucky and jumped down while a gunner from the helicopter started raining bullets on Bucky who was standing behind the Black Panther.

Just before Sam arrived, there was the arrival of another person.

Someone appeared from thin air beside Bucky and The Black Panther and shot a grappling gun directly at the machine gun that was being used to shoot them from the helicopter.

It was a female figure who was wearing a white combat suit with a helmet-like sleek mask that extended from her collar and covered her face.

"Hey, guys…" She turned to the two people that were fighting on the rooftop.

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