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Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) dir. Anthony and Joe Russo
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gay-jewish-bucky · 7 months
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The person who figured out the actor who played Pierce looked like Steve when he was younger and created the head canon that HYDRA hired him to be Bucky's handler for that reason has to answer for the pain they have caused
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literaryavenger · 3 months
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Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Summary: You're part of the Strike team and join Captain America as he tries to live his new life in the 21st century. [Reader is NOT Hydra]
Pairing: platonic!Steve Rogers x Reader, platonic!Natasha Romanoff x Reader
Warnings: Language. Rumlow being a dick. Mentions of death. Idk, everything else in the movie?
Word Count: 2.7K
A/N: Happy New Year! This the first chapter in a new series I'm starting! I'm not sure how long it's gonna be yet, but I know it's gonna be longer than Broken. These series is about an alternate universe where the reader exists and lives through the events that happen in the MCU. A lot of the details will be changed to insert the reader, a lot of the lines said by other characters will be changed to be the reader's and I've also made up a lot of things and scenes and added them, trying my best not to change the official timeline and the main events. I hope you enjoy this and all chapters to come!
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“You heard the boss, newbie, text Romanoff and tell her to pick up Rogers.”- Rumlow tapped his knuckles twice on the table for emphasis before getting up and exiting the conference room.
You made sure he didn’t miss the way you rolled your eyes at the now old nickname, before writing ‘New mission, need you at the jet in one hour. Asshole wants you to pick up the old man in spandex’ on your phone and sending the message to Natasha, then you get up and make your way out of the room.
“Armory”- you say as you enter the elevator. 
“Confirmed”- the elevator voice says as the doors start closing. 
You suit up for the mission just assigned by Pierce and go to the jet to start doing the checkups you know the rest of the idiots on the STRIKE team won’t even think about doing. 
After making sure everything’s ready and in order you can do nothing more than wait for everybody else.
Natasha and Steve get there exactly an hour after your text. 
“Right on time”- you point out.
“It wasn’t a coincidence, YLN”- Natasha smirks, making you laugh.
“Cap”- you meet him with a smile that he returns -“Y/N”
The rest of the team meets you a few minutes after -“ready for take off”- Rumlow says to the pilot and the jet takes off. Once you get close to the target Rumlow starts briefing Steve and Nat.
“The target is a mobile satellite launch platform: The Lemurian Star. They were sending up their last payload when pirates took them, 93 minutes ago.”
“Any demands?”- Steve asks.
“A billion and a half.”- Rumlow answers.
“Why so steep?”- Steve questions, frowning.
“Because it’s Shield’s.”- you answer promptly, ignoring the scowl on Rumlow’s face that disappears almost immediately.
“So it’s not off-course”- Steve says, understanding flashing in his eyes as he glares at Natasha -“it’s trespassing.”
“I’m sure they have a good reason”- Natasha offers.
“You know, I’m getting a little tired of being Fury’s janitor” -Steve seems really annoyed now.
“Relax, it’s not that complicated”- Natasha says.
“How many pirates?”- Steve’s attention is back on the screen.
“Twenty-five, top mercs, led by this guy. Georges Batroc.”- He pulled up the photo of Batroc on the monitor and looked at you expectantly, making you roll your eyes. Of course you’re the only one who actually looked through the files.
“Ex-DGSE, Action Division. He’s at the top of Interpol's Red Notice. Before the French demobilized him, he had thirty-six kill missions. The guy’s got a rep for maximum casualties.”- you filled everybody in, although it was obvious most of the guys weren’t listening. At least the Captain was.
“Hostages?”- Steve questioned you, but Rumlow cut in.
“Mostly techs. One officer, Jasper Sitwell.”- he showed his picture, you’ve seen Sitwell around headquarters, he seemed pretty close with the STRIKE team, not that you hang out much with them outside of mission, or at all. -“They’re in the gallery.”
“What’s Sitwell doing on a launch ship?”- Steve asked, more to himself, and he had a point. -“Alright, I’m gonna sweep the deck and find Batroc. Nat and Y/N, you’ll kill the engines and wait for instructions. Rumlow, you sweep aft, find the hostages, get them to the life-pots, get ‘em out. Let’s move.”
Yep, he’s definitely in Captain mode.
“Ay ay, Captain”- you salute with a smirk that mirrors Natasha’s while Steve gives you a faux annoyed look.
“STRIKE, you heard the Cap. Gear up.”- Rumlow says but you’ve already started getting ready and stopped listening to him.
“Secure channel seven”- Steve says into his wrist communicator.
“Seven secure”- Natasha replies -“Did you do anything fun Saturday night?”
“Well, all the guys from my barbershop quartet are dead, so… No, not really”- Steve answered, making both you and Natasha laugh while the pilot lets you know that the drop zone is coming up.
“You know, if you ask Kristen out, from Statistics, she’d probably say yes.”- you point out, exchanging a knowing glance with Natasha.
“That’s why I don’t ask”- he fires back
“Too shy or too scared?”- Natasha pushes.
“Too busy!”- He yells over the wind as the door opens and then he jumps. 
You and Natasha both roll your eyes and look at each other smiling, not needing to talk to understand the other. You barely register Rumlow and Rollins commenting on Steve jumping without a parachute before grabbing one for yourself and jumping alongside Nat.
You and Nat have known each other for a while now, all the way back since she was first brought in by Clint. You trained with both of them, went on countless missions together (yes, including Budapest) and would’ve been right by their side in New York if you hadn't been on an important undercover mission and had strict orders directly from Fury not to blow your cover.
After that you got assigned to the STRIKE team by Alexander Pierce, though you still have no idea why, but orders are orders and you’ve been working with the idiots ever since. 
But you and Natasha are thankfully still pretty close and your down time is spent mostly with her, sometimes also visiting Clint and his family at his farm.
 Nat’s still annoyed at Clint about naming his only daughter after you, middle name but still, and not her. But to be fair, you have known Clint longer, a fact that always amuses both you and Clint to bring up.
You’ve just landed when you hear Rumlow saying -“you seemed pretty helpless without me”- to Steve.
“What about the nurse who lives across the hall from you?”- Natasha says.
“Yeah, she seems nice.”- you add.
“Secure the engines, then find me a date”- Steve says in his captain voice.
“We’re multitasking”- she tells him before turning to you -“you take port, I’ll take starboard and we’ll meet at the rendezvous point”
“Copy”- you say and make your way to the engine room on the right side of the ship. You start taking down guys and can hear Rumlow saying they’re ready in position. Just as you finish with the last guy you hear Steve calling your name.
“What’s your status?”
“Port engine room secure”- you answer.
“Good, make your way to help Rumlow with the hostages.”
“Roger that”- you can almost hear him groan in annoyance as you smile and follow his orders.
“Natasha, what’s your status?”- you can hear her grunt while she fights through the comms -“Status, Natasha?” 
“Hang on!”- she says as she keeps fighting -“Starboard engine room secure”
You hear Steve countdown from three and then the team moving in on the targets, you get to the rendezvous point just in time to see Rumlow rounding the corner with the hostages on his tail.
“Hostages en route to extradition”- he says in his comms as you look around for Natasha.
“Romanoff missed the rendezvous point, Cap. Hostiles are still in play.”- you let Steve know while helping take care of the hostages.
“Natasha, Batroc’s on the move. Circle back to Y/N and protect the hostages.”- he receives no answer and at this point you get a little worried. -“Natasha!”
You want to go looking for her but know better than to leave your post and you’re also very aware that Natasha can take care of herself. 
So you keep protecting the hostages while listening intently to the comms where you can hear Steve fight, then you hear a voice you assume it’s Batroc’s talking French and are even more surprised to hear Steve answer back in French. Impressive.
You can hear him fighting again and then you finally hear Natasha’s voice but don’t pay too much attention to the conversation, bringing your entire focus on the hostages once you know she’s okay. 
You’re helping people into the life-pods when you hear an explosion go off somewhere on the boat. You don’t even realize you’re holding your breath until you hear Natasha’s voice again and let it go, feeling even more relieved after hearing Steve too.
The ride back is very uncomfortable as you help Natasha with the minor injuries from the explosion, Steve refusing help and insisting that he’s fine, and in the mood he’s in you’re certainly not about to argue. 
As soon as the jet lands he stomps away angrily and you share a concerned look with Natasha, worried about what he’s gonna do next. 
You help Nat to the medbay to make sure she’s okay and leave when she assures you she’s okay and not to make a fuss. You make your way to the usual conference room for debriefing but when you get there Rumlow very smugly assures you that you’re not needed at this meeting. 
You’re used to being left out of meetings with the STRIKE team and Pierce by now, since you’ve been forced to join you’ve been left out of more meetings that you’ve attended, but it bothered you sometimes. Still, at least you don’t have to spend too much time with those neanderthals.
Not your circus, not your monkeys, so you just make your way to the Armory to put away your gear and then the locker room to change and go home for what you thought would be the rest of the day.
A few hours later you find yourself in the hospital where the STRIKE team has been called in the middle of the night because, guess what? Someone tried to kill Director Fury. Or, as it turns out, succeeded. 
You’re behind Steve, Natasha and Hill alongside Rumlow and Sitwell, watching Fury flatlining and the doctors calling it. You wanted to go with Nat to see Fury, be there for her knowing she cared about him as much as you do, but obviously Rumlow had to be a dick and order you to stay put. And, whether you like it or not, he’s your boss.
He rudely interrupts Nat and Steve’s conversation telling him they need him back at headquarters and you can tell something’s suddenly off, as much as Rumlow can be an asshole, he’s never been openly rude towards Steve. You can hear Sitwell in your earpiece telling the team to bring Rogers in for questioning as he and Rumlow get closer.
“STRIKE, move it out.”- he orders but you start moving until Steve’s by your side, giving him what you hope is a reassuring smile. 
When you get to the Triskelion Steve is taken to Pierce’s office and you get ordered to go to Forensics and check into the evidence found on the roof, then go to Operations Control and wait for there for further instructions, so you do. 
When you get to the control room you see Sitwell concentrated on a particular screen so you get close trying not to get noticed and see Steve fighting STRIKE and SHIELD agents in the elevator. 
You barely have time to understand what’s happening before he’s throwing himself off and lands on his shield near the entrance of the building, thankful that Sitwell’s -“Are you kidding me?”- covered you quiet -“holy shit”.
You’re in the room when Sitwell gives the orders to track down Rogers to all the Agents and when he’s done, you discreetly follow him and the rest of the STRIKE team out the room. For a bunch of guys who work for a secret organization they sure suck at knowing when they’re being followed. 
No one talks until they get to a deserted corridor. -“Pierce is going to kill us. He has the flash drive and can use it to find Zola. You fucked up big time letting him go.”- Sitwell sounded pissed.
“Take it easy, four eyes.”- Rumlow sounded just as angry -“You’re not the one that got punched by a supersoldier.”
They kept talking about the flash drive and Steve and Pierce and Zola. That name sounded familiar but you couldn’t remember for the life of you where you heard it from.
Then it hit you. Zola was a former Hydra scientist from World War II, turned ally when the war ended. Thank god the Howling Commandos were hot so you actually paid attention during that particular history class. 
You were about to turn away so you wouldn’t risk getting caught eavesdropping when you heard your name being mentioned.
“Someone should keep an eye on her”- Sitwell said, making you worried of becoming the next Shield target, but Rumlow proceeded to ease your worries.
“That’s a waste of manpower. The whole reason she’s even on our team was so we could keep a closer eye on Rogers, but she just spends all her time with Romanoff.” 
So that’s why Pierce assigned you to the STRIKE team. Yeah, you’re closer to Steve than most people but it’s not like you’re best friends, you sometimes hang out outside of work but most of your interactions are mission related.
You heard enough to kind of put together what’s going on, but there’s not much you can do to help Steve yet not knowing where he is. So you stuck to following the STRIKE team, praying that your absence in the control room goes unnoticed. 
STRIKE gets a hit on Steve’s location and you follow them in your car to a mall but think better than to follow them in, waiting patiently outside. 
After a few minutes you see Steve and Natasha in their not so well thought out undercover outfits and, once again, the Captain surprises you by hot-wiring a car. 
You follow them, more discreetly this time, knowing Natasha and Steve would be better at realizing they’re being followed. 
You get to an old army camp in Wheaton, New Jersey and are about to follow them in and make yourself known to them, but before you can get out of your car you hear the plan the STRIKE team has through your comms. The idiots never even thought about using a different channel, of course Rumlow would underestimate you this much. 
So you decide to drive deeper into the trees surrounding the camp to make sure you’re not visible and wait, knowing they would need a fast getaway. 
You could do nothing more than watch as the missile hit the bunker and the helicopters started coming. You wanted to go and help them, make sure they were okay, but you willed yourself to stay put and not give away your position. 
When you can faintly see Steve’s figure, almost running with what looks like Nat in his arms, and you finally turn the car on and drive coming to a stop right in front of him, startling him into a stop too.
“Get in.”- you urge him, and he seems wary of you, rightly so. -“Come on, Cap, they can’t know I’m here!”
He seems to decide to risk trusting you, delicately setting an unconscious Nat down in the back seat before getting in the passenger’s seat. As soon as his door is closed you drive away as fast as you can, heading back to Washington and you can feel Steve’s eyes on you.
“How do I know I can trust you?”- he finally says, his eyes never leaving you -“You’re part of them, after all.”
“I can see where you’re coming from, but trust me I’m not one of them.”- you glance at him and you can tell that he’s not convinced yet, so you go on -“I didn’t even know who ‘them’ were before today. Apparently the reason Pierce assigned me to the STRIKE team was in hopes to get closer to you. He overestimated how close we actually are. If Natasha was awake right now she would tell you how much I hate working with those assholes… You can trust me.”- you take a look at the rearview mirror and see Natasha, but her relaxed face does nothing to ease your worries. 
Steve seems to pick up on your concerns as his features soften and, ever the hopelessly optimistic, he chooses to believe you.
“Okay,”- he says, -“what do we do now?”
“We have to get you somewhere safe”- you check your mirrors as much as you can, making sure you’re not being followed -“I don’t know any safehouses outside of Shield radar. We need a place we can go that they know about.”
“I have an idea.”- he says, you glance at him and see him already looking at you, so you nod.
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Hydra's S.T.R.I.K.E Team
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+second bonus: one (1) smug leader
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lovemesomerafael · 4 months
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The Adventures of Captain and Mr. America Part 492
You can read all the parts of The Adventures of Captain and Mr. America on AO3. Especially if you're American and you've awakened from your Thanksgiving turkey coma but you're still stuffed and want something entertaining to do while you are incapable of purposeful movement.
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stuckyfingers · 1 month
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@bxsie said "#I’m plagued with pierce/bucky thoughts#I need someone to indulge me"
So.... here you go.
"Open up, soldier..."
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Steve: I'm not a soldier.
Pierce: Of course not. You're a weapon.
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airybmore · 11 months
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Nick Fury (& Pierce) Parallels with Steve Rogers (&Peggy) in Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Ok so I’ve recently rewatched CATWS and, I’ve always found the use of photos in the Captain America movies really interesting, but I noticed something that I hadn't before -
There are a lot of photos shown in different places and contexts of people Steve knew from the past (photos he looks at of them and/or photos of them shown together), most notably of Bucky and Peggy.  But that also happens for two other characters.  
The obvious parallel - Sam with Riley – his close friend who served with him until he fell and ‘died’ young. 
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But the other set are Fury with Pierce - his old friend that is still alive and on his side (he thinks).
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And from there - there are just so many parallels between Steve and Peggy, and Fury and Pierce (with one set just further along the greyscale).
First we see Peggy-Pierce telling others (the video in the exhibit & talking to Steve) a story about Steve-Fury saving a group of people that included their family member (future husband & daughter).
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Peggy-Pierce both held positions of power, that they used to attach Steve-Fury to SHEILD in some visual way.
Peggy with naming it SHEILD and Pierce with:
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Peggy-Pierce are the ones Steve-Fury confide in when they are having doubts about SHIELD.
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Because they believe in them and see them as trustworthy.
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But then its revealed they both knowingly had a connection to Hydra taking over, with an added element of personal betrayal
One who worked with (recruited?) the exact Hydra member who Steve had lost a friend capturing (that led to her promise he would not be alone in making sure they were all dead or captured)
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And one as one of their leaders (who tries to have Fury killed immediately after he went to him for help)
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and then these two guys, the only ones shown having doubts about SHIELD (and who everyone thinks are dead at some point), both agree to destroy Hydra AND SHIELD before heading off on their own missions
But before that Steve got to hear two motivating talks about starting over:
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and maybe this is just a random monkey with a typewriter situation and that's all just a random coincidence (because they did nothing with it), but they did do it, and it does seems like they were building to something other than what we got
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smlmsworld · 7 months
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This is why Hydra twisted Bucky's mind
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photo: IMDb
Take a look at a young Pierce and tell me how Hydra would use him when brainwashing Bucky.
(Robert Redford)
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Now look at a this young man: The man Bucky loves!
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photo: MCU
Our poor sweet Bucky never forgot the essence of Steve. No matter how hard Pierce tried, he was never that little guy who'd never run away from a fight.
♥♥♥
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iloveyoujohnnydepp · 1 month
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Johnny Depp at the Premiere for The Tourist at Excelsior Hotel in Rome, Italy (December 15, 2010)
Re: Johnny Depp as Frank Tupelo/Alexander Pierce in The Tourist (2010) dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
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Does an edit exist where it’s like the bank vault scene from catws to the music of Gasoline by Halsey? Or just anything winter soldier related with that song? Lately I’ve just been imagining something like
Pierce slapping Bucky and forcefully telling him
You can’t wake up this is not a dream
You’re part of a machine
You are not a human being
Ive been thinking about it for a while now and I’m just wondering if someone knows of something along those lines?
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winter-angst · 9 months
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Pierce: I have no idea where Rumlow gets his energy from but it’s impressive
Jack: pretty sure he sucks it directly from my soul
Pierce: what?
Jack: I didn’t say anything
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cyberneticasset · 4 months
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Still reeling over the ‘Pinterest incident’ where I fat-fingered a button and sent my maid of fucking honor and best friend of 15 years a Winter Soldier / Alexander Pierce fanart from Pinterest
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‘This could be the beginning of something good’ No it Can Not
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literaryavenger · 3 months
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Captain America: The Winter Soldier - 3
Summary: You finally make it to Fury and, after he brings you up to speed, you make plans to take down Hydra for good.
Pairing: platonic!Steve Rogers x Reader, platonic!Natasha Romanoff x Reader, platonic!Sam Wilson x Reader, platonic!Nick Fury x Reader, platonic!Maria Hill x Reader
Warnings: Language. Pierce being a dick. Mentions of death. Mentions of fighting and fire arms. The Winter Soldier, he's a warning. Idk, everything else in the movie?
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The ride was quiet until Steve, who was shocked into silence until that moment, said -“It was him.”- You looked at him on your right but his gaze was to the floor. -“He looked right at me like he didn’t even know me.”
“How's that even possible?”- Sam said from in front of Steve. -“It was, like, seventy years ago.”
“Zola.”- Steve answered without skipping a beat. -“Bucky's whole unit was captured in '43, Zola experimented on him. Whatever he did helped Bucky survive the fall. They must have found him and…”- he trailed off, looking up at Sam.
“None of that's your fault, Steve.”- Natasha said and you turned your attention on her.
“Even when I had nothing, I had Bucky.”- You were too busy looking at Natasha’s palling face to be sad for Steve.
“We need to get a doctor here.”- You said, your eyes landing on the blood on her shoulder, which apparently Sam noticed too.
“We don't put pressure on that wound,”- he said, turning to the guy next to him -“she's gonna bleed out here in the truck.”
The guard pulled out an electric rod and looked like he was gonna use it on Sam but, suddenly, he poked the other guard with it. You were all so fucking confused until the guard took out his helmet to reveal a groaning Maria Hill.
“That thing was squeezing my brain.”- she looked at all of you while you let out a breath of relief, but she landed on Sam and then looked back at you, pointing at him. -“Who’s this guy?”
“Long story”- you say and, when she narrows her eyes at you, you roll your own. -“I’m handcuffed too, I’m obviously on your side.”- you say while raising your cuffed hands and cocking an eyebrow.
She softened, but relented only after receiving a nod from Steve, confirming what you were saying. 
She helped you escape and soon you were entering a seemingly abandoned facility, Natasha leaning on you for balance. A man you recognize as one of the doctors that were operating on Fury runs towards you and you frown. 
What the hell’s going on?
“GSW. She’s lost at least a pint.”- Hill says to the doctor.
“Maybe two.”- Sam adds.
“Let me take her.”- the doctor says, but Maria stops him.
“She’ll want to see him first.”- she says while she leads the way, the doctor helping you carry Natasha. 
Hill takes you to a room where you’re all shocked to find Fury lying in a bed, alive.
“About damn time.”- he says and you almost cry after hearing his voice.
You all sit down and, as the doctor starts to work on Natasha’s wound next to you, you all listen intently as Fury explains what’s going on.
“Lacerated spinal column,”- he ended by listing his injuries -“cracked sternum, shattered collarbone, perforated liver, one hell of a headache.”
“Don't forget your collapsed lung.”- the doctor said from Nat’s other side.
“Oh, let's not forget that.”- Fury said sarcastically -“Otherwise, I'm good.”
“They cut you open,”- Natasha said, and you knew she took it hard. -“your heart stopped.”
“Tetrodotoxin B.”- He said like it was obvious. -“Slows the pulse to one beat a minute. Banner developed it for stress. Didn't work so great for him, but we found a use for it.”
“Why all the secrecy?”- Steve voiced what you were all thinking.
“Yeah.”- you added, obviously hurt. -“Why not just tell us?”
“Any attempt on the director's life had to look successful.”- Hill answered for him.
“Can't kill you if you're already dead.”- Fury seemed amused with himself, then got more serious. -“Besides, I wasn't sure who to trust.”- you tried not to take that too personally and, glancing at Natasha, you could tell when she met your eyes that she was trying to do the same.
Fury gives you guys some time to process everything before you move to a room with a table to start strategizing on how to move forward.
“This man declined the Nobel Peace Prize.”- Fury was looking at a picture of young Pierce. -“He said, Peace wasn't an achievement, it was a responsibility. See, it's stuff like this that gives me trust issues.”- He finished looking at you guys.
“We have to stop the launch.”- Natasha said, ignoring Fury’s last remark.
“I don't think the Council's accepting my calls anymore.”- He said while opening a case containing three chips.
“What's that?”- you and Sam ask at the same time, glancing at each other.
“Once the Helicarriers reach three thousand feet,”- Hill says, turning her computer around and showing you -“they'll triangulate with Insight satellites becoming fully weaponized.”
“We need to breach those carriers and replace their targeting blades with our own.”- Fury cut in.
“One or two won't cut it. We need to link all three carriers for this to work, because if even one of those ships remains operational”- she hesitated for a second -“a whole lot of people are gonna die.”
“We have to assume everyone aboard those carriers is HYDRA. We need to get past them, insert the server blades, and maybe, just maybe, we can salvage what's left-”- Fury got cut off by Steve.
“We're not salvaging anything.”- he said sharply. -“We're not just taking down the carriers, Nick, we're taking down SHIELD.”
“SHIELD had nothing to do with it.”- Fury said defensively.
“You gave me this mission, this is how it ends.”- Steve had his Captain voice and you knew there was no room for discussion. -“SHIELD's been compromised, you said so yourself. HYDRA grew right under your nose and nobody noticed.”
“Why do you think we're meeting in this cave? I noticed.”- Nobody else said anything, just watching back and forth from Fury to Steve.
“And how many paid the price before you did?”
“Look, I didn't know about Barnes.”- Fury said after a moment.
“Even if you had, would you have told me? Or would you have compartmentalized that, too?”- He was almost glaring now. -“SHIELD, HYDRA, it all goes.”
“He's right.”- Hill simply says, nodding.
Fury looks at Natasha, but she simply stares back and he knows he’s not gonna have any help from her, so he turns to you.
“You’re okay with this, Agent?”- he asks you and you don’t even have to think twice about it.
“We took an oath to protect people, Fury.”- you tell him, holding his gaze. -“If taking down Shield does that, and I believe it does, I’m game.”- you shrug. 
He then turns to the last person in the room.
“Don't look at me.”- Sam says, also shrugging. -“I do what he does, just slower.”
You grin at him while Fury scoffs a little.
“Well,”- He starts, sitting back and sighting, looking at all of us before staring back at Steve. -“It looks like you're giving the orders now, Captain.”
After we made our plan, Steve went outside for some air. You and Sam watched him leave, then looked at each other, a silent question hanging between you two.
“You go.”- you tell him and he nods before following after the supersoldier.
When you turn around you’re met with Fury and Hill’s curious looks and Natasha’s smirking face. -“What?”- you say annoyed, crossing your arms in front of you.
“You and Wilson, huh.”
“Get your mind out of the gutter, Romanoff”- you tell her as you sit back down. -“He’s a nice person, you know as well as I do how rare it is to find that in our line of work.”- your gaze shifts to the table but you can still feel their gazes on you.
“You couldn’t have known, YN.”- Fury said, seemingly reading your mind. Your eyes snapped up to his, he never called you by your first name.
“I should’ve, Nick.”- you exchanged the favor. -“All the closed meetings, all the shady attitudes… I should’ve seen it. I’m trained to see it.”- you were frustrated with yourself, with all the adrenaline out of your body now you’re left only with guilt. Surely if you’d have seen it sooner you could’ve done something, maybe the outcome would’ve been different.
“They tricked all of us.”- Nat said, glancing at Fury and resting her hand on your shoulder.
“You’re a good agent,”- Hill interjected, -“don’t doubt yourself because of those traitors.”
“You’re right”- You nodded after a moment, putting your hand on top of Nat’s on your shoulder and looking back at Fury. -“You’re all right.”
You finished the details of the plan, only one thing was missing.
“How do we get the Director there?”- Hill asked after Sam joined you informing you that Steve went looking for a uniform, whatever that meant, and would meet you there.
“Uh, I have an idea.”- you said, leaning back in your chair and smirking.
They all suited up and left after making sure your comms worked.
“Be careful”- you hugged Natasha before they left -“All of you”- you added looking over her shoulder at Hill that nodded and Sam that grinned and then winked at you.
You went back to the room where Fury was, -“So where’s our ride?”
“On its way.”- you simply say, checking your phone.
You can hear the others through the comms as they meet up with Steve, his own voice coming to your ear as he puts his earpiece in.
“Where’s Y/N?”- he questions the team.
“Aww, you miss me already, Cap?”- you say and can hear the other’s laughter.
“You wish.”- you can practically hear his eyes rolling.
“I do wish”- you answer, laughing -“I’m with Fury, don’t worry we’ll be there in time.”
You’re both suited up too when you hear loud noises coming from outside, Fury gives you a confused look but you just smile and wiggle your eyebrows playfully as you lead the way to the roof.
A helicopter lands and the pilot gets out and makes his way towards you, shaking your hand before heading downstairs where a car was waiting for him. You make your way to the pilot’s seat and Fury takes the co-pilot’s seat.
“Where did you even get this?”- He questions you after putting on the headphones while you start the helicopter, ready for take off.
“You’re not the only one with connections, Director”- you answer, glancing at him with a smile and can hear him laugh next to you.
The whole time you can hear the team’s conversation, everything’s going according to plan thankfully, and nobody’s gotten hurt yet. Just as you hear Tasha say -“don’t worry, company’s coming”- to who you assume is Pierce you land the helicopter on the landing pad. You and Fury make your way inside and Pierce is nothing short of surprised at seeing Fury alive, much to your delight.
“Did you get my flowers?”- he says sarcastically and, when Fury only glares at him, he turns his attention to you. -“Agent.”
“Asshole”- you greet him with a smile.
“I'm glad you're here, Nick.”- he turns his attention back to him.
“Really? Cause I thought you had me killed.”
“You know how the game works.”- Pierce said, as calm as a sociopath.
“So why make me head of SHIELD?”- Fury had to know.
“Cause you were the best and the most ruthless person I ever met.”
“I did what I did to protect people.”
“Our enemies are your enemies, Nick. Disorder, war. It's just a matter of time before a dirty bomb goes off in Moscow, or an EMP fries Chicago. Diplomacy? Holding action, a band-aid. And you know where I learned that”- He didn’t give him time to answer, clearly enjoying his evil mastermind speech. -“Bogota. You didn't ask, you just did what had to be done. I can bring order to the lives of seven billion people by sacrificing twenty million. It's the next step, Nick, if you have the courage to take it.”
“No,”- Fury said, taking Pierce to the retinal scanner, guns on him from both Nat and you -“I have the courage not to.”
“Retinal scanner active.”- the computer says.
“You don't think we wiped your clearance from the system?”- Pierce says smugly.
“I know you erased my password, probably deleted my retinal scan, but if you want to stay ahead of me, Mr. Secretary,”- he took off his eyepatch to reveal his scarred eye and you grimaced. -“You need to keep both eyes open.” 
They both look into the retinal scanner, with Fury using his injured eye.
“Alpha Level confirmed.” The computer said. -“Encryption code accepted. Safeguards removed.”
You can hear Steve and Sam talking in your ear as you hold Pierce at gunpoint while Nat finishes uploading the files online, Sam saying to Steve that he’s heavier than he looks makes you smile, Steve answering “I had a big breakfast” makes you almost snort because Sam made him that breakfast, but you stay professional.
You hear Sam apologizing to Steve after being grounded, his suit broken, and then Maria telling Sam that Rumow’s heading your way. Sam says he’s on it and then you hear Steve trying to plead with Bucky before he starts fighting him.
“Done.”- Natasha finally says -“And it's trending.”
Just then Pierce sets off the pins he gave the council members, causing it to burn deeply into them, you, Natasha and Fury point your guns at Pierce but he turns to Natasha.
“Unless you want a two inch hole in your sternum, I'd put that gun down.”- Natasha doesn't back down though -“That was armed the moment you pinned it on.” 
You all reluctantly lower your weapons.
You can hear Sam saying -“Man, shut the hell up”- and frown, then you hear him fighting probably with Rumlow and you sincerely hope Sam lands some good punches.
“Lieutenant, how much longer?”- Pierce asks into his radio.
“Sixty-five seconds to satellite link. Targeting grid engaged. Lowering weapons array now.”- you hear the response.
You hear Hill counting down too. -“Thirty seconds, Cap!”
you can hear Steve get out a strangled -“Stand by.”
You hear him struggle, then he says -“Charlie-”- there’s a gunshot and you hold your breath, already imagining the worst, barely hearing Pierce talking into his radio. Just as they’re about to give the order to fire you hear Steve again saying -“Charlie locked”- and you feel like all three of you let out a breath of relief at the same time. Although your relief is short lived as you hear Steve telling Maria to fire.
You all watch outside as the Helicarriers start going down.
“What a waste.”- Pierce says, disgusted at the sight in front of him.
“Are you still on the fence about Rogers' chances?”- Nat said as smugly as she can with a weapon pinned to her chest, but Pierce is having none of it.
“Time to go, Councilwoman.”- he grabs her arm -“This way, come on. You're gonna fly me out of here.”
“You know, there was a time I would have taken a bullet for you.”- Fury tells him as they start to leave.
“You already did.”- Pierce glanced back at him -“You will again when it's useful.”- before he could even finish the sentence Natasha activates a small disc that emits an electric shock through her whole body and disables the pin, giving you a chance to kick the phone out of Pierce’s hand while it reboots. 
Fury takes this time to pick up a gun and shoots twice at Pierce, then walks over to you as you kneel next to Natasha who’s unconscious on the floor.
“Romanoff!”- he says -“Natasha!”
“Natasha, come on!”- you say desperately. She slowly opens her eyes.
“Ow.”- she lets out, before looking up at you two. -“Those really do sting.” 
You let out a breathless laugh and help her up, glancing back at Pierce dying behind you, a quiet ‘Hail HYDRA’ coming out of his mouth.
You help Natasha into the helicopter, before taking the pilot’s seat again, Fury next to you.
“Please, tell me you got that chopper in the air!”- you hear Sam say.
“Sam, where are you?”- Natasha asks him as you try to look around for him.
“41st floor, north-west corner!”- he sounds like he’s out of breath.
“We're on it, stay where you are.”- You say, making your way to him.
“Not an option!”- You can hear him pant like he’s running and as you look up you see him jumping out a window, so you tilt the helicopter just enough to allow him to slide in through the door sideways, and then you straighten just as fast, getting out of there just in time as the whole building comes down.
“41st floor! 41st!”- Sam yells once he’s caught his breath.
“It's not like they put the floor numbers on the outside of the building!”- You yell back at him while glancing behind you as he glares at you.
“Hill, where's Steve?”- Natasha says in the comms -“You got a location on Rogers?”
You fly around the wreckage, all of you trying to locate Steve although it feels almost impossible with all the damage left by the Helicarriers. 
How can you find him? How could he even be alive after not only that fall, but all of the pieces still falling from the sky? He could’ve been knocked out, he could be at the bottom of the Pontomac, slowly drowning-
“There!”- Sam interrupts your pessimistic thoughts as he yells and points at a figure along the shore of the river -“That’s him!”
You land as close as him as you can, running out with Sam beside you, Nat and Fury a little behind. You get close and see that it is indeed Steve, kudos to Sam for his eagle eyes. 
The more you get close the more you worry, he looks bloody and beaten, and when you’re finally kneeling next to him, you’re praying that he’s alive. Sam’s hand flies to his neck and you can tell he lets out a relieved sigh, before turning to you.
“He’s got a pulse”- and you mirror his action. You pick him up together and take him to the helicopter, placing him inside while Nat takes the pilot’s seat this time and goes straight to the hospital.
-
With Steve being in the hospital and Fury being technically dead, the joy of being summoned at a committee hearing fell on you and Natasha. After being sworn in, the Committee General asks the first question.
“Why haven't we yet heard from Captain Rogers?”- You and Natasha look at each other and she answers.
“We don't know what there is left for him to say. I think the wreck in the middle of the Potomac made his point fairly eloquently.”
“Well, he could explain how this country's expected to maintain its national security now that he and you have laid waste to our intelligence apparatus.”
“HYDRA was selling you lies, not intelligence.”- you interjected.
“Many of which you both seem to have had a personal hand in telling.” you hate to admit it but he’s got you there.
“Agents, you should know that there are some on this committee who feel, given your service record, both for this country”- he then looked directly at Nat -“and against it, that you belong in a penitentiary, not mouthing off on Capitol Hill.” Scudder said and it took everything in you not to snap at him. Natasha could see it in your face as you looked at each other, so she went ahead and talked first.
“You're not gonna put me in a prison.”- her eyes were still on you -“You're not gonna put any of us in a prison. You know why?” somehow you knew she was asking you to finish her sentence.
“Do enlighten us.”
“Because you need us.”- you said without missing a beat, looking away from Natasha and directly into the man’s eyes. -“Yes, the world is a vulnerable place, and yes, we help make it that way. But we're also the ones best qualified to defend it.”
“So if you want to arrest us, arrest us.”- Nat said after a little pause.
“You'll know where to find us.”- you finished. 
You both got up and walked out, exchanging a small smile that was quickly hidden for the benefit of the cameras.
A few hours later you and Natasha get to the cemetery just as Fury’s walking away, smirking at each other when you catch the end of his sentence.
“You should be honored, gentlemen.”- you say as you get closer.
“That's about as close as he gets to saying thank you.”- Natasha finished.
“Not going with him?”- Steve asks her as he meets you halfway.
“No.”- you both say at the same time.
“Not staying here?”- only Natasha answers this time.
“Nah. I blew all my covers,”- she glances at you -“I gotta go figure out a new one.”
“That might take a while.”- he comments.
“I'm counting on it.”- She smiles. -“That thing you asked for, I called in a few favors from Kiev.” She hands Steve a file. -“Will you do me a favor? Call that nurse.”
“She's not a nurse.”
“And you're not a SHIELD agent.”- you say and he smiles.
“What was her name again?”- he asks.
“Sharon.”- you say before adding -“She's nice.”
Natasha kisses Steve on the cheek, hugs you and when turns to walk away, he looks at you.
“Your face looks better”- you notice. -“Well, as good as it can look, considering”- you trail off vaguely motioning to his face with a fake disgusted look and he laughs.
“Yeah, the serum can only do so much.”- you laugh too, but then you hear Natasha and you both turn to her.
“Be careful, Steve.”- she turned to him -“You might not want to pull on that thread.” 
And with that, she’s gone.
“You’re not going with Nat?”- he asks you as you turn back to him.
“I figured you might need a hand.”- you nod to the file in his hand and Steve opens it as Sam walks back to you guys, stealing a glance yourself at the photo of Sergeant Barnes in it.
“You're going after him.”- Sam says, not a question, a statement.
“You don't have to come with me.”- He says, his eyes on the file.
“I know.”- Sam says, after a moment of silence you finally look away from the photo of 40s Bucky and you see both men looking at you expectantly.
“Chasing a 96 year old brainwashed assassin?”- you said, a smile starting to appear on your face -“Sounds fun.”- Steve nodded.
“Really?”- Sam deadpanned. -“What are your weekends like, YLN?”
You only smirked at him in response, then you both turned your attention back to Steve, his eyes back on the file.
“So,”- Sam says, -“when do we start?”
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The Adventures of Captain and Mr. America Part 495
You can read all the parts of The Adventures of Captain and Mr. America on AO3. Or don't, I don't care. I tried to put on some jeans I haven't worn in a while, and now I've lost the will to live.
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