❨ 𝑴𝑴𝑶𝑻𝑩                 . . .                      𝑏𝘰𝘰𝑘 𝑖 ❩
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━━━ 𝙱. 𝙱𝙰𝚁𝙽𝙴𝚂 / ❛ i will 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡,
𝙨𝙝𝙚'𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙡 of 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 ❜

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𝐒𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐍, 𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆

𝙲𝙷𝙰𝙿𝚃𝙴𝚁 𝚂𝙴𝚅𝙴𝙽𝚃𝙴𝙴𝙽 !

"PEOPLE ARE GOING to die, Buck," Steve faces off Bucky in the last Helicarrier, his best friend's face left uncovered from the muzzle he wore when they first fought, the once bright, steel-blue eyes now a dull grey. "I can't let that happen." They stood about fifteen feet away from each other, Steve shaking his head in remorse. "Please don't make me do this." When he doesn't do anything, the first supersoldier sets his jaw and wipes any emotion from his face, throwing his shield and the Winter Soldier blocks it with his metal arm, the metal disk flying back to his hand. Bullets ricochet off it, and Bucky takes a second handgun out, shooting Steve, the bullet ripping some muscle off as it just skims his body. The pain erupted at once, but he didn't let it stop him as he let out a small groan, Bucky standing up to hit Steve again, but is hit back by the shield, his back slamming against the metal grating of the walkway.

He takes out a knife, the blonde sighing softly before engaging in hand-to-hand combat, making sure to stay clear of the knife and block any of the punches and kicks coming his way. When his shield makes contact, Bucky is thrown back a few feet, and Steve takes this time to press the combination number into the pin pad, the hard drive holder coming down, and he turns around quickly to block Bucky's attacks. No, not Bucky; HYDRA's attacks.

The metal plates in the Soldier's arms shift to put more weight in it, pushing the Captain back, and the blonde male kicks him squarely in the chest, going back to the hard drive rack to put in SHIELD's last disk. Reaching into his belt's pocket, he feels it with his gloved fingertips but has to abandon it to hold the vibranium shield up to stop James' fist from coming in contact with his face, a deep bell-like note vibrating through it. Steve pushes him back, grunting at the force of it as Bucky now had the same strength he had. He swings his shield, hitting Bucky's metal arm just once, but he swings it again to hit it once more. He punches him, Bucky grunting as his friend's fist comes in contact with the fleshy part of his cheek, knocking him against a railing. He cries out as he runs towards the blonde, using all of his body weight to throw him and himself over the railing to the ground below.

The shield is discarded elsewhere.

The drive falls out of Steve's grip and slides down to Bucky's feet, but the Winter Soldier doesn't even give it a second look, running to meet the Captain. He lands a volley of punches to his side before getting punched himself, but his metal arm reacted quickly and backhands Steve, flipping him over and making him side down the walkway. Steve's fingers grip the drive as he goes past it, Bucky going onto his side to slide down behind him, standing up at the edge where the blonde sat. Steve lets go of the drive so it wouldn't get crushed in his fist. He kicks Bucky off the metal landing.

He jumps after him.

He runs after the drive, and he's only a few feet away from it before his shield hits him in the back, throwing him off his feet. Bucky raises his gun, ready to shoot at him when Steve raises his shield to block the four bullets meant to kill him.

Outside, Diana is slashing through HYDRA soldiers before putting her sword back in its sheath, raising her arms to create an X, smirking as three men came too close to her. She pulls her arms away from each other, the orange field expanding as it travelled through the air, bursting some of the window panes in the Helicarriers above hers. The three men collapse on the ground, dead.

The two supersoldiers in the Helicarrier jump at the sound of breaking glass, and when Steve looks down, he sees the familiar orange glow coming from the lowest aircraft. Diana. He throws his shield, but Bucky's arm blocks the attack, pulling out a knife from a sheath that was hidden under his suit, swinging at the man before him, Steve stepping back in time to just let it graze the air. The knife comes down again, his arm blocking it, but the metal arm presses down and drives it into his muscle. He screams in pain. He headbutts Bucky once, twice, ignoring the pain flaring up in his shoulder, adrenaline kicking in even more to block it out. He is thrown into a metal support.

He jumps at Bucky, who is scrambling for the drive and picks him up by the neck, lifting him a few feet off the ground. He flips him, seeing that the drive is held tightly in his closed fist, his arm pulled back and Steve's other hand coming down to push against his head. "Drop it!" Bucky's arm punches the air meekly, "Drop it!" Steve snaps Bucky's arm, making him scream in pain, but his hand is still holding the flash drive. He wasn't planning on letting it go. Steve flips them again so the brunette was now on his back, while Steve laid on his back. He put him in a chokehold, Bucky's legs flailing as he struggled for air, his metal arm coming up to try to peel Steve's from his neck. Steve traps it between his thigh and calf.

Bucky's hand lets go of the drive once he runs out of air. Steve lets him go, picking it up and running back to the compartment. Maria watches the time run low. "One minute."

The Captain grabs hold of a bar, flipping his body over it. He runs up, but before he gets close to the compartment, a bullet tears through his muscle. He collapses in pain, holding the bullet wound in his hand, but the adrenaline rushing through him makes him go on, standing up to begin running again. He is climbing on the bars when another bullet rips through the air, but it doesn't touch him.

He keeps going.

"30 seconds, Cap!"

30 seconds, alright. He was going to make it. He hobbles to the compartment, drive in hand, "Stand by!" He is about to put the drive in when another bullet rips through him. "Cha-" He collapses again. He looks down at his bullet wound, blood seeping through the red and white striped of his suit. He only had a few seconds left, so he made them count: he places the drive inside its meant position. The red dots representing the targets all disappear from the computer screen, "Charlie locked."

"Where are the targets?" The commander asks in confusion. "Where are the targets?"

"Okay, Cap, Diana, get out of there." Maria redirects the targets to the three Helicarriers. The guns on the ship immediately point to one another, fear showing in the Commander's eyes as he realizes what's going on. "Fire now."

"But Steve. . ."

"Do it!"

"Listen to the Captain, Maria," Diana says softly. She was going to lose a best friend and a lover in one day. She lost them once, and now she's losing them again. She prepares herself for the heartbreak once more, knowing that no matter how many times you go through this, it always feels like the first time. "Do it now!" Maria slides it down to full power and presses the fire button. Bullets rain from the guns, blowing holes in the sides of the ships. Steve holds onto a rail. Diana stands as she feels the ship vibrate under her. She opens her eyes, ready to jump over to the ship to save both of them, but someone grabs hold of her.

More like people hold on to her.

They planned that if they were going to die, she was dying with them. She punches one in the nose, blood breaking out from cartilage, kicking another in the shin as she turned around and headbutts another. She unsheathes her sword, taking down every man around her. She knew that about the time she was done with everyone, the ships would already be gone.

Steve tries to lift a beam that fell on Bucky, grunting as he raised it just enough for him to get out. He slips out from underneath and the support is put back on the ground. "You know me," he tries to bring back a memory.

"No, I don't!" Bucky punches him in response. The ship tears through a S.H.I.E.L.D. building. "Bucky. . . you've known me your whole life." Bucky grunts as he swings again. "Your name. . ." Steve says, "is James. . . Buchanan. . . Barnes."

"Shut up!" Bucky's voice breaks when he screams, punching him again. Steve takes off his helmet, thinking that maybe, just maybe, his face would bring back memories. They breathe heavily, in pain from their wounds, their adrenaline already leaving. "I'm not gonna fight you," he drops his shield, the disk falling down to the water below. "You're my friend." Bucky throws himself at him, throwing him back on the ground.

"You're my mission," he begins landing punch after punch, Steve not moving a muscle as he lets his friend take out his anger. "You're. . . My. . . Mission!" He says this as if he's reminding himself, not Steve.

"Then finish it. . ." He says softly. "Cause I'm with you 'till the end of the line." This stops him, tear-filled blue eyes looking down on him as if a memory came back, seeming as if he was heartbroken from hurting his best friend. A beam falls, breaking the glass and metal they were on, Bucky's metal arm grabbing hold of the side to keep him up while Steve fell to the water. His body curls up as soon as he hits it, knocking him out, the water cleaning a little bit of blood from his wounds. He sinks, ready to die, ready to meet his parents wherever they went to after they passed.

A hand came down, pulling on his suit.

Bucky drags him back onshore, holding his broken arm close to his body, replaying the memory in his head over again. "Cause I'm with you till the end of the line, pal," he hears it again, remembering how they came back from Steve's mother's funeral. He had just offered Steve a spot at his place, how he didn't want the small man to live by himself, where he could get hurt cutting some onions. He turns around and leaves.