[ ix. nine ! ]
❛ 𝙳𝙴𝙵𝙴𝙰𝚃𝙸𝙽𝙶 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙴𝙽𝙴𝙼𝚈 ❜

❝I'm sorry did I step on your moment?❞

𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐒𝐀𝐓 𝐈𝐍 𝐀 𝐑𝐎𝐎𝐌 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐅𝐔𝐑𝐘
looked at a photo of Pierce, "This man declined the Nobel Peace Prize.”

"Peace wasn't an achievement, it was a responsibility." After a short pause he continued, "See, it's stuff like this that gives me trust issues."

"We have to stop the launch", Natasha demanded from besides Anastasija and Juliet.

Fury looked at the group while he opened a case which contained three chips. "I don't think the Council's accepting my calls anymore."

"What's that?", Sam asked him curious. But instead of Fury Maria Hill spoke up from where she was standing. "Once the Helicarriers reach three thousand feet, they'll triangulate with Insight satellites becoming fully weaponized."

"We need to breach those carriers and replace their targeting blades with our own", the director explained to the group calmly. 

"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 a whole lot of people are going to die", Agent Hill told them clearly.

"We have to assume everyone aboard those carriers is HYDRA. We need to get pass them, insert the server blades, and maybe, just maybe, we can salvage what's left—", Fury spoke up again but Steve quickly interrupted the man. "We're not salvaging anything. We're not just taking down the carriers, Nick, we're taking down Shield."

"Shield had nothing to do with it", Nick tried to argue but Steve interrupted him again. "You gave me this mission, this is how it ends. Shield's been compromised, you've said so yourself. Hydra was right under your nose and nobody noticed."

The Russian's exchanged surprised looks, they didn't saw someone speak like that to Fury ever.

"Why do you think we're meeting in this cave? I noticed", Fury contered stubborn. "And how many paid the price before you did?", Steve argued still looking at Fury.

The dark skinned man sighed, "Look, I didn't know about Barnes." Steve got angry, "Even if you have, would you have told me? Or would you have compartmentalized that too? Shield, Hydra, it all goes."

Anastasija's spoke up for the fist time, looking at Fury as she nodded her head, "He's right."

"You bet he is", Juliet muttered as she gave Fury and apologizing look.

He then looked at Anastasija and then at Natasha who leaned back in her seat and at last his gaze wandered towards Sam.

"Don't look at me. I do what he does, just slower", Sam told the man. Fury sighed and leaned back, "Well, looks like you're giving the orders now, Captain."

A little while after their conversation Steve stood outside on a small bridge thinking back to the time where he and Bucky were best friends. Back to a time when he would have given his life for him if it was needed and the other way around.

But Steve's thoughts of Bucky were interrupted as Ana quietly joined him on the bridge.

She stood besides the blonde man as she looked at the water, "He's going to be there, you know?"

Steve looked at her with a knowing look, "I know", he responded shortly.

She turned her head to look at him, "Look, whoever he used to be, the guy he is now, I don't think he's the kind you save. He's the kind you stop", she stated looking him in the eyes.

Steve sighed deeply, "I don't know if I could do that", he truthfully answered the blond women.

She had a worried look on her eyes as she said, "Well, he might not give you a choice, Steve. He doesn't know you anymore, he is a different person."

"He will recognize me", Steve told her stubborn, he still had hope that Bucky was somewhere in that killing mashing Hydra had created.

"Gear up, it's time", he told the Russian, before he turned around and walked off.

Natasha, Juliet, Steve, Sam and Maria went to the Insight headquarter while Ana disguised herselfe as someone frome the World Security Council members.

Pirce addressed the group smiling, "I know the road hasn't exactly been smooth, and some of you would have gladly kicked me out of the car along the way. Finally we're here, and the world should be grateful."

As they all start drinking to Pierce's toast they suddenly heard Steve's voice through the many loudspeaker.

"Attention, all Shield agents. This is Steve Rogers. You've heard a lot about me over the last few days, some of you were even ordered to hunt me down. But I think it's time you know the truth. Shield is not what we thought it was, it's been taken over by Hydra. Alexander Pierce is their leader. The Strike and Insight crew are Hydra as well. I don't know how many more, but I know they're in the building. They could be standing right next to you. They almost have what they want: absolute control. They shot Nick Fury and it won't end there. If you launch those Helicarriers today, Hydra will be able to kill anyone that stands in their way, unless we stop them. I know I'm asking a lot, but the price of freedom is high, it always has been, and it's a price I'm willing to pay. And if I'm the only one, then so be it. But I'm willing to bet I'm not", Steve finished his as always inspiring speech.

"You smug son of a bitch", Councilman Rockwell exclaimed as he looked at Pierce. "Arrest him", Councilman Singh told the two agents
who had just entered the room, thinking they were Shield agents.

The Hydra agents' stopped next to Pierce and pointed their his guns at them. "I guess I've got the floor", Pierce said, crossing his armes over his chest. 

A moment later Pierce watched the commotion that was caused by Steve and Sam through the window while they tried to stop the Helicarriers launching.

He slowly turned to Singh, "Let me ask you a question. What if Pakistan marched into Mumbai tomorrow? And you knew that they were going to drag your daughters into a soccer stadium for execution?"

Pierce handed Singh a glass of champagne as he continued, "And you could just stop it with a flick of a switch. Would you? Wouldn't you all?"

“Not if it was your switch", Singh answered disgusted to the man that stood infront of him. He tossed the glass aside before one of the Hydra agents quickly handed Pierce his gun.

Pierce pointed the gun at Singh and wanted to pull the trigger but suddenly Anastasija kicked Singh away. She punched one of the agents unit the face swung around his neck as she kicked the other one into his face making him fall to the ground unconcussioned.

She then cut of the others man windpipe until he was unconcussioned as well. She then quickly grabbed Pierce gun from the floor and pointed it at him. "I'm sorry, did I step on your moment?”

She quickly handed one of the Council members the gun so that they could guard Pierce as Ana stood by the computer.

"What are you doing?", Rockwell asked her but the Russian remained silent, so Pierce answered for her. "She's disabling security protocols and dumping all the secrets onto the Internet"

"Including HYDRA's", she told the man simply as she continued typing. "And Shield's. If you do this, non of your past is going to remain hidden", Pierce resoned slowly.

"Are you sure you're ready for the world to see you as you really are?"

Honestly she was not ready at all but she had to do it. So Anastasija just looked up at him with an raised eyebrow, "Are you?"

At the exact same time Juliet entered one of the Helicarriers and replaces it's targeting blades with one of the chips Fury had provided them and run out.

"Alpha locked", he informed Maria and Nat. "Falcon, where are you now?", Maria asked Sam. 

"I HAD TO TAKE A DETOUR!", he screamed while he flew towards one of the Helicarriers.

Right then heat-seeking missiles were  shot at him by HYDRA, so Sam flew back towards the Helicarrier and managed to get the missiles that were aimed at him to hit the Helicarrier giving him entrance.

"OH, YEAH!", Sam shouted as he flew into the Helicarrier, "I'm in", he informed Hill and Natasha. Sam managed to replace its targeting blades with another chip.

"Bravo locked", he said before he flew out of the carrier. "Two down, one to go", Natasha informed them.

"𝐂𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈'𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞"