2014

virginia petrov sits in a cold metal chair, across from alexander pierce. she glares icily at him, feeling nothing but seething hate. her hands are in handcuffs behind her back. i guess, even after all these years, they still don't trust her.

"you sent him on a solo mission, without me. correct?" she asks.

his expression is unreadable. "yes, i sent barnes to kill nicholas fury. but it was only for your own good." she scoffs, interrupting him. "i sent you both on a mission to steal from s.h.i.e.l.d about a decade ago, when they were weak. fury loosened a memory inside of you, and i," he chuckles breathily. "i can't let that happen. you and barnes are my strongest soldiers, and i need you under my control."

"fury has many secrets. don't get fooled easily, pierce." she smirks as two guards grab her arms and pull her to the procedure room.

"wipe her."

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when petrov sees barnes again, it's like nothing happened. she doesn't remember her conversation with alexander pierce, nor her partner abandoning her. she does feel like she forgot something though.

brock rumlow speaks to them, and explains the mission with captain america. rumlow is a spy in s.h.i.e.l.d.'s forces, along with pierce being part of the council. smart move on their side. he tells them that rogers is on the run, and his only reinforcements are sam wilson and natasha romanoff. they learn the exact place and time to intercept them.

they grab guns and motorcycles, and prepare exactly the same as they've done for 70 years. petrov smiles at the sharp rumble of motorcycle engines. sleek black harley's take them across the city at 90 miles an hour, as they speed in between cars and run lights. she's trained enough to never crash.

eventually they see the chevy impala ahead, and barnes and petrov nod at each other. petrov speeds ahead and looks in the car. sam wilson is at the wheel, natasha romanoff in the passenger seat, and steve rogers in the back. sam looks alarmed at the two motorcycles advancing. barnes discards his motorcycle and mounts the top of the car, while petrov drives about fifteen feet in front of the car and skids to a stop, making wilson slam on the brakes. this sends barnes flying off, where he reaches his metal arm out as a brake and stops.

a black hummer speeds forward into the chevy, skidding it along the road, until petrov jumps on top of the car where barnes was. she latches on and rips the steering wheel out through the windshield. the hummer continues to bash into the chevy, so she jumps from one car to the  other as the hummer follows them. the chevy hits the side of the highway and launches into the air, spinning. the three of them fall out, onto rogers' shield and the door.

once they're up, barnes launches a bomb out of a huge gun, which hits captain america's shield and sends him flying off the highway bridge. his focus directs towards romanoff, who's doing all kinds of stunts while being shot at. petrov walks towards wilson, pulling the machine gun off her back. petrov start to shoot at him as he runs away, and phases into a full sprint. the hydra agents that were sent as backup get out of the hummer. wilson runs towards them, who are shooting at rogers down below, and knocks a few of them out.

her foot lands a solid kick into his side, as she dodges a punch. wilson and petrov fight back and forth until she hits his head with the end of the gun and knocks him out.

she walks back over to barnes, who says something in russian which she responds to. they jump down off the bridge, to rogers and romanoff. rogers puts on a brave look and raises his shield, while romanoff cocks and loads her gun. barnes and petrov look at each other before turning back and shooting at the pair.

she focuses on romanoff, who rolls behind a car, and stops shooting. petrov approaches, and tosses the machine gun to the side, pulling out a pistol. it's only fair, right? she's caught off guard and romanoff jumps over the car, kicking petrov in the face. petrov returns a punch to romanoff's face, in retaliation, and knees her in the stomach. this earns her an elbow in the neck, her weak spot, and lets romanoff run off to help rogers.

rogers lands a punch to barnes' face and then rips off his mask. he stares at the soldier in disbelief for a while.

"bucky?"

"who the hell is bucky."