Alive but not Awake
Fight for your Beliefs
Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Alive but not Awake | Fight for your Beliefs
Bucky and Steve stood in front of a microphone that would announce their voices to the entire building, "Attention, all Shield Agents." Steve began, he glanced at Bucky – they had made a small script before but otherwise improvised the whole thing. They weren't professional so they didn't care much about how well it came out, only that it was effective – besides Ava once told them that a true speech had to come from their heart and souls, and this one would.
Their plan was fairly simple but complicated too, they had to place small little memory disks into a slot of each of the three Helicarriers that were to be launched in the sky. They were going to be taking down Shield and Hydra together, for good. Nick Fury had finally given in, seeing their logic that something like this could happen again and they wouldn't have even known it. The plan was all up to the two super soldiers and Falcon to get those disks inserted into the Helicarrier consoles.
"This is James Barnes and Steve Rogers," Bucky continued after Steve, using his real name other than the nickname he had called his own since he was a little boy, "You've heard a lot about us over the past few days, some of you were ordered to hunt us down." He nodded to Steve to continue.
Steve accepted, "But it's time you knew the truth," He paused, there was a moment of silence before he began to speak again – his voice confident and honest, "Shield wasn't what we thought it was – It's been taken over by Hydra!"
"Alexander Pierce as their leader." Bucky exclaimed, filling his voice with hate – he knew there was a bad feeling rolling off that man. He was probably the one who sent Ava onto them in the first place. "The Strike and Insight crew are Hydra as well, we don't know how many more there are but we know they're in the building right now."
"They could be right next to you," Steve spoke, he wouldn't be surprised if more than half the people in this building had no idea what was happening until now – some might not even believe them since they were considered 'bad people' now but he was willing to bet that by the end of his and Bucky's speech, people will see the light in what was happening and help stop Hydra's plan before it took off. "They almost have what they want, absolute control."
"They shot the Director, Nick Fury." Bucky leaned closer to the mic, "It won't end there either and if you launch those Helicarriers today, Hydra will be able to kill anyone that stands in their way – unless we stop them."
"We know we're asking a lot," Steve knew that there were going to be many deaths today – but this was a war, one that they intended to win and go after Ava and bring her back to them before it was too late, "The price of freedom is high, it always has been and it's a price we're willing to pay." He shrugged, "If we're the only ones, then so be it." He looked at his best friend.
Bucky grinned, wanting to finish the speech, "But, we're willing to bet we're not." Now was the time their plans started.
~ 8 ~
Steveran up to the console he was going to be sorting out, he held his shield to his side as he had to block himself from thousands of bullets that had come his way. He took out the small disk from his pocket and locked it into the console, allowing Agent Hill to bring down everything from her computer down on the ground.
~ 8 ~
Falcon flew up to his station and repeated everything Steve did.
~ 8 ~
Winter strolled across the plane dock with her new bomb gun in her hand. Pierce had her memory wiped clean after yesterday's events, she had now become an emotionless being – Hydra thought it was too dangerous for her to feel anything, even the boiling hatred she once possessed towards the two super soldier they had derived from her.
Her arm raised with her gun and shot it towards one of the planes that were taking off, she couldn't allow anyone to be against Hydra's cause – it was what she was made for. She quickly switched her gun to a machine one with regular bullets and began shooting at people who were going to try and stop her.
She ran up to the small grenade that had been thrown at her and chucked it into the plane that was closing up, ready for take-off. Within seconds it blew up along with everyone who was inside the wreck.
Winter blocked incoming bullets with her metal arm before kicking one of the guys into a moving propeller – shredding him into little, tiny pieces.
She needed to get up in the air and finish her mission, eliminate them before it was too late. She wasn't going to fail again. Her body jumped onto one of the planes that were about to take off, she got out her gun and fired at the man who sat in the driver's seat.
Winter ripped off the side window with her metal arm and chucked the dead body out before maneuvering herself into the seat, the one the body once possessed. Flicking the switches needed, the aircraft flew through the air – getting her up to where she needed to be.
~ 8 ~
Bucky dodged bullets and several grenades as he ran through part of the base, he was the last one to get that chip in but he needed a ride, "Sam!" He yelled into his communication device that was settled on his wrist ear, "I need a ride!"
"Roger-" He heard through the speaker in his ear, "Let me know when you're ready!"
Bucky jumped over the side of the Helicarrier as something blew up behind him, he fell – falling through the air as he yelled for Sam to come and get him before he turned into a human pancake.
After a moment he felt someone grab his arm and lift him up, Sam had gotten him. When they got up to the Helicarrier they hadn't put the memory disk in yet, they both landed on both feet while Falcon put away his mechanical wings.
"You know you're a lot heavier than you look." Sam commented, with smirk on his face as he looked at the darker-haired super soldier.
Bucky rolled his eyes, "Hey," He exclaimed, pretending to be hurt, "Stevie's heavier than me." Suddenly he felt someone push him over, he fell over the edge of the Helicarrier without even a chance to stop himself.
"Bucky!" Sam exclaimed with side panicked eyes, he was just about to jump off the side to save him until he felt 'The Winter Soldier' grab onto one of his mechanical wings and chuck him back away from the edge. He lifted himself in the air and started to shoot at the woman but she dodged every bullet and hid behind one of the walls.
Winter hid but came out when she saw him trying to escape again, her arm shot out as she got out a small device and launched it. A small string propelled towards the bird man and grabbed onto one of his wings again, thrusting her arm downwards causing Sam to smash into the ground – Winter was able to rip off one of the metal wings.
Winter narrowed her eyes at him before making a runner towards the dark-skinned man, kicking out her leg in front of her and colliding with his chest, causing the man to fall of the side with only one wing operational.
~ 8 ~
Bucky clung onto the side of the Helicarrier, his mind had immediately recognised the person who had pushed him off, it was his Ava. Sam and Steve had shouted at him to see whether he was alright, but he was fine for the moment. He knew he was gonna have to fight Ava soon, and he was going to try and bring her back – he had been trying to think of a way to bring back her memory which she seemed to have lost about him and Steve. Steve had told him before they left the compound that he was most likely to get through to her than he would, but what if Steve was wrong?
With all his strength Bucky lifted himself to one of the ledges to he wasn't still hanging on for dear life. "Where are you guys?" He called into his microphone, to Steve and Sam.
"I'm still grounded," Sam spoke sadly, he had lost his ability to fly up to the actual fighting areas – but it was his chance to do something on the ground now rather than doing nothing while the super-boys handled everything. "Sorry, Lieutenant."
"Don't worry about it Sam." Bucky waved off, "Stevie, where are you at?"
"I'm still on my Helicarrier," Steve's voice came through, "There's water below, I'll have to make a jump for it." He chuckled, "Nice day for a swim, eh?"
Bucky nodded, a small smile reaching his lips, "Got it." He shut off the communication before heading up the Helicarrier, needing to plug in that receiver into the slot so Agent Hill could bring everything down from where she was. He didn't even realise that Winter was standing above, watching him – knowing where he was going to be heading.
~ 8 ~
Bucky stopped with a halt when he reached the designated console he needed to be at. He swallowed hard when he saw his love standing in front of the machine, Ava. Her hair was long, darkly colour and her eyes were more emotionless than the last time he has seen her on the bridge. Her face looked void with feeling, like she was just doing the mission for an order. "People are going to die, Ava." He spoke, hoping her name would bring out something. His head shook sidewards, "I can't let that happen, and neither can Stevie – your brother." He would never kill her – he would rather die than chose that, if he could just knock her out long enough for him to complete his own mission then Shield and Hydra will finally go down for good.
Winter just stared at him blankly, as if she were waiting for something to happen. Bucky looked heartbroken at her loss of feeling, "Please don't make me do this, Avery." There a moment of silence before his arm drew back and his shield shot towards her but she blocked it with that metal arm of hers.
The two of them began to fight, both with fists and weapons. Bucky winced when he felt a bullet collided with the side of his stomach but kept on going as he smashed his shield into Winter's body making her fly backwards and land on her back.
As Winter got up; she pulled out a knife and fought back as her guns had been pushed off the ledge. Bucky did everything to block her, as he threw her back again - his hands quickly found the control panel and typed something in – getting it ready for the memory disk to be plugged in.
He was about to plug in the new one until Winter stopped him again, making them both tumble over the edge. Winter was getting very frustrated that this guy wouldn't stop trying to destroy everything, she needed to stop him but felt something inside her was trying to stop her instead. She ignored it as both of them fell to a lower level of the Helicarrier with a thud.
Bucky grabbed the disk that fell with him as he fell, he moved to try and get to the panel again but was hit from behind with his own shield. He grabbed it back when Winter began shooting at him once again, he hid behind the material before throwing the shield back at her – hoping to knock her out but it just rebounded against her metal arm again.
He tried to block yet another knife but ended up getting stabbed in the shoulder, making him cry out in pain as he tried to stop it from going into his body any further.
Winter threw him into the side wall and dived for the disk, only to be brought back and held in a head-lock. She grunted in pain as his arm wrapped around her neck, she tried to hit him with her metal arm but it was locked between his legs. Her breathing started to cease and her vision began to darken, "I'm so sorry, love." She heard a whisper in her ear before she passed out.
Bucky rolled Ava to the side carefully and grabbed the disk that had fallen out of his hands, he had just knocked her out – but it may only be for a couple of minutes, that was all he needed to get that disk into the slot before all hell let loose.
~ 8 ~
"One minute." Hill's voice came through into his speaker as he flipped himself back onto the ledge below the console. He was about to reply but something pierced through his thigh making cry out again, he turned around. On the lower level, Winter held a gun up to him with a pissed off expression on her face.
He ignored it and jumped again, climbing a horrible version of a ladder but grunted when another bullet hit him. He reached the floor where the console was and rolled onto it, he held his side as was about to plug in the disk.
Winter aimed again, shooting yet another bullet out of her gun – successfully making Barnes go down, but not unconscious. He was gasping for air as he noticed the front of his uniform was slowly filing up with blood. He sucked in a breath before crawling himself up the control centre, thrusting the disk into the compartment it's supposed to fit in. His mouth twitched into a small grin, "It's locked." He spoke to Hill, telling her to begin the plan to destroy the Helicarriers - he knew he wasn't going to be getting out. He could hardly move as it was and he wasn't going to leave his Ava again, whether she was the Winter soldier now or not – it didn't matter to him right now.
"Bucky, get out of there." Steve called into his ear, he needed to get out before the Helicarriers went down – he wasn't going to lose him too. He was assuming that Ava was somewhere else, not with Bucky.
"Hill," Bucky gritted his teeth with pain, "Fire now!" He ordered, ignoring Steve.
"But Bucky-" Hill hesitated, as Steve's voice called, "Bucky, you have to come back!"
"Ava's here, Steve. I'm not leaving her – not again." He yelled into the machine "Do it! Do it now!" Explosions started to come ablaze around him the second he yelled, making him move with difficulty to avoid getting hit by the blasts.
Winter screamed when she felt something heavy fall on her, her body was lodged under part of the pieces that had come apart from the breaking Helicarrier. She was being crushed under the heavily material.
Bucky heard the scream from below, "Ava-" He breathed in worry as he threw himself over the edge to get to her.
Winter started to panic, thinking he was going to finish her off while she was at her low point – she tried to lift the material off her but it wouldn't budge. She saw Bucky trying to lift it off when he was able to get to her, it went up slightly so she was able to get free. She moved herself out from underneath – ignoring the pain in her body as she did so.
Winter stayed where she was for a moment, confused as to why Barnes had helped her – she was supposed to eliminate him and vice versa.
Bucky looked at her, ignoring his pain as he tried to get through to her, "Ava, you know me." His voice was begging her to remember him.
Winter's mind went blank…
…
Ava walked up to the dark-haired school boy, "Hi," She chirped happily, "I'm Avery Rogers. You can call me Ava."
Bucky grinned at her, "I'm James Buchanan Barnes. You can call me Bucky." He replied before they both laughed together as they started to throw snow at each other.
…
"James, I'll be fine." Ava promised, holding both her lovers' hands in a tight grip. She was about to be sent on a mission with her own team later that day – she had no idea when she would be back from her assignment.
Bucky sighed, "I just love you too much to let go; I can't lose you."
Ava smiled at him, "You'll never lose me – I'm always with you and I'll always come back. Promise."
…
Winter blinked as her mind cleared up, her teeth gritted, "No, I don't!" She denied loudly, her arm lifted and slugged him round the face making him fall to the ground.
Bucky got back up on his feet with a struggle, they were both breathing heavily as the Helicarrier began to fall from the sky faster. "Ava-" He started, trying to get close to her – he could see that she was starting to get distressed. "You've known me your whole life, I've loved you since I was 19 years old. We were going to be together completely after the war ended, please – remember." He begged, he felt tears ring around his eyes.
…
Bucky and Ava sat in the same field as they one he proposed to her as, it was a couple of days before they were both to be sent out overseas. Bucky held Ava around the waist tightly as she sat in his lap, he held her tightly as if they were the only two people left in the world, "When the war is over," He started, leaning his head on her shoulder like last time, "We'll be together properly, we'll finally get married and have the best life we could possibly have."
Ava smiled softly as she watched the evening sun go down over the horizon, "I hope it doesn't take too long then." She sighed sadly, they hadn't even told her brother yet about their engagement – they were going to do it after the war was over, so it would be a piece of happy news to hopefully cheer him up.
…
Winter breathed heavily as she came out of her mind again, with an irritated scream she slammed her metal arm back into Bucky's face. She wasn't this, Ava – Her name was Winter, why did it feel like she's already done this internal discussion before?
Bucky ignored the pain in his limbs again and still carried on, "Your name-" He started, feeling in his body starting to slip, indicating that he was soon to pass out, "Is, Avery Lola Rogers - my fiancé and Steve Roger's twin sister."
…
18 year old Ava held Bucky's 20 year old's left hand as they walked through the park, "I finally finish school in a couple of weeks," She told him happily, "I might even get a scholarship to work with other scientists."
Bucky chuckled and brought her to his side, "That's amazing," He told her, but he was slightly sad that there might be a chance of her moving away to go on this scholarship she wanted, if it wasn't local.
Ava must have seen his sad look so she bumped him with her hip, "I'll never leave, you know – I made sure to say I'm staying around this area no matter what." She assured him, there was no way that she would leave either Steve or her James.
…
"Shut up!" She roared, punching him again – wanting the visions to stop clouding her mind. Bucky got up again and they were standing right in front of each other, he stood there closer to passing out but his will for Ava to come back kept him awake.
Winter felt like bursting into tears, as she looked at him. It was like she wanted to go to him, comfort him and tell him everything was going to be okay but 'The Winter Soldier' in her was telling her that this was all a trick to try and break her. She didn't know what to do, what was happening to her?
Bucky shook his head, refusing to fight, "I'm not going to fight you, Avery" He pulled out a small chain from under his uniform – Winter's eyes locked with the small ring that was hanging off it. An engagement ring. "You gave it to me for safe keeping before the Zola mission. You didn't want it to go missing-" Winter ignored him as another scene flashed through her mind.
…
Ava watched as he opened the small box he had gotten from inside his jacket; inside was a beautiful engagement ring. The sun reflected of it with a unique tint as the ball of fire started to lower in the sky.
"Ava," Bucky's voice wavered in hope as he finally got to the point, "Will you marry me?"
Warm and salty tears fell down the side of her cheeks as her head nodded in a 'Yes' gesture, her voice unable to work as her dream just came true.
…
Winter felt tears run down her cheeks, her eyes stayed on the small piece of jewelry until her mind snapped back into her defensive mode. She looked up at him with narrowed eyes as he dropped his shield through a hole in the floor. "Ava, I love you."
…
"I love you, James Buchanan Barnes." Ava whispered into his ear.
…
Winter shook her head, trying to get the voices out of her mind telling her to stop. "No!" She shouted in refusal, before slamming his body down onto the floor. "You're my mission – a no one!" Her hand drew back and began to punch him as the voices still drowned her head, her body was sitting on his chest as her metal hand came down on his face again, and again, and again. She paused in her movement when she saw he was about to speak again, his face was bloody and bruised – it looked like he was about to pass out any second.
Bucky swallowed the blood in his mouth, "Then finish it," His voice cracked, seeing Ava's stubborn and tearful face, "Because, I'm with you till the end Avery. I'll always fight for you."
Winter stopped, she looked at him as if she were seeing a new light. Everything he was saying, it was the truth – the fight in her flew out of her system as she continued to stare at him – ignoring everything that was happening around her.
Suddenly the floor broke off causing Bucky and Winter to fall out of the Helicarrier, Winter grabbed onto one of the metal posts and her eyes watched as Bucky's limp body fell through the sky. Her heart hammering, conflicted on what to do next.
"James." She whispered, as if her mind was realising something. Her arm released itself from the post, her body falling through the air now – her heart refusing to let him die.
~ 8 ~
Winter dragged Bucky's body out of the water with her metal arm - he was still alive, just unconscious. She placed him to the side and just stared at him.
He knew who she was. Did that mean she was Ava? Was that why she was getting all these flashes? It made no sense but she needed to find out who she really was – alone.
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Bucky and Steve stood in front of a microphone that would announce their voices to the entire building, "Attention, all Shield Agents." Steve began, he glanced at Bucky – they had made a small script before but otherwise improvised the whole thing. They weren't professional so they didn't care much about how well it came out, only that it was effective – besides Ava once told them that a true speech had to come from their heart and souls, and this one would.
Their plan was fairly simple but complicated too, they had to place small little memory disks into a slot of each of the three Helicarriers that were to be launched in the sky. They were going to be taking down Shield and Hydra together, for good. Nick Fury had finally given in, seeing their logic that something like this could happen again and they wouldn't have even known it. The plan was all up to the two super soldiers and Falcon to get those disks inserted into the Helicarrier consoles.
"This is James Barnes and Steve Rogers," Bucky continued after Steve, using his real name other than the nickname he had called his own since he was a little boy, "You've heard a lot about us over the past few days, some of you were ordered to hunt us down." He nodded to Steve to continue.
Steve accepted, "But it's time you knew the truth," He paused, there was a moment of silence before he began to speak again – his voice confident and honest, "Shield wasn't what we thought it was – It's been taken over by Hydra!"
"Alexander Pierce as their leader." Bucky exclaimed, filling his voice with hate – he knew there was a bad feeling rolling off that man. He was probably the one who sent Ava onto them in the first place. "The Strike and Insight crew are Hydra as well, we don't know how many more there are but we know they're in the building right now."
"They could be right next to you," Steve spoke, he wouldn't be surprised if more than half the people in this building had no idea what was happening until now – some might not even believe them since they were considered 'bad people' now but he was willing to bet that by the end of his and Bucky's speech, people will see the light in what was happening and help stop Hydra's plan before it took off. "They almost have what they want, absolute control."
"They shot the Director, Nick Fury." Bucky leaned closer to the mic, "It won't end there either and if you launch those Helicarriers today, Hydra will be able to kill anyone that stands in their way – unless we stop them."
"We know we're asking a lot," Steve knew that there were going to be many deaths today – but this was a war, one that they intended to win and go after Ava and bring her back to them before it was too late, "The price of freedom is high, it always has been and it's a price we're willing to pay." He shrugged, "If we're the only ones, then so be it." He looked at his best friend.
Bucky grinned, wanting to finish the speech, "But, we're willing to bet we're not." Now was the time their plans started.
~ 8 ~
Steveran up to the console he was going to be sorting out, he held his shield to his side as he had to block himself from thousands of bullets that had come his way. He took out the small disk from his pocket and locked it into the console, allowing Agent Hill to bring down everything from her computer down on the ground.
~ 8 ~
Falcon flew up to his station and repeated everything Steve did.
~ 8 ~
Winter strolled across the plane dock with her new bomb gun in her hand. Pierce had her memory wiped clean after yesterday's events, she had now become an emotionless being – Hydra thought it was too dangerous for her to feel anything, even the boiling hatred she once possessed towards the two super soldier they had derived from her.
Her arm raised with her gun and shot it towards one of the planes that were taking off, she couldn't allow anyone to be against Hydra's cause – it was what she was made for. She quickly switched her gun to a machine one with regular bullets and began shooting at people who were going to try and stop her.
She ran up to the small grenade that had been thrown at her and chucked it into the plane that was closing up, ready for take-off. Within seconds it blew up along with everyone who was inside the wreck.
Winter blocked incoming bullets with her metal arm before kicking one of the guys into a moving propeller – shredding him into little, tiny pieces.
She needed to get up in the air and finish her mission, eliminate them before it was too late. She wasn't going to fail again. Her body jumped onto one of the planes that were about to take off, she got out her gun and fired at the man who sat in the driver's seat.
Winter ripped off the side window with her metal arm and chucked the dead body out before maneuvering herself into the seat, the one the body once possessed. Flicking the switches needed, the aircraft flew through the air – getting her up to where she needed to be.
~ 8 ~
Bucky dodged bullets and several grenades as he ran through part of the base, he was the last one to get that chip in but he needed a ride, "Sam!" He yelled into his communication device that was settled on his wrist ear, "I need a ride!"
"Roger-" He heard through the speaker in his ear, "Let me know when you're ready!"
Bucky jumped over the side of the Helicarrier as something blew up behind him, he fell – falling through the air as he yelled for Sam to come and get him before he turned into a human pancake.
After a moment he felt someone grab his arm and lift him up, Sam had gotten him. When they got up to the Helicarrier they hadn't put the memory disk in yet, they both landed on both feet while Falcon put away his mechanical wings.
"You know you're a lot heavier than you look." Sam commented, with smirk on his face as he looked at the darker-haired super soldier.
Bucky rolled his eyes, "Hey," He exclaimed, pretending to be hurt, "Stevie's heavier than me." Suddenly he felt someone push him over, he fell over the edge of the Helicarrier without even a chance to stop himself.
"Bucky!" Sam exclaimed with side panicked eyes, he was just about to jump off the side to save him until he felt 'The Winter Soldier' grab onto one of his mechanical wings and chuck him back away from the edge. He lifted himself in the air and started to shoot at the woman but she dodged every bullet and hid behind one of the walls.
Winter hid but came out when she saw him trying to escape again, her arm shot out as she got out a small device and launched it. A small string propelled towards the bird man and grabbed onto one of his wings again, thrusting her arm downwards causing Sam to smash into the ground – Winter was able to rip off one of the metal wings.
Winter narrowed her eyes at him before making a runner towards the dark-skinned man, kicking out her leg in front of her and colliding with his chest, causing the man to fall of the side with only one wing operational.
~ 8 ~
Bucky clung onto the side of the Helicarrier, his mind had immediately recognised the person who had pushed him off, it was his Ava. Sam and Steve had shouted at him to see whether he was alright, but he was fine for the moment. He knew he was gonna have to fight Ava soon, and he was going to try and bring her back – he had been trying to think of a way to bring back her memory which she seemed to have lost about him and Steve. Steve had told him before they left the compound that he was most likely to get through to her than he would, but what if Steve was wrong?
With all his strength Bucky lifted himself to one of the ledges to he wasn't still hanging on for dear life. "Where are you guys?" He called into his microphone, to Steve and Sam.
"I'm still grounded," Sam spoke sadly, he had lost his ability to fly up to the actual fighting areas – but it was his chance to do something on the ground now rather than doing nothing while the super-boys handled everything. "Sorry, Lieutenant."
"Don't worry about it Sam." Bucky waved off, "Stevie, where are you at?"
"I'm still on my Helicarrier," Steve's voice came through, "There's water below, I'll have to make a jump for it." He chuckled, "Nice day for a swim, eh?"
Bucky nodded, a small smile reaching his lips, "Got it." He shut off the communication before heading up the Helicarrier, needing to plug in that receiver into the slot so Agent Hill could bring everything down from where she was. He didn't even realise that Winter was standing above, watching him – knowing where he was going to be heading.
~ 8 ~
Bucky stopped with a halt when he reached the designated console he needed to be at. He swallowed hard when he saw his love standing in front of the machine, Ava. Her hair was long, darkly colour and her eyes were more emotionless than the last time he has seen her on the bridge. Her face looked void with feeling, like she was just doing the mission for an order. "People are going to die, Ava." He spoke, hoping her name would bring out something. His head shook sidewards, "I can't let that happen, and neither can Stevie – your brother." He would never kill her – he would rather die than chose that, if he could just knock her out long enough for him to complete his own mission then Shield and Hydra will finally go down for good.
Winter just stared at him blankly, as if she were waiting for something to happen. Bucky looked heartbroken at her loss of feeling, "Please don't make me do this, Avery." There a moment of silence before his arm drew back and his shield shot towards her but she blocked it with that metal arm of hers.
The two of them began to fight, both with fists and weapons. Bucky winced when he felt a bullet collided with the side of his stomach but kept on going as he smashed his shield into Winter's body making her fly backwards and land on her back.
As Winter got up; she pulled out a knife and fought back as her guns had been pushed off the ledge. Bucky did everything to block her, as he threw her back again - his hands quickly found the control panel and typed something in – getting it ready for the memory disk to be plugged in.
He was about to plug in the new one until Winter stopped him again, making them both tumble over the edge. Winter was getting very frustrated that this guy wouldn't stop trying to destroy everything, she needed to stop him but felt something inside her was trying to stop her instead. She ignored it as both of them fell to a lower level of the Helicarrier with a thud.
Bucky grabbed the disk that fell with him as he fell, he moved to try and get to the panel again but was hit from behind with his own shield. He grabbed it back when Winter began shooting at him once again, he hid behind the material before throwing the shield back at her – hoping to knock her out but it just rebounded against her metal arm again.
He tried to block yet another knife but ended up getting stabbed in the shoulder, making him cry out in pain as he tried to stop it from going into his body any further.
Winter threw him into the side wall and dived for the disk, only to be brought back and held in a head-lock. She grunted in pain as his arm wrapped around her neck, she tried to hit him with her metal arm but it was locked between his legs. Her breathing started to cease and her vision began to darken, "I'm so sorry, love." She heard a whisper in her ear before she passed out.
Bucky rolled Ava to the side carefully and grabbed the disk that had fallen out of his hands, he had just knocked her out – but it may only be for a couple of minutes, that was all he needed to get that disk into the slot before all hell let loose.
~ 8 ~
"One minute." Hill's voice came through into his speaker as he flipped himself back onto the ledge below the console. He was about to reply but something pierced through his thigh making cry out again, he turned around. On the lower level, Winter held a gun up to him with a pissed off expression on her face.
He ignored it and jumped again, climbing a horrible version of a ladder but grunted when another bullet hit him. He reached the floor where the console was and rolled onto it, he held his side as was about to plug in the disk.
Winter aimed again, shooting yet another bullet out of her gun – successfully making Barnes go down, but not unconscious. He was gasping for air as he noticed the front of his uniform was slowly filing up with blood. He sucked in a breath before crawling himself up the control centre, thrusting the disk into the compartment it's supposed to fit in. His mouth twitched into a small grin, "It's locked." He spoke to Hill, telling her to begin the plan to destroy the Helicarriers - he knew he wasn't going to be getting out. He could hardly move as it was and he wasn't going to leave his Ava again, whether she was the Winter soldier now or not – it didn't matter to him right now.
"Bucky, get out of there." Steve called into his ear, he needed to get out before the Helicarriers went down – he wasn't going to lose him too. He was assuming that Ava was somewhere else, not with Bucky.
"Hill," Bucky gritted his teeth with pain, "Fire now!" He ordered, ignoring Steve.
"But Bucky-" Hill hesitated, as Steve's voice called, "Bucky, you have to come back!"
"Ava's here, Steve. I'm not leaving her – not again." He yelled into the machine "Do it! Do it now!" Explosions started to come ablaze around him the second he yelled, making him move with difficulty to avoid getting hit by the blasts.
Winter screamed when she felt something heavy fall on her, her body was lodged under part of the pieces that had come apart from the breaking Helicarrier. She was being crushed under the heavily material.
Bucky heard the scream from below, "Ava-" He breathed in worry as he threw himself over the edge to get to her.
Winter started to panic, thinking he was going to finish her off while she was at her low point – she tried to lift the material off her but it wouldn't budge. She saw Bucky trying to lift it off when he was able to get to her, it went up slightly so she was able to get free. She moved herself out from underneath – ignoring the pain in her body as she did so.
Winter stayed where she was for a moment, confused as to why Barnes had helped her – she was supposed to eliminate him and vice versa.
Bucky looked at her, ignoring his pain as he tried to get through to her, "Ava, you know me." His voice was begging her to remember him.
Winter's mind went blank…
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Ava walked up to the dark-haired school boy, "Hi," She chirped happily, "I'm Avery Rogers. You can call me Ava."
Bucky grinned at her, "I'm James Buchanan Barnes. You can call me Bucky." He replied before they both laughed together as they started to throw snow at each other.
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"James, I'll be fine." Ava promised, holding both her lovers' hands in a tight grip. She was about to be sent on a mission with her own team later that day – she had no idea when she would be back from her assignment.
Bucky sighed, "I just love you too much to let go; I can't lose you."
Ava smiled at him, "You'll never lose me – I'm always with you and I'll always come back. Promise."
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Winter blinked as her mind cleared up, her teeth gritted, "No, I don't!" She denied loudly, her arm lifted and slugged him round the face making him fall to the ground.
Bucky got back up on his feet with a struggle, they were both breathing heavily as the Helicarrier began to fall from the sky faster. "Ava-" He started, trying to get close to her – he could see that she was starting to get distressed. "You've known me your whole life, I've loved you since I was 19 years old. We were going to be together completely after the war ended, please – remember." He begged, he felt tears ring around his eyes.
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Bucky and Ava sat in the same field as they one he proposed to her as, it was a couple of days before they were both to be sent out overseas. Bucky held Ava around the waist tightly as she sat in his lap, he held her tightly as if they were the only two people left in the world, "When the war is over," He started, leaning his head on her shoulder like last time, "We'll be together properly, we'll finally get married and have the best life we could possibly have."
Ava smiled softly as she watched the evening sun go down over the horizon, "I hope it doesn't take too long then." She sighed sadly, they hadn't even told her brother yet about their engagement – they were going to do it after the war was over, so it would be a piece of happy news to hopefully cheer him up.
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Winter breathed heavily as she came out of her mind again, with an irritated scream she slammed her metal arm back into Bucky's face. She wasn't this, Ava – Her name was Winter, why did it feel like she's already done this internal discussion before?
Bucky ignored the pain in his limbs again and still carried on, "Your name-" He started, feeling in his body starting to slip, indicating that he was soon to pass out, "Is, Avery Lola Rogers - my fiancé and Steve Roger's twin sister."
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18 year old Ava held Bucky's 20 year old's left hand as they walked through the park, "I finally finish school in a couple of weeks," She told him happily, "I might even get a scholarship to work with other scientists."
Bucky chuckled and brought her to his side, "That's amazing," He told her, but he was slightly sad that there might be a chance of her moving away to go on this scholarship she wanted, if it wasn't local.
Ava must have seen his sad look so she bumped him with her hip, "I'll never leave, you know – I made sure to say I'm staying around this area no matter what." She assured him, there was no way that she would leave either Steve or her James.
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"Shut up!" She roared, punching him again – wanting the visions to stop clouding her mind. Bucky got up again and they were standing right in front of each other, he stood there closer to passing out but his will for Ava to come back kept him awake.
Winter felt like bursting into tears, as she looked at him. It was like she wanted to go to him, comfort him and tell him everything was going to be okay but 'The Winter Soldier' in her was telling her that this was all a trick to try and break her. She didn't know what to do, what was happening to her?
Bucky shook his head, refusing to fight, "I'm not going to fight you, Avery" He pulled out a small chain from under his uniform – Winter's eyes locked with the small ring that was hanging off it. An engagement ring. "You gave it to me for safe keeping before the Zola mission. You didn't want it to go missing-" Winter ignored him as another scene flashed through her mind.
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Ava watched as he opened the small box he had gotten from inside his jacket; inside was a beautiful engagement ring. The sun reflected of it with a unique tint as the ball of fire started to lower in the sky.
"Ava," Bucky's voice wavered in hope as he finally got to the point, "Will you marry me?"
Warm and salty tears fell down the side of her cheeks as her head nodded in a 'Yes' gesture, her voice unable to work as her dream just came true.
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Winter felt tears run down her cheeks, her eyes stayed on the small piece of jewelry until her mind snapped back into her defensive mode. She looked up at him with narrowed eyes as he dropped his shield through a hole in the floor. "Ava, I love you."
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"I love you, James Buchanan Barnes." Ava whispered into his ear.
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Winter shook her head, trying to get the voices out of her mind telling her to stop. "No!" She shouted in refusal, before slamming his body down onto the floor. "You're my mission – a no one!" Her hand drew back and began to punch him as the voices still drowned her head, her body was sitting on his chest as her metal hand came down on his face again, and again, and again. She paused in her movement when she saw he was about to speak again, his face was bloody and bruised – it looked like he was about to pass out any second.
Bucky swallowed the blood in his mouth, "Then finish it," His voice cracked, seeing Ava's stubborn and tearful face, "Because, I'm with you till the end Avery. I'll always fight for you."
Winter stopped, she looked at him as if she were seeing a new light. Everything he was saying, it was the truth – the fight in her flew out of her system as she continued to stare at him – ignoring everything that was happening around her.
Suddenly the floor broke off causing Bucky and Winter to fall out of the Helicarrier, Winter grabbed onto one of the metal posts and her eyes watched as Bucky's limp body fell through the sky. Her heart hammering, conflicted on what to do next.
"James." She whispered, as if her mind was realising something. Her arm released itself from the post, her body falling through the air now – her heart refusing to let him die.
~ 8 ~
Winter dragged Bucky's body out of the water with her metal arm - he was still alive, just unconscious. She placed him to the side and just stared at him.
He knew who she was. Did that mean she was Ava? Was that why she was getting all these flashes? It made no sense but she needed to find out who she really was – alone.
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