The Night We Met | Steve / Bucky

twenty-nine - ashes

Katherine climbed over anything in her path, eventually wiping her nose with her jacket sleeve. She felt agitated, being at the base triggered a lot of unpleasant feelings and memories. "Tony!" She called again, hoping that the they were near. Katherine followed the trail of burns in the wall from Tony's suit, and scraps of metal that must of broken off from his suit.

Katherine found herself near one of the side entrances to the base. It was a small concrete structure, with large concrete pillars spaced a part, letting the Siberian snow slowly creep inside. She could hear grunting and the clinking of metal. She began running and found herself walking in on Steve laying on one side, while Bucky pushed Tony against the wall. His right his metal arm gripped around the arc reactor on Tony's suit.

Katherine felt immediate panic. Bucky yelled, angst in his voice. Tony was being crushed. "No!" Katherine screamed, running toward them and without thinking, blasted fire in his direction. At the same time, Tony shot at his arm to push him back. Bucky flew backwards, falling to his knees. Katherine looked on in horror as Bucky's metal arm was blown off. Tony shot at him, sending him to the other side of the area.

Katherine looked to Bucky in horror. She did that. She ran to his side, but he wasn't responsive. She placed a hand on his chest, feeling his chest lift up and down in line with his short breaths. She looked to Tony who didn't have time to respond as Steve ran for him, vengeance in his eyes. Steve covered his body with his shield as Tony continued firing at him. Steve's shield rebounded anything Tony sent his way. Steve used his shield to push Tony against the wall and the two began trading punches - Steve looking as if he was doing more damage than Tony.

Katherine jumped to her feet and raised her fingers, pulling Steve away from Tony, "Stop!" She beckoned to the pair as Steve was thrown backward but landed on his feet. "This isn't going to solve anything!"

Tony looked to Katherine. "He killed mom." He didn't say another word. Tony shot at her. Katherine felt the beam from Tony's suit hit her hard in the chest. Katherine flew backwards, landing hard against the wall. She felt dizzy from the impact and winded from the hit to her chest. Katherine closed her eyes, trying to catch her breath and hoping the dizzy spell would pass soon.

Tony flew toward Steve, knocking him to the ground. The pair traded strikes before Tony shot at Steve in the chest, knocking him to his knees. Blood stained his mouth and his cheek. Steve looked up to Tony, panting hard. "He's my friend."

Tony tilted his head, "So was I." He spat before delivering two devastating punches to Steve's chin. Steve fell to his hands and knees, coughing. Tony picked him up by the back of his suit and threw him across the area, Steve hitting hard into the pillars, falling into the snow. "Stay down. Final warning."

Steve was resilient. He wasn't going to let Tony beat him. The only way Steve would stop would be if he were dead. Steve panted, struggling to climb to his feet. He let out hard breaths - wheezing. He managed to hold himself up, rocking slightly. He formed his fists into balls and looked to Tony, "I could do this all day."

Tony aimed his palm at Steve, his suit charging with power. Suddenly, Bucky grabbed onto Tony's foot distracting him. But Tony simply kicked Bucky in the face, knocking him back out. While Tony was distracted with Bucky, Steve came up behind him and lifted him above his head. Steve threw Tony down to the ground, Tony's head landing hard against the pillars.

Steve sat on Tony's chest and began punching him. Katherine inhaled heavily, climbing back to her feet. She was worn out before entering the fight and now felt utterly exhausted. Katherine watched as Steve landed heavy punches onto Tony, soon grabbing his shield and smashing it into his face, knocking his mask off, revealing a bloodied Tony. Fear shone in his eyes as Steve held the shield above his head. "No!" Katherine screamed, running up behind Steve, "You're going to kill him!" Katherine wrapped her forearm around his neck, pulling Steve from her brother.