Life in the Multiverse

If Y/N Helped Bucky Make Amends

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Y/N Stark P.O.V
Earth 005
April, 2025
Latvia
4:04 pm

After I overcame my emotions I turned back to the circle of people to see Walker sprint away. I watched helplessly, still unable to make my body respond to my mind.
After a moment Bucky squeezed my arm and brought me out of my thoughts. I met his eyes and he nodded his head in the direction Walker ran.
"It's time," he said. "It's what we've both been waiting for, I think. You ready?"
I thought back to when I saw the blood splatters on Steve's shield.
"Damn right, I am," I said.
We began to run after Walker, making our way down to some warehouses. We wandered into the open one and slowly walked further inside. We slowed to a stop as we saw Walker crouched several yards away, his head buried behind his shield.
He looked up to us and slowly stood up, walking over to us.
"Walker," Sam said calmingly.
"You guys should see a medic, you don't look so good," Walker said.
"Stop, Walker," Sam said to him.
Walker turned back to us and sighed quietly.
"What?" He said. "You saw what happened. You know what I had to do. I killed him because I had to! He killed Lemar!"
I jumped a little at his yelling.
"He didn't kill Lemar, John," Bucky said calmly. "Don't go down that road. Believe me, it doesn't end well."
"I'm not like you," John said, his words cutting deep.
I noticed the slightly hurt look on Bucky's face.
"Listen, it was the heat of the battle, okay?" Sam said. "If you explain what happened, they may consider your record. We don't want anyone else to get hurt. John...you gotta give me the shield, man."
I let my eyes drop down to the blood covered shield.
"Oh," Walker said as he looked between us. "So that's what this is. You almost got me."
"You made a mistake," Sam said.
Walker looked between the three of us again.
"You don't wanna do this," he said.
Bucky and I made eye contact for a moment.
"Yeah," I said.
"We do," Bucky said.
The three of us rushed forward against John, throwing punches and kicks. Sam got thrown aside quickly, overpowered by John's strength. Bucky grabbed onto the shield, attempting to pull it away. I raised a hand towards him, energy dancing between my fingers as I prepared to grab him, but he wrestled free of Bucky and smacked me with his shield. I yelped in pain and the force of the blow threw me to the ground. I shook my head as my ears rang slightly.
With his arms free he beat Buck to the ground and the gun they were fighting for went sliding across the ground. Walker prepared to bring his shield down on Bucky, but Sam intervened. I pushed myself back to my feet as Bucky did and we both went back to attack John with Sam. Sam got thrown aside again as Bucky and I continued to tangle with him. I took a few steps back and began to throw blasts of energy, attempting to land a blow. I grabbed onto his shield with energy and started to pull it away, but he quickly grabbed a piece of pipe off a nearby crate and chucked it at me. I just barely ducked before it hit my head, but it struck my shoulder and I was forced backwards onto my bottom.
He and Bucky threw heavy punches back and forth, fighting over the shield. Until he backed away from Bucky and threw his shield heavily toward him. It slammed into Bucky and threw him backwards, crashing into a piece of equipment. I rushed over and started to help Sam up as Walker put his all his weight behind his shield, trying to crush Bucky.
"Why are you making me do this?" He screamed as he threw Bucky across the room.
Bucky slammed into another piece of equipment and sparks went flying. His metal arm crackled and twitched with electricity as he fell to the ground. Sam and I lifted into the air and launched towards him, descending upon him. He dodged a blast of energy from me, then spun around and slammed his fist against my face. I shouted in pain as I fell to the ground. I whirled around to see him coming toward me again, prepared to strike. I started to raise a hand to stop him, but Sam swooped in and went to tackle him. John caught him and forced him to the ground.
They wrestled on the ground until they both jumped back to their feet and the fight paused for a moment.
"This isn't you, John," Sam said.
"We could've been a team," John said.
Sam growled and ran towards John again as I staggered to my feet and rubbed my jaw, which felt broken. Sam attempted to pull the shield away with a cable, but Walker pulled him back to the ground. They both collapsed and the shield clattered between them. I started to walk towards the shield, but my heart pulled me the other way. I looked over to where Bucky had collapsed, my hesitation getting the best of me.
I watched Bucky begin to stir, then looked back over as I saw Walker and Sam pinned on the ground. Walker grabbed onto his wings and growled into his face.
"I am Captain America," he said.
He ripped the wings clean off the sockets, sparks flying. He raised the shield, prepared to bring it down on Sam' s face, but I leapt into action. I reached out towards him and lifted him into the air with blue energy.
"My turn," I said, my voice echoing off the energy in the air.
I tightened my grip as I lifted him higher into the air. He growled in pain as my eyes alighted with blue energy.
"You took a title that wasn't yours," I said. "A title you weren't deserving of. You took an honorable mantle and stained it with the blood of an innocent. The serum changed you, John. You're not who you used to be. And you deserve to wear those colors even less than you did before."
"I'm the same man, Stark," he groaned around the pressure that was crushing him. "Go ahead, look in my head."
"Oh, I'll get in your head. But I'll do a lot more than just read it..."
I tilted my head a little and began to look into his mind. I gasped in pain in response and all my powers dropped. I clutched the sides of my head as anger, sadness, and mourning fired across my mind, overwhelming my senses. I screamed in pain for a moment as I fell to my knees. I seethed through my teeth as I tried to calm the emotions I received.
I looked up in surprise as I heard him yell. He was jumping into the air, his shield raised as he prepared to bring it down on me. I gasped and raised a hand to block my face, but watched through my fingers as he was tackled aside by Bucky.
"Don't you lay a hand on him!" He snapped angrily, slugging Walker across the jaw.
The two of them threw punches back and forth again, Bucky reenergized by his anger. Walker tried to push his shield against Bucky's hands, trying to get it closer to him. Sam ran over and started to push his elbow against the corner of a storage container. Bucky began to push against Walker as well, trying to force him back.
I shook my head, clearing the emotions. Then I jogged over and grabbed onto his arm with blue energy, pulling the elbow the wrong way. With the three of us pulling on the arm, it released a sickening crack and he screamed.
Sam rolled away with the shield and I helped Bucky back to his feet.
"It's mine," Walker said.
"It's over, John," Sam said.
"It's mine!"
He went to throw a punch, but Bucky easily dodged and slugged him. Bucky picked him up and charged towards Sam. I lifted slightly into the air and charged at him with energy as well. The four of us collided and fell to the ground. I groaned and rolled onto my side. I watched as Bucky stood up and picked up the shield, dropping it next to Sam. He walked away from Sam and leaned down, easily pulling me to my feet. I grunted as my muscles ached. He let me lean on him as we walked for the exit.