And We Go On

I'm inside out, but I won't give up

After some time, we all make our way towards where the memorial is happening. Zemo still hasn’t told us where, but he’s leading us. To our surprise, John and Lemar have found us. Guess even trying to be covert, it’s still easy to track us. He tries to stop us from going but as they all talk amongst each other, I see the girl that Zemo had been speaking to. I gently tap his arm with the back of my hand and he looks over. He gently moves John aside and he and I begin to walk towards her. The others follow after us.
Sam and John start arguing about how to address Karli. Sam wants to talk to her and John wants to flush her out. As we are walking, Bucky catches up to me and Zemo and walks next to me. He says nothing but I see him glaring between me and Zemo. John stops in front of us to try to make his point. Eventually, Lemar concedes to agreeing with Sam and John has to go with it.
“And we’ll deal with you later.” He motions to Zemo.
“And I'm sure it will all work out. But if you don’t mind, my associate is just up ahead.” Zemo motions to the girl waiting for us in the archway. Zemo walks up to her and I can see him hand her money, I assume for her family. Then she begins to lead us the way to a building, and brings us in the back way where there is no one else.
John tells Sam he has ten minutes, and then they’re doing things his way, and he chains Zemo to the machine next to him.
“Aggressive, but I get it.” Zemo comments.

Bucky decided it was best to stand in front of the door as John began to get anxious and stressed.
“No, no, this is a bad idea.” John starts sounding frantic.
“It hasn’t been ten minutes John, sit tight.” Bucky says nonchalantly. I am standing off to the side opposite Lemar, near Zemo. I can see the emotions starting to run wild in John. This might get messy.
“Don’t do that. Don’t patronize me.”
“He knows what he’s doing.” Bucky assures him.
John walks away, looks at the clock on the far wall, then storms towards Bucky.
“I’m goin’ in.” He states, Lamar starting to follow him.
Bucky steps forward to stop him, and I ready myself for what John might do. He backs slightly away from  Bucky and says, “This is all really easy for you isn’t it? All that serum running through your veins.” I don’t like this tone.
“Hey, you don’t know the first thing about him.” I say, trying to keep my anger in check. But how can he talk to Bucky like that? Bucky didn't ask for this. And all the torture he went through with the serum. How could John not understand?
“You, keep quiet.” John snaps at me. I quickly glare at him and push my lips together.
“John, don’t you dare…” Bucky starts to defend me.
“Barnes, your partner needs backup in there. Do you really want his blood on your hands?” John questions, pushing Bucky a little more. Bucky doesn’t respond and John decides to push past him, Lemar at his side. They storm into the room and Karli freaks out. Karli shoves John and Lemar aside and takes off. Sam and Bucky try to run after and I begin to follow, but then I realize we left Zemo. I quickly turn around and run back, only to see that he has gotten out.
“Oh crap.” I mutter to myself. I run through the nearest door and see just enough of him to tail him. I follow him all the way into what appears to be a storage room and I hear him firing shots. I immediately duck but then realize he’s pointing away from me. I hear someone groan in pain, and I assume he’s hit his target. Then I hear him walking away and I quickly run towards him, grabbing his arm. I see the gun in his other hand, and try to be conscious of it.
“Zemo, what do you think you’re doing?” I demand. He looks at me, then down at the blue vials. He gets out of my grip and grabs a vial, picking it up to examine it.
“Is this what I think it is?” He questions, turning it over.
Serum. Oh my god. If he takes the serum…
Then he smashes it into the ground. Then he begins stomping and crushing all of the vials to spill the contents. I just stand there and watch, bewildered. He’s destroying them, just like he said he would.
Someone runs in while he is doing that and grabs Karli. I go to chase after them but then Zemo runs into me, having been hit by the shield. We both fall to the ground and Zemo appears to be knocked out cold. I grunt and move to get myself up, and I look at John. He’s staring at the destroyed serum, then spots one vial untouched. I can see his eyes, the thoughts working, and then he picks it up.
“John.” I say, trying to draw his attention. He ignores me, and looks at the vial. “Captain…” he says nothing, quickly looks at me and puts away the vial. Just then Lemar, Sam and Bucky join us.
“What did we miss?” Sam asks.