Crimson Blade

Seven

We were in Baron's plane. I sat on the bench beside/ facing Buck. I was unwrapping my hand to see how healed it was. Sam was on the phone with someone. I honestly sounded it out. I got the gauze off revealing blue threads. I walked over to the first aid kit bringing it back. With small scissors I cut the strands one by one.

It was abit red still but pretty much a scar now. The serum made me stronger and it also let me heal faster. So something that would take the average person to heal in a month, takes me a couple days. I rubbed a thumb over it.

"How is it?" Bucky asked looking up from cleaning his metal arm.

"Its good." I say briefly getting up to the bathroom. I had the door still open as all I was doing was washing it. I looked down trying to not look up to the mirror. I've become rather notorious for breaking glass, wether on purpose or not. I sighed turning around to the main area.

I saw Sam flop down onto a chair letting it lean back. "You ok?" Bucky asks Sam as I get backwards on a chair. Leaning over the back behind Buck.

"Yeah. Just thinking about all the shit Sharon had to go through. And Nagel refering to the American test subject like Isaiah wasn't even a real person." Sam said sitting up.

"Just makes me wonder how many people have to get steamrolled to make for this hunk of metal." Sam said.

I picked at the seem on the chair.
"Well, it depends on who you ask. That hunk of metal saved alot of lives." Bucky answered looking up from his arm.

"Yeah, I get that. All right. Maybe I made a mistake." Sam said.

"You did." Buck added.

"Yeah- Maybe I shouldn't have put it in a museum. I should have destroyed it." Sam said lowly.

Bucky tuned to him slight shock on his face.
"Look, that shield represents a lotta things to a lotta people, including me. The world is upside down, and we need a new Cap, and it ain't gonna be Walker. So before you destroy it, I'll take it from him myself." Buck  said sternly. I slid down sitting sideways on the chair, my knees tucked up to my chest. I was uncomfortable with the situation.

Zemo handed me a plate. I smiled tightly at him though I was not hungry.

"They found Donya.. dead. She died in Riga, a city near the Baltic Sea." Sam said after hanging up.

"I have a place we can go." Zemo spoke up.

"I, for one, am looking forward to coming face to face with Karli." He said laying back in his chair.

"Oeznik, we're changing the course." He called. Getting back up on the back of the chair me, Sam and Buck exchanged uncertain looks.

•~•
RIGA, LATVIA

We were walking down a street. "I heard what became of Sokovia. Cannibalized by it's own neighbors before the land was cleared of rubble, erased from the map. I don't suppose any of you bothered visiting the memorial?" Zemo said.

"Of course not. Why would you? We are here." Zemo said. "Me and Riley are gonna go on a walk." Bucky called. I was alittle surprised.

"You good?" Sam asked turning around.

"Yeah. See you guys in a bit." We turned walking back. He looked back seeing them leave. He stopped picking up a silver ball from the ground. I quickly knew what it was. We made eye contact and both knew we were thinking the same thing. 

We turned into a smaller street. I saw another one and picked it up. We kept walking through. Buck looked back occasionally.

"You dropped something." Buck called holding up the small sphere. We stopped looking around. Not seeing anyone. We turned back around.

"I was wondering when you were gonna show up." Bucky said as we came face to face with.       .

"I'm here for Zemo." She said in Wakandan.

AN: Yes this one's really fricking short. It's more of a bridge rather than a chapter.