Decisions and Splinters - Book 5 (Civil War)

Chapter 13

The Winter Soldier grabbed the five blue IV bags out of the trunk before walking over to the driver's side as Howard pulled himself out of the car.

"Help my wife. Please. Help," he muttered as blood dripped down his forehead. He pulled him up by the hair. "Sergeant Barnes," he let out in shock.

"Howard," Maria's voice came from inside the car. The Winter Soldier punched Howard in the face a couple times until he went limp. "Howard." He picked up Howard's body and laid it back in the car before going over to the passenger side and sliding his metal hand around Maria's throat. He choked her until her body went slack. Last, he went over to the security camera taping him, raising his gun and shooting it.

Annabelle let out a breath as she heard the gunshot and felt the kickback from the gun, snapping back into reality. She looked over to see Tony staring at the screen before moving to charge at Bucky. Steve caught his arm and Annabelle moved in front of Bucky.

"Tony," Steve stopped him.

"Did you know?"

"I didn't know it was him," he decided to say.

"Don't bullshit me, Rogers. Did you know?"

"I did," Annabelle spoke up, getting Tony's attention. "I've had nightmares about it. And Zola told us before we knew who the Winter Soldier was." Tony pulled away from Steve, standing there in shock for a moment before backhanding Steve and sending him flying. He shot Annabelle next, sending her across the room. Her head and back hit one of the Winter Soldier capsules, causing her vision to fade in and out. She caught glimpses of Steve, Tony, and Bucky fighting and Zemo disappearing. There was suddenly an explosion from above her as Bucky redirected one of Tony's rockets. Steve ran over, picking her up before covering her as the metal walls started falling apart. Steve looked up to see Tony fighting his way out from under some metal and Bucky standing up.

"Get out of here," he told them, Bucky coming over and grabbing Annabelle's hand.

"Over here," he said, hitting a button and she looked up to see the top of the silo moving away.

"It wasn't him, Tony," she heard Steve pleading as she and Bucky started jumping from platform to platform that lined the walls of the silo. "Hydra had control of his mind."

"Move!"
"It wasn't him!" She allowed herself to glance down as she heard walls crumbling to see Tony flying towards them. His suit was damaged and he wasn't able to fly straight, but he managed to reach Bucky and kick him off of the platform he was pulling himself onto. Just as he shot at him, Steve jumped up and redirected the blast with his shield, hitting Tony instead. Tony's suit fell, hitting Annabelle on the way. She managed to catch herself on the edge of one of the platforms, pulling herself back up.

"He's not gonna stop," Steve told them as Annabelle reached them. "You've gotta go." She and Bucky kept working their way to the top while Steve grabbed his grappling hook and jumped down, catching Tony and dragging him down enough for Bucky and Annabelle to reach the top. She heard a clattering of metal and turned to see Steve's shield fall to the bottom of the silo. Just as Bucky and Annabelle were about to make it out, Tony shot one of his rockets, hitting the hitch for the silo roof and causing it to come slamming down on them. Bucky and Annabelle dropped, Bucky wrapping his arms around her and taking the brunt of the fall. He groaned as she shoved him over, grabbing a metal pipe that had fallen near them and swinging it at Tony as he flew up to them. Bucky got up and grabbed her staff, the two working to try to keep Tony away, but he was eventually able to put Bucky in a chokehold after tripping Annabelle.

"Do you even remember them?" Tony whispered venomously.

"I remember all of them."

"No!" Annabelle screamed as Tony pulled Bucky over the side and they fell down the center of the silo. Steve jumped, intercepting them and managing to get Bucky onto a platform before he and Tony fell to the very bottom. Annabelle grabbed her staff and repelled down to the bottom to see Steve pushing himself up off the ground.

"This isn't gonna change what happened."

"I don't care," Tony told him flatly. "He killed my mom."

"It wasn't him," Annabelle tried. "It was only Hydra. He didn't have any control over-" She was suddenly flung backwards, a metal device wrapping around her hands and legs, binding them together.

"Stay down," Tony told her before going to attack Steve.

"Stop it!" she yelled, trying her best to get out of the restraints. She looked up to see Bucky coming down the wire she left with Steve's shield in his hands. He jumped onto Tony's back and started pummeling him. She turned her head to see Steve and Bucky working back and forth to try to fend off Tony. Bucky managed to get the upper hand, thrusting his hand into Tony's suit and attempting to pull out the arc reactor. There was a bright blast and Bucky's body was thrown across the room, most of his metal arm missing. Steve ran forwards, holding his shield up while Tony blasted at him, creating a brilliant light that flooded the silo. She closed her eyes until the light disappeared, opening them to see Steve and Tony still attempting to tear each other apart. Annabelle's pleas for them to stop fell upon deaf ears, their only focus being each other. Finally, Steve ended up on his knees, blocking Bucky's unconscious body.

"He's my friend."

"So was I."

"Stop!" Annabelle yelled again, finally getting their attention. "This is what he wants. He wants us to turn against each other. Don't give in to him!" Tony looked at Steve before looking at her.

"It's too late," he told her before punching Steve in the face over and over as she screamed and begged them to stop. Tony picked up Steve and tossed him into one of the concrete pillars. "Stay down. Final warning."

Steve slowly picked himself back up, panting raising his fists. "I can do this all day." Tony raised his hand, charging for another blast when Bucky's hand shot out and grabbed Tony's ankle. This gave Steve time to come over and pick up Tony before slamming him on the ground and punching his mask over and over until he grabbed his shield and was able to knock it off. He raised his shield one last time and Tony covered his face before the shield lodged itself in the suit's reactor. After a minute, Steve pulled the shield out and went over to Bucky, pulling him up.

"That shield doesn't belong to you," Tony said as he rolled onto his side. "You don't deserve it. My father made that shield." Steve stopped, pausing before dropping the shield onto the ground and leaving Tony behind as he pulled off Annabelle's restraints and they left the bunker.

Oh my goodness guys! I totally forgot that I didn't finish publishing this book! I put it in the wrong folder on my google drive saying that I had finished posting all of the parts. I am so sorry! I promise to actually finish getting the rest of this story out. I still haven't gone back and edited anything, but hopefully that will be a project in the minimal freetime I have. Again, I am so so so sorry, but I hope you all enjoyed!