Chapter 30: Killing Me Slowly

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⚠️TW: panic attack⚠️

Steve knew he shouldn't be blaming Bucky for anything that has been going on, it's all Spider-Man's fault anyways. So, he was going to apologize.

As he stepped in front of Bucky's door ready to knock, he heard someone that didn't sound like Bucky crying.

"I did so many bad things because of my parents. Hydra...it's always going to haunt me and it's always going to be apart of me" a guy says lowly as his voice cracks with those words. Steve immediately recognizes the voice to be Spider-Man. 

He feels anger course through his veins. Why was the team never informed that Spider-Man was a Hydra agent? What if he still is and is just pretending to be good? What if he's using them for intel?

"Hydra will always be apart of both of us no matter how hard we try to leave it in the past. All we can do now is focus on the opposite of what Hydra wanted and that's helping people. You're making up for the red in your ledger and it's the best you can do moving forward" Bucky exclaims.

Red in Spider-Man's ledger because of course he killed for Hydra. He admitted he's killed before he was Spider-Man and now Steve knows how and why. Steve internally curses at himself. How did Spider-Man slip through their fingers about something this huge?!

"I always wondered if I wasn't raised there when would've been my last day of freedom for a long time? I mean if the plane crash didn't happen, I wouldn't even be here...I'd still be there" Peter realizes.

Part of Steve wishes Spider-Man would just admit still apart of Hydra but this is fine, now they can lock him up. 

He walks away, not needing to hear more.

He's angry at Bucky for not telling him that he knew Spider-Man was apart of Hydra. What if Spider-Man is tricking Bucky so he can feel sympathy and then take him back to Hydra?

Spider-Man was raised in Hydra, he knows the ins and outs and never bothered to tell them. That can only mean that Spider-Man is using them to gain their trust and secrets and spill them all to Hydra. He's probably here to get the Winter Solider back and Steve isn't letting that happen.

"We need to talk. When is the rest of the team getting back?" Steve asks once he goes back to the comms.

"Sometime after dinner" Sam reminds him.

"What do we need to talk about?" Clint questions. "Does it really need to wait?"

"It's about Spider-Man. Friday turn off audio" Steve states making Friday not able to hear their upcoming conversation.

"What about him? What has he done this time?" Thor wonders.

"He was raised in Hydra and that's how he killed a bunch of people. It's probably why he's here, to gain our trusts, learn our secrets, and take Bucky back there" Steve assumes.

"We need to lock him up. What are we doing still waiting around? He can send his Hydra friends here!" Clint realizes.

"Yeah, I don't think we can wait for the rest of the team to get back" Sam claims.

"Is he alone with Bucky right now?" Thor asks.

"Yeah and he's fake crying trying to get Bucky to believe him. We need a plan" Steve nods.

"He's allergic to peppermint, we can use that against him. Clint can tell Bucky he needs to show him something and take him away so he doesn't stop us. We'll sprinkle a little bit of peppermint on his food and then throw him in a cell. We'll have Cho make sure he's alive and then take her out of there" Sam plans.

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