Chapter Four: James

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As Bucky went to shoot at Steve Sam flew in and kicked Bucky aside. He aimed again but before he could shoot he got a glance at Jacqueline making him stutter. Before anyone could say anything further Natasha used the grenade launcher Bucky dropped earlier to shoot at him. He vanished in the smoke of the explosion. The group heard sirens and Jasper hid under a car.  HYDRA agents led by Rumlow surrounded the group.

"Drop the shield, Cap! On your knees! Get on your knees! Now! Get down! Get down! Get on your knees! Down!" Rumlow kicked Steve's leg and he knelt down. "Don't move." Rumlow noticed the helicopter flying above them and told Rollins to put his gun down. "Put the gun down. Not here. Not here!"

Rollins lowered his gun and the HYDRA agents took the group into custody. The group didn't speak much at first then Steve broke the silence.

"It was him. He looked right at me like he didn't even know me." Steve muttered.

"How's that even possible? It was like seventy years ago."

"James Buchanan Barnes of the 107th Infantry Regiment was the only to live through what is known as Zola's experiments. Zola's attempts to recreate the super soldier serum." Jacqueline said as if she was reading it from a book.

"Whatever he did helped Bucky survive the fall. They must have found him and..." Steve said softly.

"None of that's your fault, Steve." Natasha pressed.

"Even when I had nothing, I had Bucky." Sam noticed Natasha was still bleeding from her shoulder and looked at the guards.

"We need to get a doctor here. We don't put pressure on that wound she's gonna bleed out here in the truck." The guard suddenly pulled out an electric rod threatening him then neutralized the other guard and knocked him out. The guard took off the helmet and revealed to be Maria Hill.

"Ah. That thing was squeezing my brain." She said before looking at Sam and Jacqueline in confusion. "Who are they?"
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Rumlow's crew stopped their vehicles and got out.

"Three holes. Start digging. Remember we need the fox alive."

The HYDRA agents walk over to the van holding the group. When they open the door they found it empty with the one guard left unconscious and a massive burnt hole on the car floor.
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Hill opened the door to the truck the group was in. The group rushed Natasha in and Maria called out to the doctor running toward them.

"GSW. She's lost at least a pint."

"Maybe two." Sam called.

"Let me take her." The doctor said.

"She'll want to see him first." Hill said taking them to see Fury. The group stared at the man who was supposed to be dead.

"About damn time." Fury said. The group moved to a table where the doctor could work on Natasha and they could all talk. "Lacerated spinal column, cracked sternum, shattered collarbone, perforated liver, one hell of a headache."

"Don't forget your collapsed lung." The doctor reminded him.

"Oh, let's not forget that. Otherwise, I'm good."

"They cut you open, your heart stopped." Natasha said.

"Tetrodotoxin B. Slows the pulse to one beat a minute." Jacqueline explained softly.

"Banner developed it for stress. Didn't work so great for him, but we found a use for it." Fury pointed out nodding at her.

"Why all the secrecy? Why not just tell us?" Steve asked.

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