The Reaper

Chapter 29: Cats In The Cradle

Steve POV 

"Cap" I heard Sam shout from where he was keeping watch of Bucky. Jeremy was still unconscious after nearly drowning after the helicopter fell into the water in Berlin. Seeing Bucky wake up me and Sam stood ready to interrogate him. 

"Steve?" He said groggily but I couldn't trust that he knew my name that he was himself. 

"Which Bucky am I talking to?" I Said when I heard another groan. Thinking it was Bucky I ignored it. 

"Your moms name was Sarah, you use to wear newpapers under your shoes" he said with a laugh and I knew it was him. The winter solider wouldn't know that, he didn't know who he was most of the time. 

"Can't read that in a museum" I Said and I could see that Sam was filled with disbelief. He's not wrong to be unconvinced but I knew Bucky more than anyone else. 

"Just like that we're suppose to be cool?" Asked Sam in shock. 

"What did I do?" Asked Bucky and I could hear thebregret in his voice. He looked behind me and must have seen Jeremy's unconscious body and he seemed even more guilty at that point. 

"Enough" I told him hoping he'd leave it at that. 

"Oh god I knew this would happen" Said Bucky shaking his head looking down, disappointed in himself. Even though it was HYDRA. "Everything HYDRA put inside me is still there" he said and I just hoped he didn't blame himself too much. "All he had to do was say the goddamn word" 

"Who was he?" I asked him urgently. He must know because why would he do everything he did if he didn't know who Bucky was. 

"I don't know" Said Bucky and he seemed upset with himself but I just couldn't believe it. 

"People are dead, the bombing, the setup, the doctor allcthat just to get 10 minutes with you?" I asked him keeping a level tone knowing it wouldn't help anyone if I set Bucky off. "I need you to do better than I don't know"

"He wanted to know about Siberia" he told us after a long pause. "Where I was kept" he said and he seemed to remember something else. "He wanted to know exactly where"

"Why would he need to know that?" I asked him because I needed answers as to why this guy had tried to get my best friend, my brother imrisoned or hell even killed if it came down to it. 

"Because I'm not the only winter solider" he said in a hard pained voice. And this is just great more complications to an already complicated situation. 

"Who were they?" I asked. If we get all the information we can know what we're dealing with and tell Jeremy when he wakes up, see if he'll help us or go back and be with his mother, Natasha. 

"The most elite death squad, more kills than anyone in HYDRA history" he told us never looking up, bad memories probably. "And that was before the serum" 

"They all turn out like you?" Asked Sam obvious just done with everything. 

"Worse" Said Bucky and didn't that jut bode well. 

"The doctor could he control them?" I asked Bucky because if we were walking into something with people more dangerous than Bucky and multiplenof then we needed to know. 

"Enough" Said Bucky gloomily looking down again. 

"He said he wanted to see an empire fall" I Said to them and I think they understood where everything was going. 

"With these guys he could do it, they can speak 30 languages, hide in plain sight, infiltrate, assassinate, destabilise, they could take a whole country down in one night and you'd never see them coming" Said Bucky. It's times like this that I wish the supersolider idea never even existed. 

"This would have been a lot easier a week ago" Said Sam as he walked over so we could have a conversation without Bucky, although I'm sure he could still hear us. 

"If we call Tony" I offered. 

"Nah he won't believe us" defended Sam and otherwise I didn't know what we could do. 

"Even if he did" I Said because come on, have hope. 

"Who knows if the accords would let him help" Said Sam in a hard time. He was right I knew he was. 

"We're on our own" I Said to Sam and o knew he knew I was letting him know I knew and that I knew that he knew. 

"Maybe not" he said with a shrug and I raised an eyebrow, so we had help or? "I know a guy and we've got the kidnover there" he said and I nodded. 

"So what's the plan we get this guy and then what huh? Go raid this base in Siberia?" Questioned Jeremy who was apparently awake. 

"Who's the kid?" Asked Bucky sending a cautious look Jeremy's way. "Have we met?" Asked Bucky curiously. 

"I was on the roof when you were escaping  the cat-man" said Jeremy as he sat up holding a hand to his head. "And I recently found out that you were my father so that's fun" he said and Bucky seemed shocked. "I'm guessing you didn't know" 

"There were 5 bags of serum and 4 other soldiers" he said and he seemed to be trying to figure something out. "They must have used the other bag on you if you were born in HYDRA" 

"Oh So now we've got another psycho solider perfect" complained Sam and both Jeremy and Bucky sen him glares which made me laugh. "He's the son of 2 assassins, I don't know about you but I don't want to get on his bad side" 

"Good in that case get me some aspirin, my heads killing me"