There Will Be Blood • Bucky Barnes

• Chapter Seventeen •

A month later

"So, you've experienced this sort of thing before?" Fury asked, sporting sunglasses and a hoodie which was odd to see the Director in.

"You get used to it." Steve answered as he watched Fury look at his grave.

"We've been data-mining HYDRA's files." Fury turned his gaze away from the grave to the group. "Looks like a lot of rats didn't go down with the ship. I'm headed to Europe tonight, wanted to ask if you'd come."

"There's something I gotta do first." Steve answered to which Fury shifted his gaze to Sam.

"How about you, Wilson? Could use a man with your abilities." He asked.

"I'm more of a soldier than a spy." Sam answered. Fury's last hope we're the twins, who he now looked at.

"No can do, Walking Dead." Azar replied with a smirk while Artemis smiled and remained silent, already giving Fury the answer which caused him to nod his head.

"Alright then." The Director said.

He held his hand out to the group, shaking each of their hands. "Anybody asks for me, tell them they can find me right here." He gestured to his grave before leaving.

"Did Fury really just.." Azar smirked in amusement.

"Yeah." Artemis nodded her head with a smirk of her own.

"You four should be honored, that's about as close as he gets to saying thank you." Natasha spoke up as she walked towards them.

"That thing you asked for, I called in a few favors from Kiev." She said and handed Steve a file.

She tapped his shoulder and motioned him to lean in closer. "Will you do me a favor? Just ask her out already."

Steve looked at Natasha who smirked and gestured behind her, to Artemis.

"Go for it." She mouthed at him and winked.

Steve smiled to himself but looked up once more when Natasha caught his attention.

"You might not want to pull on that thread." The Widow said, gesturing to the file in his hands before she turned around and left the group of four behind.

Steve frowned to himself and opened up the file which contained information about Bucky and his Winter Soldier transformation.

Sam and the twins walked over to him.

"You're going after him." Sam stated.

"You don't have to come with me." Steve replied.

"We know." Artemis answered softly.

"So when do we start?" Azar asked causing Steve to turn around to the twins and Sam who smiled at him with determination gleaming in their eyes.