The White Phoenix 11: A Falcon and the Winter Soldier Fanfiction

Chapter 32: A Desperate Situation and An Angry Super Soldier

'Boss,' Dovich said to Karli, 'Lennox ain't responding.' 

'We can still get out of here before...' one of the other Flag-Smashers, Deedee, started to say, but was interrupted by Karli. 

'No. Diego's in the air. The trucks are almost here. Worst case scenario... we kill the hostages.' 

'We're supposed to use them to negotiate.'

'To stop that vote. Either way, our message gets out to the world. It doesn't even matter if we die. The movement is strong enough to continue without us. Hope for the best. Prepare for the worst. Hold tight. Move fast. One world.' They stayed silent. 'One world,' she said, sharper this time. 

'One people,' they each echoed in turn. 

We were on the ground, fighting Flag-Smashers, when all of a sudden, a vehicle holding a group full of GRC members exploded. I heard the screaming and putting my hand to my earpiece, I tuned into Bucky's earpiece. 

'You see the van?' 

'Yeah, I'm going.' I saw him run towards the burning van and try to break down the doors. There was more screaming. 'Hold on!' I heard him shout. Before I could go over to him to assist him, I heard a voice that I never thought I would hear again. 

'Morgenthau!' I turned to see none other than John Walker coming down the street, with a shield that looked exactly like Sam's on his arm. I frowned. I noticed the star. It looked nothing like Sam's. A fake. 'Let's finish this!' 

'I didn't mean to kill your friend,' Karli said. 'I don't wanna hurt people that don't matter.' He stopped and met Karli eye to eye from a couple paces away.

'You don't think Lemar's life mattered?' 

'Not to my fight. I just want the people on that truck.' Then, him and Karli began to fight. I eyed Bucky still trying to get the van open and finally, he got it open and slowly brought people out. 

'Be careful,' one of the men said, pulling another one of his fellow members out of the burning van. 'I've got you.' 

'Go, go,' Bucky said. Several got of the van and ran. A man frantically shook Bucky's hand. 

'Thank you for saving us.' 

'You're welcome,' he said quietly, as the person ran off with the rest of them. He turned and met my eyes. I smiled at him and he did the same, then moved away to go do some more fighting. 

More fighting continued. We got to a structure surrounding a long fall down to the ground. Somehow, the second van with more of the GRC members was stuck down there. We fought the Flag-Smashers and suddenly, Bucky fell with two of the Flag-Smashers. 

'James!' I screamed. But he landed safely and began to fight the Flag-Smashers that he was with. I heard the screaming inside the van and as the van began to tip, Bucky took his opponents down and looked up at me. I ran to the van and tried to hold it back, yelling as I did so. Looking down, I suddenly saw a red, white and blue shield drop, crushed beyond repair. I looked as Walker came opposite me and helped me pull it up. Before we could pull it up the whole way, Karli jumped on Walker's back and pulled him away, and another Flag-Smasher buried a knife in my side, causing me to scream in agony and let go, jumping and delivering a spin kick to the man's face. He fell soon after. But the van was falling, quickly. Too quickly. As it fell, it was halted by something. I ran to the edge and looked down to see Sam, holding onto the front end of the van and pushing it up as his new Redwings perched themselves onto the front of the van and helped propel the van up. It disappeared over the top of the whole structure. Sam came back and met us down at the bottom of the structure.