Space Magic (temporary title)

Part 4: End of the Line... For Now

   A few days after the big celebration we receive an alert that H.Y.D.R.A plans to send a plane to crash into New York City, so we everyone on base rush to prepare for the new mission. After the debrief and planning were off. Howard dropped us off via plane a few miles away from H.Y.D.R.A.'s train and we only have a small window to make it on board by zipline. As we prepared the zipline to the other side of the mountain I hear the train arriving at towards the window. "Remember when I threw up on Coney Island?" said Steve. "Yeah?" Replied Bucky. Steve sarcastically says, "Consider this payback." as he ziplines into the train while Bucky and I zip behind him. We all moved from cart to cart with a caution as, to not bump into the enemy, but as fate would have you, they knew we were on board. Before we could realize I huge armored soldier shoots at us with some sort of laser.
    Steve, Bucky, and I all duck behind the crates in the cart, and start shooting back. Steve throws his shield at the soldier it hits him then bounces back to him. But before getting hit the soldier managed to blast a hole in the side of the train cart, and after a jolt from the train Bucky gets thrown out from the side, but thankfully manages to catch himself on the train's railing. I used my powers as much as I could control to give him a boost back up but before he was stabilized I felt something hit my head and I blacked out, the last thing I heard was Bucky screaming my name.
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     I woke up a while later back at the base's infirmary with a raging headache. I got up and looked for a nurse, but I saw Peggy looking rather sad, so I approached her. "Peggy! Is everything alright? I'm truly sorry for passing out during the mission. Where's Bucky and Steve, are they ok? The last thing I remember is Bucky screaming?" I ask her in a panic. She looks up at me and sheds a tear, "Darling, this isn't your fault but I think Steve should explain. Please follow me.". I'm scared more than words to describe. Something bad happened to Bucky, I could feel it.

     Steve was in an abandoned tavern near by sitting alone at a table. "Steve!" I called out to him. He looked at me, then at the ground and stands up. I run up to hug him, "I'm so glad you're ok! Where's Bucky did he make it, did we stop their mission?". "No, we didn't stop the mission..." He pauses and lets out a stifled sob. "I'm sorry Louise Bucky he... He didn't make it out after you stabilized him you were struck on the head by falling debris and passed out. The pipe he was holding on to broke and he fell down the mountain. I'm so so sorry.", he holds me tights and continues sobbing. I take a minute to process what I was just told and collapsed on the floor crying like never before. I don't think I even cried so much during mama and dad's funeral. 

     The next day was full of grief and melancholy but we had a mission to finish. I put on my specially made uniform (thanks to Howard) and we were off. When we landed on the H.Y.D.R.A. base and took out some of their goons Peggy found a truck and drove us down the plane runway before the plane headed for New York took off. Steve and Peggy planned a date to go dancing, then we got close enough to the plane's back opening, so me and Steve jumped in.
    After searching the relatively large aircraft we found him, The Red Skull holding a glowing blue cube. He heard us and turned around. "Ah, Captain America and ohh why is that our little escaped experiment, come to stop me... tsk tsk. We can't have that now can we?" he said. Next thing we knew he trew a desk at us but I caught it using my material manipulation. Steve lunged at him and tried to wrestle the cube out of his hands. With his superhuman strength Cap punched him while I opened the planes emergency exit and The Red Skull got thrown out of the plane.
   After a high-five we realized that no one was stearing the plane. Steve quickly grabbed the plane's controls and reached out to Peggy, when in a worried tone he said "Were going to have to make a crash landing in Alaska, the plane won't make it, but we'll still have that dance.". She tearfully responded "Yeah we will, and you better come back to me and learn to dance.". Steve let out a light chuckle, and turned off the speaker. "Louise, I don't know if we'll make it but we saved a lot of people and who knows maye we'll be able to see Bucky again." he said, I held his hand as we fell into the snow and ice as the word went black.