Steve woke up to a racket. He could hear his lover yelling at someone. 'Is Tony fighting with Fury again?', he half wondered. Then he was suddenly wide awake. Fury was dead, Bucky was back... and Tony might be angry at him, he realized. Not caring that he wasn't properly dressed, Steve ran out into the hall, almost stumbling over his own feet, still dizzy. There he could make out Clint, Rhodey, and Maria, all trying to hold back Tony, who demanded in rage: “If you don't let me pass this second, I swear to God, I'll deploy my entire legion and tear down the whole building to get to that bastard!"

Maria tried to sound authoritarian: “Stark, if you do that, you'll become the top mark for the Avengers, and I'll personally make sure, you are held responsible!", while Rhodes tried to reason with him: “Tony, you're drunk, go back home! You're not going to get anything out of him anyways!" But Iron Man roared: “Oh, I bet I'll get something out if him, alright! I'll kick the crap out of him, he's gonna sing like a canary, in full soprano!" “Tony, no!", Steve yelled alarmed, and his lover turned to him in shock. Clint wanted to send him away: “Cap, you're not fit yet, please just go back, we'll handle this!"

In that moment the red alert went off, and a robotic voice warned: “Attention, security breach in section Y! Attention, security breach in section Y! Prisoner on the loose! Danger level alpha! Attention..." “Oh holy shit!", Rhodey cursed, and Maria breathed: “Oh no!" Clint immediately grabbed his radio, calling: “Nat? What's going on there, are you alright? Nat?!" From the other end of the line, they heard some growling and huffing, then Nat signaled in a haste: “Rather busy! Could need some help here!"

“Don't worry Widow, I'll send the cavalry!", Tony spat, reaching for his phone. “No, wait, let me talk to him!", Steve pleaded, reaching for Tony's arm, but looking at Clint, who was busy signaling: “Where is he headed, where are you?" “Stairs!", was all they heard, and Maria send Rhodey away to help, as Tony just shook off Steve's hand, to yell into his phone: “Friday? Send the Iron Legion to SHIELD, every one of them! Deploy the whole arsenal, and shoot at anyone trying to leave the vicinity!"

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Maria screamed at him: “Are you out of your mind Stark? You're going to get someone killed!", but he just snapped back: “That's rather the idea, your holiness!" “No!", Steve just cried, and reaching for Clints radio, he yelled into it in a panic: “Nat, it's me, Steve, please, I have to talk to him, please! Bucky, Bucky, please it's me, Steve, please stop it!" There were some gargling noises, but when Steve repeated his cry, there also was a hushed: “Steve?", and something that sounded like: “Quasi Enya!" Then more noise and coughing, until they heard Natasha choke: “He's... running... exit!"

Tony yelled into his phone once more: “Friday, what's taking so long? Make sure to shoot anyone trying to leave, shoot the bastard down!", as Maria lept forward, trying to take it from him, but he jerked it away. Steve remembered something, then quickly asked Clint: “What is he wearing?" “What?", Hawkeye asked confused, but Cap shook him: “His clothes, Bucky's clothes, what is he wearing???" “Not much.", Clint answered overwhelmed, trying to escape his grasp: “Bit like you, we only...", but Steve suddenly let go of him, and dashed back to the room he woke up in. He emerged with his shield right away again, and started to run towards one of the windows. “Steve? Steve what are you doing??", Clint yelled alarmed, but he just ran faster, and when Maria screamed: “Captain we're on the sixth floor!", he jumped through the glass, covered only by the shield, and his briefs and t-shirt.

“NOOO!!!", Tony screamed angry, then his face turned white, and he almost dropped his phone in panic, as he started to shout: “Friday, aboard mission, aboard mission, don't shoot! Friday, shut down, emergency shut down, shut down everything!" There was a blast outside, and then two more, so that Tony cried out in fear: “Steve! Steve no!", before sinking to the floor in shock, as more hell broke loose outside, and Maria and Clint both tried to get any form of contact over signal, while the alarm still flashed and repeated its sterile message.

After a few minutes Maria left to organize a search and rescue party for the agents that were injured, if not killed, by the escape, and let Hawkeye tend to the Iron Man. She was hardly gone, when War Machine entered through the broken window, shattering it further, to come straight up to Tony and demand: “What the fuck are you playing at man, are you trying to kill us all?" “Steve?", his buddy just asked back tearing up, but closed his eyes in relief, when his friend informed him: “Barely made it, no thanks to you!", as he pointed behind him, where Falcon came flying in with Steve's body, limp and beaten up, but still breathing. Him and Clint took care of him at once, while Rhodes returned to clean up and help outside. Tony only registered the rest in a shocked blur, and when Sam returned to him to give him a sedative, he didn't resist and instead welcomed oblivion with open arms.

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