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Sam was confused.
Why did they want him?
What did they want to do with him?
Why is Bucky not awake yet?
But he couldn't let her know.
He couldn't let anyone know.
So Sam did what he was best at, he did what he was born to do.
Be a Hero.
The woman stared at him for just one more moment and then proceeded to say
»We want you out of our way «
No answer was coming from Sam, not a verbal one at least. He looked her straight in the eye with the same cold expression from before.
»Do you really think that you are what the people want to be their symbol? A man without any superpowers, no real qualifications, nothing more than an average soldier. Is that what you think our country needs? John Walker was the best option to replace Steve Rogers. God, maybe he was even better than him, but YOU?«
The woman was cut off by Torres and his team storming through the door. The rule they had between the both of them was: "Ten minutes without updates require action".
Sam just then noticed that he lost track of time, and before he could think any further he already saw Bucky talking to a few of the guys coming in, and leading them towards the people upstairs.
Torres and Bucky now stood next to Sam, both with a gun pointed on the woman standing in front of him.
Everything felt like some weird sort of dream, barely a few minutes later Sam was next to Bucky sitting in his car again. This time Bucky was driving, and the two of them and Torres were on their way to the base.
Sam was staring into the emptiness, hearing a muffled voice in his head until Bucky poked him into the side.
»Sam are you alright?«
Seems like the voice wasn't in his head at least.
»Sure, why wouldn't I be?«
He could feel Bucky looking at him and added
»I think they were just trying to replace me, nothing I couldn't have known earlier.«
»Well I for sure know how stupid that woman sounded, why did she have to sound so cryptic?«
Bucky said trying to hold back his laughter, and thinking back on it Sam also couldn't help but let out a small giggle.