How the Good and the Villain Saved Each Other

In the early morning, the Malibu beach is quiet, the waves gently caress the fine sand, making regular "squeaky" sounds, just like a beautiful a cappella.However, even with such background music, Tony, who was sleeping soundly on the bed of the mansion with sea view, still had nightmares again and again.

He dreamed of that stretch of road again, the malice and darkness of the night weighed down like lead, the lights of the street lamps dimmed like dying fireflies in autumn, and he saw his father again, the blood-stained Fear, sadness, confusion and helplessness were shown on his face due to the coming of death, but it seemed that there was relief and relief that Tony could not understand at all; there was also his mother, his dearest mother, with a piece of white suit front Bloodstained, his own brown eyes bulging eerily from suffocation.

"Help me, Tony," she kept wailing in her dream, "help me, my son—"

But all Tony could do was watch, no matter how hard he tried to rush forward to grab the steel arm that was swinging mercilessly at his father's head, no matter how hard he clenched his fists to give the Winter Soldier's expressionless cold His face turned, but he was still helpless, the succubus wrapped his hands and feet, so he could only stand beside the burning car and watch all this happen silently, over and over again.

He cried in his dream and at the same time in reality. He turned back to the 19-year-old boy who suddenly learned the news of his parents' death. A wound that may heal.

"No——" he murmured, his brain was running slowly in his sleep, "squeaks, creaks, creaks", this is not right, this is not the truth, because he is no longer alone, he has Loki, that person will accompany him, Protect him, love him, but Rocky... Rocky...

Almost at the same time when this idea came into being, Tony saw Loki, who was lying on his back on a strange experimental table far away, completely naked, tightly bound by restraint belts, and the pale light of the shadowless lamp wrapped him, making him feel His already pale skin was as lifeless and bloody as paper.

Tony approached step by step, suppressing the fear and uneasiness surging in his heart, until he saw Loki's face - it was not like a face of a living person at all, the lips were cold and stiff, but curved into a terrible and mysterious What makes Tony dizzy even more is that those green eyes are gone, only two black eye sockets remain, from which bright red blood keeps oozing out, like a cursed fountain of blood.

God, Tony's chest burst into a wail, and he knelt limply in front of that cold laboratory table. He came too late, a big mistake was made, and he should have known they would not let him go when he handed him over Him, it's all his fault, everything.

He raised his hand tremblingly, wanting to hold Loki's, then comfort him gently, and tell him not to be afraid, he will always be by his side and never leave again.But he didn't feel anything, Loki's arm was empty.He looked up, and suddenly found that the hands that had gently caressed his hair countless times had been cut off at the elbow, the white bones were exposed, and the fracture was already bloody.

This bleak scene miraculously gave Tony courage. He jumped up, threw himself on Loki's chest, and pressed his hand on his heart, but the heart stopped beating; Eager lips went to kiss his, but there was no response.

"The darkness after the light goes out is a hundred times darker than the darkness when the light never came on." Tony thought in a daze, he couldn't go back to the days without Loki.Before that, he nestled in the laboratory and kept inventing, sleeping with all kinds of women in his spare time, and occasionally men, making troubles for Pepper and Roddy, like a child who was not cared about, because there was no Man is willing to really take the time to get to know him, to love him, to make anything that gets someone's attention a good thing.

Then Loki came out of nowhere, a god who could easily understand Tony's every outlandish joke, every inexplicable metaphor, and even every one of Tony's smiles, as if he was his long-lost half.What's even more miraculous is that he is willing to love him, not the kind of sweaty love that is maintained by physical entanglement, but the real love-it is produced and lasted when the soul resonates.

Thinking of this, Tony slowly moved his uncontrollable body to climb up the experimental table, lay down next to Loki and hugged the man tightly in his arms, a wonderful tranquility washed over his whole body in an instant.

Well, he said to himself, this is the end, this is the end of everything.

So he closed his eyes and decided to fall into a long eternal sleep, but suddenly felt the person in his arms move.He opened his eyes, and found that he was still lying on the experimental table, but opposite him was a completely different Loki, smiling, as fresh as a flower that bloomed in the early morning of spring, with morning dew and fragrance.

"You——" Tony was stunned for a second, then hurriedly groped to cover Loki's big arm, his fingers slowly slid down under the temptation, and slid across the solid forearm until the fingers were clasped together, joy like lightning from heaven Like splitting the heaviness of hell, making him tremble all over.

"Do you love me?" Loki asked, and the little bastard grinned, as if his death had been a harmless joke.

"Of course, of course—" Tony couldn't wait to answer, he raised his head and tried to kiss the other party's lips, but was easily avoided.

"I need evidence." The evil god's green eyes blinked, sly and mischievous.

"what?"

"Proof," Loki repeated solemnly, "ride me, now."

Tony didn't answer, or answered right away.He took off his cotton trousers indiscriminately, and obediently supported Loki's XX to sit down...

Tony woke up panting in pleasure, the quilt under him was soaked in sweat and tangled into a ball, a seemingly cold breath lingered in his nose.He shook his head slightly, trying to wake himself up faster to judge whether the smell was an illusion floating from a dream.

"Come out, I know you're here." Finally, he mustered up the courage to raise his head and say to the air, his eyes wandering nimbly in the darkness.

After a while of silence, Loki's figure slowly appeared from the void.

"Hello, Tony." He greeted with his hands behind his back, with the same beating smile on his face as in the dream.

Tony was immediately irritated by the unhurried tone.

"Hello?" He jumped off the bed and rushed to the other party, yelling loudly, "We just finished a fierce sex, and you just use 'Hello' to perfuse me?"

Loki's expression froze slightly, and cracks appeared in his leisurely attitude.

"I thought you needed this," he explained a little bewilderedly. "You're having a nightmare. It's obviously not very sweet. I just want you to relax."

Tony pursed his lips, glanced down at the ring on Loki's finger, hesitating between "forgive the bastard so thoroughly" and "should teach him a lesson", his rationality told him that he should put this little liar The bastard drove out, and his emotions told him that the opportunity must not be missed, and the loss will never come again.

"Why do you still come here?" He poked his neck and asked pretendingly indifferently, "We have broken off our engagement."

He thought that Loki would raise his hand and shake it towards himself, claiming that they were still wearing the rings they gave each other, and naturally they should abide by the vows they made to each other, so that he could logically express his generosity and disregard However, the situation did not develop in the direction he hoped for at all.

"I think you may not be having a good time recently," Loki swallowed a little, and chose his words carefully, "Since that incident was announced—"

Tony pursed his lips tightly. This is why he returned to the California mansion. He really couldn't stay in the Avengers Building and Stark Tower. Since Howard's real cause of death was announced by the media, the reporters smelled like blood stalking him like a hyena, trying to get the news out of him, and Tony hated the media more than ever.

"So, you're here to comfort me?" he asked, crossing his arms, deciding to put on his mech and beat the guy up if Loki dared to say "yes," but Loki shook his head.

"It's much more complicated than that." He replied, with an expression that was also too complicated for Tony to decipher, "The secret will always be revealed. I used to think that I could at least choose when to reveal it, but the fact It proves that even if I am a god, I can’t get everything I want. James was wanted, the alliance was split and even a civil war broke out, Wanda was caught and almost became an experimental product. When things have developed to this point, I have an inescapable responsibility. I am too Selfish, too cowardly, too arrogant, and ended up messing everything up."

Tony turned his head away.

"It's not all your fault," he said, "I'm responsible too, everyone is responsible."

They were silent, each inspecting the mess for more than a month, trying to find the origin of the chaos but still failed.

"You won't want to hear what I say next, but I hope you can listen to them before making a final judgment." Rocky took a deep breath, "Just yesterday, the Department of Justice submitted an application to the Federal Court to involve State secrets demanded a closed-door trial of the Winter Soldier case. You and I both know that this is a conspiracy. If it is not carried out in the public eye, James will have no chance of winning. His surrender and obedience are also It became a joke."

Tony listened without saying a word, still at a loss for Loki's intentions for this trip.

The Cthulhu moved his steps uneasily, opened and closed his mouth a few times, and finally spoke again: "So far, your parents are the only victims of Operation Winter Soldier that can be confirmed. If you file a lawsuit in the court and request a public hearing, you will definitely If it is adopted, then James will be able to get a relatively fair trial."

Tony's eyes widened, he couldn't believe that the above words came from Loki's mouth.

"You want me to help my father-killer and enemy get rid of the crime?" When he said this, he almost laughed out loud. It is a joint effort to join Captain America and the Winter Soldier to break the prison and rescue the mutual friend from the "floating island". It is one thing, but it is another thing to take the initiative to help someone who kills his father and enemy to escape punishment. How could Loki, and how dare he make such a cruel and excessive request to him?

The evil god lowered his head to meet his lover's furious gaze, and twisted his lips with a wry smile, then he moved his hands lightly, and a large square cardboard box instantly appeared in his hands.

"This is all the information about the Winter Soldier collected by your father Howard and Peggy Carter in the past 20 years, as well as several important letters." He put the cardboard box gently on the bedside table and took two steps back. "Now I Give them all to you, no concealment, no lies, no protection, I think you can see after reading it, there was more than one victim in that past."

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Three weeks later, the front of the Federal Court was crowded with people. People gathered in front of the court, wanting to have a glimpse of the trial, which was dubbed the "trial of the century" by the media. Only then did they barely maintain order.

The BBC cameraman with a beard quickly set up the camera and gestured "ok" to the female reporter who was still putting on her makeup. The female reporter immediately nodded and walked into the camera, adjusted her status and began to report .

"Last week, Tony Stark, the current president of the global clean energy giant Stark Industries, formally filed a lawsuit in court demanding that the Winter Soldier James Barnes conspire to kill his father, former Stark Industries president Howard Stark. Clarke and his mother Maria Stark, which made the US federal court reject the previous request for a closed-door trial proposed by the Department of Justice, and also allowed people all over the world to witness this 'trial of the century'. As a friend of the defendant , Captain America Steve Rogers will also testify as a witness."

The camera turned, and Captain America, who had been standing beside the female reporter, was included in the picture.

"Captain Rogers, hello, as we all know, both Barnes and Stark were teammates who fought side by side with you, and in the face of the ironclad evidence of the surveillance video, the fact that Barnes killed Stark's parents is unquestionable. Faced with such a situation, why did you choose to testify for Barnes?"

The camera adjusts to focus on Captain America, making his sincere blue eyes look even brighter: "Bucky is the best American I've ever seen. We grew up together, to chip in for my To see a doctor, he participated in three consecutive youth boxing competitions and won the championship, but he hated violence, and told me more than once that it would be great if one day he could make money without swinging his fists."

"Bucky has many dreams, a forest ranger, a firefighter, a reporter, and playing professional baseball, but for him, all these can only be dreams, because he fell off a cliff during World War II and was transformed and used by the Soviets. He did something against his will, and he had to spend the rest of his life seeking redemption to make up for the crimes he was forced to commit. So, I don't deny what James did, but I must say, it was not from his heart .”

The female reporter continued to ask: "Previously, Barnes was wanted around the world for being suspected of participating in the Vienna bombing, and you were also caught in it. The reason for these misunderstandings is ultimately related to your insistence on not signing the Soko The Via Agreement is not unrelated, what is your opinion on the Agreement?"

"The real purpose of the "Sokovia Agreement" is not to supervise the Avengers, but to use the abilities of the members of the alliance to build a super army. This idea is extremely dangerous. It is like a nuclear bomb, not only cannot make the world safer , but will bring more disputes. In the era of cold weapons, a malicious person can only wield a short knife at most, but now, they can easily pick up guns and kill more innocent people before being stopped The ability to surpass ordinary people is not terrible, the key lies in who owns them. Once superpowers are widely used like guns, even if they are only widely used in the army, it will inevitably lead to irreversible disasters .”

"So, you think the Avengers are better people than American soldiers?" the female reporter asked sharply.

"Of course not. The Avengers have the same goal as the American soldiers, and all our actions are for this sole goal, which is to reduce the use of force in this world. Ambitious people like Hitler will always exist. Imposing their own will on everyone, trying to use violence to destroy freedom and democracy. If we don't fight, if we don't fight, they will succeed. At that time, what we have pursued all our lives, what we should have been born with It's going to be a bubble."

"Shouldn't the Avengers be supervised? The Washington incident, the Sokovia incident, and the huge price paid by innocent people are not enough to trigger your reflection?"

Steve's face became serious.

"Never tell a soldier that he doesn't know the cost of war, and never question whether a soldier has reflected on the rationality of war, because he is the one who has truly experienced the blood and cruelty of the battlefield." He replied, "When I When I fell into the Arctic Ocean, the world was still at war; when I woke up, they only told me that we had won, but they didn't say a word about what we lost. Because even though there are so many novels, non-fiction literature, and film and television works, It is still difficult for people in peaceful times to understand the pain. It is impossible to imagine how desperate and heartbreaking it is to open the newspaper every morning and stare at the list of dead on the front line to search for the names of relatives. The living comrades lying in the mud and becoming dirty corpses hate themselves for being powerless."

"The truth is, there is a price to every action. If there is no event in Washington, HYDRA will continue to entrenched in the US government and will one day destroy the democracy and freedom we depend on. If the super virus in Lagos is taken away , the whole world may fall into the panic of biological weapons, but the cost of destroying these conspiracies is huge economic losses and the lives of innocent people, and even those who have committed the most heinous crimes should be tried by the law."

"Justice standards, moral standards, legal standards, political standards, too many standards are superimposed so that there is no winner in war. As soldiers, we will never be able to have a clear conscience, but we must continue to fight against Today, because the cost of stagnation is greater, more people will die because of our inaction."

"You only answered the latter question, but not the former—do you think the Avengers should not be policed?"

"Then please answer my question first, what should a man do when he witnesses a woman being cornered by thugs?"

"Call the police." The female reporter simply replied.

"And then? Stand there and watch?"

"Of course not," the female reporter clenched her fists. "He should rush up and punch that guy."

"That's right," Captain America nodded. "It's not only our responsibility to be brave and support the weak, but also our right and freedom. I don't want to have to call the UN special team when I see someone suffer injustice." Act only after application."

"It's only half an hour until the trial begins, but I still want to ask you one last question. Do you think Sergeant Barnes can win this trial?"

"I don't know," Captain America replied honestly, "but I know that justice will prevail and truth will last forever. Even if Bucky is finally found guilty, history will always give him a fair evaluation one day."

The cameraman gestured again to signal the end of the recording.The female reporter turned her head and smiled at Steve: "Thank you, Captain Rogers, your answer is really thought-provoking. Please also forgive me for offending you during the interview-this is an occupational disease of journalists, and there is no medical treatment. In fact, I'm still your fan, would you like to sign an autograph for me?"

After she finished speaking, she hurriedly took out a biography of Captain America, even ignoring her own brand-name bag that fell to the ground.

"My honor." Steve replied, signed his name on the title page of the book seriously, and handed it back to the female reporter: "I also want to thank you, thank you for still being willing to call him 'Sergeant' , this is the best courtesy to Bucky."

PS: Never tell a soldier that he doesn't know the cost of war. ——from "Eye in the Sky"