Superhero Damage Control [Comprehensive]

Lucy and his party were placed in a hotel to wait for the Presidential Medal of Honor training the next day. The people in the square still refused to leave. They wanted to see Captain America awarding the award with their own eyes before they would leave.General Ross was taken away. Lucy didn't know what kind of investigation and punishment he would face, but Lucy knew that she was going to be in trouble.

When she was pulled into the room by Bucky, her first thought was to hide under the bed.

Bucky stood in front of her: "You used me."

"That's not taking advantage." Lucy whispered, "It's killing two birds with one stone, the best of both worlds, hello, hello, hello everyone."

"Damn it, that's use!" Bucky yelled at her loudly, "It's like a joke. I cooperated with the president to do a political show, and then watched him use such vile means to entrap his own general. oh my god... I got involved in some goddamn thing."

Bucky ran his fingers through his hair, and he couldn't help but smash something.

"It was General Ross who wanted to entrap us first." Lucy said, "He planned to fan the flames in the crowd and instigate riots. Amanda disclosed the news to me in advance, and we called for a counterattack."

"You should have told me in advance!"

"If I had told you in advance, would you still be in Washington today?"

"Do not."

Lucy shrugged: "So, I made the most correct decision, and I did it for the good of everyone."

Bucky sneered: "When Amanda Waller told you about this plan, did she also say that?"

Lucy thought for a while, but there seemed to be no way to refute.

"I've seen politicians in Washington, do you know what impresses me most about them? When they try to persuade others to help them achieve their goals, the most common sentence they use is 'I'm for the good of everyone'. That's how they convince themselves " Bucky slapped the table hard, the table shook and turned into pieces, Bucky's tone was filled with deep disappointment, "I thought you could do better."

"Barnes, before you accuse me, tell me, how do you plan to end?" Lucy clenched her fists, "You asked me to fight back head-on, and I fought back. I set off a media war on the east and west coasts, and I Forcing the military to respond, I'm forcing the White House to negotiate, I'm distracting Tony to appease the protesters in Washington, and I'm leaving the Titans running in there, and what are you going to do? Tell them the truth? Tell them the military wants to be in Riots among you, we cannot be manipulated, fuck off the White House, we tore it down, just like the British did back then!"

Bucky waited for Lucy to finish venting, and he repeated the sentence: "I thought you could do better. When you understand what I mean, we'll talk."

Without waiting for Lucy's response, he left the room.

"Of course he's not blaming you for complicity with the White House." Tony was biting into a licorice stick, and Lucy never knew why Americans liked to eat wizzlers.

Literally, it makes like a candle and tastes like, "What else can I do?" Lucy spreads herself on the bed like a quiche, "If we don't make peace with the White House, we're Possibly faces a 6 month legal battle and will lose unless we keep repeating the same old story in some media that Bucky can't find a home like a lost mentally handicapped child. We will bring Congress, military Cornered with the White House, and then they have to join forces against us. And worst case, the government slows down the WSC investigation, and all my efforts go down the drain.”

When they build the carrier, I'll watch you die, Lucy thought.

"Do you know the best way to solve this matter?" Tony looked at Lucy with that incredible look, "It should be the president who said that the White House will investigate. The military said that we will sort out all the debt problems , Let Captain America return as soon as possible. Captain America said, thank you people for supporting me, I should solve it privately instead of causing an international incident. S.H.I.E.L.D. said, we apologize for our reckless actions.”

How is this possible, they have been trying to grasp as many resources as possible to squeeze their opponents out of the ring, not to shake hands and make peace.

Lucy hummed and laughed at the ceiling: "That's really a ghost."

"But this is the ending that should be, isn't it? Each of us forced the other to disarm, and in the end we could only force the other to get tighter and tighter, and then we finally got into a ball. Honestly, if it was me, I think this It doesn't matter, the loss is minimized, the benefit is maximized, we are businessmen, but...that's Captain America." Tony said with emotion, waving the half-chewed licorice candy, "You know, as long as you ask, he It’s okay to apologize publicly, he doesn’t care about his reputation, but he can’t accept that you give up your principles to protect his reputation.”

"My principle? My principle is to let you go to the rescue with peace of mind, and don't take any blame."

"Oh. Poor, that's not the principle, that's the purpose. You don't even know why Bucky values ​​you so much. He once told me that he signed the Avengers agreement because he believed that you were different from him, you and us Everyone is different." Tony stepped forward and rubbed Lucy's hair, "You are not only doing good things, you are doing the right things."

Amanda Waller met with Captain America privately for the third time. Neither of them could say that they liked each other much, but they did not dislike each other. But when Amanda entered the hall today, she noticed the hostility exuded by Captain America.

When they met at the Smithsonian Captain America Museum, Bucky faced the mannequin of Captain America and the Howling Commandos. Amanda stopped beside him and listened to him: "Every time I see this uniform, there is only one thing that comes to mind. Man, Steve Rogers. Every time I think about him, I feel ashamed, I'm not as perfect as he is, but I love his character and I'd give anything to preserve what's left of him.”

Amanda sighed: "Maybe you don't like to hear this sentence, but the only person in the world who is worthy of the title of Captain America is Steve Rogers alone."

"I agree." Bucky smiled. He didn't take it as an insult. "When I see him, I always think of a word. Do you know what it is?"

"Perfect?"

Bucky shook his head.

Amanda continued to speculate: "Hold on?"

"No, it's transcendence." Bucky finally explained her doubts, "He surpassed most of us. When he was weak, the two of us were often together, and he was bullied by big guys. I taught those big guys, I Think I'm righteous. Then one time I saw that big guy who used to bully him get beaten up on a street corner by a New York gangster. I laughed at him and still felt I was righteous. I told the story to Steve listen, he got into an argument with me, he said that's not justice, it's me condoning crime."

Amanda couldn't respond for a long time. After a long time, she sighed softly: "Wow." "It's ridiculous, but a person worthy of awe, right." Bucky said with a smile, Amanda nodded, Ki suppressed his smile, "I think he has seen the essence of the world to some extent, he can tell whether, he knows black and white, he doesn't know what the gray area is, you can call him a fool, but I am willing to call him a saint , he is the true patriot. Amanda, you are incomparable to him, even... I don’t know if you are really a patriot.”

"I never dared to stand shoulder to shoulder with Captain America, but please don't doubt my loyalty to this country."

"What I don't doubt is your loyalty to the White House." Bucky really looked conflicted, "And the way you express your loyalty is by allowing a group of crooks to play with a group of lunatics, and make this country a mess."

"Captain Barnes, what you say is treason."

Bucky's face was stirred with indignation: "So look at what kind of country we live in now? We use legislation to call for human rights, we talk about it on TV, we shout for people to be equal, and the world wants peace, but in people's hearts Thinking, throw those Middle Eastern pigs into the Mediterranean, let them rot in the sewers, let those niggers carry our shoes, let us sell arms, drill oil, fill the treasury and the wallets of the tycoons , let the politicians carve up the power of Congress, and let us set the rules for the world!"

"Captain! You crossed the line." Amanda stopped, her voice echoing in the empty museum, "This country is complicated, it's like an actor with a thousand masks, you see its ugly side , and I saw the side of it that made me proud. 50 years ago, people of my color were only worthy of being tested for mustard gas in the army. 40 years ago, homosexuality was regarded as a physical disease. Frozen and starved to death on the street and no one cares about it. 30 years ago, if a girl was drunk and raped on the street, the other party would not be sentenced. But now blacks hold 20 seats in Congress, and homosexuals can marry legally We have the Department of Veterans Affairs, our judiciary is progressing, and all this without the participation of these despicable politicians in your mouth, do you think you can achieve it just by shouting long live freedom? Yes, the world will not let you now Ruyi, but what can you do? Why don’t you refreeze yourself into an ice cube and come out in the next century to see whether human beings self-destructed or are they alive and well?”

Amanda and Bucky seem to be in conflict with each other. Fortunately, the Smithsonian Museum has long been closed. shouting.

"Yes, politicians are insidious, cunning, and they exchange interests, but they keep the country running. You can't stand a show? I've seen worse than that." Amanda lowered her voice and broke her hands The finger gave him the calculation, "A congressman even covered up rape, rape, and crime in order to make his bill pass the vote of the House of Representatives, but he created 2100 jobs, a medical foundation for firefighters, and saved more than 30 people. Let countless unemployed people spend the winter of that year, let them have a place to live instead of making robbery and murder in the underpass!"

Amanda pauses, needing to digest herself.

Bucky suddenly asked an unrelated question: "Are you related to that congressman?"

"What?" Amanda froze.

"You seem to really hate him, not in general, but from the bottom of your heart, disgust, and hatred."

Amanda raised her chin, and she took a deep breath: "I used to serve in that prisoner's army."

The answer is self-evident, maybe Amanda is one of the victims, but she never said it, and did not give Bucky a clear answer.

Bucky said: "They convinced you they could create 2100 jobs? Are you patriotic to turn a blind eye to a rapist?"

"No, I convinced myself." Amanda smiled contemptuously, "Barnes, close your eyes."

Bucky doesn't understand Amanda's intentions, but he closes his eyes.

"Imagine yourself in the sea, a bad guy is driving a lifeboat, and you only have a lifebuoy, the bad guy says to the person who fell into the water, come, I will take you home. You say, don't go there, that person has a moral stain. "Amanda's voice was as gentle as the snake that tempted Eve, "Can you predict your end? People swam to the bad guys and abandoned you in the sea. Barnes, I admire you and Captain Rogers, but There is no justice in this world anymore. Only those who can give and control the greatest benefits can control the world. Only fierce lions devour hungry wolves. If you don’t want this world, first turn yourself into a lion and take it instead of turning yourself into a lion. Become a sheep, go to a place where no one is there to graze, and then pretend that the world is only half a hillside!"

This is what Barnes is most worried about. Human beings have brought themselves into the civilized world for thousands of years, and then began to play the law of the jungle in this world. He cannot accept this.

"This is what good people compromise. We tolerate those people for our benefit, we succumb to it, and then we convince ourselves to follow him, to become like him." Bucky opened his eyes, and he gave up on convincing Amanda said, "Amanda, it's up to you who you want to follow. Don't touch Lucy Lang."

"Oh... so you came here for her." Amanda chuckled, and suddenly she felt puzzled, "Look at you, cherishing her so much, I thought it was just a show, or a temporary attraction."

"I follow her." Bucky's words made Amanda's mocking expression disappear, "Yes, you heard that right. She is the most Steve Rogers-like person I have ever met living in this era. Her goals are much nobler than yours, so I follow her and protect her just to keep her away from you self-deceiving guys."

"She can choose to stay away from me to embrace your lofty goals, but the reality is that she may be more realistic, and I advise you to be more realistic." Amanda didn't want to go any further, and she was about to leave.

Bucky stretched out his iron arm and hit the wall heavily, blocking Amanda's way of leaving. He lowered his head slightly and threatened in a low voice: "Don't try to turn her into a person like you, take the things in your body with you. The rotten smell of Washington stays away from her, and if I catch it again, you egg her on, seduce her, try to drag her into your path, and I won't sit idly by. I—say—get it?"

Amanda was overwhelmed by the dangerous aura emanating from Bucky's body, she was fixed in place, locked on by Bucky's eyes, and there was nothing to hide.

Bucky said word by word: "I, need, you answer, understand."

Amanda finally nodded slightly: "You already understand what you mean."

Bucky let go of the metal arm, and the coercion just now seemed to be completely gone. He put on a baseball cap, put his hands in the leather pocket, and left the Smithsonian Museum.Amanda breathed a sigh of relief, she should have been angry, but she wasn't, she just felt sad and apologetic.

She did not deny that for a moment, under Barnes' gaze, she felt ugly.

Bucky returned to the hotel, and Lucy was waiting for him in the lobby of the hotel. When she saw him, she jumped over like the kitten in the hands of the president's daughter, and apologized hastily: "I'm so confused, I Should have told you, I should have asked your opinion, look what I did, I let you down, can we talk? You can yell at me, or throw me a bucket of cold water, I betrayed you, Punish me now and let me do something."

Bucky narrowed his eyes, as if he was considering which method of punishment would be better, he suddenly pointed to a corner: "Look, there are reporters over there."

"where?"

Before Lucy could see clearly, Bucky raised her chin, and the breath of a mature man covered Lucy's lips.

The flash went on, and Bucky let go of Lucy, licking his lips: "Apology accepted."