How the Good and the Villain Saved Each Other

Northeast Africa, Meteor Crater, Wakanda.

Loki is sitting on the window sill, leisurely flipping through a heavy book filled with illustrations of exotic styles. Outside the window is the crystal-clear and translucent lake water, which ripples in circles under the caress of the breeze, even in the scorching heat of the afternoon. The sunlight becomes gentle and affectionate through their reflection.

"You like this place very much." Steve appeared behind Loki at some point, but the evil god seemed to have noticed his existence long ago, and put the book aside casually. Although he didn't want to admit it, this magical high-tech country came from somewhere. From some angles, it really looks like Asgard—there is such a lake outside the palace where Loki lived for thousands of years. Since he was a child, he often sat in the shade of the lake by the lake, reading, drawing, Learn magic with his dearest mother.

Steve has no desire to dismiss the conversation because of Loki's silence.

"Why don't you go to Tony?" He asked the question he wanted to ask the most, "He loves you very much, for you, he did not hesitate to violate the "Agreement" in private, tried his best to transfer Dum, and even took the initiative to cooperate with us , to provide remote technical support for breaking through the floating island prison, I think as long as you are willing to have a good talk with him, you will be able to settle your suspicions."

"I'm a fugitive now, Ross must hate me so much," the evil god replied, stretching his waist, "If it wasn't for me, he wouldn't have been pushed onto the iris verifier with his eyelids held up. General, the current Secretary of State has never been treated with such disrespect, and my presence in front of Stark Tower will only attract hordes of stupid soldiers with BB guns."

Steve twitched his eyebrows at Rocky's comments about American soldiers, but he's not the type to be easily misled, so he cleared his throat and continued his train of thought: "That's not an excuse, you can totally You have the ability to appear in front of Tony without alarming anyone."

Loki lowered his head and twirled the ring on his ring finger. The ruby ​​reflected the moving brilliance in the sunlight, like a miniature sun or a heart.

"It's just a tactic," he finally explained, seeming tired of Captain America's stalking, and he had to tell the truth about his plan in order to keep quiet. He will submit obediently, and he will definitely throw out a series of unequal conditions for me to agree to, but if I don't show up, he will remember my various advantages, and it will definitely get twice the result with half the effort if he talks about it then."

Steve couldn't help but widen his eyes. He respects individual differences and different people's views on love. Even though some of them are really beyond his comprehension, he still wants to mourn for Tony for three seconds— Because he has such a lover who thinks of ghosts all the time, and even calculates about love.

The old Popsicle, who was keen to be their love counselor, finally shut up, which made Loki really relieved. He pretended to hold the book again, and covered up his inner panic with his superficial indifference.

In fact, being the god of lies, he just didn't tell Steve the truth.He didn't go to see Tony because he was afraid, because of a human ability-they can love someone madly, with all their lives and souls, without scruples and fears, but this ability is It is so unpredictable that they can give love and at the same time easily take it back, even if you plead hard, the hardened heart will not soften.

He had begged, hadn't said it when Tony tossed their engagement rings at his feet, but the look in his eyes, his expression, his outstretched hand in despair.However, that cruel person abandoned him like a shoe, which not only hurt Loki's arrogance and dignity as a god, but also made him feel an unprecedented sense of powerlessness.

Therefore, even after Tony sent him continuous signals of recombination, he was still spinning around in place, just not daring to take even a step forward.

At this time, the door was suddenly pushed open, and the king of Wakanda who hurried in interrupted Loki's disturbed thoughts. He nodded briefly to them as a greeting, and then quickly turned on the wall-mounted TV in the house.

"You have to watch this." He said solemnly, Steve and Rocky glanced at each other, and walked to the screen together, among them, a blond woman in a professional suit was sitting and broadcasting the news:

"A week ago, Helmut Zemo, the suspect in the bombing of the United Nations building in Vienna, which shocked the world, surrendered himself to the US Department of Justice. Recently, it has been reported that Zemo provided the old secret files of the Soviet Union and the encrypted files of S.H.I.E.L.D. There is a large amount of evidence, including the former Vienna bombing suspect James Barnes, who has participated in many assassinations against American citizens. At least 20 people were killed, including the founder of Stark Industries and the leader of the Avengers Howard Stark is the father of member Iron Man Tony Stark. The following pictures may cause you discomfort, please choose carefully to watch."

The scene changes, and a section of the highway in the dark reappears in the eyes of Rocky and Steve. No one knows better than them what will happen next, and soon, this secret they have carefully guarded for many years will be opened to the entire world. .

Flames, tears, blood, less than 2 minutes of video is shocking, T'Challa looked disbelieving, Steve and Rocky clenched their fists, staring at the screen with piercing eyes, until the camera cut back to the female On the host: "Currently, the Ministry of Justice has filed a public prosecution with the court regarding the activities of James Barnes during the Winter Soldier period. Since it is not clear where he is now, the court's subpoena cannot be sent to the mysterious ghost killer for the time being. , but I hope he can voluntarily surrender to the case after seeing the news and accept the legal and fair ruling."

"You're being targeted by a male version of Mejitaya," T'Challa said. "My father-killing enemy is clearly taking his vengeance too, and he's doing his best to divide the The entire Avengers."

The good news is that Tony already knew the truth about Howard's death—if that's even good news.Rocky sighed inwardly, and asked another question: "Does our little deer know that he was summoned by the court?"

"He already knows." The voice of the fourth person came, and Bucky appeared in front of the three of them.He was wearing a simple white racer tank top and black shorts, with a towel wrapped around his neck.

"I saw the news in the training room," he lowered his head with a wry smile, "there's no need to worry about me. In fact, I've already gotten used to it. Whenever the situation gradually stabilizes and gets better, something will happen suddenly and ruin everything. .I struggled and bruised and found myself powerless to change, so I had to learn to accept them. So after a while, the badness became the new routine, became less unbearable, the situation stabilized again, and then worse things came Again, so welcome to the tragic life of James Barnes—bad and worse, worse and worse, on and on and on, never ending."

"Bucky——" Steve took a sudden step forward, grabbed his best friend's shoulders, looked at him as if he was a newborn deer held in the mouth of a vicious eagle, and Bucky stretched out his hand to push Shi Steve frowned and patted his arm.

"Relax, Stevie, I'm just joking," he curled his lips pretending to be relaxed, as if he was amused by his friend's nervousness, "one has to be a little self-deprecating to have the courage to continue living, yes wrong?"

"That's right," Loki said, "but you're not alone anymore, me, Steve, Wanda, Sam, Clint, and T'Challa, no matter what kind of quagmire you get into, we can bring You pull it back, not to mention committing those crimes is not from your original intention, you should never be a scapegoat."

"It's not that simple, Loki, it's not that simple," Bucky shook his head and repeated absentmindedly, "Once you kill someone, all the previous reasons will be gone. My past is chasing me like a hound, and I can't wait for a moment. I refuse to relax, I am too tired from running, and I am too confused. How should I make up for and repent of my mistakes? What kind of sanctions should I receive to comfort the souls of the dead? I can't find the answer, so I need an objective A fair and just trial, at least my heart can gain long-lost peace from it."

"But it can't be an objective and fair trial," Rocky pointed out sharply. "The government wants to use you to contain Captain America, and even all the alliance members who refuse to sign the "Agreement"; The bombing was ugly and desperate for a turnaround, they will hype this trial as the 'trial of the century'. Even if it has not started, I can say that you will lose."

"I don't care about winning or losing," Bucky said, with a calm attitude, "and I believe in the American judicial system, no matter what the result is, I am willing to accept it." He said, turning his eyes to his lover, silently asking.

"I don't want you to go," Steve pursed his lips, "but if this is your final choice, I will obey and support you."

"I thought Captain America was the one who made up his mind between the two of you." T'Challa sighed helplessly. The upright King of Wakanda has been spared no effort to express his apology for his mistake in chasing and killing Bucky. The more, the more he loves his taciturn creditor, and naturally he doesn't want to see him involved in misfortune and disputes again.

"No," Steve smiled and shook his head, "what I said was what he said—you can think of us as the same person."

However, the development of the situation was unfortunately predicted by Rocky - I have to admit that he has amazing accuracy in speculating on the dark side of human beings - everything is developing in a direction that is worse than Steve expected. After voluntarily surrendering, the Ministry of Justice applied to the court for a closed trial on the grounds that the Winter Soldier case involved state secrets, which means that the objective and fair trial that Bucky expected has been reduced to a joke from the very beginning.

"Don't worry," T'Challa patted Captain America on the shoulder, who was sitting hunched over in the lounge of the Wakanda embassy in the United States, like a bird that could jump up and tear people down at any time Beast, "Our lawyers will figure out a solution."

"Thank you, Your Majesty," Steve buried his face in his hands, his shoulders slowly relaxed, and the murderous look disappeared, leaving only the helplessness and anger of ordinary people, "Why is it always Bucky? Why does he Do you always encounter injustice? Just because he is the most important person to me, he has to face endless calculations, being made into a humanoid weapon by the Soviets, and being brainwashed by Hydra again and again, and now, he doesn't even participate in it The Sokovia incident did not hurt anyone there, but Zemo still refused to let him go, and always targeted him—and the U.S. government, don’t they feel ashamed of treating the former combat heroes like this?”

"Fair?" Loki sneered, "This kind of thing will not happen to you for no reason, whether in God's Domain or in the atrium, Cap." He said, turning to T'Challa: "I want all the criminal cases in the United States The letter of the law and examples of trials with the force of the law. With three days to go until the court approves the DOJ application, we can definitely turn things around, help James get what he wants and kick those assholes hard."