How the Good and the Villain Saved Each Other

Rocky walked out of the judge's office, the heels of his high heels swayed gently on the marble floor, making a crisp and melodious beat. After the adjournment, the idiot prosecutor tried to reach an agreement with him, as long as Bucky pleaded guilty. His sentence, this was a joke, their witness questioning today was very successful, Loki firmly believed that even if he gave up his concluding statement tomorrow, Bucky would be acquitted in the end, there was no need to sign any damn agreement.

While he was happily thinking about how to humiliate that overwhelmed opponent after winning, Tony suddenly appeared in sight—his billionaire was standing in the middle of the corridor, looking sideways at the window at the end, It was almost evening, and the afterglow of the setting sun slanted in, casting a kind of desolation after exhaustion on the world and on Tony.

Looking at his lover, Loki couldn't help but think back to the night he told him the whole truth, how the poor brown-haired human curled himself up and cried, he had never seen him cry so sadly Desperation, so heartbreaking, like a helpless child, surrounded and squeezed by the malice of the whole world, but there is no way out.

At that time, he looked at him as he does now, and the mighty heart of the god was painful like being repeatedly cut by a blunt knife, and it was bloody and bloody. , but rushed to Tony's side without hesitation, and hugged his sweetheart in his arms.

"Shh, it's okay," he stroked his hair and kissed his forehead, "I'm here, you're not alone, I'm here. It's not your fault, you're the most innocent in the whole thing that one--"

The consolation made Tony cry harder, he hiccupped while crying, out of breath, like a choked puppy, which made Loki even more helpless, and could only continue to pet him and kiss him over and over again, Until he slowly fell asleep in his arms, with brown hair hanging down the side of his face, crystal tears still sticking to his long eyelashes, Loki could even smell the bitterness of his dreams...

But at this moment, that person seemed to have turned around.

"I can't believe I missed this." Tony looked Significantly up and down Loki's body, but Loki knew it was just a lover's disguise and forced smile.

"As long as you think, whether 'he' or 'she' will always be yours." The evil spirit replied with a smile, and there was a bit of girlish shyness in his demeanor.

Tony stared fascinatedly at his lover's face in the setting sun. The eyes, eyebrows, nose, and lips were clearly Loki's appearance. How could the media be so idiotic that they couldn't recognize him?

"This height is just right." He murmured, staring at the other's red lips and slowly leaning forward.

"What?" Loki asked blankly, his green eyes were wide open, and there was a kind of bewilderment and bewilderment that rarely appeared on his male face flowing on this female skin.

Tony didn't answer, but put his lips on Loki's little by little.This kiss was very, very unstark, it was too gentle, too careful, too delicate, completely opposite to the previous hot and wild, but a lot of emotion spread from the place where they touched in an instant, down the spine The landslide and tsunami swept across Loki's body.

Their lips pressed together like this for a long time, and Loki saw mottled light and shadow moving across Tony's face, and those brown eyes shimmered, as if containing the entire universe.

"You've got to win tomorrow," Tony said when they finally parted, his lips moist and soft with the kiss, "not just for James, but for me, for us."

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The third day of the trial is also the day when the prosecution and the defense conclude their arguments, the jury conducts deliberations and makes a final verdict.The disclosure of the entire trial process in the first two days caused great repercussions among the public, and more people gathered outside the court today.

Steve's eyes flicked over the slogans and long banners that people held high, and he couldn't help smiling because of the hand-painted boards that "support Sergeant Barnes" and "strongly demand acquittal". The teen in the I love the Avengers T-shirt nods, getting a shriek of excitement in return.

"It's so cute——" Loki on the side said deliberately protracted, "I hope this will help the jury to make a favorable verdict."

"I have faith, Rocky, and I have faith in our people," Steve replied with a smile, his blue eyes shining like North Stars. "I believe Bucky will get the most fair trial today."

"What a coincidence, Cap, I'm confident too." Rocky rolled his eyes, "But I'm confident in myself, I've spent so much effort to turn over the papers, find witnesses, and make my kisses The sugar is all put in, if James can't be acquitted again, I will overthrow the entire court!"

The public prosecutor is very stubborn, even in the face of strong pressure from public opinion and an almost certain defeat, he is still as strong as a rainbow.He stood up, glanced at the audience with piercing eyes, and then said sonorously:

"Before I formally start to conclude my statement, I would like to ask all of you here to seriously think about a question-so far, has there ever been one thing that has been truly attributed to their fault?"

"Yes, when I said 'they' I meant the superhero group and the Avengers. I took the initiative to fight to be the prosecutor in this case. In addition to wanting James Barnes to get the sanctions he deserved, I wanted to Another thing to point out - sure, those superheroes saved a lot of people, but are they not responsible for the deaths and injuries of innocent people? When will the law apply to them? Or, do we make So much concession that the question has lost its meaning?"

"How many times have our cities been destroyed, our buildings destroyed, our people killed, and all we hear is 'It wasn't the Avengers' fault, it was HYDRA, It was done by aliens, or simply like today's case, 'I was brainwashed and mind-controlled, and I can't be responsible for everything I did'. So, I can't help asking, honorable jurors, these so-called When will 'heroes' bow their noble heads before the law and admit their crimes..."

Loki listened to the other party's statement silently, and a bad premonition rose from his heart.Federal law requires that in criminal cases, jurors must reach a unanimous verdict. That is to say, all twelve jurors must acquit James before he can be released. Now the prosecutor is inciting people's negative sentiment towards the league. If the guarantee is not complete, one or two jurors will ignore the law and make unfavorable judgments against James due to emotions.

He calculated in his mind, reorganizing the statement that was about to decide a person's fate, until the prosecution ended and the defense began.

"Dear jury," Loki stood up and nodded towards the jury to show respect, "According to federal law, three elements must be met at the same time for a murder conviction, of which the psychological element of the crime, that is, the subjective element is one of the important components. While the defendant, James Barnes, was under the control of the KGB of the Soviet Union and the terrorist organization Hydra, although he did commit a crime against his own will and possessed criminal behavior and criminal hazards, the reason was that he was forced to brainwash and mentally Therefore, there is no subjective factor in the crime. In the cross-examination session, our multiple witnesses, multiple documents, files, photos, and Professor Stein's on-site display have fully It proves this fact, and the prosecution has not been able to produce positive and reliable evidence to refute this fact from the beginning to the end."

"The prosecutor wants the Avengers to plead guilty, but I want everyone in this room to turn around and see what kind of war the superheroes are fighting. It's good against evil. It's peace against ambition. In this kind of war, victory is just an unattainable dream. Since human civilization has memory, the number of days the earth has enjoyed peace is only 46 days. This is the result of how many great men and heroes sacrificed their blood and lives. But it is so bleak that it is difficult to look directly at it, because there are always ambitious people like Hitler and terrorist organizations with anti-human beliefs like Hydra exist in the world, threatening justice and peace, and threatening our every day. One's happiness and life."

"However, a soldier who is only willing to devote himself to a war with hope of victory is by no means a qualified soldier. It is more respectable to put all his eggs in one basket knowing that he cannot do anything. From the beginning to the end, the Avengers have tried their best to save more people. But they are very clear in their hearts that more people does not mean everyone, there will always be sacrifices and accidental injuries, and they have to face these terrible and unpredictable consequences of war and the condemnation from their own righteous hearts, because If a soldier cannot bear this, he will shrink back in the endless wars that follow, and the barrier between the people and death will collapse, and in the end, no one will be saved."

"Soldiers who go to war have two outcomes--either die in battle or return home, but the Avengers are engaged in a never-ending war, and an untimely death is their inevitable and only end. One day , the "Superman" in your eyes will die at the hands of someone, the scarred body stops breathing, falls into the mud and loses life. People who eat biscuits and drink coffee in front of the TV and consume this trial as an entertainment program, People who regard superheroes as stars and immortal gods, do you really understand what sacrifices they have made for this world?"

"In fact, I have always believed that the best way to make the truth win is a trial by a judge. After all, people who have undergone systematic legal thinking training are more able to abandon emotional interference; but James insists on letting a jury of 12 people representing the American people try himself. Because even though he knows that he is not guilty in the legal sense, his conscience is still tortured, so he is eager to learn from you whether he should be forgiven or rotten in prison in the eyes of the American people."

"If he didn't participate in World War II, if the government was willing to send a rescue team after he fell off the cliff, if Howard's "Sergeant Rescue Plan" was approved, even if one of the above assumptions could be established, then James Barnes would be completely different from what he is today. In a different life, at least we can enjoy the happiness that ordinary people enjoy, such as a beautiful wife, such as a lovely child, such as a job with a modest income but decent enough, instead of being forced to transform and install a ten-kilogram metal strip arm; forcibly deprived of his original personality, to kill people and do fire and do bad things he hated in the past, and even shoot at his best and closest friends."

"Now, Sergeant Barnes stands again at a turning point in fate, this time in your hands. His tragedy stems from his bravery, his kindness, all the good qualities in him and the cruelty and hypocrisy of this world and indifference. He has suffered enough, he has suffered enough malice, and does not our Sergeant Barnes deserve a more Chance?"

After the prosecution and the defense concluded their statements, all jurors entered the deliberation room for secret deliberation.Rocky and Steve looked at each other, seeing tension in each other's eyes.

However, their tension did not last long. Just 5 minutes later, the 12-member jury filed out of the deliberation room. The head of the jury, a middle-aged woman in an elegant dress, walked in the front.

"After deliberation by the jury of 12 members, we happily reached a consensus at an unprecedented speed," she announced in a clear female voice standing in the middle of the courtroom, "As Mr. A stoning of a tortured hero should never end in a cold cell, and we all agree, legally and morally, that James Buchanan Barnes is innocent."

In an instant, cheers and applause rang out, almost toppling the roof of the courtroom. Steve jumped up from his seat like a spring, and took a step forward to embrace his beloved who had been released in court. He was grabbed by Loki beside him, and was forcibly imprisoned in his arms.

"Calm down," the glamorous female lawyer put her hands on his shoulders, and whispered her red lips to his ear, "Pay attention to the scale, if you two dare to kiss in public, I will go to court again to deliberately conceal it." The relationship with the defendant is suing you, understand?"

"Of course, of course, I will," Captain America replied incoherently, with a silly smile on his face, "Thank you, Loki, Bucky is okay, that's great, I'm so happy."

He struggled to get out of Loki's arms, and wrapped his arms around Bucky who was walking towards him.

"You're lucky," he slapped the other person on the back vigorously, "It made me worry about you for so long for nothing."

Bucky rested his chin on his best friend's shoulder and closed his eyes contentedly: "Jerk!"

—his conscience and soul were free at last.

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The "Trial of the Century" against the Winter Soldier or the entire Avengers has come to an end, but the enthusiasm for attention in the United States and even the world has not decreased but increased.On the second day after the verdict was announced, the reports of the trial almost occupied the front pages of all newspapers. Even Time magazine featured Sergeant Barnes in handcuffs as its cover and gave a full two-page commentary , which quoted a speech given by former US President Roosevelt at the University of Lesbians in France to express his admiration and support for this suffering superhero: "Glory does not belong to the critics, nor to those who point out the mistakes of the strong. Or the one who finds out what others should do better. Glory belongs to the warrior who stands in the arena, his face blurred by dust, sweat, and blood. He makes mistakes sometimes, and fails again and again, after all, hard work is Accompanied by mistakes and failures, but he knows to fight tirelessly, with blood in his heart, with all his strength, and for a worthy cause. Their best result is success and victory, and even if they fail unfortunately, they are fearless in failure. So he will never be in the company of those souls who are indifferent and timid, who do not know the true meaning of victory and defeat."

The TV station is trying to get an interview opportunity, not limited to Sergeant Barnes, any Avengers member is good, but the schedule of superheroes is always very tight, after all, they have to rush to save the world, don't they?

So, in desperation, the reporters could only focus their interviews on the public, such as this Voice of America reporter standing in Times Square in New York.

"Yesterday, the Winter Soldier trial, dubbed the 'Trial of the Century', just concluded. The jury unanimously found the defendant, former American World War II hero, James Buchanan Barnes not guilty. This sparked a national debate about superheroes. Let’s interview a few passers-by to see what their views are on the outcome of the trial, on the “Sokovia Agreement,” and on where superheroes should go in the future.”

"The Avengers are more like scapegoats," said a female college student in her twenties. "Those who only know how to slander in front of the media and cry about the death of their loved ones from the collateral damage of superheroes are cowards. Those instigators want to take revenge and only dare to trouble the avengers, because they are good people, they don’t harm ordinary people, and blaming them won’t put them in danger.”

"I think we've been deifying superheroes before," replied a boy in an Iron Man T-shirt while lifting the black-rimmed glasses on his face. "But like Iron Man said, they're just human, too. We can't expect them to save everyone. No matter what, I will definitely support Iron Man and support the Avengers."

"I really can't blame him for what happened to the Winter Soldier," said a woman in her thirties with a conservative-sounding attitude. "At that time, he couldn't control his behavior, and he wasn't the one who killed him. But regarding the Superhero Act... …I don’t know, it’s hard to say. After all, I don’t have any family members or friends who died in collateral damage. I don’t think I’m qualified to express support or opposition. However, collateral damage is inevitable when fighting against evil. If it’s for this reason Stand still and let evil do what it wants, and I think our world is really doomed."

"They are soldiers, but they are not ordinary soldiers. They have no service period. They will fight to protect us until the last drop of blood. From the time they decided to be superheroes, they were ready to die in peace. Prepare, I think I owe them a lot, and all I can do is offer my support and a donation of [-] Euros to the Maria Foundation." A man in a suit and tie solemnly said.

"I have been reading Captain America comics since I was seven years old, and now I am 73 years old, and I still follow the serials like a child. The Avengers are like heroes who come out of comics. They fight crime, fight evil, and are almost invincible. , omnipotent, not because they have any superpowers, but because they have a strong and kind heart." This is the answer of a white but hale and hearty old man.

Of course, this is a diverse world, and there can never be only one voice, such as——

"What's going on here!?" Tony threw a magazine on Steve, judging from the aggressive posture alone, he seemed to want to throw it in Steve's face, "That's mine, I Yes! How dare you!"

Steve picked up the magazine in a daze, and the headline on the cover read "Double Happiness for Captain America in Federal Court: Old Friend Acquitted and Reaped the Love of His Life".He thought his relationship with Bucky had been dug out by someone, but when he looked it up, he suddenly found a picture of Loki with a female body and him hugging and whispering in court. What's worse, his own The hand is still on the opponent's...um... breast.

"I can explain," he slammed the magazine shut, blushing and mumbled, "Rocky was warning me not to get too excited, lest my relationship with Bucky be leaked in front of the media. At that time he suddenly hugged Me, I was a little out of control, and I just kind of unconsciously pushed — as Loki can attest."

"There is such a thing," the evil god replied slowly while staring at his nails, "but I really didn't expect Cap that you would deliberately take advantage of me. Is a girl's soft body so beautiful?"

Captain America couldn't argue with his words, he was stunned on the spot, and turned his head to find that his best friend who had been moving restlessly just now was looking at him with a smile, with a relaxed expression, and the corners of his mouth could not help but curl up.

"Okay, sorry, I owe you one." He half-truthfully admitted his mistake, and Tony rolled his eyes skyward, then turned his gaze to Bucky.

"We're men, and we're both superheroes. It's too shameful to apologize to each other and cry in our arms." Mr. Stark tilted his head, his brown eyes were as gentle as ever, "So, hug and make up, how? Sample?"

Bucky didn't say anything, but went straight up and embedded himself in the arms that were open to him, docile like a child under the curtain of the bed, both of them were relieved a lot because they were able to settle their suspicions with each other.

Rocky and Steve smiled at the two brown heads leaning together.

"Bucky and I are going to be away for a while," the latter said suddenly, "you know, going to the Grand Canyon, that's our agreement, and it's also Bucky's dream—although most of them can't be realized, but I have to guarantee it One can."

"Go, go, go to your honeymoon," Loki waved his hands angrily, "Anyway, I've always been the one who dealt with the mess, you savages who only know how to cause trouble and fight."

"You and Tony... all right?" Captain America scratched his head consciously, glanced at the engagement ring on Tony's ring finger and asked.

"There are a lot of problems," Loki sighed. "The damn "Sokovia Agreement" is lying among us, as well as the lingering Secretary of State and the American government behind him."

"Any plans?"

Loki shrugged.

"Nothing special," he said, taking a deep breath, looking out at the blue sky through the glass window, where a flock of pigeons were fluttering past, "to paraphrase someone's words 'Truth and justice will always come, before then , I'm going to keep fighting'."

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The prosecutor's closing statement was adapted from Marvel Comics' The Winter Soldier trial.

A soldier who is only willing to devote himself to a war with hope of victory is by no means a qualified soldier. ——from "Three-Body Problem"