The Third Winter Soldier

Not long after Bucky left, Lilith rushed to this hidden strip/dancing/club. She glanced at the smashed gate, and after entering the dimly lit club, she saw a girl sitting on the ground with her back facing her. Rosen, she walked to his side and just wanted to make a sound, but her eyes fell on his arms. It was a small dark red corpse like a skull. She recognized it in astonishment from the clothes of the corpse. The strange looking corpse turned out to be Anna!

Rosen raised his head calmly, looked at her, and said, "You are late."

Lilith pursed her lips, squatted down beside him, remained silent for a moment, and said, "Yes."

Rosen nodded, looked at Anna in his arms, and said, "You didn't apologize!"

"Yes, I didn't apologize, because at this moment, an apology won't help, but I will try my best to make up for my mistakes!" Lilith said in a low voice, "Where is she?"

Rosen raised his eyes suddenly, stared at Lilith for a long time, shook his head slightly, and said softly: "No, no, no, you can't make it up, Lilith, your mistakes will never be made up for!"

Lilith was silent.

"My Anna is dead, how can you make up for it? Can you bring her back to life? Hehe..." Rosen smiled abruptly, his tone was so flat that he hardly looked like a father who had just lost his daughter , and even looked at Lilith with an outsider's eyes, "Of course, maybe I was wrong too. If I hadn't asked you to be my bodyguard, what happened today would never have happened." He raised the corners of his mouth, "Lily Si, you are late!!"

Lilith looked at Anna in his arms, remained silent for a long time, and said, "Where is she?"

"Dead." Rosen said briefly, his eyes moved a little away, and he raised his chin, "I killed her."

Lilith followed his gaze and saw a woman lying on the ground in a similar situation to Anna. She got up and walked to the woman, stared down for a while, then frowned suddenly, and said to Rosen: "She's still alive!"

Hearing this, Rosen raised his head suddenly, stared at the woman and said, "Impossible!"

Lilith put her hand on the woman's carotid artery, then sniffed her breath, and said to Rosen with certainty: "She is still alive! There is still a heartbeat, and although the breathing is weak, it still exists. She is not dead. !"

Rosen subconsciously looked down at Anna, imitating Lilith's method to detect Anna's heartbeat and breathing. However, the child had already lost his life, and his bloodshot eyes burst out with strong hatred at the moment of confirmation. After a moment, he raised his eyes again, staring at Lilith and asking, "Why, why is she still alive?"

Lilith hesitated for a while, sighed, and said: "I don't know, usually, when encountering unexpected situations, whether it is disease or trauma, children's tolerance and resistance are only a few percent of adults... "She didn't finish her sentence, but just looked at Rosen quietly.

"So, my Anna is dead, but she's still alive." Rosen said slowly what Lilith hadn't said, "Yes, it's normal, but it's very unfair, isn't it?" ?”

"If you want, I can let her die right now." Lilith said to Rosen, "If you want!"

Rosen's eyes flickered slightly, he looked at Lilith researchingly, and said, "Do you know her?"

"I don't know." Lilith glanced at the woman's skeleton face, "I saw her for the first time today."

"Really?" Rosen hooked the corners of his lips lightly, "But, she said, you are sisters..."

Lilith was startled, the guess in her heart was confirmed, she couldn't help showing a wry smile, and said: "I really don't know her, well, I don't think you will believe my words, but I am telling the truth."

Rosen looked into her eyes, and what he saw in her eyes was calmness. Yes, she was not lying. She might indeed not know this woman, but this woman came for her. She, he and Anna would not have been brought here by this woman's rhetoric. Without her, his Anna would not have died. All of this is ultimately because of her!

"Mr. Nemo?" Lilith looked at Rosen's eyes that were gradually losing their luster, and couldn't help calling softly, "Are you okay?"

Rosen came back to his senses, closed his eyes, looked at Lilith again, and said, "Where did you go after you left me and Anna?"

Lilith was taken aback for a moment, and said, "I said, I'm going to confirm some things."

The word confirmation seemed to touch Rosen's nerves, he chuckled and said, "What's the matter, can you tell me?"

"I'm sorry!" Lilith said quickly, "I can't say I went to confirm something, but it's very important to me."

Rosen looked at her silently for a while, and said, "You know what? You are too selfish, Lilith"

"Yes, I always knew that I was selfish. As a bodyguard, I shouldn't have left before the danger was completely resolved." Lilith had a look of guilt in her eyes, "I am willing to accept punishment!"

"Punishment? I can't even beat you. How can I punish you?" Rosen looked at Lilith sarcastically, "I want you to die, but are you really willing to die immediately?"

Lilith shook her head and said sternly, "No, I won't!"

Rosen stared at Lilith, who was too honest, for a long time, and said: "You can't even say a word! You can't even say a few words of comfort! You also admitted all your mistakes, Lilith, you can't do this to me !you……"

Lilith bit her lips, and said in a low voice: "If the scene or comfort can make you feel better, I can try to... talk about it."

Hearing her words, Rosen showed a slight disappointment on his face. Without saying a word, he hugged Anna in his arms and stood up from the ground, and said to her, "Are you willing to accept any punishment?"

Lilith nodded.

Rosen nodded thoughtfully, and walked slowly towards the gate.

"Wait." Lilith stopped Rosen who was about to leave, and asked, "Her, do you want to end her?"

Rosen stopped and thought for a long time, then turned to look at the woman, and said softly: "Since she is not dead, then, take her away!"

Lilith was dumbfounded, because she didn't expect him to make such a decision, so she looked at him puzzled and said, "You want to take her away?"

"Death is not enough to punish her!" Rosen glanced at the woman, then at Lilith, "Take her away!"

Lilith nodded helplessly, leaned over and easily picked up the skeleton-like woman, and followed Rosen out of the club.