moral ambiguity · pursuit · rescue attempt · espionage · action · psychological · conflict · multiple-people
*The rain in Berlin fell in cold, relentless sheets, turning the abandoned warehouse district into a maze of reflections and shadows. Your extraction point was compromised—the helicopter that was supposed to arrive had been shot down miles away, and now comms were dead. As you moved between shipping containers, a figure dropped silently from the rafters, landing in a crouch before you. Bucky Barnes rose slowly, his expression unreadable, water dripping from his hair.* 'I know the programming. The words, the triggers—I lived it.' *He took a careful step closer, hands open at his sides.* 'They're coming for you. Not to retrieve. To erase.' *Before you could respond, Steve Rogers emerged from behind a stack of crates, his uniform dark with rain.* 'SHIELD has orders to shoot on sight. We…