[Follow him. The single order would have been enough, except that this mission was not the usual silent pursuit. And watch him, they added.
And so the Soldier follows the Captain by walking at his side. He watches him with a tilt of his head and is in all other ways obedient to the methods in which he chooses to follow the higher level of their commands. They will go to New York, eliminate the target sparing no prejudice, and return to their extraction point on the date and at the hour given. That is one mission.
But the Captain is a mission of his own, and the Soldier carries a gun loaded with bullets designed for him. (They will not risk their asset, but they will flood his system with enough quick acting poison to leave him comatose for a week, and this is what the bullets are loaded with, waiting for the wrong move).
There are files, and the Captains are messy while the Soldiers debriefs have been neat and clear and precise. He is precision where the Captain is blunt force.
In combination, they tell him, the perfect weapon.]
I know it. [James Barnes tells Steve Rogers, and he doesn't think to question why he should. It's just as he doesn't think to question why he knows the lines and planes of the man's face. This is his mission. He knows what he needs.] London, Paris and New York.
[That latter: he knows what it was. They tell him the city has changed, that there are scars across its face. And he doesn't, quite, know what that means.]
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And so the Soldier follows the Captain by walking at his side. He watches him with a tilt of his head and is in all other ways obedient to the methods in which he chooses to follow the higher level of their commands. They will go to New York, eliminate the target sparing no prejudice, and return to their extraction point on the date and at the hour given. That is one mission.
But the Captain is a mission of his own, and the Soldier carries a gun loaded with bullets designed for him. (They will not risk their asset, but they will flood his system with enough quick acting poison to leave him comatose for a week, and this is what the bullets are loaded with, waiting for the wrong move).
There are files, and the Captains are messy while the Soldiers debriefs have been neat and clear and precise. He is precision where the Captain is blunt force.
In combination, they tell him, the perfect weapon.]
I know it. [James Barnes tells Steve Rogers, and he doesn't think to question why he should. It's just as he doesn't think to question why he knows the lines and planes of the man's face. This is his mission. He knows what he needs.] London, Paris and New York.
[That latter: he knows what it was. They tell him the city has changed, that there are scars across its face. And he doesn't, quite, know what that means.]