When Sparks Fly

Selby

Zemo leads us down a hall with cages full of money, drugs, guns and even more illegal things than I could even imagine. Eventually we are shown into a room where a woman with short white hair is lounging, "you should know, Baron. People don't just come into my bar and make demands."

"Not a demand," Zemo walks over to Selby, sitting across from her, leaving Bucky and I standing by one of the walls, "an offer."

"A lot has changed since you were here last. By the way, I thought you were rotting away in a German prison. How did you escape?"

Zemo shrugs, "people like us always find a way, don't we? I'm sure you've already figured out what I'm here for."

Selby points up to Sam, who is standing between the couches Zemo and Selby are on, "you're taller than I'd heard, Smiling Tiger." It isn't until the end of her sentence that Selby looks up to Sam, purring at him, before looking back to Zemo. "What's the offer?"

"Tell us what you know about the super-soldier serum." Zemo stands, walking over to Bucky and I, "and I give you them, along with the code words to control them, of course. He will do anything you want." Zemo moves between the two of us, messing with Bucky's chin.

"Now that's the Zemo I remember. But why offer both? He's the real treasure here."

Zemo turns to me, "she can deliver enough electricity in one shock to power an entire town for a week. It'll pain me to part with this beauty," Zemo gently strokes my face, "but they refuse to comply without the other, at least when they're switched off."

Selby smiles, "I'm glad I decided not to kill you immediately. Yeah, you were right to come to me. Arrogant, but right. The super-soldier serum is here in Madripoor. Dr. Wilfred Nagel is the man you wanna thank. Or... condemn, depending on what side of this you're on. The Power Broker had him working on the serum, but... things didn't go as planned."

"Is Nagel still in Madripoor?"

"Oh. The bread crumbs you can have for free," Selby stands, "but the bakery is gonna cost you, Baron. And before you get all cute, don't think you can find Nagel without me." As Zemo nods and Selby begins to walk around the room, a phone begins to vibrate, from the look on Sam's face it's his. He takes the phone out of his pocket and looks down to the screen. Selby turns back to Sam, "answer it. On speaker."

The phone continues to buzz as one of Selby's men walks up behind Sam, Sam notices him and answers the phone, "hello?"

"Hey, um, we need to talk about this situation," Sarah's voice comes from the phone. "It's been drivin' me nuts."

"What situation exactly are you talkin' about?"

"Are you high? You know what situation, it's the only situation me and you have," Sarah continues to talk to her brother, while Selby walks around Bucky, looking him up and down.

"What situation, Sarah? Say it."

"The damn boat. And watch your tone, okay? I let you slide at the bank."

Sam scoffs, "the bank, yeah. Laundered so much..." Sam chuckles, "yeah, they'll come around."

"If that was the case, then why'd they dog you out, big time?"

"Yeah, you damn right I'm Big Time. You'll see when I have that banker killed."

"Cass! What'd I tell you about the Cheerios? I don't have time for this! Sam, I'm sorry. I'll call you back," I cringe when Sarah says 'Sam.'

"Sam?" Selby tilts her head, "who's Sam?" Selby looks around to the guards in the room, "kill them!"

I hear only a single gunshot, before I see Selby fall to the floor. Sam takes care of the guard next to him and Bucky charges the guard to our left. I quickly turn around and shock the guard that is behind us. We grab what guns we can and start to head out, when we're in a semi safe doorway Sam turns to Zemo, "they're gonna pin this on us."

Zemo sighs, being rather calm about this whole thing, "we have a real problem now, so leave your weapons and follow my lead." We managed to make it back onto the street, quickly making our way down, hoping to get somewhere safe before we get caught. But we start to hear phones chime, "this is not good."

I scoff, "no."

The lights go out on the street and people begin to fire at us. When they do I feel Bucky grab my hand, the two of us taking off, Zemo goes off God knows where and Sam runs with us, "I can't run in these heels!"

"You get used to it!"

We manage to get off the main streets and into an alley, but we are stopped by two men on motorcycles, we turn to them, before hearing two gunshots and seeing the men fall to the ground. When I turn back around, Zemo reappears, "you seem to have a guardian angel."

"Well, this is too perfect," I hear a woman's voice from the shadows. She walks out of the shadow, pulling her hood down to reveal curly blonde hair and she is pointing her gun at Zemo, "drop it, Zemo."

Zemo puts his gun on the ground as Bucky takes a few steps forward, "Sharon?"

"You cost me everything," Sharon walks up to Zemo.

"Sharon, wait," Sam puts a hand up. "Someone recreated the super-soldier serum and Zemo had a lead."

"That explains why you guys are here. And Selby's dead."

"So what are you doing here?" Bucky shakes his head.

"I stole Steve's shield, remember?" Sharon moves her gun to Sam, "I also stole the wings for your ass," she points it to Bucky, "so that you could save him," she points it back to Zemo, "from him. Unlike you I didn't have the Avengers to back me up. So while she," Sharon points to me, "was living a life with Steve, I'm off the grid in Madripoor."

"Hey, don't blow that smoke. I was on the run, too," Sam shakes his head.

"Was. Is. Big difference. I don't speak to my family anymore. I can't. My own father doesn't know where I am."

"Listen," Bucky moves toward Sharon a bit more, "Sharon, we need your help." Sharon chuckles, "please."

Sharon sighs, looking back to Zemo, "this isn't over. I have a place in High Town. You'll be safe there."