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I'm speaking with the Sheriff in Southtown tomorrow in regards to the Avengers. Apparently there's information that we need to know.

I'll let you know details as I get them.

[a few moments later.]

He's not sitting right with me. What's your impression of him?

[a couple hours later]

He seems like a good man. What's bugging you?

You need to find a house that has better cell reception.

He says he has information on the team, and unless Stark is off running his mouth again, no one's said otherwise.

He's setting off an alarm and I don't like it.

I like where I am well enough.

It's possible he could have run into them one way or another. You said before that there were a few of them. Us? Here.

Or he could be a fan? I've run into a couple of those...

He doesn't seem like the kind of person to be a fan.

I'm naturally suspicious of anyone who might have sensitive information. It comes with the job.

He could know someone who is? I just don't think it's a good idea to immediately jump to conclusions. He sincerely wants help.

I'm not a fan of tilting at windmills.

I'm not saying that he doesn't want to help.

This place is known for putting things out there that could potentially kill us. I don't want to risk losing one of our own for trusting someone we should have been wary about.

Fair enough. We can keep a close eye on him, but I do hope you're wrong.

Trust me, I hope so too.

I'm sorry about last week.

[A few moments later:]

Before things got bad and you... left, you didn't happen to have any homicidal tendencies, did you?

It's fine.

Uh

What? Call me.

Edited 2014-02-21 04:57 (UTC)

[She's ringing you a few seconds later, Steve.]

The Deputy in Southtown was murdered. His description of his attacker fit you.

The Deputy of--- Davis? I hadn't been out to Southtown in days prior to dying and-

If you think I'd do that, I'll be extremely disappointed.

The thought never crossed my mind, but it had to be asked.

I'd expect you to ask me the same if it ever occurred.

[He makes a sigh that sounds a bit like relief.]

I'll talk to Wallace and make sure that gets straightened out, in the case that they're suspecting me. Do they have any leads?

It was a personal attack against Wallace, apparently. Davis was left in front of the house Wallace is staying at. Neck broken.

He's having me follow someone in Northtown that he thinks might be related to the incident.

I remember hearing about the original sheriff disappearing.

Think he could be our guy?

Not sure as of yet. Initial surveillance shows normal routine. I'll let you know if he comes out with any severed limbs.

I'm not proud of what I did.

Bucky was a friend, closer to you than he was to me, but he was a friend. I know what the both of you have gone through.

But I told you I'd protect you. I told you that if the need arose, I'd save you.

The man I killed back in April wasn't Bucky. It was the Winter Soldier. I knew him before everything, back in Russia. The look in his eyes was the same then as it was in April. I'm hoping that if and when he comes back that he has newer memories like we do. Maybe we can settle things.

I'm not asking for your forgiveness, and you know I'm not one to apologize. But I did it to protect you.

Why do you always fall back onto semantics? I asked you not to do one thing, and you did it anyway. I'm glad you're not asking for forgiveness, because you're not going to get it.

Winter Soldier or not, he was my best friend. I would've made him remember me. Would've gotten through to him.

Now he's just gone.

Because the semantics don't lie. I know the programming he went through, Steve. I used to have that kind of programming. You're not the person you once were under it. You are the mission and that's all, no semblance of the person you were or the friends you had.

It took me years to break that programming. If he continued to stay that way, he would have tried to kill you again.

It's better for him to be gone than for him to be here and suffer like we are.

He could've been close to breaking it. You don't know.

I'm tired of losing him, Natasha.

I started remembering things when my programming started to break. If he remembered you, he had an odd way of showing it.

You already lost him, Steve. The only thing we can hope for is when he does come back, he at least remembers you.

You do realise none of this helps.

The suspect list isn't getting small quickly enough.

There's only so much I can do without a massive SHIELD database to do background checks on everyone. Needless to say I'm sure you can see I don't have internet.

It's as small as we can get it right now without me personally following everyone for a week.

Tracking them might not be a half bad idea.

You do know how long it will take me to do this, right?
Meanwhile whoever is behind this could kill again.

Will thinks the killer was someone Allison knew. That's something we can actually work with.

I'll contact her friends, see who else she knows, then go from there.

Happy birthday.

Thank you.

Let me know what you find out.

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yes the topic change is intentional, this jerk

wow rude.

he tries

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