That made Bucky twitch, and he looked away again. "Not exactly. I spent a couple years just trying to bury myself, learn to be a human again instead of a weapon. I wasn't ready to face him. He finally caught up to me just before I was brought here - stopped the United Nations from killing me, but turned himself into a criminal in the process, the idiot."

That was the kind of person Steve was, though. He would never not help a friend. Even with Bucky actively trying to push him away, Steve had still refused to let him go down alone.

"He's Captain America, though. I doubt they'll keep him down long. And with me gone, he's got no reason to keep fighting them."