Daylight

Bucky and RJ crossed the S.H.I.E.L.D's headquarters door one more time. Unlike the sky walk from before, now, RJ was walking with confidence and determination, something Bucky had not seen ever since he met RJ. The boy knew what he was doing and was not scared of doing so. 
They walked off the elevator and met Sam that was standing in the middle of a conference room: a huge round table around it, and even bigger screens surrounding it and showing files, locations, and pictures. One of the pictures showed RJ when he was younger, probably when he was in the system, and by its side was Colt just as Bucky remembered him. Platinum hair, face sunken in, and dead eyes. Sam nodded towards them because he was on the phone with someone. Bucky greeted him back and RJ did not lose time and went to see what the files displayed were about. 
"Where are we?" RJ asked looking at Sam's eyes.
Sam put his phone down and looked at Bucky before speaking. 
"We already looked into all Hydra bases we know-" Sam said but RJ did not let him finish. 
"He won't be in any of those, it's too obvious." 
"That is what I thought as well, so we also checked every Hydra operative we know, as well as every luxury hotel room," This time, RJ nodded and looked at Bucky. "One of our agents has a CI that saw him in South America not even an hour ago."
RJ considered it for a moment. "That's not possible," the boy said.
"I think it makes sense, kid," Sam tried to make his point. 
"No, it does not. Colt is not the kind of person who hides. He likes to be seen," RJ spoke again. "I've been with him for a while, we've been through some… difficult times and he always refused to run and hide. Didn't matter how much I told him it was the best plan of action." 
"So what is your guess?" Bucky asked him when he was done looking at the files. 
"He's still in the US. He can't be far." 
"Then we gonna look into all places a Hydra boss can be laying low," Bucky said with a nod towards the kid. "Can we do that, Sam?" 
Sam nodded and told them he would put all the available officers into it, but announced that he would check on the South America lead as well.
"Can you call that friend of yours? " RJ asked
"Who?" Bucky replied. 
"Shuri, she is super smart, right? Maybe she can help us." 
Bucky nodded towards him and couldn't help but be a little proud that RJ was not holding back, he was taking the leading role in this whole operation on Colt. Maybe it was because of revenge; maybe he didn't even realize that he was doing. The only thing Bucky hoped was for RJ to keep like it if they find the man. 
True to his word, he called Shuri and before she could complain about how he had not called her for months now, Bucky explained the situation and she quickly said she would everything she could. 
When he ended the call, he watched as RJ walked around, looking over screens and double-checked every single detail in it, his face let Bucky know that he was trying to find any useful pieces of information on his memories. Sam had finished his call as well and came closer to him. 
"He is really focused, isn't him?" Sam asked in a soft voice. 
"Huh. He fakes it well," Bucky said with a huff. "You should've seen the breakdown he had." 
"Do you think he is good to do this?" 
"I have no idea, honestly. He fights really well, that I don't have a doubt, but the last time he met Colt didn't go well." 
It was like something had clicked inside his brain, if it was a cartoon, a lamp would lit upon his head. It was as if he just found the missing piece of a complicated puzzle. 
"What?" Sam asked. 
"He will be right here." 
RJ stopped what he was doing and looked at him. He had figured it out as well. 
"He wants me." 
"He wants you." 
Bucky remembered what Colt had said on the night, just before he shot RJ. "Perhaps you do still have worth." 
"It was his plan all along, Bucky!," RJ said. "He knew that you wouldn't let me die." 
"Or he knew that you wouldn't die," Bucky remembered how RJ probably had the serum in him; a simple bullet wound on the shoulder would not be enough to kill him. Colt must have known it. 
"And he knew that you would take me in. You would never leave me to bleed out in that street." 
"Keep you in a place so he could know where to look for."
Bucky and RJ stopped their brainstorm for a moment, a single second, when Sam interfered and spoke what they didn't have courage: "Oh, oh, we need to take Steve out of that house." 
Bucky and RJ looked at each other in panic. Sam was already back on his phone, sending a team to back up Steve. However, Bucky's heart was racing while he tried to reach Steve's phone and warn him about the danger to come. "Goddamn Steve" Was the only thing in his mind. 
"Can we have satellite cameras on this thing?" Bucky said pointing at the monitor. 
Sam walked towards him, phone near his ear, as he was trying to talk to the team. Bucky stole a glance towards RJ and saw a look on his face that he couldn't figure out. It scared Bucky for a second. 
Sam put the aerial vision of their home, it looked normal, but Bucky could only be thankful that Hydra didn't burn the place down or threw a missile in it, meanwhile, he would not rest until he knew Steve was safe and sound. 
RJ came closer to the screen, his eyes focused hard on it. 
"This is not live," RJ simply said. 
"What?" Bucky asked incredulously. 
"Kid, they could've not hacked us," Sam said. "Our system is the best in the whole world, courtesy of Tony Stark himself." 
"Yeah, but it was," RJ said completely annoyed because he had to explain himself and was losing precious time. "I was building a cat home for Alpine before everything went to hell. If it were live, it would be showing it." 
"Steve could have cleaned it up," Sam said. 
"No, Steve would've finished it. I'm sure." 
Sam looked at Bucky. 
"He is right." 
One more time Sam got his phone, but this time he called Sharon. She picked up on the first ring and Sam started to explain the situation on the phone to her in the simplest way possible. 
RJ's legs were bouncing while Bucky tried to get any camera close by their place, but was not been successful. Every street camera close to their place was off, 15 in total. What were the odds of that happening? Something was wrong and he knew it. The kid knew it as well. 
Before Bucky could even think, RJ was running towards the door. 
"Hey, where are you going?" Bucky asked almost screaming. 
"We have to help Steve! We can't stay here and just call people up hoping they'll do something we can do so much better." 
"We will get there much faster if we go flying," Sam said beating him into it and following RJ towards the exit. 
A few moments later, Bucky and RJ were in the plane it all began with Sam following them close behind. 
"Bucky, I think I have to be honest with you," RJ said to Bucky, that encouraged him to keep going. "I don't think I can do this. I... I don't know what I'll do if I see him again." 
Bucky let go off the plane and stared into his eyes, grabbing him by the shoulders. 
"Are you scared of him?" 
RJ shook his head. 
"Are you scared of yourself?" 
RJ nodded. 
"Look, it won't be easy. If he is there and this is all a trap and we are going towards there like the dumb we are... I know this won't be easy, you have a lot of things that still need to be sorted out, just like I and Steve do. But, I believe that there are things that are inside of us all along, even when we forget who we are. Things that don’t matter the situation, no one can take away from us. I know that you are not a killer, you are an amazing kid and I know I’ve told you that so many times that you are probably tired of it by now, but it’s true. You will do great."  
"I just want to make sure Steve is fine and catch him. Bucky, I don’t think I ever liked being alive until I met you both," RJ confessed after a moment. "I don’t want to disappoint you." 
"You won't. Doesn't matter what you do. You could never." 
RJ nodded and smiled. 
"Guys, are you seeing it?" Sam's voice came to the speakers. 
Bucky and RJ turned their attention back to the outside. It was almost night and the sun was setting, they were approaching their neighborhood and in this distance, everything looked normal, but Sam was closer and he could see something they both couldn’t. So, Bucky put the plane to hover and they jumped out of the plane and into the street. 
They met Sam who was already walking towards the house. 
"Redwing saw at least 15 heat signatures inside," Sam announced and Bucky could swear he felt his heart-stopping for a moment. "Are you guys ready?" 
"On your command, Captain." – Bucky said just to tease. 
Bucky never thought he would have to break into his own house, but it happened. Sam busted the door once they realized it was blocked and walked into the place that had seen so many things, but never this much of fight. 
Steve was on the top of the stairs, kicking a Hydra agent down before the man could even think about getting up, Bucky punched him with his metal arm. 
"What took you so long?" Steve asked out of breathing. 
"Traffic suck, you know," Bucky smirked. 
RJ was fighting two more agents that had come out of the window while Sam was deactivating a bomb that was in the living room and then flew to fight the ones that were coming from the ceiling. 
"I need help upstairs!" Steve yelled and RJ went running to his meeting. 
Bucky wanted to go as well but was stopped by a punch on the back of his head. He rolled his eyes and send the guy flying over the living room; the man went through the window and landed on the grass in front of the house. His eyes went up and saw that not even two feet away from where the man was unconscious, Steve was standing up. 
For a second, Bucky’s world stopped spinning as he tried to make sense of what was happening. Steve had called from upstairs… 
Bucky went out running towards the second pavement of the house as fast as he could, looked around the hallway. RJ’s door was already open and Bucky’s heart was beating so fast he could not even think straight. Recharging the gun, he pointed it up and put his finger on the trigger, ready to shot Colt on sight. 
He walked into the room slowly, hoping to see RJ and Colt in there, but the room was empty but for Alpine that was curled up under the bed. 
"RJ!" Bucky shouted as loud as he could. "RJ!" 
Steve followed Bucky close by and realized the thing. RJ was long gone. 
Bucky ran through the house, busting every door and looking everywhere, while Steve was talking to Sam. 
"How could you not see anything?" Steve asked him. 
"Steve, I was busy fighting five guys all at the same time." 
Steve ran his hands through his face. 
"It was all a trap. This" Steve kicked one Hydra agent that was lying unconscious nearby him. "It was all a trap! They only wanted to distract us while they took RJ." 
Bucky looked at Steve and saw the same thing that he was feeling. Despair. Their kid was gone. 
"They took RJ," Bucky said while his heart was ripping.