RJ is waiting at the restaurant for his father to show up and
doesn’t know why he isn’t answering his phone…
…but it’s because Richie Boyle fatally injured himself in a
fight with Winter Soldier. Bucky shows the body to Sharon Carter, intending to
bury in the woods and let RJ just think his father ran out on him; Sharon
insists he tell RJ the truth….
RJ breaks into his dad’s apartment and is met by Colt, his
former Hydra handler. RJ is angry with Colt’s treatment of him and there is a
fight. RJ manages to take away Colt’s nunchaku and strangle him with it but
Colt produces photos of Bucky with Richie Boyle’s dead body….
Later, Bucky sees RJ leaving the house with all of his
belongings and wants to talk—but RJ knows his father is dead and won’t listen
to Bucky, kicking him down stairs and beating him but Bucky won’t defend
himself and RJ, knowing he can’t kill Bukcy, never wants to see him again and
runs out….
As Colt is sitting in his car, reporting to Hydra that they
will soon have TJ back, he is cut to pieces by automatic weapons fire—in the
hands of RJ. The boy tosses the rifle away and heads off into the night….
Days later, Bucky and Sharon meet at the cemetery where
Richie Boyle has been buried. Bucky is miserable as he knows what it is like to
hate oneself and he wanted to save RJ from all that. Sharon points out the
difference between helping and saving and when his phone rings, Bucky answers
it to speak to the next person needing help….
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