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Bucky clenched his fist and the arc shield that Tony Stark had designed for him burst into life. With it came a hail of bullets that Bucky only narrowly managed to erect his shield in front of as they rained down on him. The bullets ricocheted off it maniacally and one tore clean through the brain of one of Tiger Shark’s thugs. One down, Bucky thought, as he rolled behind cover and tried to get a bearing of his surroundings. Jackson would be here soon and needed to make sure this place wasn’t hot when he arrived. To make matters worse the deluge of bullets attracted the attention of Tiger Shark’s men aboard the container ship and Bucky could hear them making their way towards the edge of the ship. He had to level the playing field and he needed to do it quickly.

From behind him Bucky heard the accented English of the red bespectacled man. “You will make a [i]fine[/i] addition to my Lord’s menagerie.”

He gritted his teeth and took a glance out of cover at the bald man and noted that Tiger Shark had disappeared deep into the yacht. Bucky squinted a little as he took aim and flung his shield hard against the side of the container ship and watched as it knocked the bald man clean from his feet and returned to him. He didn’t have time for this. Brent would be here soon and he needed to have Tiger Shark by then. Bucky rolled out of cover and reached for his Luger and looked down his sights at the remaining Tiger Shark thugs left standing on the yacht. They opened fire frantically in his direction but Bucky remained still, slowed his breathing, and ignored the bullets crackling against his shield. Finally he pulled the trigger.

The first bullet struck the man with the Uzi stood in the back. It tore through his shoulder and up through his jaw on the way out and dropped him to his knees. The second and third bullets struck the man stood beside him with the shotgun. The second knocked his shotgun out of his hands and the third tore through his knee and dropped him to the ground next to his colleague. The last man standing had with a rifle in his hand. Bucky could see the nozzle of the man’s weapon shaking as he aimed it in his direction. Barnes shook his head, shot the man through the foot, and holstered his Luger with a sigh. In a matter of seconds he’d kicked his fallen foes’ weapons over the edge of the yacht and into the sea, then set about making sure those that weren’t unconscious already wouldn’t be causing him any more trouble. Taking a great deal of pleasure from leveling one of his heels down on the man in the red sunglasses.

Another hail of bullets came down around Bucky as the men left on the container ship took aim at him. He glanced up at them, there were three or four of them at most, and were it not for their high ground he would have made short work of them. He needed them down but there was no reaching them from where he was. He gritted his teeth and headed into the yacht after Tiger Shark and hoped he could subdue their boss before Jackson arrived. He’d place a gun to Tiger Shark’s head, tell them SHIELD were on their way, and order them to put their guns down if they ever wanted to see the outside of a prison cell ever again. They were pirates, not ideologues.

Somehow Tiger Shark's yacht managed to look even bigger on the inside than it had looked from the outside. It was plush, as one might expect of a yacht owned by a man that practically owned an entire ocean's worth of commerce, and all kinds of exotic furs and tapestries hung from its walls. Bucky gripped his shield tightly as he pushed his way into the yacht and snapped alert as the doors he'd entered through slammed shut behind him. There stood alone and unarmed at a balcony stood a smiling Tiger Shark. His smile bemused Bucky until he heard a loud guttural roar from behind him.

Striding menacingly across the room with its eyes fixed upon Bucky was a particularly hungry looking Bengal tiger. He breathlessly looked up at Tiger Shark, who was smiling broadly at the spectacle, and shook his head in disbelief at his eccentricity. "You have [i]got[/i] to be kidding me."

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Bucky powered down his shield and strode backwards away from the tiger as it circled him. It brandished its sharp yellow teeth in his direction and Barnes tried to reason out the best strategy to take the thing out as quickly as possible. It lunged at him and threw one of its paws in his direction but Barnes darted away from it. Tiger Shark let out a cackle that sounded like the death rattle of a dying man. Paw after paw, Bucky ducked and dodged out of the way until finally he offer the tiger his left arm.

It latched onto it and attempted to tear at Bucky's flesh but its teeth slid down the metallic surface of it harmlessly. Barnes prompt the tiger's mouth open with his metal harm long enough to force his right arm inside it and clench his fist. There was a crackle of energy and Bucky's arc shield burst into life with a crunch. The tiger's jaws were forced open past breaking point and it slid lifelessly to the ground with its teeth still wrapped around the shield. Bucky forced it free with his metal arm and glanced up at Tiger Shark on the balcony.

"No more games," Barnes said as he fought for breath. "You're coming with me, Tiger Shark. You'll answer for what happened in Yemen."

Tiger Shark stared at Bucky impassively for a few moments. He opened his mouth to reveal a forked tongue and several jagged teeth. With his tongue he forced one of his teeth out of place and crunched down on it. Barnes finally realised what was happening and sprinted up the stairs, grabbed the pirate by his lapels, and attempted to force his hand into his mouth. It was too late. His skin turned translucent white, froth was foaming from his mouth, and the overwhelming stench of burning flesh was heavy in the air. 

From outside the sound of Agent Jackson's borrowed Chinook approaching the container ship alerted Bucky to the fact that his work was far from done. He stooped down and picked up Tiger Shark. As he made it to the mouth of the yacht he spotted some of the pirates attempting to pepper Jackson with bullets as he tried to bring the Chinook down. The bullets stopped as they spotted Bucky tossing Tiger Shark's lifeless body to the ground on the floor of his yacht.

"Tiger Shark is dead," Bucky called out to the pirates at the top of his voice. They listened in cowed silence, unable to take their eyes of Tiger Shark's corpse. "Anybody that doesn't wish to join him should throw their weapons over the side of the ship and get down on their knees."

One by one the pirates threw their weapons over the side. Jackson landed safely and set about releasing the crew members. Unsurprisingly they proved willing guards when Agent Jackson told them that he and Captain America needed to search Tiger Shark's yacht for evidence.

Brent could sense Bucky's disappointment as the two men rummaged. "Look, there was no way you could know that Tiger Shark was going to take his own life and even if you had there's no telling whether you could have stopped it or not. All I know is that the world is a [i]much[/i] better place without him and that there's thousands of people out there that would agree with me, Valentina and Mike included."

"Have you spoken to them?" Brent asked, gesturing towards the exit of the yacht as Bucky shook his head. "Go radio them, I can finish up here, they'll be over the moon to here that the dreaded 'Tiger Shark' isn't going to be causing them or anybody else any more trouble."

Bucky smiled politely. "You sure? There's a lot to get through."

Agent Jackson assured him it was fine and Bucky wandered out onto the deck of the yacht where Tiger Shark's lifeless body was sprawled out. He knelt beside it and placed a hand over the pirate's blindfold and considered pulling it away for a second. Slowly he drew his hand away from it and left the blindfold in place. What was the point? It didn't matter what was underneath. All that mattered was that Bucky had failed. He lifted a hand against the inbuilt earpiece in the cowl of his uniform and readied himself to explain to Valentina and Mike what had happened.

First he had to speak to George.