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The Train Problem by lost_in_dark_places
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America (Movies)
13 Mar 2015
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There's a ethical/psychological thought experiment and variations involving a runaway trolly/train, in which you can save a group of people by sacrificing a bystander. Ethically, you should always choose to save the group. Psychologically, your answer is very telling.
Sharon regrets rejoining S.H.I.E.L.D. very much, Bucky scares the shit out of the entire med staff, and we get some answers to the Train Problem.
Follows directly after Field Assignment.
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- Part 3 of The Asset, his Mission
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I know it’s crazy,” Barnes said, “But it doesn’t bother me that much, you know? I always knew I was gonna die saving this dumbass. First time, we were 15 maybe, and I was pullin’ this sumbitch off ‘im in an alley—that’s our entire childhood in a nutshell, I was pullin’ this sumbitch offa him in an alley—and the bastard pulls a knife on me! And I fight the guy off, but not before he sticks me some, and I think: Yep, Barnes, this is the day you die for Steve Rogers.” he laughs, “Wasn’t though. Not yet.” he laughs some more.
Slowly he seemed to realize Sharon wasn’t laughing too, and sobered up, “Sorry, ma’am, not the kinda chat you should have with a lady I guess.” He looked grim for a second, “It’s true though, every time I’ve died, I died for Stevie, and I’ll keep doin’ it until it sticks. Ya wanna know why?”
“Why?” Sharon asked, finding her mouth unexpectedly dry.
“Because he’s good,” Barnes had this look of determination on his face, some distant cousin of his game face, “And he always knows what the right thing is, and. . . .and he’ll do it, even if he’s all alone and doin’ it will kill him, he’ll do it anyway. And people see him doin’ right, and they wanna too. He’s—he’s the light in the darkness, and—so many of us would be lost without that light.” His face crumbled, “I been in that darkness, Miss, an’ trust me, a world without Steve ain’t worth livin’ in.”