Bucky knew that if the time came, the decisions would have to come from him. He could stand more blood on his conscience, but it would destroy all the others. Steve would never be able to live with himself if he had to pick and choose who would survive and who would stay, Tony had already said that he would wash his hands of it, and Clint obviously had a personal agenda to deal with.

But he didn't think it would come to that.

He had seen how close the world had come to nuclear war on many times, and that hadn't been with the stress of Asgardian invasion and many of the population being taken as slaves. He was almost sure that they'd get back to almost all the population dead, if not all wiped out by their own hand.

"Two days, got it. I'll load the skiff with medical supplies, food, and what weapons we have."

It wouldn't be ideal, but it was possible they might have to fight off survivors if they took offence to being left behind and tried to drag them down with them.