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sixwordstories2014-04-06 08:16 pm
stephrogers) wrote in sixwordstories2014-04-06 08:16 pm
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[packing things]
I'll find him again.
I'll find him again.
[ That might be not that easy, Steph. He's ~hiding~!!! ]
[Sure he's hiding but she's determined. She picks up a shirt and glances at her dressing table. Pictures of her mom, Phillips, The Commandos. One of her and Bucky that they took at Coney Island when they were kids. She stops and picks it up, touching at the black and white photo. That was one of the most fun days of her life. They hadn't a care in the world, they were just kids. But the man she had fought in the Helicarrier. The man that she encountered in their street fight. Bucky was still in there. Somewhere, she had to hold onto that belief]
Are you prepared for the possibility that he might not want to be found?
Natasha.
[She slows only when she hears the other woman speak. Steph almost internally laughs at herself. She could hear a pin drop from the next apartment but she could never hear when Natasha leaves or approaches.. The blonde turns to her, determination written on her face. She says quietly,]
He'll want to be found. I know it. I saw it, Natasha, there's Bucky in there. Bucky's---Bucky is still in there, you could see it in his eyes.
[She's standing in the doorway, her arms crossed. She knows what it feels like, the need to get someone close to you back to themselves, but this is not Clint. This is the Winter Soldier.]
I gave you that file to prepare yourself. Some things change people and not for the better.
[Yes, she's playing devil's advocate, but she saw the damage Bucky did before he fished her out of that river. Caution isn't something that is foremost on Steph's mind right now.]
I gave you that file to prepare yourself. Some things change people and not for the better.
[Yes, she's playing devil's advocate, but she saw the damage Bucky did before he fished her out of that river. Caution isn't something that is foremost on Steph's mind right now.]
And you thought I was nuts for going against the Mandarin alone.....Cap are you ready if he doesn't want to be found.
[The dossier is still sitting on her neatly made bed. Steph spent all night reading it over and over and over again, just imagining the horrors he'd been through.]
I read it.
[The words and images burned in her mind]
He could've left me in the river, Natasha. He could've just walked away if they completely wiped him.
[She looks at her in the eyes]
He knew me, even when he hadn't seen me for over 70 years.
I read it.
[The words and images burned in her mind]
He could've left me in the river, Natasha. He could've just walked away if they completely wiped him.
[She looks at her in the eyes]
He knew me, even when he hadn't seen me for over 70 years.
I'm not alone. Sam's coming with me.
[she looks over at him and then walks over, hugging him tight]
Bucky's out there; cold, alone, probably lost. If I could bring him home, then I'm going to.
[she looks over at him and then walks over, hugging him tight]
Bucky's out there; cold, alone, probably lost. If I could bring him home, then I'm going to.
[Tony hugs his friend, teammate and lover back tightly. He wasn't going to admit it out loud but he'd been worried sick about her. Hell seeing the mess that was now SHIELD scared him even more. Barton still hadn't checked in and rumor had it a suddenly alive Agent Coulson was out there somewhere too.]
He's welcome here if you find him...just be careful please Hydra still has control of most of SHIELD and we still have friends out there.
I'll keep my eyes out for Barton and the others.
[she still holds onto him tightly]
Sure you don't want me to come with you......I promise not to be too annoying.
[she laughs a little and pulls back, kissing him softly]
Tony, you've got Stark Industries to look after here.
I almost lost you today Cap....I don't want you to get into trouble and I'm not there to help you.
[she caresses his chest gently]
But you didn't. He fished me out of the river, Tony, I know part of him is still in there.
[There's another part that she had learned on this adventure that she isn't sure she should tell Tony just yet. She wants to]
[He shivers slightly, the skin on his chest is still sensitive even after the arc reactor is gone.]
I understand....I just it's a mess out there and if something happened to you I'd....be really upset.
I would've been upset if something happened to you, Tony.
[She knows; she was there for teh operation, holding onto pepper's hand. ]
Then what do we do.....you won't let me come with you but I don't want to worry.
[She laughs a little, caressing at his shoulders and touching his nose with hers]
You always managed to keep an eye on me one way or another, Tony.
[He has to know. It could change Tony's hospitable room for Bucky]
...When Natasha and I saw Zola...he...he mentioned something.
[Tony nuzzles her gently.]
Someone has to....
[Then the mention of Zola has him paying attention.]
What that old bastard is still around...what did he say?
Someone has to....
[Then the mention of Zola has him paying attention.]
What that old bastard is still around...what did he say?
[she keeps her voice quiet]
Tony...Zola...he...
[It hurts her to say it. It hurt so much when she learned it]
He created an algorithm and...it targeted...he targeted people.
People.......like certain people.
Why....and who?
Why....and who?
Whoever got in his way, in HYDRA's way.
[she can't bring herself to say it]
Like who...Cap who are you talking about?
[She struggles with it. She looks at Tony in the eyes.]
He targeted Howard. And Maria.
But will you know him?
[Natasha uncrosses her arms and moves to sit on the bed.]
[Natasha uncrosses her arms and moves to sit on the bed.]
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