Hi everyone! This is my first Bucky fanfic! I'm excited! Please review and I do hope you like it.
Disclaimer: I only own my OC everything else belongs to Stan Lee.
'We have a gift for you if you will.'
'A gift?'
His zombie like voice echoed in his ears as his head went into his hands. He could feel the stubble of his unshaven beard scraping against his the skin of his...normal hand.
'Yes, we believe it will help you.'
The man lead him into the room where that chair sat. For a brief moment he hesitated thinking he would be wiped again. Then sitting in the chair...was a woman. He stared at her for a long time. He noted that she had the rubber bit in her mouth. She had short black hair with fair skin. She was shorter than him but he couldn't deny she was fit.
'Meet your partner. Another fine asset to our organization. The two of you will do great things.'
Slowly the woman's eyes opened. He felt his breath catch in his throat briefly when he saw them. They were grey.
"Welcome...Winter's Shadow.'
Her eyes continued to stare at him. Despite the fact that they looked at him with a blank emotionaless gaze. Her eyes were beautiful. They were like storm clouds before the rain. They were not dull gray but yet not silver.
Her eyes seemed to haunt him as they continued to look at him.
The sudden sound of a loud knocking came to his ears. Her eyes faded from his sight. He kept his own shut tight desperatly tryinto hold onto that image. "Bucky?" He heard a voice call to him as his heavy eyes started to open. "Bucky come on time to get up."
Steve...
Right it was Steve...good ol' Steve. His chest rose as a deep breath of air filled his lungs. He was still here...he was in the apartment with Steve. He wasn't in that chair strapped down with the bit in his mouth. The machine wasn't around his head waiting too...
Bucky quickly cut off those thoughts as his right hand came to push his long bangs out of his face. He hadn't bothered to get his hair cut yet.
Using both hands he pushed himself up into a sitting position as he glanced down at the clock. The two black hands read 7:00 am. A sigh escaped him as he closed his eyes. The images of his dream flashed in his mind. Surprisingly this time the nightmare...wasn't really a nightmare. It was a memory for once.
"Bucky? You alright?"
Steve's voice snapped Bucky from his thoughts. "Y-yeah...good now get your ass out here and eat something. Don't make me force you."
"You wish..." he muttered as he used his metalic hand to throw the blankets off of him. His bare feet touched the wooden floor. He arched his back feeling all his bones realign themselves with a loud definite crack. He stood and finally made his way out of his room.
Steve looked up as Bucky walked out in just a shirt and sweat pants. "You look like hell. Bad dream."
"Sort of..." he shrugged.
Winter?
He closed his eyes before giving his head a quick shake. Her voice...he could hear her voice.
She stood by the chair looking down at him. "I'm sorry..."
She shed a tear for him...
"Bucky?" Steve placed his hand on Bucky's shoulder making him jump. "You okay?"
"Y-yeah...I'm fine." Bucky took a deep breath as he tried to focus his mind. "I'm fine."
Steve gave a nod in response but didn't exactly believe Bucky. "Come on. Let's get some food in you. We have a long day ahead of us." His hand gave his friends shoulder a comforting squeeze before he left to dress.
Bucky sighed "Great." He picked up the cup of coffee and started to slowly sip it. He couldn't stop thinking about the memory he dreamt about.
Winter's Shadow...
He couldn't get that name out of his head or the woman that it had been given too. Who was she? Where had she come from? Had they wiped her memory too? So many questions arose in his mind; all the while, the image of her strapped in that chair haunted him.
'I'm sorry...'
Why? Why had she said that? What reason did she have for apologizing to him? Bucky hissed in pain. His brain started throbbing at the onslaught of questions that held no answers. He downed the last of his coffee before he went to shower. Perhaps that would help.
It didn't.
He stood there beneath the shower head letting the water fall over him. His hair hung over his face as he stared off into nothing. 'I'm sorry...'
'Wipe him...'
'I'm sorry...'
'Wipe him...'
'I'm sorry...'
His hands gripped his head trying to make the voices stop. His back hit the cold tile wall sending a shock through him. He was falling. The voices kept coming. His body started to shake violently. He cold fell the chair, he could taste the rubber of the bit in his mouth...
'I'm sorry...'
'Wipe him...'
'I'm sorry...'
'Bucky!'
'Wipe him...'
'Wipe him...'
'I'm sorry...' He slid down the wall as the warm water showered over him. Slowly he came out of his episode. His body calmed and the voices stopped...all but one.
'Winter...Winter...' his eyes opened and there she was. Dressed in a similar body suit to his. Her eyes were no longer void of emotion. 'Come back to me...'
"Who are you..."
'Come back to me..." she started to fade away.
"No...wait..." he tried to reach for her "Please..."
"Winter..."
His metal hand tried to grab her desperatly. Her eyes, those gray eyes, they locked with s as she faded away completely. With a whimper Bucky slumped against the tile wall. He curled into a ball trying to hold everything back.
8:30 rolled around, Bucky and Steve were on their way to SHIELD for a day of work. Bucky didn't know what was to come. Did Steve? It seemed to him that Steve knew everything before him. Then again they trusted Steve more than him. Bucky sighed inwardly when they arrived. Steve kept glancing at Bucky the whole way there. He was even more quieter than usual.
"Bucky are yousure you are okay?"
"I'm fine Steve."
The guards at the door greeted them as they began to process of entering the secure sector of the building.
"Welcome Captain Steve Rogers and Seargent James Buchanan." Came the sound of the AI voice as the doors opened. Bucky stayed to Steve's left as they walked in.
Fury stood in the middle of the debriefing room with his hands behind his backs always. Natasha and Clint were to his right at the opposit end of the glass table. Fury looked up when Steve and Bucky walked in.
"Good you are finally here." Fury slid a file towards them. "We have some information that we feel you should know."
"What kind of information?" Steve asked as he reached for the file.
"With all respect Captian I was speaking to the Sergent."
This caused Bucky to look up "Why me?" they hadn't acknowledged him before, why now?
It was Natasha who stepped forward "It involves your time with Hydra."
At that moment Bucky opened the file and a name immediatly caught his eye.
Winter's Shadow.