They raced to the Quinjet, He laid Wanda on one of the pull-out beds, her eyes closed now. Steve slid into the driver's seat and taking off. They flew most of the day in silence before someone spoke: "Where we headed?" Sam asked walking forwards "Someplace safe," he said pressing autopilot, getting up and walking past him. "And where is that?" Sam asked.
Steve looked down at the Tv remote he had picked up to fiddle with, then back to where Wanda was laying. She was in the exact spot he had left her, staring at the ceiling. Her bruised neck visible through her hair. "What happened…" he asked looking at Sam "On the Raft" Sam looked confused just for a second, but his eyes fell on Wanda and the confusion melted away. Sam looked at the ground, "They used a shock collar on her… anytime she protested, really anytime we did too or whenever just because" he said bitterly. There was a crack and fritz of electricity. Steve looked down at the crushed Tv remote, he sheepishly put it down on the table.
"There were sometimes when they would move her out of the unit," Clint said from behind them clearly listening to the conversation. "Be gone for hours… all we knew is when she came back from the first one, she stopped eating. Wouldn't speak to anyone." Clint said walking forwards, "Scott?" Sam nodded to the back of the Quinjet "Sleeping" Clint responded. "I shouldn't have let you stay there this long" Steve said "It's not your fault from what I heard you had stuff to deal with yourself" Sam said "But still, It's my fault bringing everyone into this, and now they've had to take my punishment for it" He said gesturing back to Scott and Wanda. "Steve, everyone here made that decision to join you, fully aware of the consequences," Clint said,
Steve was about to protest when the console started blinking and alert popping up. He strode over to the driver's console, "What is it?" Sam asked, "Are we being followed?" Clint asked, Steve, leaned forwards looking into the fog of the jungle mountains "Nope, we're getting close" He said sitting down and pulling it off autopilot, then taking the controls.
"To where?" Clint asked watching the jungle pass by them "There's nothing here" Clint said. Steve smiled as they heading for a large hill "There's far more here than meets the eye" He pressed a weird looking flat flash drive into the console. "Steve, we're getting really close to that hill," Sam said nervously, The Quinjet was heading straight for a large jungle of trees. "Steve!" He said as Steve pushed the control's down tipping the nose of the jet so there was no turning out from crashing. "STEVE!" Sam shouted as they were inches from impact, they ducked as the hill came straight for them.
The jet shuddered but there was no crashing or explosions. Sam peered over the console out the window, a large city was before them, set in the valley. The large buildings had blue glowing lights up and down them, not to mention the giant palace. While flying ships flew in and out of view. Steve was laughing at them freaking out. Sam punched him in the shoulder "Ugh! That was mean!" he said nervously smirking. Clint just frowned at him "What is this?" he asked watching craft's loading supplies on the ground, smaller ships traveling out of the barrier. "This is Wakanda," he said steering the jet to a landing dock on one of the far sides of the palace.
Clint and Sam looked at each other almost losing their balance when the jet hit the ground. "Sorry!" Steve called behind him opening the jet doors, getting up and walking to the back of the jet. Scott was awake and holding his head in his hands, "You okay?" Steve asked him Scott looked up and squinted in the light "Yup, just tired" he said standing up and swaying to the side. "Okay let's get you some sleep," Sam said catching him before he fell over.
"-were far away from that place….okay? You don't have to worry about that now" Clint was saying softly to Wanda while holding her hand. Her eyes were glazed over still staring at the same spot. Clint looked up at Steve watching them, who looked down at the floor then back to Wanda.
Steve walked past them and outside, they made their way into the building, the team was brought to medical leaving Steve to stand by himself in the halls.
A woman wearing a white doctors coat came up to him "Captain? Mr. Barnes has requested to see you" she said "Follow me please" and he did she lead him down the hall, into a medical room. In his rescue mission, he had almost forgotten what Bucky was about to do. The woman waited at the door and he walked past looking at the machines.
He turned to see Bucky sitting on a metal table. He wanted to say how much he would miss him, or how great of a friend he was to him, "You sure about this?" Was all he could manage to say. Bucky stared at the machine and sighed "I can't trust my own mind…. So until they figure out how to get this stuff out of my head I think going back under is the best thing… For everybody" he smiled.
The woman walked up again "We're ready for you Mr. Barnes" she said then waited patiently. He stood up and looked Steve in the eyes "Don't worry Steve, this isn't goodbye forever" he said, Steve gave him a hug "Punk" he said patting him on the back "Jerk" Bucky replied back. He pulled back "and if you ever need me… you know where I'll be" Steve smiled he didn't want to see him go under, but somehow he didn't feel like he could leave until it was over.
He just stood and watched as the glass rose and the cold air filled the tank. He knew this wasn't the end but yet he still couldn't help that ominous feeling of dread.