Bucky raced over on Steve's motorcycle his heart beating wildly as he weaves in and out of cars going far over the speed limit. He gets to the bar and quickly turns remembering her leading him to her apartment. He finally sees her apartment and he walks in realizing he has no clue what apartment number she lives in. He sees a man passed out on the stairs. Bucky grabs him and asks, "What room does Elizabeth live in?"

"Wha-" the man groggily opened his eyes and looked up at him, "Idunno wht ya talkin bout," he slurred. Bucky pinned up against the wall and held a knife to his throat, "Do you know Elizabeth, she's in her 20s with blonde hair works at bar down the street?"

The man nods his head very cautious of the knife near his throat.

"Where does she live?" Bucky growls pressing the knife closer trying to control himself before the man answers him, "213. She lives with her boyfriend Kyle," the man spits out before Bucky drops him and runs up the stairs two at a time. His heart about to beat out of his chest, when he finally sees the room 213. He wastes no time getting in surprised that the door's unlocked. He's overcome with the stench of alcohol as soon as he gets in and notices broken glass on the ground. He looks around to find a shell case from a bullet lying on the ground. He pockets the shell and continues his search for Eliza. His heart clenches when he finds her in the living room on the ground in a pool of blood her phone in her hand. 'She must have passed out from the blood loss' He bends down and feels for a pulse in her neck still going steady and that's all he needs.

"Eliza. Doll, I need you to wake up for me okay," He gently tries to coo her back into reality. He knows he needs to get her back to the Tower, but he can't get her back on a subway without too much attention and Steve's motorcycle can't get her back in her condition. He looks around to find a tee shirt lying on the floor he grabs it and presses it on the bullet hole in her thigh. She wakes up and lets out a small cry. Bucky feels his heart break when he hears this, "Hey doll, you're fine. Eliza look at me, you're going to be okay."

He quickly whips out his phone and dials Steve's number. He picks up after the second ring.

"Hey Bucky."

"Steve I need help it's an emergency."

"What is it?" Steve says seriously.

"I have a girl with me she's been shot. I'm in her apartment now, but I can't get her back to the tower she's too injured to take her back on your motorcycle."

"Tony's tracking your phone now and will be there in about 15 minutes and Bruce is prepping the medical room now."

"Thank you," Bucky replies.

"No problem. Just don't let her die and you have a lot of explaining to do when you get back."

"Yes sir," Bucky teases before hanging up and refocusing on the girl bleeding next to him.

"Eliza," she lifts her unfocused eyes to kind of meet his, "You're okay doll. I'm here."

'I'm going to kill the bastard that shot her' he thinks to himself.

"I'm sorry," she slurs, "I got blood on the carpet." Bucky chuckles a little, "It's fine doll, don't worry about it you're more important."

"He's gonna kill me," she says her eyes wide and filled with fear a tear slides down her face. Bucky's heart skips another beat as he hears this.

"I won't let him." He says planning this man's slow and painful death.

"I'm tired," she says closing her eyes.

"Stay awake," he says urgently getting her to open her eyes again. 'Come on Tony hurray up'

"I have a friend who's coming to drive us somewhere to help you."

"No hospitals," she whispers, "Please."

"No his house actually a friend who's a doctor lives there. You'll like him." 'Damn it Tony' he curses when he finally hears his phone ringing.

"Come on out Barnes I have a sweet ride for you and your girl."

Bucky immediately hangs up, picks Eliza up bridal style, and rushes her downstairs to Tony's waiting car. Tony starts driving as soon as they're both in breaking so many traffic laws on the way.

"Hey girly, what's your name?"

"Elizabeth, but you can call me Eliza," she says softly.

"Well you can call me Tony."

"Hi Tony, nice to meet you. Thank you for giving me a ride." He looks back for a second to give her a smile, "I always love helping people who need a free ride!"

"I'm really sorry I'm getting blood on your seats."

"It's fine! It'll wash out, don't sweat it." Bucky's relieved that Stark's talking kept her awake for the entire ride back to the tower where Bucky raced her up to Bruce in the medical bay.

"Hi, what's your name?" Bruce asks gently once she's seated already starting to get tweezers, gauze, and wipes to disinfect the wound.

"Elizabeth," she says her eyes going out of focus again, "Eliza," she whispers her eyes closing.

"Hey Eliza, I need you to stay awake please. Can you do that for me please?"

She suddenly opens her eyes, "I'll try," she responds.

"Shit," the doctor mutters under his breath.

"What?" Bucky asks.

"The bullet's still in there. I need to get it out," both men notice Eliza's breathing speed up and her wide eyes, "Eliza, calm down," She meets the doctors eyes, "Deep breathes please." She calms her breathing, but her eyes are still wide and another tear slides down her face.

"Bucky distract her," Bruce whispers in his ear.

"You want to hear a story," she nods her head as Bucky launches into an elaborate childhood story of a double date he went on with Steve where Steve's girl ditched him for Bucky. She grabs his metal hand when the doctor digs for the bullet and squeezes her eyes shut, but continues to nod and listen to his story.

By the time the doctor's pulled the bullet out and bandaged her bullet wound Eliza's completely asleep. Bruce makes a few comments about her bruises and a broken bone, but honestly Bucky wasn't listening he was too busy thinking about the girl in the hospital bed in front of him and wondering how he grew to care about her this fast.

A/N

Ha! Two chapters in one day! I hope you guys liked it and like where the story is headed! As always reviews are extremely appreciated feel free to ask me any questions and have a lovely day!