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IV. Job Interview!
When Steve found Bucky snoring on the floor he began wondering what had happened last night. Steve was pretty sure Bucky had gone bed last night. Shrugging he went off to pour himself cereal.
As he ate his CheeriSkulls Steve wondered what kind of shenanigan he and Bucky could do today. But first he had to go buy a mattress. Which meant he would probably come back to find something had exploded and then it had to be rebought and…you know what they should do today? Find jobs. Because they couldn't just keep using the credit card Tony gave to Steve and use Tony's money how they pleased. Steve thought it was a brilliant idea!
Bucky didn't. "Do you know how hard it will be for me to get a job?" He snapped after Steve woke him up to tell him. "No one except you is going to forget what I did as the Winter Soldier easily. Hell, I'll bet some people still think of me as 100% Winty Soldier!"
"Just try!" Pleaded Steve. "See if someone needs some help and you might the job. I mean, what are you good at?"
Bucky thought for a second. "Shooting and hitting targets."
"Something else."
"Knife skills."
"Keep going."
"Diffusing and fusing bombs."
Steve smacked his face. This was going to be a lot harder than he thought.
While Steve went to buy the mattress Bucky looked for jobs. He ran into Scott Lang who was taking his ant farm for a walk.
"Hi Bucky!"
"Sup."
"Taking my ants for a walk."
"No you're not. You're walking around with an ant infested case."
"Did you just insult my ants?"
"Errr…"
"And I thought Tony told you not to come into the city unless you needed food or other supplies."
Bucky remembered that. Tony had yelled at him and Steve at the top of his lungs telling them to never come back to the city with a few exceptions. "Well Steve and I want jobs."
Scott smiled. "Cool!"
"But I don't think I'll find something because everyone will think of me as the Winter Soldier."
"Baskin' Robbins©."
"What?"
Scott went off on a rant about him working at Baskin' Robbins©. He didn't realize it but Bucky got bored and left him there.
Bucky saw a sign with advertisements for jobs. There were so many ads the bulletin board couldn't even be seen. He flipped through the ads looking for something.
One job caught his eye. "Need technicians for developing hydraulic military units." Well he was good at that. Bucky grabbed the iPhone and beeped up the number.
"High Extreme Interactions Legion of HYDRAulics how may I help you?" Drawled a voice on the other side.
"I see your ad for the wanted technicians," said Bucky. "And I want to apply for the job." To be honest Bucky didn't know a lot about hydraulics. He just figured he'd find out as he went along.
"Stop by at the main office," said the person. They gave Bucky the address. Bucky skipped off down the sidewalk, whistling.
Steve was at the mattress store doing absolutely nothing. No, actually he was complaining about why mattresses were so damn expensive. "I'm not paying four hundred for a stupid mattress!"
"Can I interest you in something else then?" Asked the Mattress Firm© manager. He had been following Steve around for the past hour, trying to help him.
"And this one cost twenty one hundred?! What kind of rip off are you doing?!"
"Well this is the Tem-"
"Who the Norse God would by a mattress for so much money?!"
The guy was put off. "It's for a good quality-"
"I could make a mattress for under a hundred buckys!"
"Don't you mean bucks?"
"That's what I said."
Steve went on ranting. "Just ridicules prices! I say you tell your manager to reconsider the pricing on these things." He snapped the last string on the helper.
"Well what year do you think it is? 1940 where everything cost ten cents!? You know what? If your so dissatisfied why don't you talk to the actual manager?"
"Capital idea!" Steve shot back.
Five minutes later Steve was kicked out of the store and told to never return. "Sheesh!" Growled Steve. "People these days are so sensitive!"
He walked down the street searching for another place to buy mattresses. Bucky was goning to be exploding if Steve didn't get one by tonight.
Suddenly Steve got a com link call (yes, he and Bucky each had com links (it was Steve's idea)). "Yo Steve. I'm in a bit of a tussle. So yeah, help." Then Bucky shut off his end.
"I WILL SAVE YOU, BUCKY!" Screeched Steve. Somehow he managed to track the com call and headed to the exact same building Bucky was at.
Bucky went to the building to apply for the job. It was a giant building and kind of spooky (unless you weren't scared of the pitch black dark). "Quite the building," he said and entered.
A woman was sitting at a desk. "Are you the person that called for the job?"
"Yep!" Said Bucky brightly.
"Wait a minute. You're the winter soldier!"
"Well I've reformed, okay?"
"ALL SECURITY! THE WINTER SOLDIER IS AT THE FRONT DESK!" Before Bucky could even move a net swooped down and trapped him against the ceiling.
A laugh came from below. "What a catch! That's better than any grand prize fish, if I do say so myself!" Red Skull wandered out of the darkness dramatically clapping his hands.
"Hi Red Skull," said Bucky. "Should I compliment you on your idea of catching me or how much redder your skull is?"
Red Skull growled. "Thank you for reminding me why I ditched you as the weapon."
Bucky laughed now. He called Steve on his com link. "Yo Steve. I'm in a bit of a tussle. So yeah, help."
Please don't kill me Mattress Firm© and Baskin' Robbins©.
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