Came to my Rescue
Alex's POV
I never thought I'd be back in the Red Room after I escaped yet here I am chained in a cell in Russia. It was supposed to be an easy mission with Natasha but after being captured they have messed with my mind and hurt me in so many other ways. I know it's only a matter of time before everyone comes to get me out but with every hour that passes by the less I seem like myself.
After waiting for what seems like days I hear the door to my cell opening and I see Clint and Natasha walking in. I'm barely conscious but I see Clint lean down in front of me.
"Clint?"
"Hey short stuff, let's get you out of here."
"Where is Steve?" I whisper.
"He is with Tony, Bruce is waiting for us back on the jet. You gotta stay awake Al." Says Natasha.
I feel them take the chains off my wrist and Clint picks me up. He and Natasha walk out and next time I open my eyes I see Tony and Steve. All I want to do is run to Steve but nothing in my body is working, I'm stuck in Clint's arms. Everything goes black from there. The next thing I know I'm in the lab in the Red Room and the doctors are working on me. It's not until one of them pins my arms to my side that I realize I'm actually on the quinjet. Steve is right above me and Natasha and Bruce are on either side of me.
"Steve?" I whisper.
"I'm right here." He says concern written all over his face.
I faintly hear Natasha saying something but I'm trying to get a clear grasp on what's real and what's not. I then feel Steve's grip on me loosen and I sit up and wrap my arms around his neck. He wraps his around me and I finally feel safe. "You found me." I whisper.
"I'll always find you." He says into my ear. "Bruce needs to start an IV, you're dehydrated."
"Don't leave."
"I'm going to stay right here." He says kissing my head.
I hold my arm out and let Bruce star an IV before curling into Steve's side. Natasha comes over with a towel and wipes the dried blood off my face before Bruce stitches up a cut by my hair line. He puts a bandage over it before looking at me.
"I need you to try and stay awake until we get back, I think you have a concussion and whatever they put in you're head is messing with your sense of reality. I don't want to risk it."
"Okay." I whisper.
Bruce walks away and I look up at Steve. "Thank you." I whisper.
"For what?"
"You saved me."
"I would never leave you." he says running his fingers through my hair.
That was the first time I realized just how much this man really loved me. The fact that he was willing to take my past and help me move on from it and knowing that he would always protect helped me open up to them.
