Your Choice: Chapter 26
Sarah was white-knuckling the handle bars on the Indian as she tried to maintain control. Before the tires of the bike ever hit the road, both Sarah and Bucky noticed the lights from police cars down the street. Bucky had hoped they would make a stealthy getaway. But with the surveillance the complex was under, it would be impossible to miss two motorcycles leaving the basement garage. Bucky picked up speed, taking off down the street. Sarah clung to the bike with her legs and followed behind him.
Almost immediately, sirens began to wail behind them. Bucky tossed a glance over his shoulder to see 2 police cars beginning to follow. Bucky could lose them with ease, but he had Sarah to look out for this time. He veered around rows of stopped cars at the red light of the intersection ahead, hoping Sarah could pull the same maneuver. He made a sharp right, cutting off a city bus in the process. The bus blared its horn at the two of them as they made the turn. The police cars weren't able to make the turn quick enough, but continued down to the next block.
If we can make it out of Manhattan, we're in the clear, Bucky thought to himself. He caught himself continuously glancing behind to check on Sarah. Occasionally, the Indian would wobble under her, but she somehow would manage to straighten it out again. He was starting to doubt whether Vermont was too far of a drive. No, he told himself. Vermont or bust. Sirens wailed in the distance ahead. Police cars were swarming behind them.
Bucky couldn't help but think about the last time he was in a situation like this. He remembered when the CIA flushed him out of his small apartment in Romania, where he had hidden for 2 years. Steve tried to help by warning him but everything always had to end in a fight. Bucky had kicked some poor guy off his motorcycle trying to get away. Everyone was scared of the Winter Soldier. But not Steve. And not Sarah.
Steve and Bucky had always had each other's backs. They always would. They never had any trouble with one keeping up with the other. But this situation isn't like being with Steve… Bucky thought quickly. He checked on Sarah again and was almost blinded by police lights in the process. Sarah wasn't a super soldier. She wasn't an assassin and she was quick to point that out. She was ordinary. It wasn't a bad thing, in fact, sometimes Bucky would catch himself being jealous of it. She had a sharp tongue at times and a quick thinker. She was a hell of a cook and hell of a mom.
She didn't need super soldier serum. She was capable of anything just how she is.