As Buck layed in bed his dreams were invaded by Hydra and his past.
In his drean he was running down a hall of a Hydra base. The hall streched so far he could not see the end. As he ran he felt something on his back. He tured to see what it was because he knew it did not feel like the straps of his backpack. When he strched his neck to see what was waighing on him. His eyes widened as he saw the big brown eye of the little girl. He inhald sharply with a gasp his eyelids flung open and he sat up in bed.
His bear chest shook as he was breathed in the same pace as he was running in his dream.
Sweat glistened on his forehead and ran down his face rinning into his eyes. He held his chest quietly taking to his panicked self. "Calm down, calm down." He wispered willing his breathes to return to normal.
The group was sitting in the kitchen talking amongst themselves. Bucky walked in rubbing his eyes and still dripping in sweat. Everyones eyes landed on him and fallowed him as he sat at the table.
Scarlett smiled at him and placed his brakefast infront of him.
Buck nodded and looked at the pancakes. They made is stomach turn and he kindly smiled "I'm sorry I just don't think I can eat this morning." Scarlett took his plate and told him she would wrap it up for latter.
Their normal descusstion and playfull bantering stopped when Tony brought up the subject of the child that was receving medical attenton in the lab.
Bucky felt nauseous at the thought of the little girl he kept quiet staring at the table untill Tony blerted out "What was up with that kid calling you all those names, Barnes? Steve told us one time it sounded like she said daddy!" Bucks gaze left the table and jumped to Stark when he said 'daddy' making his heart quicken in pace. "Well, Terminator, why whould she say that?"
Buck got up from the table. "I need to go." He stated blankly, Steve stoped him before he could run off to his room. "Wait Buck, Im wondering the same thing." Bucky wanted to push passed Steve and retreat were he could calm his racing thoughts.
Steve saw the worry in Buckys eyes and knew he was having a panic atttack. Steve nodded and let Buck run to his room.
Bucky shut the door and let out a breath he had been holding.
He felt his legs start to shake and the room spun. And the little girls face flashed in his mind. He sat on the floor letting the panic take over so it would pass.
Finally it left, leaving him curld up in a coner knees to his chest.
A few hours had passed
Steve walked down to the lab were Dr. Banner was working on the child.
Steve looked into the room. The girl was laying unconscious on a operating table Banner was rinning tests and looking at his computer.
He spoted Steve and with a smile and nod he silently invited him in.
"So any findings on the kid?"
Bruse let out a sigh "she is very sick, malnurished and has some broken bones. I'm really shocked she is alive." Steve glanced at the girl a piece of her brown curly hair lay acrossed her face. Steve gently moved the strand behind her ear and lightly rubbed her cheek with his thumb.
"Any thought of how to find her family? I'm sure they are worried sick. If she was kidnapped."
Bruse looked st his screens that were going crazy with numbers.
"I'm running some tests so we should get some answers to her past within a week." Steve heard someone coming out of the elevator his eyes shot over to the sound and saw Buck looking sickly walking into the lab.
"Hey, you ok?" Steve said
Bucky nodded "How is she?" He said.
It took everything in him to go down to the lab but he felt that he needed to see her.
Banner frowned "she was not complient so I had to put her under just to get a blood sample."
Barnes looked at the small body of the girl, he felt guilt and it confised him, guilt as if he had broken a promise to her.
He slowly walked over to her he knelt at her bedside and put his human finger on small hand and she closed her fingers holding on to Bucky.
A smile crept on his face. Steve and Dr. Banner spoted the small movment. "Looks like the anesthesia is waring off. Ill give her another dose." Bucky saw Banner fill a serenge. "Could you wait. I'd like to see if she is ok." He said. The Doctor looked confused "I'll give you a few minutes but she might panic being hooked up to all these machines."
Buck nodded "Ill watch her." Steve wispered to Bruse to let Buck have some time. So the men exited leaving Bucky and the small girl alone.
The minutes passed and the child slowly started to wake form the anesthesia.
Her eyes fluttered open and looked into the deep blue eyes of the man holding her hand.
She was about to say something when she notested all the wires and tubes connected to her. She quickly pulled the oxigen from her nose. Buck shook his head and gently took her hands and fixed the air back on her face.
She looked at him confused. She lifted her hand to do it again and Buck shook his head and sweetly but sternly said "No. Keep it on." She put her hand down, smiled and nodded, obaying him.
Dr Banner acted like she was not listening to him that why he put her under. Why was she so obedient to Bucky.
She looked at the man her eyes locked on his metal arm. She smiled and traced the star with her small fingernail.
"You like that?" He said in shock.
She ponted to it looking at him she said "Krasnyy! (Russian for red)" Bucky smiled "thats right the star is Red."
She smiled ponting at other objects and would say their color each time in a different language.
Buck would cunferm if she got right and would correct her in every language he knew telling her the right color.
He felt so content just sitting there teaching her the colors in the room, he couldn't help but smile and laugh.
She giggled when she heard him laugh.
"What you think I'm funny little miss?" Buck questioned.
"Silly daddy." She smiled but the smile on Bucks face left and he sighed and corected her. "No Detka (baby) doll, My name is Bucky." He felt sick knowing the poor baby was wanting her father. His frown faded and he smiled and ponted at the little girl. "Do you have a name?" He asked. Ponting at herself "Joy!" She giggled.