A/N: Hey, I know this chapter is a day late. But we're kinda following our school schedule here and we had a snow day yesterday, so we didn't post. I doubt anyone is actually looking forward to every chapter, but if you are, I'm deeply sorry. Anyway, enjoy!
~DT
Disclaimer: None of the recognizable characters belong to us, they belong to Marvel. Axelia and Cora are our OC's though.
Warning for adult language!
Cora sat up, surrounded by pillows, "What in gay hell is going on?" She tried to knock the pillows down, but they stayed in place, "Are they glued together or something? I blame Axelia, only she would do this."
She shook Bucky awake, "Axe trapped us in here."
"Why?"
"Because that's what she does."
He groaned, "Can we kill her when we get out?" She nodded, still trying to knock the pillows down. Bucky pushed her aside, "I got this." He punched one of the pillows and it exploded, the stuffing going everywhere.
"That was so much easier for you than it was for me."
He smiled, "Looks like I have to get myself and a damsel in distress out of here."
She playfully punched his arm and he started punching the pillows, continuing to destroy them even after he had made a hole large enough for them to escape.
She picked up some of the stuffing and threw it at Bucky, laughing. He quickly threw some back at her. It escalated into a snowball fight, but with stuffing instead of snow. Bucky slipped and fell, catching Cora's arm on the way down and pulling her with him.
They landed in a pile on the floor, laughing. Cora tried to stand up, only to fall back onto Bucky's chest and they laughed even harder.
"What did you two do?" Tony's voice came from the kitchen and he did not sound happy.
Tony stormed down the stairs, "You," he pointed to Bucky, "Clean this up, get the others to help I don't fucking care, just get it cleaned up. And you," he pointed to Cora and she flinched, "Come with me, we have work to do."
Bucky and Cora shared a quick glance before quickly untangling themselves. Cora followed Tony and Bucky looked around, spotting Axelia and Steve hiding behind a pillar. Steve didn't move, but Axelia sprinted, Bucky chasing after her.
She jumped over the couch, almost falling over, then jumped the railing on the stairs. She sprinted up the stairs and missed one, tripping over herself until she finally fell. Bucky was right behind her and caught her before she fell.
He carried her back down the stairs and dropped her in the pile of stuffing, "You are cleaning this up."
"But you're the one that destroyed the pillows!" she whined.
"But you're the one that glued them together!"
"He has a fair point," Steve said, leaning against a pillar.
Bucky tackled him, "You're helping too, Rogers."
He chuckled, "Fine Barnes." then pushed him off to help clean the mess.
~meanwhile~
Cora followed Tony up the stairs, "Look, I just got up, can you at least let me get coffee?"
He nodded, "Might as well get something to eat as well."
She shrugged and made herself a coffee with cream and two hot chocolate packets. Tony sighed, grabbing a box of doughnuts for them.
They went to the lab, Tony unlocked it for her again. This time she was able to contain more of her excitement. He led her to one of the computers, it was next to a large window.
She sat in the chair, "You even got me a rolly chair, how sweet of you."
He folded his arms across his chest, "Please take this seriously, I will not allow this to be my first failed mission from SHIELD."
She took a deep breath and placed her hands on the keyboard, "I understand Mr. Stark, I'll figure everything out as soon as I can."
He nodded, "And with any luck, it'll be sooner than later."
~time skip~
A few hours later, Tony came back, "Any progress?"
She nodded, "It's just a code, if I figure out what the most common symbols are I can match it with letters then build the words from there. It's pretty simple actually, I don't know how you didn't figure this out sooner."
"Just let me know when there's more progress."
She saluted him, "Yes sir!" He shook his head and left the lab.
