"Olivia, calm down," Steve said, his hands up in defense.
"Don't tell me to calm down!" Olivia released Nina's arm, taking one big step forward and shoving Steve's chest. There was a sharp popping noise as Olivia succeeded and shocking the hell out of him.
"I didn't do anything," Steve said slowly, his hands still up. He might have been a super soldier, but he wasn't immune to electrocution.
It was about that time Bucky chose to enter the room. He stopped immediately, realizing he should have just stayed in the gym. Steve's eyes slid over to him, communicating the level of danger in the room.
Olivia spun around to scan Nina's face and wasn't happy with what she saw. The poor girl was looking at Bucky too, and she could see the hurt in her eyes. A perceived notion was all it took for Olivia to change directions.
"You?" Olivia laughed darkly, turning to face the brooding soldier. "Oh, I've just been waiting for someone to give me a fucking reason," She spoke through her teeth as she squared up on him.
"Olivia-" Nina started.
"What'd he fuckin' do, sweetheart? I will end him right now," Olivia, as hard as she was trying, wasn't doing much to comfort her.
"Nothing. You need to listen. No one did anything to me," Nina crept one step closer before deciding it was a bad idea. The electricity in the air immediately had the hair on her arms standing on end.
"He didn't hurt me. Steve didn't hurt me. Something weird happened with my powers. That's all," Nina grew a little more frantic when she realized Bucky had a conduit for an arm.
"I don't believe you," Olivia said, her voice quieter and deeper than before.
Before Nina could say anything else, Steve moved and Olivia was on the floor. He tried to pick up her now unconscious body, but was initially deterred by a shock. The second time was the charm. When he lifted her up he made eye contact with Nina.
"I'm calling it for the day," His face was stern, his voice hard. She felt like she was in trouble and couldn't help feeling like an idiot. It hadn't taken her long to make a mess of things.
She put her face in her hands and sighed heavily. All of the sudden, she wasn't even hungry anymore. Just uncomfortable and tired. Without a second thought, she slipped past Bucky and escaped back to her room where she showered and then slept until it was time for dinner.
Needless to say, dinner wasn't much more pleasant. Everyone kind of went their own way, breaking up into groups and Nina wasn't sure which disaster she wanted to choose. Sitting with Steve an Bucky would probably be be silent and awkward. Olivia would probably yell at her for the whole meal. Starving was starting to sound like a good option.
After eating dinner as fast as she could and fielding questions from Olivia, she disappeared into her room again. This time she locked the door.
"Hey, how did things go today?" Frank asked upon answering his daughter's phone call.
"Oh my god, dad. I overstepped so hard," Nina groaned into her pillow. She didn't even have her eyes open. It was easier to pretend she wasn't there that way.
"What do you mean?" She could hear the concern in his voice.
"Apparently, if I heal a wound larger than your index finger my brain goes "Oh hey, what's all this other stuff," and just goes on and does whatever it wants," She flailed her arm about for emphasis even though neither of them could see it.
"I still don't understand," Frank said, reluctantly. Whatever happened she as upset about it and he wasn't sure he was going to be able to help.
"I," Nina took a deep breath. To be honest, until now she hadn't thought much about the process of what happened. "Bucky had a few broken ribs and Steve wanted me to heal them as a demonstration or whatever. There was a lot of bruising so I could feel all that first. There were two broken ribs below that and I didn't have as much trouble as I thought healing them. It was automatic, which is great," She left it hanging, rolling onto her back and staring up at the ceiling.