"Retrieve her from where?" Olivia asked.
"He left her in an ally away from the fight. She was healing people until the fight got to close and Barnes took her somewhere safe," Thor explained.
Olivia laughed bitterly. So he dragged her out there.
"She needs to sleep. You can take it from here," Olivia handed Nina over to Thor, convinced that if she were going to freak out he could handle it. Then she went off to find Bucky.
Thor carried Nina to bed, her grip much more slack than before. In fact, she barely held on at all. He tucked her in to bed and sat on the edge, not wanting to leave her. For a while she just kept starting, her eyes somewhere far away. Thor didn't know any better than Olivia what she had seen and he was just as angry that Bucky had dragged her into it and then left her alone.
"Hey!" Olivia barked, causing Dr. Banner to jump as he removed a bullet from Bucky's shoulder. "What the hell is your problem dragging Nina out there like that and then leaving her?" She stormed into the room and got right into his face.
"She was doing fine," Bucky grumbled, currently more concerned with the shooting pain in his shoulder.
"Fine? Have you seen her? Oh, no, right, you haven't because you left her," The air crackled noisily around Olivia, which only made Dr. Banner more nervous. He was about to say something when Steve entered the room, having heard the commotion.
"Olivia," She spun around to glare at Steve, who was giving her a stern look.
"Don't 'Olivia' me. Where the hell were you when you boyfriend was putting Nina in danger?" Olivia's fists clenched at her sides. She was about two seconds from taking them both on by herself.
"I didn't know," Steve's eyes met Bucky's. They had already had a heated conversation about this. Steve didn't think Nina should have been out there any more than he thought Olivia or Katerina should have been. Someone should have at least been watching her, but Bucky didn't tell anyone until it was too late.
"Well isn't that convenient," Olivia turned her attention back to Bucky.
"She's freaking out, you know? She's completely lost it. I just got done giving a grown woman a bath for Christ's sake. She won't look at me, she won't talk, she just stares right past you and fucking cries," Olivia knew no one was going to do anything about this, so she wanted him to know exactly what he'd done to her. She almost hoped Nina would stay that was just long enough for him to see for himself.
Bucky looked away, his eyes mostly hidden behind a curtain of dark hair. He clenched his fist, causing pain to shoot through his shoulder and down his back.
No one quite knew how to respond to what Olivia had told them. Bucky hadn't expected it to be that bad, but cursed himself for it. He should have known it was too much for her to handle. Steve was worried, but didn't know how to approach the situation. He felt like going to see her would only make things worse. He had always been bad with women anyway. Dr. Banner, on the other hand, was completely lost. He didn't even know who they were talking about.
"Fucking useless," Olivia growled finally. She'd given them all ample time to say something. To make their excuses. But they couldn't even do that.
She left the room, making sure to give Steve a good shove on her way out.
"Bucky," Nina whimpered in her sleep. Her face was the picture of distress and she had reached out to grab at something that wasn't there.
Thor watched her sadly. He had a feeling there was little he could do for a woman crying out for another man. That didn't stop his heart from breaking. When she continued to whimper he scooped her up in his arms, swaddling her in a blanket, and sat her on his lap. After some time she seemed to calm down.