Ava sat on her bed and waited for them to bring Winter back he may have been genetically engineered but that didn't mean this wasn't going to really damage him. She shouldn't even care he shot her sister she should be furious but she wasn't she couldn't be after what he said about the man on the bridge and Ava could still hear him screaming. She didn't even know if she should believe Pierce. When the screaming finally stopped the lab door opened and they shoved him into the room then closed the lab door again. Ava stood up and raced over to him he was drenched in sweat and his body was shaking. Ava stood back up and ran to get some towels and water.
The soldier felt water slip into his mouth and he drank greedily his hands over lapping the small soft ones on the cup. A soft female voice that seemed familiar was speaking to him reassuring him he would be okay. He didn't know what had happened he just knew his head pounded and someone was next to him. He panicked thinking they could be trying to harm him he grabbed the small woman and slammed her against a wall his metal hand closing around her throat. She tried to claw his hands off of her, her bright green eyes were producing tear that fell down the curves of her cheek and jaw and fell onto his arm she was not a threat to him. Ava struggled for breath on the floor of the room after he had released her.
"Who are you? I know you." He asked.
"Ava." She choked out "I'm trapped here with you."
"I am not trapped here this is where I can help people." He spouts off what the scientist had told him. Myers came into the door and laughed at the sight of Ava on the floor still gasping.
"You have a mission to finish soldier." Myers said and the soldier nodded and left the room.
"You're sending him out already? He's only been out of that damn room for a few hours." Ava tries to say her voice ragged.
"He works when he's needed and he's needed to take out Steve Rodgers." Myers says before leaving her alone in the room. A few hours later Myers comes back into the room with a smirk.
"Turns out they don't need you anymore Ava everything is going to work out the way we planned." Myers says.
"So you're here to kill me?" She asked sitting on her bed and he walks over to her.
"I'm going to do a lot more than just kill you." The look that crossed Myers face was utterly terrifying. He slapped Ava hard before shoving her onto the bed. She struggles underneath him both completely oblivious to the panic coming from outside the room. He hits her again causing spots in Ava's vision before she passes out and before he could do anything else he's forcibly pulled off of her. She sees Winter soaking wet attacking Myers before everything goes black.
The soldier stands above Myers lifeless body he's covered in the man's blood. He couldn't stop himself and the rage he got when he saw the man hurting Ava. He picks her up and carries her out of what was once their prison. He was confused about everything but he knew he was going to need her and he couldn't leave her here. He carries her until he came across a car and gently put her in the passenger seat started up the car and drove he didn't know where he was going but he needed to get somewhere away from all of this.
Ava woke up her head was against the cool glass of a car window her head was throbbing. The last thing she remembered was Winter coming into their shared room. She shot up in her seat and looked around it was just Winter and her in the car. She wasn't sure if that was a good thing or a bad thing.
"Where are we going?" She asked.
"I don't know." He answers softly. "I need to go somewhere I need to know who I was."
"Ok Winter pull over and we can talk." Ava says calmly and The soldier obeys and pulls off to the side of the road.
"There was a man he knew me and I knew him." The soldier whispers.
"Was it the same man from the bridge?" he nods "Ok what did he look like?" She asked wondering if it was Steve Rodgers who Myers said Winter was to kill.
"He wore stars and stripes like a flag he had a shield and he saved me." The soldier says. He's thought a lot about it the man could've left the soldier to die but he helped him up. "He said my name was James Buchanan Barnes."
"Bucky." She says softly registering the name as the man who had fallen to death he had been Steve's best friend.
"He called me that." He says looking at her even more confused.
"I know where we can go we just have to stop at my apartment first and get some clothes." She smiles and Bucky nods. He pulls back onto the road and drives to her apartment.
The door is locked be Bucky has no problem opening it. He brushes past her into her apartment and walks to her bedroom she ignores the fact that he knows exactly where her bedroom is and brushes it off thinking he must've scoped the place out before he took her. Before she went to her bedroom she picked her phone off the dining room and walks to her room to start charging it. Bucky is standing by the window looking out of it. When he turned around Ava noticed there was dried blood on his forehead. Ava reached forward and moved his dark hair out of his face revealing several cuts she hadn't noticed.
"Here I can go get my first aid kit and clean you up a bit." Ava says before walking into her bathroom. She looked up at the mirror on the cabinet drawer her hand went up to her cheek where there was a bandage. Bucky must've cleaned it up after she passed out. She grabbed the supplies she needed and left the bathroom. When she was done attending to his face she smile a bit "There do you have any more wounds that need to be taken care of?"
The soldier stands up and removes his jacket and shirt to allow her to look for injuries like he had every time he returned from a mission. Her eyes scanned his body his torso was adorned with bruises his shoulder looked like it had been dislocated and then relocated. All of the bruise were already starting to heal there was a larger one on his side that looked like he may have broken a rib.
"Does it hurt?" Ava asks her fingers gent ally touching his ribs.
"Some but I will heal." He says reassuring her. Ava couldn't help herself she let her fingers trace the scars on his chest his skin giving her a clear image that this man had been through hell and back. Bucky licked his lips and watch her face full of sympathy and curiosity. "Ava." He says softly snapping her out of her trance.
"Um let me see if we can find some clothes for you that look less soldiery." She says turning away from him blush playing on her cheeks. She walks over to her dresser and pulls out her ex-boyfriends black Sabbath t-shirt, a pair of grey sweats and a black zip up hoddie and hands it to him. "You can change in here I'll be in the bathroom."
Ava stands in front of the mirror again and pulls her hair up she sighs trying to figure out what she's going to tell Nat. She slips into a pair of black skinny jeans and put her dark blue leather jacket over a white V-neck t-shirt. She chuckles a bit when she sees Bucky in the outfit she gave him the sweats fit him fine but the shirt was tight against his skin he looked very strange to her. It looked so normal she had really only seen him always battler ready. He gave her a questioned look.
"Well Bucky I think we're going to have to take you shopping after this little trip." She chuckled.
The soldier stiffened a bit at the way she casually called him Bucky. Bucky wasn't a name he was used too in the past few days only two people had called him that. Each time his chest tightened with a pang of sadness something he wasn't used to. He had never been anything more than the Winter Soldier or at least that is what he was told.
"I've got to call Nat and then we can leave." Ava says picking up her phone and Bucky's eyes widened. "I won't tell her you're with me." She says realizing he doesn't want anyone to know where he is.
Natasha stood in the waiting room of the hospital. Someone had found Steve along the shoreline with a few gunshot wounds. He was still alive but he was in critical condition. Soon the doctor came and informed Sam and Natasha that he was going to be fine and he'd be awake in a few hours. Her phone rang a few minutes later lighting up with Ava's name.
"Hello Ava?" She answers her voice holding a hint of panic.
"Hi Nat." Ava says.
"Are you okay? Where have you been?" Natasha asks.
"I'm fine sis. The winter soldier kidnapped me Pierce wanted me to help him make serums to help him I wasn't there long enough to make any though the only reason I even thought about it Nat was because he threatened your life." Ava answers somberly.
"Pierce is dead Ava and Fury is still alive Steve stopped him and Hydra's plan S.H.I.E.L.D has been shut down permanently but the Winter Soldier was Steve's friend Bucky and he's still out there. Where are you now?" She informs her sister.
"I'm picking things up from my apartment and then I have some things to do don't worry Natalie I'm safe." Ava says emphasizing the 'Natalie" part to put her sister more at ease.
"Ava your apartment might not be safe grab your things and go quickly call me in a few days if you need anything." Natasha says before they say their goodbyes. All she wants to do is go get her sister but she knows she can't people know who she is now she had too many things to take care of before she went after Ava and as long as she was safe Natasha had to figure out a new cover.