p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"The next morning came way too early for Ava when Bucky woke her up. He handed her a muffin and a cup of coffee and she just groaned. Her head was pounding she had drank way to much all she could remember was Bucky jealous at the bar./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""Please inform me why I am awake at 7 am?" Ava groaned sipping her coffee./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""You wanted me to train you today so we are going to train then we are going to drive another few hours. Eat up." He smirked./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""Do you know what a hangover feels like?" She asked glaring at him./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""Actually yes I remembered a bit about Steve and I going drinking and waking up hung over when I was holding your hair while you vomited." He said every once and a while he'd get a sliver of memory triggered by some event happening around them./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""Oh um well thanks." She said blushing finishing her muffin. "Can you even get drunk I can almost swear you drank as much as I did."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""I don't know." Bucky shrugs grabbing his jacket and walking out the door. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""So what's first Mr. Barnes?" She asked following him./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""First stretching." He said leading her to an empty field./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""Easy." Ava was fairly flexible when her and Natasha were little they had done some ballet. She did her stretches and tried to keep down the coffee and muffin./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""Now run." Bucky said pulling his hair into a pony tail and taking off his jacket. This far out he wasn't afraid to be in just a tank top and sweats. No one could really see him./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""Why?" She asked groaning like a child. She hated running and it seemed pointless. "The only time I run is when I'm being chased."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""Sometimes it's safer to just run. Now start running and I'll be the threat that chases you." He said. "That is if you aren't to sore or hung over." He said challenging her and she took off he gave her a five minute head start./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""Fuck." She groaned 10 minutes later. He had caught her and pined her easily trying to be as gentle as possible "That wasn't fair you're a damn super soldier what next?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""Fight me off." He said keeping her pinned. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"Ava laid still for a second and he just watched her. She took him by surorise by bucking her hips up and pressed against his chest forcefully. She had enough strength and momentum to flip them over. She pulled a little knife from her boot and pressed it to his throat lightly and laughed. Bucky hadn't realized she was carrying a weapon./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""Wow Barnes bested by a scientist." She said her legs startling his hips he just gave her a small smirk. Without any hesitation he disarmed her and pinned her in a blink of an eye. She cursed. "Jesus Christ what did I do wrong?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""You're just not taking this seriously enough to pay attention." He said standing up and helping her to her feet./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""Fine show me something else." She shrugged. He spent the next hour showing her how to better her punches and how to avoid them and a few other tactics. Bucky had planned to do more but he had started to notice her wince more from the pain in her side./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""I think that's enough for today." He said picking up his jacket./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""Good I'm starving." She groaned./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"Ava and Bucky walked back to the hotel from a small burger joint. They started packing their things when the phone rang Ava's stomach dropped. She had no idea who could've been calling them no one knew where they were except maybe Micah. Against her better judgement she answered the phone./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;" "Ava give me one damn good reason not to fly down there." Nick Fury's voice snapped./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""Nick!" She said happily a grin crossing her face. "I'm fine don't worry if I need help I'll call Nat and Steve S.H.I.E.L.D is down and I'm sure you have a lot to do sir."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""I did not save your ass for this not so dead mother fucker just kill you, so move your ass kid and watch your back I'll watching." Fury said before hanging up the phone. Ava couldn't help the small smile she had Fury was like a father figure to her and Natasha ever since he'd saved them./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""We should probably get going." Ava said pulling her bag on her shoulder./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"The next few days went without incident they traveled miles and miles only stopping for a warm meal and a place to sleep. Ava and Bucky had started to share a bed it was cheaper and being next to each other warrented for very few nightmares. Ava didn't want to admidt that she just enjoyed being so closed to him. They trained everyday and Ava's wound was healing quickly. She had even talked Bucky into getting a haircut and shaving./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"About a week after Fury's call Ava walked out of the bathroom her hair wrapped in a clean towel. She was freshly showered waiting for Bucky to come back with supplies. Ava hummed some tune when she stopped dead in her tracks. There was a bouquet of pink roses on the bed. Her stomach dropped, she didn't have enough time to think when she was shoved against a wall./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""Hello Ava." A man with dark hair and caramel eyes said softly. He pinned her against the wall and held a knife to her throat. "Do you like the flowers? They still remind me of your lips" He said glancing at the flowers./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""Micah." Ava whispered and the man smiled./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""In the flesh, I've missed you A." Micah said and pulled her towel off her head letting her hair fall. "You are still as beautiful as ever."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""Just kill me and get it over with." She growled at him she was in no mood to play games./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""Oh not quite yet darling boss doesn't want you dead yet its supposed to be this big game of cat and mouse yada yada." He chuckled "I really have missed you though Ava." He said cupping her cheek with his free hand. "I miss your lips and your hair and your laugh and God have I missed the way you felt naked underneath me you whimpering my name was like a drug." He said and kissed her jaw he pressed the knife harder against her skin and his eyes darkened "It almost kept me from killing Natasha…almost. Has he fucked you yet Ava? What kind of man is the soldier Ava? Sleeping in your bed like a little lost dog"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""Micah." She gasped feeling the blade cutting into her skin "You're hurting me."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""Oh my little spider I haven't even begun to hurt you. I have so much planned for you well after I kill your broken little soldier. I wonder what little screams and whimpers I'll get from you when I start cutting you open. That will be a great day for me Ava causing you as much pain as you caused me. We could've been together and happy and you wouldn't of been taken by Hydra and you wouldn't need to die."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""You deserve whatever pain you got. You tried to kill my sister what did you think I'd let you do it and fall happily into your deranged arms?" Ava spat she regretted it as soon as she said it. The knife left her throat and was buried in her thigh./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""I can't fucking wait till I fucking ruin you in front of that poor man who loves you then take him away from you. You will suffer little spider." Micah said before sharply twisting the handle of the knife and leaving the hotel room./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"-/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"Natasha sat in the front seat of their car waiting for Steve and Sam to come out of the gas station. All she could think about was Ava and all they had been through. Natasha had done whatever she could to keep Ava from everything that had been coming at them even the red room./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"emspan style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"Natalia was only 7 when they found her alone with her little sister orphaned. A man had collected them from the orphanage much younger than he was ordered to retrieve but there was something he saw in the two little girls. The mans name was Ivan and would become Natalia's handler. Natalia started training a year later about 2 years earlier than the other girls but she caught on fast. She didn't have to worry about Avery going into her training for at least 9 years not that Natalia really knew she didn't want her in the black widow program until she was 15 and realized how bad it would be for the little girl who she'd needed to protect./span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"emspan style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"Natasha would stop at nothing to keep her sister safe. She trained harder and begged to do as much work as she could and Ava stayed with Ivan's sister getting into science. Ivan's sister May had always wanted a child and when Ivan brought Natalia and Avery the woman cared for them and coddled little Avery. She had begged Ivan for a year not to take Natalia into the black widow program especially sincethey usually started training the girls at age 10 not 8 but Ivan thought Natalie would be safer in the black widow program he was very wrong. He had no idea the things that they would do to Natalia and he could not take her out of the program for fear of his little family being executed. /span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"emspan style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"Natalia had excelled in the program and by the time she was 17 the leaders of the program decided it was time for her to take the final step. She had heard Ivan fighting with the people late at night. He was yelling in Russian. They had told him she would have her memories wiped and her sister would be required to start the program in hopes she would be like her sister. Natalia knew the little girl couldn't do it, she had a thirst for science and knowledge. Her face was still bright and happy she had not seen what Natalia had. Natalia was already a killer. Ivan had felt the same way and planned for the two girls to escape/span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""Natasha!" Steve's voice yelled shaking her awake out of thought. Natasha was startled she hadn't fallen asleep she had been knocked unconscious. There was blood dripping down the windshield where the words "say goodbye Natalia' were written./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"~~/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"Bucky returned to the hotel carrying a few bags he'd been gone longer than he planned. When he walked into the room he noticed something wasn't right Ava wasn't in the room and there was a boquet of flowers on the bed. He scanned the room and came across a trail of blood leading to the bathroom. The blood and ava no where in sight made him panic and realized he needed help. He quickly dialed Natasha's number. He pulled out his gun and walked into the bathroom Ava was sitting on the floor cutting off her cleans she was covered in blood and tears./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""What the fuck happened?" Bucky said putting his gun away and knealing next to her./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""Um Micah was here I pissed him off he stabbed me." She said quietly "He got the best of me I didn't fight back I should've fought back I could've ended this but I didn't"/span/p
h5 style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 12.6pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-weight: normal;""/spanspan style="font-size: 12pt; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-weight: normal;"It's alright." Bucky said gently taking the scissors from Ava. He cut away some of her pants and cleaned around the /spanspan style="font-size: 12.0pt; color: #252525; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"Soviet NR40 combat knife that was buried in her thigh. He'd used a knife of the exact same model against several targets. That was this man's way of messing with Bucky reminding him that he dragged Ava into this. "I'm sorry Ava." He said quickly pulling out the knife./span/h5
h5 style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 12.6pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; color: #252525; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;""Got shot and Stabbed those should leave nasty scars. Probably won't be able to wear a bikini anytime soon." Ava groaned using one of Nat's old jokes trying to hide her pain as Bucky stitched up her leg./span/h5
h5 style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 12.6pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; color: #252525; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;""You could wear anything and your scars would never be noticed." He said softly finishing her last stitch. He placed his metal hand on her cheek and she covered it with her own. "You are so beautiful Ava." Ava leaned in and kissed him softly. He pulled her closer to him holding her tightly. /span/h5
h5 style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 12.6pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; color: #252525; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;""I've been remembering a lot of things lately." Bucky said quietly. "Like bits and pieces of who I used to be and what I've done. They are very confusing sometimes I never know names or date but I know I've lived them. I told you I had saw and done horrible things but I didn't know how bad it really was. I only remembered some."/span/h5
h5 style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 12.6pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; color: #252525; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;""Bucky.." Before Ava could say anything else he continued talking./span/h5
h5 style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 12.6pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; color: #252525; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;""But I also remember the man on the bridge Steve, I'm starting to remember a lot of stuff about him. He used to be so small and so sick but so brave. I remember looking up to him. I've realized the more I'm with you the more I remember who I was and who I am and because of that Ava I have been so selfish. I should've just taken you to Natasha or Steve or called them you wouldn't have been shot or stabbed." He said lowering his head in shame looking just broken./span/h5
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h5 style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 12.6pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; color: #252525; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;""Shut the hell up Barnes I am a grown woman and we both know damn well I gave you no choice. I make my decisions not you so don't beat yourself up about what happens to me plus I would've been stabbed anyway now help me up so we can get moving again."/span/h5
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""Please inform me why I am awake at 7 am?" Ava groaned sipping her coffee./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""You wanted me to train you today so we are going to train then we are going to drive another few hours. Eat up." He smirked./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""Do you know what a hangover feels like?" She asked glaring at him./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""Actually yes I remembered a bit about Steve and I going drinking and waking up hung over when I was holding your hair while you vomited." He said every once and a while he'd get a sliver of memory triggered by some event happening around them./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""Oh um well thanks." She said blushing finishing her muffin. "Can you even get drunk I can almost swear you drank as much as I did."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""I don't know." Bucky shrugs grabbing his jacket and walking out the door. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""So what's first Mr. Barnes?" She asked following him./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""First stretching." He said leading her to an empty field./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""Easy." Ava was fairly flexible when her and Natasha were little they had done some ballet. She did her stretches and tried to keep down the coffee and muffin./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""Now run." Bucky said pulling his hair into a pony tail and taking off his jacket. This far out he wasn't afraid to be in just a tank top and sweats. No one could really see him./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""Why?" She asked groaning like a child. She hated running and it seemed pointless. "The only time I run is when I'm being chased."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""Sometimes it's safer to just run. Now start running and I'll be the threat that chases you." He said. "That is if you aren't to sore or hung over." He said challenging her and she took off he gave her a five minute head start./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""Fuck." She groaned 10 minutes later. He had caught her and pined her easily trying to be as gentle as possible "That wasn't fair you're a damn super soldier what next?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""Fight me off." He said keeping her pinned. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"Ava laid still for a second and he just watched her. She took him by surorise by bucking her hips up and pressed against his chest forcefully. She had enough strength and momentum to flip them over. She pulled a little knife from her boot and pressed it to his throat lightly and laughed. Bucky hadn't realized she was carrying a weapon./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""Wow Barnes bested by a scientist." She said her legs startling his hips he just gave her a small smirk. Without any hesitation he disarmed her and pinned her in a blink of an eye. She cursed. "Jesus Christ what did I do wrong?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""You're just not taking this seriously enough to pay attention." He said standing up and helping her to her feet./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""Fine show me something else." She shrugged. He spent the next hour showing her how to better her punches and how to avoid them and a few other tactics. Bucky had planned to do more but he had started to notice her wince more from the pain in her side./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""I think that's enough for today." He said picking up his jacket./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""Good I'm starving." She groaned./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"Ava and Bucky walked back to the hotel from a small burger joint. They started packing their things when the phone rang Ava's stomach dropped. She had no idea who could've been calling them no one knew where they were except maybe Micah. Against her better judgement she answered the phone./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;" "Ava give me one damn good reason not to fly down there." Nick Fury's voice snapped./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""Nick!" She said happily a grin crossing her face. "I'm fine don't worry if I need help I'll call Nat and Steve S.H.I.E.L.D is down and I'm sure you have a lot to do sir."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""I did not save your ass for this not so dead mother fucker just kill you, so move your ass kid and watch your back I'll watching." Fury said before hanging up the phone. Ava couldn't help the small smile she had Fury was like a father figure to her and Natasha ever since he'd saved them./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""We should probably get going." Ava said pulling her bag on her shoulder./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"The next few days went without incident they traveled miles and miles only stopping for a warm meal and a place to sleep. Ava and Bucky had started to share a bed it was cheaper and being next to each other warrented for very few nightmares. Ava didn't want to admidt that she just enjoyed being so closed to him. They trained everyday and Ava's wound was healing quickly. She had even talked Bucky into getting a haircut and shaving./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"About a week after Fury's call Ava walked out of the bathroom her hair wrapped in a clean towel. She was freshly showered waiting for Bucky to come back with supplies. Ava hummed some tune when she stopped dead in her tracks. There was a bouquet of pink roses on the bed. Her stomach dropped, she didn't have enough time to think when she was shoved against a wall./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""Hello Ava." A man with dark hair and caramel eyes said softly. He pinned her against the wall and held a knife to her throat. "Do you like the flowers? They still remind me of your lips" He said glancing at the flowers./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""Micah." Ava whispered and the man smiled./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""In the flesh, I've missed you A." Micah said and pulled her towel off her head letting her hair fall. "You are still as beautiful as ever."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""Just kill me and get it over with." She growled at him she was in no mood to play games./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""Oh not quite yet darling boss doesn't want you dead yet its supposed to be this big game of cat and mouse yada yada." He chuckled "I really have missed you though Ava." He said cupping her cheek with his free hand. "I miss your lips and your hair and your laugh and God have I missed the way you felt naked underneath me you whimpering my name was like a drug." He said and kissed her jaw he pressed the knife harder against her skin and his eyes darkened "It almost kept me from killing Natasha…almost. Has he fucked you yet Ava? What kind of man is the soldier Ava? Sleeping in your bed like a little lost dog"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""Micah." She gasped feeling the blade cutting into her skin "You're hurting me."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""Oh my little spider I haven't even begun to hurt you. I have so much planned for you well after I kill your broken little soldier. I wonder what little screams and whimpers I'll get from you when I start cutting you open. That will be a great day for me Ava causing you as much pain as you caused me. We could've been together and happy and you wouldn't of been taken by Hydra and you wouldn't need to die."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""You deserve whatever pain you got. You tried to kill my sister what did you think I'd let you do it and fall happily into your deranged arms?" Ava spat she regretted it as soon as she said it. The knife left her throat and was buried in her thigh./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""I can't fucking wait till I fucking ruin you in front of that poor man who loves you then take him away from you. You will suffer little spider." Micah said before sharply twisting the handle of the knife and leaving the hotel room./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"-/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"Natasha sat in the front seat of their car waiting for Steve and Sam to come out of the gas station. All she could think about was Ava and all they had been through. Natasha had done whatever she could to keep Ava from everything that had been coming at them even the red room./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"emspan style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"Natalia was only 7 when they found her alone with her little sister orphaned. A man had collected them from the orphanage much younger than he was ordered to retrieve but there was something he saw in the two little girls. The mans name was Ivan and would become Natalia's handler. Natalia started training a year later about 2 years earlier than the other girls but she caught on fast. She didn't have to worry about Avery going into her training for at least 9 years not that Natalia really knew she didn't want her in the black widow program until she was 15 and realized how bad it would be for the little girl who she'd needed to protect./span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"emspan style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"Natasha would stop at nothing to keep her sister safe. She trained harder and begged to do as much work as she could and Ava stayed with Ivan's sister getting into science. Ivan's sister May had always wanted a child and when Ivan brought Natalia and Avery the woman cared for them and coddled little Avery. She had begged Ivan for a year not to take Natalia into the black widow program especially sincethey usually started training the girls at age 10 not 8 but Ivan thought Natalie would be safer in the black widow program he was very wrong. He had no idea the things that they would do to Natalia and he could not take her out of the program for fear of his little family being executed. /span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"emspan style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"Natalia had excelled in the program and by the time she was 17 the leaders of the program decided it was time for her to take the final step. She had heard Ivan fighting with the people late at night. He was yelling in Russian. They had told him she would have her memories wiped and her sister would be required to start the program in hopes she would be like her sister. Natalia knew the little girl couldn't do it, she had a thirst for science and knowledge. Her face was still bright and happy she had not seen what Natalia had. Natalia was already a killer. Ivan had felt the same way and planned for the two girls to escape/span/em/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""Natasha!" Steve's voice yelled shaking her awake out of thought. Natasha was startled she hadn't fallen asleep she had been knocked unconscious. There was blood dripping down the windshield where the words "say goodbye Natalia' were written./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"~~/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"Bucky returned to the hotel carrying a few bags he'd been gone longer than he planned. When he walked into the room he noticed something wasn't right Ava wasn't in the room and there was a boquet of flowers on the bed. He scanned the room and came across a trail of blood leading to the bathroom. The blood and ava no where in sight made him panic and realized he needed help. He quickly dialed Natasha's number. He pulled out his gun and walked into the bathroom Ava was sitting on the floor cutting off her cleans she was covered in blood and tears./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""What the fuck happened?" Bucky said putting his gun away and knealing next to her./span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;""Um Micah was here I pissed him off he stabbed me." She said quietly "He got the best of me I didn't fight back I should've fought back I could've ended this but I didn't"/span/p
h5 style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 12.6pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-weight: normal;""/spanspan style="font-size: 12pt; color: #222222; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-weight: normal;"It's alright." Bucky said gently taking the scissors from Ava. He cut away some of her pants and cleaned around the /spanspan style="font-size: 12.0pt; color: #252525; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"Soviet NR40 combat knife that was buried in her thigh. He'd used a knife of the exact same model against several targets. That was this man's way of messing with Bucky reminding him that he dragged Ava into this. "I'm sorry Ava." He said quickly pulling out the knife./span/h5
h5 style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 12.6pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; color: #252525; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;""Got shot and Stabbed those should leave nasty scars. Probably won't be able to wear a bikini anytime soon." Ava groaned using one of Nat's old jokes trying to hide her pain as Bucky stitched up her leg./span/h5
h5 style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 12.6pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; color: #252525; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;""You could wear anything and your scars would never be noticed." He said softly finishing her last stitch. He placed his metal hand on her cheek and she covered it with her own. "You are so beautiful Ava." Ava leaned in and kissed him softly. He pulled her closer to him holding her tightly. /span/h5
h5 style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 12.6pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; color: #252525; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;""I've been remembering a lot of things lately." Bucky said quietly. "Like bits and pieces of who I used to be and what I've done. They are very confusing sometimes I never know names or date but I know I've lived them. I told you I had saw and done horrible things but I didn't know how bad it really was. I only remembered some."/span/h5
h5 style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 12.6pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; color: #252525; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;""Bucky.." Before Ava could say anything else he continued talking./span/h5
h5 style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 12.6pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; color: #252525; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;""But I also remember the man on the bridge Steve, I'm starting to remember a lot of stuff about him. He used to be so small and so sick but so brave. I remember looking up to him. I've realized the more I'm with you the more I remember who I was and who I am and because of that Ava I have been so selfish. I should've just taken you to Natasha or Steve or called them you wouldn't have been shot or stabbed." He said lowering his head in shame looking just broken./span/h5
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h5 style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 12.6pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; color: #252525; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;""Shut the hell up Barnes I am a grown woman and we both know damn well I gave you no choice. I make my decisions not you so don't beat yourself up about what happens to me plus I would've been stabbed anyway now help me up so we can get moving again."/span/h5