There was a tentative silence between the two as the plane lifted in the air.

Sarah looked over at him but when he turned she quickly looked back at the console.

Bucky was lost in his own thoughts. He was still unsure about going along on this mission.

Yeah, he would do anything for Steve, but he was worried about losing control again.

He looked down at his hands.

He had so much blood on his hands already, he didn't want to add hers to the list. He would never be able to look Steve in the eye again if anything happened to her.

He jumped when a hand touched his arm, his eyes quickly flicking over to meet hers.

"Hey, you okay?"

She sounded concerned.

He looked back down at his hands, curling and uncurling them into fists.

"Why me?"

"What?"

He locked eyes with her again.

"Why did you pull me out of cryo? Do you know how dangerous I am? How dangerous I can be? All that would have to happen is for someone to say those damned words and then-"

"It won't happen."

"How can you be so sure? You don't know half the things Hydra did to me."

She shook her head.

"No I don't."

Sarah smiled softly at him before leaning over and clicking a few buttons and turning on the auto-pilot.

She then turned to him fully.

"You want to know why I choose you?"

He nodded.

"Because my dad would have."

He opened his mouth to protest, but she held up a hand.

"I remember my dad telling me about you two growing up, about you always protecting him, hell, he even told me about the war against Hydra and all the missions you did together. You always had each others backs. He even told me that he wouldn't have even joined if he hadn't wanted to be there fighting alongside you. Then he told me about when SHIELD fell, how even when you didn't know him, you still saved his life. Then of course the whole mess with the Sokovia Accords. I don't know you personally, Bucky, but from what my dad has told me, I know you are the right one to help me find him. He still has so much faith in you after all this time, why can't you have a little for yourself."

To say that he was stunned was an understatement.

'Faith in myself, huh?'

He couldn't help but look at her with awe.

She was definitely one of a kind.

/ ~ / ~ /

Bucky hadn't realized he fell asleep until her voice brought him to consciousness.

"We'll be reaching the target area in e.t.a. 5 minutes."

"Got it."

Suddenly red lights began flashing as the proximity alarms blared to life.

She went white as a sheet and shook her head furiously.

"We've been spotted! How the hell did we get spotted?!"

Bucky didn't answer her. He instead climbed into the co-pilot chair and strapped himself in. He clicked a few buttons on the console and took ahold of the controls.

"Strap in and hold on!"

Sarah nodded, quickly fastening the straps in her chair and leaning over to turn the radar system on.

"We have three bogeys inbound. AA guns on the ground!"

He gritted his teeth.

"Taking evasive measures!"

She grabbed the armrests as he jerked the controls, tipping the plane down and rolling it to the side to dodge one of the rockets, that then exploded, jolting them in their seats.

"That was too close!"

Sarah flipped a switch close to her. "Deploying flak screen!"

Bucky again jerked the controls, causing two more rockets to enter the flak screen and crash into each other.

The alarms continued blare in their ears.

She took a quick look at the radar and yelled.

"They just launched a fourth rocket!"

Sarah turned to him with wide eyes.

"It's a heat seeker!"

"Damn it!"

"Flak screen?"

"All out!"

'Damn!'

Sarah stilled and gave him a quick look before undoing her straps and climbing in the back when Bucky shook his head.

"What the hell are you doing!?"

"I've got an idea!"

"What idea, suicide?"

She snorted as she rummaged in the back, pulling her bag out of storage. "Not quite!"

She zipped it open and tossed a few things in before flicking a lighter to life and tossing it in, setting the bag on fire.

Bucky glanced back at the smell of smoke and gave a smirk.

She was either crazy or a genius.

She stood up and slammed a fist into the hatch controls.

"Well, here goes nothing!"

She stated, tossing the bag out the open hatch.

The bag fell in the open air and just when it didn't seem like the rocket would turn, it did and the rocket exploded as it came in contact with it. But it was too close and Sarah went flying backwards into the plane, slamming into the wall and slumping to the floor.

Everything was muffled except for his voice yelling her name.

"Sarah!"

Then everything went dark.