Finding Bucky
The flight to Romania was a tense one to say the least. Since no one knew what to say it was a mostly silent experience for all involved, Sam and Anna didn't know what to say to Steve about the situation and Steve was trying to think of what to say to Bucky when he finally saw him again.
"Anna you need to be careful" the Captain told the blonde who just nodded in agreement.
"You're actually agreeing with him?" Sam whispered as the trio made their way to the last known location of the Winter Soldier.
"Of course I'll be careful Sam" Anna smirked at her flying companion "Well my definition of careful anyway"
"That's the catch"
"Relax Sammy, I'll be fine. Just take care of yourself"
"Annabelle Winters never call me Sammy ever again or so help me…"
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"I guess it's inconspicuous?" Anna muttered as she observed the building that Bucky was supposed to be in.
"You saying that sounds really insulting you know that right?" Sam questioned, not looking at the blonde who was scaling the 'inconspicuous' building "are you sure that's the best course of action?"
"First off I was just stating my opinion. Secondly for all we knew Barnes isn't in there or he is and tries to kill Steve. So I'm either explaining why Captain America is breaking into a person's apartment or I'm backup"
"Pretty sure your way to get there isn't the safest route"
"I've done this in a mini dress and six inch stiletto heels with an army of heavily armed yakuza members shooting at me"
"What the hell kind of world do you living in Annabelle? Hold that thought" Sam stated when he saw who was trying to enter the building "Heads up Cap, German Special Forces approaching from the south"
"Understood." Steve responded as he turned around and looked at the man in the room "Do you know me?"
….
While Steve tried to keep Bucky talking, Anna had managed to make it to the apartment's window ledge and climb through the kitchen window.
"Boys as fun as this is we need to get out of here" the blonde smiled, ignoring the shocked looks she was getting from the two ninety year olds "Special forces have set up a perimeter and Sam's compromised"
Upon seeing Bucky getting ready to fight his way out of the situation Steve looked at his best friend "This doesn't have to end in a fight Buck"
"It always ends in a fight" Bucky stated as he peeled the glove off his metal hand
"He's got a point Steve, no one out there is going to want to bring him in. The orders given where 'shoot to kill'" Anna informed as she leant against the fridge in the kitchen, watching the scene unfold between the long lost BFFs.
"Not helping Annabelle" Steve scolded the teenager who merely shrugged in response.
"Wasn't trying too"
"5 seconds" Sam counted down over comms.
Moving his gaze from Anna to Bucky, Steve asked the brunette that had been in his mind since Washington "you pulled me from the river, why?"
"I don't know"
"3 seconds"
"Countdown isnt helping Wilson" the temperamental blonde snapped,
"yes you do"
"Breach! Breach! Breach!" Sam shouted as two gas canisters were tossed into the room through the window Anna had climbed through.
"I thought I shut that" the heterochromatic teen mused, as Steve pulled her behind him as he used his shield to defend against the canisters. Blocking the first one and sending it back out the window with a tap of his signature weapon, before using it to cover what Bucky had kicked towards him. "Well you boys now how to show a girl a good time" Annabelle smirked as she grabbed a knife of the kitchen counter and tossed it at one of the men who crashed through the window.
"Are you trying to kill them Annabelle?"
"In all honestly I have no idea what I'm doing at the moment, so I'm kinda just winging it"
"Just be careful" Steve sighed, he knew that there was no way to control Anna. The only people she listened to were Kat and Ivy, both who were still in America, and on occasion Clint – though those were rare. Once his attention went from the former conartist to Bucky who was fighting the special forces "Buck stop! Your gonna kill someone"
Knocking Steve to the ground and punching a hole into the floorboards next to his head Bucky pulled out a back pack "I'm not gonna kill anyone". As the police outside the door tried to break the door down, Bucky punched through the wall knowing one out and then kicked the front door down, taking several more officers down.
"Were going to have to chase after him aren't we?" Anna thought out loud as she watched Steve follow after Bucky. "Of course we are. Should have stayed on the bloody roof with Sam"
"Anna you know that we can hear you don't you?" Sam questioned the blonde as he flew around the building.
"Don't really care" looking over the railing the blonde saw that Steve and Bucky were fighting their way through the Polizei, casting a glance to the stairs and back to the two males "this is going to suck" jumping over the railing and falling straight down until she grabbed onto an already bent railing, nearly tearing it out of the ground and used it to pull herself over.
"Anna what were you thinking? You could have been seriously hurt" Captain America scolded as he saw the blonde freefalling through the stairwell.
"Hush Steve. I'm following Barnes" following the brunette assassin the twwn ran through the hallway and once she hit the balcony kicked off of it to leap onto the adjacent rooftop. Picking herself up and continuing to chase the Winter Soldier so that she was close enough to grab his metal arm and spin him around so that he was facing her. Upon seeing the teenage blonde, the assassin's eyes widened ever so slightly "Do you remember me?"
Before Anna had a chance to get an answer to her question, she was pushed back by the Winter Soldier when a man in a black cat suit to attack Bucky.
"Sam south west roof top" Steve called over comms
"Who the hells the other guy?" Sam asked as he flew around the building, following the Captain's orders.
"Don't do anything stupid boys" Anna smirked
"You have no right to call anything that we do stupid Anna. Not after the bull that you just pulled" Sam scolded the violet streaked blonde. She didn't respond to the statement she was just trying to avoid the fight breaking out in front of her. That plan went out of the window when Cat-Man – as Anna dubbed him – was about to slash Bucky's chest wide open, quickly getting between the two males the former con artist attempted to block the attack. As the attack came down Annabelle felt a searing pain rip through her torso.
"Anna are you alright?" Sam asked from his spot in the air, he saw the whole thing and grew concerned when he saw that the blonde was not moving even after the fight resumed.
"I'm bleeding?" the female whispered, the words coming out more like a question than a statement. "I'm bleeding" looking around the roof Anna saw that Cat-man and Bucky were still trying to kill each other with the Winter Soldiers side mission being to get as much distance between himself and his enemy. "Go after them Sam"
"Not happening. I'm coming to get you and take you somewhere safe"
"Steve is going to do something crazy, we both know it. Cat-man is going to kill whoever comes between him and Barnes. You need to make sure everyone comes out alive Sam"
"You stay there and apply as much pressure on you-" that was all Anna heard from her teammate as her vision grew fuzzier and her eyes started to close.
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"Stand down now. Congratulations Cap you're a criminal"
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When Anna started to come to she was in the back of an ambulance with Sharon Carter leaning over her.
"What happened?" the young blonde groaned, as she looked down at the bandages that were wrapped around her chest.
"We picked you up off a rooftop in Romania, you were unconscious and bleeding. Currently we are on the way to meet with my boss and take Barnes into custody." Sharon explained, as she made sure that the teenager was laying down and not attempting to sit up.
"Do you ever feel that everything is just going to go to hell?"
"That's the morphine talking Annabelle. Everything is going to be fine"
"I really hope so" Anna whispered as she closed her eyes and succumbed to the medication induced drowsiness.
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Authors note:
New chapter is up.
I am sorry for the delay but I have just started my practical placement for my course so my updates are going to be uploaded/written once I have completed my work for that (it lasts for three more weeks then I am on school holidays so there will be lots of updates to Broken and the Fairy and the Speedster end of June early July).