Bucky sipped on his drink while he and Sam looked around at the party goers. Tessa still hadn't called or sent him a text which meant that she was still made at him, "What's up?" Sam asked noticing the look on his face.
"I just wish that Sharon would hurry up and figure out where this guy is." He told him with a groan.
"Just give her some time. And I mean both Sharon and Tessa."
"I didn't say anything about Tessa."
"No but I know that that's the other reason why you're so upset." Bucky let out a sigh and looked back out at the crowd again. There were a lot of younger people there, like maybe mid to late 20's or maybe a little bit older. The music wasn't bad and he found himself tapping his foot along to it while he waited a few times, he kept telling Tessa and Steve that he'd try to give the 21st century stuff a better chance but it was slow going. He was looking down at his phone not paying attention to what was going on around him when he felt someone place their hands on his legs. He looked over and saw a woman with long blonde hair and gray eyes staring up at him, she was leaning down so that she was leaning on his legs. She was biting her bottom lip between her teeth and when he looked her over more he could see that she was wearing a tube top and a mini skirt. She was swaying her hips from side to side as she moved her hands up a bit further and he knew what she was reaching for.
"Hey big guy. Want to go find a private room and have a little fun?" she asked while licking her lips. He watched as her right hand reached up and started to rub along his crotch.
"Yeah sorry not interested." He said as he pushed her hand away.
"Oh come on. Why not?"
"Because I have a girlfriend." He said without hesitation.
"Is she here?"
"No."
"Well then what she doesn't know won't hurt her."
"I said no." he said pushing her away now. The woman was about to protest when Sharon came up to them.
"Pretty sure he said no. How about you move on to your next victim?" she said with a glare. The woman sized up Sharon before turning and leaving, she turned to look at Bucky who was trying to calm his nerves. "Are you okay?" she didn't know what had happened to him in his past with Hydra but from what she could gather after she had seen the way he had acted after their little encounter with Shelby and Sam telling her that Zemo had told her that Bucky would do whatever she wanted she had a feeling that more than just having his memories wiped and being beaten had gone on. She could see it now, there were tears in his eyes and he was taking deep breaths. He looked around the room as if expecting someone else to come up and touch him and he was slightly rocking himself in an effort to soothe himself.
"I'm fine." He said while looking down at the ground. Sam and Sharon looked at each other worriedly. Sam watched as Sharon walked around them giving Bucky plenty of space before she leaned over and said something to the bartender. The man quickly nodded his head and walked over to a water cooler and filling a glass with ice and water before handing it to Sharon. She walked back over to them and held the glass out to Bucky who just stared at it for a second before taking it and sipping at it. Neither one of them missed that his hands were shaking.
"Hey. No one is going to do anything to you while Sam and I are here okay?" Sharon asked. Bucky shook his head yes before taking another sip of his water. A second later someone walked up to Sharon and whispered some in her ear before walking away "Well good news. I know where to find Nagel. Let's go find Zemo and see what he has to say."
As soon as Zemo's jet took off Bucky stretched out as best as he could in the chair he was in and a few minutes later they could hear him softly snoring. "So are you proud of yourself for bringing up what was obviously a traumatic memory for him." Sam asked Zemo as he watched him sleep.
"I did what had to be done."
"Sure you did." Sam said before he pulled his phone out. He pulled up Tessa's name from his contacts How much did Bucky tell you about what he went through with Hydra? It took a few minutes but eventually she replied.
The same as everyone else, they would electrocute him to wipe his memories, before they programmed him they would beat and torture him almost every single day. Why?
As he told you anything about what they made him do?
Sam, we both know that they sent him out to kill people. Why? What is going on? Sam let out a sigh, she was going to find out one way or another and better she find out now.
Okay don't be mad but he had to pretend to be the Winter Soldier again so that we could talk to someone in Madripoor. Zemo made a comment about him doing whatever the woman wanted and ever since then he's been acting shaky.
Shaky?
Well we found Sharon or rather she found us. She's in Madripoor, anyway she was entertaining some clients while she looked for the guy that made the new serum and one of the women came up and tried to…..entice him. He was fine until she got handsy.
Handsy.
Yeah, tried to get him excited. Sharon jumped in just in time but he was shaking after that. I don't want to speculate especially if it isn't true but. The way he was acting makes me think that he was.
Was what Sam? Are you really implying that they…
Yeah. I don't have any proof of it but I think Zemo might. Sam looked over at Zemo who was starting to doze off. "Hey. Hey Zemo." He softly called of not wanting to wake up Bucky. Zemo blinked a few times before he turned his attention to Sam "What did you mean when you said that Bucky would do whatever she wanted? You were just talking about killing someone right?" Zemo seemed to think it over for a few seconds before he let out a sigh.
"I think it would be more humane to let James tell you himself. I don't think that would be trauma that he'd want to relive right now. Just give him time and maybe he'll tell you someday about everything that happened to him.
"So you don't know either."
"Oh no I know. It's just not my place to say." As if to get his point across Zemo turned and faced the window before getting comfortable and closing his eyes. Sam looked over at Bucky who was curled up in the fetal position his back pressed up against the wall of the plane as if he was trying to protect himself. Sam closed his eyes and took a deep breath before he repositioned himself and got as comfortable as he could get and went to sleep.
