THE FADING FALLEN ● Bucky Barnes X OC ● 18+ ● ENGLISH [COMPLETE]

Chapter 5

"Get her the hell out! I'll handle her later!" Rumlow's loud voice echoed in the large room as he lifted himself off the floor.

The men kept dragging the wildly kicking Emilia back.

"Let the fuck go of me!!"

More soldiers rushed over and she realized that she didn't stand a chance against so many. Her skills weren't strong enough for that yet.

Under the clicking sounds of the machine guns around her, she peeked right through the men to Bucky.

He was still just sitting there like a lost little boy, staring in disbelief at what was happening in front of him.

Growling to herself, Emilia wouldn't and couldn't give up. She had to do something.

Before she could even think about what the escape plan was, everything went black before her eyes instead.

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New York, one week later

Natasha came down the grand modern stairs.

"The security camera footage is getting us nowhere. There's nothing for minutes, then a glitch, followed by nothing again."

Natasha walked up to the small group in the middle of the Avenger Tower and shook her head.

"Only on the last tape you can see her. She's just standing there looking around searchingly before she walks away."

Emilia sat on one of the white designer sofas that somewhat resembled the one in her apartment in style. She wondered briefly if Tony Stark and she had the same interior designer.

Behind her was the large inviting bar with stools and oodles of hard stuff.

'I could use some of that right now', she thought to herself, eyeing the many bottles.

Turning back around, she faced Steve, who was sitting across from her on the other couch. He addressed Natasha: "That means we're at an impasse. Whatever happened there, it cost lives."

"Great, Rogers... after all the chaos, the infiltrated SHIELD, and your knife-wielding invalid friend with a super prosthetic, now you're bringing me some half-assed voodoo artist."

Tony paced back and forth in front of Emilia, rolling his eyes in exasperation as he scowled at her.

"First the Chitauri, then Super Soldiers, and now this. Another beautiful day ruined by taking on unwanted responsibilities."

Emilia was about to make a flippant remark, but couldn't stay mad or blame him for his attitude.

Although she would be only too happy to take the responsibility, she herself didn't even know what was wrong with her.

She could only remember being in the Hydra safe house a week ago, standing in front of Sgt. Barnes, who was presumed dead. After that, once again, everything was black. It was the second blackout she had so far.

She didn't regain consciousness until she was on a side street about two miles away. Exactly where the surveillance camera picked her up.

Only a few hours ago she learned that two innocent bystanders had been killed on the road she had probably taken.

Steve was not reachable, because he had to deal with some things himself. Therefore she had contacted Bruce. But since he was out of town, all she could do for the short time was to wait and get out of Cleveland.

That SHIELD was actually infiltrated for a long time, Steve and Natasha had found out meanwhile themselves. Likewise, the fact that Nick Fury was alive after the Winter Soldier's attack.