Little Stark

Chapter 18

A ultra rare Tony and Bucky bonding moment
"Well that went well" I turned around to face Tony.
"In what universe would you consider that going well?"
"You still don't have the hang of sarcasm do you?" I rolled my eyes
"I thought you would get the hang of it being around Lyra" a sharp pain went through my chest at the mention of her name.
"Well I didn't now let's get everyone and get the hell out of here" I turned around ready to walk back down the ladder.

"Aren't you going to go after her?" I scoffed
"One she is in the air probably at least 30 miles away from us right now, two why are you of all people wanting me to go after her."
"I'm not dumb, I know how you feel about her."
"It doesn't matter" I said
"Yes it does" my fists tightened
"NO IT DOESN'T! WHY CANT YOU PEOPLE SEE THAT! First Steve now you, don't you see" my voice started breaking and I bent my head down refusing to let Tony see me cry. I felt the tears fall down my face
"She's gone" Tony sighed
"And people say I'm a drama queen, look Barnes" I lifted my head that was the closest Tony has ever gotten to calling me by my first name.

"Things look- hell things are bad right now but the first thing we need to do is get everyone and get out of this base and then we are going to focus all of our energy on finding Lyra and bringing her back. She fought to hard to be a part of this team she can't go on vacation this early." I managed a side smirk
"If she comes back and tries to kill
me?" Tony shrugged
"I think you can hold your own pretty well but we are a team and your a part of it like it or not." I herd footsteps and looked to see Steve along with everyone else running towards us
"Where's Little Stark?" Thor asked
"She um- put in her resignation" Tony said
"SHE WHAT?!" Nat said
"What happened?" Steve asked
"She found out" I said softly Steve looked at me pitty in his eyes.
"Bucky"
"Don't Steve" I said walking away

On the ride back I sat by myself in silence Steve walked up to me but I ignored him.
"Bucky-
"I'm not in the mood Steve"
"I just wanted to say I'm sorry, I thought-
"What did you think Steve? That everything would go fine? That she would accept it and we would live happily ever after? That's how it goes in Steve Rogers world anyway. Fucking perfect Captain America saving the nation. Guess what Steve it doesn't work that way, Lyra is gone and she's never coming back or if she does it won't be for a reunion, It will be to kill me." I got up and walked away from Steve without as so much as a apology.

That night I didn't even try to sleep I knew it would be a waste so I headed to the gym and took out all of my anger on a punching bag. Stupid Steve with his head in the clouds and his half-baked ideas. I punched the bag harder with each thought
Stupid HYDRA for turning me into something I never asked for.
Stupid Steve for believing I'm not a monster, that I'm not what HYDRA made me as, and worst of all STUPID FUCKING LYRA STARK FOR MAKING ME FEEL LIKE I COULD ACTUALLY FEEL SOMETHING AGAIN! the next thing I know the bag flew across the room and ripped open. I sighed and walked over to pick it up

"You ok?" I turned around to face Natasha I scoffed
"Peachy"
"Your not the only one who lost her today you know, she was my best friend, a sister"
"At least she doesn't want to kill you" she scoffed
"You don't know that, I did lie to her and go behind her back. I just thought I was looking out for her and teaching her a lesson."
"That's the problem, we were all looking out for her trying to keep the secret hidden but she's not a kid so why were we treating her like own? For gods sake we had Sam look after her"
"Hey that was your and Tony's half brained idea"

"I didn't want her to get hurt" I responded
"Well look where that got us" it was quiet for a minute then Natasha said
"Do you think she's really not coming back?"
"If she does I wouldn't throw a party"
"You should tell that to Tony, he's probably feeling just as terrible as we are right now. He lost his sister today after just finding her." I nodded
"Wanna have a drink?"
"A drink? I'll have the whole bottle." Nat replied snarky
"That sounds way better" I replied picking up the ripped bag and tossing it in the pile with the other ones.

Me and Natasha were surprised to see Tony in the kitchen with a drink in his hand leaning over on the counter
"Come to join the party?" He asked
"Pretty sad party" Natasha said looking around the empty room
"Sorry I didn't get around to hanging the decorations." Tony snipped
"It's like she's still here" I said sitting down
"You really liked her" Tony said
"Yeah" I responded Tony poured me a glass I smirked
"You do realize I can't get drunk right?"
"You can have a lot of fun trying" Tony responded I shook my head but took the glass anyway.

"This is all my fault" Natasha said "I was so stupid, keeping a secret from her, trying to protect her, treating her like she can't handle anything herself."
"We all messed up" I responded "we all kept secrets from her"
"Why didn't you tell her?" Tony asked
"Steve wanted me too, but I just couldn't bring myself to"
"Speaking of Steve" Nat started I glared at her
"If you want me to apologize-
"I don't think he should; would do him good to be brought back down to Earth" Tony said
"It was just a lot all at once first HYDRA then Lyra"
"I understand" Nat said we all took a drink then Tony's phone rang. He raised a eyebrow before answering

"Hello?" He paused "well it's better then we got trust me"
"Yeah a few of us are up" me and Nat looked at each other both confused as to what is going on.
"See you soon" Tony ended the call then looked at us
"That was Furry, apparently Lyra paid him a vist and she wasn't too happy. He wants us to come to HQ."
"All of us?" I asked
"No just us, no offence to the rest of the team but Lyra is the most important person to us and if we can't bring her back then no one can. You up for it?"

"I'm in" Nat said automatically
"Terminator? Lyra might want to fight, and I have a feeling it won't be a nice little sparing session either."
"I know" I said "I'm in"
"Great then what are we still doing here?" Tony asked