The Siren (Bucky Barnes x OC)

Part 2 - A Song of Drowning

The assassination was plastered all over the news. Every screen in the meeting room was filled with images of the so called 'Siren' singing as people fell unconscious, all in various languages. Wincing, Bucky leaned up against the door frame having just left the infirmary. A nasty bruise in the shape of a stiletto was beginning to form across his face.

"You've looked better," remarked Carol. "What the hell happened in there?"

Bucky walked further into the room, slowly easing himself down into a chair. "I don't know. I couldn't move."

"No, I mean you two thinking a bloody woman couldn't be the assassin due to their dress. You idiots! Do you know how many hiding places there are on a woman in a dress?!" Carol glared at the two boys. "Never, ever screw up like that again. She could have killed literally everyone if she wanted to."

"I tried to fight," Bucky insisted.

"Don't even get me started on you," she looked down at him. "Dancing with her, flaunting her around as if she was your 'doll'. Drinking on a mission." He tried to protest, glancing over at Sam for help.

"I expect that from him," she nodded her head in Sam's direction. "Not from you." Bucky looked down, picking at some dirt in his metal arm.

"Do we have any leads on her?" Sam asked, defusing the tension slightly.

"She dropped her dagger when I did actually attack her," Barnes voiced, with a pointed look at the Captain. "I've given it to Bruce in the lab. He should be able to get her DMA off it."

"DMA?" Sam looked at him puzzled. "Oh, you mean DNA." A small chuckled escaped his lips, but after receiving a look of death from Bucky he stopped. "Fossil," he quietly muttered.

"I heard that."

"It's like taking care of a bunch of children," the Captain commented. "Did either of you get anything else?" she continued.

"Yes, she whispered hail HYRDA to me," informed Barnes.

Before Carol could reply, Bruce stomped up the stairs, his now permanent green form struggling to fit through the door. "Her name is Maya Bell. She is twenty-five years old, from Australia. There was been a missing persons report just after her eighteenth birthday." Bruce swiped the information he had on a tablet onto the main screen. Am image of her smiling appeared in the screen with the information of where she had last been seen. All in capital letters it read: SOKOVIA.

Carol jumped into action immediately, "Friday, get Wanda to come to the meeting room."

"Of course, Carol," the A.I. responded. While waiting for Wanda to arrive, Bruce attempted to sit in the chair next to Bucky. He gripped the sides trying to squeeze between the armrests. Putting more of his weight onto it, the chair slipped out from under him. Bucky caught the it before it hit the wall. Clearing his throat he wheeled it back giving Bruce a subtle shake of his head, whilst trying to hide an amused smile. Sam did not hide his as Bruce's greenish form settled for leaning against the back wall.

"Hey guys," Wanda strolled in, successfully sitting in the chair next to Bucky.

"Do you recognise this girl?" As always, Carol was straight to business.

"No, she doesn't look familiar, why?"

"She's the assassin, working for HYDRA."

"I thought HYDRA was dead," Wanda said confused.

"So did we," Bruce mirrored her concerned look. Swiping across to the next image of Maya, Carol asked Wanda to take another look.

A video played of a girl with short blonde hair, laughing with her friends. "That's a stupid idea guys," she giggled.