Ava Barnes

He's Alive

    She pulled me into a long hug. I went upstairs to my room. My room was a pastel pink with a queen sized bed and a beautiful window that viewed the whole city. I had my own bathroom that was huge. I loved it. I put the news station on my TV and there was a comment about my parents and my uncle Sam had saved a lot of people. But, there was something else that caught my attention. The TV had an alert for a Assassin on the loose. It wasn't the assassin part that caught me. It was his name. James Buchanan Barnes. The man my father talked about. His best friend from childhood. Was alive. And a murderer. I was shocked. I jumped up and ran down to my mother.

"Mom! James is on TV! I thought you guys said he died on a mission?"

"We should probably go see your father." She replied.

~At the Hospital~

We walked into his room and sat in the chair on his right. I smiled when I saw his eyes flutter.

"Hey dad, how you feeling?"

"Decent." He sighed.

"That's good."

"Wait. Where is he?" He asked.

"Where is who dad?"

"Bucky. Bucky is alive." He said almost whispering.

"Yeah I saw it on the TV."

*My dad glances at my mom*

"Nat, did you find anything out?" he said.

"Yes." she replied.

"Okay, what is going on?" I asked

"Bucky is...not himself. He has been tortured and brainwashed into this assassin," she continued,

"How? How is that possible?" My father whispered.

"They recreated your super serum. They used it to brainwash him." she sighed.

"He was put on ice in between his assignments. They used shock technology to wipe his memory." She continued.

"And the arm?" my dad asked.

"He lost his when he fell out of the train. They replaced it with this metal one. According to the notes in his file." She responded

"That is horrible. Is he safe to be around?" I asked.

"We don't know yet." My mother replied.

"He pulled me out of the water Nat." My father gasped.

*They looked at each other*

"Maybe he isn't as big of a threat as we thought." My dad shrugged.

"Did you say anything to him?" My mom questioned.

"Yeah" he sighed.

"What did you say?" I asked.

"I told him what I always do. That I'm with him til the end of the line." he answered.

"Oh." My mom and I both looked at each other.

       *The doctor comes in*

"We're about done with everything. You ready to go home Mr. Rogers?" The doctor says.

"Yes! Please." My father replied.