The Viper || BUCKY BARNES [2]

08 ― Save Him

2014 ― Washington D.C.

STEVE ROGERS BROUGHT HOLLAND STARK TO THE HOSPITAL, and then he called Sam and Tony. Tony immediately rushed out to DC. He just found out about Holland, and in the two years since the battle of New York, they have talked. She saw when Tony gave a terrorist his address, and she went out to Malibu to help him a little and help him with his PTSD, and that's when they really bonded.

Sam had the Trouble-Man album playing as they all sat in Holland's room and waited for her to wake up. As she predicted, her eye had darkened from the fight with Bucky, but she heard the music as she started to come to. Her eyes scanned around the room, and first, she saw Steve, who was next to her. She could feel his hand holding hers while he was looking around and tapping his foot. Then she saw Tony, who was slumped over in the corner and he was asleep. She moved her eyes to the other side where Sam was sitting with a magazine in his hands.

"On your left." Her voice rasped out. Steve and Sam both quickly looked up and looked at her.

Sam only smiled at her while Steve squeezed her hand. "Holly... how do you feel?" He asked, and she groaned as she shook her head.

"Like I got run over by a bus... twice." She said as she turned to look at him. "Thank you for pulling me out of the water." She said, and Steve shook his head.

"Holly, I didn't...-" She cut him off.

"...-Bucky pulled me out?" She whispered. She knew that she shouldn't take it too much to heart, but Bucky pulling her out of the water felt like hope. Steve nodded his head. "So he's still in there... I got through to him." She said as tears started to pool in her eyes again. Steve nodded his head. "We need to find him; we have to...-" Steve cut her off as she started to sit up.

"...-You need to recover first, and then we can. You want me to wake Tony up?" He asked. Holland looked over at her nephew and shook her head.

"No... let him sleep. I'll probably be here for a while anyway. Thanks for being here, guys." She said to Steve and Sam. Sam smiled at her and nodded his head, and then Steve spoke.

"Holly, you're my family; there's nowhere else for me to be."

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When Tony finally woke up, Holland was awake, and Steve and Sam had stepped out of the room to give them some privacy. "Beat up by an ex? I'm pretty sure that's a red flag that he's bad for you." Tony said. Holland rolled her eyes... well, the eye that would roll, and started laughing. 

"It's not his fault that he's bad. He's not in control of himself... okay, that actually makes the situation sound worse, it's complicated." Holland said, and then she smiled. "You didn't have to fly all the way out here," Holland said.

"Well, for one, New York isn't that far away from D.C., so it didn't take long, and of course I did. You're the only living family member that I have left; it would kind of suck if you die." Tony said.

"Does this mean you're warming up to me, Anthony?" She asked, and Tony laughed as he shook his head.

"The jury is still out, but you should at least call me Tony." He said, and Holland nodded her head as she smiled.

"Deal." She said.

"How do you feel?" Tony asked.

"Physically or emotionally and mentally? Because they're all pretty much done for, and I need a break." Holland said, and Tony nodded his head. He understood that completely, and he hated to see her like that. "But we have to go find him. I have to go find him." Holland said, and Tony sighed.