Bucky woke with a start. Nightmares still plagued him after all these years. 'готов подчиниться' he shook his head trying to get rid of the thoughts 'убийство' he put his hands on his head pushing down hard, hoping the pressure would make him forget the nightmares.
Her. It was her.
He had started to get better but then she came back into his life.
He focused on his surroundings, The clock on the wall ticking, the birds chirping outside. The colour of the carpet, the soft hum from the cooling system Tony had insisted on fixing last week. He looked out of the window seeing his reflection in the glass. Sweat covered his forehead. He stumbled out of bed and into the bathroom and splashed cold water on his face.
He walked outside towards the kitchen. "Fury wants us to go down to see her" He stopped in his tracks.
"Is she awake?"
The door to room with the holding cell opened.
The harsh white lights illuminated the part of her face they could see. Her gaze seemed to sharpen when she realised that people were present
She looked up, making eye contact with Bucky through the glass. He held her gaze unafraid. He knew what she could do, he had seen what she had done.
She sat up straighter in her chair, her eyes perked with interest - the first sign of recognition she had made since she had gotten here.
"She hasn't spoken, she doesn't eat. She's not panicking. I'm beginning to think that she wanted to get caught on purpose." Said Fury.
The unpleasant feeling in Bucky's stomach agreed with him
Bucky, still holding eye contact began to make his way around the room. (Y/N)'s eyes followed him as he circled her. Steve and Sam filled in after him, eyeing him curiously.
The room itself was quite large. The walls were made of 6 feet of solid steel, it was the most secure room in the new Headquarters. Bucky could hear the mechanical whir of the fans ventilating the room. The cold air fanned onto his skin.
One side of her lip curled up into almost a smile.
"привет солдат"
(hello solider)
Fury's one good eye fixated onto the captive with much interest. In the few hours they had after she had regained consciousness she didn't speak nor react to their attempts to talk to her. This was the first time they had heard her voice. Steve's eyebrow's jumped up in surprise. He hadn't expected her to sound so young.
"почему ты здесь?" Asked Bucky
(why are you here?)
"и тебе привет" she rolled her eyes
(Hello to you too)
Fury spoke urgently into his radio, he wanted a translation and script of everything they were saying. Mean while Bucky took no notice of this. It was as if he was in a trance speaking to her. She had him wrapped around her finger.
"мы оба знаем, что тебя бы здесь не было, если бы ты не захотел." Said Bucky
(we both know you wouldn't be here if you didn't want to.)
She cocked an eyebrow, "я именно там, где хочу быть"
(I'm exactly where I want to be)
Fury's radio crackled to life with a reply. Her eyes moved to him, the noise catching her attention. And just like that the spell was broken.
"почему ты здесь?"
(Why are you here?)
She looked blankly back at him. He could have sworn he had seen an amused look in her eye. she knew what she was doing
"What the hell was that buck?"
Bucky look up tiredly to meet Steve's gaze. After Fury's radio had crackled to life, she hadn't spoken just stared blankly at them, feigning innocence. Bucky knew better than that. It was all some sort of elaborate plan that he had to figure out. It was all a game to her.
"I-" started Bucky, but this time it was Tony that cut him off.
"You knew from the start" he said accusingly
"Bu-" He tried again
Vision walked into the room. "It appears I have missed quite a bit" He said, sensing the tension in the room.
"Turns out your 'pal' over here, has known all along who she was" Said Tony getting redder by the minute. Vision turned to Bucky waiting for him to explain. He looked around feeling the expectant gazes of Steve, Sam, Tony and Vision. He sighed and sat down. He had a lot of explaining to do. Trying to not think about what happened yesterday he started.
"They call her Ghost. I worked with her when I was.. with Hydra" Steve looked at him sympathetically.
" I can't remember when she first appeared but she was just there one day. Most people don't even know she exists, let alone know she is real" continued Bucky
"She's credited with half a dozen assassinations in the past 5 years. Her powers allow her to slip into places undetected, make the kill and walk out like nothing is wrong, hence why they call her Ghost."
"Did Hydra give her her powers?" Asked Sam
"Was she experimented on?" cut in Steve
"No.. Hydra couldn't control her which made her dangerous. The most they could do was take away her powers for a period of time"
"Is that even possible?" Tony asked
"Yes, they didn't like how she could come and go as she pleased so they invented this serum.."
"Serum?" Said Steve suddenly looking very alarmed
"Yes- well- no- I don't really know what it was. They injected it into her and her powers faded away until they gave her the anti-serum."
Tony sat back looking deep in thought, "How do we know that she won't use her powers to escape?"
Bucky exhaled, "Thats the problem. We don't which leads to the question, Why is she here?"
They all sat in deep thought pondering the question.
"Remember, not a word to anyone about this" Tony reminded them
"About what?" asked an unfamiliar voice. Bucky looked up to see a very familiar looking redhead standing in the door way.
Shit
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GHOST ~ b.barnes x reader
Romanceghost /ɡəʊst/ an apparition of a dead person which is believed to appear or become manifest to the living, typically as a nebulous image.
