Us, Forever

The Search

Bucky opened his eyes to hear a knocking on his bedroom door. His head seemed to be clearer today than the days before. Maybe it was because he'd only just awoke. The knock came again and a familiar voice called his name from the other side of the door. He knew he'd have to get up before Steve just barged on in to wake him up. He sat up and called out to Steve,

"Yeah Steve?"

"We need you. Fury wants us to find someone, said you may know where to look." Steve replied.

"Me? Uh, okay. Let me get dressed, be down in 5." 

He proceeded to stand up and change his clothes before joining Steve in the meeting room. When he got there he saw Natasha, Tony, Bruce, and Thor chatting amongst themselves. He could only presume it had to do with his Hydra days. If Fury thought Bucky knew where this person was, it couldn't possibly mean anything good. There was only one good thing about his time in Hydra and she was dead as far as he knew. There had been no sign of her since he escaped. 

"So what exactly am I needed for?" Bucky asked in a steely tone. 

"Bucky," Fury began, "We've received word of someone who inhibits similar abilities to you and Rogers. Only way that's possible is through Hydra. We wanted to kno-"

"Wait, you think this person who you've found is currently working for Hydra?" Bucky interrupted.

"No," Fury answered, "we think she used to, but with Hydra having been dismantled we think she's a... well, for lack of better words, a stray." Fury looked to the computer screen behind them, nodding at it. "This is the only video clip we have of her. We received a call from NYPD regarding her. They had her in a cell but this morning she up and disappeared."

"Disappeared?" Bucky turned to look at the footage Fury played. He couldn't believe what he saw. It was her, after all this time. "No way..." His voice trailed off.

He watched as the dash cam video showed a girl no taller than 5'4" throwing a male 6'4" cop about 5 feet from where they stood at first. She looked scared and he could hear the panic in her voice as she apologized over and over for hurting him. Her piercing blue eyes showed nothing but fear. Bucky clenched his fists and turned back to Fury.

"Well, they said they heard a loud bang and when they went to see what happened she was gone and there was a hole in the wall." Fury who had been carefully watching Bucky, clicked a button and nodded again towards the screen. "Clearly you know her from your reaction to that." 

"I do.." Bucky responded as he turned to look again, seeing the aforementioned hole in the wall.

"Where would she go, Buck?" Steve piped up.

"Honestly, I'm not really sure." He looked to Steve. "We bonded in Hydra, she was my saving grace while I was under their control honestly. She used to talk- Wait, that's it!" Bucky looked at Fury. "Can you bring up a live feed of the Grand Central Terminal?"

"GCT? I mean, yeah." Fury nodded to Hill who typed away. "Why there?"

"When she would clean my wounds and tend to my injuries, she'd always talk about going to see the station. She'd read about it and seen images of it but never went. If she's here in New York now, that's the best place to start."

"Bingo." Steve said, pointing to the screen.

"So how exactly are we going to bring her in?" Natasha finally spoke up.

"If she's a danger we may need to restrain her." Tony interjected.

"Restraining someone who may have received the serum Bucky and I have will work out great when they're afraid, Stark." Steve looked over his shoulder.

"Well what would you suggest?" Tony shot back.

"Why not use a friendly face?" Natasha spoke, looking at Bucky.

Bucky raised an eyebrow at her, "You mean me?"

"Yes. You're our best shot at grabbing her before she makes a mistake she can't fix." Natasha spoke. "Especially if she did get the serum and doesn't exactly know how to handle it like it seems in that video."

Bucky nodded, "Lets go."

****

Luna had entered the Grand Central Terminal. Her jaw dropped at the site of it. It was much larger than she thought it would be. The images she used to look at while being held at Hydra didn't do it any justice. She knew she didn't have much time, but she'd always dreamed of seeing this place. Figured since she was already in trouble for tossing the cop around and now breaking out of jail she'd make a trip to see the place she wanted to most. She stayed on the edges of the building, away from all the people hovering around each other coming and going. 

"Ma'am?" A voice spoke, causing her to tense. "Ma'am?

They placed a hand on her shoulder and she jumped grabbing his hand and throwing the person a few feet away from her. After she tossed the person she realized it was another cop. She groaned and rolled her eyes, knowing she wasn't making things any better for her. As the cop went rolling through people, others yelled and jumped out of the way to avoid being hit. Luna took a deep breath, she didn't want to hurt anyone but she was jumpy. Hydra had hunted her before and now that she escaped she feared they were hunting her again. She'd done so good at staying low until she got to NYC. 

"Don't move!" another cop yelled, drawing his weapon.

"I don't want to hurt anyone. I'm sorry." She called out without turning to the cop.

"Hands up!" He yelled.

As she raised her hands she turned to face 4 more cops behind her, all of them with weapons drawn. She could feel her heart beating faster and adrenaline began to course through her. She bolted to the right, pushing through the crowds that had gathered to watch, yelling out excuse me here and there. 

"STOP!" The cops yelled, giving chase. 

Luna kept running until suddenly she ran face first into someone, falling flat on her back. She groaned rubbing her head, "I'm sorry, please forgive me." 

"It's alright." A familiar voice spoke.

Luna gasped and looked up, "B-Bucky..?" 

"It's me, Doll." He reached a hand down, that familiar smile resting on his lips. 

She reached up, grabbing his hand. As she stood up she opened her lips to speak only to feel something pierce her neck. She winced, grabbing at her neck, turning to look. She saw the infamous Iron Man behind her with a sheepish look on his face. Bucky grabbed Lunas arm, steadying her. 

"What the hell, Stark!?" Bucky cried out.

"Tony, we said no restraining her!" Steve yelled.

"Ah, that we did. We didn't say no sedating her." Tony responded.

"Se-Sedating..me? W..why?" Luna asked weakly, falling into Bucky.

"To make this easier." Tony answered.

Before anyone else could say anything more, Luna passed out in Bucky's arms.