Surviving Bucky

Let it Hurt. Let it Bleed. Let it Heal

Loki stood toe to toe with Bucky as they each waited to see what the other would do.

"Are you guys really going to do this here and now with a pregnant woman in the room!?" Bruce yelled loudly as he stood over Mya. The last thing he would want to do is change to the other guy who didn't have as much control.

"Like I said, I am not leaving until I take what is mine," Loki grit his teeth.

"You think you can scramble her brain up and put a block on her memory so she doesn't remember ME," Bucky got even closer to Loki as he rolled up his fists and held them at his side.

"I think I just helped her remember how much she truly loved me, before Nick came along and decided her life for her," Loki gave him a condescending smile as he walked around Bucky.

"Maybe Nick had the right idea getting her away from a psychopath like you. Controlling, narcissistic,  and abusive,"Bucky was attempting to hold back on pummeling him.

"Now are we talking about me or you? Because as I happen to recall, I've seen inside Mya's mind and I saw what you made her do with Rumlow." Bucky grabbed Loki by the collar and pulled him in.

"I didn't make her do anything!" Bucky yelled in his face.

"What is he talking about? Rumlow had escaped on his own?" Bruce said as he stepped away from Mya.

"OH didn't the metal man tell you? He let Rumlow escape so he could bring him to Mya. Only she didn't let Barnes kill him, she did it herself. Point blank in between the eyes."

Bucky threw him across the room as Loki jumped up easily and began to power up the scepter.

"I'm sorry but I can't allow you to do that," Strange opened up a portal as Loki fell right through it. Strange closed it right away in case Bucky got any ideas of following him.

"Where did he go?" Bucky asked him.

"The Kyln. It's a prison in the galaxy that a few of my other friends have visited. He won't be leaving anytime soon."

"Is it true what he said?" Bruce asked as he walked up to Bucky, Bucky looked away as he shook his head.

"You saw that video he sent us Bruce. I already had the intention of killing him after what he had done to Mya."

"You risked him coming back and hurting one of us! Nat, Wanda, Tony! Do you not think about that?! Or the psychological damage it would do to her facing her attacker like that? The things those men did to her?!"

"I KILLED THEM FOR WHAT THEY DID! I COULD NOT LET THEM GET AWAY WITH IT!" Bucky stared down at Bruce as he saw his neck vibrate green.

"Mr. Barnes, I know your arm is made of Vibranium, but it will not hold its own against a Hulk. So you may want to take it down a notch," Strange said as he grabbed Buckys arm and gently pulled him back.

"You just never learn. I am going to check on Mya one last time then go home," Bruce turned his back to Bucky as he walked away.

Bruce gathered his things as he left, leaving Bucky alone with Mya.

Bucky sat next to her bed side which seemed like hours until he heard a knock at the door.

"Can I come in?" Nat said from the doorway.

"Not if you're going to yell at me too."

"I understand you better than anyone else Barnes. I know why you did it, I would of done the same thing. Bruce just has a soft spot for me is all," Nat smiled as she pulled a chair up and sat down on the other side of Mya.

"It seems like everytime I try to fix things,  I just make it worst and push her further away. And now she's pregnant," Bucky intertwined his fingers with Mya's as he watched her chest lift up and down slowly. Deep in sleep.

"These things don't come easy for us. Especially you. You yourself are still healing from all the wrong that has happened to you. But what matters is that you are making an effort to fix things. Because you're scared of actually losing something you love."

"The idea of losing her scared the shit out of me. If she's not around I can't breathe, I can't live."

" I am sure the feeling is mutual, Barnes. Or else she wouldn't of come back as many times as she had."

" We're having a girl."

"Congratulations, that means I'm going to be a Godmother."

"Maybe an aunt. "

"No I had it right the first time," Nat smiled at him. She reached out for Buckys hand, he let go of Mya's as he gave Nat's hand a squeeze.

"Come with me real quick, I want to give you something," Nat stood up as Bucky followed her out of the room, closing the door gently behind him. They walked to Nat's room where she handed Bucky a small white box.

He opened it up and inside was a white knitted blanket and a babushka toy, with painted bright red hair and rosy cheeks.

"Is this supposed to be you?"

"My mom didn't know if I would have red hair. My step father just knew I'd have a firey spirit."

"Thank you Nat. This means everything to me, to us." Bucky held the box in one hand as he hugged Nat. Nat told him she would go find Bruce and talk to him, so he headed back to Mya's room. Only to find the bed empty.

He was about to start panicking when he saw the balcony door open and Mya sitting outside.

"How are you feeling?" Bucky asked her as he went to go sit with her.

"Honestly I don't know anymore. I feel like so many people have scrambled my mind, my feelings aren't real, my body isn't my own, my thoughts are my own either." He saw tears streaming down her face. He leaned over as he wiped a tear away.

"I promise no one will ever hurt you again. "

"How do you know that?" Her green eyes glassy from the tears.

"Because we're both going to save each other, and in return love our daughter." Mya let out a cry laugh as she covered her mouth.

"We're having a girl?"

"Yes babe we are."