Remember Me

Chapter 13

They rush to one of the jets. Impatiently Bucky takes a seat in the jet. Steve just had time to grab his shield.

Bucky leans forward in his chair, resting his elbows on his knees. His lips pressed together, he rubs his hands and cracks his knuckles. He sighs and runs his fingers through his hair.

As they land the jet near the location where Dreykov has Natasha, Bucky storms out the back of the jet. Steve stops him.

"Buck, wait. We should wait for backup." He points his finger to the sky.

Looking up at the sky, there appears a vague silhouette that grows larger and larger. It's a person, and he's coming closer. He comes in fast but slows down at the last second landing next to Steve on both feet. His wings fold back into his pack.

"Thanks for helping out Sam."

"Always ready to help." Sam replies as he raises the control panel on the suit's left gauntlet. He taps and swipes the screen and from the back of his EXO suit a small drone shoots up in the air.

Bucky met Sam a few times but he doesn't really know him. They never spoke, and the times they communicated he annoyed the shit out of him. But now Natasha is missing, he can use all the help he can get to get her back safely.

He watches the drone fly up into the air and raises an eyebrow at Sam.

"It's a drone." Sam replies to Bucky's expression. "Redwing will scan the building and locate all living targets."

"Natalia is not a target!"

"Calm down, paranoid android. Redwing knows her signal, she'll be fine."

Squinting his eyes he chooses to ignore his nickname for him and turns to Steve. "What's the plan?"

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They come up with a plan when Redwing has located everybody in the building.

"Good girl. Come back home." Sam purrs at the drone.

Bucky is weirded out by the gesture as Sam blasts off into the air. He's going to scout the building from above and takes everyone out that's trying to escape the building. Steve and Bucky enter the building to search for Natasha.

His hands itch as he grips his rifle tight. His senses are on high alert. He's not going to let her slip through his fingers again like last time. His earpiece is itching but he tries to ignore it.

The building is remarkably quiet and empty. But he remembers it. This was one of the hideouts of HYDRA. He remembers that he was kept here a few times after a mission. Wiping his mind and keeping him in cryogenic state. His muscles tense up thinking about it.

"This way." Steve says softly.

"We need to find her now."

"We will. This way."

All kinds of thoughts go through his head. If they hurt her... then Dreykov is dead...

"Outside the coast is clear." They hear Sam speak into their ear piece. "I see 5 people moving in a room behind the first door on your left."

"On it, Sam." says Steve. "Ready?" he asks Bucky. He nods.

Steve kicks in the door and they both storm in. They see 4 henchmen with Dreykov in the middle.

"Where is she?!" Bucky barks.

"Who do you mean?" Says Dreykov in a condescending tone. He turns around, amused by the two heroes that just burst into the room. "Oh! You mean your ballerina?" He grabs a remote control from the inside of his jacket and turns on an old fashioned picture tube. They see Natasha tied to a chair. She is struggling to loosen her restrains. Her arms and feet are tied to a big wooden chair, her mouth gagged and taped with duct tape.