Santana (B.B)

Betrayal

On the Quinjet. on the way to Siberia. 

Bucky " What's gonna happen to your friends?"

I sighed " Whatever it is... I'll deal with it."

Then i looked at him "what are you thinking about?"

Bucky" I don't know if I'm worth all this, Hayley."

Me " What you did all those years . . . it wasn't you. You didn't have a choice."

Bucky "I know. But I did it. Can i ask you something?"

I nodded.

Bucky "how did you learn to live with it? with all of this?"

I shrugged "i guess, i had it easier"

Bucky scoffed, shaking his head "not with the torture they put you through"

Me "What i mean is that i never got my mind whooped - well, they did that at the beginning but then they stopped. They thought that i was trustworthy enough to let me keep my memories. I don't have an alter Ego like you so it's easier for me to just accept it"

Bucky looked at me. 

Me "of course there are times where i struggle - nightmares - but i'm glad that that's all i got away with"

Bucky  "I eavesdropped them that night, you know, they wanted to get rid of you because you were getting too dangerous. I had to get you out"

Me "You freed me and then you spent months hunting me down . "

Bucky "and then i found you December 16th 1991 after -"

Me "Bucky"

I looked at him hurt. 

Bucky nodded looking down before looking at me shaking his head "i couldn't kill you. "

Me "They had whooped your mind, Buck, you didn't know who i was-"

Bucky "something inside of me didn't want me to kill you"

Me "thank you, for sparing my life"

Bucky nodded. 

At the facility.

The door was open. 

Steve "He can't have been here more than a few hours."

Bucky "Long enough to wake them up."

We walked into the bunker and traveled down into the depths inside a caged elevator.
 it stops in the bowls of the bunker, doors slid open. 

Bucky grabbed a gun and we heard a loud thud. 

Steve " You ready?"

Bucky nodded. 

The door opened and my brother stood there. 

Tony "You seem a little defensive."

Steve " It's been a long day."

Tony "At ease, Soldier. I'm not currently after you."

Steve "Then why are you here?"

Tony "Could be your story's not so crazy. Maybe. Ross has no idea I'm here. I'd like to keep it that way. Otherwise, I gotta arrest myself."

Steve "Well, that sounds like a lot of paperwork.  It's good to see you, Tony."

Tony "You too, Cap. "

He looked at Bucky "Hey, Manchurian Candidate, you're killing me. There's a truce here. You can drop . . . "

I put a hand on Bucky's gun and he lowered it.