Lilliana: The Oldest Maximoff [Discontinued]

Bucky Pt. 1

"So, let me get this straight," Steve pauses, "you think that Bucky is in Bucharest?"

"Yes," I reply simply.

"But, we didn't do any research, you didn't see any of my leads-"

"I know," I interrupt his rambling.

Steve's nervous, I can tell.

"But-" he starts again.

"Steve!" I gain his attention, "I just know it, okay? I can sense it, I can sense that he's hiding out here in Bucharest."

"Fine," Steve sighs.

'this is it; apartment 23B'

"wait, stop!" I raise my voice above a whisper, "this is it. His apartments in here."

He points to the building that I'm gesturing to, just to make sure that he'd heard me correctly.

I give him a nod and begin to climb up the side of the building, using my senses to guide me.

Once we reach the correct apartment floor, I silently pop the (entire) window out of place. I casually hand it to Steve, who awkwardly sets it off to the side.

"This is it, Big Guy. Apartment 23B." I state, pushing the old locked door open.

Barnes's apartment was decently nice in size, especially considering it was just him. The main room was darkly lit, newspapers scattered all of the windows. Bucky was being awfully careful whilst he was in hiding, I'll give him that much.

I notice Steve pick up a journal, its tagged with colored markers inside. I silently make my way over to him, being especially careful not to let my super strength take way.

'German Special Forces; south'

Steve scans through the pages intently. There's a few pictures of Steve... and one small picture of me. They're probably cropped from the news.

"Heads up, Cap. German Special Forces approaching from the south," Sam announces through our linked coms.

'Bucky'

"Steve-"

"Understood-"

We cut each other off.

If it weren't such a serious and tense situation, we both would've let out a laugh.

I turn slowly to face Bucky, Steve follows, sensing his presence.

"Do you know me?" Steve asks, pain lacing his voice.

"You're Steve... I read about you in a museum." James replies.

'He's lying'

'GSF set a perimeter'

I don't even bother to ask about me, this is their moment.

"They've set the perimeter." Sam says.

Steve ignores him, continuing to speak with Bucky, "I know that you're nervous, and you have plenty of reason to be, but you're lying."

'they're entering the building'

At least the Big Guy figured out that his friend was lying. I wasn't going to say anything because I didn't want to interrupt.

"I wasn't in Vienna. I don't do that anymore." Barnes states.

"They're entering the building," Sam announces.

This is getting annoying, its just a repeat for me. I mean, sure, Steve needs to know but-

"Well, the people who think you did are coming here now." Steve tells him, "and they're not planning on taking you alive."