MISSING ||Bucky Barnes||

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Sandra was lucky that the compound was quiet as they returned, everyone still being in bed as the time read 6:17am.

"Steve I swear, nobody hears about this." Sandra said, begging him to not tell anyone. "Im going to take a shower and clean this up."

Steve nodded his head, unsure if hiding this was a good idea. His sister was literally attacked on the compound property by someone who was supposed to be dead, that doesn't happen every day.

So Sandra walked away to her room, sneaking in and going straight for the bathroom before Bucky woke up and heard her.

As she allowed the shower water to warm up, Sandra stripped her dirty clothes off and examined herself in the mirror. The cut on her side was way bigger than she expected, along with a couple of smaller marks on her back.

The hot water felt nice on her body, except when it touched the wound. It took whatever energy she had in her at the moment to keep herself quiet and just wash herself.

Making the shower quick, Sandra finished up and dried off. The last thing she had to do was get to her clothes and change.

But, she got lucky as she spotted her pajamas off to the side of the bathroom from earlier. Sure, she would probably be better off in fresh clothes, but she only wore the pajamas in bed.

"Sandy come back to bed." Bucky said in a tired voice, realizing Sandra was gone from his grasp.

Sandra took a deep breath, stepping out from the bathroom and back towards the bed. "Your so needy james." She said with a smirk, laying back in her spot.

Bucky smiled, putting his arms around her and pulling her close. He paused when he felt Sandra stiffen up, her eyes and nose scrunched up. "What's wrong?" He asked, loosening his grip and looking at her face.

"What? Nothing is wrong." Sandra said, rolling to her side so she could face Bucky. The only issue with that was she was leaning on her wound so her face scrunched up again.

Bucky sighed, getting out of bed and walking around to her side of the bed. "Lay flat." He said, knowing something happened within the time she was gone. "Your a terrible liar too, you either scrunch your face when your lying or in pain."

Sandra laid flat on the bed, watching Bucky's eyes travel around her looking for the weak spot. She grew nervous as his eyes made it to her stomach area, carefully watching as he looked around, then to her every few seconds.

"Right here." He said, noticing Sandra gripping the blanket tightly as he looked to her side. Carefully, he lifted up her shirt and stared at the cut. "What happened."

He was being very serious about this, something Sandra didn't like. She loved his protectiveness, but she knew this wasn't getting any better. "Bucky I'm seriously o-"

"No. Tell me what happened. Who do I have to beat the crap out of because I know it wasn't anything in here that caused it." Bucky said, gently running his finger down the wound. "Your lucky this isn't anything too bad where we would need to call Bruce."

Sandra shook her head. "Exactly, it's not bad so just leave it." She said, getting annoyed. She was usually cranky when she wakes up early anyways. "Just let me sleep Buck. I am done with this conversation."

Bucky sighed. "Well I'm not! Just answer me, who the hell did this to you?!" He asked, speaking louder than before.

"James Buchanan Barnes, I don't know if you just don't give two shits but there are people trying to sleep right now. Do me a favor and lower your goddamn voice." Sandra said, pulling the covers over herself. "I'm not doing this right now."

Bucky groaned, not even wanting to stay in the room. "Fine, then I'll be in the kitchen." He said, leaving the room.

Sandra sighed, watching the door shut before cuddling with the blankets. She felt shitty now that she caused an unnecessary argument, but she needed to process this herself first before telling anyone.

- - -

"Mommy! Where did daddy and uncle Steve go?" Gracie asked, waking up Sandra from her sleep as she barged in. "Daddy looked mad."

Sandra opened her arms for Gracie to join her in the bed, confused as to what she meant. "What do you mean daddy was angry?" Sandra asked, wiping the platinum strands of hair from Gracies face.

Gracie shrugged, sitting on Sandras lap as Sandra sat up. "Well daddy and uncle Steve were all dressed up in their costumes and they left."

Sandras eyes went wide, knowing exactly what those two were up to. "Oh my- Gracie baby how about you hangout with Jack for a bit." She said, but she noticed that Gracie was frozen in place. "Gracie?"

"Mommy who was that lady?" Gracie asked.

Sandra furrowed her eyebrows. "Princess, what lady?"

"The one who daddy and uncle Steve are with... in the woods." Gracie said, which confused Sandra. How would Gracie know what was going on? "MOMMY!" She then screamed, the glass of the bedroom window shattering.

Sandra jumped out of bed and shielded Gracie as they ran out, grabbing Jack on their way to the main room.

"Friday send everyone an alert that the compound is getting attacked." Sandra said, using herself to shield both kids as windows continued to shatter from gun fire. "We picked a great weekend to come here." She sighed.

Tony was the first one to respond to the alert, coming into the room all suited up. "Sandy you've gotta get them out of here." He said, knowing this was a terrible place for kids to be right now. "Do you have anywhere to go where you won't be found?"

Sandra thought for a second. "Yeah." She nodded. "Can i take your car that goes invisible..? They've got this place surrounded."

Tony groaned, but nodded knowing it was the safest option for right now. "The keys are on the fifth hook. Don't damage the car." He said, Sandra running with the kids down to the Tony tunnel where all the cars were.

"We are going to play a game ok? You two have to lay down on the floor in the back, no peeking out the windows." Sandra said, trying to keep herself calm for the kids sake. "Once we come back, you guys will get a prize. Ok?"

The two kids nodded, their faces full of fear and tears. "daddy ok?" Jack asked, worried about where Bucky was.

"Daddy will be ok munchkin."