The Forgotten ❤️

Chapter 13

Victoria woke up groggy, in a dark room. She couldn't focus her attention on anything for very long. She looked around and found an empty room. She was on a stingy old mattress with a wool blanket, with her ankle shackled to it. She heard someone come in and she tried to project onto them but it didn't work. She watched the man make his way to her as she huddled in the corner. "What do you want from me?" She tries to hit him away as he approached her with a syringe but she was too weak. Whatever they were injecting her with was keeping her weak, and unable to use her powers. She fell into a sleep again as everything went black.

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Natasha took pleasure in the fact that Steve let her hit Sharon. If him or Bucky did it, they might have killed her.

Grant walked out onto the roof with Wanda, "I can do that without touching her."

Natasha laughed, "what's the fun in that?" Natasha was trained in interrogation and torture so she eventually is able to get the location out of her.

"Why did you do it Sharon?" Steve took a step towards her. He never loved her, not like he did Victoria, but he had trusted her.

"Because you're mine Steve. And I had you until she came here. When she came here, you dropped me." She wasn't completely wrong. He broke up with her after they brought Victoria to the compound. He had known right away that she was special and he couldn't be with Sharon anymore knowing that.

Steve looks to Tony who had been watching the entire exchange, "do something with her. We'll be back."

"Happy to."

Steve boarded the jet with Bucky and Natasha and Loki. He looked at Grant, "come on, you're coming too. You may not be able to sense her here, but you might being closer."

Grant hesitates but joins them on the jet. "Yeah. Okay."

Steve senses his apprehension. He placed his hand on Grant's shoulder, "I won't let anything happen to you. Just stay close, okay?" He motioned to Bucky who just nodded.

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Victoria woke to the faint sound of guns outside her room. They had found her, they were coming. Who would it be? She longed to stare once again into the blue-green eyes of Steve. She started looking around again, trying to find something to break free from her shackle. She managed to stand, holding onto the wall. She grabbed the mattress, pulling it off the frame. She had to lean against the wall again, barely able to stand. She heard someone enter behind her, seeing it was a Hydra guard, not an Avenger. He aggressively undid her shackle, dragging her out the door, "come on, we need to move you." She tried to free herself from his grip as he hit her hard across the face, making her fall. She hears someone come up and knock out the guard. She feels someone grab her as the blackness takes over her again.

Steve turns a corner to find Grant walking towards him holding Victoria in his arms. Grant had ran ahead of them when he sensed her and Bucky tried to follow him. Grant found Victoria, punching out the guard that had her. He hands her to Steve and he carries her on to the jet. "I don't know where Bucky is Steve. I tried to find him, but I can't feel him." Steve watched the panic in his Grant's eyes as he sat Victoria gently on the jet. He followed Grant back out trying to find Bucky. After looking everywhere and not finding him, they both returned to the jet.

Steve turned to Grant, "don't worry. We'll find him. I promise."

Grant didn't say anything as he sat on the jet, watching Steve pick Victoria up, holding her. His vision of her being with Steve, of her choosing Steve was becoming less and less clear. He felt the confusion inside of her as she laid in Steve's arms. He just knew she was meant to be with Steve, but her future was becoming more unclear to him.

Steve holds onto Victoria on the jet as she comes in and out, every once in a while calling out for him. She woke up again, "Steve? Where's Steve?" She looked up to see those eyes she longed for. "Steve."

"I'm here love." He held her closer to him, "I'm never letting you go again." He looks back down to Victoria as she grabbed his hand.

"I love you Steve." She passes out in his arms again before he could respond. Tears fell down his face as he silently reprimanded himself for being so stupid and selfish. She would never forgive him for losing Bucky. 

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Steve paced in the lab as Dr. Cho checked over Victoria, Grant and Tony standing off to the side, "is there anything we can do?"

"I'm sorry Captain, it looks like we just have to let the drugs leave her system."

"Can I take her then?"

"I guess so, as long as you let us run more tests when she wakes up."

"Sure, fine. Anything." Steve grabs Victoria from the table and carries her to his room, no one saying anything to him as he passed them. He laid her gently on the bed and removed his uniform. He laid down on the bed next to her and fell asleep.

"Steve?" She felt the familiar arms around her as she turned to see him sleeping next to her. She had missed him sleeping next to her. She watched his chest rise and fall as he snored quietly. She placed her hand on his face, "Steve." She saw him stir as he opened his eyes into hers.

"Vick. How are you feeling?" She just groaned, "everything hurts." He stood up from the bed, "can you stand?"

"With help." He grabs her hand and helps her stand. He undressed her gently, tossing her clothes to the floor.

"Come on love, let's get you cleaned up and some clean clothes." He turns on the water for the tub, waiting for it to warm. He helped her sit in the tub, him sitting behind her. They sat in the tub together as he washed her hair, taking his time to clean her. "I'm sorry Vick. I was jealous of Buck."

"I told you, it's complicated Steve. I'm still in love with him. He is a huge part of my past and who I am today. Not to mention the father of my son. I'm sorry, I wish it was easier, but it isn't. I'm sorry I hurt you."

"No. I shouldn't have walked away from you. I'm sorry too." He moved her hair to her right shoulder and kissed her left shoulder. "I missed you. I'm an idiot."

She placed her hands on his thighs on either side of her, "shhh." She sent love and calm to him.

Steve helps her dress after the bath, surveying her injuries. She had bruises over most of her body, but nothing seemed broken. "Are you hungry?"

"Very." Steve laughed and grabbed her hand, leading her out of his room. "Thank you for saving me Steve."

"It wasn't all me." He motioned for her to sit at the table while he searched the fridge. "Grant was the one to find you."

"You let Grant go with you?" She slammed her hands on the table.

Before Steve could respond they hear Grant enter the kitchen, "I'm fine mom."

She stood up, turning around to face him, "you're the one that punched out the guard?"

He shrugged, "I'm not useless."

Victoria laughed, pulling him into a hug. "I know that."

She sits back down, feeling too weak to stand. Grant sit down across from her, "where is Bucky?"

Grant looked at Steve, angry, "you didn't tell her yet?"

"Tell me what?" She looked up at Steve, "Steve? Tell me what?!" She grabbed his hand to see Grant telling him they couldn't find Bucky.

Steve pulled his hand away from her, "you said you wouldn't do that anymore."

Victoria slammed her hands on the table, "well you weren't going to tell me. How could you not tell me you lost Bucky?" She looked from Grant to Steve, "where is he?"

Steve placed his hand on her back, "I'm sorry love. We'll find him. It'll be okay."

Victoria shrugged him away, "no. You just couldn't take that I loved him too. That we had a past you'd never understand. You've been jealous from the start." She stood up, sending pain to his head as she left the room.

Steve felt the searing pain as he watched Victoria walk away from him. He fell to his knees, the pain disappearing as soon as she was out of sight. 

Grant grabbed the food and knocked on her door, entering before she could answer, "you need to eat something." He watched her nod, sitting at her desk to eat the food he brought her. Grant knelt on the ground next to her, "it wasn't his fault. I ran ahead away from them. Bucky, dad, he tried to follow me. It was my fault, not Steve's. Please don't shut him out."

Victoria shook her head, "no. He shouldn't have let you go to begin with."

Grant stood up, angry, "I'm not a child! I'm an adult! A product of two super soldiers for fuck's sake. I know you never got to mother me before, but I don't need you to now!" 

She watched him storm out of her room before she could say anything, tears streaking her cheeks.