Lovers in Arms | Bucky Barnes

Part 14

The next morning they meet some members of the Avengers who live inside the compound. They live in a different wing but they joined them for breakfast this morning.

"Hi, I'm Wanda" Karol shakes the hand of this handsome woman. Luckily she isn't as tall as the rest. Karol was almost feeling like a toddler around here. She wears all red clothes and has long dark brown hair. "I'm Karol, nice to meet you."

"I'm sure you'll get along just fine." Sam jokes. "Karol can also do mind tricks."

"Oh really? Do you have psychic powers Karol?" Slightly exited to have found someone she can talk with about her powers.

"I'm not sure how to call it. I knew I had it but I just learned using it recently."

Wanda nods, listening to her carefully. "Can you describe it to me?"

"Uhm okay, I can make people remember their lost memories. I can search their mind for the memory and pull it out of the shadows." Karol shrugs like it's a normal thing. "It's like standing in the shadows, or black smoke. Like watching a moment like a spectator."

"Sounds interesting! I would love to see you do it." She whispers with narrowed eyes and a mischievous smile. Karol likes her train of thought and mirrors her expression, both scan the room looking for a victim.

Karol has set her sigh on a perfect victim. "How about Sam?" Karol whispers. "Yeah! Do it." Karol stands up. "Hiya Sam! How are you doing?" She says with a high pitched voice.

He narrows his eyes and glares at her. "I'm fine?" He immediately doesn't trust her. She's up to something.

"Wanda wants to see how I do my mind trick. Want to volunteer?"

"Nah, I'm good."

"Come on Sam, just for once. Isn't there anything you want to remember? Or should I pick at random a nice moment I come by?" She pokes him in the side

Sam narrows his eyes, thinking about something. "Hmm you have a point. Fine I'll humour you. I would like to remember more about..." he leans over and whispers something in her ear. A date and time.

Karol chuckles. "That's... oddly specific..."

"But you can, right?"

"Yeah of course I can! Ready?"

As Karol places her fingers on his temple and closes her eyes to scan his memories, looking up the specific moment in his live he wants to relive. Wanda uses her own powers to read Karol's mind, so she can see what she does. Kind of like a piggyback ride on Karol's powers. She wants to find out how she works her mind trick. Strands of her red aura stroke the side of her head.

After finding his memory and pull it out of the shadow all three open their eyes. "For fuck sake Sam. Couldn't you keep that for yourself?" Karol colds.

Sam can only laugh. Hard. "Amazing! Thanks Karol!"

Wanda's red aura disappears back into her hand. "That was peculiar Karol. I'm not sure how your powers work, they feel synthetic. But what I could feel is that you can do so much more than this. I think I can teach you if you want?"

Karol doesn't know if she wants to. The first time she found out about this scared her. It still scares her, but now she knows how to use it, she knows how to stay away from the scary shit. "I'll think about it. Okay?"

"Sure I understand Karol." She hugs her. "Call me when you change your mind. See you later."

Bucky sits on his chair at one of the tables. He watched Karol interact with Sam and Wanda. He enjoys seeing her making friends. Karol hops over to Bucky and sits down on his lap. "Hiya!" She takes his coffee and takes a sip. "That's mine." He whispers, knowing she wouldn't like it.