Fallen | Steve Rogers

11

The blonde Rogers sits at the edge of the desk in their provided room while the brunette sits in the chair next to him, twiddling with her fingers for she misses her powers.

Steve stares at the muted monitor, trying his best to read their lips.

" Bird costume?", Sam asks as Sharon hands him a receipt.

" I didn't write it".

She looks around, before pressing a button and un-muting the monitor, something any of them could have easily done.

" I'm not here to judge you. I just want to ask you a few question. Do you know where you are, James? I can't help you if you don't talk to me, James".

" My name is Bucky".

" Why would the Task Force release this photo to begin with?", Steve asks.

" It's not exactly a new concept, dear", Lauren responds as she picks at her nails.

" Get the word out, involve as many eyes as we can?", Sharon asks.

" Right. It's a good way to flush a guy out of hiding. Set off a bomb, get your picture taken. Got seven billion people looking for the Winter Soldier", Steve says.

" You're saying someone framed him to find him?".

" Steve, we looked for the guy for two years and found nothing", Sam says.

" We didn't bomb the U.N.", Lauren says as she leans forward," That turns a lot of heads".

" Yeah, but that doesn't guarantee that whoever framed him would get him. It guarantees that we would", Sharon says as realizes comes to all their minds.

" Tell me, Bucky. You've seen a great deal, haven't you?".

" I don't wanna talk about it".

" You fear that if you open your mouth, the horrors might never stop. Don't worry. We only have to talk about one".

And all of a sudden, as if on cue, the power blows. The entire grid dark.

" Sub-level five, East Wing", Sharon says.

" Lauren, you stay here", Steve says as he and Sam head to the door.

" Not gonna happen, toots", Lauren says as they run down the stairs.

" I don't want you getting hurt".

" I can handle my own".

" She's right, you know. Last time I checked, she saved you in Sokovia", Sam adds.

" Thank you!".

As they reach the East Wing, they see dozens of unconscious bodies laying on the floor.

"Help me. Help", A faint voice says from inside the cell.

"Wer zur Hölle bist du? Was willst du? (Who are you? What do you want?)", Lauren asks in German as she slams the 'doctor' up against a wall.

" To see an empire fall, fräulein".

As Sam enters the room, Bucky swings at him and hits the wall.

"Scheisse".

He tries to fend for himself, but he ends up unconscious. When Bucky lunges towards Lauren, Steve instinctively places himself in front of her to take the attack for her.

" Get out of here, now!", Steve yells as he blocks punches.

" Not without you!", Lauren says as she drops down to sweep Bucky's legs with hers, " We're a team".

Bucky is quick to get back up and starts throwing punches yet again. He and Steve throw and block punches till they get to the elevator, to which Bucky shoves him right through.

" Steve!".

The cry of the worried wife catches the attention of the Winter Soldier.

" Bucky... I know you're in there... and I'm sorry for this".

Lauren knocks her metal cuff against Bucky's head, making him fall down to the ground. She picks him up by his collar and roundhouse kicks him to the other side of the room.

" I got the doctor. You take the cave man", Sam says as he runs past her.

" Say what?", Lauren asks as she turns her head in his direction.

Bucky takes advantage of her distraction, and using his metal arm to punch her straight in the head. She lands on the ground with a 'thump', clutching her head and wincing in pain. Lauren groans, slowly but surely picking herself up off the floor, only to see her husband scaling the elevator.

" I told you to stay put", Steve says as he picks up his wife bridal style and runs up the stairs to the roof.

" I can handle myself", She responds, still dazed from the pain.

" That you can. But you've been holding back lately", He says, laying her down at the stairs by the roof entrance, " This time, stay here".

Steve runs out to the roof and after Bucky, while Lauren scoots her way to the door. She opens it to see Steve holding back a helicopter with his bare hands, quite a big turn on to his wife at how big his muscles appear.

When the helicopter dives down, the propellers start flying everywhere, throwing debris up in the air. A propeller blade runs right towards Lauren and she gasps, putting her hands in front of her face and closing her eyes.

Once she opens them, she sees that she has somehow activated a force field around her. Lauren brings her hands up to her face, seeing the magic resistant cuffs still bound to her wrist. Her head snaps into the direction of the helicopter once she hears it falling.

Lauren slowly makes her way over to the edge of the platform, seeing Steve swimming with an unconscious Bucky in his arms. She smiles, and then chuckles, laying down on the concrete. She closes her eyes in an effort to concentrate, and before she knows it, she's on the lower level with Steve.

" How the hell did you do that?", Steve asks as he lays Bucky down on the surface, emerging from the water himself.

" I have no idea", Lauren says, the sight of her husband in a wet, skin-clad t-shirt making her bite her lip.

" Don't even think about it".

" Think about what?".

" I know you, Lo. And right now, you have horny written all over your face".

Lauren punches her husband in the shoulder, making him wince in pain before gently pecking his lips.

" You're damn right".