All This Time

Chapter 5

The ride was quiet at first and I couldn't help notice Bucky staring at me. I will say my bleeding did stop but now it was like a dried-up blood scab thing and it didn't look pretty. I think I might need stitches.

"So either of you know what's going on? There are eight super soldiers on a bulk supply run...why?" John questions.

"They say their mission is to get things back to how it was during the blip. Maybe they're just trying to help," Sam responds genuinely.

"They got a funny way of showing it," Bucky says.

"That serum doesn't exactly have a great track record. No offense," he says which causes me and Bucky to glare at him.

"We need to figure out where they're going. How'd you track them down?" Sam asks.

"We didn't track them...we tracked you. Through redwing."

I instantly sat up.

"You hacked my tech?"

"Sorry, it's not exactly hacking. It's government property. We're kinda the government," John says chuckling a bit.

I just stare daggers at him willing for him to shut up.

"Do they always just stare like that?" He says and I turn to look at Bucky who's looking over at me with the same glare.

"This one does," he says patting Bucky's chest while looking at me concerned. "You get used to it," he says looking back at John.

"Look things have gotten kinda..hectic. The GRC are doing the best they can to get things running smoothly, post blip."

"Reactivating citizenship, social security, healthcare. Basically just managing resources for the refugees who were displaced from the return," his friend goes on to explain.

"The Global Repatriation Council does that. I get it. So why are you two here?" Sam questions firmly.

"Well they provide recorded and we keep things...under control down here."

"Yeah violent revolutionaries aren't usually good for anyone's cause," John adds.

"Usually said by people with the resources," Sam responds with a smirk.

"Well we got a lot of resources," John continues. "If you guys joined up with us we could-"

"No," Bucky and I said simultaneously.

We looked at each other for a second before looking away.

"I got mad respect for both of you guys and...I'm sorry who are you?" His friend asks looking at me

"She's-"

Sam and Bucky were about to say before I cut them off.

"None of your concern," I say with a straight face.

It goes quiet for a second until he continues.

"Well, regardless you guys were kinda getting your asses beat until we showed up," he said as I clenched my jaw and my fist.

"Who are you?" Bucky asks.

"I'm Lamar Hoskins."

"Look I see a guy hanging out of a helicopter in tactical gear, I'm gonna need more than Lamar Hoskins," Sam says.

"I'm Battlestar. John's partner."

"Battlestar?" Bucky questions with his jaw now locked. "Stop the car!"

"Oh finally," I say as we both get up while the car stops.

"Look I get it..I get the attitude..I get the anger. You didn't think the shield would end up here Bucky, I get it," he says as we get off.