Shadows of the Past

Part 22

(BUCKY POV)
You walk quickly to the conference room at the end of the hall.  You know Steve is with Sarah and Y/N right now and honestly, you would really rather avoid that drama but you need to talk to him.  Nat had just called and told you there was an issue with the mission her and Clint were on.  It was supposed to be a quick assignment but there were complications and it was likely going to take another two or three days at least.  She called to ask you, Steve and Sam to come and assist them.  You would need to leave as soon as possible. 

You knock and wait for Steve to come out, “Hey, I know your busy but we need to talk.”  

Steve leans back into the room, “I’ll be back in a second but we’re going to be just outside."  He then closes it and asks you what’s wrong.    

The two of you talk for only a minute or two but soon you hear raised voices from the other side of the door.  You stop talking and listen, hoping they were just arguing but suddenly you hear what sounds like a body slamming into the ground.  Wide eyed, Steve turns quickly and opens the door.  

The two of you step into the room and see Sarah on her back on the ground and Y/N on top of her.  Sarah hits Y/N in the ribs and Y/N hits her back than she stands up and tries to back away.  You watch as Y/N takes a step away from Sarah, her hands in front of her as if to keep Sarah away.  

“What the hell is going on!?” you ask them loudly, causing Y/N to look at you.  Sarah suddenly kicks up from where she was laying, her foot landing hard on Y/N’s left knee.  Y/n screams and she falls to the ground as her leg gives out.  

Sarah quickly gets up from the ground and tries to run past you.  You reach out with your metal arm and grab her, dragging her back to one of the seats.  Steve kneels down next to Y/N who is now crying freely.    

“Stay right here, we need to talk,” you tell Sarah in a stern voice.  “Steve, how is Y/N?” you ask concerned.

He looks up at you and shrugs, shaking his head, “I don’t know.  I need to get her to the infirmary.”  You nod as Steve picks her up carefully, her leg hanging limply as she clings to him.  He walks past you and leaves you alone with Sarah.  

You turn to her and before you can say anything starts talking quickly, “She started it!  She came at me and threw me onto the ground!  I had-” but you cut her off.

“FRIDAY?” you ask the room and a voice responds.  You look at Sarah and can see the fear in her eyes as she realizes what you are going to do.  “Play back the recording from the security footage of this room, go back five minutes,” you say and the screen on the wall powers up.  

The video showed Sarah throwing the first punch and Y/N hitting her back.  The two of them exchange blows and then Y/N brings Sarah to the ground.  You look at Sarah and she sinks into her chair like a child who has been caught.  

“Doesn’t exactly look like she hit you first, does it?” you ask her.  “This is so far past unacceptable Sarah.  I really don’t know what they are going to do with you this time.  You obviously aren’t fit to be a SHIELD agent, not with behavior like this,” you tell her.  You take out your phone and call Tony, you really aren’t sure what they will do with her but it is out of your hands now.

Tony answers and you tell him briefly what happened.  He tells you to bring Sarah to Fury’s office, he will meet you there.  You agree, hang up and tell Sarah to come with you.  She walks next to you as you head down the hall and you can almost feel the anger coming off of her.  She sighs loudly as you get into the elevator and against your better judgement you ask her “What?”

“This is ridiculous!” she says loudly.  She starts to complain that nothing ever happens to Y/N, it is always her.  She angrily tells you that she had been suspended for three weeks because Y/N broke her nose and she was only suspended a few days.