childhood friends

Chapter 16 - furys plan

Katerina PoV:
I woke up to Tony making coffee. My head was banging I managed to get up without waking Natasha up and I went to the kitchen. I got a glass of water and Tony laughed at me. "Rough night?" He suggested and I glared at him. "What do you think." I replied as I put my head on the table. "You and Natasha huh?" He said and I smiled. "Yep." I replied and he laughed. "What so funny old man?" I asked and he looked at me. "Ever since you two broke up it's been so obvious that you guys were in love with each other, the issue was that both of you are to stubborn to admit it." He explained and I scoffed. "Me stubborn? Never." I teased while getting up.

"Wait did you just call me stubborn? You cant talk because you haven't proposed to Pepper yet." I said as I stood in the door way. "Blah blah blah." He said ushering me out the room. I went back to the couch and saw Natasha just waking up. "Good morning." I said and she looked at me. "You need to shower." She said and I held my hand to my heart and acted like I was hurt. "That is so rude." I joked as I went upstairs.

I got in the shower and as I was washing my hair I realised something. His body was cold. It went cold to quickly. It's not real. I quickly rinsed the shampoo out my hair and got out the shower. I put black shorts on and a white top on. I ran downstairs as fast as I could. My eyes filled with tears and my breathing went funny.

I bumped into Natasha on the stairs. "Katya whats wrong?" She asked and I could hear the panic in her voice. "Hydra. They have him." I cried into her arms. "Who?" She asked but I just cried harder. "Bucky." I sobbed and she looked at me like I was crazy. "I think you need to sit down." She said trying to lead me upstairs. "No his body it was cold. I remember it Natasha it went cold to quickly." I panicked while continuing to go downstairs.

I went into the files room and got the file I needed. I saw who did his autopsy. 'Leon Roth'. I recognised that name. Hydra employee.

Tears streamed down my face and onto the floor as I closed the file. This truly pushed me over the edge. It was my fault. How hadn't I realised sooner.

I looked up into Natasha's eyes and she pulled me in for a hug. "Baby we're gonna find him." She said while holding me close to her. I just cried in her arms.

(later that night)

"Kovaleva why are you calling me at 7:30pm on a Friday night?" Fury demanded. "I think Bucky is alive." I informed him and I heard him sigh. "May I ask why?" He said. "His body went cold to quickly." I stated and I just knew he rolled his eyes, well eye. "And it took you this long to figure this out..?" He said and I went silent. "I will report it to HQ on Monday." He said and I completely lost my shit. "Monday?! This is urgent! We can't wait till fucking Monday!" I yelled down the phone. "It's been three years I'm sure we can wait a few more days. Plus we don't even know if he still alive." He said and I just hung up.

After about an hour I had calmed down. I did punch a hole in the wall though. I'm in the kitchen with Natasha at the moment and she's making me put ice on my hand. "It's not that bad." I said still trying to convince her. "Your hand is bleeding Katya, it's bad enough for me to worry." Natasha said as she took the ice off my hand to look at it. "It's just a bit of blood, it will be fine Nat." I pleaded with her. "Be quiet." She demanded in a jokey way but I shut up anyway.

After a bit of convincing we went upstairs into her room. We put a film on and cuddled. "Do you think I'm crazy." I asked while picking at the skin around my finger nails. "Why would I think that?" She asked and I didn't exactly know how to reply. After a bit of thinking I said "Because I still have hope that he's out there." I said as my eyes filled with tears. "No I think you realised something after a few years that might be true, it might not. Either way you might save his life if it's true." She explained while drawing shapes on the back of my neck. "Why didn't I realise sooner though." I questioned and she looked at me. "Katerina you were drowning in grief, sure you might be a trained spy with super powers but you still feel emotions like every one else. You can't blame yourself for feeling emotions." She told me and it made me feel safe.

We didn't talk after that. With Natasha you didn't have to talk, it was never a awkward silence. Just being in her presence was enough.

I rested my head on her chest while she drew shapes on the back of my neck. That's when my phone started ringing.

Director Fury is calling.

I groaned and picked it up.
"What do you want?" I asked bluntly. "I have a plan." He said in that usual plain tone. "What is it?" I asked and Natasha looked confused. "You would let hydra kidnap you and then find Bucky. You two escape and everyone's happy." He said and I looked over to Natasha who was in fact not happy. "I think someone wants to have a word with you." I told him and then I handed the phone to Natasha.

"No." She said, that was the second time I've ever heard her say no to Fury. "I'm afraid it's not up to you Agent Romanoff." He informed her and she rolled her eyes. "No it's not but I'm sure Director Ross would love to know your putting your best agent at risk." She said and I took the phone off her. "Natasha im going." I said. "No you're not." She demanded and I gave her the look. "Natalia I'm going end of." I said while walking out.

I put the phone back to my ear. "I haven't told you this but ever since you became an agent hydra have been trying to kidnap you, again. We've stopped them up until now so all you need to do is go on a walk by yourself." He instructed. "Ok, hopefully see you soon." I told him as I got changed. "Wait! I need you to know that this is dangerous." He said like I didn't already know that. "I know but I'm still going." I explained to him. He hung up as I put my shoes on.