Winter's Spring

'Chapter 4'

(Gracie POV)

The doors opened and I jumped out of the car. I held my toy in my hands and was escorted by officers away from the van. I looked around the place they had brought me to and saw him. My eyes lit up and I tried to run to him, but the man dressed as a Bird caught me. He held onto my hand as I tried to claw my way to Bucky, but nothing worked.
"Bucky! Bucky. Te rog, vreau să merg la Bucky! (Bucky! Bucky, Please, I want to go to Bucky)" despite my efforts I was held back as they drove Bucky away. We then started walking. I struggled to keep up as we walked. A woman with red hair then joined, she didn't notice me but soon looked down and smiled at me. Steve said something to her, and she looked down at me.

"Cum te cheamă micuțo? (What is your name little one?)" She asked in my language. I smiled up at the lady.
"Gracie." I smiled.

"Eu sunt Natasha. (I'm Natasha.)" She held out her hand and I grabbed it and walked in unison. The guards led me, Captain America, bird man and cat suit man across and into a room with glass walls and a large table in the centre. Natasha walked inside with me and then let go of my hand.
"Vei sta aici cu Steve, mă voi întoarce în curând, bine? (You will stay here, I will be back shortly, okay?)" She said. I nodded and then she walked out of the room. I walked around the tables and took a look at the screens. I searched each one and then saw Bucky on one of the screens. My eyes lit up.

"Bucky!" I turned to Steve and saw another man look at me in astonishment.

(Steve POV)

The little one pointed through the glass at the screen showing Bucky. I watched him as everyone else was and then looked back up at Tony who was showing me something.
"I'm sorry why is there a child right there?" He asked.
"She was with Bucky when I found him."
"Great so he is stealing kids now, great."

"No, Bucky looked really attached to her and so does she, I think he took her in." I answered Tony looked at me, he had to many questions flying through his mind.
"Stockholm Syndrome maybe. Has she said or done anything yet?" He asked. I shook my head.
"She hasn't said anything, but I don't think she can speak English. She was screaming for Bucky in a different language. Romanian, I think she is." I answered him.
"Get Natasha in here, she be able to talk to the kid." He stood up and walked over to the door, signalling for Natasha to come in here. She came and he pointed to the child which she just nodded her head to, and she walked over and sat next to her. We sat in silence, listening to them talk about something in their different language.

(NATASHA POV)
I spoke to the young child, and she answered. I asked her about Bucky, and she opened her backpack and pulled out a hand drawn picture of her and him. She pointed the larger figure.

"Acesta este Bucky, m-a găsit și m-a ajutat și am rămas cu el. Este drăguț, mi-a dat acest ursuleț și mi-a gătit micul dejun preferat în fiecare zi (This is Bucky, he is kind and he found me and helped me, so I stayed with him. He gave me this teddy bear and cooked my favourite breakfast every morning.)" She told me. I smiled down at her. She looked out at the screens, her eyes glued to Bucky. She shrugged off her bulletproof vest and heard something clatter. I gently picked up the vest when she wasn't looking and saw multiple bullets fall to the ground. The poor child had been shot over seven times.

"Ce au de gând să-i facă? (What are they going to do to him?)" She asked me innocently.
"Îi fac pe cineva să vorbească cu el, va fi bine. (Someone is going to talk to him, he will be okay.)" I comforted her. I put a hand on her back, and she flinched backwards. My eyes widened.
"Ce s-a întâmplat? Esti bine? (What's wrong, are you okay?)" I asked. She shook her head no and then pointed to her back.
"Doare (It hurts.)" She turned and showed me her back. I gently lifted up her top and gasped. There on her back was 3 deep gashes, resembling a cat's scratch, and one of them was still bleeding.
"Uh, Steve." I called out and looked up to him and Tony. They looked down at the small child and both of them gasped when they saw the gashes. Tony then ran out of the room and ran to get a doctor and Steve came closer to Gracie.
"Who did this?" He asked. I translated what he said to her she answered back saying 'Scary cat.' I told Steve and his mouth widened.
"T'Challa, Everette Ross is going to hear about this," He said, he then stormed out of the room.

I sat back watching as the young girl never flinched once as they stitched it up. Even I would have flinched once or twice. I looked at the bullets I had placed on the table, she was hit a total of 7 times.
"So, she was in the fight between Bucky and the officers, and no one saw her?" Tony asked.

"Apparently so, she was wearing a bulletproof vest though that Bucky had put on her, she told me that. Bucky knew that she could be hurt and put the vest on. By the looks of it, the vest was his." I answered looking at Tony. Her eyes were glued to the screen though, watching Bucky. I heard Sharon come inside and turn the sound on. Her face brightened up and she smiled when she heard his voice. The doctor finished and I could see Gracie's face fall a little when one of the camera's zoomed up onto the doctor's face. She stood up once the doctor had finished and collected her things. I watched as the child then walked over to the door and tried to open it.
"Trebuie să ies, el are probleme (I have to go out, he's in trouble.)" She pleaded looking up at the screen. I stood up and translated what she said and walked over to her and crouched down.
"Bucky are probleme? Ce se va întâmpla? (Is bucky in trouble? What will happen?)" I asked her. She looked from me up to the screen and then whispered.
"Este un om rău, îl va răni pe Bucky (He is a bad man, he is going to hurt Bucky)" She answered. I nodded. Suddenly the lights around us went out and so did the computer screens. I heard the door unlocked and then looked at Sharron.

"Sub level five, East Wing." She said. I nodded and I saw Steve and Sam run do the door. I grabbed Gracie's hand and held her back as they ran out.
"Natasha, te rog, te rog, trebuie să-l ajut pe Bucky (Natasha please, please I have to help Bucky.)" She pleaded. I looked down at the small girl and let go of her hand and she ran out of the room.
'Tony is going to kill me'

(Gracie's POV)

I ran after Captain America and Sam and followed them to the location Bucky was being held. I tried to keep my head high as we walked past a series of bodies. I looked and saw the glass room Bucky was in to see it smashed. I her voices speaking in different language. I watch them and then see Bucky, but it wasn't him. I ran and hid under the nearest table and watched as he effortlessly fought off Bird man and Captain America. The fight with Captain America ventured out of the room. I was weakly following them around until Bucky went of running. I ran after him. He walked out into a main area and started fighting off the guards. I tried to hide but chairs and different object were flying around me. Suddenly someone threw a chair in my direction. I hit me sending me flying backwards. I groaned as I sat upright and off of the floor. I stood up and saw Bucky strangling Natasha. I ran over to them and jumped onto Bucky's back, wrapping my hands carefully around his neck and started humming the small lullaby. He tried to claw me off, but I just continued doing. He then grabbed me and threw me off of his back.
"Bucky!" I screamed. I stood up and looked at him, his eyes were wide, and he was staring at me.
"Bucky sunt eu! (Bucky it's me!)" I screamed. He stopped in his tracks and looked at me. The cat suit guy then came out of nowhere and threw Bucky off guard. I felt someone grabbing me and pulling me away, it was Captain America.
"hey, hey, It's not him, it's the Winter Soldier." I didn't understand him, only two words, the Winter Soldier.