History - Bucky Barnes

Time flies

~ Bucky
It's been five months since Vivian passed out and hasn't woken since.

Tony's gone crazy trying to find an answer, something to get her to wake up, or even figure out why she's asleep at all.

Bruce has tried, Shuri, some of the greatest minds alive have tried and no one can figure out what's wrong with her.

Her brain is active, her body is in perfect condition and yet she hasn't so much as twitched her eyes.

If i could stay here 24/7 and never leave her side I would.

Trust me I tried until Steve reminded me the ass kicking she'll give me when if finds out I sat not doing anything because "she was napping".

I spend most of my time with her and the only reason anyone allows me to do that and not socialize is because I've been going on missions.

Vi would want it that way.

I'm sitting next to Vi's bed in the Wakandan hospital watching the news when Steve and Shuri walk in.

"Steve?" I say confused.

"Hey uh" he says nervously.

"Why are you here?" I say knowing whatever he has to tell me is important if he came all the way here.

"Someone came to visit us back in New York." He says.

"Who?" I say.

"Hello!" I hear a young woman same from behind Steve.

He moves out of the way so I can see her.

It's the girl that showed Tony the video of the winter soldier killing his parents.

"What the hell is this, Steve" i say irritated.

"Calm down, Buck. She's my sister." Nat says walking into the room.

"Yeah well last I checked your sister wasn't exactly the best company." I say through gritted teeth.

"Listen she came to help." Natasha says.

I feel fire igniting in my veins.

"Did you do this to her! What did you do!" I stand up yelling.

I lung towards her but Steve pushes me back into my chair.

I spring back up.

"Steven Grant Rogers if you know something you have 30 seconds to tell me before I jump over my wife's practically lifeless body and the blonde russian ends up in the room next to her." I say two inches from Steve's face.

He sticks out a hand to Natasha and she hands him an ipad.

He clicks it a couple times and turns it around.

It's an x-ray of what looks like a back.

I'm assuming Vivian's.

I look up at him confused.

He zooms into one of the plates on the spine. There's a small fragment of something.

"It's a itty bitty chip that sends signals to your wife's brain and causes her to stay asleep." The blonde girl says.

"Who are you? And why do you know that?" I say.

"I'm Yelena. And because I was originally supposed to be the one to put that in her spine." She says.

I give her a look so she continues.

"I was offered that job 6 months ago. I was supposed to find away to slip that chip into something of Vivian's so she'd consume it. It was a huge pay out but I turned it down."

"You're lying, you're a spy, you wouldn't turn something down like that." I say.

"I am a spy but I'm also a sister...I knew Natasha and Vivian were friends and I'd never do that."

"Obviously someone ended up taking the job. We don't know who but they're sending someone out for Yelena's head now for not doing it." Nat says.

"Oh right. Of course they are, she comes here to come clean so we'll help protect her ass." I say taking a seat.

"Hey iron giant news flash i don't need your help. I was doing fine for 5 months but I'm out here trying to do you a favor!" Yelena says.

"Why did you wait five months then." I say.

"I couldn't come out until i new i was safe to. I wanted to warn you or tell you about the chip but I couldn't. And besides I figured one of your science people would figure it out!" She says.

"How do we get it out." I say looking at Vivian.

"We can't." Steve says.

"What!" I say pissed off again.

"Stop just listen, Bucky! We can't take it out without possibly killing Vivian!" I says. 

"That's impossible." I say.

"This chip not only keeps her asleep but it keeps her from healing. It's intense, someone's been working on it for a long time.  There's a fail safe that will kill Vivian." He says.

"So what do we do then." I say feeling hopeless.

Five months of nothing. Not one glimpse of hope in this whole thing. We were married. We were on our honeymoon and she was taken from me.

"Shuri said she can try to figure out a way to hack the tech and disable the fail safe and the signal it's emitting but it's going to take time if we want to do this right." Steve says.

"It's been enough time already." I say putting my head in my hands.

Steve sits down by me and puts a hand on my back.

"Everything's going to be okay" he says.

I push him off and stand up.

"Can everyone stop telling me it's going to be okay! It's not okay! I've spent five months alone! Without her! Everyone keeps telling me to be optimistic when i have nothing to be optimistic about! When will it be time for our happy ending." I yell.

I didn't mean to say the last part but I mean it.

It's always one of us waiting for the other. Always another bridge to cross.

She doesn't deserve this.

"Bucky i-" Steve starts but i just storm out of the room.

Usually if I'm mad I run off to the hospital with Vivian but right now...it's the last place I want to be.

They entered my safe space and now I need to leave it.

I will find who did this.

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