Alive but not Awake || Bucky Barnes [1]

Sneak Peak - Saviours

Sneak Peak: Saviours

"She knows how to hide, Steve." Bucky scratched his head, frustrated that they couldn't find Ava anywhere across the globe. It had been two weeks since Shield and Hydra collapsed and scattered. Two months since they completely lost sight of Avery Rogers or The Winter Solider {they didn't really know which persona she was right now}. There was literally nothing concerning her whereabouts. "Where could she have gone?"

Steve nodded numbly, laying his back against the sofa, staring at the folder Natasha had given them – the folder holding everything about his sister and what happened to her – in very grave detail. "I don't know, Buck." Running a tired hand over his eyes, even with Stark's technology they couldn't pin point her.

It's like she didn't want anyone to know what she was up to – like she didn't want anyone's help. Well, with everything that went on, he couldn't exactly blame her. But all he wanted was his sister back; come to think of it – he hasn't even had a glimpse of her still – only Bucky's had that privilege. "If this was our Ava, she'd want to make sure we weren't involved in whatever she was doing – The Winter Solider? The soldier part of her was a martyr, she could be doing anything and we still didn't even know what that is."

Bucky bit his lip in thought, leaning forwards so that his elbows touched his knees – looking up at his best friend while his brain ran through dozens of scenarios, "If I were her – slowly remembering bits and pieces of what happened to me over time." He paused, looking straight to Steve with an idea, "I'd go after the people who took everything from me. The people who took me away from who I was."

A spark fluttered in Steve's eyes. "Hydra." His fists clenching in anger at the people who did this to his other half.

Bucky nodded also trying to hold in his own emotions by swallowing hard, "Hydra." Reaching forwards, flipping the folder open to the page of possible sites where Hydra camps could still be, "She'd want answers for what she can't remember. Cutting the head off the snake is a pretty good way to go."

"The best place to look first - would be to start where everything began."

Steve and Bucky looked in each other's eyes, knowing exactly where to start looking, "Where she died."

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Dedication for the Song Pick - WolfieLE

It fits so perfectly with Ava and Bucky just like you said ... thank you!