Her Assistant | Natasha Romanoff

23. Road to Healing

Bucky POV
Y/N collapsed to the ground and I knew it was a matter of time before Miss Romanoff did too. I picked up Y/N and told Miss Romanoff to follow after me as I banged on the door of Miss Maximoff's.

"Miss Maximoff! Please help us, Miss Maximoff!"

Her eyes were half open when she opened the door. "Hmm? What is it? Banging on my door at this time?" Once she was awake enough and registered that I was holding an unconscious body in my arms, she gasped. "That skin! You went into the forest didn't you?"

"Sorry, we'll take whatever punishment later, please save Y/N somehow." Miss Romanoff said beside me and I could tell she was getting weaker by the second as she was clinging onto my clothes.

"What did she say?"  Miss Maximoff rushed as she knocked on another door on the way somewhere.

"She said she'll take the punishment later and to save Y/N." I repeated what Miss Romanoff said. Pietro rushed out of the room and saw the crowd in front of him

"You!"

"Piet! Prepare to detox them! Get everything we need." She ordered her brother as she began taking our mysterious liquids. "When did you go into the forest?" She asked. I have no idea so I asked Miss Romanoff while she still had a bit of consciousness.

"Fifteen minutes ago."  I told her after getting an answer.

"Take off their clothes!"  I was surprised at her orders but I went along with it.

"I'm sorry Y/N, don't hate me please." I mumbled under my breath as I took off her clothes one by one. Miss Maximoff was done with Miss Romanoff's but Y/N was wearing a lot more layers and I had a hard time unbuttoning her clothes in a panic.

"Keep their heads under water! Don't let them come up until I say so."

It was a lot easier to deal with Y/N since she was already unconscious, however Miss Romanoff was struggling to stay underwater for that long and kept trying to resurface. Pietro had to hold her down and I can see the bubbles rising.

"They can come up now!" Pietro pulled Miss Romanoff up and she finally was able to breathe in air. "Make them swallow this and spit it out!" She gave me a funnel and a jug.

"Forgive me Y/N." I shoved it in her mouth and poured the liquid in before forcing her to puke it all out again. I kept doing it until Miss Maximoff told us it was okay to stop.

Finally, Miss Maximoff said everything was fine and it was up to Y/N to heal up. Miss Romanoff was alright apart from the scratchiness in her voice due to the forcing down of liquid down her throat and bruising like things on her face that had faded compared to the first time I saw her.

I brought Y/N back to her room to rest and Miss Romanoff dressed her as I waited outside.

Natasha POV
Finally everyone was settled and we were allowed back to our rooms. Y/N and I took Bucky's room since it has two single beds for him and Y/N. Currently, Bucky and I are waiting for her to wake up.

Suddenly, I saw Y/N struggling in her sleep and I jumped out of bed to wake her up. She kept squirming in her sleep before eventually waking up screaming.

"Oh thank god, I was worried for a moment." Bucky said. "I think I lost a few years seeing you pass out."

"Y/N? What's wrong?" I asked when I saw she wasn't responding. She kept making small noises as if she wasn't aware of her surroundings.

"NOo... Noo.. I don't want the pain anymore!" She clung onto me and waved off an imaginary person. "It's dark... Where am I? I'm scared..." She gripped onto me tighter.