My Soldier (Bucky Barnes)

Avengers Compound

I heard some faint beeping sound and a few murmurs. It was still all dark for me but my body felt it cold. My eyes slowly opened and I found myself inside a foggy glass like container but inside it was all freezing cold. I started breathing erratically and tried moving but I couldn't. It was as if my body was stiff. Like it was frozen. That's when I realized, I was in ice. But how could I end up in this? The last I remember, I was in Korea and everything looked in orange hue to me. We were stopping the train. The train. Oh god, did we save them? The people? What about Ultron? Just then the beeping increased and just then Tony and Steve came in running in front of me. "Calm down kid. Your safe now. Take deep breaths." Tony said to me while the pain in my head increased. "Tony" Steve said warningly. I could hear their muffled voices. Subconsciously, I heated my body enough to break the ice and I did. The ice block exploded with a big noise. I was quickly free from it and landed on my feet but they couldn't balance me so I fell onto my knees while chest heaved for oxygen to breathe. Throughout the time, the people in the room had been quiet but they were all scared as if I were dangerous. "Steve?" I managed to croak it out from my dry mouth. He quickly came to my aid and held me as we both sat onto the cold floor. He looked at me softly and rubbed my arm but I didn't feel anything. The ice made me numb. "The train? Did we save the civilians? D-Did we stop it?" "Ana you need to calm down", he said in a calming tone. "How the hell am I supposed to calm down Steve?!" I burst out in anger. "A-Ana your eyes." I looked down and tried to figure what's wrong with my eyes. In short, I was panicking. "W-what about them?" I ask with my lower lip quivering. "They are glowing. Like fiery kind-" "What's happening to me?" I cut him off as I say with pure fear while I sniffle through my red and cold nose. "Its just your powers. They have been growing at off the charts rate." Tony said from behind him. 

I looked at him and saw him wearing a black suit with black jeans. "You're looking good." I say trying to break the tension as I breathe heavily. He shares a soft smile. "What happened? We were in Korea. S-Stopping that train. The civilians. NEXUS, Oslo, I was there too-" "You collapsed after stopping the train. Some said you were consumed in fire. Even after passing out, your body temps were rising so we had to freeze you in ice till you were stable." Steve answered as he tried to calm me down. "W-what?" "Yeah you even managed to sorta melt my suit. Sorry about freezing you though." Tony said with an apologetic smile. "That's fine. You did what you needed to" I pause to take a deep breath, "How long was I out?" "One week and 4 days." "Then what about Ultron? Is he, is he gone then?" "Vision eliminated him." Tony said casually. "Vision who?" "Ah you haven't met him, right. Don't worry you'll see him at the compound." "Compound?" I gave him a quizzed look. "You'll get to know that too . Spoiler alert. You're gonna love it." I nodded. After more catching up on the events and getting changed into something comfortable and warmer, Tony left the room and Steve set me down on a wheelchair to take me to meet everybody. "You do know I can walk right?" I asked as I sat in the chair with a cardigan on me as I still felt cold. "I know. But its funny to see you like this" he said with a laugh. I just gave him an eye roll. "Punk." I muttered under my breath. "Love you too", he added.

He wheeled me through the lift and different hallways. I have to say but it was really pleasant over here. The sun was brighter even though we used to live in the tallest building of New York. The greenery was refreshing and the lake view was calming. Tony was right. I was loving it already. Steve took me to a lounging kind of room where Nat, Sam, Rhodey, Maria, Tony and Wanda were present. Steve then stepped in front to cover me and cleared his throat before speaking. "Attention Avengers-" "Not now Steve. I'm trying to catch a Pikachu. Its hard to find" Nat cut him mid-intro. "Yeah man, I wanna catch it before Widow does." Sam continued. "Found it!" Rhodey jumped from where he was crouching. "You cheated! You pushed me aside and went crawling to the bar!" Tony exclaimed. "Puh-lease. I found it fair and square." "You almost made be break my back by pushing me into the table!" They continued their bickering while the rest started chanting 'Fight!'. In all fairness, it was amusing. "Guys. Shut the hell up!" Steve shouted from behind me. He must've felt angry at their behavior over a 'Pikachu'. They all looked at him in horror while Wanda just looked up from the book she was reading. "Language Cap. Jeez!" Tony said in an amusing tone. This made us all laugh. Nat's ears perked up at the sound of my laugh. "Is that-" "Yep that's what I was trying tell you all but you guys look like the animals from  the Jungle Book. Well anyways, welcome back Ana!" he said and stepped aside for the rest to see me. 

Nat wasted no time in hugging me, "Thank goodness your fine. You had me scared. Never pull off such stuff when I'm being taken away by the enemy." "Yeah you took all the attention." Tony commented from over the distant bar. "Shut up, Stark." She said flatly with an eye-roll. "Don't listen to him. We're glad you're back" said Sam with his booming voice. After meeting up with all I sat on the couch next to Wanda and met with her. "Hey. Glad you're fine. You had me scared that day with fire and everything", she said with her thick Sokovian accent but sadness was loomed in deep within her words. Poor girl, she lost her twin, Pietro. It wasn't fair, he died while I survived. Although I didn't really know him that well, but he definitely was a good person. He gave up his life for an innocent life that got caught in middle of a war. He really was a hero. "Thankyou. I heard from Steve that you fought with them. I'm sorry about your loss." "Uh right. Um thankyou." She looked down as tears quickly filled her eyes. She was broken just like me. HYDRA messed up our lives and the only thing she had close to her got taken away by Ultron. Although she did show me my worst fears, but she didn't deserve this. I kept my hand on her shoulder and she looked up at me. "Hey, what he did was truly brave and heroic. He is a hero to me and to all of us. If you need to talk, I'll be here to listen." That made her smile a bit. "Thankyou, really" she said as she wiped the tears that were trickling down from her eyes. 

We both shared some smiles and Nat joined in as we continued talking till a man in all maroon face entered the room through the wall. It surprised me and I got into my fight stance. Not another robot crashing a good talk. "Miss Dvorvak, I assure you I mean no harm." He sounded just like Jarvis. "Wait what? Did Tony fuse JARVIS into the cradle?" I asked the team. I think they missed out on telling me this. "Yeah and this is Vision. You can stand?" Nat said. I pulled out from my position. "Yeah I can Steve it was funny to make me sit onto a wheelchair." "He ain't lying though" Sam snickered from a corner. I gave him an eye roll and walked in front of Vision. "I'm sorry about this. They didn't tell me about you." "Its all fine Miss Dvorvak." "Please, Ana is fine." "Sure, Ana." After spending more time with the team and a pizza dinner, I decided to take some rest. "Well everybody, thankyou for this welcoming dinner. I expect not to see my pizza leftovers to be missing in the morning or else expect to see someone being grilled as my  breakfast tomorrow. Goodnight." I say with a warm smile and leave the room. I walked into the elevator and was soon joined by Nat. "I've marked your leftovers in the fridge and yes they're scared" she said. I let out a small chuckle. "Do you know where's Bruce? I didn't really see him down there tonight." "Uh Bruce um, he took the quinjet in the middle of fight in Sokovia and hasn't reported back." she said sadly. "Oh no. Nat, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have asked that." "Its fine now. Don't worry." she smiles weakly. "You know Steve lost his shit when you were brought back. He almost cried. You are the next closest friend to him eversince Barnes." she said. "I know. I just hope he's fine and alive." I say as tears start forming a bit in my eyes. Before we could continue the talk, I reached my floor and went off to my room after wishing Nat a goodnight. Now I had time to focus on finding Bucky and this time, nothing can stop me.