GROW (BUCKY BARNES x OC)

37

The doors to the room opened and the Avenger's weapons were pointed there. Only it wasn't Chris who walked through the doors. It was Lucy, Kimmy's seventeen year old intern. Behind her was another woman with blonde hair and sharp and intense looking eyes.

"Lucy?" Kimmy gasped.

"Duh." Lucy rolled her eyes.

"You work for HYDRA?!"

"No shit, Kimmy." Lucy scowled.

The unknown woman behind Lucy stepped forward.

"Who the hell are you?" Clint asked.

"Allow me to introduce my good friend, Project 937." Chris chuckled darkly.

"Still hiding, Chris?" Natasha mocked.

"Like I said before, I'm just here for what's mine plus an extra toy. The rest of you can go unharmed." Chris offered.

"Like hell we're going to let you take her!" Sam exclaimed.

"Oh, come on, I'll even let you keep the little brat alive as your pet!"

Olivia flinched as he referred to her, tears falling down her face.

"Shut up!" Bucky roared.

"I've grown bored to my patience. If you won't willingly stand down, Project 937, please do the honors." Chris said.

The Avengers turned to the blonde woman and waited for her to advance. She didn't. She remained standing exactly where she was before flicking her wrist. The effect was immediate. Every muscle in Aurora's body from the neck down, froze. She couldn't move, she wasn't even sure how she was breathing. Judging from the quiet gasps around her, Aurora assumed they had suffered the same fate. Not even Wanda could do anything as her powers seemed nullified.

"Thank you." Chris said, but this time not through the speaker.

He strolled into the room casually, looking more like he'd arrived late for brunch than to crash a wedding and abduct someone. There was something in his eyes though, something evil. He smiled mockingly around at the group. Then his eyes landed on Aurora.

"I'll deal with you later." He promised.

"We will find you and we will kill you. There's nowhere on this planet or any others you can hide that we won't find you." Bucky threatened.

"Ooh, terrifying! You know, this is why I only had her freeze you from the neck down, I wanted to hear your stupid little empty threats." Chris said, moving forward.

"Don't take another step." Bucky growled.

"You're starting to annoy me even more, soldier."

But Chris kept walking until he stood in front of Aurora and Bucky. He smiled wickedly as he pulled something from his jacket pocket, two bracelets. The ones that restricted her magic.

"Don't you dare fucking touch her." Bucky yelled.

Chris paid no mind to him and secured the bracelets over Aurora's frozen wrists. Then he pulled another thing out of his other pocket, metal handcuffs.

"Vibranium." He explained, "I had to get something a bit stronger for the Winter Soldier."

Bucky didn't reply.

"Ah, silent now? Is that fear I see in your eyes, soldier?" Chris mocked.

"What do you want?" Steve asked him aggressively.

"I want him slowly torn to shreds for being stupid enough to steal what's mine. It's what HYDRA wants, and that's their little toy soldier back."