𝐕𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐧 || bucky barnes

The Holy Trinity

The day after the interrogation with Katherine, Clint, and Natasha, someone decided to pay her a visit.

Katherine likes to call them the Holy Trinity.

Sam, Steve, and Bucky were on the elevator going to see the blonde assassin.

"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Sam asked on Steve's left.

"No, but how else are we supposed to get through to her. She's too young to be in this situation." Steve sighed.

"Young? She almost took down the whole team and made a fool of Nat the other day." Sam said bewildered.

"Well...it's not a crime to try and talk to her." Steve said while he heard his best friend Bucky softly chuckle on the right side of him.

Katherine stopped pacing the cell when she heard footsteps enter the floor. "Well, well, well, to what do I owe the pleasure of the Holy Trinity gracing me with their presence?"

Bucky chuckled at the name while Steve said, "We came to talk with you, ma'am."

"Ma'am? How mannerly of you, Captain." Katherine cooed, walking closer to the glass. She saw the light blush on his face and continued, "So, what'ya wanna talk about?"

Steve cleared his throat before saying, "Well, Stark finally found your file and...we know."

"Know what?" Katherine tilted her head looking at the two men in front of her, refusing to give Bucky so much as a glance.

"Everything you've done, who you work for, what you are." Sam spoke up.

"I don't know what you're talking about, pigeon." She teased with the nickname Sam hates.

Sam grumbled while his two friends quietly stifled a laugh. "You know what we're talking about, Vixen."

Katherine's smirked dropped as she stiffened at the name she hadn't heard in a while. Just as fast she stopped she went right back to her teasing demeanor. Her mood changed unnoticed by the two men except one who hasn't stopped observing her.

"Well you've been quite busy I see." Katherine teased.

"We came to ask if you were up for some questions, ma'am." Steve asked

"It seems you already know so much about me, don't ya?" The blonde smiled menacingly.

"Sometimes files don't tell the whole truth. The person behind it does." Bucky finally spoke up after being quiet the whole time.

Katherine finally looked his way with a look of pure hatred, it was like his voice lit a fire within her. Her cool demeanor instantly dropping into a scowl. Her Russian accent slipping out. It only ever came out when she was angry. "I've read your file. It's amusing and sad."

The three men looked taken back by her tone, while Katherine walked closer to the glass separating them from her. "What once was a killing machine is now having slumber parties with the Scooby Gang. What, instead of reloading your weapons, you braid each other's hair?"

"I'm not that person anymore." Bucky defended. He was confused why when anyone spoke she was teasing and playful, but when he so much as uttered one word Katherine would turn cold and mean.

"Oh, really? You've just changed? Just like that?" Katherine taunted.

"He changed himself for the better. He's a good person." Steve defended his best friend. But he was only encouraging the girl to be even more cruel towards Bucky.

"A good man you say? Wow. So the man that killed hundreds is no longer in service? Hmm, after hearing so much about him, I was actually interested to meet him." Katherine looked Bucky up and down and laughed. "What a joke."

Sam and Steve were taken back by her sudden mood change and harsh words. They looked toward their friend on the right and saw him looking down with a clenched jaw and closed fists.

Bucky was having a inner battle with his thoughts. How did she know me? What file? Wanted to meet me? He was questioning why she hated him. He finally cleared his throat before saying, "You've heard of me?"

"Of course I have. There wasn't a day gone by where I didn't hear your stupid name. Well, your alias name, the Winter Soldier." The blonde smirked at the name.

Bucky froze at the name he hadn't heard in a few years. "How do you even know that?" Sam asked annoyed at the girl for bringing up things he knew his friend didn't want to talk about.

"I know everything about all of you, silly." She said looking at Sam playfully. Her cruel attitude turning off like a switch.

"What do you mean by that?" Steve spoke up.

"I researched every single one of you. I know your real names, past and current addresses, relationships, friendships, secret families, shit maybe even your favorite color." She pointed at Steve and smiled. "Blue."

"How would you even know all that?" Sam asked shocked. He was nervous she might know about his sister and nephews.

"She was trained too." Bucky finally looked up. "Right?" Katherine turned her head in his direction with a scowl.

"You would know, wouldn't you?" The assassin shot back.

The brunette man sighed and looked her in the eyes. "You're right, I would know. Which is why I know Hydra is who trained you. Hydra is why you know everything about us."

"You don't know shit, robo cop." The blonde snapped. "You think just because you're trying to make up for what you did, everyone will forget? The people you've killed are still dead. The people's lives you affected still hate you. You're no hero. I see you for who you really are. A sad...broken...old man."

"Now, why don't you go and write in your journal some more and stop wasting my time." Katherine turned and left to the bathroom. Leaving the three men shocked, confused, disappointed, and alone.

When they left, Steve and Sam told Bucky not to let the girl's words get to him. That she didn't know what she was talking about and how they were proud of who he was today.

But that's the thing, Bucky knew some of what Katherine said was true. He can't make up for everything. He's killed, he's hurt, but he's trying. Even though he knew he should be angry at the girl for her cruel words, he wasn't and he didn't know why. He didn't know if it was because she was from Hydra just like he was or if it was the way she only hated him and it made him curious as to why.