Saving Bucky Barnes

Chapter 2

I inhaled sharply. The door was closed behind me. I didn't even notice. But Bucky did. He looked up. He looked at  me. He had the clearest blue eyes of anyone I had ever seen. They looked glassy, as if a wall of tears was trapped inside of those icy eyes.

"Bucky?" I asked.

His head shot up and her walked up to me. Before I had a chance to panic, his metal hand clamped around my upper arm.

"My name is not Bucky." That was all he said. His voice sounded hollow and hopeless. It was the kind of voice that sent shivers down your spine but also brought tears to your eyes.

He let go of my arm and walked back to the bed. I sat down on the other bed. I looked at him. Our eyes locked. His brows furrowed in confusion. It was as if he had just now noticed me. I stared back until he looked down.  Then I realized something. He hadn't tried to kill me yet.

"Why haven't you killed me?"  I asked.

"They cant wipe me. The machine was damaged." He replied so softly that I almost didn't hear. 

I nodded. I stared at my hands awkwardly and tried to think of something to say. I was doing my best to ignore the dull pain coursing through my stomach from where the man had punched me. Without meaning to, I closed my eyes and before I knew it, I was asleep.

I awoke to the sound of metal against metal as the door to the cell opened up.

"Nice to see you are awake. You will be taken for questioning and Winter Soldier, you will be wiped." Said the first man who had spoken back in my office.

I was grabbed by the arm and pulled until I reached the office of the man who had spoke. Bucky was taken in the opposite direction. I was interrogated. But I honestly knew nothing. The man never revealed his name. He just asked me basic questions. My answer was usually "I don't know." After awhile he just sat there staring at me. Then he slapped me across the face. He walked over and punched my ribs. I heard bone crack.

"How can you know nothing!!" He yelled. "Take her away." He said to a man who was standing nearby.

I was half carried half walked back to my cell. My ribs were broken and my cheek was already turning blue. Bucky and I were returned to our cell at the same time. A guard wacked Bucky over the head with the butt of his gun. Bucky just kneeled on the cold ground. His face empty.

The guards left and I immediately forgot my own pain.

"Bu-I mean Winter Soldier. Are you ok?"

  My hands shook as I helped him up. He looked awful. I helped him back to his bed. He lay there looking at me. He reached his hand up to touch my bruise but I instinctively pull away. His eyes rolled back in his head as he slips into unconsciousness. I dragged myself into my bed and closed my eyes in pain.