Brooklyn - Bucky X OC Love Story

22 - Fury

Somehow after surgery, Emilia ended up in a jail cell anyway. She wasn't even surprised, even after Tony's promise that she wouldn't be arrested if she saved Rhodey. But the surgery was a success, he'd woken up, he'd had feeling in his feet, in his legs. But almost as soon as he had woken up, Tony had Emilia in handcuffs. She was almost hyperventilating when they shoved her roughly in a cell beside Sam.

"You alright, Barnes?" Sam asked. Emilia pulled her knees up to her chest, wrapping her arms around herself as she rested her forehead on her knees. She didn't bother responding to Sam, she was trying to calm her breathing, calm her mind. She'd been held prisoner a few too many times to be comfortable doing it again, even if this time she wasn't strapped to a bed, it triggered the old memories of Hydra in her brain. It triggered memories of the psych ward in her brain, as well.

"Barnes?" Clint asked.

"We didn't have the chance to properly introduce everyone. Barton, this is Bucky's wife, Emilia." Sam introduced.

"He left her here?" Scott asked.

"Nah, she made him leave her. She went to Rhodey. She was hoping if she helped him, Tony would go easy on us. It didn't go well, did it?" Sam asked.

Emilia finally picked her head up, glaring at Sam. "What does it look like?" She said with a raised eyebrow.

"It looks like Stark tricked you into saving his friends life, just to let you rot in a cell with the rest of us." Sam said with a huff. "You should never turn your back on Stark, chances are he's gonna break it." Clint chimed in with.

"Shut up, Sam." Emilia quietly pleaded. She laid her head back against the glass of her cell, thankful that Sam respected her plea. She couldn't quiet her heartrate, she felt like she couldn't get in a full breath of air. It felt like there was a weight on her chest, a heavy cement weight, crushing her lungs. With each breath she took, she felt her lungs tighten more and more.

"Yo, hey! Stark!" Clint yelled out. "This woman's having a panic attack!" He shouted as loudly as he could when he saw Emilia's situation.

A few moments later, Tony and several guards rushed to the door of her glass cell. "Name five things you can see!" Tony shouted through the glass.

Emilia shook her head no, her eyes still closed, still gasping to catch her breath, a hand clutching her chest. "Fuck you." She said in almost a gasp, desperate to get a full breath of air.

"Five things you can see." Tony repeated. Emilia opened her eyes, glaring at Tony. "The bed.. you." Emilia said, trying to catch her breath despite the last several minutes already proving she couldn't.

"Get Dr. Barnes out of that God damn cell, now!" Someone sternly yelled. Emilia could hear footsteps practically stomping down the hallway until Nick Fury was staring down at her.

"She's a criminal. And you're supposed to be dead." Tony argued.

"You have five seconds." Nick said sternly. "Dr. Barnes is not a criminal, she is SHIELD property." He practically yelled in Tony's face.

"You act like I control what goes on here?" Tony argued again. The guards, however, listened to Nick's request. As soon as the glass cell was opened, Nick rushed in, pulling Emilia to her feet and into the hallway.

"You're not a prisoner. Hydra has been defeated, they're gone." Nick reassured her.

Almost as soon as Emilia was pulled from the cell, her heartrate started to steady. She felt like her lungs were actually fully inflating with each breath. The stale oxygen that was trapped in her body seemed to be gone. She squatted down, holding her head in her hands between her legs for a moment while she gathered herself.