the team doctor || bucky barnes (EDITING IN PROGRESS)

39.

ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ꜱᴏɴɢ: ᴛʀᴀᴅᴇ ᴍɪꜱᴛᴀᴋᴇꜱ - ᴘᴀɴɪᴄ! ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅɪꜱᴄᴏ

"𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦, 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐞, 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞."

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VALERIE COULDN'T BREATHE.

Her breath left her as she witnessed his dark eyes intensify as his grasp tightened even more.

"B-Bucky--" She gasped. "I-I can't breathe,"

His eyes only narrowed, gritting his teeth as he squeezed harder. Her hands wrapped around his forearm, trying her hardest to push him off her. To no avail, she began to panic as her head felt lighter and lighter. Gasping for air, she swiftly brought her knee up to his groin, making hard contact.

As he doubled over in pain, she slipped out of her apartment and started for the stairs. She threw open the door to the stairwell and sprinted, almost tripping over herself in her socks. She heard his heavy footsteps getting closer as he barrelled down after her.

He yanked on her arm, throwing her against the wall of the stairwell. She winced in pain as she smacked against the concrete wall, not having even a millisecond to catch her breath before he had her trapped. His forearm pressed against her neck, attempting to choke her again.

"Bucky, please," She cried. "It's me, it's Valerie,"

"I don't know you."

Her eyes widened at the slight and subtle change of his voice, almost robotic-sounding. She knew the same move wouldn't work twice, and she had to think fast. Feeling the compass in her pocket, she slipped it out and hit him upside the head with it. The crack of the metal hitting his skull echoed in the stairwell, causing him to bring his hands to his head. Buying herself another minute, she raced down the stairs and onto the floor where everyone lived.

"Help!" She cried as loudly as she could.

Bucky kept gaining on her, his eyes completely black as he stalked toward her like prey. She kept screaming as he got closer, feeling immediate relief when someone's door opened.

"Val--Bucky?" Steve stepped out.

"Steve," She cried, pointing at her former lover.

Steve immediately lunged at Bucky, attempting to tackle him to the ground. The noise caused a couple more Avengers to emerge from their rooms, quickly joining the action. After it seemed apparent that Bucky's main goal was Valerie, Sam ushered her away to her office, locking the door.

"What the hell was that?" Her chest heaved.

Sam brought a finger to his lips, listening through the door. He heard the team faintly overtaking Bucky, their voices growing more distant as they brought him down to the floor with, for lack of a better word, a jail cell.

"They're gone," He said. "Are you okay?"

"My neck hurts," She rubbed the spot that was now growing red and bruised. "Sam, what...was that?"

"That was the Winter Soldier," Sam snarled.

Her stomach dropped, her voice leaving her. The pure, animalistic way he threw her around terrified her. It was like there was no one inside his brain, he was simply a machine with a mission.

Her Bucky was gone.

"Where did they take him?"

"I'm not sure I'm allowed to tell you," He admitted.