The Kind You Save (Winter Soldier x Reader)

Winter Returns

You slowly woke up, holding a hand up to your head. You winched as you felt a bandage on the back of your head. Looking around you noticed that you were laying in your room, with a severe headache.

"Miss (y/n), you're needed in the lab. Quite urgently..." You heard Jarvis say over the intercom.

You quickly got up, and opened the door to the hall. As you got into the elevator you heard a loud crash from the lower level, causing you to quickly press the lower button. You couldn't stand still, as soon as the elevator doors began to open you squeezed between them into the hall, running towards the lab.

"Shit..." You whispered to yourself.

It was in shambles, equipment and machines lay out of place around the glass room, accompanied by random papers and broken glass. You walked through the room, finding no one, until you heard a yell from further away. Darting down the hall, you tripped over something as you turned the corner. You got up, head pounding, looking back at Captain America's shield.

"Fucking hell..." You swore, grabbing the shield as you continued down the hall.

You were quickly interrupted by a body being thrown against the wall in front of you. Tony landed on the ground with a loud thud and a grunt. You quickly ran into the room where he was thrown from to find Steve holding Bucky against the ground. You stood there frozen, both men had blood dripping from their faces, Bucky perhaps the most.

"Bucky! Snap out of it!" You yelled at the man.

This seemed to distract Steve as well because as he looked over to you. Bucky quickly threw him off and rolled away. Panic filled your lungs as he threw himself at Steve, knocking him into a wall. He stepped back, winding his arm, preparing for a hit.

"Steve! Catch!" You yelled, throwing the shield.

Your aim wasn't the best but he was still able to catch it in the nick of time to block the metal fist. As the two metals made contact they let out a loud noise, similar to a bell. That's when you saw Bucky throw you a furious glare, he kicked Steve's legs out from under him, causing him to fall back. He then grabbed him by the neck, throwing him across the room into the opposite wall. You gasped and quickly ran out of the room, down the hall.

You were only able to make it a few steps before something threw you to the ground from behind. You landed on your stomach, but quickly turned around to find the Winter Soldier holding you to the ground underneath him. He lifted his metallic fist up as you squeezed your eyes shut, preparing for impact. But nothing happened. You opened your eyes and looked up to find his fist only inches away from your face.

"(Y/n)?" You heard him ask as you held your breath.

Before you could respond, you heard a loud thud as the soldier collapsed on top of you. Looking behind him you saw Steve standing holding his shield up. You desperately tried to pry the man off of you but it was useless, he was extremely heavy. You gasped for breath as Steve and Tony lifted the man off of you.

"We need to get him to the cage before he wakes up..." Steve said, his face bloody and bruised.

This time you had nothing to say, he needed to be contained for now. You watched as Steve threw Bucky's limp body over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes. Tony then helped you off the ground as you clenched your head.

"What h-happened?" You asked weakly.

"Well, after we found you unconscious, I tried my new formulas on his arm. But as soon as they were in his system he flipped out. Throwing things around the lab, attacking Steve and I. It was a complete shit show," he said as you both followed the super soldier down the hall.

You felt your chest cave in as you remembered what had happened. You had tampered with the formulas... you did this... you almost got everyone killed. It was all your fault.

"(Y/n)? Are you alright?" Tony asked, noticing that you had stopped walking.

You were silent, trying to hold back your tears. You felt sick, how could you allow this to happen? You were worried about not being of any help... and you just caused the Winter Soldier to return. You were worse than worthless now. Without saying a word, you ran down the hall in the opposite direction.

"(Y/n)! Wait!" You heard Tony and Steve yell from behind you.

As you continued to run you heard the footsteps from behind you die down, you were losing them. It was difficult to figure out your way through the tower but you were finally able to find the way outside. You quickly ran out the back door when you felt something sharp slice at the back of your leg. You fell to the ground, gasping and holding your thigh. Turning around you saw a large man with a small bloodied knife in his hand standing above you.

"We've been looking for you, (y/n). I'm glad you made it easy for us..." The man said, nodding to something from behind you.

Before you could turn around, you felt two men grab you from behind and lift you off the ground. You screamed and struggled before one of them held a rag over your mouth, causing your body to go limp. The men threw you in the back of a large black van, closing the doors behind you. You faintly heard the sound of the car starting and a yell.