The doctor || MARVEL

The End ⚝ Chapter 39

July 30, 2015

It had been nearly two months. None of the team's sleep schedule was where it should have been nor were any of them getting near enough sleep. Especially Virginia. Yelena had been a huge help, she was just as smart and knew a lot about the Red Room. More than anyone else.

Virginia often sat in Tony's lab typing away as she wracked her brain to figure out what she could try and track or try and figure out where Bucky might be. She started to sleep less and skip meals which Bruce and Steve spent a lot of time trying to discourage.

Yelena sometimes would sit with Virginia and just talk with her or tell her about the Red Room. They might call each other friends after a point. But Friends help each other and say when the other is being dumb. That's what Yelena did.

"Virginia!" She stormed into the lab causing Virginia to look up and for her glasses to slide down her nose,

"Yes?" The tired and disheveled woman asked slowly, her eyebrows lacing together in prominent confusion,

"You need to take a break," Yelena ordered as she tried to drag Ginny from the seat that she practically lived in at that point,

"You sound like Steve, did Steve send you?" Virginia questioned with a gruffness that would normally never be associated with her.

"No, but Steve is correct. You've lost your marbles."

"I have no!" Ginny barked,

"Ehh, you kinda have," Yelena bobbed her head from side to side with a grimace on her face as she spoke the truth that Virginia didn't want to hear for sensible reasons but it had gone too far.

"I have to finish this. I have to find him," Ginny's voice broke, her desperation becoming evident for the first time. They all knew she had it, she just never showed it. The fact was nerve-wracking to see the strong woman finally start to crash after so much avoidance of sleep.

"Ginny," Yelena sighed before going to stand behind her friend and peeking over Ginny's shoulder at the screen.

X:59.93863 Y:30.31413 Z: 60000.23986735,

"Wait," Yelena smirked teasingly, "This is what you all have been stuck on" She barked out a laugh as Ginny nodded, "You know, for all of you being pretty smart, you all are pretty dumb,"

"What do you mean?" Ginny inquired her head cocking to the side,

"X, Y, and Z are the three-axis points. Z is less familiar but it is the 3D point of the axis. So, the base you have spent seven weeks looking for is in the air, about 60,000 feet, I assume up." Virginia blinked. Then blinked again before tackling Yelena in a hug,

"You are a genius," She peeped,

"I know," Yelena grinned, "Now, you are going to eat and sleep. I'll tell the team about the coordinates. We'll leave once everybody gets some sleep, and once we talk to Fury,"

"Thank you, Yelena," Ginny said slowly a soft true smile playing on her lips, "Thank you," Yelena nodded with a smile and left the lab to go and order that everyone slept,

***

"So we are gonna blow this shit to the moon once we get Barnes," Tony ordered as the jet landed. "It looks like this is the biggest thing we have seen so far, so keep your coms on, and be safe,"

"In the wise words of Steve, if you get hurt, hurt 'em back. if you get killed, walk it off," Virginia smiled looking at the team, Steve was grimacing and Everybody else was grinning a bit. Natasha had a reassuring hand on Steve's back.