Saviours || Bucky Barnes [2]

You're not Alone

SONG RECOMMENDATION!

'Shatter Me' by Lindsey Stirling, featuring Lzzy Hale

Massive thanks to MarvelsQuacksons for recommending this song!

If anyone else has a song they think fits this series (or any series of mine) let me know! If you have a preference for which chapter you think it fits too, I'd love to know too!

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This is going to pretty much span the three days Banner and Stark work on their Ultron project.

Avengers: The Age of Ultron | Saviours | You're not Alone

The next day, Avery found herself in Central Park - she sat on the grass, her arms wrapped around her legs as they tucked themselves against her chest. Her fingers fiddled with the grass threads she had previously ripped up from the ground while gazing at the lake that made her feel peaceful, she wanted some clarity and time away from the tower after technically coming back from the dead.

Central Park was still as lively and populated as last time, kids were running around to avoid the dog from catching up to them and couples were just holding hands with joyful smiles. She envied them, something she and the Winter also had in common. The Winter Soldier sometimes hated being the odd one out, the one who would never get any of this - but she was a trained, soulless killer so all in all, she didn't have it as a priority.

A footstep on the crunchy part of the grass sounded, "Can I sit?" A voice asked her, a female one. And when Ava looked behind and up, she saw Natasha standing there with a small bag and wearing normal public clothing rather than her usual spy gear. Natasha wore a small smile, but there was a slight hesitation in it - like she didn't know this would be a good idea or not.

Ava didn't say anything, other than nodding mutely. She turned back around to the lake, staring at it once again. Natalia Romanova, the little redhead she nearly but unsuccessfully tried to save from the hands of the KGB. "What are you doing here, Natalia?" She said softly, too tired to try and fight to just be alone. She knew Natasha would finally try and find her after the news of the memories returning, the little redhead was one of many things she had tried to direct down another path. And again, she failed to save the child - she always failed it seemed.

Natasha couldn't help but flinch a little at her old name, the one she made sure to change as soon as she could. She sat next to the dark-haired woman. Her past wasn't a bright one, and it wasn't one any child would want. So she put on a smile, trying to block away the memories momentarily, "I brought lunch." She said, opening up the little bag she had with her. "You been here for nearly five hours and I know for a fact that you didn't have breakfast." She held out a chicken caesar wrap, one that was handmade from the grocers down the street.

Avery turned to her, frowning, not stopping herself from looking confused. She slowly grabbed the wrap from the redhead, accepting the food gratefully. "Thank you." She began on a good note, "But that's not why you're here." Knowing all too well.

Natasha sighed, "You're right." She nodded, putting the bag down next to her. She was now sitting cross-legged near Ava, not too close but not too far so she could be heard. "I'll get straight to the point. Supposedly you have all your memories back, so, tell me, what the hell happened 15 years ago?!" Ava could sense anger in the words, almost the same display for when Winter had met all the Avengers together - she understood the well-deserved anger. Avery would have been confused if there hadn't been. To Natasha, who didn't know all the facts, it probably seemed like she had been left on purpose and if Madam B had anything to say about it, she would have made sure that's what Natalia's thoughts were left with.