Run Away

Ch 10

"Bucky?" Bucky's eyes looked to the side. Steve was there, but taller and stronger

"Steve" Bucky said with a small smile. Steve broke the stripes holding him into the metal table/bed and helped him sit up hugging him. When they pulled apart, Bucky could see how taller he was

"I thought you were dead"

"I thought you were smaller"

"C'mon. Let's get out of here"

The scene changed. He was now standing in a snowy mountain next to Steve and other men. The Howling Comandos

"Remember that time I made you ride the Cyclone in Coney Island?"

"Yeah, and I threw up?" Steve smiled

"This isn't payback, is it?"

"Now, why would I do that?" They both smiled

The scene changed again. He took Steve's shield from the ground and fired at a man in an armor. The man shot and he was sent flying though a hole at the side of the train. He was gripping to a pipe of a train, trying to not fall off. Steve came out

"Bucky!" Steve yelled at him. He stretched his hand to grab Bucky's. Bucky tried to reach him too but the metal he was gripping fell off. He yelled as he fell looking at Steve's desesperate and sad face

Bucky woke up letting out a scream and sitting up fast, he had a thin layer of sweat in his forehead and was breathing heavily. Not five seconds later, Mikeyla came to the room

"Bucky?" She called and rushed to the side of his bed

"I'm fine. It was just a nightmare" Bucky panted "I fell off the train. Steve couldn't reach me"

"That sounds more like a memory" Mikeyla said softly sitting on the edge of the bed "Files say that's how you died in 1945" Bucky looked up at her

"I didn't die" Bucky spoke in a low husky voice "I fell but... I didn't die. Hydra found me" he stood up and went to his backpack. He took out some paper and a pen "I have memories sometimes but I forget them in the morning. I write them down" he explained

"In pieces of paper?" Mikeyla frowned

"Yeah. That was all I had" he said continuing to write sitting down in the floor. Mikeyla stood up and left the room, Bucky barely noticed. He was still writing. Mikeyla then returned, crounched down next to him and handed something to Bucky. He turned his attention to the object in her hand. A notebook

"It's easier to write and to file your memories in a notebook" she said offering him a small smile. Bucky took it in his hand and opened it. It wasn't too big or too small, it was perfect

"Thank you" he said sincerely

"Don't mention it" Mikeyla quickly pecked his cheek before standing up "Call me if you need anything. Goodnight, Bucky" And she left

Bucky stared after her, his hand rose and ligtly touched his cheek where Mikeyla had kissed him "Good night"

The next day Mikeyla convinced Bucky to go with her to her second job. It was a little bit further than the studio

"What did you say your other job was?" Bucky asked

"I didn't say" Mikeyla said with a smirk. Bucky chuckled

"What is your second job?" He asked directly. Mikeyla bit her lip

"I'm a trainer"

"Self defece?"

"Not exactly" Before Bucky could ask what she meant, they parked almost in front of an animal shelter

"You help a vet?"

"Sometimes"

Bucky followed her inside

"Mikeyla, I'm glad you arrived" a boy about her age said in relief "Jojo is misbehaving again"

"I just got here" Mikeyla said

"Just go before he bites off someone's hand"

Mikeyla left her things in a bench and walked to the back of the building in a rush. The guy and Bucky followed. A younger girl was pressed against a wall, a furry black dog growled at her

"Jojo!" Mikeyla yelled "Halt. Komm heir!" She ordered in german. The dog instantly turned to her and walked to her not agressive anymore "Sitzt!" The dog sat in front of her and that's when Mikeyla smiled "Now who's a good boy?" She cooed "You, you are a good boy" she crounched down and petted the dog who happily complied

"That thing almost kills me!" The other girl complained from the guy's arms

"He's not an 'it', Stacy" Mikeyla said glaring at the girl still petting the dog. The dog suddenly whinned and Mijely recracted he hand in surprise. She then looked closer and saw red in the dog's mouth "Why is he bleeding?" She asked the girl who looked down avoidin her eyes "You hit him? You dared hit a innocent animal?"

"That thing is not an innocent animal" the girl said

"He's only trying to protect himself!" Mikeyla almosy lunged to the girl but the guy stood in front if her

"Hey, she's new. Don't be that harsh"

"Being harsh? She hit Jojo and he's bleeding. I'm the trainer here, not her. This kind of punishment is unnaceptable" Mikeyla said "I'll tell Lucy about this"

"No, she'll get me fired" Stacy panicked

"You should have thought of that before applying a job in an animal shelter where you planned on abusing the sheltered animals!" Stacy didn't answer and Mikeyla was fuming, but she then calmed herself "Listen, I try to be a nice person, you're new and young, so I won't tell Lucy about this. But the next time you hurt any of the animals I'll not only tell Lucy but make sure you regret it. Are we clear?" Stacy glared at her

"Crystal" she said

"Great, now get out of here. I have dogs to train"

The girl stomped away followed by the guy. Mikeyla glared after her

"So" Bucky talked before clearing his throat trying to ease the atmosphere "Dog trainer?" Mikeyla relaxed and smiled at him

"I've always had a touch with dogs" she said

"What do you train them for?" Bucky asked

"For the police, or hunters, or people who want an obedient dog, or sometimes for contests" Mikeyla explained

"Is it hard?" Bucky asked

"Kind of. You have to train the alpha first and the others will follow the lead. The hard part is when there are more than one alpha. They usually fight"

"And what do you do in those cases?" Mikeyla smirked

"I become the alpha" she said with confidence. Bucky raised an eyevrow at her and she merely smiled

"You train them in german?" Bucky asked

"German is the language of authority and order" she said "and using another language makes them listen to your orders only"

"Somehow it makes sense" Bucky said

Just then Jojo barked startling Bucky

"Ruhe, Jojo" Mikeyla said "C'mon, let's get the others" Bucky hesitated "Don't worry, I'll protect you from them" Mikeyla winked. Bucky felt something warm inside him and smiled before walking with her