Dream a little dream of me

•Steve's POV•
   so many Hydra agents, but they're not getting away with hurting my James again!
   I'm coming for you Buck, hold on pal
   this isn't the end of the line so, you can't leave me!...please

All these thoughts were rushing through my head, while I was racing to get to my friend, oh how close I was to being there to save him, so close to being happy. Why can't I save my best friend just once?

As I look at the machine again I see him; his long and unruly brown hair, bare chest and right arm covered with scars. There's still fresh sweat from the procedure, his legs and metal arm secured twice as much as the rest of him, but what brought me to my knees were his eyes, while looking into those once warm, raging-storm of eyes; I recalled what I could of done to prevent this outcome...

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Sam and I were still working on how to find Bucky, after he disappeared....7 months ago, but last week, That punk was caught on camera leaving the Smithsonian, S.H.I.E.L.D. picked it up, but to my dismay, so did Hydra. I didn't learn about this until 3 days after the occurrence, when he had already been recaptured by Hydra. Furious, about not being informed immediately, I left and went into hiding,so I could find my pal my way, but not without a certain Falcon on my tail. After being assured that he didn't know about Bucky's appearance either, he said, with his smug but genuine smirk,"Yeah, you know I'm not going to miss out on another chance to help the Captain America find  his best friend."
    After that we started sneaking into Hydra bases, seeing if we could go around and pick up any info on our lost solider. Two days later, Sam over heard a Hydra agent say that Zola planned to 'make sure he never remembers an inkling of his past...only obedience'. Once Steve heard this, the Star Spangled Man got the unfortunate- Hydra agent to tell them Zola's location, and when his plan was going to be put into motion.
   James Buchanan Barnes, was to be wiped clean and made anew, in two days at a secret ( not so secret anymore) Hydra base called Ravenous,but Steve wasn't going to let that happen to HIS old pal.
never again, he pledged.
    Him and Sam spent the next whole three days planning the obviously-suicidal rescue mission. The trip to Ravenous in Canada didn't take that long, what was, was trying to find their way around the labyrinth like, base full of Hydra recruits and soldiers. Sam went ahead to the main control room to guide The Captain to his metal armed friend. Steve was plowing through the evil-octopus agents, when Wilson gave word on the once Winter Soldier's cell. The Captain pushed his test tube enhanced abilities, finishing off the last of the agents and ran the fastest he has ever ran in his life to the room; one floor down, fifth door on the right.
  one down, five right, keep running... Come on I have to get to him! faster!Faster!FASTER!, he kept chanting                                                                         

    He got there in 5 minutes flat, it was a huge metal meat locker- looking door, with a piercing blue hue of light seeping through the single one-by-one window. Rogers didn't hesitate to full on shield/body slam into the door, knocking it off its hinges on his third go. There were five agents, seven doctors, and... Crossbones. The doctors started  messing with the controls, while Steve battles the five agents. When he had his third agent down, Falcon burst through the newly formed entry way and took over for him. With a curt nod, Steve glanced at the doctors to noticed that they seemed to be speeding up and intensifying the process. James was thrashing around and giving off blood- curdling, but muffled screams. The thing was though, he wasn't worried about being set free, no Bucky was giving Steve pleading glances, throwing his head towards the exit trying to get his idiot of a friend as far away from here as possible, and when he saw Crossbones advancing on his Steve, a terrible roar ripped through his raw throat.
     Captain heard and watched in horror as his best friend cried out his name, he was about to run over there when he gets knocked over by an unknown force. He quickly rolls over to see a scar covered Crossbones. Falcon comes up next to Steve, where he starts shooting his wing missiles. The trained killer manages to dodge some but sill gets hit a couple of times, seeing an opening, cap rushes in and throws his shield at Crossbones, while giving Sam orders through the ear com. Cap pleadingly tells Sam to stop the machine and help the tortured solider. Crossbones ducks under the shield and starts to shoot at the Captain. Steve sees this coming and kicks one gun out of his hand while, grabbing his wrist other and forcing the second gun out of his clutches and on the ground, and out of their reach. Crossbones tries to retaliate with a kick to the face, but he receives a gut punch (along with some broken ribs) and the Star Spangled Man's backwards scissor kick to the jaw; has the Hydra scum in a heap on the ground.
    I run over to Sam and Bucky once I get there I see the machine....

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      Now I'm back to looking into his once oh so vibrant blue eyes, now all that is left are dull grey orbs. I Wobble on my feet and struggle to keep my balance, as Wilson steadies me. In a comforting but sorrowed voice, he informs me that the 'procedure' was a failure... They pushed his brain too far too fast, so now all that is left is a shell of an empty shell.
     I couldn't take it anymore I ran over to my old pal, and embraced him in a bone crushing hug that probably would of hurt if he could feel any thing, from there I sobbed and sobbed.Thinking
  why you? Why did I have to loose you again?
   I kept repeating his name over and over again... BUCKY... Bucky... Bucky... Buck... Please stay with me... You can't break your promise... I just found you...
    {Then I heard a distant voice.}       *Steve*
Buck?
    {I felt something... Shake me.}   
*come on Stevie it's ok*
Wha-

        I  woke up with a start, my mind was foggy and by vision was blurry. I looked to my right and saw...Bucky, I captured him in another bone crushing hug.
     He gasped, gently pushed me back, held onto my shoulders and looked into my eyes with concern. "Are you ok there Stevie?"
    I was shocked by his worried stare until I really looked at him. He was in my bed wearing a white muscle shirt, messy bun, and his eyes...oh his eyes, the blue so caring and warm.
          That's when it all came back to me...Bucky was saved a year ago, we've been dating for five months now, and... Oh my fifty stars, it was just a dream! I was filled with so much emotion that I let a tear escape while I smiled at the love of my life, my friend for 71 years, my pal.
   I leapt up and kissed him like there was no tomorrow, when we broke away I was greeted with his signature cocky smile and he said...
    "Well, mornin to you too, punk" 

               =The End=
    +not the end of the line+