The Crimson Ghost (Steve x Reader)

Chapter 20. Mental State

Steve's POV
After Y/N had yelled at us, we went to the living room, none of us was willing to argue anymore.

We were arguing about Y/N's mental state. Loki wanted to bring her back to Asgard, so she could get her mind off things. Bucky wanted her to get revenge, face her demons. I wanted her to choose from herself, and that we should treat her with respect and with ease. Tony, for once, agreed with me, except the treating her different part.

And when she opened her bedroom door and shouted at us, and kinda scared us, we understood that she was gonna pull through.

"Guys, you know that tracker we put on Elmer? We got a hit." Natasha says as she walked into the living room. She looked tired, but after she heard about Amanda, she was committed to helping Y/N.

She pulled the map up on the big screen and we all stared at what looked like a normal building.

"Is this base on the drive Y/N gave us?" I asked Natasha. "No, and it's not supposed to exist, there's no record of there being a building." She says with a bit of triumph in her eyes. "I'm sure she haven't been there, since it wasn't on the drive." I answer her.

I feel a hard grip on my shoulder and I get tossed across the room. I look up to see that Bucky is no longer there, but the Winter Soldier is. We all start to fight him. Tony calls for back up, and soon the other avengers are with us.

The next thing I know, he stands with a gun pointed at my head and the others behind me. I try my best to talk him out of it, with no luck.

"Ok, what the hell! I told you guys to..." I hear Y/N say as she walks into the living room. She looks at me with questions, I gesture my hand to give her a signal to get the hell out of here, but she smiles at me and starts to walk towards Bucky and not letting her eyes off him.

Y/N moves in front of me and pushed me back so hard I fall. I get up and are about to go towards her when Loki grabs my shoulder and pulls me back.

"What the hell are..." "Steve, you need to trust her." Loki says with a calm voice. How the hell could he be calm in a situation like this?

Y/N starts to talk to Bucky in Russian, it doesn't help, his grip grows tighter around the trigger. She doesn't flinch, she just stands there looking at him.

"HAIL HYDRA!" I hear from Bucky as he pulls the trigger. Everything is going in slow motion. I get ready to move towards Y/N, but Loki grabs my arm. I look at her. She doesn't fall. Why isn't she falling?

"That was not cool Barnes!" I hear Y/N say as she takes her hand to her forehead and removes the bullet from her skin. Bucky looks confused. He then lifts the gun again but Y/N put her hand around it and breaks it by squeezing it.

Y/N hit Bucky in the head and he falls. She turned to us with an amused look. "Titanium plates." She says and point to her forehead. "They're only on my forehead, so don't try anything... I'm gonna get a headache within a few minutes because of this, so if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna go back to bed." She says and walks out.

I look at the others, and they're as shocked as me, except Loki. Loki looks at me with a triumphing smile. "I told you to trust her, did I not?" Loki says and give me a tap on the shoulder and walks away.

Thor helps me carry Bucky to his room. And then I retreat to my own room. "Who is this girl?" I ask myself. I then fall asleep.