A/N - For @VanessaStegall . So this begins right in the action, because I couldn't come up with the beginning situation. Also, this may be cheesy at some points, but just go with it. So everyone lives at the tower and the main character works for shield.
Some swearing in this, just to warn you.
Enjoy!
She opened her eyes slowly, trying to adjust to the few lights in the what seemed to be a warehouse. Stuck in a chair, arms tried behind her back, Vanessa was gagged by a thick cloth, tied tightly.
"Boss, she's up." She heard a thick jersey accent say, and then heard heavy footsteps.
When the "boss" came into view, she was staring at a heavy man, gun in his waistband.
"Well, finally. Glad to see the sweetheart alive," he said in an even thicker accent, moving closer to her. She tried to move away, but could only turn her face away. And he just keep getting closer.
Pushing her to her breaking point, she tried to yell. But it was only muffled.
"There's no use in yelling there, sweetheart. No one will hear you anyway." He said as as laughed, moving away from Vanessa. "I'll be back soon, don't let her do any funny business. I have my plans for this one." He explained to the other man, who nodded in response. When the boss walked away, the other man got closer, being sure to acknowledge his gun.
After a little while, Vanessa had realized they hadn't taken her phone. They took her purse, for obvious reasons, but her phone was still in her back pocket. So she tried her best to be sly and grab it. It took a while but finally she had it in one hand, and she had such strong muscle memory that she was able to open the texting app, click on the top one (because she knew it was Bucky), and type 'help'.
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Bucky was sitting in the avengers tower, just watching some movie Steve wanted to see and eating a huge sandwich. Just as he was about to take another bite, his phone vibrated.
"Vanessa:
Help"
"Oh shit," Bucky said, wide eyed and jumping up from the couch.
"What?" Steve asked casually.
There was no response, and Steve turned to find Bucky out of the room.
Bucky ran through the halls to Tony's lab, hoping he was there.
Luckily he was.
"What do you want?" He said in a monotone tone, not looking up.
"Can you trace the location of this text?" Bucky said frantically.
Tony looked up, confused. So Bucky showed him the text message, and Tony nodded.
"Yeah, just give me the phone and I'll find it in a minute or two."
"Thank you," Bucky said quietly.
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"Got it,"
"Where?"
"Uh, Eastern Warehouse, New Jersey." He said, curious about it.
"Thank you," he said to Tony, "I have to go," he stated toward Steve, and then rushed out of the tower.
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Her head jerked to the right again, sliced by the ring on the boss's fist. He was striking her too many times to count, yelling between each one.
"Tell me!"
Another one.
"Who are you working for?"
