Family of Superheroes (Captain America fanfic)

Chapter 39 - Broken

- 2 days later -

Yesterday, I went to Wakanda with Bucky and took Sam, Clint, Wanda and Scott out of the raft prison.

King T'Challa said his scientists could help Bucky taking all the stuff that HYDRA putted inside him, but he had to go to a cryogenic sleep until they find a cure.

Now, I'm going home to tell my mom the devastating new that my dad was killed.

I see the door open and enter.

Then, I see stuff in the ground, things broken... like a fight happened here earlier.

There's no sign of my mom, just my brother crying upstairs.

I go to his bedroom and swing him in my arms until he falls asleep. I put him in his bed again.

Then, I go downstairs. I see a recorder on a table.

I pick it up and press play.

I hear my mom saying "Daisy... I don't have much time... The Red Room is after me and I have to run away... They're gonna put me in there again if they catch me... please take care of your brother... I love you..." and then it stops.

Oh God, what am I gonna do now?

I can't take care of my brother right now. The government is after me and I have no money.

I know that Tony is gonna pay my dad's funeral but I can't even go there because Tony will immediately arrest me.

What am I gonna do?

- Some hours later -

Right now I'm taking my brother somewhere safe for him. I thought about what is the best for him and the best for him right now is... take him to a orphanage. The one where I was.

I really don't want to do this but I have too. He's safe in there and I can't take care of him right now, I can't. My life is upside down and I don't know what to do. I have to run from the government and try to find my mom while I'm suffering with my dad's death...

This is too much for me to handle...

When I get to the orphanage, I go to the front door and put my brother in the ground with his blanket around him.

I start crying and whisper "I'm sorry... I'm so sorry..." and put a hand in my mouth.

James looks at me.

This hurts so much.

I whisper "Goodbye James..."

I get up, ring the bell and then run away from there.

- Time skip to 5pm of the next day -

So, my dad's funeral was 4 hours ago.

I'm now heading to the cemetery to see his grave.

When I get there, I look for my dad's name in the gravestones.

I find it close to a big and beautiful tree. The gravestone is full of flowers from the people he knew and from his closest friends.

I put the bouquet of daisies that I brought in the gravestone.

I sit in front of the grave.

I start crying and say "I need you here... without you I feel so lost... I don't know what to do... Bucky said that I was exactly like you, but... I don't have your strength, your bravery... I can't fight this on my own... I'm lost... I'm confused... I'm empty... I don't have the strength to move on... I know that you're not proud of me because of what I did to James, but... mom is not here, you're not here and it's not safe for James to stay with me... at least not now, when the government is looking for me... not now, when I'm broken like this... Dad please help me... Please..."

Suddenly, I feel a breeze of wind passing by me.

Not one that makes you shiver with the cold... but one that embraces you, like a hug... and it's the first time in the past 3 days I feel safe...