Part of Me

Chapter 26

"Do anything you should," Steve told Bruce as they stepped out the room to have a serious conversation.

"I need your blood. Some of her organs are damaged by the substance, even if we succeed to deactivate the substance, she'd be in extreme pain because of the damages. The only thing that can fix that much damage in a reasonable amount of time is the serum running in your veins," the doctor told him.

"Will it work?" He asked Bruce as he doubted his solution.

"We are positive it will," the doctor assured him and Steve nodded.

"Let's take your blood then, if it's fine with you," he said and ushered Steve to the laboratory.

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For the countless times in days, Steve sat by her bed again. He can't not watch her, the uneasiness and worry is just to overwhelming to ignore. Wanda or Sam had to, almost literally, drag him out just so he would eat. In other times, he'd stay and watched her as fhe machines around her beeped and the clock ticked.

"She'll be fine," he felt a hand on her shoulder and turned to look Wanda staring down at him.

"Everybody keeps telling me that, but it's not gonna make her wake up," he said.

"She needs time to recover, Steve. I believe Bruce know what he's doing."

"I know."

"Ivan or whoever that man is will pay for this," Wanda said with determination in her voice.

"He will," he replied with equal determination and vengeance. Then, Ivan's words rang in his head, something about 'that Carter girl'. It all clicked this time, he knew Sharon would do no such thing, snooping around Nat's file, asking her to meet Barnes and shred her into pieces. He knew she'd do no such things. How he felt guilty, all those harsh words he said to her, he needed to apologize.

"Can you watch her for a while? I've got something to do," he asked her.

"Sure. I'll be here until you return."

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Steve made his way to the STRIKE Team Division, he walked through numerous hallways of SHIELD, those hallways he and Natasha always walked together side to side. How he missed having someone walking by his side.

He opened the door to the STRIKE Team quarters to find Sharon on a computer. As soon as she saw him, she flinched and jerked away a bit. Afraid that history will repeat itself.

"Ca-Captain Rogers, I-" she stuttered as she greeted him by his rank.

"Sharon. It's no need to worry, I want to apologize."

"Apologize? For what? I've done something terribly wrong, I can't bear being near you or Natasha anymore."

"It wasn't you, I know. You were under control, by Ivan," he said and Sharon stared at him.

"How'd you know that?"

"Ivan, the man who hypnotized you, I assume. How did he get to you?"

"I was just back from the cafeteria when someone knocked on our door, I can't exactly remember what he said I only remembered him telling me that if you or Natasha cornered me for his 'mission' he gave me I should make an excuse. After that, I can't remember a single thing I did, I only remembered bits of part when you and Nat stormed into this place. Like you said, I think I was hypnotized. What did he do now?"