The Other Stark

Caught

I was in the same van as the "Black Panther", Steve, and Sam. It was quiet until Steve asked how long I knew where Bucky was, I kicked the back of his seat and spat, "I will die for him". He turned around, looking at me with sad eyes. I could hear him whisper, "me too" to himself as he turned back around. When we arrived the blond bitch that pretended to be Steve and mine neighbor was by the old fart talking about how James was going to get a physcological evaluation, and no lawyer. To which I yelled at them, "Yeah fuck American rights". I would receive an office instead of a cell with Steve and Sam. Natasha walked up to Steve in the back of the office. The blood fell from my face once I saw my father on the phone. God the last time he was this mad, shit, I don't even know. He looked straight at me, "There will be consequences". Not gunna lie, the little girl in me got nervous. Steve asked, "Consequences?" and he explained how secretary Ross AKA the old shit that wanted the Avengers to not be privatized now wanted Steve, Sam and I to be prosecuted to the fullest extent. They took the wings, the gloves, and the shield but my father insisted, "warmer than jail".

I couldn't look at Steve or Sam, so I just placed my head in between my arms on the desk, nervous for James. My father entered our glass cell, still I did not lift my head at the sound of his voice. He had a pen case stating, "pulled something from dad's archives" and my head lifted. I loved anything of my grandfather's. Tony shifted his focus from me to Steve who questioned where Pepper was. Then I felt bad for my father as he talked about not wanting to lose the girls in his life. Steve mentioned he was glad Howard got married that he only knew him, "young and single" and I questioned myself, why did I never ask him about the man who I considered to be my biggest hero. Things made since to me when my father started being sarcastic about them knowing each other and how he hated Steve when he was younger. I was not really interested until Tony said that James could be transferred to a psych ward instead of a prison. To which I stood up, I would do anything for James. My father looked at me as did Steve when he picked up the pen, "Steve, I can work with that, think about Bucky" and yet when Steve handed the pen back, "I would hate to break up the set" I stormed over and slapped him. Sam stood behind me and grabbed my arm, whispering in my ear, "C'mon girl, you are better than this" as security looked at us, ready to shoot at any moment. My father looked at me and tried to walk over but once I took a step back away from him, he straightened his tie and walked out with the saddest most disappointed look on his face that I tried to shake off.

I watched the screens with James on it as intensely as Steve did. The blond came in with a reciete for our stuff. She nodded her head at me and I flipped her the bird. She hit a button and the full interview came on the screen in the "office". When James said, "My name is Bucky" my stomach dropped and a tear fell from my eye. See, I only called him James because when I first met him, the both of us did not know who Bucky was. Now he remembers everything, and yet here he is in jail. I could feel myself become enraged at this, as I began to pace. Steve began to say that someone framed Bucky, nothing I didn't know. When Sam said they searched for two years and didn't find him, Steve's response was, "We didn't bomb the UN to turn a lot of heads" God I was mad at this unless info. I was mad at everything lately. Steve looked at the man interviewing Bucky. The power went out and when the blond told us where James, well Bucky was and I raced there with Sam and Steve on my heels.

The closer we got the more there were bodies laying around the floor. I ignored all of them, James needed me. A voice called out, "help me" but once I saw it was the psychologist I sprang forward and punched his nose, "What did you do to Bucky you sick son of a bitch" Sam pulled me back and Steve pulled him off the floor and into a wall, "Who are you? What do you want?" When the man replied, "To see an empire fall" I pulled out of Sam's grip and hit the man again. When Bucky appeared, going after Steve and Sam I continued to hit the fraud, "Give me my James back". At least until James tossed me off of him. He looked like he was going to hurt me, but when I said, "It's okay Bucky do what you have to" He gripped his hands around my esophagus, like the first time we "met" and I was out.

I woke up spitting out water, my eyes cleared and I saw Steve on his knees above me. I felt a tear come out, "God why did you make me live" I felt like a shit human being. After all I picked a man before my own heart-broken father. "Because I love you" I was going to respond but I herd Sam's voice call out, "cap" and I ran with Steve, only to find that Bucky's arm was in a clamp, he said Steve's name and when Steve responded, "Which Bucky am I talking to" I almost cried. James told him, "You're mom's name was Sarah, you used to put newspaper in your shoe" I giggled at the thought and Steve said looking at me and smiled, "you can't read that in a museum" but Sam intervened, "and like that we are suppose to trust him"

Bucky explained that all the HYDRA stuff was in him, that all you had to do was say the magic words. Then there was a shocker, "I'm not the only winter solider". I thought back to when I had that heat stuff injected into me, how much that hurt, and yet the success story's were so powerful. He talked about the most elite death squad, that they were worse than Bucky. Sam came over and talked to Steve while I walked over and placed my hands on Bucky's face, brushing a piece of hair away. "I missed you Bucky" He chuckled, "Oh I can tell Miss Party" I blushed and hid my face, "so you have been watching me?" He shot a little wink my way, "I can't help it. Thank you for all you have done" I looked back to Steve and Sam, "well looks like this is our team, Sargent"