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11:30 pm
Tower

Bucky leaned on the table, glancing between Steve and Tony, "Wanda mind-warps them, Vision keeps them occupied... But they'll have footage."

"Natasha will delete it."

"What about the hundreds upon hundreds of other guards?"

"That's up to the rest of us," Tony replied confidently. "We did beat an entire robot army."

"That you helped to created," Steve mumbled.

"It's in the past," he said consciously. "Let's focus on the task at hand."

"Then say it actually goes through as it's supposed to. There'll be military forces waiting outside by the time we get her, what then?"

"Bruce will be in the jet and he'll be ready to take off as soon as we get there. We'll make a fast getaway," Steve crossed his arms. "Done troubleshooting?"

"Just one more question: when?"

"We leave tomorrow at nine," Tony concurred and concluded the meeting. "We've already told everyone else so we're good to go."

Steve and Tony started toward their own rooms. Bucky stood, pausing.

"Thank you for helping me."

They both looked at him then to each other.

"We're a team," Steve stated and began on his way. He called over his shoulder, "Teams stick together."

They both disappeared behind doors.

Bucky let out a breath he'd unconsciously been holding in. He'd have her back this time tomorrow.

He would.

And that was the biggest relief.

He went to his room, undressed and slipped between the sheets.

In another place, Audrey was thrown onto the cement ground of a prison in the middle of the sea. She retaliated; standing quickly and running towards the bars of her cell.

She wrapped her hands around them just as they sent excruciating jolts through her flesh, she fell back onto the floor.

"I will get out. I will. They will come for me," she yelled at the guards that laughed at her. "He'll come for me!"

"Stupid bitch, you'll die here," one hollered back before they slammed the metal door between her and them. She sat back in her cage.

Other inmates yelled at her, threw accusations at her, and sarcastic comments. She ignored them. She looked around, examining every detail of her cell.

When she found no dead bar, she planked her body on the ground and began push-ups. She then moved to sit-ups. Finally doing squats.

"What're you doing?" One asked. "Why're you doing that?"

"I'm training as I wait."

"Wait for what?"

"Who, actually. I'm waiting for Bucky," she started the second set.

"Whoever he is, he isn't coming for you. No one wants to come to hell," she stopped her push-ups. She stood and moved closer to their shared wall.

It was a man that'd been ridiculing her. A thirty-something man. A man that hadn't showered properly in years. He was filthy, he was disgusting.

"What is your name?"

"Marley."

"Why're you here?"

"Rape," he smiled a toothless grin. She spat at him.

"You'll go beyond hell, Marley the Rapist. You will burn for your sins. You will spend eternity withering away until you are nothing but the dirt you once trotted."

"I'm sorry if I've offended you," he paused. "Villainess."

She reached through the bars and wrapped her hands around his neck, skillfully forcing her thumbs into his air pipe.

"When the last person called me that, I wiped their blood from my hands," she hissed. Guards flooded her cage, pulling her off him and ripping the two away from each other.

Doctors helped Marley, the guards dragged her - literally - to another room.

She was thrown, again, to the cold cement floor. A metal door locked. This time, the guards were inside and a man spoke behind her.

"Soldier 0324, even in prison you never cease to amaze me," she didn't look.

"Don't you know respect? Look at your Doctor, look at your Agent," there were two. Of course, they were always two.

"Damn you to hell," she spoke with the utmost burning hatred. It threatened to devour her.

"Let's leave her until she can foster some civilness," Doctor West led the parade out of the room. One by one they left.

The door was locked.

Why was he here? Why would they need him here? What would he do?

Why was her rescue taking so long?

She closed her eyes tightly, wanting to disappear and wanting to be free. But it wouldn't come, not for a long while.

She laid back on the floor and looked up the round cement enclosure she found herself in.

It looked like a well, which she would find it to be weeks later. But for now, she rested. She waited. And the Avengers slept.