Red Hand Annie

Familiar

Setting: Classified area in Russia; Forest land as far as the eye can see-nothing but trees and snow-Annie is now four months pregnant, and hiding in a tree as she watches the Hydra base...

I took the money I was saving for Lucas' college fund-used a great deal of it on food and a plane ticket to Russia-I'll putting what's left back when I return...if I return. No, Annie, you can't think like that; gotta stay focused on the task at hand. I'm far enough away from the base that I can watch it without being detected, I got rid of the purse a brought with me a while ago. I don't actually need it-the food is mostly gone, the money is about maybe a measly $50 left and Winter's dog tags are around my neck-I was heading for HQ when I left the diner, but then I decide against it when I realized Fury would more than like me take me off the mission upon finding out about Lucas and Howard. Heck, he'll probably send the Avengers after me and leave Dad and Will out of it.

"!" Shit someone's coming this way! But why? No one has ever come this way before

I panic in my spot in the tree as the person gets closer; I try to be as still and quiet as possible as they get closer and closer, I feel my heart beat go crazy as I silently watch and steady my breath. Watching quietly, I notice the person stop directly under the tree I'm in and sit down against the trunk in the snow covered snow. I quietly look at them through my binoculars to get a better view of them. At first I can't see much of the person, other than their dark brown hair; but then the gleam from the sun light off of something shiny blinds my vision. I blink a couple of times and accidentally lose my balance on the branch.

My footing slips and I start to fall-my hands latch onto the branch before I can fall and further-I glance down at the person sitting under the tree below me, only to find that they're now looking up at me. Shit! I made too much noise and blew my cover. I hoist myself back up onto the branch and look down at the person still watching me...it's a man...and he's holding his side in pain...is he bleeding? I sigh as I stare up at the branches above me...I really should be focusing on the mission at hand-getting my son and brother back-not whoever this guy is and who could possibly blow my cover if he works for hydra. What to do, what to do, what to do...?

"I already saw you up there," comes the man's gruff voice; which sounded like it was in pain, "so you minus well come down!"

I stare down at him, assessing both him and his situation; he could be faking it to attack me if I come down, not to mention the fact that he came from the direction of the hydra base to begin with. He does look like he's in a lot of pain though...then I see a familiar sight-the color red-tainting the snow near where the man is holding his side. I sigh while looking up at the tree branches above me again; I jump down from the branch I was on, and land perfectly on my feet in front of the man. I brush some snow off of me, before hearing the man sear in pain; I squint at the brightness blinding me when I look towards him at first. Curious as to what would be so blinding in the sun light, I step in the direction of blocking out the sun, only to freeze in disbelief at the sight I find.

"..." I feel him starring at me as I stare at his metal arm

"Mhm!" He groans once more in pain, snapping me from my trance

I approach the other side of Winter: to where his wound is; I cautiously hesitate before going to move his metal hand away from the wound. I can feel him glaring at me with his guard up as I try to help him; I gently press on the wound and he squirms just slightly in pain. I glance up at his glaring face;our eyes connect-I feel my face get heated and my heart rate start to soar-stifling my breath, I go back to focusing on the wound. I'm not doctor, but it's clearly bleeding and infected...this is not how I pictured our meeting again would go that's for sure. I start stripping halfway out of my cat suit-he watches in me in both confusion and pain-I take off the white under shirt I wear under my suit so that my bra is the only thing currently on my top half.