SAVING GRACE | bucky barnes ✔️

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After a few bandage changes, Elias and Bucky went out in public, their navy baseball caps obscuring their faces and jackets zipped so no gauze shows.

"Where are we going?"

The two made their way down the busy avenue, holding hands so they don't get separated.

"We're going to a diner I used to work at." Elias says.

She walked into a diner, but froze when she heard the news lady on the TV.

"Is SHIELD really our friend? Even after sheltering HYDRA Agent Elias Crimson, better known as the Harpy?"

Elias saw everyone whispering amongst themselves as the news lady continued.

"Not to mention, the Winter Soldier is now on the loose. If anyone sees the Soldier or Elias Crimson, contact SHIELD or the cops."

"There's Crimson!" A man stood up and pointed at Elias.

Elias turned around, only to see the door blocked by two gruff men.

"And who's that with her?!"

"It's the Winter Soldier! Look at the hand he's using to hold her's."

The two looked around the people in the diner.

"Call the authorities! Or SHIELD!" A woman yelled.

"Get them!"

Elias and Bucky were tackled by the two men by the door. Elias hissed in pain as the man grabbed her casted arm.

"Please! I don't want to hurt any of you!" Elias and Bucky begged.

"Shut up!" One the men punched Bucky and pulled Elias's hair.

Bucky gasped for air as he fought against the men.

"Maybe we can give just the Winter Soldier over?" A woman says unsurely.

"Both of them are dangerous, Sarah." One of the men says.

Elias glanced over at Bucky who nodded at her.

"Sorry, boys, but me and my friend have somewhere to be." Elias ripped her arms out from the man's and blended in with her surroundings.

"Where'd she go?!"

"Over here!"

A coffee mug was thrown.

"No, over here!"

A knife was thrown.

Elias grabbed the man holding Bucky and shoved him into a few tables. She became visible, grabbed Bucky's hand, and rushed out of the diner.

"You okay?" She asked him as she turned down an alley.

"Yeah." Bucky says.

Elias paled and fell forward. Bucky caught her before she collided with the ground. He noticed blood seeping through her shirt.

"Elyzia? Elyzia?!" He picked her up as he heard shouting and the wailing of sirens.

He ran as fast as he could from the men behind him.

"Soldier, in here!" A homeless man gestured for him to come into a rundown apartment building.

Bucky ran into the place and leaned against the wall, Elias still in his arms.

"Thank you." Bucky says to the man.

"No problem. I'm Felix, by the way." The man introduced.

"Bucky."

"Come with me. Your friend doesn't look so good." Felix says and gestures for him to follow him.

Bucky kept his guard up, not really trusting Felix.

"You can trust me. I won't give you up." Felix assures him and points to a bed.

Bucky lays Elias down and lifts up her shirt, seeing a puncture wound.

"So, she your girlfriend?" Felix asked.

"No! I mean, um, no, no she's not." Bucky turned a dark red as Felix rolled his eyes.

"I know love when I see it. So, how do you know her, soldier?"

"How do you know I'm a soldier?"

"You have that look. Used to be a soldier myself."

Bucky nodded and watched as Felix patched Elias up and changed her old bandages.

"I also know that you're the Winter Soldier and she's the Harpy."

Bucky tensed as he looked up at Felix.

"Don't worry, I'll keep you two safe. And I better hear you admit you love this woman right here." Felix says humorously.

"Yes, sir." Bucky laughed a little then went into thought.

Do I like Elias more than a friend? Does she feel the same about me?

"Alright, she should be awake in a few. I'll be right back." Felix leaves the room, leaving Bucky to his thoughts, most of them being about Elias.