Daybreak (Bucky Barnes Fan Fiction)

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Third Person P.O.V.

"It's only been three days, Nat. She's probably back in Rochester at her place." Sam tried to reassure Natasha that Widia was perfectly fine. Widia hadn't seen the four fugitives for the past three weeks, but she had been texting Natasha every day at noon to say she was alive.

"I don't like this feeling in my gut, Sam." Natasha shook her head. She watched as Steve emerged from the gas station and got in to the driver's seat, then started the mini-van back up. "Rogers, I think we should start to look for Widia."

"She wanted to be left alone. I think we should listen to her."

"She hasn't texted me for three days. I think she's in trouble."

"Do you know where she was last?" Bucky asked, leaning forward from his place in the very back seat.

"She said she was staying on our tail but with a safe distance between us—," Natasha stopped suddenly when she received a text from Widia. "Wait. That's her."

"I told you she was fine." Sam said.

"No. She's not. Steve. We need to get to her right now. She sent me an address."

"Where's that address lead to?" Steve sighed out. Natasha put the address into her phone's maps and then answered.

"A water plant in the north west corner of Rhode Island, not too far from here."

Steve gripped the steering wheel tightly and sighed.

"How do we get there from here?"

———

The group ditched the mini-van and decided to go on foot through the woods to get to the water mill.

"There can't be that many people inside." Sam told Steve, who was looking through a pair of binoculars.

"It could be an underground facility." Bucky glanced over to Sam.

"Fifteen dollars says I'm right and you're wrong, Barnes."

".... You're on."

"We'll need a distraction." Steve put the binoculars down and looked around the woods that surrounded them.

"We kind of need to get rid of that mini-van." Natasha stood to her feet, a sly smirk finding its way to her lips.

Minutes later, the mini-van was being used as a battering ram to break into the side of the structure. While the majority of the HYDRA staff went to see what was going on, the four made their way into the water mill.

"Natasha, Bucky, take the south side. Sam, you're with me. We don't have any form of communication unless we call each other so only do it if it's an emergency."

The pairs divided up and Natasha blindly led Bucky through the mill. Neither had knowledge of where they were going or a map that showed them the inside of the mill, so Bucky decided to let the Widow lead.

———

Widia Cooper's P.O.V.

I shivered, trembling with the ice cold temperature of the room. I don't remember setting the thermostat that low. I turned over in the bed and tried to pull the blankets up around me, but I couldn't find them.

"Go fix it, Widdy." A deep voice rumbled from underneath me. I looked up to see it was Riggs.

"Riggs." His name left my lips with barely any sound. I moved frantically to kiss him, to get some sort of contact from him, but he shook his head gently. Riggs placed his hands on my arms and stopped me. My brows drew together in confusion as I stared at him.