Monster [Book One]

Chapter 1

So I've been on Tumblr a lot and for some posts, I've been needing Steve and Bucky stuff. Well, this prompted a lot of Bucky feels (although I love Steve). Since the Captain is the main character of another story of mine, I'm making Bucky the main character of this one :) Just some rules, if you like the story-review! If you like the story but have some suggestions, give me constructive criticism, not destructive, because then I'll ignore it. Lastly, if you don't like the story, move on and find one you do without leaving nasty comments or flames, okay? They're pointless. All right, enjoy!

Chapter Quote:

"Who the hell is Bucky?"

~ Bucky Barnes in Captain America: The Winter Soldier

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Chapter 1

Sam

We just did.

Those were the words Steve had said to me two weeks ago when I asked him when we would start searching for the Winter Soldier, a.k.a. Bucky, a.k.a. Steve's best friend from his childhood. If I had known what I was getting myself into, I still would've joined in helping him. I was the only one helping him in this so far. Maybe because most people thought it was a suicide mission chasing after a master assassin, but Steve is an expert on doing near-suicidal stunts (like breaking onto a Hydra base by himself, riding a motorcycle by himself, crashing a plane into the ice, etc.) and surviving them.

Our search for Bucky had been pretty unproductive. All we found out was stuff we already knew from reading his file. Steve was getting frustrated, I could tell, but he didn't say anything. He kept moving forward.

The two of us were in his apartment, working again, when the phone rang. I picked it up. "Hello?"

"Is Steve Rogers there?" A gruff but familiar voice inquired firmly.

"Depends on who's asking," I countered. After what I'd just been through, I didn't trust anyone.

"Sam, this is Nick."

"Nick...?" I prompted, even though I had an idea.

"Fury. The one who's supposed to be dead. Ring a bell?"

"Just checking," I said. "Yeah, Steve's here. Hang on."

I started handing the phone to my friend but he put it on speaker and greeted, "Hello, sir."

"Captain, how's your search coming?"

"Honestly, not that well. How is your mission going?"

"Better than yours," Fury responded, "but not by much. Listen, I came across something- or rather someone- that might be of use to you in searching for Sergeant Barnes."

Steve perked up but remained cautious in his tone when he asked, "Who is it?"

"I don't know her personally. She told her story once, but hasn't said another word. The jail that has her imprisoned say she's lost all of her marbles and all the stuff she's saying about the Winter Soldier is bull, but I think she knows more than she's letting on. She might be more willing to talk to a person who knew him too, personally."

"Where is she and what's her name?" Steve queried, grabbing a pen and paper.

"Annabeth Drew. She's a brilliant doctor among other things. She's at ADMAX in Florence, Colorado. Since she worked for Hydra, she's under maximum security in an isolation cell. She was staying in a hotel in D.C. when they found her. The U.S. government worried someone from Hydra might try to bail her out or kill her, so that's why she's in the top max-security facility in the country."

"How did you find this out?" Steve had suspiciously expression. I just leaned back and continued to listen.

"Agent Hill has some friends who work there, and they watched the news about her involvement with bringing down S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Winter Soldier, so they called her about it, she called me, I'm calling you. Do you want to talk to Miss Drew? If so, call Agent Hill. She'll work it out for you."

"I'll think about it. Thank you Nick," Steve said.

"Good luck." The ex-director hung up, leaving me and Captain in silence for a few moments.

I decided to break that silence by saying, "What do you want to do?"

"I'm not sure. I'm worried that if we leave now, we might lose the opportunity to find something useful about Bucky, but Nick wouldn't have called if he didn't think this Annabeth Drew wouldn't be helpful in some way. What do you think?"

"I want to know why she won't say anything to anyone, and I think Fury was right. She might be more willing to talk to someone who knows the Winter Soldier. I say we give it a shot. It's the best lead we've had."

Steve nodded. "Then it's settled. I'll go call Agent Hill. Start packing your bags."

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Hope you enjoyed! This story will be a lot shorter than most of mine so I might just keep knocking out the chapters. Oh! And be sure to check out my Avengers' blog on tumblr: avengersassemble502.tumblr.com - review please? :)