Flying Angel (Bucky Barnes x reader)

Chapter 21 - Red Room

Y/N's POV

We get ready to raid that Hydra school or base, I'm not sure. Anyways, when we get there Steve decides that we would split up. I join Li, Peggy, Dum Dum and Junior. As we explore the base we find several classrooms with recordings of children's movies. Most of them are  American, like Snow White. At this point all of us are confused, even Peggy and she doesn't get confused easily. We continue through the base and find several beds with handcuffs on the side. Whoever is teaching here doesn't want his or her to get students to get out and run away.

Dum Dum discovers a young girl hiding, when he tried to comfort her by showing her his hat she stabbed him right in the chest. One or two millimetres to the right and he would be dead. This is not a nice school, this is worse than how they trained me to be a fighter pilot. These children, I guess there are more, are raised to be coldblooded killers. 

While Dum Dum is recovering from the shock the girl takes his gun and shoots Juniper. I didn't know him well, but it always hurts to loose someone on your team, even if you only knew them for some hours. The girl escaped before we could do anything, I don't think any off us are able to kill a child. It's wrong, killing in general is wrong. Steve and his team arrive, they probably heard the gunshot. We quickly decided that I would continue to lead my team with them on my side, leaving Juniper behind. Little rivers form on my face, I can't hold the tears back.

On our way out we find two imprisoned Russians who introduce themselves as Ivchenko and Nikola. They tell us that they have been kidnapped because of Nikola's intelligence and Ivchenko because of him being a doctor or psychiatrist. We free them and proceed to try and escape but Russian soldiers find us.

We run down a hallway, we run for our lives. This is not what I meant when I said that I want more action in my life. I had enough of running for my life in the past years. We fire at those soldiers and they shoot back. They're good but not as good as we are. Dum Dum yells "Go, go, go!" We hide behind the boilers. Peggy says, "Dugan, we're in the boiler room. We need an exit.", while fighting against these people. I'm not shooting, I'm looking for Bucky. I lost sight of him halfway through this suicide mission. He could be dead, he could be dying. 

I get back to reality when a bullet brushes my shoulder and Peggy says: "Gentlemen, if you know the way out of this facility, now is the time to share it." Li screams something I couldn't understand because I was too far away and gets shot. I inform them that there is someone above them and shoot one of the soldiers in the thigh while Steve throws his shield at another one and knocks him out. That's when I most of my worries fade away, a metal hand throws it back. Bucky's alive.

Before I can get too happy I hear Nikola's accent. "I know what to do! I know what to do!" When I turn around I see him take a gut and hold it to Happy's head. What he says now would translate to "Hold your fire! I have the American. Let me go, and he's all yours." Happy is not so happy anymore. Was this guy ever happy? "What did he say? Is it bad?...It's bad, isn't it?" All of us are ready to shoot him, we lost enough friends today. He won't cost us another one. Nikola speaks again. "Lower your weapons!" 

Peggy tries to talk him out of this. "Doctor, this is not the answer." Nikola doesn't care about what she said, he keeps talking. "I have four Americans, if you let me and my friend go-" I interrupt him. "We will not be your leverage, we will die before we are captured!" No one cares about what I said. One of the soldiers commands Nikola to send one of us over. The doctor tries to help us, he says "Nikola, listen to me. Focus on the sound of my voice. Are you listening, Nikola?"

"No, I have listened enough!" "Then listen to me! You've got one chance of getting out of here alive and it's because go our good graces. You kill our friend and you'll die to our hand instantly. So you have until the count of three tout down your weapon and fall to your knees! One-" I get interrupted by Li shooting Nikola, using the last his strength. He saved us, he died a hero. Another friend died. How many more will die today? 

Hell breaks loose, everyone is shooting at everyone. Bucky somehow gets over to me. He's alive, he's well and he's got my back. Steve is covering Peggy with his shield. He knows that Peggy can protect herself, but he thinks it's his duty to protect her. She doesn't always like it but in the end, she is happy that maybe the shield caught that ONE bullet. 

Dum Dum and Pinky break through the solid brick wall. Peggy commands us to get out but Thompson is not moving. Neither am I or Bucky or Steve. "I said everybody" Jack is frozen, this mission must have triggered memories. "Bucky, cover me!" I say before running over to Jack. "Snap out of it! Pull yourself together!" He nods, "Come on." He runs out, he did it. 

"Get out girls!" Dum Dum says. "You go!" Peggy answered for me too. "What would Sarge and Cap say if I left their best girls behind?" We didn't need to answer, Bucky and Steve did it for us. "Do as the girls say!" That's exactly what they do. Me and Peggy shoot the last soldiers and I run out, because I ran out of bullets. Peggy stays behind to make sure no one is able to hurt us. 

I run to the truck that magically appeared, Dugan must have stolen it while we were fighting for our lives. The first thing I feel are Bucky's lips on mine. "Don't you ever do this again!" Before I can respond I hear the boys yell: "Run, Peggy! Run!" They shoot at the remaining soldiers and Peggy jumps in. She coughs a bit and Ivchenko says: "Not bad." Her response is: "I hate you all!" "The feeling's mutual" I mumble before I fall asleep on Bucky's shoulder.

This is it, we have to say our goodbyes. We haven't even been here for 24 hours but we must go. Dum Dum jokingly nicknames Peggy "Miss Union Jack". "Dum Dum, that's ridiculous!", I say. "Thank you.", answers Peggy. "It's Mrs. Stars and Spangles." Peggy sighs, I guess she can't come up with a sassy response this time. After that we say our goodbyes and leave. We take the doctor with us because he has nowhere else to go.

I fly the plane while Peggy tries to cheer Jack up but fails. The flight was normal, I like normal. We lost friends today. Not only one. We left their bodies there, they can't have a real funeral. It's like the war all over again. I try to focus on the sky but all these thoughts prevent me from it. I could have lost Bucky. I could have lost everyone.