parallel (marvel X dc)

secrets

(Lena)

The pale girl sat on the bed looking around at the grey walls. She looked at the ring on her middle finger feeling her knees throb. She huffed pulling the ring off the colour faded off her right leg fading to a metal. She ran her hand over the scars coming out of the top of the mental. It was sore every now and again. There was a knock at the door she put the ring back on the metal was now invisible to everyone "come in" she called out and was surprised to see bucky barnes walk in "hey james" she smiled standing up. Feeling the dull pain. And sat back down. "Sorry about earlier it was rude of me to poke around in your head" he stood looking at her. "May I sit?" She nodded moving over letting him take a seat. "No one has ever been in my head like that" she looked down going to cross her legs but it was too painful. He frowned looking down at her. "Something wrong?" She raised an eyebrow "can you keep a secret?" He nodded still a stern frown on his face. "Don't freak out sugar" she winked pulling the ring off placing it on the side watching the metal become visible. He looked down at her leg "why do you hide it?" She bit her lip shrugging "no one wants a girl with a metal leg" he chuckled looking at his arm. "I know what you mean. How'd it happen?" He seemed to actually be listening. And he was she was unsure but decided to tell him. "I was on a mission with my best friend. The guy we were battling is an assassin. There was a car coming right at us. He pulled me but not far enough. Ran my leg right over. Nearly bleed out right there." She let a small smile played over her lips before meeting his eyes. "How'd you get yours?" He sighed lookig around the room. "Get dressed. I'm taking you somewhere" she frowned standing up. "Where" bucky looked over his shoulder. "Just please. Meet you in the hall in 10?"

4 hours later

Bucky stepped off the train with her he had a hat on and his hood up. She had borrowed some of Ashleys clothes. Black jeans and boots a khaki shirt with a black under top. Only the black straps were visible. "James where are we going" he took her had leading her to the smithsonian museum. They were in dc Washington just walking she had never been more confused. "Why are we here?" He chuckled and stopped walking "I wanted to show you something" she narrowed her eyes "so you made me take a 3 and a half hour train?" He smiled leading her to a captain America exhibit "is that Steve?" He nodded walking around with her "and that's me" he pointed to the big photo of the squadron. She listening to the voice over explaining that they were WWII heros. As they walked and stopped in front of the bucky memorial "bucky barnes was the only man from the squadron to give his life to the cause" she looked at his photo and had to take a moment to process it. "How are you alive?" He chuckled walking out of the museum with her "cryogenic freezing. I was brainwashed into being an assassin. I erm. Fell out of a train. Lost my arm. Then we'll it go pretty messy. Technically speaking I'm 100 years old. Physical I'm about 30. Give or take a few years." She nodded sitting on a bench with him. The sun was starting to set she looked lovely in that light. "You threw me when I saw you actually the dress you were wearing is hardly something a girl your age would wear" they both let out a laugh she turned to face him. "Well. I'm not exactly a modern girl. I prefer dressing like that. I don't have a phone. I rarely watch movies. Prefer books. I don't like the clothing a girl is expected to wear in this age." He moved slightly facing her a bit more. "It's refreshing. Nothing like your sister. She uses so much technology no one can keep up." She laughed "What's she like James? I don't even know her" he sighed facing her completely now. His face was different like he was slightly saddened. "She doesn't like me very much... when we met. I was still brainwashed. My mission was to kill Steve. I nearly got natasha. Her mother. Well adopted. Then I was the centre of a war. Sort of. Tony and Steve fought Tony wanted me locked up. Steve didn't. Natasha took tones side. Ashley done the same and well. It didn't turn out so well. She practically hates me. She has good reason" he let his barrier slip for just a second. That was enough for Lena to see something in him. "You think yourself as a monster?" He looked up not wanting to say it. But his face said it all. "Your not. Your human. We all make mistakes James. Just because yours are bad doesn't make you bad. We cant all be perfect angels. Some of us have to make mistakes. Some of us have to get our hands a little dirty sometimes. And that's what makes us human. It takes 1 moment to be a hero. Sometimes it means we have to do things we aren't proud of. That's just life James. Don't beat yourself up over mistakes. Because not all monsters do monstrous things" she took a deep breath out her passion burning over her words. Bucky felt them all. "You beileve that?" Her smile appeared and faded again. "More than anything James." He chuckled standing up. "No one calls me James. It's nice. I like it. Now. We should get back before they realise your gone and start a man hunt" she giggled standing up. "Thanks for showing me this James. It was nice" they began to walk as he smiled. "It was wasn't it"