The Angel Dressed In Black

Chapter Two

A week after she had gotten to the compound and moved into her new room, Isa had headed to the gym in the compound for a little workout and training. She had dressed in her normal attire of black form fit leggings and a grey tank. Upon reaching the gym she noted that no one was there yet since it was still early in the morning.

Heading to the treadmill first she figured she would get a good run in before she worked on her other skills. She hadn't been running long when the door of the gym swung open, and the sound of heavy footfalls filled the room. Pausing what she was doing Isa turned to the sound and found Bucky moving to the opposite side of the gym.

He went straight to the weights, clearly unaware that Isa was there. Isa watched him for a bit longer before going back to her run. An hour had gone by before either of them had acknowledged that the other was there. Isa stepped off the treadmill and moved towards Bucky just as he finished what he was doing. As she stepped past him she would clear her throat softly to get his attention.

"Good Morning Bucky" She said with a smile as she moved over to what looked like a rock wall.

This was the Avengers compound after all so why wouldn't there be a rock wall. Forgoing the use of the harness, Isa would start to climb the wall. She only got a little ways up before she heard Bucky behind her.

"You're doing that without a harness?" He said amusement in his voice.

"Mhm, I have climbed things way worse than this thank you very much" she said sassily, not even bothering to look back.

"If you say so, just don't fall and hurt yourself Doll" Bucky said with a shake of his head and a smirk at the small girl in front of him.

Isa chuckled at his comment before getting her bearings, a soft breath leaving her. Knowing that he was still watching her she waited only a heartbeat before flinging herself backwards off the wall. Flipping in the air she sailed to the ground before landing safely crouched on bent knees. Looking up she smiled at the look of awe on Bucky's face.

"See, I'm perfectly fine." She said, rising and dusting herself off.

"So it would seem, though for some reason I have seen that move before" He said, with a look that said he was trying to remember something.

"Well if you have run in to any of the other vipers before it's a move we all know very well...or at least used to know" she said with a nonchalant shrug of her shoulders trying not to let too much emotion show at the loss of her sisters. She moved past him, and went back to working out moving from one machine to the next.

Bucky watched her a bit longer before going back to his own work out, the images of her falling through the air stuck in his head.

A couple hours later Isa left the gym, her muscles sore and sweat covering her body. Trudging back to her room the first thing she did was strip and take a hot shower. She had a meeting with the doctor in order to be cleared to go on missions with the team, and in order to get most of her medical history in the system. She let the hot water wash away the sweat and seep into the sore muscles.

As she stood under the spray, memories of some of the missions she went on with her fellow vipers filled her head. Most of them just passed through not really sticking, except one. It hit her hard enough that she gasped. She knew the face that she saw behind her closed eyes, for she had just seen it a few hours ago.

"It can't be..." she said, her voice echoing in lowly in the shower. "It's not possible, yet there is no other explanation"

Shutting the water off, Isa scampered out of the shower quickly. She needed to find Nat, and perhaps Steve and Bucky as well. Throwing on a pair of shorts and a shirt she left her room completely barefoot not even bothering to grab shoes.