Bucky paces the common room of the compound as Steve and Sam play pool. It had been a week since Olive disappeared and the team had been restless to the point, for Bucky mainly, of staying in the gym 24/7 for three days straight. He had to be dragged out by Steve and the group so as to not break his flesh hand more. He was confined to his room for 2 days, until today.
"Bucky, would you please sit?" speaks Steve after he took his shot, successfully hitting two balls into the middle pocket opposite him, "Or join the game at least, this is the first decent shot I've had this round" he speaks and looks up at Sam who smirks at him. Sam had been winning the last few friendly games between the two.
"I wouldn't" calls Fury, "We have a location, suit up" he finishes as Tony walks in,
"No need, I'll scope it out, bring her down." he continues walking through the room towards the corridor leading to their quarters, "Just be there to pick her up" he finishes, voice echoing through the corridor as he closes the door to his room.
"Well, Nat, Steve, Sam. Bring her in." speaks Fury and the three nod, Bucky turns to Fury, "No, Barnes. We need you here, you know HYDRA, help Dr Banner with the final preparations and inform the team down there of any surprises we might encounter with her." Bucky nods with this information, knowing where he is needed most and walks out the door Fury came and to the chamber where Dr Banner was fixing the last minute things.
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Olive wakes up slowly and ignites her hands. She jumps with fright as her eyes scan a human skeleton, the cobwebs covering the body leaning against a wall. She stands up slowly raising her hands to find a door. Stepping out of the room, she follows the corridor until it opens to a huge room. She sends a fireball that illuminates every corner of the abandoned warehouse. She walks between wooden crates and skims her hand over top of one. The dust causing her to sneeze, the sound echoing around the room. She stands straighter as her senses alert her to another heat signature.
A small object breaks through the wall and explodes, Olive quickly engulfs herself in golden flames before the force of the explosion throws her through several walls. The room where she lands collapses and her eyes roll into the back of her head. Her flames dissipating into nothing.
"Over here!" calls Natasha after the heat of Tony's explosion had died down, "She's pinned" her calls strained as she attempts to lift the concrete slab. Steve appears moments later and lifts the concrete walls with ease, Sam helps Natasha pull Olive out from under the debris. They carry her to the jet and set her up to heal.
"Tony over did it" speaks Steve as he pilots the jet back to the compound, "He really over did it" he finishes.
The compound is a rush of doctors and Avengers, the doctors running and calling for help, the Avengers getting the help quicker than anyone else. With an uncertain amount of time to help Olive heal before she wakes up, they had to move fast. The doctors push her bed past Bucky, whose face is full of anger and hatred towards the girl in front of him and HYDRA. He watches as the doctors patch her up, how peaceful she looks, her relaxed posture, her bagged eyelids, her injuries. He almost felt sorry for her. Almost.
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"Tony. That was a little too much, don't you think?" questions Fury while watching the doctors lift her off the bed and onto the one in her confined room. The doctors leave her there and Dr Banner seals the room,
"Well, it had to be done" he speaks flatly and leaves Fury alone in the room, Fury taps the screen and watches the reading of Olive and the room;
Room: 25°C
Powers detected: None
Sprinklers: Stand-by
Body Temperature: Normal
Brain activity: Minimal
Heart Rate: 40bpm
"Jarvis, alert me when she wakes" speaks Fury as he stops in the doorway,
"Yes, sir" the AI replies and Fury closes the door,
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"Tony, how does this work" questions Natasha as all the Avengers and Fury, who just joined them, wait for an explanation on Tony's invention,
"Well, you put these goggles on" he begins, holding up a pair of high tec goggles, "Its like a simulator, and for you old folks, when you put the goggles on, you basically see and hear everything in the room..." he pauses for everyone to be one the same page as him, "There's enough for all of us" he speaks,
"Can Olive see us?" questions Bucky looking at the goggles in Tony's hand,
"She can see and hear us, yes" he answers,
"So, we don't have any need to go near her when she wakes up. We just wear these?" Steve questions and Tony smiles
"Yep, that's the whole idea of them" he speaks, "Only for use in this room, as the layout is identical" he adds and everyone nods
"Now, we wait" speaks Steve after a pause and the Avengers leave the room.
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The Fire Breather
FanfictionOlive was born into a poor family and when her parents died she was picked up by an unruly man named Baron Strucker. He took her in before she could walk, and taught her the ways of Hydra.
