The Fire Breather

11.

Night had fallen outside, not that Olive could see that, she only knew because the lights had dimmed dramatically. After loads of tears and helplessness from being trapped and not have anything to write on or anything to tell her the time and date, she lays on her side facing the glass willing herself to sleep.

On the outside, Sam, Natasha, Steve, Clint, Tony, Banner were preparing for bed in their own time. Fury had disappeared from the compound, since not actually living there. Bucky was still MIA, after Olive told the truth, he left the compound to think. He had been gone for the rest of the afternoon, leaving no note and no trace as to where he was going. Bucky couldn't have gone far without someone being alerted. So he sits in a park, red hood pulled over his head and light brown coat protecting him from the winter weather. Bucky watches the sun set, and listens to the trees rustle. He loses himself in being calm and before he knew it, it was 9pm according to his watch. The blackness of the night making it hard to see, but not long after Bucky begins his journey to the compound, the moon shines to light his path home.

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Olive caught some shut-eye before she felt different. Like she was being watched, rolling over she stands quickly and takes up a defensive stance. Her fists light the room with golden flames while her heart beats faster and faster.

"Please, miss" comes a voice, "Don't be afraid" it continues, she looks around the room for anything out of place, her eyes jumping frantically looking around.

"Show yourself" she speaks flatly, as an orange ball of dots lights the centre of the room, Olive relaxes and look slightly confused towards the moving ball of dots, "Who are you?" she questions,

"I am Jarvis, Mr Stark created me, I am an AI" he speaks as Olive's flames disappear, "I have been monitoring your health since you got here" he speaks, Olive nods before sitting back on her bed,

"What can I do for you Jarvis, why are you here?" she questions, the dots move closer to her,

"There's something I don't understand" he speaks, "Something is going on in your mind that I don't understand" he finishes and moves a few dots to the side, "What are you thinking?" he questions,

"How long I've been here..." she begins after a pause, "What's wrong with me, who you all are, why I can't remember anything" she begins,

"Yes all those are good questions, but..." he begins and she leans her back on the glass, after not getting any answers, "before you fell asleep, you were thinking about something... something that kept you awake" he speaks and the ball of dots moves back into the centre of the room,

"I was questioning... why I couldn't remember anything, and thinking about what Natasha said... how I hurt someone, that's not like me at all and when that man came in here, Director Fury? I remember being yelled at but nothing else until his voice spoke 'still want your notebook'... I'm just... confused" she finishes and Jarvis moves away,

"Thankyou miss, I have what I need" he speaks, stopping in the centre of the room

"Wait. What about my questions?" she calls and Jarvis moves forward,

"You have been in here for three days, two of which you were unconscious... We are the Avengers, trusted by nations to keep the world safe from threats, whether big or small." he speaks before moving back to the centre,

"Thankyou Jarvis" Olive speaks, as the ball of orange dots disappears, Olive slips herself under the covers and closes her eyes.

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10pm

Bucky creeps back into the compound, and through all the hallways without being seen. He comes up to the corridor where the viewing room is and stops. He looks down the corridor, he stands there for what feels like hours until his feet make up his mind. He goes into the opposite room and puts on the glasses. Olive rolls over and opens her eyes.

"Who are you?" she questions, sitting up quickly taking off the covers revealing her ripped clothes and healed skin.

"Olive, my name is James Buchanan Barnes." Bucky begins standing still with his hands behind his back, "Also known as, The Winter Soldier" he speaks, Olive recoils her eyes wide open, "Do you remember?" he questions taking a step forward,

"I remember..." she begins and closes her eyes shaking her head quickly, "I-I..." her eyes snap open and her head stops shaking, her eyes meeting Bucky's who had moved closer to her, "I hurt you" she speaks and Barnes kneels in front of her, "Your the Winter Soldier, you... you..." she begins before cradling her head in her hands, her head starts shaking faster and faster, Bucky doesn't know what to do. "No, no, no..." she repeats before sitting still, breathing fast, her fingers move slowly revealing her eyes, scared and lost, "Зимний солдат (winter soldier)" she speaks and Bucky nods, "Пожалуйста иди (please go)," she speaks and removes her hands from her face,

"What?" Bucky questions, and she hugs her knees to her chest,

"Please Go." she speaks again voice rising, Olive begins to rock herself, "Go, before it happens again." she speaks and Bucky stands and takes a step back, "I don't want it to happen again" she speaks quickly shaking her head and still rocking, "Go" she speaks and Bucky removes the object from his eyes leaving Olive to calm herself down and get some sleep.