It was like they knew when Bucky was going to collapse, like they planned it, and by the time Steve heard his body hit the ground behind him, Hydra guards were already crawling out of the walls, materializing out of the shadows, and dragging him away.
“No!” Natasha screamed and threw herself towards Bucky, reaching to her wrist to use her Widow’s Bite. Steve leapt into action, throwing his shield up in front of him. They were losing him again.
All my fault, Steve thought. If something happens to him, it will be all my fault.
The room and hall became flooded with guards and suddenly, Steve couldn’t see Bucky anymore. Someone was grabbing him from behind, arms around his neck, and someone kneed him in the nose. He reeled back, his face all pain and he felt hot blood gush down his chin.
“Natasha, where’s Bucky?!” He screamed as he stopped the next hit with his shield. He pulled his elbow back and got the guy off his shoulders, but there were more, and bullets, and there was so much going on that Steve couldn’t see anything.
“He’s gone!!” Natasha cried from somewhere behind him. “I can’t find him, I can’t see him, Steve!! They have him!”
Steve remembered the journal back in his hotel room. He remembered that conversation with Bucky at the airport. If anything happens over there, Bucky had said.
If anything happens over there.
Steve fought harder, fought faster, in a panic. The things they did to Bucky, it was inhuman and evil. They were hurting him. Steve had to be there, had to stop them. He had to save Bucky.
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Run (A Bucky Barnes Recovery Story)
FanficA Bucky Barnes recovery story. Completed. First book in the three part 'Run' series. Sequels are 'Ready Set Breathe' and 'To Go Unseen'. Also found on FF.net and AO3 PG-13 for some violence.
