A Glimpse of Fire

17

    "James, you have to get everyone out." You stated standing suddenly, turning toward the door, your heart beating heavily in your chest. You looked around, luckily it wasn't too busy and it shouldn't take to long to get everyone to safety.
    "Doll? What's going on?" He asked, panic filling his voice as he stood and walked up next to you.
     "It's Adian, he's coming." You breathed staring over at the door, the street outside wasn't heavily populated either. "You have to get everyone out of here."
    "I'm not leaving with out you." He replied, slowly you looked over him. His eyes were hard steely blue and you knew he meant every word of it. "You can't take him on by yourself."
   "Bucky the only way to ensure everyone's safety, and yours, is get them out." You explained, staring him, a chill went down the length of your spine. You knew how this would end if you didn't get him to safety.
     "And you?" He asked, looking around the diner.
     "Bucky, I can handle him, he and I are the same." You breathed watching as he shook his head, his chocolate locks cascading around his face.
    "Not happening." He spoke harshly, you bit your lip, a slow tear snaking it's way down your cheek.
    "I'm sorry." You said softly, wrapping your fingers around his left hand. "Please forgive me."
"Zhelaniye." The voice spoke, cold and calutlated, pain slowly start to ebb through your body. Your muscles began to tense, knowing what was next. You eyes scanning the men in the room, the mouth guard stilling tasting metallic from the last time.
"Rzhavvy." It was like liquid fire was starting to course through your veins and all you wanted to do was rip the skin from your body, you slammed your body back against the cold metal chair. Eyes raising to the ceiling, trying to take deep even breaths through your nose.
"Semnadtsat." You clenched your teeth down on the plastic guard they had shoved in your mouth to keep you quiet, feeling it crack under the intensity of your bite. Fuck the pain. Copper once again flooding your mouth as the crack ripped part of your tongue open.
"Pech." It was like your brain was thrown into lava, and all you wanted to do was scream out at the top of your lungs, kill me. Screwing your eyes shut at the intensity of the uncovered overhead lights, felt like it was searing your retinas.
"Devyat." Slowly it was like every thought was being pulled, every thing that made you you, slipping between your fingers. Just end it, the second wave of pain ripple through your body and your eyes shot open. The dingy metal walls, the handler, the men, all around just staring at you as the one in black read from the book.
"Dorboserdechnyy." Every never ending felt exposed, the slightest of movement in the air sent pain straight to your brain and you screamed behind the mouth guard.
   "Vozvrashcheniye na rodinu." The pain is slowly starting to ebb, things are becoming clearer.
    "Odin." Your body relaxes in the chair, breathing heavy, six handlers.
    "gruzovoy avtomobil."
    You let go, looking at Bucky's face through bleary eyes. It hurt, physically and mentally knowing what you had just put him through. You had never experienced his pain first hand, not like this and it was a line you had promised not to cross but in the end in order to save as many people as you could you needed him to do as you asked. For a moment you weren't sure what exactly was going to happen. His eyes look haunted, and blank as he stared off into space. You swallowed the thick lump that had formed in the back of your throat.
    "Soldat?" You breathed, his eyes snapped to you, a chill ran down you spine. You hadn't come to this part of him before, in the past you had dealt with him as the nightmares through him to be the man he had been. But never the Winter Soldier in a setting like this.
    "gotovy soblyudat." He spoke there was no emotion in voice and you hated to see him like this, knowing you were the one that caused it this time. You knew what he said without needing clarification, ready to comply. And you knew after this moment he would probably never forgive you. You took a deep breath, keeping his chilling eye contact.
    "I need you to get every person out of this diner through the back, do you understand?" You spoke harshly to him, keeping all emotion from your voice, his only response was a brisk nod before he turned away from you.
Bucky move methodically as you turned and face the door, a dark figure slowly approaching from down the street. You took a deep breath, grasping a hold of the moonstone Wanda had given you hoping that she put enough of her juice in it for this to work. Silently crossing your fingers that you would be able to work her magic, that you hadn't just signed your own death warrant.
     You could hear people rushing behind you as Adian pulled his hands up, his palms beginning to glow. You brought your own up as you stepped toward the door. Fire formed between his and he pulled back throwing it with force. Glass and fire exploded around you as you stepped out, red wisps dripped from the tips of your fingers, pushing the fire away from you.
    "Cousin." You stated coldly, he came a stop five feet from you, the corners of his mouth pulled up.
    "Did you find the bread crumbs I left for you?" He smirked, emerald eyes twinkling.
     "Yes, it was enlightening." You spat back.
    "I see you have let our would be killer defile you." He looked you over with disgust. "And I thought better of you. You were their perfect little angel."
    "Cut the bull shit, Adian, what do you want?" You demanded, every fiber in your body humming with anticipation, you stood motionless, hands loose to your sides.
    "I wanted you to feel the pain they put me through, I have been waiting my whole life for this moment." He hissed, with a flick of his wrists fire sprang up surrounding the two of you. "You got everything handed to you, the easy life. And me, I got nothing but torture!"
    "You call being abandoned by your mother, having to go through the same painful procedures you did, having your own life wiped from you being handed everything!" You shouted above the roar of the inferno surrounding. "You call not knowing what or who you are having the easy life, or having abilities no one understand including you! Cut the woe is me crap, what do you want?"
    "I want everyone who has ever treated you like you were anything other the abomination, dead!" He screamed, throwing another ball of fire at you, you moved closer the wall of flames, heat rushing over you as the ball passed you by. "And after I do that, I'm going to roast you from the inside out!"