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Caught on camera | Bucky Barnes (4)

Barnes wasn't extremely happy with his job. He mostly had to look through old papers of HYDRA, but at least Natasha had made sure he had a place to work in the compound, so he was thankful nevertheless.

Above all, he met (Y/N) because of it. She had been working as a secretary the first time he met her, but soon she got promoted. The female got assigned to HYDRA cases, being pretty darn good at it. Bucky had even overheard Fury talking about getting her in the field. Of course that wasn't going to happen now, after the event of tonight.

The door to his office was ajar when Steve walked inside. The soldier's workplace was cluttered with dozens of maps, newspapers and coffee cups. Foto's were hung carefully on a whiteboard, along with handwritten notes.
"She was at work today." Steve spoke while the brunet was searching for something.
"(Y/N)." He continued, his eyes wandering around the room. "Apparently she was really just drunk. Or that's what she told me, at least. Nat didn't think much of it but-"

"You talked to (Y/N)?" Barnes responded, pulling a file out of one of the many boxes. Steve could clearly see his frustration. "How is she even allowed to get to work again?"

"You sound disappointed, Buck."

The guy looked up from the file he was studying. "You should be too! If she's working again..."
"...SHIELD probably thought it was an accident." Steve added. "They believed her story. It'll damage her opportunities in this company. I know. But you'll want to come with me. Romanoff is getting the security footage."
He didn't have to say much more. Bucky was already on his feet, taking the file with him. He was convinced he already knew what had happened, but it would be even better to get evidence.

Not much later, the two entered the compound's library. The air smelled stale and it looked as if the last time someone had visited it, Captain America wasn't infused with drugs and silver-haired speedsters were something one only saw in comic books.
Natasha was seated at one of the old computers, her eyes fixed on the screen. She turned to Steve and his friend when she heard them come closer.
"I got in, but you're not going to like it." She said. Bucky quickly pushed past Steve to get a better look of the screen.

The security camera's had captured (Y/N) fighting against three men. The three SHIELD agents had a hard time defending themselves, while (Y/N) barely got a scratch. She didn't look drunk at all, throwing punches with abnormal precision. Within a minute, the guys were laying lifeless on the ground. (Y/N) stood there for a moment until Dane and some other men rushed into the hallway. Two of them shot the girl, apparently with some kind of serum, since her body weakened immediately after.
She fell to the ground as Dane walked up to her. He looked furious, and smashed his fist into (Y/N)'s face. Multiple times. When he was done assaulting her, his men dragged her into the elevator and they disappeared.

Bucky winced at the sight of it. "You said SHIELD saw this as an accident?" He hissed.
"They obviously never saw this. Someone messed with the file." Natasha responded. "I think one of SHIELD's employees has overwritten it. If we weren't this early, I might wouldn't even have been able to retrieve it."
"Who would do that?" Steve whispered. Natasha decided to ignore it.

"Barnes, I've seen the footage that wasn't corrupted-"
"I don't want to see it-" He walked to one of the bookshelves.
"On the video SHIELD still has, (Y/L/N) did act drunk. She slapped one of the security guys, and they escorted her outside. The part were she killed them-"
"She didn't kill them!" Bucky slammed against the shelf.
"I'm sorry," Natasha looked down at the carpet.
She killed them. It didn't make sense. (Y/N) was one of the best workers around. There wasn't any clear motive. "but we've got to get this to Fury."
Steve opened his mouth as if to say something, when Bucky walked back towards the computer. His eyes had gone red and watery, his jaw clenched. "We're not getting this to anyone." He said, as he grabbed an USB-stick out of his jacket and forcefully handed it over to agent Romanoff. "Put it on there." He started to walk away, but Steve had blocked him.

"Buck-" He said, putting his hands on the guy's shoulders. It calmed Barnes down, but not quite enough.
"The dude that beat her up. He works here. She called him Dane." He said, as he continued walking and pushed through the library doors.

Natasha and Steve were left alone. "We're really not going to report this to fury?" She asked.
"That gal-" Steve hesitated. "The last few months Bucky seemed so happy. I'm not going to take that away from him."
"We can't act like nothing happened. She killed three SHIELD agents." Nat spoke, inserting the USB Bucky gave her. They were going to need that footage, anyway.
"We can act like nothing happened, and we will."
"You're full of shit." The red-haired woman laughed. "If you don't want to report this, fine. But I'm not going to let her walk around here."
"We'll keep an eye on her." The captain stated.

Natasha turned around in her chair. "Fine."
If the boys don't coöperate, she would just have to do it herself.