Winter Wolf *Bucky Barnes Fanfic*

4:The Lab

A/N: Here you go my loves!!! Double update!! Just for you!!!

Dinner had been finished. Everything put away. Lupo with a huge smile on her face. Bucky gently picked up the dog in his arms. Steve following behind him.

Bucky was taking Bruce up on bringing her to the lab and see what he can do for her. If anyone could help, it would be Bruce and Tony.

Steve held the door open for Bucky. Lupo was smiling, taking in her surroundings. Her wagging tail hitting Bucky in the shoulder.

Bruce had put a plush blanket on the metal table, so when he looked at her she could have something soft between the hard, cold surface and her injured body.

Lupo didn't care what they would do to her. They couldn't do anything that was worse then we has already been through. Just the feeling of being wanted and cared for was enough for her to be a happy, smiling dog.

She could tell that everyone in the tower was special in their own way. More so then the average human. But that only made her want to be the best dog she could be. Make her last family proud. Her last family probably picked them to be her new family from Heaven. Sent Bucky to that shelter on that day, only to find her.

That's what she thought.

Bruce had come back to the room, smiling when he saw the smiling dog. "Tony's bringing a friend of his in. A Veterinarian. Make sure that if we do something, it won't hurt her. That and he can get her records from the vet that worked on her. So we will have everything on her.",Bruce held a treat in his hand to Lupo who gently took it.

Steve passed Bruce her file so he can look it over. Bruce's brow furrowing more and more as he read. Muttering under his breath every once in awhile.

The door opened to Tony and a old man in scrubs and a lab coat. A howl cut in the silence that was happening making everyone laugh.

"Guys this is my friend, Jack Cross. Went to ask him to look at Winter Wolf to find out that he was the vet that worked on her when she came back.",Tony had a smile on his face. Jack giving them each a nod a quiet 'hello' before moving towards Lupo. Who was more then happy to see him.

He treated her so good when she was in the veterinary hospital. Sneaking treats every so often and constant cuddles he would give her. Always making sure she was okay before he left for the day.

"Ah old friend, I was worried when you didn't come to the last appointment. Only to find out you were adopted and by non other then Avengers. Only someone as special as you would catch their eye.", the old vet seem to be speaking to a long long friend when infact he was talking to an animal. But it didn't matter to the man with a German accent. She held a special place in his heart.

It made Bucky feel more at ease knowing that the vet cared so much about her. Made the anxiety he was feeling about having someone he didn't know around her, go away.

The vet had started to check her healing wounds when he started to talk. "My office is one of the best in the world. The best of the best work there. When we got a call saying that the military had a dog that was coming from Iraq severely injured after an ambush on her team, we didn't know what we were going to see. If she was going to survive. They had her stabilized when she got there, but we thought she was a goner.", he stepped back to hand Tony a flash drive.

Tony got the information off of it and sent up to holograms. No one besides the vet was prepared to see what popped up.

Pictures of Lupo on her right side, her left leg looked like it had been through a blender. Bones sticking out every which way. Her left leg was shattered beyond repair. Xrays only made the picture worse.

A sigh was heard from the old man, who was petting Lupo. A hurt look in his eyes. "Poor thing was stuck under the truck with her leg crushed under the weight for hours. We recovered several pieces of shrapnel in her head and body. One bullet in her right shoulder. We knew that we had to amputate her leg up to the shoulder. What we didn't know is if she would make it."

Everyone felt like someone was squeezing their hearts. Getting even more details then what was in her file from the shelter.

Hearing it, is bad. But seeing the pictures, made it horrible.

Bucky felt like he couldn't breath. He knew exactly how that felt. Only to feel pain on end, not being able to do a thing about it but lay there. Walking over to his new friend, Bucky gently pet his hand along her body.

Vowing that she would never be hurting on his watch. She would only know compassion and being loved.

He could hear Tony and Bruce talking to the vet, asking if they could do anything to speed up her healing or make her more comfortable. He wasn't listening. Bucky's focus was on Lupo.

Steve could see the pain that Bucky's eyes held. Putting a hand on his shoulder, he could only say one thing. "She isn't there anymore Buck. You can show her how much she is cared for everyday. That's what matters.", Lupo gave small woof as if agreeing with Steve. Making Bucky smile.

It was as if she was saying, 'Yeah! No reason to worry about the past!'.

Leaning down to her eye level, "Okay Doll. Let's get you better.", with that said, they started getting a plan together.

Bruce decided to try to make a cream to help make the healing quicker, with the help of Dr. Jack. Tony was going to talk to T'Challa about making a metal leg for Lupo, to put on when she was healed.

Steve looked over to Lupo to see that she was fast asleep. Steve nudged Bucky, saying that maybe she needed to see her new room and get some sleep. Bucky agreeing, picked her up, her head resting on his shoulder.

They had a plan, and if anyone could figure it out, it would be those three great minds from different professions, coming together.