We got you

Chapter 5

Y/N walks up and down in her room. She did this for the last three hours since Bucky, Steve and Tony had left to investigate on the fact that HYDRA obviously knew about her being with the Avengers. She doesn't really know why this was so important, then on the other side no one really talks to her about that. "FRIDAY? Is someone in the tower?"

"Agent Romanov is in her room."

"Okay."

"Would you like for me to call her?"

"No, thank you. I just might go to her myself." She turns away from her bed and walks out of her room. She rounds corners and walks up empty halls until she stands in front of Nat's room. She hesitates for a moment before knocking timidly. She chews on her bottom lip for a moment until the door opens. Nat takes one look at her before motioning her to come in. She steps in and stays in the room, not knowing what to do now that she's here. "You're nervous."

"Well, yeah. It's not every day that creepy people start stalking you and nobody talks to you about them." Nat nods and sits down on an armchair. "What do you want to know?"

"Why is it important for them to know where I am? What do they want from me?" Nat takes in a deep breath before standing up again. She walks to a cabinet, getting out two glasses and a bottle of whiskey. She sets everything in front of them on a table, fills the glasses and gives one to Y/N before taking one herself. Y/N sits down on another armchair opposite Nat. "What do you know about HYDRA?"

"The same thing everybody knows, I guess. They're the reason why Bucky is... still alive. Why Steve got to be a super soldier. They're evil." Nat nods and takes a sip of her whiskey. Y/N does the same but regrets it immediately. She coughs and puts the glass back on the table. "This is nasty." Nat smiles before speaking up again. "HYDRA is an organization who likes to experiment on people. It's not only for science but to win power. They don't care for people, costs or what pain they cause. The main goal for them is to achieve what aim they set themselves."

"But what does that have to do with me?"

"Bucky was one of their experiments. There were more than him, but he's the only one still alive, besides Wanda of course." Y/N nods and leans back a little, fiddling with her fingers. She's still nervous somehow. "After Steve got him back, HYDRA had a bad setback. It's obvious that Steve and Bucky like you. How far that goes, I don't know, but for other people it leaves room to speculate. You saw this yourself today. For HYDRA, it's good enough that they like you. Steve fears that HYDRA tries to capture you. And If they do there are a few options for which reason they do it." Y/N nods slowly. She has a few reasons in her head. "They torture me to get their attention, or they get me to exchange me against Bucky."

"Possible. But Steve has more in mind, I think." Y/N looks up confused. "What do you mean?"

"He didn't say it out loud but I'm not a spy for nothing. I think what he has in mind is that HYDRA won't let go of you so easily. He thinks that they will capture you to make you their new project. They want us to know that, otherwise they hadn't made it so obvious that they know of you." Y/N looks down again. Her eyes wander to the glass on the table. In a second, she reaches for it and drowns all of it before making a weird face and placing it back down. Its silent before she looks at Nat again. "What can I do now?" Nat just shrugs. "Wait for them to get back." Slowly she nods again before looking down at her hands once more.

It's an hour later that FRIDAY announces that the three men have returned. Nat stands up motioning for Y/N to follow her. Y/N takes in a deep breath before she stands up and follows Nat to the common room. No one says a word and Y/N feels herself getting nervous again. She grips the hem of her shirt and looks down the whole way. Just as a heavy hand lands on her shoulder she looks up. Tony stands beside her, a little smile on his face. She knows that he's only smiling to calm her nerves, but she's still thankful, even if it doesn't work. She looks around and sees the faces of Steve, Bucky, Sam, Clint, Wanda and Nat. They all sit on the couches or stand around them. She walks to an empty space on a sofa right beside Bucky and sits down, again fiddling with the hem. She feels some eyes on her and Bucky shuffles nervous beside her, but she ignores it and just stares at her hands. "So? What did you find out?" Nat's voice breaks the silence. "Nothing. Absolutely nothing. We didn't find an informant and nobody saw someone taking photos of Y/N." Steve sighs. "I didn't really expect to find anything. Still, this means we have to be extremely careful from now on. Whoever took these...", he throws the pictures on the table in front of everyone. Y/N glances down at them before looking at Steve, only to find his eyes on her. "He will try again. And maybe he does more than just taking pictures." Her eyes wander back to the pictures. She picks one up. The one where she's in the grocery store, reaching for a glass of jam. She puts it back down again before asking the question she asked Nat already, the one that won't let go of her. "What happens now?" Everybody is silent. She looks up once more studying the faces of the three men and the rest of the team. No one says something, so she stands up, walking up and down behind the couch. "What should I do now?"