𝑾𝑰𝑵𝑮𝑺 𝑶𝑭 𝑳𝑼𝑪𝑰𝑭𝑬𝑹|𝑩𝑼𝑪𝑲𝒀 𝑩𝑨𝑹𝑵𝑬𝑺 𝑿 𝑶𝑪

Being Evil Has A Price

✵ Aradia ✵

I lay on the floor of the glass cell Loki and entrapped me in.

I could barely move: whatever he'd injected me with was powerful. It made me feel so tired and weak, he was a coward!

He waited till I was weak to beat me for answers about where the key to Father's throne was. Of course, after his failed attempt at over throwing Midgard he wanted to be the one to rule hell.

"Bucky" I winced at my own voice.

It was hoarse and cracked whenever I spoke.

I could hear gunfire, people yelling too-I felt an odd emptiness...like something had been taken from me-or someone. Loki needed the key to Fathers throne so that the demons and souls would recognise him as ruler. Whoever could unlock the devils throne was deemed King.

"Aradia!" A voice shouted for me.

My vision was blurry but I could just make out a figure running towards me.

Something metal clanged against the glass of the cage, I blinked to clear my eyesight and was delighted at who I saw.

My Bucky.

My James, my hero, my love. I half smiled at him as he kneeled down, his hands pressed up against the glass desperate to touch me.

"Bucky, you came" I giggled happily, it came out more as a hoarse chuckle.

"I couldn't leave my best girl now could I?" He beamed, his eyes watery as he took in my condition.

"Cmon princess, tell me how to get you out of there" Bucky pleaded.

"Loki's helmet, put the right horn in the scanner" I coughed, glad I could remember how Loki imprisoned me.

Bucky scrambled to the corner of the room where a plush couch was; Loki would sit there and order about the Hydra minions he'd somehow persuaded to be enslaved.

"I'm sorry мой принц" I sniffed.

"Shhh, I'm gonna get you outta here doll. We're gonna go home with Tony and Steve, Nat and Wanda miss you. Sam won't stop yabbering on about ya" Bucky chuckled, trying to keep my spirits up I imagine.

He burst through the cage and immediately pressed his soft lips onto my cracked, bloody ones.

He felt like home in a way I'd never experienced before.

"I love you" I whispered as he heaved me into his arms.

I saw him pause momentarily.

His lips morphed into a happy smile, the crinkles by his eyes made my heart ache with so much love because I was so in love with Bucky Barnes. He was my home, everything I'd been searching for was carrying me from my demise and I felt so much overwhelming emotions that I began to cry.

"I love you too doll, so fucking much" he kissed my head lightly.

"Yeah I got her Tony" Bucky replied to a question I hadn't heard.

"Tony" I called softly, craving my brothers presence.

Bucky carried me all the way outside where everyone was gathered. Loki was on his knees with a chagrined look, Thor holding an axe at his chest.

Wait Thor?! Tony saw me and his iron helmet came off.

"How many times I gotta tell you, no going missing" Tony joked to hide his pain and relief.

"You print my picture on any milk cartons?" I joked back, trying to let my brother know I was okay.

"You had us worried DD" Natasha's slick voice sounded as Bucky gently stood me up, an arm wrapped around my shoulders as I leant onto him for support.