Swan Song ✧ STEVE ROGERS [✓]

60 - Find Your Humanity

1 WEEK, 4 DAYS LATER (HBT)

RAEVANNA'S EYES SLOWLY OPENED, IMMEDIATELY BEING FLOODED WITH SOFT WHITE LIGHT. For a moment she thought she was dead, until the artificial lights above her and the sounds outside told her otherwise. She was in a hospital.

Raevanna lifted her head, attempting to roll onto her side - only to be stopped as something cold tightened around her wrists. Looking down, she saw that there were shackles on her wrists that covered her whole hands, as well as cuffs around her ankles - both of which were cuffing her to the bed. Raevanna jerked her right shoulder forward as she tried to sit up, but winced when something tightened around her wings, so she turned, seeing that there were two sets of chains on each of her wings - one wrapping around the barbs, and the other wrapping around the spot between the bend of her wings and her shoulderblades.

There was only one reason why she would be cuffed like this. Tony had brought her here, and Ross had found her.

Raevanna sighed in frustration, leaning her head back before looking to the side. Other than the fact that she was cuffed to the bed, she felt fine, which meant she must have been in the hospital for awhile. How long "awhile" meant, though, she had no idea.

Turning her head, she saw Tony talking with Secretary Ross outside the hospital window. She didn't know what they were saying, but Tony seemed to be pressing an issue that Ross wasn't happy about. She watched as they continued to argue until Ross looked past Tony and saw that Raevanna was awake. Then, he said something stern to Tony before walking off, and Tony stayed where he was for a moment, then turned and entered the hospital room.

"Hey there, Sleeping Beauty," Tony greeted, obviously forcing a good mood as he sat beside Raevanna. "Feeling better?"

Raevanna scoffed. "Yeah, no thanks to you."

Tony sighed, his face falling. "Listen, Raven, I'm sorry-"

"What, Tony?" Raevanna snapped, cutting him off. "What are you sorry for this time?"

"I'm sorry for going after Barnes like that. It..." He sighed. "I was out of line."

Raevanna stared at him for a moment, then huffed and rolled her eyes. "Wow, so you're not sorry for beating the shit out of me and nearly killing me. Got it."

"Hey, you're the one who barely put up a fight," Tony protested.

"I did that so my friends could escape," Raevanna retorted. "It's called loyalty, and it looks to me like that's something you're seriously lacking."

"The least you could've done was use some magic or something," Tony told her. "That way you wouldn't have-"

"I would have if I could have, Tony!" Raevanna snapped. When Tony was silent, shocked by her words, Raevanna shook her head. "What, you think my relationship was the only thing that was ruined when that woman kissed me?"

Tony stayed silent for a moment, looking down at his feet. Then, he said softly, "You, uh... You wouldn't happen to know where they went, do you?"

Raevanna's blood boiled at his words. "Are you serious?!" she snapped. "Is that why you're in here, just trying to get a fucking location out of me?!" Tony started to reply, but Raevanna kept going, cutting him off as she spat, "Well, you won't get one. Cause even if I did know, what makes you think I'd ever tell you, after what you did to Bucky, Blake, and Steve! What you did to my friends, what you did to the rest of the team!" She lowered her voice. "What you've done to me."

Tony sighed, rolling his eyes. "Gimme a break, Raven. I had no idea Ross was gonna chain you up here like some kind of-"

"Animal?" Raevanna finished. "Cause that's what this is, Tony. I'm chained to this bed, like an animal." Tony was silent, his eyes full of guilt and shame, as Raevanna chuckled dryly. "Lemme tell you something. If I wasn't a faery, and I was one of your kind, I'd probably just be cuffed at the wrist, right? But as soon as it's something else, something foreign and different... chain them up like the animal you think they are." Raevanna shook her head, dryly chuckling again. "Typical."