Chapter 3
“No, no, no...please...Bucky, please let me se him...please” Steve cried.
“I need to see him...to hold him, I have to be there with him!”
He tried to get out of Buckys arms and get into the operation room.
Bucky needed to use all of his strengt to hold Steve back.
The big, blonde super soldier was desperate after being with his dear Tony. Tears were running down his face and his body shaked.
“Tony, please...please don`t leave me...I need you...I love you, baby”
Steve shouted.
“Steve, listen to me pal” Bucky said to him and tried to look into his eyes.
“You can`t go in there, he needs live-safing surgery and they are doing what they can for him”.
He held Steve in his arms, and felt how Steve slowly calmed down. He was actually exhausted.
Bucky followed Steve over to the couch that was standing there. He managed to get him to sit down.
Then he wrapped his arms around himand held him close.Just like in the old days when Steve needed his big brother Bucky because the world seemed so overwhelming.
Natasha had gone to meet the rest of the team and inform them of what had happened.
It was early morning, and everybody had been asleep.
Now they were gathering in the command center. For a moment no one said anything.
Natasha had just informed them about what had happened to Tony, and that the surgery team right now was working to save his life.
“I can`t belive this is happening” Bruce said, shaking his head. He held his arms around Natasha as she was crying into his chest.
Wanda was totally devastated and sobbed in Clints arms. He had tears in his eyes and tried his best to comfort the young girl.
The rest of the team didn`t say much. No one knew what to say.
Not before Fury cleared his throat and began to speak in an unsteady voice.
The one thing they could do now, was to start working. Working to find out who had done this to Tony, and get hold of that person as soon as possible. They owed Tony, and Steve, that.
Someone had attacked one of their own, at their own place.
That was now the most important task for the team.
Bucky was the only one who could take best care of Steve now, and Helen and the rest of her medical team did what they could for Tony.
They could only hope it was enough to save his life.
Bucky and Steve was still sitting on the couch at the waiting room outside the surgery room Four hours had passed, and Tony was still on the surgery table.
Steve had been crying and crying in Buckys arms until he felt asleep. He was now lying in Bucky`s lap, sleeping.
Bucky had dozen off for a moment, and woke up when a nurse carefully took hold of his shoulder and spoke gently to him.
Bucky looked at her, and felt how the time stood still for a moment. He wasn`t sure if he wanted to hear what she had to say.
“Excuse me, mr. Barnes” she said.
I`m coming with news about Mr. Stark. But I guess we should wake up Mr. Rogers first. It`s very important he gets to know.
Bucky looked down at Steve. He seemed so vulnerable, and Bucky felt so incredibe helpless right now.
“Steve?” he said carefully. “Steve, you have to wake up. There`s news about Tony”.
Steve opened his eyes and sat up. He looked at the nurse as he saw her as a lifebuoy on a turbulent sea.
“Please...please tell me if it`s...if it`s good news. Just...please...tell me” Steve begged with a trembling voice.