Chapter 9
Bucky woke up with a pounding headache and sore shoulders, the latter caused by sitting in a straight backed chair with his wrists bound behind his back. He groaned when he tried to open his eyes, the minimal lighting stinging his eyes. He tried to shake his head clear but that just made it pound worse. He struggled to remember how he got here. He could recall Y/N insisting Nat was a mole and grimaced at how he had reacted. He remembered she gave his grandmother's ring back to him and he went looking for Nat. She was at his penthouse. With Him. Now Bucky knew the truth and who the mole in Y/N's family was but couldn't do a damn thing about it.
He took a few deep breaths to clear his head some and then tried to assess his situation logically. He looked around the dimly lit room but there wasn't much to see, the chair he was on was in the center of the large room which had a concrete floor and drain in the middle. That's a bad sign, he thought to himself. No windows only one door, not much to work with. He tried to pull on his restraints with no luck, they felt like metal and were too tight around his wrists to move at all. His ankles were tied to the chairs legs and the chair was bolted into the floor. He would have to wait for Nat to come back before he could figure out how to get out of here.
His head jerked up when the door opened and Nat walked in "Hey Bucky baby, didja miss me?" He shook his head as she stepped up to him. She gently grabbed his chin, pulled it up so he was facing her and slapped him hard across the face. "I asked you a question asshole."
He looked her in the eye "I don't even know who you are. Obviously the woman I loved doesn't actually exist."
Nat fake yawned "Yeah, I'm not really interested in your whole wronged lover act over here. I was mostly myself with you except you didn't know my real name, my family or that my father will be taking over your family and the princesses. Don't worry about your broken heart, you'll be dead soon enough. Once everyone gets here, your troubles will all be over."
Bucky scoffed "Why not just kill me and get it over with? Why wait?"
Nat grinned "I just have to see the look on your faces when you look at her and you both realize you do have feelings for each other but you're gonna watch each other die very soon. You both worked so hard to push it down but I'm a better spy than you could ever be. You might as well have had neon signs over your heads.
Don't worry baby, it'll only be a couple of days. You should get some rest." she hit him on the head and knocked him out.
The next time he woke up she had tossed a bucket of cold water on him. "Hey Baby" she grinned at him "I brought you something to eat. I'm gonna set the tray on your lap and unlock one of your hands. But don't get cocky, Yelena has a gun pointed at you."
Bucky decided to bide his time and eat first. He had no idea how long he had been here but he was starving. He almost inhaled the sandwich and water she gave him. Then Nat and Yelena walked him to a tiny bathroom.
This repeated for a couple of days? He didn't know how long he had been in that chair, his head hurting and heart broken. He had a choice to make and his chose poorly. All he could do now is hope that his family found him and that Y/N would be alright.
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The morning after the funeral Y/N still hadn't slept. One of Pietro's contacts claimed to have seen Natasha so Scott was pulling the feed from every camera in that area to see where she may have gone.
He finally found her by the docks, entering a building that appeared to be abandoned but appearances can be deceiving. He pulled up the deed for the building and rolled his eyes when he saw who it was. He wondered if Natasha spent her spare time reading/watching crappy organized crime stories or is she this cliche' on accident.
Scott went to her moms room and spoke quietly to Wanda who was leaning in the doorway. "How's everything looking? She ok?"
Wanda shrugged and gave him a small smile "She will be, she's tough as nails. She will keep it all bound up inside because that's what her father taught her. We need to be mindful and quietly supportive." She looked at the papers he was holding "You have news? I hope it's good."
Scott nodded "Yeah, I found her but this is gonna be a messy fight. Still no clue who the mole is. They have been very careful and thorough.
Should I bother her?"
Wanda looked at Y/N "Yes, she will want to know. Natasha is a problem that will get worse if she's not taken care of soon."
Scott looked at Wanda, then followed her gaze to Y/N "Right. Off I go."
He walked into the room and gently touched her arm speaking softly "Hey Boss? I found her."
Y/N snapped her head around "Good work. And the mole?"
He looked at the floor "Still working on that one. Whoever they are, they're good. Very thorough and no trail that I've been able to find yet. But I will."
She nodded "Alright, I need to talk to Clint, we need to call in our banners. Keep looking for the mole."
A few hours later there was a crowd of people in the conference room. Y/N pacing in the hall waiting for everyone to show up. She followed Clint in when he was the last to finally arrive.
"Wanda, you stay here with Mom. Scott will be here too. Everyone else is headed for the waterfront.
Scott, make sure we have PD from our payroll on site. Fury, Hill, Coulson, May and Danvers are ours, call them on their private lines.
Pietro, you go in first since you're quieter and faster than anyone else, give us the lay of the land.
Thor" she smiled at him "You, Loki, Syf and Heimdal will be right behind me and Clint. Keep an eye out. I'm sure they are expecting us.
Quill, you and your guardians hang back and keep any of Dreykovs reinforcements from getting in. Only members of this family get inside.
All of you know James Barnes will possibly be there. Don't hurt him unless he gets in the way. If anyone from his family shows up have them help outside, don't let them in if you can help it. They might try to stop me from doing what I need to if they think he will get hurt.
And make sure you are well armed, Stark has a van in the garage downstairs, you should be able to find what you need for yourselves and any foot soldiers you bring along. Vests are not a bad idea.
We're pretty sure Dreykov is working with Zemo and suspect Pierce and Rumlow as well.
We'll rendezvous North of the building, here" she pointed out on the map spread out on the table "in 1 hour. Understood?" She looked around to confirm they were on the same page and received curt nods from everyone.
"Let's go"
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As they left their cars at the meeting place they looked at Y/N for the signal to go, when she heard that Pietro was inside she gave it and started walking brusquely with Clint by her side and everyone fell into position. She gave Quill a thumbs up as they passed his crew then pulled her 9mm out and flipped the safety off before stopping at the entrance.
Clint rushed in ahead of her and was out of sight down a hallway before she could say anything. She signalled Thor to take his place and kept moving forward carefully. She heard gunfire and raced forward "Clint!" Thor grabbed her arm to slow her down but he wasn't fast enough and she was hit.
Y/N felt something in her left shoulder and yelped as she was pushed back into Syf. Everything felt like slow motion as she fell back, she heard a voice from across the room shout "Y/N! NO!!"
Y/N felt Syf holding her up and pain on her left side. She turned to look at Syf and nodded. "Hold me up. Damnit Syf what's going on?"
There was shooting and yelling until Y/N stood up, left side drooping and Syf propping her up. She saw Bucky tied in a chair with Nat nearby, she could see that he was saying something but couldn't hear over the din. She picked up her right arm and aimed at Nat but couldn't get a clear shot. She saw Clint trying to sneak up behind Nat but didn't understand why he hadn't killed her until she saw Nat turn, grab his neck and kiss him before she looked at Y/N and grinned.
Y/N felt her stomach drop "Clint? You're the mole?"
He looked at her and grinned "What can I say princess, some pussy is worth it. It's not like you ever put out for me. Thor must have been all you could handle."
She yelled "My father took you in, brought you up. He gave you a place in our family. You bastard!"
Clint sneered "But he still planned to pass his business down to you, a spoiled princess who cares more about playing horsey. I wasn't going to sit by while that happened. Dreykov is putting me in charge of your family. Like I deserve after giving my life to your father. His should have made you marry me not fucking Barnes." He shrugged "I'm still gonna fuck you before I kill you. I'll bet-" he slumped down with a bullet hole between his eyes and when he was out of the way Y/N shot Nat in the face as well.
Y/N saw that Loki was helping Bucky get free and saw Steve and Sam rush into the room before the pain became too much and she passed out.