Chapter 9
Steve runs in the hallway and sees the kid. Steve runs and picks the child up. Bucky sees the door that was holding against the water and it looks like it could break at any moment. Bucky turns and runs into a man. The man was yelling something in a different language at Steve and takes the kid and runs towards the door. "Wait! Don't go that way!" Steve yelled but it was too late. The door broke and the water comes rushing towards Steve and Bucky. They both turn and run. The water rushes them off there feet and Steve and Bucky smack into the gate. "The gate is locked!" Steve says. "Hey wait! Don't leave us! Please!" Bucky begs when a servant stops and sees hem. "Damn it." The servant groans then fumbles with his ring of keys.
Steve looks back and gasps has the water rises. "Hurry." Steve says. Steve doesn't want Bucky in the water any more longer than he has to. Espically since Bucky was pregnant. The freezing cold water can't be good for the child. The servant drops the keys and looks at them. "I'm sorry I dropped the keys." The servant says then bolts away. "No please don't leave us." Bucky cries out. Steve takes a deep breath and dives down and his hand reaches around feeling around for the damn keys. Bucky looks around. "Steve!" Bucky calls out feeling panic settle in. Steve rises out of the water and holds the keys up. "Which one?" Steve asks. Buck laughs and kisses Steve then points at the key. "That one." Bucky says and Steve uses the key to feel around for the key hole. "Hurry Steve!" Bucky says. "I'm trying." Steve says and the key slides into the hole and Steve unlocks the gate. "Got it!" Steve exclaims and then slides the gate to the side with difficulty because of the water.
The water was almost to the ceiling so they had to dive under the water and swims to the staircase. Bucky climbs up the stairs and looks back. "Steve!" Bucky shouts and looks around scared. Just then Steve once again rises out of the water. "I'm sorry for scaring you." Steve whispers has Bucky clings onto him and they both kiss. "Lets get out of here." Bucky whispers and Steve nods. They rush back to the surface. "The boats are all gone. Wait Bucky what the hell are you still doing on here. You should be with Natasha." Sam says. Clint arrives. "Oh thank god." Clint says. Bucky sighs. "Long story short I jumped off." Bucky says. "The ship is tilting. We need to ge to the end of the ship!" Sam says and the group runs off. They reach the end. "What do we do now!?" Clint asks and they all hear a crack. They look back. "Oh my god." Steve whispers. The ship was splitting apart.
The ships was almost a one hundred and eighty degree line. Bucky notices some people were hanging off and Bucky climbs over the railing and Steve notices. "What is with you and climbing over this rail!" Steve exclaims then notices Bucky's plan. "Everyone over the rail." Steve says and both Sam and Clint looks at Steve with wide eyes. "Look!" Steve says guestering towards Bucky that was almost sitting on the railing. "I like this plan. " Clint says and scrambles over to Bucky. Sam shrugs and does the same thing. Steve lays down beside Bucky. "Good plan." Steve whispers. Bucky smiles. "Hey Steve. This is where we first met." Bucky whispers over to Steve. Steve smiles and leans over to kiss Bucky. "Wait, Steve when you said to Bucky what is with you and this railing, what on earth does that mean?" Sam asks. Steve chuckles has Bucky grins. "Well lets just says that Bucky tried this before." Steve says and Bucky smiles over at Steve. The lights turn off. "And there goes the lights. " Clint says. The ship starts to move down. "Here we go." Sam says. Steve grabs Bucky's hand. "The ship will pull us down with it, so just swim up and don't let go of my hand." Steve says and Bucky nods. "Okay." Bucky says.
They squeeze each other hands and they sigh. "Hold your breath in three, two, one!" Steve shout and Bucky holds his breath has the cold water pulls him down. Sadly however Steve's hand slips out of Bucky's and Bucky couldn't do anything but just kicks up to the surface and gasps for air and feels numb right away. Clint swims over. "Well I'm glad to find you." Clint says and they both swim over to two big wooden pieces and they climb on. Bucky shivers instantly. "Do you see Sam or Steve anywhere!" Clint asks. Bucky shakes his head and curls up into a ball for more warmth. Clint shivers and shakes. "Keep talking. Try not to fall asleep or you might not wake up again." Clint stutters out, his body becoming really cold. Bucky's teeth clatter together and he nods. "Hey Clint? Is Natasha your sister?" Bucky asks. Clint grins weakly. "She is more my best friend but we are so close we are almost like brother and sister." Clint says.
"How did you meet her?" Bucky asks and he tries to relax his muscles. "Well Natasha saved me from bullies and ever since we became best friends since eight." Clint says. Bucky nods and starts to softly hum. "It's getting quiet." Bucky whispers. "It is." Clint says. People were dying they both knew it. Freezing to death in the freezing cold ice water. Bucky prayed that Steve is okay. Bucky shivers and continues to hum a little song that he knew all of his life. Bucky blinks slowly and stares at the stars. They were twinkling and bright. Bucky smiles softly staring at them. Bucky looks over at Clint where he was doing the same thing. "Hello anybody out there!" Yells a voice. Clint weakly gets up and stares at the light, his vision blurring and he whines. "Bucky. Bucky do you hear that?" Clint asks. Bucky blinks slowly and turns his head. "Hear what?" Bucky asks. Clint looks over. "There are people. They are here to save us." Clint says. Bucky looks out and sees the light. "Clint I think you are right. How many boats are there?" Bucky asks his voice cracking a lot through the sentence. Clint looks out. "Looks like there is two seperate boats." Clint says. Bucky sees them turning away. "Wait come back." Bucky says weakly. "We are over here!" Clint says just has weak. "They can't hear us." Bucky says and slumps back down onto the wood. Bucky trails his hand down to his stomach. Bucky still can't believe that there is a baby growing inside of him. Clint shakes his head.
"No. We didn't survive all this way to die here. Steve and Sam are alive somewhere and I won't let you or the baby die." Clint says and drags himself into the water. "Clint what are you doing." Bucky hisses. Clint swims over and yanks the whistle off another man's neck and swims back. "We are not dying here." Clint says and blows onto the whistle. First it was weak but then it became loud. Bucky closes his eyes and this time struggles to open them again. Bucky was just so exhausted and he just wanted some sleep. "Stay with me Bucky." Clint says and blows into the whistle again. A boat comes by and stops. "My friend here is in danger. He is pregnant. " Clint says softly. The two Betas nods and help Bucky lay down into the boat and they wrap two to three blankets around his shoulders. Clint only gets one. Bucky looks over and sees a woman who only had one. Bucky felt guilty suddenly and took one off. "Here." Bucky says. She smiles and takes it. "Thank you." She whispers. Bucky smiles shyly and softly. Bucky looks over at Clint. "Do you think they made it?" Bucky asks. Clint nods. "Hey Buck. You can sleep now. I will wake you up." Clint says. Bucky nods and lays his head onto Clint's leg and drifts off to sleep within seconds.
Bucky jerks awake a couple of hours later has Clint shakes his shoulder. Bucky blinks groggily and looks up at Clint. "We are in New York." Clint says. Bucky sits up and sees that everyone was getting off. "Come on. Let's go." Clint says and helps Bucky off of the boat and onto the deck. Bucky wraps the coat that was given to him by Alexander tighter around his body. They walk off to the second class area. Bucky kept his head down and follows Clint. "Natasha!" Clint yells. "Clint!" Natasha yells and they hug. "I can't believe you are alive! You scared me." Natasha says starting to cry. Clint starts to cry has well. "I'm not alone." Clint says and steps to the side so Natasha can see Bucky. "Bucky. " Natasha chokes and they hug. "Are you okay?" Natasha asks and Bucky nods. "Have you seen Sam or Steve?" Bucky asks. Natasha shakes her head. "Not yet." Natasha says hoping that Steve and Sam are alive. Bruce rushes over with a health kit. Bruce makes Bucky sit down onto a bench and checks him over. Bruce runs his hands over Bucky's stomach and puts a device onto it. Bruce then breaks into a smile. "The baby is still alive. I feared the worse from that freezing cold water." Bruce says.
Bucky smiles then frowns. Bucky's hand dips into a pocket and pulls something out. It was the necklace from Alexander. The heart of the ocean. Bruce grins. "You can become rich from that. Bucky do you know how much that will cost? " Bruce asks. Bucky just slips it back into his pocket. Bucky sighs and slumps back. "Sam!" Clint yells and Bucky's eyes snap open. Bucky looks around and Sam hugs Bucky. "Where's Steve?" Bucky asks. Sam shrugs. "I thought he was with you." Sam says. Bucky sniffles and his heart threatens to shatter. "No I thought he was with you." Bucky says his voice cracking in the end. "We need to look for him." Sam says to the others. "Split up into pairs." Natasha says. Bruce sighs. "I will stay here with Bucky. He should be resting." Bruce says and the others nods and split apart. Bucky lays back and he sighs. "James there you are." Says a voice and Bucky whips his head towards the voice. It was Alexander Pierce and he was standing right in front of him. "Baby. I thought I lost you." Alexander says and grabs Bucky's arm. Bucky struggles out of his grip. "Sir! He should not be moving. You might injure the baby." Bruce says. "Nonsense. He is my fiancé and he will come with me." Alexander snarls. Bucky whimpers and he was getting too weak and exhausted for this. "Let go of me. I am not your fiancé anymore." Bucky says and Alexander growls.
"Shut it. Let's go." Alexander says. Bucky just put his head down and went to walk with him. So much for freedom. Alexander will most likely make Bucky get rid of the baby to replace it with his instead. A tear falls down Bucky's cheek and he then hears the voice. "Oh no you don't fucker." And the mysterious voice punches Alexander down to the ground. "This child is mine. Bucky is mine." Says the voice and Bucky looks up. "Steve." Bucky says and kisses him. Steve smiles in the kiss and he wraps his arms around Bucky. "I told you we will survive this together." Steve whispers has Bucky starts to cry and cling onto Steve. "God I thought I lost you. I love you. Bucky sobs out and Steve smiles. "I love you too. And anyways I made that promise that I will be there for you and our baby for the rest of our lives." Steve says. Bucky smiles and then looks over. Alexander Pierce was just getting up and snarls and pulls a knife out. "I will cut that baby out." Alexander says and lunges at Bucky. Two guards get to them in time and stops Alexander. Bucky was on the edge of a panic attack and Steve soothes him.
"You're okay baby. Now we can be together." Steve whispers. Bucky nods and calms his breathing down. "I love you." Bucky says. "I love you too." Steve says.