Painkillers
With a few steps you were inside the field.
Instantly you ducked and began to run.You tripped over your own feet on the uneven ground and used your hands to keep your body from falling.
You stopped all your movements as you heard a gunshot.
Panic filled your veins,along with fear and worry.After a few seconds you realized that you had to get to the bridge,so you started running again.
Jumping a bit at every gunshot you heard,your breath hitched as you practically waited for the bullet to hit you.
Luckily you never got hit,so you quietly and quickly ran,hunched over as far as possible.
You felt the sting as the corn was leaving thin cuts on your face and hands.Cursing under your breath you stopped for a moment.Just listening.
Footstep,gunshots and something hitting the ground not far from you.
A bit scared you looked around,hoping to see what was thrown right in your general direction,but as you couldn´t find anything in a few seconds and the fact that you didn’t explode made you move forwards again.
You couldn’t really see where you where heading and given the fact that it was night,didn’t make the situation any better.But just sticking your head out was probably not the wisest idea.
So you kept your head low and trusted your gut.
Bucky hoped it would take a bit longer until he would have to do things like this again,but it seems like that wish wasn´t granted.
With his metal arm up,he started to walk to the last person with a gun.The man fired 5 shots from his simple handgun before Bucky kicked his legs away under him and took the gun.
One swift movement later,the guns ammo was lying at Buckys feet and the gun itself somewhere in the fields.
He just hoped he had not hit you with it,but he trusted you that you were a bit farther away by now.
He swiftly ducked out of the way and grabbed the arm that was holding a knife.He stopped the mans movement just before the knife hit its target,but in the process the edge of it cut Buckys left cheek .As he stepped to the side he dragged the guy with him.
Bucky grabbed the man by his shoulders and spun him to the side,so that the person who was just trying to hit him,would run straight into the attacker,instead of Bucky.
And it worked.
But just as he tried to turn around he heard one of the men get back up.Bucky groaned and hit the person behind him with his left elbow,hitting him right under the chin.
After Bucky was sure that none of these would stand up in the next 15 seconds,he ran.
You heard a few more shots,5 to be exact,before complete silence.
And the silence scared you.
You heard angels sing as you saw the bridge in front you and now you just had to get there
Slowly you look up,trying to find Bucky,only to have him directly in front of you.Before you could do anything,he beat you to it.
“We have like 3 seconds before they-”
“Bucky…"You interrupted
"What?”
You pointed over his shoulder,your hand shaking a bit.
4 Men were running directly towards you.
“God damnit!"Bucky cursed"Come on!”
He grabbed your arms,pulled you up so you were standing straight and pushed you forwards.
While stumbling a bit you began to run,before you realized….
“What?What do you want to do-?!”
You asked him,looking to your left to see him running next to you.
“I don’t know,get away,maybe?!”
“Oh,now you are getting sarcastic!”
“Just run!”
Looking forward again,you saw that the bridge was not even 100 meters away anymore.Slowly but surely Bucky was getting ahead of you while you felt your lungs give up.
´I need to do more sport if I survive this.´
You still heard the footsteps behind you and you were relieved when you felt the hard steel of the bridge under your feet.Every step the two of you made could be heard clearly while you were running over the bridge.
Looking to the side you saw the water underneath you,green from the algae and seaweed.You could also clearly smell the water.
Bucky and you stopped abruptly as you saw someone standing on the other side of the bridge,pointing a gun at you.
Fast enough to get a whiplash,you turned around as you heard footsteps on the bridge.
With wide eyes and a knot in your stomach,you turned back to look at Bucky.
Bucky stood there,muscles tense and his eyes moving fast.
After a few seconds,the people around you started to walk towards you,and this was the moment when you lost it.
Your pretty calm demeanour from earlier vanished and without paying much attention one could see how afraid you actually were.
Hands shaking,eyes wide and you felt like you could just cry your soul out.
A short scream came from your lips as you felt someone grab your arms from behind,making them move in a unatural angle.
As Bucky heard you scream out in pain he looked at you,only to see someone trying to grab him out of the corner of his eye.As fast as he could he grabbed the barrel of the gun with his left hand.
He grabbed the mans arm with his right hand,making the person lose their grip on the weapon.With a kick he send the person flying back a bit,making them land on the ground with a unpleasant crack.
Bucky turned around and kicked his knee into the gut of the person trying to grab him.
You could only stare in shock as you saw Bucky fighting of…whoever this was.He threw the gun in your direction,hitting the person holding you in the head.
Feeling his hands loosen a bit,you ripped your arms from their hold.You stepped forward and turned to look at the man who was holding you a few seconds ago.He held a hand over a bleeding cut on his forehead,glaring at you as he started to run towards you.
Luckily,he didn’t come very far as a kick into his side made him fall into the rail of the bridge.
Turning your head,you stared at Bucky,who was taking a deep breath before rolling his shoulders back.
Behind him you could see your attackers getting up again,some with much effort,but 2 of them just stood up straight again.
Already preparing yourself for the worst,you felt a hand on your arm,dragging you along.
The two of you ran along the bridge,hoping to get into the woods on the other side,where you could hide.
Suddenly you felt Bucky turn you to the side and grab you in a strong hold.Not one second later you heard a gunshot.
You let out the breath you were holding as you heard the bullet collide with metal.
While you were glad that the bullet missed its target and probably hit the bridge,you didn’t know that the shot would have been a clear hit that would have killed you,if Bucky had not reacted as fast as he did.
He made sure that the bullet would only rip a hole into the left sleeve of his leather jacket,rather than your back.
In a matter of seconds Bucky let go of you again,grabbed your arm and ran to the rail of the bridge.
“What-”
“Lets get wet again.”
“Bucky,we don’t even know how deep-”
“Come on!”
With one motion the two of you stood on the railing,while you were trying your best not to fall over,Bucky held your arm and jumped.
As soon as you were falling you flailed with your right arm,while Bucky held your left.Your stomach was turning and the butterflies were going insane.
You took one last deep breath before you felt the water around you.
Cold water.
Freezing cold,water.
The next thing you felt was pain.
Strong pain.
You opened your mouth to scream,but the only thing that happened were bubbles of air floating to the surface.
The cause of the pain was your leg.The pain shot from your ankle to your knee,making it hard for you to swim.
As you felt hands on your shoulders you opened your eyes.
It was dark,you could see the outline of Buckys figure and your own hand,but that´s it.
He held a finger to his lips,while his hair was swaying in front of his face.
You felt the need to breathe much too soon this time,due to releasing all the air in your lungs a few seconds ago.As you tried to swim back up to the surface to fill your lungs with oxygen,Buckys eyes widened as he shook his head and pulled you down again.
He knew that you needed to get up soon,but the possibility that they would shoot you was too high,so he tried to keep you hidden as long as possible.
Your eyes widened,but you understood.You just didn’t want to drown.
Thanks to the green color of the water and that it was night,one couldn’t look far beneath the surface.So that was to your advantage.
The two of you began to swim,but your movements were slow as you could only use one leg.You could nearly see Bucky roll his eyes as he grabbed you and started to swim as fast as he could.
As you were directly under the bridge,Bucky swam to the surface.
In the moment your heads were out of the water,you both took a deep breath,trying not to cough.
Bucky grimaced a bit as he accidentally swallowed a bit of water.
Swiftly and quiet the both of you swam to the edge.Bucky climbed up the rusted latter first.He kneeled at the edge and helped you up.
You winced as you moved your leg but tried your best to get out of the cold water without making too much noise.
As soon as you were up,Bucky let himself fall back onto the gravel,leaning on his arms.
“Show me your leg.” He whispered while moving a bit and sitting with his legs crossed.
You just looked at him for a bit before answering:
“No,it is ok,just a stupid bruise or something…”
“[y/n]"Bucky sighed"Let me see if I can help,ok?You wont be able to walk more than a few meters like this.”
Seeing as he was right,you gave up and pulled up your pants so your left calf was free.
“See? Not muc-aRGH!”
You bit your hand,hoping that your groan wasn´t to loud.
Buckys hand was over your wound,and with one raised eyebrow he looked at you.
“It is a bullet wound."He said,his voice still calm"A bit more than ´some stupid bruise´,huh?”
You groaned again,but this time not in pain,but at his remark.
“And? Will I lose my leg?”
“Maybe.”
“Wha-!?”
“We need to get this checked,it could get infected,alone from the water here.I am not sure if it is wise to go to a hospital now,we need to wait.”
You winced as you felt his fingers going over the wound,barely touching the skin.
“Want more bad news?” Bucky asked,his voice now having a concerned undertone.You looked at him again.His hair was sticking to his face,much like when you first met.His shirt was sticking to him,just like yours.After a bit of staring,you looked back at your leg,awnsering:
“Hit me.”
“The bullet is still inside your leg.Not really that bad,it stops the bleeding,so you wont die of blood loss.But it hurts.”
You gasped and looked up from your leg.
“You are kidding right?Please tell me you are.”
“Do I look like the joking type?”
“Well,you were pretty good at making jokes as we were nearly getting killed.”
“Dont annoy me.I could just hit your leg right now,be nice to me”
“Maybe.”
You saw him grin,but it was gone as he said:
“This can give you,or us,serious problems.I think it didn’t hit an artery,so you are lucky.Do you know where the next hospital is?Or maybe just a doctor?”
“Yes,I think I do,we just need to get back to a street so I know which way."You began"But now I need to know what is going on.I need an explanation,an answer.”
Bucky looked at you and then at the water behind you,thinking.
“All I can tell you is-”
You both went silent and unmoving as you heard footsteps over you.The people were leaving the bridge.
Letting out the breath you were holding,you looked back at Bucky.
“All I can tell you is that these people…"He began again,his voice quiet,nearly monotone"They were not the people I told you about earlier.”
“What?Are you sure?”
“Yes,I am not sure who it was.They had the wrong weapons,wrong skills,nothing seemed to make sense.I think they were hired by someone…”
“So you are saying someone send a group of assassins after us?”
“No,after me.I think there is a bounty set on my head.Or yours too,I don’t know.”
“Bounty?!” You asked,shocked
Bucky just nodded slowly and grabbed the bag that was lying beside him.
“That is why I think that we are not done yet…There are going to be more people after us.”
“Why?Who are you!?”
The tone in your voice was unsure,as you grew desperate to know the answer.
“I can’t tell you.”
Buckys answer threw you of guard.You wanted to know what is going on!
“What?Dont you think after all this I have earned it,to at least know who you are?And why they are after you!?”
“I still can’t tell you."He looked up,pursing his lip"You already know too much.”
“Too much? Hell,I know your name! And how do I know that it even is your real-?!”
“Yes.Too much."The upset tone left his voice,and it grew softer"If I would tell you anything,just one detail,they had a reason to go after you too,to use you.Not just kill you.You would never get anything from your old life back.These people now how to break you.”
You gaped at him,taking in his words.He kept looking at you before running his hand through his hair.He moved a bit so he could lay his arms in his lap.And that was when you noticed.
Looking at his arms,you saw a bullet hole in his sleeve.You grew worried and reached for his arm.But his voice stopped you.
“What are you doing?”
“You have a wound,look!”
Bucky looked at his left arm before he sighed.
“No,don’t worry…”
“But there,in your sleeve,there is-”
“Dont worry,I wont bleed to death.”
“How can you be so sure?Bucky,what if it hit an artery-!?” You grew frantic,wanting to help him.
Bucky nearly laughed at your words,he guessed it was finally time to show you.You were still rambling a bit about how things like that should not be ignored,as Bucky just rolled up his left sleeve.
“-you can….never…..know..?"The last word was barely a whisper,more air than voice as you stared at his silver,metallic arm.
"Still think I will bleed to death?”
“Ehh..Uh..No,I don’t think so?”
Bucky grinned again,before he took the wet jacket off completely.
“Take your jacket and shoes off too,they should be dry in the morning."Bucky began while he shock the jacket from his shoulders,leaving him in a grey T-Shirt."I will try to place something over your wound,so it is at least a bit protected,ok?”
You nodded and watched him confused you opened your mouth wanting to ask what he was doing.But before you could do that,you saw him rip of a piece of his shirt.He slowly took your leg in his hand and started to wrap the fabric around your wound.
“Oh,thanks..”
“No problem..”
He looked up at you after he finished the knot,and stopped his hand in the last moment as he wanted to give your leg a little pat,signaling that he was done.
You smiled slightly and looked at his face.He looked tired to say the least,but you probably didn’t look better either.
“[y/n]?” He asked,confused
“Huh?…Oh-oH Sorry!” You had leaned a bit forward as you stared at the cut on his cheek,maybe you were inside his personal bubble,so you leaned back again"You have a cut on your cheek,it is bleeding"
“Had worse."He shrugged,but you weren’t finished.
"When we get to the hospital you will get that checked."You stated,crossing your arms.
"Wha-?”
“I am serious.It could get infected.”
“[y/n] please,I wont even go to the-”
“No,that could be dangerous.”
The serious tone in your voice did not falter,but you found it hard to keep a straight face as Bucky groaned out:
“This is revenge because of the arm,right?”
“What? No.”
Yes it was.
He could have told you sooner!
That was why he is wearing gloves and why he smashed the glass with his left hand,instead of his right.Because after the whole bus stop thing you were pretty sure he was right handed.
You glanced at the arm again before asking:
“What happened?”
“Train accident.”
“Oh ok,can you move it normally?”
“Well yes..I did all this time if you didn´t notice.”
You looked at him and rolled your eyes before yawning.
“You should sleep” The two of you said synchronised,making you both grin.
“Yes..I think we should."Bucky said as he stretched his arms.
In the next minute the both of you laid on the ground.You rested your head on your right arm while laying on your side.Hoping your arm would be a good makeshift pillow.
You looked at Buckys back before closing your eyes,wondering what would happen tomorrow.
Bucky was still wide awake,he couldn´t sleep.He didn´t know what would happen if he closed his eyes.What if someone finds you?
He decided to get a bit of rest,but he wouldn´t sleep.
….
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"Bucky” You asked after a few minutes,wondering if he was awake.
“Yea?”
“Do you have any painkillers?”