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- 24 - The Power Broker

You should have asked when exactly they were planning on coming. You had no idea how long you had been waiting already, but the longer the wait, the more afraid you were getting. You heard footsteps outside your room multiple times, but no one ever got in. 

After what seemed to be hours, you finally heard the door. You were equally terrified and glad that something was happening. And then you only felt relieved. 

“Oh my God, Sharon. Thank God you’re-” And she slapped you. You wondered why everyone was slapping you today.

“Ah, you’re awake.” She took the chair and sat next to you. But she didn’t try to untie you. And you had not been sleeping for hours. Not since the elevator. She was there, maybe she could tell you what happened. You fainted and then you woke up on that table. 

Then it hit you and you screamed again. She rolled her eyes as if you were annoying. 

“You should stop. I’m not going to hurt you.” Then she seemed to think about something. “Or maybe you should scream. Bucky seems to be resisting drugs pretty well. Maybe it would help him stay calm.”

“What is he doing here ?”

“Don’t you remember ? You took him on a walk in the middle of the night and the two of you escaped.” You had no idea what she was talking about. “You wanted out of this life, and he wanted you. So romantic.”

“You know that no one will believe that, right ?”

“Of course not.” She laughed. “But they know that you had a tough day and he’s been begging to get out for days. They’re waiting for you two to come back since your transmitter isn’t showing anything wrong.” 

“They will look for us when they see we’re not coming back.”

“But you will be gone by then.” She stood up and put your hair out of your face. “I need your help, you know. You’re going to make my life so much easier.”

“I won’t help you.”

“You will. Because you don’t want Bucky to be the next- what was her name again ? Lucy.” And she left without saying another word. 

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You had been waiting for so long now. At one point you even fell asleep. You didn’t want to, but your body was completely drained. And if you could get some rest, maybe you’d be strong enough to get deeper into Sharon’s mind.

Someone got in your room to give you some water and you noticed it was dark outside. You tried asking if Bucky was fine, but no one would answer your questions. Sharon didn’t come back.  

You tried to gather every piece of information you had on her. And it wasn’t a lot, since you didn’t bother to read her file. You swore to yourself that if you ever got out of there alive, you’d just learn everything about her life. You would know her better than she knew herself. From her birth certificate to the brand of cereals she was buying. 

You met her at the briefing about Alaska. Sam trusted her enough to give her access to everything. 

During the briefing, she was thinking about you. Of course she was. But you didn’t get anything at the time.

She didn’t expect you to be you. You still had no idea what that meant. Was it your hair ? Or maybe she thought you’d be taller. 

She thought Bucky would have needed more time to recover. She needed him to stay here. And apparently as weak as possible. 

She didn’t know how your mind reading worked. Well, no one knew exactly. Maybe the other woman knew. But she couldn’t tell anyone. 

Then you saw her in Bucky’s room. She was wondering if there was still something between you. That made sense. But you weren’t even that close. She could have taken Marisa. But again, there would have been no explanation as to why Marisa and you would disappear at the same time. It didn’t make any sense for you to disappear with Bucky either. It was not like you were married or anything.