Breaking point

Chapter 12 - It's The Small Things

The first time bucky had stopped since they left Akilina was asleep. Her head was leaning on bucky's shoulder. He found it adorable but had to ruin it to ask her a few questions.

When Akilina woke up she forgot that her and bucky escaping wasn't a dream. That it was in fact real. As soon as she released that the smile on her face became genuine and lasted longer than 2 minutes. Which was a record seeing the previous months she'd been having.

The first thing he asked her is if it was okay if he checked her over. He was checking for any open wounds he'd have to get first aid for which in fact she did have.

He was also checking for any indication that she had been chipped.

And when he came across her arm that doctor Fedorov had injected something into he knew exactly what he'd have to do and was not happy about it.

He explained to her that he'd have to cut it out and what it was. She was surprisingly okay with it bucky was not he didn't feel particularly comfortable slicing his 4 year old daughter open with a knife but what has to be done, has to be done.

He was still in his tacticle gear so he just took a knife he hadn't used and a bit of fabric from the holder it was in to dress it after. He held her arm steady with one hand and sliced above where we thought the chip was and used the knife to pull it out.

Something that broke buckys heart some was the fact that she didn't cry out in pain. Not that he wanted to hear her cry out in pain but he said nothing and through the chip to the ground and the knife away and dressed her fresh wound.

She had been facing away from him and when she turned around he noticed the tears and just hugged her. He waited 5 minutes before lifting her back up and continued walking. She fell back asleep about an hour later.

When Akilina woke up again she was slightly confused.

First of all she wasn't being carried by bucky she was lying down wrapped in a way to big for her weird jacket on a uncomfortable couch in what looked like an abandoned house with bucky no were in sight.

She hadn't moved and was getting worried.

What if he was caught.

Or if he left.

No.

He wouldn't leave her if he was going to do that he would of left her in the van.

It wasn't until about an hour later she heard a noise. Her instincts kicked in and she jumped from the couch falling over but recovering quickly. She had noticed a cupboard of some sort and instead of going inside it she squeezed between it and the wall.

The door opened but she could see who it was she just heard them. Who ever it was walked over to the couch and put what sounded like a bag or more on it.

She heard a sigh "come on doll it's just me." She popped her head out the side with a smile. "hello"

he chuckled quietly at her "hey"

She got out and walked over to him. He wasn't in his weird clothes anymore. He was in black jeans a blue jumper a black jacket and black boots and a black cap.

"where did you go."

he moved the jacket on the couch and sat down.

" I went and got some food and clothes and other things we might need. "

she shrugged "okay" and went to walk away to explore but bucky caught her arm gently

"ah. We need to do some stuff first."