THE FADING FALLEN ● Bucky Barnes X OC ● 18+ ● ENGLISH [COMPLETE]

Chapter 15

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Darkness enveloped her. Somewhere in the distance she saw a white light.

It actually seemed like those who had near-death experiences reported: you were walking toward a bright glow.

Emilia hesitated at first.

Was she really dead? Or was it just a dream?

She could hear voices. Among them was her own.

The others were talking to her. But it was not she who answered them. It was someone else.

Her curiosity was too great.

With each successive step, she approached the glow of the light and the voices grew louder.

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Emilia's body floated about three feet above the ground.

Her loose hair and clothes appeared as if there was no gravity around her.

Opening her eyes, the previous whirlwind ebbed away. It became abruptly silent.

She looked around. Her gaze fixed on Bucky, who was still pointing his pistol at her.

"Hello Sgt. Barnes, good to see you again."

Slowly, he broke free of his stiffness and lowered his arm. Memories flooded him.

Steve looked anxiously at his friend, at whom just a second ago he was about to rush to stop him.

"Buck? What's that all about?"

He knew her... or rather, it.

After the Hydra guards had removed Emilia from him back then, blocking his view of her, he saw an almost similar image in front of him only seconds later as he did now.

She had taken out the guards then with one push.

Looking into her eyes, Bucky's body tensed just as it had at that time.

These were not her amber expressive eyes with which she could look into ones deepest soul.

There was no white in them. They seemed almost black, but were dark red... like dried blood.

As the others approached her, they too recognized the dark burgundy tone in them.

"Now that's not creepy at all", escaped Sam quietly.

Tony, standing next to him, looked in his direction approvingly: "Someone should call the exorcist."

"Emilia?" Vision, holding Wanda supportively in his arms, was the first to address the levitating person in front of him.

"Yes and no."

The voice was Emilia's... and also not.

There was no emotion in the tone of her voice. She seemed almost like an automated computer without life.

"What do you mean?" asked Steve. "Who are you?"

"Jus call me Josephine."

Not everyone knew Emilia's middle name, but Natasha, Shuri and Steve winced a little at the mention of it.

"Where's Carson?" Tony had taken a few steps toward her, staring challengingly.

Josephine noticed from the start how everyone lined up around. T-Challa, Shuri and Natasha stood out of sight. However, she could clearly feel their presence behind her, just waiting to attack.