OWSLA: The Creation

If it Wasn't Hydra's Fault, it was Sonny's

The day had begun like any other summer day. Normal. Well, let's retract that. DJB normal. Get up and make Abby breakfast. Then swear up and down to your step mom you didn't do it. And today it meant putting Sonny in a body bag and dumping him into the hole in the backyard. Then after working out to exhaustion via insanity abs, cool down on your couch to obsess over Sebastian Stan. Eventually your phone rings and you pick up a call from Natasha which inevitably disconnects because her phone, Riza, hates you. Ect. Ect. The usual. I mean, yes, at some point Sonny did something stupid but when is he not being stupid? The fact he wrote on your closet door with whip cream was the least of your concerns. Bella licked it off anyways so it's all good now.

What happened that wasn't part of the normal day was the explosion in the backyard.... the one you hadn't caused.
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Bucky sat on the couch watching Kings for the umpteenth time. At least she tried to, she was simultaneously fighting off her brother who was trying to steal her popcorn.

"Sonny! Cut it out!"

"But I'm hungry too!" The goblin whined. "You're so mean Bucky!"

Bucky rolled her eyes at her annoying brother. After taking a year off from school, this was her last summer before going to collage. She had decided to spend it in Texas with her friends who were still in high school. Phishie, named for being the only freshman in their little click when their friendship had been established, would be a senior next year. Karmina and Natasha who were a year ahead of Phish had graduated a few days ago and were planning to go to college after summer too. In the year Bucky had been gone, she had pursued her music career and created a name for herself as DJB, inspired by her own brother Skrillex.... who was still trying to take her popcorn. The sneaky goblin.

"How am I supposed to revel in the sexiness of Sebastian Stan when you keep distracting me!" She yelled frustratedly.

She finally had time to herself but Sonny seemed bent on ruining it. Abby was asleep, Annie was who-knows-where and their Dad had a late night at the office. Everything was peaceful and quiet with the exception of her brother.

And then the sky exploded.

"WHAT THE FUCK!" Sonny screamed.

The brightest star they had even seen shot across the sky. Everything was white. They were blinded by the explosion as it flooded through every window. A shock wave slammed both of them back into their seats on the couch. The last thing she remembered was the flashing green light before she blacked out...

When Bucky regained consciousness, her ears were ringing. Sonny was shouting at her but it felt far off in the distance due to the buzz blocking her hearing. She slowly regained her senses.

"Sonny... get... off!" Bucky yelled from under him. The older of the pair had wrapped himself around her to protect her from who-knows-what monster he thought was coming to kill them.

"No! I will protect you!"

"Get off of me goblin!" She shouted back, and using her black belt moves, managed to kick Skrillz across the room so she could breathe. Finally free of the confines of her annoying brother, Bucky looked around... 'what the hell was that?' She could still feel a tense pulse in the air. The power was also off. The unwanted thought of an attack from Hydra came to mind but Steve had already taken care of that so they weren't due for an evil plot just yet. But if it wasn't Hydra, then the next person whose fault it must be was...

"Sonny, what did you do?"

"What! I just make music and build spaceships, I don't make the sky explode!"

"If it's not Hydra's fault, it's your fault."

"How do you know it's not Hydra?" He challenged.

"Well... because... because if it was Hydra I wouldn't be asking questions. I would be brainwashed already."

"Ok, true," the goblin reluctantly admitted. "But this is not my fault."

"Uh huh."

"It's not!"

"Whatever you say"

"You're so mean!" Sonny whined from the other end of the room. He was currently still lying on the floor where he had landed after Bucky had thrown him off a minute ago.

By now though, Bucky was ignoring him, having switched into winter soldier mode to process the situation.

The undeniable fact was the tense shock wave pulse was coming from their own back yard, along with the blinking green light peeking through the curtain. So there was something outside. Ok. Assuming whatever was outside was a threat, it was still outside and they were safely in the house... for now. It was 10 o'clock with no sign of Dad or Annie. They couldn't depend on their return to help them. Ok, so what advantages? Strength wise they had shelter, food, and Bucky knew martial arts, as did Sonny, but she didn't count of him being reliable in this situation so she left that out in her calculations. Although she had left her hunting bow back in South Carolina, the hunting rifles should be in the garage and she was pretty sure they had paintball guns in the attic if they needed it. Ok, so Liabilities. Abby and to some extent, Sonny. Abby was still upstairs sleeping but even awake she would be defenseless and in need of protection. Sonny was supposedly a black belt but he never seemed to remember that when he needed to. Weaknesses: there was no power and they had no idea what they were up against. In other words, once their phone batteries die, they wouldn't be able to reach help In till the power came back on. Also, they could be facing Hydra's new robot which could nuke them in seconds or be over reacting and there be nothing dangerous at all.

"Alright, after thinking it through, I think the best course of action would be-" Bucky stopped. "...Sonny?" She looked around. Oh geez where had the goblin wandered off to now? And why is it... cold.. in...here..?

That's when she noticed the back door was open.

"God damn it, you idiot!" Bucky stormed outside after him, furious. Did that idiot EVER think things through? 'No of course not, he's a 7 yr. Old man child!'

'Oh, silly me,' she mocked to herself 'I forgot'

The night air was cool against her skin, a soft breeze playing with the tips of her hair and then... silence. The night was eerily quiet. The only sound the occasional exhale of the wind and her own breath.

"...Sonny?"

rrrrRRRRRRrrrr

Suddenly, from across the yard, she saw the object blink it's green light again, emitting its light from which she could see Skrillz' idiotic gaze of wonder.

"What the hell?" Bucky walked over to where she could stand behind him. "Sonny.... what IS that?"

"I have no idea...." from his crouched position on the ground, he reached out to touch the foreign object.

On instinct, she slapped his hand away. "Don't TOUCH it, goblin!"

"Well, what else am I supposed to do with it?" Sonny huffed.

Bucky examined the curious object before them. It was oddly pod-shaped... or... egg shaped? She couldn't exactly tell. The thing had nestled part of itself underground, due to the force of impact. Green lights that made curious linear patterns on the outside slowly continued to flash, illuminating their faces for long intervals. The exterior seemed to make of some sort of... steel rock? She couldn't tell but she had a sinking feeling that whatever it was, wasn't from this planet.

Wait. Had she really just said that? Surely she wasn't considering this to be first contact? That's ridiculous... not in HER backyard.

"Bucky... Bucky I think there's something in there!"

Sonny's excited voice snapped her from her thoughts and she followed his finger to where he was pointing.

In the cycle of the flashing green light, just when it had reached its peak of brightness... just for a moment, there appeared to be a figure like shadow inside.

"It's an alien!"

Bucky watched as Sonny reached out to touch it again.

"No! Don't-!"

It was too late. The goblins hands had make contact with the pod's surface. Bucky watched in horror as it opened, the hiss of a vacuum un sealing sounding discordant in her ears.