The Kind You Save (Winter Soldier x Reader)

Connection Lost

Silence filled the air as I just sat there in front of the rubble. That was it, I had lost what little hope I had. I didn't move an inch as I heard Steve walk up behind me. He took a deep breath before placing his hand on my shoulder.

"Buck... There's nothing you could've done. This isn't your fault.," he said, greif lacing his voice.

"If I hadn't taken her hostage, if I hadn't let her in... if I hadn't fallen in lo-"

"The sceptre! It still glows!" Thor interrupted, lifting the staff up to our view.

Loki... he wouldn't have just let her die like that, he has much bigger plans than that. I felt my adrenaline began to rush, but I couldn't let myself fall victim to hope again. I stood up, taking a deep breath as Thor waved the sceptre in different directions. He stopped as we noticed the stone glow intensely, pointing further down the road.

"Down there!" Steve yelled as we all ran down the broken street.

Jumping over loose pieces of concrete and rubble, we noticed the air felt thicker. The sceptre began to grow brighter, almost appearing white, before something stopped us in our tracks. Just a few feet away from us stood a figure, they were clenching their head tightly and was crunched over. As we inched closer, the figure came into full view and I felt my heart nearly jump out of my chest.

"(Y/n)!" I yelled, running towards her.

She quickly looked up, covered in dirt and dust with a few cuts across her arms, and her eyes were... different. They seemed more clouded from their usual bright color, and I could see tears framing her bottom lid. As she focused and realized who I was her expression changed, she looked terrified. She tensed up, backing away from me. Before I could get close, she threw her arms in the air and I felt myself shoot backwards, landing on the concrete with a loud thud. My vision was blurry as I looked up at her, she yanked her hands back like she was terrified of what she'd done.

"I'm sorry! Y-you have to stay away from me! I can't con-uggghhhh!" She was interrupted by her hands shooting up and grasping her head.

I heard Steve and Thor run up from behind me and stop as I got up. What had just happened? What did they do to her in that hospital?

"(Y/n), please..." I said, walking towards her slowly.

She looked up at me again, her eyes were even cloudier and she looked very pale. Before I could take another step she darted in the opposite direction. We yelled her name as we ran down the street, following her every move.

"You have to leave me alone!" We heard her yell as she looked back and threw up her hand underhand.

With the movements of her wrist a large piece of road was lifted up, blocking our view of her. As quickly as we could, we found our way around the large stone, we found the street empty. No, I couldn't lose her again.

"Over here!" Thor shouted, holding the staff in front of him.

We quickly followed, coming to a stop in front of a large old, rusty warehouse, where we heard a scream.

"(Y/n)!" I yelled, darting inside.

I quickly stopped to see the large empty warehouse in utter chaos. The air was filled with objects flying and shooting in every which direction, I had to watch and make sure I wouldn't be hit. And in the center was (y/n), sitting on her knees and grasping at the ground. Her eyes were even whiter at this point, I could barely see the tint of her previously bright eyes. She looked terrified, like she couldn't control what she was doing.

"It's ok! I'm going to get you out of this!" I yelled, running towards her.

Before I could reach her, I felt a fist hit me straight across the face, sending me to the ground, clenching my jaw.