Ch 19

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Mickeyla and Bucky had decided to go to the gym in Saturday morning. Mickeyla was in the track mile while Bucky was punching a boxing bag. Mickeyla made a face at Bucky's choice of clothing. He was wearing a hoodie and gloves to hide his metal arm but it must have been too hot (temperature wise) for him. She was wearing a T-shirt and leggins which was more comfortable

Punching the bag, Bucky was remembering, he remembered more about his life, before the war, going boxing with Steve before they enlisted, he also remembered training with Hydra, it was hard training, run laps and push ups and all that, no rest, because he didn't need rest, he was a machine, a weapon, a monster. With one punch, the punching bag was sent flying off the hook. Bucky stood staring at it breathing heavily. Luckily there were few people in the gym, only a woman and an old man besides Bucky and Micky

"Hey" he turned to see Micky had approached him "You ok?"

"Yeah" Bucky said "Just a little bit out of it" He bent down and easily took the punching bag and hooked it back

"Show off" Micky muttered with a smirk. Bucky turned to her a smiled a cheeky smile. Micky rolled her eyes and walked away towards the big mat, she went to the floor and started stretching doing a perfect split and the switching to a squat

"Show off" Bucky said walking to the edge of the mat. Micky laughed

"I'm a dancer and I used to be a cheerleader in high school, stretching is part of the job" she said moving so she was laying on her stomach and bending her body so her toes touched her head

"Are you made of plastic or something?" Bucky asked makimg her laugh

"Years of practice, Buck. It's not that hard" she said switching her position again to a squat "I took martial arts and self defence too, elastic legs were great to kick an enemy"

"Elastic legs won't save your life against real enemies" Bucky said

"Well, excuse me but they come handy. And so has cheearleading, helped me sneak out at nights" Micky said "But don't tell my dad" Bucky laughed

"I bet I could beat you" Bucky said. Instead if agreeing like Bucky thought she would, Micky stood up and made a back flip towards the center of the mat before standing on a fightimg position

"I bet you would lose that bet" she said with a smirk. Bucky's expresion was priceless, his mouth formed an 'O' and her eyes were wide

"Wait, are you serious?" He asked

"You suggested it"

"It was a joke"

"Just c'mon. I promise I won't hurt you" Bucky walked to the center of the mat with you grumling

"It's not that what I'm scared of" he mumbled, but Micky still heard

"You won't hurt me. I'm a though girl. Besides, I trust you" she said

Bucky stared at her before getting into a fighting position. Mickeyla didn't move, she was waiting for him to make the first move. Bucky threw a punch making sure it didn't have so much force, Mickeyla blocked the punche by moving it away with her forearm and threw a punch too, stopping right before hitting Bucky's jaw. Buckyt stared at her fist surprised

"Impressive" he said

"Thanks" she said while laughing "My master always said the best attack if defense" she started walking away towards the lockers as they were both ready to leave

"I was thaught the opposite actually, to attack before being attacked so you don't take the risk" Bucky said following her

"Both work I guess" Micky said with a shrug "But I was taught by this chinese teacher, they have nice beliefs, like... um... all lives are valuable, there can't be good without bad, respect your ansestors, the equilibrium and circle of life, all of that" she put on a zip-up hoodie and took her duffelbag while Bucky took his

"How does that work? Equilibrium of life?" Bucky asked

"It means we're all based on opposites. It's like the we all have good and bad, nobody's perfect. Like the story of the wolves inside you" Micky explained as they walked out

"What is the story?" Bucky asked

"It's about-" Micky cut herself off and her eyes widened in the door of the gym. She was there, she was staring right a her

The woman walked out and Micky rushed to the door and looked for her in the street, but she wasn't there anymore

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The woman walked out and Micky rushed to the door and looked for her in the street, but she wasn't there anymore. She glanced around one last time before letting out a breath

"You ok?" Bucky asked standing next to her

"I thought- Yeah.. I'm fine, I just thought I saw someone" Micky said

"Who?"

"My mom" Micky said before shaking her head "It doesn't matter. Would you like lunch? I'll tell you the story of the wolves" Bucky didn't seem convinced that she was fine but let it go for the time being

"Alright" he said and they walked out of the gym. They hadn't taken the car becaus the gym was close so they walked to a restaurant that was only a block away

"So the story of the wolves consist on that there's a battle inside everyone between two wolves. One wolf is full of greed, anger, selfishness and bad in general while the other is full of selflessness, hope, love. They are always fighting in a war inside you" she said

"And who wins?" Bucky asked

"The one you feed the most" she said with a smile

Bucky thought about the story all the way to the restaurant. He had fed anger a lot in his life, since becoming the Winter Soldier, he has been usually angry, even if he didn't know it. Hope? He hadn't have hope in a lot of time. He never really thought about it but he didn't have hope for anything. He felt empty and the only thing keeping him from destroying himself was Micky. But what was the feeling he got? He was protective, he cared, he also smiled a lot more when she was with her and he helped her not because he had to but because he wanted to. She was helping him feed the good wolf, and he was planning of making the good wolf win his internal war

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