Alpha and Omega

Chapter 11

A few days passed during which Bucky and Gwen were scarcely ever apart. They were getting to know each other, flirting too much, and annoying everyone who just wanted them to kiss already. Seriously, there were bets going on about how long it would take for the two of them to finally get together.

They all knew that she wasn't going to be moving out of the tower, even when she was cleared by medical. After Gwen had settled in a little bit and had gotten comfortable, she was called to the medical bay for her physical.

Bucky was waiting for her nearby. He couldn't get his mind off of her and was trying to come up with a plan for courting her. He was trying to give her space, to let her be a person now that she was free from Hydra, but they kept ending up together. She kept insisting that omegas liked being around people. He'd have to figure out what that meant at some point. He didn't mind, though. He enjoyed her company.

His thoughts were interrupted by a scream of fear and pain coming from the medical room he was sitting outside of. Gwen's fear and pain. He jumped to his feet and started for the door, only to have a petrified panicked, mostly naked, little werewolf fling herself into his arms. Bucky's arms wrapped around her, holding her safe and wanting nothing more than to kill whoever had upset her enough to run out of the room sobbing while wearing nothing but a sheet. She sobbed and trembled in his arms.

A man in a white lab coat followed her out of the room, clutching a bleeding, broken noise. That told Bucky more about her personality and temperament than anything else could have. She was beyond terrified and had still only struck out just enough to get away. She could benchpress a bus and still hadn't fought. She wasn't a fighter by nature and Hydra hadn't beaten it into her.

Somehow Hydra hadn't ruined her gentle spirit.

"Shhhhh. Gwenie, what happened?" Bucky asked her gently as he held her in his arms. He glared over her head at the doctor, demanding an explanation, though he knew all he would get out of the doctor was a lie.

"She went crazy" the doctor insisted, growling through his pain.

The others had come running at Gwen's shriek and Stark wondered what the hell kind of doctor had been sent by the service he bought when he arrived at the scene. He thought they needed a physician instead of relying on Banner, but he'd apparently been wrong. Nat stomped in all five feet of tiny rage and decked the doctor in the face. No one tried to stop her "We told you she's a rape victim," she snarled at him while Gwen clutched onto Bucky, sobbing into his chest.

Stark was pissed and made a few calls. He didn't know what happened in that room and wasn't sure he wanted the details. Steve restrained the doctor while Friday did a bit of research. It turned out that the 'doctor' was a former Hydra associate. "Nat, take him to the interrogation room. He has some talking to do," Stark said when that information was disclosed. He turned to Bucky and Gwen. "A female doctor is on her way now, one who Friday vetted. She'll meet you in the other med room,"

Nat and Steve made sure the 'doctor' made it to the interrogation room with way more bruises than he started the day with. Way, way more bruises.

Bucky half-carried Gwen into the exam room and tried to set her on the bed. It was difficult since she was shaking so badly. A line of fur had sprouted down her spine, clearly an indicator of distress. It took effort on her part and being surrounded by Bucky's scent for her tears to slow. Bucky noticed the line of fur along her spine and petted it and smoothed it down, soothing her.

She looked up at him, her eyes finally clear of panic. "James? You came?" she asked him softly. Her years of abuse at Hydra had told her that no one would come help her if she screamed.