Promises

Chapter 9

"Did Y/N just say mom?" Nat asked the others over the coms.
"Yes!" Tony proclaims.
"Y/N, don't have a mother," Sam states.
"Yes, she does. Beth, her mother, just left her and her father when she was 8 years old, because of Y/N powers." Steve says over the come. "Y/N, status". When she didn't answer Steve and the others started to get worried.
"Anyone got eyes on Y/N?" Tony questioned, still outside the facility. Nobody does.
"Nat and Bucky, go to Y/N last known position. I am on my way," Steve barks out the orders. Then he starts running. This was bad, really bad. Y/N always answered her comes, always. Steve had a bad feeling in his stomach.

Steve, Bucky and Nat came running into the hallway the last knew Y/N had been in at the same time. There were five guards standing outside a door. They took them down fast and easy, working together like a well-oiled machine.
"She must be in the room," Bucky says. Steve doesn't waste a minute. He kicks the door in. The sight before his eyes makes him pause for a minute. Y/N was strapped to a table in the room and a woman was injecting something in her arm.
"Get away from her," Bucky demands with anger radiating from his eyes.
"Don't touch her" Nat yells at the woman, fist clenched.
"This is family business," the woman by Y/N says as she takes out the needle from Y/N's arm. "You really should leave or else you will be killed." Y/N starts screaming in pain, this wakes Steve from his frozen state. The women step back with a big smile on her lips. Steve sees the other table in the room that is occupied by an unconscious man and the three guards that are standing around the room.
Bucky and Nat take action directly. Bucky shots one of the guards and Nat takes down the one to the left. The third one shots at Bucky, but Bucky manages to avoid the bullets. Steve throws his shield at the guard and knocks him out. Y/N is still screaming trying to get free from her bonds and suddenly the area around her is in flames. It is like she has cast a burning circle around her to protect her. The women in the corner are laughing. Steve knew that she must be Beth, Y/N's mother.
"You are too late," Beth laughs. His stomach is in knots. What had she done to Y/N? Nat walks runs over to her, giving her one punch in the face. The woman faints and falls to the floor. Nat walks over to the unconscious man getting ready to free him when he jumps up with a gun in his hand. Bucky shots him in the head.
Steve is getting nervous about Y/N's state. The fire is still burning hot. And she is tapped on the table.
"Y/N, you got to calm down," Bucky shouted over the flames. But she did not hear him over the roaring fire, or maybe the pain is consuming her. Steve felt helpless. She was still tied to a table in the middle of the fire and not responsive. This was bad. He made up his mind. He took a deep breath and looks eyes with Bucky.
"I will be right back," Steve says and takes another deep breath.
"Steve, what are you doing?" Bucky yells as Steve walks through the fire to get to Y/N. It hurt and burned, but not as much as it hurt to see her lying there broken screaming.
"Y/N, you need to snap out of it," Steve started loosening her restraints. She stops screaming only whimpers. Her body is glistening with sweat. "Y/N, please" Steve begs. He gets the restraints of her and is looking around. The fire is still burning. On the other side, Bucky and Nat are watching on looking helpless. He needed to get her out now.
"Doll, please look at me," Steve begs her. "You are safe. I got you. You need to put the fire out." Y/N looks up at him her eyes filled with pain. The fire dies and Y/Ns body becomes limp in his arms.
"Y/N!" Steve yells.
"We need to go to the Quinjet now," Nat orders the guys. She picks up Steve's shield and gestures for Bucky to take Y/N mother with him. Steve runs out of the room to get to the Quinjet.
"Y/N, stay with me," he whispers. Her body is burning up and her pulse is weak. Nat and Bucky are running behind him. Nat is talking in the com with the team, but all Steve can concentrate on is Y/N pulse. One sentence that Nat said on the coms was all Steve could hear. "It was false information, no hostages." Steve runs up the ram to the Quinjet. Bruce meets him and points him to the table. Steve slowly puts Y/N down on it.
"Get us up in the air, now!" Bruce yells. Clint runs to the controls and they take off. Steve looks down on Y/N on the table. He feels helpless. Bruce sets up monitors and trying to keep her stable. There was only so much he could do. Tony called ahead so there would be help ready when they landed. Everyone's eyes are on Y/N. What the hell had happened?