A/N I´m sorry this chapter is so short. I´m still editing some of the next parts but this few pages were ready so I decided to post to not keep all of you waiting so much. The next to come will be much better. My OC looks like Zoey Deutch in my head so there you go.
I don't own any of the characters! I only own my OCs.
CHAPTER 8
Steve had just finished being ridiculed by the soldiers and was now backstage sketching. He was currently drawing a circus monkey since that's exactly how he felt. Usually his sketches varied from landscapes to portraits of Olivia but today he felt awful and needed to vent.
"Hello, Steve." He turned to see Peggy standing beside him.
"How are you?" Steve asked.
"I saw your show." Peggy commented with a grimace.
"Yeah. I'm more used to my audience being 5 years old." Steve said flatly "I always thought I'd be here but I never pictured myself in tights."
"Those men have gone through a hard time. Your audience contained what's left of the 107th." Peggy said and prepared to tell Steve about Olivia.
"The 107th?" Steve asked startled. His reaction threw Peggy of guard. "Come on!" Steve shouted and took her by the hand and ran.
They entered the tent to find Coronel Phillips. "Well if it isn't the Spangled man with a plan." He mocked
"I need the casualty list!"
"You're not in any position to give me orders." Phillips shot back
"Please, sir. I just need a name James Barnes. B-a-r- "
Phillips interrupted him. "I know how to spell…and unfortunately the name does seem familiar."
Steve's heart broke. Bucky. He couldn't be gone. "What rescue mission are you preparing for the other men?"
"It's called winning the war!" Phillips shouted. "Don't you have a show to do in 10 minutes?"
Steve marched out of the tent upset but determined. "Steve! Steve!" Peggy called
"What?" Steve spun around
"There's something you should know…Olivia was with them." Peggy looked apologetic
"What?" Steve suddenly couldn't breathe. He couldn't have lost them both.
"It was a weapons test and it went wrong. None of them came back. Not even Olivia." Peggy explained
Steve began to march towards the exit of the camp. "Are you planning to walk all the way there?" she asked annoyed at his stubbornness.
"Do you have a better idea?" Steve shot back.
Peggy smiled "As a matter of fact I do." She motioned for Steve to follow her.
They ran into the lab finding Howard building weapons. The radio was playing at its highest volume. "Stay here." She yelled over all the noise to Steve.
Peggy slowly approached Howard who was welding some metal contraption. "Howard! Howard!" she yelled to get his attention.
Howard stopped and turned around not taking off the welding mask. Peggy approached it and pried it off. His eyes were bloodshot and he had bags under his eyes. It was obvious he hadn't been taking care of himself.
"We need your plane." Peggy pleaded.
Howard looked behind her and noticed Steve by the door. He extended his hand and shut off the radio leaving the three of them in silence. "He's going to rescue her?" He asked his voice sore from lack of use. Peggy saw hope flash in his eyes.
"He is." Peggy answered simply. She knew how devastated Howard was when the news of his sister were delivered. Howard had gotten drunk and she'd helped him back to his tent. That process had been repeated a couple times since the news of Olivia´s capture was delivered.
Howard cleared his throat and slicked back his hair. "Let's go then!" He said and walked out of the lab. Peggy was always surprised at how quickly he could fall into the persona he played for the world.
They were almost to the location and Peggy was finishing up prepping Steve.
"You're going to be in trouble when you get back." Steve commented
"You're going to be in trouble down there too." Peggy countered
"Yeah but where I'm going if anyone yells at me I can just shoot them." Steve joked
The plane was silent for a bit till Steve voiced what they were all thinking.
"Do you think they're still alive?" Steve asked
"I keep pretending Livy just decided to stay at Lucerne with Bucky after their late night fondue." Howard joked though part of it was true. When they told him Olivia hadn't returned he was in denial claiming she decided to quit the army and stay eating cheese for the rest of her life.
"Olivia and Bucky…fondue…foundued…?" Steve stuttered. Jealousy was suddenly eating him alive.
"I'm sure Bucky and Olivia are alive. They're probably keeping each other safe right now." Peggy tried to help but unintentionally made it worse.
"I told him to take care of her! He better have!" Howard added.
"Use this when you find them. It'll tell us your location." Peggy said as she handed over the transponder.
"Does it work?"
"It's been tested more than you, pal." Howard exclaimed from the pilot seat.
The plane was suddenly being shot at and began to shake. Steve wasn't risking their lives anymore and began to move to the door.
"Hey! Stop we're taking you all the way!" Peggy shouted
"As soon as I'm off turn back and go back to base." Steve ordered
"You can't tell me what to do."
"Of course I can I'm a Captain."
¨Hey wonderboy!¨ Howard called for his attention. ¨Bring her back.¨
Steve nodded and dived out of the plane more than ready to infiltrate the Hydra base and save his best friend and the woman who had captured his heart.
After finding the men from the 107th and freeing them. Steve followed the soldier's instructions to were other prisoners were taken. He looked into various labs till he came upon a room where the two most important people in his life were trapped, both strapped down to exam tables.
"Sargent Barnes 15496. Sargent Barnes 15496. Sargent Barnes 15496…" Bucky mumbled staring straight towards the ceiling.
Right next to him in a similar position was Olivia. "Olivia Patricia Stark. Twin sister of Howard Stark. Olivia Patricia Stark. Twin sister of Howard Stark…" both their gazes were lost their eyes glazed over as if in a trance.
Steve ran towards them and broke their bonds. "Olivia. Doll. Look at me. Olivia." He said urgently caressing her cheek and pushing her hair away from her eyes. "Steve?" her weak voice asked when she focused on him.
"I'm here. You're alright. I got you." He whispered with a happy smile.
Olivia smiled back weakly but then her eyes widen and she shot up "Where's Bucky they have him!" she was on the brink of turning hysterical. She remembered how hard he fought when they tried to take her.
They had all been locked in various cells and luckily she was in the same cell as Bucky. On their third day two Hydra soldiers entered the cell with evil grins. They walked towards her but Bucky stood in front blocking their way. He fought hard to protect her but was over powered. The two soldiers dragged him away barely conscious while another two Hydra soldiers dragged her kicking and screaming. That's the last thing she remembered.
Steve held her shoulders to calm her down. "He's here. He's right beside you." He said to ease her though his heart hurt a bit with jealousy over her worry. He had no idea when Olivia and Bucky had become so close. His old insecurities couldn't help but surface.
Steve moved from Olivia towards Bucky's table. "Hey, Bucky. Wake up."
Bucky's eyes fluttered till he returned to reality. "Steve?" he asked bewildered "What happened to you?"
"I joined the army." Steve joked while helping him stand up.
"Is it permanent?"
"So far." Steve answered while balancing Bucky.
"They have Olivia we have to get her." Bucky said with the same amount of worry in his voice as Olivia seconds before. "We have to find her." Bucky demanded
"I'm here." Olivia whispered while limping towards them.
"Oh thank God!" Bucky said and hugged her with the arm he wasn't using to support himself with Steve's help.
Olivia buried her face in Bucky's neck. She was trembling. Bucky shushed her and caressed her hair. Both had fear for the other's life and for the same reason. Bucky wanted to protect the woman he knew meant the world to his best friend and Olivia wanted to protect the only family Steve had left. The intimate moment was slowly killing Steve. He had no idea what they went through but they seemed a lot closer than the last time he saw them together. His insecurities were threatening to drown him.