Chapter 3

Bucky watched as Superman and Batman walked out of the room, turning back to the others, he watched as they conversed before Flash asked what everyone wanted for dinner.

"Pizza!" Batgirl, Supergirl, and Powergirl yelled out at the same time.

"Pizza?" Bucky asked as he tilted his head and looked at the three girls.

Everyone looked shocked at Bucky. "You dont know what pizza is?" Hawkgirl asked with a shocked face.

"it sounds familiar but i cant remember, I dont think that i had it while i was in HYDRA, and i dont rember having it before the war." Bucky said as he scratched his head in thought.

"Well don't worry, buddy, we will fix that problem." Flash said as he zoomed over to the transporter and went to the pizza place.

"What did HYDRA feed you?" Wonder Woman asked with a slight frown and a look of worry in her eyes.

"It was kinda like a white slop. It was a mixture of vitamins and minerals and calcium, and when i was injured, they would put in liquid form and put it in an iv. Thats all i can remember ever eating." he said as he scratched his head.

Everyone felt sorry for the soldier. For nearly 70 years he had no friends or people that cared for him, and he didn't have any real food with flavor. He never experienced the wonders of meeting new people and going to different places.

Green Lantern decided to get everyone out of their funk and knew just the way to do it. "Hey, Bucky" he called out, getting everyone's attention. "How would you like a tour of your new home for the next few months?"

Supergirl shot up and grabbed Bucky's flesh hand and dragged him out of the room yelling "that's a great idea!" the other two young girls were right behind them, and the rest of the league were right behind them with smiles on their faces.

They went to the cafeteria and went to gym area. they walked to a door that slid open and reveled a room that was filled with all kinds of different weapons. In the corner, covered in a thin lair of dust was a black sniper rifle, Bucky walked up too it and picked it up carefully. He set it against his shoulder and looked through the scope before setting it back down and sighed. Looking back he saw the girls and the green lantern watching him.

"Do you know how to use that?" Green Lantern asked

"the sniper rifle was one of the best weapons that i was good at when i was in the war. Even when I was with HYDRA it was my weapon of choice." Bucky said as he glanced back to the rifle that was sitting in the corner.

Wonder Woman was about to say something but was cut off by her communicator beeping. "Flash is back and he has brought dinner."

Everyone went to the cafeteria where they saw flash sitting at the table with boxes of pizza in front of him, he was tapping his foot rapidly as he waited for everyone else.

"There you guys are! Are you ready to try one of the best things that you will ever eat, big guy?" Flash asked throwing his arm over Bucky's shoulder.

"If you say so, I still don't understand what the big deal is."

"Just wait till you try it, Bucky. I didn't know what you liked so i just got you the meat lovers, is that ok?" Batgirl asked as she handed him a plate with three slices on it.

"I guess that is ok. I haven't had enough flavors to know what kinds there are." The soldier said as he grabbed the plate and looked at the food that was presented to him. Looking up he saw everyone else looking at him with bated breath. "What?" he asked as he held a slice in his hand.

"Come on! Try it!" Power girl yelled out in excitement.

Bucky rolled his eyes, but took a big bite out of the slice.

Everyone watched as Bucky's eyes got wide and took a bite that was twice as big as the first one. Everyone laughed as they watched their new friend eat something other then lunch meat for the first time since his escape.

After dinner the rest of the league went to bed except for Bucky, Batgirl, Super girl, Power girl,Wonder Woman, Black canary, and the Green Lantern. "How are you feeling, Bucky?" Super Girl asked.

"I feel... peaceful. For the first time in a long time i feel at peace. I like to think that Steve would be proud of me." Bucky said with an honest smile.

"I know that your friend would be happy with the decision you made today. I know that you have had a hard life, and i know that you are having nightmare problems. We will try to help you as much as we can, and I promise that the nightmares will get easier. Green lantern told him.

"Your not alone any more. my friend" Wonder Woman told him with a smile.

"Thanks guys" Bucky told them.

"Well i don't know about you guys, but I am heading to bed. I will see you tomorrow." Bucky said as he stood up, went to his room and fell asleep.

Later that night, Power Girl was sleeping lightly, but was woken up by the sound of screaming and yelling and what sounded like crying. Worried that someone might be hurt, she rushes out her door and down the hall, but doesn't see anyone. Listing harder, she heard the yelling coming from Bucky's room. Opening the door, she saw her new friend crying, screaming, and thrashing around on his bed while he gripped his sheets so tightly that they tore.

Not wanting to see her friend in pain, with tears in her eyes, she walks over to the bed and tried to shake Bucky awake. Sadly, Karen didnt take into account that Bucky would lash out in fear, which is exactly what happened. Karen screamed when Bucky bolted out of bed and wrapped his metal hand around Karen's neck.

Karen was shocked when she lost her ability to breath. No one had been able to choke her unless they were holing kryptonite in their hands, yet Bucky was doing it with nothing but his hand. "Bucky- it's-me!" "It's- Karen!" She choked out, but was not heard by the man in front of her.

Looking closer, Karen noticed that Buckys eyes were glossed over, meaning he was awake but lost in memory and didnt recognize her. Karen was rapidly losing consciousness and couldn't use her strength to pry Buckys metal hand away. Before she was able to lose consciousness, she heard the door slide open and a red blur tackle Bucky away from her.

Looking up she saw that Flash had tackeled Bucky and that Bucky was shaking his head from the haze that was over him. Looking up Bucky noticed that Karen was on the floor with her hand on her neck, he could see a hint of purple under her hand. "Karen?" he asked as he crawled over to her, but stopped when she crawled back and looked at him with a hint of fear in her eyes.

It wasn't hard to figure out what had happened. He must have a nightmare again. "Karen... I didn't- I didn't mean too." he said as he tried to reach his hand out to her, but she ran out of the door and down the hall. "KAREN!" Bucky called out to her, but she didn't return.

Bucky was about to chase after her but was stopped by a red gloved hand. "Don't" Flash said with a growl.

"But i have to go apologise" Bucky said, pushing his hand off of his shoulder.

"You need to leave her alone" Flash said as he walked over to the door.

"No, I need to go and apologize to her." Bucky said, running over to the door, only to be stopped by Flash.

"Look, she is scared right now, give her a couple of days and then you can try to apologize, ok?" Flash asked, giving the new league member a sympathetic look.

Bucky could feel tears stinging his eyes , but he refused to cry in front of Flash. Nodding his head, Bucky waited for the speedster to leave before walking over to the door and locking it. Better to be locked in there with his memories then have other people be hurt by them. Once that was done, Bucky walked over to his bed before falling on it and letting his tears finally fall. "i'm sorry-I'm sorry-I'm sorry." He kept whispering to himself as he fell in to a restless sleep.

The next morning Powergirl walked out of her room and went to the cafeteria to get some breakfast. The bruise around her neck had healed a couple of minutes after she had left Buckys room. Once she reached the cafeteria, she want to her sister and her friends and greeted them with a smile. "Hey guys, How's it going?" she asked.

"Hey Karen, how did you sleep?" Kara asked her sister with a smile.

Karen frowned for a second but it was gone before anyone could notice. "I slept ok, could have been better but it was alright." sher said wityh a fake smile, she needed to talk to Bucky and tell him that she was alright, and that she didn't blame him at all. She would have told him last night, but the shock of being choked without kryptonite being near her had frightened her so much that she had rushed out of the room.

Wonder Woman and Black Canary were looking at Karen with concerned looks, they could tell that she was not telling them something and it worried them.

The girls conversation was cut short by Flash comming over and rubbing Karens shoulder and looking at her with concern. "Hey Karen, are you feeling any better since last night?" he asked... unaware that she wanted to keep what had happened a secret.

"The rest of the girls were looking at her funny, "What is he talking about, sis?" Kara asked.

Karen was about to tell them that it was nothing, but flash had to open his big mouth again, "She walked in on Bucky having a nightmare, he attacked her and was chocking her when I ran in and stopped him. She had a bruise on her neck and she ran out of the room." He told the wide eyed women at the table.

Karen was angry and spun around to glare at him with red eyes, "You make it sound like he was a villain when he attacked me! I heard screaming and crying coming from his room so i went to see what it was, when i walked in the room he was in the middle of a nightmare and i tried to wake him up. He acted on instinct and grabbed me. He was still sleeping and suffered an episode. He only woke up because you tackled him to the floor." She told him and by definition the table.

"He hurt you?" Black Canary asked with wide eyes

"Sort of, He was able to choke me and bruise me without kryptonite around, I think that it is because his arm is made from a metal that is from outer space." Karen said with a shrug. "He just surprised me, I thought that I could help him and he caught me off guard. It was nothing but an accident."

"Flash, what happened after Karen had left?" Dinah asked.

"He had tried to chase after her, saying that he needed to apologize. I thought that Karen was scared of him so i told him to leave her alone for a couple of days and then he could try to apologize to her.' He said, shocking the whole group.

"I have to go and check on him." Karen said with concern as she rushed out of her chair and flew down the hall to the bedrooms. Once she reached the hall, she went to Buckys door and tried to open it, but found that it had been locked. "Bucky?" Karen asked through the door, "Are you ok?" Karen waited for a few seconds but didn't get a reply. She decided to take another approach and went to the main computers. She wanted to find out where Bucky had gone. Looking through the camera feeds from the night before, she had found that Bucky had not left his room all night or all morning.

With a sigh, she went back to Buckys room and knocked on the door once more. "Bucky, Can you hear me?" she asked through the door that separated them. "Can you let me in?"

After a few moments she heard the door open and she saw Bucky standing there with his eyes to the floor and his arms behind his back. "Are you ok?" She asked the soldier as she moved to stand in front of him.

Bucky lightly nodded before mumbling something that she couldn't hear. "What?" she asked as she stained her ears to hear what he said.

"I'm sorry" Bucky whispered sadly.

"it's not your fault. I shouldn't have tried to wake you up, it was my fault that it happened" she said as she wrapped her arms around him, he kept his arms by his side just in case he hurt her again. After a minute or two she sighed as she told him in a hard voice, "I am going to stay like this until you wrap your arms around me as well."

Bucky chuckled lightly as he wrapped his arms around her and hugged her tight. Their moment abruptly stopped when the watch towers alarm started going off. The two heros rushed to the main room where the founding members of the league were waiting on standby.

"Whats happening?" Bucky asked as they stopped in front of Batman and Superman.

"It's killer croc, he is robbing a bank in Gotham" Batman said as he turned and faced Bucky, "Are you ready for your first mission?"

Bucky looked at the dark night with wide eyes before turning and looking at all of the new friends that he made, who were looking at him with looks of encouragement. Reaching into his back pocket and turning from the group of heros Bucky pulled out his face mask and his goggles. They were once used to strike fear into the victims that saw him, now it will be used to strike fear into the hearts of evil. Putting on the mask and goggles, he turned and looked at the faces of the shocked hero's.

"Let's do it."

END

Hey guys, sorry it took so long for me to update, i have been busy. With collage starting soon and everything else i am having a hard time keeping up. But like i said before i will not quit on a story.

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