"So........." Tony began, as he poured himself a drink. The billionaire believing that he deserved one after the day that they had had.

Sam and Nat were still in the infirmary; the Widow a little more worse for wear then Wilson; but both would live to fight another day. And even though Tony should be with them, he had no intention of lying in bed, when he needed to work out what the hell HYDRA's new soldier, had been able to do to him and his damn suit.

"You are trying to tell me, that the woman that just kicked all our asses, was (Y/n).........our (Y/n)........?"

"What part of 'it was (Y/n)', don't you understand, Stark......?" Bucky growled back. His mind, nor his temper, in the right place to deal with the billionaire's bullshit. The soldier angry at himself for not only allowing the others to get hurt; but also, for not having prevented all of this in the first place.

It was true that when he had discovered that (Y/n) had been in a relationship with Rumlow, he had become cold towards her; with whatever friendship that had begun to grow between them, quickly disappearing as all Bucky could see when he looked at her, was the man that had betrayed them; the man that had been there when he was tortured. Who had tried to kill his friend. And no matter how many times Steve had said that (Y/n) was no traitor and he trusted her; no matter how many times Fury had said that he believed her when she had said that she knew nothing about what Rumlow was really doing at S.H.I.E.L.D, Bucky had been unable to get passed it. Finding himself watching everything that she did and said, scrutinizing all that she did on a mission, and reading every report that she submitted. The old soldier not realising how his actions were affecting her, until one night; a night that had turned out like many others, with him dragging himself from his room, after yet another nightmare. Bucky hauling his heavy feet to the common room, in hopes that a hot drink, or something, would calm his mind, and at least make it possible for him to get another couple of hours of much needed rest. Yet as he got closer to what he would have thought would be an empty room, he had heard two voices: one being Tony's and the other (Y/n)'s. Bucky about to turn and just go back to his room, until he heard what they were saying.

"If you want to do that, I'll support you, sweetheart; but don't do it because of him.........."

"I don't want to, Tony. I have worked too long, and too hard to get where I am. To finally find myself in this position; and the last thing I want to do is abandon everything. It's just that I can't take the way he treats me, anymore. Steve is fine, he believes me when I say I didn't know about Brock. That I had nothing to do with what he was really up to. But Barnes.......Barnes thinks I am the enemy. It's like I was the one that did all those things, not Brock. He's punishing me for falling in love with a man. For stupidly believing all those things that he told me. I would never and will never betray S.H.I.E.L.D, nor you and the others. When it came out about Brock, my world fell apart. I nearly lost everything, and it has taken me this long to claw everything back. To get people to believe me. I like Bucky, I really do; he is a good man, that suffered for so long, and I hate what they did to him. But as much as I like him, I can't let him ruin my life like Brock did.............I just don't know what to do anymore....." (Y/n) replied, it obvious that she was upset from the quiver in her voice. Bucky shocked by what he had heard; quietly leaving the pair and heading back to his room.

From that night, Bucky had done his best to change things; finally realising that she was right, that what had happened had nothing to do with her. And that had been when he started to see all the things that he had missed about her. It not just her beauty that he had come to quickly appreciate, but also her good heart, her intelligence, loyalty, and what a good job she really did. The soldier not surprised that she had secured herself a place in their ranks. But it had not been until the day that (Y/n) had gone missing, that he had realised that slowly, and without knowing it, he had fallen in love with her. That he wanted to fix everything that Rumlow had broken. Yet instead of protecting her, he had let her slip thorough his fingers, and be turned into the last thing that she wanted to be........an agent of HYDRA.

"Ok. So, how do you know that it was (Y/n)?" Tony asked. His tone shaking the thoughts and memories from Bucky's mind.

"I managed to move the sleeve of her suit, when she had me by the throat. I saw the mark that she got when she was a kid; when she accidentally cut herself on some broken glass, and it left a silver scar across her wrist. The new soldier had that scar. HYDRA have taken her; they have used her, experimented on her, and turned her into this new soldier. Now, instead of standing there, asking me stupid questions; why don't you do what you do, if you really care about her so much, and get down to your workshop and find her this time. Because if you don't, I am really going to find her myself. And there is nothing that you, Steve, Fury, or anyone else will be able to do or say, to stop me." The soldier growled, as she got to his feet and left the room. Tony looking to Steve, who just shrugged; before Tony finished his drink, and made his way down to his workshop.