three men, guards, lay unconscious in the hall. she left as fast as she came, only there to get the job done. then she moved on to her next target, or targets.

there's a fine line between genius and madness, as well as psycho and determined. sometimes it's both, sometimes neither, and a person is just overcome with grief. it seemed she was all at once. that's what made it difficult. she would be hard to find, and even harder bring home.

but determination was what bucky had too, so much it rivaled hers. and so he contacted the person who seemed to know everything.

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bucky sits in nicholas fury's office, across from his desk. the room makes him claustrophobic, the cameras in every corner, the metal bars on the windows, the gun taped under the table.

fury pulls up a screen of modern looking things that all seem foreign to bucky. "i have our best tech agents looking for her, using the security cameras in the country. if she tries to leave the country, we'll know about it. agent hill is contacting an attack squad, five of them to be exact. when we track her down, they'll zero in and bring her back."

bucky feels guilty, sending half of shield after ginny. nick seems to have taken this very seriously, which scares bucky for her sake a little. bucky clears his throat. "hold it off for a few days will you?"

fury looks a bit taken aback. "you're asking me to give one of the most dangerous people in the country a few days to escape, you realize."

"i have a few ideas, just, please nick. i know her better than anyone, which means i know her hiding spots, favorite places, weaknesses."

fury sighs. "fine. you have 48 hours. and then i'm giving the order."

bucky nods. "thank you."

now all he has to do is find a highly trained assassin, with 100 years of knowledge, in the many, many depths of new york city. while trying to stop her from murdering every hydra agent in her path. even before hydra, when she was on a mission, there was nothing stopping her.

he goes back to talk to the others and tells them about the situation.

"i'm in." steve says with a tight-lipped smile. "i know brooklyn like the back of my hand."

"'course i'm coming, dumbass. that's our girl we gotta save." carrie punches bucky hard in the shoulder with a grin on her face.

"where do we start?" nat crosses her arms.

everyone turns to sam, who's leaning against the doorframe. "she broke my suit. and threw me across the room."

steve raises his eyebrows expectantly. "so a former air- force pilot who is currently an avenger, is scared of a super soldier? because she broke his suit?"

sam sighs and rolls his eyes. "fine, i'll come. but i'm not driving. still scared someone's gonna rip my steering wheel out of the damn car."

carrie pops in. "and i gotta buy a couple packs of ciggies, so let's get going."