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IMPORTANT. Aida and all my muses have been moved to @wtchywoo
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for a moment he wishes she would have gone out and after the baron like the rest of them did. would have saved him the trouble of this very .. painful and uncomfortable conversation, which doesn’t even put weight on anything he and sam had done up until this point. the whole zemo thing – that was on him, though. bucky can’t even rope his co-worker into it, considering he’d gone behind his back, only bringing the whole ordeal up when it was already too late and zemo was out.
so really, what choice did sam have in this, anyway? the trust he put in him was already more than bucky deserved, so if he couldn’t come forth to sam right off the bat, what of a chance did he have the wakandans would have thought any differently? would have been worse, if anything. “ you wouldn’t have let me, even if i told you. “ and that’s just a fact. him, wanting to get the guy who had murdered their king out of prison like that? the brunet is very doubtful that would have gone down well. nevermind all of the bullshit zemo had done afterward. “ or am i wrong ? “ ayo had already damned him, clearly less than pleased with anything he’d done. he’s lucky he was given those 48 hours, even, figuring they didn’t have the patience for that. not when it came to something that so deeply connected to them as well.
bucky exhales a sigh after that, shoulders shrugging as she brings up impulsivity. because that’s what it was, anyway. an impulsive decision – a hunch – that proved to be a good one in the end, considering they were further along in this thing than they were without zemo, but even then … it’s no excuse that would make what he did any better. he pushes himself off the counter once she’s done, bringing the pot of coffee along, a peace offering – unable to help the laugh that bubbles out at the comment. “ i’m surprised she hadn’t already gone through with that. “ he wouldn’t have put it past her, honestly, with how the fight had gone. luckily it only cost him an arm and his dignity, but alas. at least walker got what he deserved.
“ yeah. that was fun. guy needs to get kicked off his high horse. “ his distaste is clear with the tone he uses as he sits down, eager to dig into the eggs. “ thanks, by the way. for uh. breakfast. “ and he sounds more awkward than he usually would have around her, but then again .. a lot of time had passed since he’d last seen her.
Aida had to stop and think at his rhetorical question, cause she had no idea. Wakandans did take pride and justice more seriously than any other human or intergalactic being she’d ever met, yet Aida also felt like there was more than that at stake. She would have helped, if she’d had the chance to do just that. Give time, maybe Ayo would have considered getting Zemo out if world safety was at hand. After Thanos had come to Earth and destroyed their reality, Wakanda had long stopped being the secretive and isolated country it once was, yet time wasn’t a luxury Bucky had at the time. The Flagsmashers moved too fast in their revolution, she understood that much. At least the White Wolf had come up with a plan just as fast, no matter how it had blown up.
« I believe she enjoyed herself a lot more by kicking your ass in front of your American pal. » She teased with a smirk to try and reframe a scene that hadn’t been enjoyable in the least. Not even to watch from afar, as Aida had done while fighting Walker and Lamar, Ayo damning him and using the fail safe on his arm something that had made a shiver also run through her spine. Just because Ayo had once been her mentor, though, it didn’t mean that Aida shared her use of words or gestures. Thankfully she was her own person, and she took the pot of coffee with no heavy heart as that conversation had at least remove that feeling from the equation. Awkwardness remained, she could tell, yet now that they were alone Aida didn’t hate it that much.
« Anytime. » As she took a bite from the eggs and sipped her coffee, she wasn’t hiding the way her eyes were wandering on the guy, that was probably the first full glance she’d taken of him since meeting after years of being apart. « I like your hair like that. » She missed it long as she remembered how it felt to run fingers through them during very specific moments, yet somehow he looked more like himself now. More like a soldier. « I’ve heard you got pardoned too, how’s that going? »
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I’m definitely in the mood to write more of Aida (I feel like she’s the one that I’ve neglected more during my hiatus) so LIKE THIS to come and plot threads with us?
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GENERAL SUMMER PLOT CALL. Like this post if you’d like to plot a thread with one of my muses (list here) cause I’ll mainly focus on plotted stuff for the summer 🌞🧡
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it always comes down to this. a constant struggle of trying not to blame himself – something that had taken him so long to overcome and even then not in the best way, but he was starting to accept that – yes, it was him, but he had no choice in the matter. not anymore, however, it feels more like he’d regressed right back to where he started all those years ago. he doesn’t bother replying, figuring no amount of claiming he would try not to blame himself would actually make any difference in the matter. because it wouldn’t.
aida seems adamant to prove him otherwise though, even with the bruised up neck and the wound that’s still oozing blood, offering the arm despite the fact that bucky had made it clear he doesn’t want it. not even want, it’s the fact that he would much prefer the appendage be returned when he’s sure there’s nothing left in his brain that would turn that into a deadly weapon. just like it had now.
but then again – is that even possible? even now they had thought he was rid of the clutches hydra still held on him and all it took was one word. one word to break down years of healing and getting to somewhere bucky actually felt good to be.
zemo’s not even an issue here – with how passionate about killing hurting the man aida is it might bring some reprieve, but mind is more worried about the fact that there’s something still in there. it had been zemo this time, it could end up being someone else the next. just a matter of time. a sigh leaves him as the arm is placed into place, regardless of whether or not he thought it .. a good idea to be – feeling the familiar click as it nerves connected and fist curled and uncurled a couple of times to re-adjust. should feel familiar, but right now it doesn’t quite.
“ why not? “ tone takes on a slightly irritated tone at that point, as if he’s – angry, no frustrated that she had let him get this close to – “ i could have – no, i would have killed you. “ showing weakness like that was something for the soldier to exploit. he knows it. it’s mere luck her body reacted like it did and that the surge of electricity actually managed to snap him out of it. what if it hadn’t? another thing to add to the list, as if the guilt isn’t well enough ready to eat him up from the inside out.
“ right. “ and sure, expression softens as she reassures him. tries to sound confident in telling him they’ll fix this. and not let someone take his freedom, but somehow it feels like it’s already been done. they’re way past that point already, aren’t they? “ .. where do we go from here? “
« Because that’s not how it works, okay?! » How what worked, exactly? Her mind when facing the choice between loyalty to a friend and safety for herself? Or just her heart in front of a person she knew she couldn’t bring herself to hurt? Aida didn’t know, nor she cared to understand, cause she was never going to regret the risk taken nor the one she’d barely avoided. « I could have killed you too, or so I thought at least. And I was not going to gamble your life for mine. Not yours. » She didn’t phrase any more than that, the truth she wasn’t even aware of standing behind the weakness she’d almost paid for in blood. Feelings on the battlefield could be a deadly sin.
« Listen, there’s no point in thinking about what didn’t happen. » She tried distracting him from the what ifs she knew were going on inside his head just like they were swarming in hers. They had much bigger decisions to take, rationality she tried to take a grasp on as adrenaline still ran high. The more she thought about what had just happened, the more the whole situation felt unreal. Years spent to set him free only to realize he had never been, and while she was there saying she was going to fight for his freedom she also wondered how she could help her friend keep something that had never been his. His freedom hadn’t been stolen by Zemo, he’d just revealed what Bucky had never achieved in the first place, not really. It made her dangerously angry, with the criminal betraying them and with the ghosts from Bucky’s past still messing with his head.
« We need to tell Sam. » Of that at least she was sure of, first priority set in the plan he was asking her to make. « Then we’ll get Zemo and lock him in the Raft. Making him talk will be the fun part. » As a bitter and slightly sadistic half-smile painted the Dora’s lips, Aida realized that, at least, if there was a positive thing in all that it was the fact that Zemo was also the solution to their problems. Cause he was also the one that could tell them what else was inside Bucky’s mind. « After we’re done with the Flagsmashers… It’s your choice, but I think you should come back to Wakanda. You’d be safe there. » Like, to her, he was still the one she wanted to protect.
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it’s astounding how quickly his mood changes after that – bucky’s actually properly smiling into the second kiss now, eager and ready to get out of the river and to continue this elsewhere. somewhere more comfortable, where the worry of drowning doesn’t have to constantly be present in the back of his mind. the ex-assassin trusts her well enough, considering it’s mostly been her, helping him stay above the river’s surface, but even that would end up being too much if they did continue right where they are.
“ yeah. thanks. “ it’s tossed out absent-mindedly as arm grips a hold on her, while legs kicked out as he tries his best to keep up. it’s not the worst thing in the world, swimming with one arm like this, but he’s yet to learn how to do so gracefully, mind shoving that thought aside once they finally reach shore — what with the image he’s met with.
it doesn’t leave much to imagination, really and knowing that the bare minimum of clothing they have on themselves is going to become obsolete in a bit, it just spurs him on further as he pulls himself upward. way too eager to continue this and it shows. the way water glues underwear to skin, there’s little that could be hidden, anyway, but that’s neither here nor there.
any embarrassment that might come from this well aware and forgotten about as aida speaks. “ yeah. it’s – we should go there. “ not that they couldn’t .. continue right here on the grass, but despite how comfortable he had gotten with her, there’s still the urge of privacy that bucky feels the need of. the sense of privacy his hut ought to provide. so he extends his right hand, before he’s leading her back to the hut he’d been given, ignoring the heap of clothes they’ve left behind on the shore.
Aida wasn’t going to spend time looking for clothes in the dark when she was going to get rid of them anyway. Moonlight shining on her dark skin covered with droplets of water, she felt the natural buzz of electricity flowing through her veins together with pure excitement and the freedom that came with being able to just stand there, after a night swim next to a man she felt fatally attracted to. It was one of those things that made her happy to be alive and grateful to being able to experience the wilderness of Wakanda, very few other places in the world were like that.
« Okay then. » Cat-like smile on her lips, the Dora grabbed Bucky’s hand and pulled him in a kiss one more time before she started to run, breathless and heart-racing towards his hut, four walls that were going to shelter them from the stars. The moon had already witnessed enough, and while Aida was pretty sure no other eyes would fall on them out there maybe continuing inside wasn’t a bad idea anyway.
« So this is your place, mh? » As she looked around and smirked, Aida realized she’d never been inside the small house. Outside, of course, every time she’d come to pick him up for a sparring session or she’d just walked past it wondering if he was inside, but for a moment her attention got caught by the small things that talked about him the moment they walked in. It almost made her forget about what they were actually doing there. Almost. One brow raised, Aida looked at him as curiosity tickled her mind. « Have you invited anyone else in or am I the first? »
#I've skipped to inside the house just so Aida could tease him#she knows she's the first but wants to hear it :D#she's the worst and I apologize to poor Bucky that has to deal with her.#belyvuk
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“ sure. uh. doesn’t matter, really. “ he’ll eat what he’s given, but truthfully, his mind’s too busy trying to cope with current company, enough not to think too hard about how he liked his eggs. her tone doesn’t seem too pleasant, either, which just makes the whole ordeal worse, because there’s – plenty of things they have to talk about and are both shoving aside in lieu of not upping the tension that had settled even more than it had to. as much as bucky enjoys not being put on the spot, they reach the point eventually. she speaks up, throws out the issue at hand, fully expecting him to provide a valid explanation for everything he’d done up until now and no matter how hard he stares at the coffee pot that’s slowly brewing the coffee she’d kindly asked for, it seems he can’t get out of it, this time.
shoulders tense as the conversation gets directed his way and he tries to keep his gaze elsewhere for a tad longer, before he inevitably forces himself to look at her. doesn’t like the expression he’s met with, because he’s … not sure what to make of it really.
“ aida – “ he’s gone against them, breaking zemo out of prison. knowing full well the carnage he had caused all those years ago and yet, deeming it the right choice, regardless. an impulsive one, at best, but the baron had proved useful, he’ll have to give him that. still doesn’t make betraying their trust like that any better. he knows as much. ayo had made that perfectly clear when she’d disarmed him. “ well – she’s right. i wouldn’t trust me either. “ bucky exhales a sigh, brows furrowed together as he thinks where to even begin. “ he’s just – a means to an end. that’s all. “ he’s told the same to ayo. gotten the couple of days extra to make the best of use of the man, before they went after, but .. that didn’t quite go as planned.
now zemo’s out in the wind and that’s on him. “ we needed … something. it wasn’t the best plan, i agree, but he was the only choice we had at the time. and he’s helped. kind of. “ up until he up and disappeared amidst the fight. and frown deepens as shoulders shrug, before he’s folding his arms across his chest. “ but yeah, things – didn’t go as planned. and here we are. “ sounds a bit irritated at this point, but it’s as if it’s directed at himself, rather than anyone else.
The way Aida was cracking those eggs probably told more about her current mood than all the effort she was making in trying to remain calm and collected. One after the other, she put the shells aside and poured the content of six in an oiled pan, than starting to scramble them as if they were the source of all her frustration. They weren’t, of course, but it did make her feel better, at least partially as she listened to the guy talking, eyes leaving his face only to check she wasn’t turning the eggs into a culinary mess.
« I understand that you needed him, but why not telling us? » That was the whole point, at least to her. To be completely honest, she wasn’t mad about him breaking Zemo out of prison as much as she was about him doing it without a word. Maybe there had been no time to waste, or maybe lack of trust went both ways. Did Bucky really think Wakanda wasn’t going to support his decision when international safety was at risk, with supersoldier terrorist walking around out there? At least she understood that the Dora stopping him before getting Zemo out was a risk too big to be taken. Still, Aida couldn’t help but think that there had to have been other ways. Now it was too late to overthink all of them, though, as things were already out of hand.
« But I can understand impulsivity. » And he knew how impulsive she could be as well, so those words on Aida’s lips sounded like half of a truce. Taking two plates, she put some more on Bucky’s and the remaining on hers, knowing all too well that the man and his fast metabolism needed way more fuel than her small figure. Then she went sitting to the table, legs crossed as she grabbed a fork and waited for Bucky to go sit with her and possibly bring more coffee. « We need to find Zemo, though. Maybe then Ayo will decide against killing you. » That was a joke, of course, but not too far from reality considering how things had gone down with the Dora. « I have to admit though, it was fun showing that new Captain America what we call fighting. »
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even with the same words tossed right back his way, it doesn’t do much for the guilt that’s threatening to eat him up from within. brain’s already wreaking havoc as he tries make sense of it all. of everything he’d done in wakanda – up until this point, up to where he thought what hydra had engraved into him was gone and dealt with, only for it all to come crushing down with one word.
“ but it was. “ bucky counters, a tad more defensively than he would have liked to as tremors calm down a bit. it had taken him so long to try and think of everything he’d done as something he absolutely had no choice in. and now he’s here, fighting with himself, trying not to let the turmoil in his mind completely take over, lest he get lost in it all and nothing aida would say ought to make it any better. gaze lifts to look at her as she mentions shuri and there’s a flash of hurt at the mention. “ yeah. me too. “ all those sessions – he thought so too. everyone did. he’d been told his already broken mind was fixed — and now this.
a sigh leaves his lips, not buying her claim that she’s fine one bit. bruised up neck, a gunshot wound – which had probably been directed elsewhere and not merely at her arm. he doesn’t need to think too hard to realize it, knowing full well how deadly the winter soldier was. no, is. which is why right arm moves to push the vibranium appendage away as it’s offered back to him. he doesn’t deserve that. too dangerous to let him have it on, so he’ll settle for .. less.
“ i’m durable. would have kept you safer. safer than … that. “ head tilts toward her, the injuries he’d caused and it pains him to talk about it, much less keep his gaze on her longer than need be, before he’s tearing it away. looking to the floor, as if it’s the most interesting thing he’d seen in a while. once zemo’s brought back up, confusion and sadness turn to disbelief. as if he can’t quite comprehend how quickly the man had managed to turn the entire thing his way. and bucky was right there, helping. “ i didn’t – know he could to that. “ a pause. “ when we broke him out. “ of course he had no clue. no one did.
« No. Don’t blame yourself. » God, she was going to kill Zemo! In the most painful way possible, too. While sadism wasn’t one of Aida’s features, the anger kept roaring like a lioness whose tribe had been threatened.
« And take this arm, I wanna see you use it to snap that motherfucker’s neck. » Was it going to make a difference, though? As her jaw clenched further, she knew the answer to that question. The fact that Zemo had dared to phrase the word was only part of the problem, it was actually what had brought to like the fact that there was still something in his mind. Some of Hydra’s claws that had stayed hidden and untouched. She took a couple more steps closer to put the vibranium arm back in place herself. It was his, and it was also a symbol of the fact that she wasn’t going to turn her back on him just because things were wrong again. Wakanda wasn’t going to either, cause he was one of them no matter what.
« I wasn’t going to take that chance, Bucky. » Dark eyes piercing through his, the expression on her face said well enough just how much she meant it. It was out of question, picking hurting him in order to be safe, when she didn’t have any guarantee the supersoldier could take that much electricity. But now at least she knew that if needed her powers could be a reset button for the Winter Soldier, something she had to keep in mind as a last chance.
Using her hands to rip off a strip of fabric from her shirt with which she proceeded to bandage the wound on her arm, she imagined the fabric being someone’s throat. « I know you didn’t. » And even though she’d been furious to know he’d got Zemo out, Aida had never imagined the full consequences of it. No-one could have. With a sigh, she tried to relax her shoulders and her eyes softened. « We’re gonna fix this, okay? We already did it once. We won’t let someone take away your freedom. »
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“ ri-right. “ any semblance of control he had over his life now – gone. in an instant. and all it took was one word, uttered by the man he had helped escape and right now bucky doesn’t really know what to make of it. doesn’t know where he stands anymore, if it’s so easy to make him go under – bring out the assassin who kills without remorse with saying, but one word – he can’t stay there, can he? can’t go back to how he’s only now began to live – he’s .. back to being a liability. a danger to anyone around him and a quick glance at aida and the shape the soldier had left her in just further proved it so.
“ i’m sorry – “ he has to tear his gaze away, clenching his fist tighter. she’d disarmed him and still – he’d managed to get that close. teeth grit together at the onslaught of feelings and her words end up falling onto deaf ears. ( it wasn’t your fault. ) of course it was. he should have known. should have known part of the soldier is still in there. should have known he could take over at any given time and yet he’d ignored that in lieu of some lie that he was free. he put everyone in danger, without realizing it and all it took was one word. one, goddamn word that zemo, of all people, had managed to get a hold of. what a fucking mess this is turning out to be.
“ don’t be. and y-yeah, it does. “ he doesn’t need to sugarcoat it. it hurts. reminds him of the chair, as if he’d needed that on top of everything that had gone down. as if it’s not obvious with the way he’ll wince every so often as muscles spasmed on their own. but he’ll try to ignore that – far as bucky’s concerned, he deserved it, anyway – as he’ll try and push himself up into a sitting position, wrapping his right arm across his middle to keep himself somewhat grounded, before mind spirals any further.
he doesn’t dare go for the arm, nor ask for it to be retrieved. doesn’t feel like he’s worthy of it. not anymore. he’s right back to square one, after all, frown deepening as eyes find aida’s own again. “ you .. okay? “ she doesn’t look it. and he’s the sole cause for that. “ should’ve – knocked me out soon as you got the chance. “ it’s tossed out absent-mindedly, tone dry. clearly he would have prefered that instead of causing all of this havoc.
« Don’t be. » It was the same thing he’d said to her, yet Aida repeated cause it sounded even more true when referred to him. None of that he had meant, not the violence and not the bruises and most definitely not being triggered by whatever code word Zemo had somehow found. He hadn’t hurt her, the Winter Soldier had. And more than him, whoever had engraved the killing machine inside his head.
« It wasn’t you. » It was his body but it wasn’t him, and Aida kept thinking that if she’d had the chance to wait just a little bit longer Bucky would have found a way to snap out of it. Maybe she was that naïve, especially when shocking him had been her last chance before passing out.
One hand still unsteady running through her short platinum hair, Aida shook her head still in utter shock and disbelief. « I thought Shuri had healed you. » Like the Winter Soldier was a disease that had been stripped from his system and was now relapsing in all his viciousness. She could bet that was what he was thinking as well, that maybe he hadn’t been free at all, only living in a lie for a while. Aida almost felt responsible, because her country was the one supposed to fix what had been done to him. They had fixed her heart, why hadn’t they been able to fix his mind too?!
« ‘m fine. » A lie, but the last thing she wanted was for him to worry. Steadying herself with the spear, when he didn’t reach for it the Dora lowered to take the vibranium arm and hold it out for him. « I’d never knock you out on purpose. At least not when I wasn’t sure it would bring you back. » She could have killed him, cause a thunder was a thunder no matter what serum ran in his body. Anyone else would have been fried in his place, thank Bast he was fine. Even when guilt she couldn’t help in hearing him say it hurt. « I won’t be as clement with that son of a bitch. » Turned out she’d been right all along in not trusting the man.
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ears ring and muscles spasm as his body tries to cope with the surge of electricity he’d just been hit with. it doesn’t help that he’s absolutely dazzed and confused when he comes to, groaning as he’s trying to keep himself upward.
once he eventually manages to hold himself up for more than a couple of seconds, things slowly click into place. well. as much as they could. he feels less weight on his left side and doesn’t need to look over to realize that the arm is gone. can see it laying on the floor actually as eyes narrow, trying to determine why and what had happened to warrant that result, but the more brain mulls over it the more bucky doesn’t like what it’s coming up with.
couple of blinks later as some of the ringing subsides, he still feels muscles spasm every so often, pain shooting through his body and super soldier or no, it hurts. it’s then that he picks up on a voice – familiar one at that, before he glances around, eyes falling onto known figure. he’s about to ask what happened – regardless of how his throat seizes up every now and then, when vision clears and eyes fall onto the bruised neck, the arm now covered with blood and aida — aida looking at him with a look he hasn’t been met with – not in a while and certainly not from her. that look was reserved for … for …
no, no. that – couldn’t be it.
not after everything that had been done. not after spending so long amongst her people – not after he’d been told he’s free. after he actually felt that he’s free, finally ready to live life on his own. and now the longer he stares, the more breath picks up as things finally start to make sense. despite bucky wishing they hadn’t. she speaks again, voice distant, but he picks up on the question, either way.
‘is it you?’
… so he’d — he’d done that. no wonder he doesn’t remember anything. brows furrow together as realization downs on him and for a second he regrets having woken up from that nightmare. now he’s .. left to pick up the pieces and the longer he stares at the bruised neck and the broken sound of aida’s voice, the more he wants to get up and leave. wishes his body would cooperate to do so, but he’s left trying to keep himself upward as limbs shake on their own, left to deal with the consequences of not being able to trust his own damn mind. again. after so much time – again. “ It’s … it’s me. “ he doesn’t deserve the worry he’s met with. like she’s worried about him, when he’d almost – finished the job. “ happened again .. didn’t it? “ words he dreaded saying again and now .. here he is.
She knew it was him, way before Bucky confirmed it with his voice. She realized it from the confusion in his eyes, and then the GUILT and SHOCK building up in those blue hues she had gradually learnt to recognize. She sighed in relief, but it was a momentary feeling. It was heartbreaking to watch, the belief of freedom being stripped from his soul. It had taken only a single word said by a man who was now gone, disappeared leaving them with the aftermath of it.
Aida didn’t know whether it was her chest now that hurt more than her throat and arm combined, blood streaming slowly down her skin a thing she was barely noticing as her heart pounded so heavily with empathy. She clenched her jaw, almost baring her teeth as anger surged now that panic was gone. Another kind of fear was starting to form, for him and what the past few minutes meant.
« Zemo—— » She cleared her throat and tried not to cough, tried not to show the sharp ache that came with phrasing words, but there was nothing she could do for her voice. « He said something in Russian. » She remembered it, of course she wasn’t going to repeat it. Hand on the wall next to her, she stood up shakingly almost using her spear as a crutch. Her head spinned but she force herself to breath, the need to get closer to Bucky and check he was fine more powerful than physical harm. « It wasn’t your fault. » She saw the way his body was still reacting to her electricity, she couldn’t stop wondering whether he was in pain too. « I’m sorry about—— Does it hurt? »
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this close. he’s this close to finishing his mission as hand finally grasps around its target and squeezes, pushing her against the wall with as much force as he can muster. which is entirelly too easy to do thanks to the serum coursing through his veins. teeth grit together as he keeps her there, knowing it won’t take long as he pushes against wind-pipe. could have done this faster - a snap and a very unfortunate end for many of his targets, but not her. the soldier has the audacity to drag this out, icy hues focused as teeth grit together as if awaiting light to leave her eyes as the last breath is taken. and he’s nearly there too, her final plea falling on deaf ears, but despite the methodical approach and predictable movements, he’s not prepared for what follows next.
had there been part of bucky still in there somewhere, not completely enveloped by the fog, he would have remembered that there’s more to her, considering they did talk about it. the soldier, however, focused on one thing and one thing alone, can’t pull forth the memory, completely unprepared for the surge of electricity that bursts out.
a brief flash of something amidst susprise and confusion crosses his features in the split second when electricity builds, before it hits him. he doesn’t even get the chance to pull apart, nor to realize what’s happening as the surge knocks him back and off his feet, until he’s rolling onto the floor. it’s strong enough to knock him out for a moment as body tries to cope with the strength of the surge, muscles contracting and limbs trembling as he lay there.
feels like an eternity, before he groans, hand moving so he could lift himself up and off the floor. even if for a little bit. the trembles don’t stop so hand curls into a fist as he does so, ears ringing, while brain tries to comprehend .. why he’s – in a world of pain akin to when they would put him onto the chair. feeling remarkably close to that, yet not really, it makes absolutely no sense as he blinks, pulling a blank. as if he – blacked out.
that never meant anything good.
Aida fell to the ground coughing for air, lungs almost spasming in the attempt to get oxygen flowing again. Her brain felt foggy and dots of darkness still filled her vision, every thought and feeling of fear and worry momentarily disappeared as BREATHING became her only aim. Hand at her throat, the skin under her feelings was bruised and livid, purple already mixing with the chocolate of her skin. It hurt like a bitch, airways so sore even the tiniest drop of saliva brought tears to her eyes. Yet her other hand instinctively went to close around her spear, just in case she had to protect herself again.
In her flight or FIGHT mode, she had no idea how strong the electricity had come out of her body. As soon as panic subsided just enough to be able to think again, WORRY immediately took over and eyes teary with both physical and emotional pain she moved to take a look at Bucky.
Guilt surged as she watched the side-effects of electricity making his body twitch painfully. From her four-legged position, Aida tried with a chocking noise to drag herself closer to check on him all while her instinct screamed to just get away from there. Soldier or man, she had no idea who was in charge of Bucky’s mind now.
The violence of her uncontrolled powers hadn’t killed him, thankfully. Yet she wondered if it had been enough to make his brain rewire and bring him back. Aida knew that if it hadn’t she was going to be dead soon, cause there was no way she could run away or fight back now, between her struggling lungs and the exhaustion that came with such a huge release of energy. She could feel her bionic heart twitching, veins burning there were it had sent thunders.
« Bucky? » Lips moved but her voice was just a whisper badly phrased by her bruised vocal chords. It sounded like she’d been screaming for days on end, so she tried again when she saw him blink. « Bucky, is it you? »
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it’s gets easy to anticipate her moves after a while. the soldier struggles a bit from the start, but the longer she continues to defend herself, the more he can begin to analyze and efficiently counter her moves, knocking the spear aside every time it gets too close. words aren’t registered in the slightest, with only teeth grit together as eyes narrow dangerously and a few grunts tossed out as he attempts to lessen the distance the spear provides for her given in return. she’ll have to try harder than that. also seems to lack the coldness the soldier moves with. a weakness. that will inevitably make it easier to overpower her.
but she’s quick, he has to give credit where credit is due. makes this fight drag on longer than he’d anticipated as knife collides with the spear again and again. until she’s spinning out of the way, expertly avoiding another slash, closing up the distance, which won’t end well. for her.
or so the soldier thinks, fully ready to retaliate, now that the distance had been closed up – until hand collides with his shoulder in the right spot, a wave of something flowing through the entirety of the limb, before it goes rigid. for split second, there’s something else in those cold eyes – surprise – as eyes go from her to the arm and back to her, before they’re narrowing.
few more taps and the limb falls to the ground, unceremoniously, but it only spurs the soldier into action as he lurches forward, using his right arm, instead. he could still make her lose her balance. grasp that neck with one hand and squeeze – for as long as it would be needed to complete his mission.
The vibranium arm detached and fell to the ground with a metallic noise, a useless limb now leaving the Winter Soldier with only his right. Yet Aida knew better than to let that small victory get to her head, as in training with him she’d seen just how deadly Bucky still was even with one arm only. Add that to the lack of remorse that made the Winter Soldier fight like a predator aiming for her throat.
Her own vibranium-reinforced heart kept pounding in her chest, SURPRISE in the soldier’s eyes not really making her feel any safer when even more anger replaced it. Years of fights and training to kill had forged him into this perfect machine that couldn’t conceive any distraction to his mission. Words didn’t seem to reach him nor feelings, not even the way her eyes were pleading him to stop before she was forced to do something she was going to regret later on.
The Dora Milaje had trained her to be just as effective and cold-hearted when in front of an enemy, yet her human side was still there and made her hold back in a way. Ayo would have scolded her terribly for letting that weakness make her blows less harsh on him, it was likely that her mentor wasn’t going to have the chance to get angry at her. Cause Aida knew she’d left a huge hole in her defense the moment Bucky’s hand closed around her.
Hand loosing the grasp on her spear due to the force of impact, oxygen got cut from her lungs as her back collided against the nearby wall. « P-lease. » She wasn’t pleading for her life, although it might seem like that. As both hands clawed at his wrist in a desperate attempt to make him loosen up the hold, her vision started to fade as her throat got livid. One step away from fading to black, electricity called by adrenaline and survival instinct burst out of her in blue light embodying the impetus of a thunder.
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any plea or warning that’s tossed his way falls on deaf ears as he moves. methodical, precise, ten steps ahead, fully prepared to take on the dora all by himself. his handler had made it out, used up the commotion to make his escape, which makes part of the mission successful, another still waiting to be dealt with. there’s zero remorse as the bullet hits its mark. not where it was intended to, but it might turn things his way, regardless. can’t have been pleasant, after all.
the spear proves a damn nuisance as he tries to avoid the blows, keep his balance – fully aware of what she’s trying to achieve. it’s a long enough weapon to keep him from getting too close, knife cluthed in his hand, but it doesn’t really do much.
body picks up on years of training automatically as he moves, swift and precise, avoiding the blows and smacking the spear aside to try and close up the distance in between. couple of hits do seem to land their mark in the end, making him grunt as balance is disturbed if only for a split second, before he’s pulling himself up again.
words don’t register even as she speaks. absolutely zero recognition as icy hues meet her own, the look more akin to predator looking at prey and not much else. mind is too occupied with finishing the mission he’d been tasked with to register anything else and at this rate, the soldier will settle for simply throwing the knife her way. get himself an opening that way. not meant to kill, just to maim until he would be close enough to finish the job.
She would have thought the months spent training with him could give her away to predict his moves, but it was true only in part. The way the Winter Soldier moved now was so different from Bucky’s own fighting style as night was from day. The lack of humanity or remorse showed in the way he aimed to kill, no holding back there were the man she knew had always hated to harm his opponents. The way he’d felt guilty when breaking her arm one day during sparring now was long gone, replaced by a violence that could only came with having one priority only — finishing his mission, HER in that case.
But he had to be still in there, however deep his consciousness had been momentarily drowned into oblivion. Which was why she was fighting to protect herself instead than to hurt him, a way of thinking that could only be a liability when finding herself in front of the most skilled assassin.
« Get him out of your head, Bucky! » Eyes wide, every time his now unfamiliar ones met her gaze almost made her lose balance. She had to get close to trigger the failsafe in his arm, yet it was easier said than done with that knife between them. Its blade screeched against the metal of her spear, Aida tried to use the momentum to spin sideways and try to tap his shoulder in the right combination of movements every Dora had learnt. Doing her best to move fast enough cause she knew getting his hands on her would mean vicious consequences.
#that's what I thought about too 👀 detaching his arm#ALTHOUGH that would make him only a bit less dangerous LMAO#belyvuk
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he really shouldn’t feel as uncomfortable as he’s feeling, standing there, awkwardly nursing the mug of coffee he’d made for himself, gaze set somewhere on the floor. it has been … years, after all. they’d both made it very clear that it was but a one time thing, anyway and yet there’s something about coming across someone you had gotten to know so intimately that has the ex-assassin freeze up, unable to find the right words to make this any better on himself. or on aida for that matter.
she seems … alright though. moving to make something to eat, pretending this tension that had set in between doesn’t actually exist and bucky’s all too eager to grab the opportunity to talk about something else, rather than the issue they probably should end up talking about . “ uh, no. not yet. “ not that he would have probably ended up making anything for himself, come think about it.
“ i can help, if you’re planning on making more? “ it will give him something to distract himself with, anyway, rather than his mind going back all those years ago, question after question, eager to spill, before she cuts him off with another question. thank god.
“ went out to smooth things out with walker. the guy’s probably pissed at how things had gone down yesterday, but — “ a curt shrug is all the ex-assassin can muster as he downs a portion of coffee. “ he deserved that. “
bucky on the other hand, is still baffled at how quickly ayo had managed to disarm him once they’ve stepped in. and the few words she’d followed after, lingering somewhere in the back of his mind, when all they’d tried to do was de-escalate the situation. “ hmm. anyway – shouldn’t you … be out looking for zemo? “
« Do you mind making more coffee? I’ll do the eggs. How do you like yours? » Her voice wasn’t the warmest, yet it was calm at least on the surface, practical even as Aida glanced at the man sideways. The tension she felt actually had nothing to do with the fact she had seen him naked once. In Aida’s world, that kind of intimacy wasn’t something she would put too much overthinking on. Their friendship, though, or at least the loyalty she’d thought they’d shared was a whole other deal. How he had broken that by getting Zemo out of prison, more specifically, was what made it difficult to act cool with a guy she’d always felt so utterly comfortable with. Aida was actually studying him, trying to understand whether he was still the same person she used to like before their paths had split in Wakanda.
« You can bet he deserved that. » She seconded, that at least they could agree on. Yet his words increased her confusion. He didn’t seem to like Walker — just like she was sure he didn’t like or trust Zemo —, yet he had stepped in and tried to stop them while they were fighting the new Cap. « I’m having a hard time figuring out why you side with such people. » It came out so brutally honest that, for a moment, the air in the room just seemed to freeze as Aida put down the eggs she was about to crack. Turning, her dark eyes focused on him with a somewhat unreadable expression.
« Ayo asked me to stay behind in case you and Sam needed help. Truth is, I don’t think she trusts the two of you unsupervised. And I don’t blame her, do you? » That was probably his moment to come out with an explanation.
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@elctrcity asked “👁 For baby Rocket”
👁 Wake my muse up during a nightmare
Non Verbal RP Starters || Accepting!
Nightmares are more commonplace for him than he’d like to admit. Every time he thinks they can’t any more worse, his mind finds some new way to make him suffer. A lot of them call back to Halfworld. Other times they’re about the countless fights he’s gotten in over time. Ones that didn’t go according to plan. Sometimes they’re about the future and just how bad things could go if he wasn’t careful, and other times it’s all of the above.
As well as medicine for chronic pain, he often takes something for nightmares and sleep, but being on the moon has left him without his prescription. So he’s found thrashing around on the floor, his fur puffed up and whimpering like a scared little animal. Automatically shooting up at attention when a hand touches him in his sleep. Not bothering to see who it is before scrambling off on all fours embarrassed.
Even close friends like Aida aren’t allowed to see him vulnerable.
The bed next to her had been warm and then had suddenly gone cold, empty now when it had been the two of them falling asleep on it after a mindless night spent there on the lunar base. It had become a comfortable thing, to have a friend like Rocket to keep her company on the satellite that was too cold and quiet for someone like her that was born in a land of eternal sunshine and colorful sounds. The emptiness of space had a way of spooking her, of making the former Dora feel uncomfortable, yet it wasn’t as heartbreaking as the whimpering that had woken her up.
It had taken a moment for her sleepy eyes to focus on the figure thrashing on the floor, nightmares in his mind almost making the air heavier with fallout. So she had tried to be gentle when waking Rocket up, fingers touching his fur without worrying whether or not he was going to scratch or bite her in self-defense. He looked scared and almost in pain, so she almost expected a fight-reaction. Yet, seeing him running away instead startled her even more than that.
« Rocket? » Calling after him in confusion, voice cut by the door slamming behind him. Mind still foggy, the Wakandan rubbed her eyes and took a breath in before following. Only taking the time to grab a glass of water by the carafe in her room, Aida luckily needed no light to find her way around the base. « Rocket? » She tried again, quieter this time in order not to wake anyone else. The alien’s small figure wasn’t easy to find in the dark, but she got lucky eventually. Sitting down, she didn’t talk at first and just placed the glass in front of him. « I’m not gonna ask you what that was about unless you want to talk about it. »
#look at Aida doing her best to give him space without leaving him alone#she trying hard not to squeeze him in a hug tbh#🥺🥺#manandmachines
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@elctrcity asked for pain;
“ спутник . “
one word. a single word is enough to stop him in his tracks, body freezing on its own – the feeling both confusing and terrifying, feeling entirely too close to so many times it had done so before. on a whim. someone else’s whim, not his own. it’s the last thing bucky registers at this point, as brows furrow together, mind trying to fight the familiar feeling – zemo smirking like a complete maniac, expression akin to something in between excitement and absolute shock ( as if he hadn’t expected it to work – no one did ), before he’s out like a light.
instead there’s the familiar sentence. as if on repeat – russian, spoken for the first time in what seemed an eternity by now. programming he was supposed to be free of returning so easily, so quickly, it’s worrisome to anyone else, but the baron, siccing him on the dora, like an obedient dog, while he makes his escape.
and the soldier complies. easily enough as gun is lifted shooting at friend foe without remorse. icy blues are fogged up by something, mind focused on one thing and one thing alone. completing his mission. and he’ll do anything that’s in his power to do so, as teeth grit together and he makes way forward, abandoning the gun in lieu of the knife he would keep on his person at all time. they won’t make it easy, but neither will he.
Everything had happened in the blink of an eye, in the split second that took a single word to escape Zemo’s mouth. If she wasn’t going to die by Bucky’s hand, Aida was most definitely going to kill the man or make sure he rotted in the Raft for the rest of his life.
That had to be one of the most bone-chilling things the Dora had ever seen in his life. Even in the months she’d spent being friend with Bucky in Wakanda, she’d never had the chance to see just how fast the light went out of his eyes as soon as the Winter Soldier took the place of his conscience. It was just like seeing his soul leaving his body an empty shell moved by anger and violence alone.
Fear Aida had experience in many forms throughout her life, yet now that wasn’t fear about her survival. It was the fear that came with being in front of choices she didn’t want to make.
« Bucky! Stop it! » Useless words escaped her lips as she moved to the side, adrenaline the only thing saving her from a bullet aimed at her chest. It still scraped her arm, though, yet pain she barely felt as blood started flowing on her dark skin, focus on the man she deemed a friend and who she did not want to hurt. Electricity pushing from inside to be used and keep her alive, Aida kept it at bay as she moved her spear swiftly towards his legs trying to fail his balance. Zemo disappeared, Aida tried again to reach for the man inside the soldier. « It’s me! Please, I don’t want to fight you. »
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