Bucky can't help but feel like his progress has been nothing but a couple of tentative steps forward before being blasted backwards again. Had they not beaten Thanos? Had everything not been sorted out as far as the stones went? Steve was going to take care of it. He had taken care of it. So, what was going on?
For the first few long minutes, it's hard to know which way is the right way. There is always a right way, but with the visibility being so poor he can't tell if he's even heading in a straight line or circling around the same area. It's only when he stops to try and get his bearings when the earth rumbles and moves and when he looks down, just past the tips of his boots, a ravine that triggers a flash of memories that all start with him falling.
Backing up, Bucky turns about-face and heads in the direction he came from and finally, after what seems like hours of walking blindly, he lands himself in the middle of a town. One that doesn't exactly scream 'welcome'.
iii. the end approaches
Mathias. The name didn't sound familiar, but his recovery was still ongoing and there were parts of his mind that had trouble with certain things. But Shuri did what he felt was impossible, a miracle even.
He stands there looking at the bulletin board, eyes moving from paper to paper, reading the requests and offers. The whole thing sounds like something HYDRA would pull, another experiment or test. Their programming has since been removed but there's the odd occasion when he hears one of the words being used in day to day life, but he seems to stick a little more when he sees them in print. Today, it's 'nine' and 'furnace' and after seeing them, he finds his attention so fixed that he doesn't realize someone walked in behind him until he enters his periphery.
Bucky looks over at who it is and swallows before offering an awkward smile.
Bucky Barnes | MCU; Post Endgame
Bucky can't help but feel like his progress has been nothing but a couple of tentative steps forward before being blasted backwards again. Had they not beaten Thanos? Had everything not been sorted out as far as the stones went? Steve was going to take care of it. He had taken care of it. So, what was going on?
For the first few long minutes, it's hard to know which way is the right way. There is always a right way, but with the visibility being so poor he can't tell if he's even heading in a straight line or circling around the same area. It's only when he stops to try and get his bearings when the earth rumbles and moves and when he looks down, just past the tips of his boots, a ravine that triggers a flash of memories that all start with him falling.
Backing up, Bucky turns about-face and heads in the direction he came from and finally, after what seems like hours of walking blindly, he lands himself in the middle of a town. One that doesn't exactly scream 'welcome'.
iii. the end approaches
Mathias. The name didn't sound familiar, but his recovery was still ongoing and there were parts of his mind that had trouble with certain things. But Shuri did what he felt was impossible, a miracle even.
He stands there looking at the bulletin board, eyes moving from paper to paper, reading the requests and offers. The whole thing sounds like something HYDRA would pull, another experiment or test. Their programming has since been removed but there's the odd occasion when he hears one of the words being used in day to day life, but he seems to stick a little more when he sees them in print. Today, it's 'nine' and 'furnace' and after seeing them, he finds his attention so fixed that he doesn't realize someone walked in behind him until he enters his periphery.
Bucky looks over at who it is and swallows before offering an awkward smile.