Bucky had never seen anything like you before. Your glowing hair, shining eyes, the powers you wielded from another dimension: you were something spectacular. And you had come out of nowhere, suddenly helping him fight against the HYDRA goons that wanted to take him from his new home in Bucharest, Romania. He had no idea why you were helping him, but he accepted said help nevertheless.

Bucky ran down the street, ducking into a closed alleyway. He turned on his heel, bringing his fists up in front of him, preparing for a fight. He knew the HYDRA goons were right behind him. He wanted to lure them into a dark place where he could take them by surprise. He hadn't seen you for a few minutes and figured you must have ran off, or worse.

"C'mon, you cockroaches," Bucky mumbled to himself, sinking into the shadows of the alley. "Bring it on."

Bucky heard steps, then the Russian dialect. His brain instantly translated the words, even though he had no idea how. "Come out, come out wherever you are, Asset," one of them laughed. "You've traveled a long way away from your master."

Bucky wanted to scream, "I don't have a master anymore," but remained silent.

The men stepped into the alley, one after the other, after the other. There were at least a dozen of them, and while Bucky had a great many skills in combat, fear started to form in his stomach that he might not been able to take them all.

But he didn't have to. Before he could remove himself from the shadow, an otherworldly presence landed in the alley in front of him. You were glowing like fire, the color of the rainbow. You used your flight and telekinesis abilities to crash the men into each other, as well as throw them into objects and across the street. Some of them you knocked out; some of them you let escape. One word slipped past your lips when you came to face the remaining few.

"Leave," you growled, "and never come back."

The men trembled where they stood, then ran like terrified dogs away from the alley. Bucky emerged from the shadows and started to walk towards you.

"Who are you?" he asked. "Why did you save me?"

You turned to smile at him over your shoulder, placing a finger to your lips in a quieting gesture. "That's our little secret," you whispered, then leaped into the air and soared away on the winds.

Bucky never forgot the day you saved his life, the day a girl from another world kept him free and alive, and he never stopped searching for his little rainbow.