THE THREE were in a S.H.I.E.L.D. truck and they were being escorted to headquarters. Lana sat next to Steve as he mumbled, "It was him. He looked right at me like he didn't even know me."

"How's that even possible? It was like 70 years ago," Sam said.

"Zola. Bucky's whole unit was captured in '43," Steve explained, "Zola experimented on him. Whatever he did helped Bucky survive the fall. They must have found him..."

"None of it's your fault, Steve," Lana interjected taking one of his cuffed hands into hers. Steve winced and she frowned.

"You're hurt."

"I'm fine, it's just a scratch," Steve brushed off. Lana shifted and pushed back his sleeve which was bleeding profusely.

She sighed, "Steve's you're not fine. I can practically see your bone." Lana held his arm and her hands started to glow green. The cut started to heal as she focused on it.

He looked at her, "You can project it."

"I figured it out after Natasha cut herself with a kitchen knife. You would think a Russian assassin would have some form of grace." Lana rolled her eyes.

It went silent before Steve spoke again, "Even when I had nothing, I had Bucky."

Lana felt the adrenaline from the fight wear away and left her tired. Her shoulder hadn't fully healed yet and it was going slowly.

Sam looked at her, "So you heal him before you heal yourself."

"Shut up Sam," Lana groaned. Steve glanced at her shoulder and instantly felt bad. He couldn't possibly understand why she healed him first.

"If we don't put pressure on that wound she'll bleed out here in the truck," Sam told a guard. They activated a shock baton causing him to pull back. They flipped it and stuck the other guard with it causing them to spasm before they were kicked in the face by the other causing them to lose consciousness.

"Ah. That thing was squeezing my brain," Maria said as she took off the helmet. She looked at Sam then the two heroes, "Who's this guy?"

"Batman," Lana answered monotonously. They looked at her and she shrugged.

They felt the truck stopping and Maria took out a laser beam. She seared a hole in the bottom of the truck and one by one they went through it. She led them to a van and they got in, Maria driving them somewhere secure.

Once they reached they entered some kind of old facility. Maria pulled open the gate and they walked inside.

"GSW. She's lost at least a pint," Maria called to a man that jogged towards them.

"Maybe two," Sam corrected.

"Let me take her." The man came closer and Lana saw it was Dr Fine, the same man that gave her mutant diagnosis.

"She'll want to see him first," Maria replied.

"You guys are making a big deal out of nothing. Get me something to eat and I'll be fine," Lana waved off. They stared at her as she pulled back her jacket to show the skin that was slightly raw but now completely closed. Maria nodded and led them somewhere else. She pulled back a plastic curtain and Lana was lost for words.

Sat in a hospital bed was Nick Fury attached to an IV as he saw them he raised his head, "About damn time."

Lana took a seat as the man from before handed her an energy bar, an apple and some water.

"Lacerated spinal column, a cracked sternum, shattered collarbone, perforated liver and one hell of a headache," Fury told them.

"Don't forget your collapsed lung," Dr Fine said.

"Let's not forget that," Fury nodded, "Otherwise, I'm good."

"Yeah totally fine it's not like we thought you were dead or anything, "Lana said sarcastically. "They cut you open. Your heart stopped."

"Tetrodotoxin B. Slows the pulse to one beat a minute. Banner developed it for stress. Didn't work so great for him but we found a use for it," Fury explained.

"Why all the secrecy? Why not just tell us?" Steve asked.

"Any attempt on the Director's life had to look successful," Maria told them.

"Can't kill you if you're already dead," Fury replied seriously, "Besides, I wasn't sure who to trust." Lana nodded as she sipped her water.

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