Another year passed, and the same drill occurred, Aurora was currently 25 and Jessie had turned 12. Four years the girls had been taken, four years of missing person posters and four years of manipulation and torture. Bucky had been taken down by the brunette girl multiple times during sparring, she was way too skilled and he was honestly impressed with her fighting abilities. 

Aurora waited in the helicopter with Bucky at her side, they were waiting for someone else and the wait was causing her panic to rise. Bucky nudged her foot slightly with his, she glanced at him and saw the lines of gentleness around his eyes. He watched her freeze as Jessie walked onto the helicopter, dressed in black with a bulletproof vest. Aurora's panic really did settle they were sending a fucking twelve-year-old on a killing mission! She knew Hydra was screwed up from day one but this? 

"Jess," Aurora whispered, the girl looked at her older sister sadly, her big doe eyes staring out the window just like Aurora did on her first mission. They never sent the youngest out, this was the first time in four years she had seen the world since they were taken.

"I'm bait, Rory... they want me to draw in the bad guys while he injuries and you take the information." Aurora groaned, glaring at the pilot and held her gun tightly to keep her rage under control. After the long flight, they jumped off the helicopter and they landed in the woods, Bucky walked with the two for a couple of minutes, waiting until the helicopter had flown off before he followed through with his next steps. 

"Jessie, take the vest off, bury it in the dirt behind that rock." Bucky took his glasses and mask off, ditched them to the ground and took Aurora's facewear off. She stared at him confused as he took the vest off, placed it on the ground and took the rest of her weapons out of her holders. 

"Bucky... what are you doing?" The girl mumbled, staring at him as he took her hair out of the ponytail and ruffled it up. 

"Getting you two somewhere safe." 

"What?" The girl questioned, he helped her sit down and grabbed out his knife. The girl looked at him panicked, he gave her a reassuring look, placed a small kiss on her lips and took his belt off. 

"Bite onto this. I'm taking the tracker out." The girl didn't really want to argue with that, she clutched onto his leg and bit down on the leather before clutching her eyes shut and groaning at the pain as he reopened the old wound and carefully placed his fingers inside the wound and took the tracker out before breaking it under his foot. 

Aurora watched as he placed a bandage on top of the wound, wrapped it up with tape and rested a hand on her face. The girl took a deep breath, the pain was still incredibly agonising but she had groaned used to having her entire body slashed and marked with scars. It wasn't anything new. The male soldier quickly placed his belt back up, stared at the girl and smiled the slightest bit. 

"What are you doing?" The girl whispered, Bucky took her hands in his and gave her a small smile. 

"I'm getting you both out of Hydra, I took your tracker out, they're going to think you're both dead. I'm keeping you safe, you're human and you're going to die if we continue on this way." 

"Bucky! No, they won't believe you, they're going to hurt you and I won't be able to help you anymore! I won't let you." Bucky shook his head, pulling the girl up and giving her a frown though it was filled with love and care. 

"Doll, you're going to die if you stay here, you need to live your life. Both of you do." Aurora stared at him as tears ran down her cheeks, she took a breath and hugged him as tight as she could and let a few quiet whimpers escape into his chest. 

"I can't do this without you." 

"Yes, you will." He whispered, moved towards Jessie and crouched down to match her height. Jessie stared at him sadly, she certainly didn't know him as well as Aurora did and so she didn't have that proper connection but she still did feel sad to see him go. 

"Jessie, I need you to look after your sister for me, can you do that? She's going to be looking after you and only you, she's gonna forget to look after herself because that's the type of person she is. Can you do that for me?" Jessie nodded, giving him a brief hug and smiled slightly as he rubbed a tear away that was loose on her cheek. He turned back to Aurora, watching as he lips quivered and her body shook as her sadness intensified but she did her hardest to contain it and it only seemed to make it worse.

Bucky grabbed the girl's hands, staring into her eyes, he placed a gentle kiss on her forehead and rested his lips there for a few moments. 

"Don't leave me. I can't go back, I can't start all over again. Buck... they'll hurt you... you've already felt so much pain. I love you." 

"I love you too, that's why I'm getting you both out of here. Promise me you'll be safe, promise me you'll be careful. Promise me you'll get your life back and be happy. Promise me you'll try to be safe." 

"I... I promise- I promise." Bucky kissed her forehead, taking a breath as he heard the answer and grabbed her hand. 

"Just remember about my dream I told you about... I said we'll meet again, just think about that." Aurora nodded, hugging him one last time and shaking as he pulled away and pointed behind her. 

"Walk straight, you'll make it to the road, then follow the road going left and you'll find the police. Tell them that you were both taken, trapped in a cell for four years and say that as you escaped you got cut. When they get you to a hospital, tell them that you would be tortured if you didn't listen." 

"You know where we are, so they'll have reports about your missing case. You'll be safe somewhere soon." Aurora stared at him slightly, she took a breath and whimpered as he crouched and rested his hands on her knees. 

"Once you learn that everything is okay again, once you feel safe, I want you to have a life, please. Don't hide away, just do all the things that you couldn't do, get a boyfriend and fall in love, just do what you can to be happy and safe." 

"Bucky... can you come with us?" Aurora whispered, he shook his head and squeezed her knees slightly. 

"I can't, you know that because of the super-serum and my abilities... I cannot run from them. Doll, you're going to be okay, I promise, I promise. They can't get me to hurt you, as far as we know, it's going to be okay." 

Bucky stared at her for a moment, wishing everything was different, wishing that the brunette could escape happily and not have to worry about checking her shoulder every five minutes, wishing that she could not have to feel the pain he knew she'd be dealing with alone. The soldier stared at Jessie, watching the little girl wave him over, he left Aurora for a few moments and bent down so he could hear what Jessie wanted to tell him. 

"Kiss her goodbye, you're going to regret it." He smiled at the girl's words, hugged her for a brief second and turned to the girl that had his heart, whether he knew that or not. Bucky moved closer to the brunette, he gazed over her form and smiled lightly. 

Aurora tried drying her tears only it was no use, she watched as Bucky inched closer, a small gasp escaped her lips as he grabbed her face carefully and pressed a loving, passionate kiss against her lips. The brunette man pulled her closer, moving a hand to rest around her waist and took a breath as she rested her hands on his thighs. 

Bucky pulled away, Aurora stared at him with disappointment as he moved away and sniffled as he dabbed her tears away. He hoped that they would see each other soon and that she would be okay. Bucky made sure that she started walking with Jessie, he hide the equipment and moved to complete his mission.