Yeah, Bucky had no idea who this girl was who just... showed up in the middle of the latest attack on one of the neighborhood 'Nam vets and started taking guys out, but he wasn't going to refuse an assist. Sure he was annoyed at first, the way she barged in with her weird purple jumpsuit and her bringing a bow and arrow to a gunfight (Like. An actual bow and arrow to an actual gunfight, who did that?), acting like she was some kind of superhero. But looking at the smaller but not insignificant pile of bodies on her side of the room he was starting to think maybe she really was some kind of superhero. These weren't just some punks they were dealing with, but highly trained guys.
He only knew one other person who could hold their own with that kind of weapon, and that was Barton, and he was supposed to be retired. So who the hell was this and where did she come from?
It never occurred to him that she might not know who he was either. Probably should have; his arm was covered up, and per his pardon agreement with the government he wasn't supposed to be on anyone's radar... and yet he still was, people still came out of the woodwork from time to time, and hanging out with the new Captain America didn't really help. But here was this new vigilante who didn't know Bucky Barnes from Joe Sideways, and it was just as strangely refreshing as it was kind of insulting.
"It's complicated." Bucky made a point of pausing a conversation that could turn out to be really long, so that he could check on the actual victim in all this: Edgar Ramos, 74 years old, and not a threat to anyone. He'd managed to lock himself in the bathroom when all this started going down, and it was only luck Bucky had been there in the first place. He knocked gently on the door.
"It's okay, Edgar. It's over. You can come out now."
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on 2022-03-11 08:31 am (UTC)He only knew one other person who could hold their own with that kind of weapon, and that was Barton, and he was supposed to be retired. So who the hell was this and where did she come from?
It never occurred to him that she might not know who he was either. Probably should have; his arm was covered up, and per his pardon agreement with the government he wasn't supposed to be on anyone's radar... and yet he still was, people still came out of the woodwork from time to time, and hanging out with the new Captain America didn't really help. But here was this new vigilante who didn't know Bucky Barnes from Joe Sideways, and it was just as strangely refreshing as it was kind of insulting.
"It's complicated." Bucky made a point of pausing a conversation that could turn out to be really long, so that he could check on the actual victim in all this: Edgar Ramos, 74 years old, and not a threat to anyone. He'd managed to lock himself in the bathroom when all this started going down, and it was only luck Bucky had been there in the first place. He knocked gently on the door.
"It's okay, Edgar. It's over. You can come out now."