Gwen sat at the bar with a glass of whiskey in her hands as she looked down at the cherry wood table top. She had been there for an hour and her phone would buzz almost every five minutes. She didn't want to go back, she just wanted to sit here and never leave.
"Did your date bail on you?"
A male voice said from beside her. Turning her head Gwen as man sitting in the stool next to her. Listening to his voice he sounded European. Swedish or something. Gwen said nothing to him and just took another drink.
"It's Jacob."
"I didn't ask."
"I knew you were wondering. And I'm Austrian."
"Again, didn't ask."
Jacob laughed from his seat and Gwen looked back over at him with a look that said she was unimpressed.
"So, why are you by yourself?"
"Look, if I wanted company I would have brought some with me."
"Or would have stayed at home."
She smirked and took the finally drink from her glass. Looking over at the bartender, she caught his eye and pointed down to her glass. The man nodded and grabbed the bottle of whiskey from behind him and walked towards her and Jacob.
"And least give me something."
He asked as the bartender poured Gwen her seventh glass of whiskey. She thanked him and picked up the glass, moving her wrist around making the liquid inside swirl.
"It's Gwen. And if you must know, I'm having a tad bit of a mid life crisis."
"Mid life crisis. You're not old enough for that."
Gwen let out a small laugh and turned her body on the stool so she was facing him directly.
"Well, aren't you a charmer."
"I try."
"Why are you here?"
"I had a big meeting that didn't go well."
"Sorry about that."
"And I'm sorry about your mid life crisis."
Gwen smiled and studied him. He looked tall, about six foot maybe six foot three. He had light brown hair that at one pointed looked to be styled and perfect but now looked a bit messy. He had on a black suit with a dark blue tie. The tie had been loosened and pulled away from the top buttons of his dress shirt. The top three buttons of the white dress shirt had be undone showing off a gold chain necklace. Looking down at his hands he saw that his left hand was holding onto a pint glass of some kind of dark ale and there was no wedding ring. Gwen's brown eyes went back to his face and saw a scar on his chin. It was about an inch long and had a bit of hair growing around it, giving him a small amount of sruffle. His eyes were a pale green colour, in a way they reminded her of Bucky's eyes. They had the same intensity as his have.
"What is it that you do, Gwen?"
"I'm a therapist."
"Ah, you why am I the the one who seems to be therapist here?"
"Because I have the feeling that I'm not cut out for it."
"You seem like a fine therapist to me."
"Yeah, do I seem like the therapist who srews around with her patient?"
"If that's so I think I've been looking for a therapist."
Gwen laughed again and lightly pushed his shoulder.
"Stop it."
"So it that the mid life crisis?"
"Indeed it is, Jacob. And the thing is that I didn't care. I really like the guy and I just blew it."
Jacob didn't say anything. He just looked at her and waited for her to continue.
"I flipped out on one of my good friends, then he came in and I just exploded all of my bitchiness on him and told him that I didn't want to see him."
"And do you want to continue seeing him?"
"Yes. But I'm risking everything I've ever busted my ass for on him. I ever thought that I would be that kind of person."
"Is he married?"
"What? No. He's not married."
Jacob nodded and took a drink of his ale. Gwen looked down at the drink in her hands and then back at him.
"Sorry for dumping this all on you."
"I asked, didn't I?"
Gwen smiled and took another drink.
"So what is it that you do? Other than mess up major meetings?"
Jacob shook his head and laughed. He shuffled his weight on the chair before turning back to Gwen to answer her question.
"I work for a big worldwide business. I came here from Vienna to this meeting in representing our branch. I guess I didn't do everything up to par and now I'm here."
"What did you do wrong?"
"Well, I... we... we lost an asset that was very valuable to the company."
"Oh, that sounds like a doozy. What was it?"
Jacob smiled and placed his hand on her leg. When his hand made contact Gwen felt a sharp pain in her leg, like a needle. Looking down at Jacob's hand see saw a needle sticking out of her leg. Her eyes now filled with worry looked back up at him as she felt dizziness wash over her.
"The Winter Soldier."
He said in a hushed voice with a sickening smirk on his face. Gwen was about to stand up but then she felt her world around her slowly fade to black as she looked down at her leg. The needle and Jacob's hand was gone. She felt herself fall forward towards him and just before she closed her eyes she heard him say to words into her ear.
"Hail HYDRA."

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"JARVIS has Gwen come back yet?"
Steve asked as he sat in at the kitchen table on Gwen's floor. His hands were folded together and his elbows rested on the table with his face resting on his fists.
"I'm afraid she has not returned Captain Rogers. Her phone is not on either."
"Gwen where are you?"
He asked himself quietly as he looked out the window. She had left about six hours ago, it was now 11:30 at night. Everyone was worried about her. They have all called her phone more times then they could count. No one had gotten an answer from her. Out of everyone he was worried about Bucky. He hadn't seen him like this before. He was quiet and pasted around the living room with a look of stone on his face. Still everyone who was there when Gwen left was there still.
"It's all my fault."
"Don't blame yourself, Buck."
"But it is Steve! If I didn't get involved with her none of this would have happened! If I would have kept my stupid feeling to myself Gwen would be here!"
Bucky yelled across the room at his friend. Steve was shocked as well as everyone else in the room.
"I have incoming call from Ms. Brewster, sir."
Tony looked away from Bucky and up at the ceiling.
"Play it."
"Earth's Mightiest heroes."
Everyone's ears perked up and a look of shock and worry washed over all of their faces.
"Who the hell is this?"
Tony yelled into the room, asking the question that was in everyone's mind.
"Oh, Sergeant Barnes know's who I am."
Everyone looked at Bucky who was staring at the floor as he listened to the voice.
"You have someone that we want and we have someone that you want."
"What did you do to her?"
Bucky yelled not looking up from the floor. A laugh came over the speakers from the caller.
"Nothing yet. Our patience is wearing thin and I wouldn't stand there if I were you Sergeant Barnes. You know what we are cable of doing. You know where to find us."
The call dropped and all eyes were on Bucky. He put his hands to the top of his head and ran his fingers through his hair as he turned around and started to pace again. Steve shot up from his chair and walked over to Bucky and grabbed his shoulder.
"Buck-"
Bucky grabbed Steve's hand and threw him across the room in anger. Steve got up from the ground and glared over at his friend. Bucky breathed heavily as he stared over at Steve.
"I'm going after her."
"And where is that? Who has her?"
Sam asked getting up from the coach. Bucky shot him a look and Sam gulped and knew that he asked the wrong question.
"HYDRA has her. I'm leaving."
"Not without us."
Tony said taking a step towards the super soldier. Bucky rolled his eyes at the billionaire.
"No. They want me and I'm going."
"Like hell you are. Gwen just isn't important to you. She's important to all of us. And you think that we are just going to stay here where you go off who knows where to get her. You must be joking, man."
Sam told Bucky as he looked over at Steve who was nodding his head. Bucky looked from Sam to Steve to see that he agreed with him.
"We're are we going, Buck?"
"Where it all started. Austria."

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Gwen's eyes shot open. She went to sit up but her body wouldn't move. She looked around and saw that she was strapped down to a chair. She kept trying to move but there was no luck. She looked around the room to see that she was alone. The room was floor to ceiling of linoleum tiles. The tiles were a light pasty yellow that gave the room an eerie chill.
"Look who woke up."
It was Jacob. Gwen looked to the door to see him walking in still dressed in the suit she last saw him in.
"You son of a bitch, if you don't let me go-"
"You'll what? Call for you precious boyfriend. Yes, we know about you and Sergeant Barnes. You really thought we didn't know where he was?"
"If you knew why didn't you come and get him?"
"We couldn't just go into the Avengers Tower and take him. That would be crazy. But if we waited long enough to see that this Sergeant Barnes had a weakness, and we used that weakness. That would be the downfall to Sergeant Barnes."
"What are you going to do to him?"
"Oh, come on doctor Brewster, you're a smart enough girl to know."
Gwen's eyes grew wide as she realized what Jacob was saying. He laughed when he saw her face.
"There you go. I told you that you knew."
"He's not going to fall for this."
"Oh, he already has."

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Bucky sat by himself and looked at his hands. He could hear Sam and Tony talking to each other in the cockpit as they flew over the Austrian air space. He felt someone sit down next to him, he knew that it was Steve, he didn't have to look.
"None of this is your fault, Buck."
"What do you know Steve. I should have never gotten involved with her."
"She's going to be alright. We'll get her back."
Bucky didn't say anything. Steve shook his head and rested his hand on Bucky's shoulder. Even of Bucky wouldn't say it, he knew that his friend was scared. Bucky had never been one for showing that side. He had always been the rock and the guy, to Steve anyways, that could do anything.
"I'm with you, pal."
"I don't know if that's a blessing or a curse."
"Jerk."
"Punk."
"Looks like we're here."
Sam holland from the front of the plane. Both Bucky and Steve stood up and walked into the cockpit and looked out the window. They were in the Alps alright. Snow and mountains were everywhere. Bucky looked around the scenery around them and in the pit of his stomach he felt sick. He was held in these mountains for years after he was found. Now that Gwen was being held down there.
"We're coming up to the drop zone. Pepper I'm going to need you up here."
Tony called as he got up from the captain chair and Pepper hurried in and took his sotp. Tony exited the now crowded cockpit and went to go suit up. Bucky turned around and went to do the same. He grabbed a black leather jacket and placed a few guns in his gun holsters. When he was ready he turned around as saw that Sam, Tony, and Steve were ready to go. He nodded to Steve then hit the 'open hatch' button the wall next to him. Slowly the door opened and the four men got ready to go.
"Bring her back!"
Pepper called from the controls. No one said anything. They knew that it could be a promise that they couldn't keep. What was going to happen after they stepped out of plane was completely unsure. Tony was the first out, followed by Sam, Bucky, then Steve. Before jumping out Steve grabbed Bucky shoulder. Bucky's blue eyes locked with Steve's eyes and he nodded. Nothing was said between the two friends before Bucky jumped out of the plane. Steve watched as Bucky fell threw the air and flashes from when Bucky fell off the train roll though his mind. Steve shook his head and closed his eyes.
"Come on, Cap!"
Pepper yelled back to him. Steve took a breath then took the jump off of the plane. Then he was falling through the cold dark Austrian Alps air. Below him he saw Tony, Sam, and Bucky. Tony and Sam were both in control of their flying while him and Bucky were flying without any help. He watched as Tony grabbed Bucky and flew him over to a ledge on the mountain where Sam was standing. Then in seconds Tony was behind him and did the same.
Standing on the mountain side Bucky looked over at the other men.
"I have to do this alone."
"No you don't."
"I'll call if I need you. Please, let me do this alone."
Bucky said as she looked down the face of the mountain. Steve looked at his friend and then to Sam and Tony.
"We'll be here."

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Gwen felt someone grab her. She opened her eyes to see that she was being lifted out of the chair.
"Get her out of here."
A man's voice said somewhere in the room. Feeling herself being hauled out of the room but HYDRA agents. Then she was thrown into another room. This time she was in an empty room. She wasn't strapped down. Laying on the floor Gwen looked up the ceiling.
"Bucky..."
She said as she closed her eyes again. She heard heavy footsteps running past the door. Men were yelling things in German that she didn't understand. Whatever was going on it wasn't how HYDRA had planed.
The door opened again and Gwen was picked up off the floor. She looked to her right as saw that she was being moved down the hall. The man was yelling something in German to other HYDRA agents down the hall standing at a door. Those men opened the door and Gwen was thrown inside. This time she didn't fall to the ground she was able to stand on her feet. Her brown eyes looked around the new room and saw the Winter Soldier chair. She had seen pictures of it and listened to Bucky talk about it, never did she think she would see it.
"Doctor Brewster. We've been waiting for you."
Her eyes landed on a man who stood near the chair. He was an older man and wore all black. He had a thick Germanic sounded accent. On his jacket that he wore Gwen could make out the HYDRA logo of an octopus.
"What do you want with me?"
"What do I want with you? You are none of my insects Fraulein. The one I'm incepted in is the one who you and Captain America stole from us."
"We didn't steal Bucky from you. He left on his own."
"Is that so? Are you so sure of yourself Doctor? I intend to take back what is HYDRA's."
"You were planning on killing him anyways. If we didn't take down Project Insight you would have had Bucky on the list of targets."
"You were on it to my dear. If we would have succeeded you would not be here."
"What do you want with Bucky?"
"Such feelings you have for him, Doctor."
"What do you know?"
"We know everything Fraulein. We have known every step that the Winter Soldier had made since 1945."
"The Winter Soldier is dead."
"Again, are you so sure about that?"
Gwen was about to say something when the door opened and she was grabbed by more HYDRA agents. She was pulled over to the corner of the room where the man was standing. Then the door opened again, more HYDRA agents walked in and behind them Bucky walked in.
"Bucky!"
Gwen yelled, trying to break free from the grip of the agents. Bucky looked up to she her and went to hurry over to her but the agents pointed guns at both Gwen and Bucky.
"Oh, not so fast."
The man said with a smile as he walked over to Gwen and put his hand on her chin.
"Let her go."
"Or what? You make one wrong move and she dies."
The man asked turning around looking over at Bucky, with his hand still on Gwen. Bucky's jaw locked as he stared daggers into the man. The man smiled and turned back to the the agents and with a wave of his hand the agents took Gwen over to the Winter Soldier chair.
"No! Don't!"
Bucky yelled as he watched the men move Gwen to the chair. A gun was fired and Gwen screamed. Anger raised back into Bucky as he saw blood dripping from Gwen's stomach.
"What did I say?"
THe man said walking over to Bucky and stood in front of him. Bucky wanted to grab him by the neck and twist. But his eyes didn't leave Gwen.
"You know what you have to do to save her Winter Soldier."
The man said looking over at Gwen as she was being put into the chair. Bucky looked down and shook his head. Gwen looked over at him with tears rolling down her cheeks.
"Bucky, no! You can't."
"сделать это"
Bucky said with no emotion is his voice. The man laughed and snapped his fingers and the agents took Gwen off of the chair, and the other agents pushed Bucky towards the chair. Gwen watched Bucky sit down in the chair. She kicked and tried to move her arms, trying to break free to run to Bucky's side.
"No! Bucky you don't have to do this! Please!"
She cried as she seemed to watch in slow motion as the chair started to turn on. Metal restraints collapsed over Bucky's wrists and his upper arms. Bucky's eyes were closed as he remembered the pain that was to be inflicted on him a few seconds.
"Away with her."
The man said waving his hand in the arm to the agents that held onto Gwen. She shook her head and tried to move again. Then a gun was put to her head, making her stop moving. The man looked back over at her again and smirked. Her eyes went from him to Bucky. The chair was now on and the headpiece was lowering over Bucky's face.
"Bucky!"
She screamed. Gwen whipped her herad back and head butte the agent behind her then she kneed the agents that held her arms. She quickly grabbed the gun from the agent's hands and shot the chair. Another gun shot was fired and Gwen fell to the floor in pain. The man laughed and as he walked over to her and looked down at her.
"Look what you have done to your sweet little lamb, Winter Soldier. Such a shame, she had so much to offer us. Hail HYDRA."
Gwen looked up at the man and saw the gun in his hand. She shut her eyes in pain and held onto her stomach, trying to put pressure on the two bullet holes that were in her. Before she blacked out Gwen heard more gunshots.

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Author's Note:
Here you go. Gwen can be a bitch. But things are going to get better I promise! It may seem bad but it's all going to be alright!
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