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Instinct
Ever since coming to the tower Alpha had been running on instinct. Keeping close to Peter when he was at said tower. Making sure that people where taking care of themselves.
Slowly learning quirks of everyone.
She knew when Bucky had nightmares and needed a helping hand. Even if he didn't.
With Wanda, she had certain tells to let people know that she was done with people. Vision kept close to her and would slightly tilt his head when something didn't seem right. To him at least.
Instinct also lead her to not sleep until everyone was asleep. Something from her days with Hydra. Her instincts hyper focused on the small group that adopted her.
Instinct sadly, was also the reason she collapsed one day while training with Peter.
The pair of them where training there instincts, more so Peter then Alpha. By fighting blindfold. Well, not really fighting, more like playing Tag while blindfolded. Bucky joined in and stopped when he heard a body hit the ground. Throwing his tie off he instantly went over to her.
"Shit, Alpha. Hey wake up!" He tried jostling her before checking to see if she was breathing or not. She was and her heart was ok as well.
"Mister Barnes..."
"Come on kid. Let's get her to medical."
Helen looked up as Bucky entered carrying Alpha.
"What happened?"
"I don't know." Bucky placed her on the exam table for Helen. "Peter and I where training with her and out of nowhere she collapsed. She's breathing fine and her heart is still beating."
"Ok let me see something."
Helen brings down a screen and it gives a scan.
"No internal bleeding. But it looks like she's dehydrated and exhausted. I'm going to draw some blood and put an oxygen mask on her. Hopefully she will be ok in a few hours."
"Doctor Cho, can I stay with her?"
Helen didn't even realize that Peter was in the room with them.
"Give her an hour then you can. If you have homework once the hour is up you can do it in here."
•
Cho looked in on Alpha three hours later. Surprised to find Peter in the bed with her curled up on her good side with Bucky reading in the chair next to them. The pair lock eyes for a second.
Helen goes to check her over. She watches as Alpha turns her head towards Peter. The arm under Peter pulls him closer to her.
Her instinct to protect him always there.
-•-
Alpha kept close to Bucky as they went through the base. She pulled him to a room when bullets started flying. Bucky started shooting. Getting the agents down one bullet each.
Once they where clear the pair continued on.
Bucky paused next to Alpha as she pulled her gun.
"Bullets?"
"Thirty with four full clips."
"Might be enough."
"You?"
"Not enough."
"Incoming!"
Alpha and Bucky where back to back firing as the goons started to come in. They found themselves in a ring of bodies. Bucky was distracted and Alpha ran out of bullets.
"Out."
"Stay down."
Alpha looked around and saw the glimmer of a gun in the vent.
Bucky felt himself move against his will.
"Ow."
Steve, Nat, Tony, And Clint froze for a split second.
"Shit. Hold still doll, I'll get it tied off in a second."
"Bucky what happened?"
"Alpha is down. Sniper in the vents. Went in her shoulder. Think it hit her lung."
"On the way to extract her. Hold on."
"Alpha, I need you to relax for me." Bucky used her long sleeve shirt to tie the wound. Trying to stem the blood flow. She pressed the knot into her shoulder the best she could.
"Tell him I'm sorry."
"You ain't dying on us."
"Here pass her over." Bucky picked Alpha up and handed her over to Tony. Tony blasted a hole in the side and left carrying Alpha.
The team held there breath as Helen came out. She sighed.
"The good news is that the bullet didn't hit her lungs. The bad news is that it broke a rib to the point it had to be removed."
"As long as she's going to heal ok."
"I also sent the bullet covered in her blood to Bruce for sequencing. Maybe it will tell us who she is."
•
Peter went over to her and curled up resting his head on her good side. Feeling at ease. Bucky and Tony enter sharing a look.
"Peter, why don't you go fiddle with your web formula. Bucky and I need to talk to Alpha."
Peter looks uneasy but nods and heads out. Bucky chose to sit at her bad side while Tony sat at her good side.
"We ran your dna through several programs. Your not fully human. There's some sort of foreign DNA in you. That's not originally from earth. We where able to find out your name and when you where taken." Tony handed her the test results. She looks it over.
"Does it feel familiar?"
"I'm....not sure. It does and it doesn't."
"That's ok. We can ease you into it. Ok?"
"Ok."
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Bucky paused. His instinct flaring up. Y/n was right next to him. In a split second decision he body slammed her against the wall right as a few bullets collided with his metal arm.
"Thank you."
"No problem. You ok?"
"Nothing I can't handle." Though in truth she was a little disturbed that she didn't pick up on the threat. Bucky watched as she was quieter then normal as they completed the mission. No one got overly hurt. But it still didn't sit right with Alp...y/n.
She found out who and what she was months ago. She should have sensed the gun trained on her. She should have been on top of things. She should...
"Y/n? You ok?" She looks over to Wanda. Whom looked at her with concern.
"No."
"Want to talk about it?"
"I should have sensed it." Wanda knew instantly what she was referring to.
"Y/n. No one got hurt sweetie. Your safe, Bucky is fine. True his arm got a little scuffed up. But he's walking and talking just fine. Everyone is ok. You have nothing to worry about."
"If I was any good at my job it wouldn't have been needed." Wanda heard the low mumble of her words.
"Y/n, do you feel guilty for having Bucky protect you?"
Wanda watched as she lowered her head. Avoiding her gaze. Wanda lightly touched her arm.
"Being protected is nothing to be ashamed of. Ok."