Reminder | Bucky Barnes x Reader

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"Well, if she's an Avenger then she won't mind going on a mission, then."

I turned around to face Nick Fury.

"L/n," Fury said in greeting.

"Fury," I said nodding.

Steve and Bucky stood next to him, looking frustrated.

"L/n, you have a mission," Fury said.

I perked up.

"There's a man called Ricky Valdez. He comes from a rich family, and he's gotten caught up with Hydra. Selling women that he drugs to Hydra for them to experiment on," Fury explained.

My fists clenched.

"You will need to infiltrate a party and find proof of it," Fury said. "Something that even his money won't be able to save him from."

I nodded slowly.

"Another thing – you can't wear gloves," Fury stated.

There was an outburst of protest from my teammates while my jaw just dropped.

"What's your game, Fury?" Bucky asked angrily. "You know she's still sensitive to skin to skin contact."

"Echo is associated with gloves," Fury said calmly. "If she's not wearing them, then she'll be less recognisable."

"Sir, I can't control it," I said.

"Well, you have three weeks to work on it," he said, handing me some files.

He then left, leaving us all in a stunned silence.

"We should probably get to it then," Wanda said.

"Training y/n should be our top priority," Steve said.

"I'm not helpless, you know," I said. "I've been trained to be a spy."

"By who?" Tony asked.

"By me," Bucky said.

We locked eyes across the room. We held eye contact for a moment before I looked away.

"So, it's just the telepathy," Nat said.

I nodded.

"Y/n and I have already made progress," Wanda said. "She's pretty good with just a casual brush past."

"Well, let's get started," Steve said.

"We need a volunteer," Wanda said. "If y/n is at a party, multiple people are going to brush up against her at once. We need someone who will be okay with y/n possibly seeing their memories."

"I'll do it," Clint said after a moment. "I know that the rest of you have really bad memories that you don't want to relive or share."

"Are you sure?" Natasha asked.

She wanted to make sure her best friend would be okay.

"I'm sure," Clint said, nodding. "Do we start right now?"

"Probably in the training rooms would be best," I said. Everyone except Wanda looked at me in confusion.

"I – uh... sometimes when I... get lost in the memory, sometimes I kind of..."

"Lash out with her power," Wanda finished. "Accidentally."

"Don't want to ruin your expensive ornaments," I said to Tony.

Tony chuckled.

"Off you go, then. I'll come up with a list of other things you'll need to learn," Tony said.