A Touch of Winter

Chapter 28

"The fireworks are about to start!" Steve said. We all looked up as the first firework shot off, sending red throughout the sky. Throughout the 10 minutes, everyones eyes gleamed as the sky was filled with bright blues, whites and reds.

For the rest of the day, we had played games, kept swimming, and even played volleyball, boys vs. girls, which the girls horribly failed at. By the end of the day, we were all tired and sunburnt, but happy.

"Today was fun." I said as I curled up next to Bucky.

"Yes, It was. " Bucky replied. "I'm glad we came." As the fireworks ended, everyone started to pack up.

"I'm going to go to the athroom, ok? I'll be right back." I said. I walked off in the other direction. Surprisingly, there weren't many people, but I still had to wait.

Suddenly, I felt two hands on my waist. At first, I thought it was Bucky, but when I turned around, I realized it wasn't Some random guy was standing there. He was at least 6'3, and huge.

"Get your hands off me." I said, trying to sound confident.

The man smirked. "C'mon, honey, I thought you liked it?"

"No, not from you." I replied. I started to walk off, but the guy grabbed me and pulled me back.

"Oh, no you don't. You're coming with me." I struggled to get out of his grasp, but he pulled me along to a grouop of other guys, 5 of them, standing around a car. They, too were huge, with tattoos down their arms.

"Bucky!" I yelled out. "Bucky!"

"Shut up, bitch!" The guys siad. "Get in the car."

"No way."

"Yes! Come on, get in the car!" He yelled, twisting my arm. I felt pain throughout my arm, especially my elbow.

"Hey, get the hell off of her!" I heard Bucky say. He and Steve ran up.

"Oh, she's your little bitch?" They guy asked, twisting my arm even more, and I squirmed, trying to get loose.

"Don't call her that." Bucky said. "Let go of her!"

"And what akes you think I will?"

Bucky stepped forward and punched the guy hard, but he didn't go down. Luckily, the he was momentarily stunned, and I pushed him off of me. He then tackled Bucky to the ground. He tried holding Bucky on the ground, but he punched the guy a couple times, and then the guy fell down, obviously unconscious. Meanwhile, the other guys had gone after Steve, who wa barely able to keep them all off at one. Bucky got back on his feet to help Steve, and soon enough, the rest of the group was on the ground. Steve and Bucky were breathing hard.

"Kylee, are you all right? Did they hurt you?" Bucky rushed over to me.

I took a shaky breath. "He punched me. Also, he twisted my arm, and it kinda hurt." I lifted up my sleeve to get a better look at it.

"Oh no, thats swelling up, too." Steve said. He was right, the are was all purple and twice as big as usual. "That might be broken. Come on, we'll take you back to S.H.I.E.L.D."

Bucky put his arm around me. "Come on, I'll help you back." I leaned against him as we walked. "They didn't do anything worse to you did they?" Bucky whispered.

"You mean... rape? No, you got there just in time. I think they were planning on it, though." My voice cracked, and I could feel a tear run down my face.

"Hey, hey, you're ok." Bucky comforted me. "I know it's scary stuff, but you're safe now. I promise. No one is going to hurt you now." Bucky pulled me closer.

"Thaks for saving me." I said. "I probably would be a lot worse off if you hadn't shown up." I said when we got to the car.

"No problem. As long as you're safe, thats all that matters to me."