Bucky's POV
'She was right there and she escaped!' Fury exploded; he called a meeting a month later because apparently, he had to deal with something. Naomi was doing something that involved Stark and Banner. I'm glad I didn't tell them about chatting to Ember alone, I only just made it out in time before they barged into the building.
'We didn't realise she had a smoke bomb on her.' Steve protested, he was sitting next to me, trying to comfort me.
'I hate failing missions.' I grumble quietly to myself, Steve looked at me with sad eyes but I continued to stare at the ground.
'Did we find out anything else about Emberly?'
'Not other than she's responsible for 3,467 deaths.' Stark informs as he, Banner and Namoi enter the room.
'So, it's confirmed that Naomi was Emberly's mission?' Romanoff questioned; I nod.
'And she's still going after her?' Barton asks with a hint of concern.
'She won't stop until she completes it.' Fury growls.
'So, then what are we going to do?'
'Lure her out somehow, she'll be out on the mission again soon. Perhaps undercover, so we need to be ready. Dismissed.' Everybody left the room except for me; I stay on the couch thinking.
'You still thinking about her?' I jump slightly as Naomi spoke; I didn't realise that she was still in the room.
'Yeah.' She comes and sits next to me on the couch.
'How do you know Russian?'
'Uh - well, I was captured and then turned into a superweapon like Ember is now. They only spoke to me in Russian but yeah, that's how I know Russian.'
'Did you know I can speak Russian?' I looked at her gobsmacked.
'Really?'
'Yeah, it was a compulsory subject at primary school and high school.'
'That's really cool! I'm curious why they do that.'
'Who knows.'
'Was Ember a good friend in the 40's?' I ask in English while we were sitting in silence, Naomi looks at me with a gentle smile which made my nervousness go away.
'Only the best you could ask for.' This response made me smile, I could imagine Ember being a good friend.
'How old are you?'
'About 102.'
'I'm 90.'
'So, who's older out of you and Ember?'
'Em is, by 2 years.' We stayed in silence for a moment, there was a question I was awfully desperate to ask but I'm not sure how Naomi would react to it.
'Why'd you spend your whole life searching for Ember?' I ask nervously, she sighs heavily at this question.
'Because I wanted to see her one last time.' I freeze, oh no.
'I'm sorry,' I pull her into a light hug 'I didn't think it was that desperate.' I let go.
'It has to happen at some point, that's just part of life. But remember this Bucky: Life is a gift, you only get it once, so live it the best you can until your days are over.' Naomi suddenly starts coughing, I begin to panic.
'STARK! STEVE! ANYONE?!' I yell, I doubt they'll hear me. Naomi collapses into my arms. 'No, No, No! Naomi!'