PINS AND NEEDLES, THAT’S ALL + return, news

[buckingham barnes]

The amount of regret Bucky felt when he and his patrol left the Pitt without Wendell was too much to describe. His plan to bring Fairylights and Wendell home safely failed. In the middle of their stealth mission, they were caught red handed-- due to a mistake on Bucky's plan. Bucky, who used to live a majority of his life in a desert, should've remembered a lot of people are lively during the night. During the night in a desert, the harsh temperatures are gone until morning. His mistake cost them leaving Wendell behind, and probably putting him in more danger. If Wendell wasn't getting treated badly before Bucky and his patrol invaded, he surely was when he was all alone. Bucky didn't want to think of what Stryker and the Pitt might do to Wendell. Due to his own experiences of capture and torture, all of his scenarios were dark and horrid.

But when Bucky padded out of the village, and picked up quickly on Wendell's scent, he was not ready to see Wendell's condition. Wendell's condition was far worse than anything he imagined. At first when he burst into the scene, he could only stare at Wendell with shock, mouth agape. It was like Wendell went through a transformation- and not a good one, at that. Wendell was skinny, enough that if Bucky looked closely, he can see bone. And to his horror, a note was nailed to Wendell's skin. As the maine coon got closer, his eyes widened when he realized the nail wasn't a nail at all. Oh my god, that's Wendell's tooth! He thought, as he tore the note off of the tooth with his metal paw. He didn't dare to touch the impaled tooth though, Bucky isn't a medic, he's not about to make this worse for Wendell. His eyes scanned the page, reading every word very carefully. He read it over again and again, paws beginning to shake with anger.

This is a note for him, a warning from Stryker and the Pitt. Stryker had the audacity to use Wendell like a tree being nailed with flyer after flyer. Like Wendell didn't have a choice whether or not he wanted to be impaled with a threatening message. The maine coon let go of the note, allowing it to gently fall to the ground. I'm going to kill Stryker, The Helion thought furiously, as his gaze landed on Wendell. He felt more anger run through his veins as he stared at Wendell, absolutely hating the state Wendell was forced into just to scare & warn him. But despite how livid he feels, he had to set aside his thoughts as Wendell was barely staying conscious. The Helion quickly crouched, moving over to Wendell's side. "Wendell! Stay with me, you're safe! Stay awake, Venus will help you, but you have to stay awake for me, okay?" He exclaimed with a concerned tone.