All the Luck in the World pt 1
Masterlist
Warnings: Canon Violence, Character injury, canon gore, needles,
Pairing: Robert "Bob" Reynolds x OFC
Word Count: 805
Summary: With all her luck, Jinx has to wonder if it's good or bad. When she meets Bob, she starts to get her hopes up.
Having reclaimed the watchtower, and saved everyone from the Void, the Thunderbolts felt comfortable letting Bob stay in his room. After all, they had missions now. They had come out of the whole trauma as heroes – the New Avengers.
“You sure you’ll be alright?” Yelena asked as the team prepped to leave.
“I’ll be fine,” Bob responded. He looked around the watchtower uncomfortably. It had only been a few days, and he still wasn’t completely sure where he stood with the team. Yelena patted his cheek in a comforting way.
“Stay up here, Bob,” Walker said almost patronizingly. Bob hadn’t explored much of the watchtower but agreed that was for the best.
It had been hours when he heard the doors slam and saw the team heading for medbay. Alexi was carrying Ava and John had another woman in his arms that Bob didn’t recognize.
“What happened?” Bob asked as he raced to them but stayed out of the way.
“Ava tried to save her from some crossfire, but she phased at a bad time and caught some strafing. She’s going to be okay,” Yelena said seeing some of the panic on Bob’s face start to fade.
They set about seeing how bad the damage was. Luckily, Ava was going to make a full and speedy recovery. The damage from the bullets was all superficial due to her gift.
“What about the civilian?” Alexi asked as he put some bandages on Ava and she sat up.
“She’s bleeding pretty bad,” Bob said quietly and to no one in particular. He had recently decided he didn’t care for the sight of blood.
“She’s been shot,” Yelena said holding gauze to the woman’s chest. “Walker?!” She groaned as the Agent reached past her and yanked something from around her neck.
“What’s that?” Bob asked.
“Dog tags,” Walker said inspecting the metal necklace.
“What?” Yelena asked as she reached for a sewing kit. “She’s gonna need blood,” Yelena signed as she grabbed more cloth.
“O Negative,” John said as he looked up from the tags and around the group.
“Of course, she would have the rarest blood type,” Ava groaned. She put her hand on the bandage that Alexi had put on her.
I’m A positive,” John said, looking to Yelena and Alexi as they both shook their heads.
“Maybe Bucky?” Ava said, but Yelena shook her head.
“She doesn’t have that much time. I have to pull this bullet now before this gets worse.
“Me,” Bob said it so faintly, that no one really heard him. “I mean, I-I’m O Neg,” he said louder.
“That’s a bad idea,” Ava said looking to the rest of the team.
“Oh well,” John shrugged as he grabbed Bob by the collar of his sweater and pulled him over. “Unless you want to rob a blood bank, we don’t have other options. Let’s just consider ourselves lucky.”
“Easy for you to say,” Ava muttered pointedly.
“What the hell is happening?” Bucky asked as he locked the door to the watchtower. Yelena had a scalpel and tweezers while she leaned over their civilian, and John was preparing to tap the IV line between her and Bob. Alexi was bringing a bigger light source over to help Yelena and Ava was gathering disinfectants and other supplies.
“We didn’t have time to wait,” Yelena grunted as she pulled the bullet from the woman’s shoulder.
“Here,” John said, as he threw the dog tags to Bucky. Something about the woman’s face had caught Bob’s attention and he had completely zoned out to everything else.
“You’re gonna kill her,” Bucky said looking from the IV line to John and to the woman. These are obviously not her dog tags. The date of birth on here is for a ten year old!”
“I don’t think it’s a date of birth. It also doesn’t have a name on there. Just JINX, whatever that means.” John said shrugging. He wasn’t about to start double-guessing himself now.
“O neg is a universal donor,” Bob whispered. He turned away and looked at the team, before wringing his hands and shrugging from where he sat.
“If it kills her, we will know pretty quickly,” Ava said looking over to Bucky.
“How did this even happen? You glitch out and a civilian gets shot. Why was she even in the line of fire? Some of the worst luck I have ever seen.” Bucky sighed. “You guys should have taken her to a hospital.”
“The watchtower was closer,” Alexi said shrugging.
“She seems stable,” Yelena sighed. She took the IV from the civilian’s arm and attached it to a blood bag. “You should try to get this full, but don’t go too long. We don’t want you to pass out.” Bob nodded, taking the plastic container that was now holding some of his blood.
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