Iris Crawsen was selected solely on a hidden mutation in her DNA. Unknowingly attracting the attention of Hydra's own, Arnim Zola. Iris is then abducted, beaten, and trained to become a skilled assassin. But Zola wanted much more then what he had ac...
"Dr. Zola!" a henchman shouts, running with a piece of paper in hand. Zola turns to the young man, "I trust you bring good news?" Zola answers. The henchman out of breath, "We found it..." Zola smiles at the news, "Excellent. Prepare Project Winter and Anni. They have an artifact to recover." The henchman salutes Zola and makes his way to the third level of the hive bunker. He finds Ivan standing in front of cyrogenic-chamber, his arms folded behind his back. "Zola has given the order, sir." The henchman informs Ivan. Ivan smiles while looking at the chambers. "Commence the thaw" Ivan commanded.
The henchmen walk to the pods, and start the process of unfreezing. Slowly the pressurized doors are raised. Bucky and Iris are suspended with cables, with a small layer of frost drape over their unnaturally pale skin. The henchmen carefully pull Bucky and Iris from their pods as they wake from their frozen sleep. Ivan presents himself in front of Bucky, and begins speaking the soldiers code, "Longing, rusted, furnace, daybreak, seventeen, benign, nine, homecoming, one, freight car.". Soldat looks up at Ivan with a blank stare, "What are my orders?" he says obediently. "Zimniy Soldat, you are to go to these coordinates and acquire this artifact. Is that understood?" Ivan orders. "Understood..." Soldat responds.
The henchmen finally get Iris oriented, when Ivan stands before her, chanting her code, "Breaking, Onyx, Atom, Eleven, Dawn, War, Burning, Cosmic, Restoration". Anni lifts her face to him, "What are my orders?" she says with a mono-tone. "You are being sent with Zimniy Soldat to recover an artifact for Hydra. Once he has acquired the relic. You are to destroy the village. No survivors. Is that understood?" Ivan demands. "Understood..." she answers without question.
"Prepare them for their journey." Ivan orders the soldiers. Soldat and Anni are escorted from the the holding area, and given their uniform and weapons. The small task force is loaded onto a small plane, and whisked away with a small group of soldiers to the disclosed location. Ivan hands Soldat a drawing of the artifact, "This is the relic Dr. Zola has requested you to retrieve. Stolen from the Thule Society after WWI. We have confirmed it's location to this small building in the middle of the town. After you recover it, find your way to Anni and she is to begin her orders." Ivan says with authority. Soldat folds the drawing and places it in his pocket. As they begin to land, Anni, Soldat and the other operatives mask themselves. Once on ground, they quickly exit the plane and load into vans.
The operatives take Soldat and Anni to the small building that held the artifact Zola so deeply desired. They all unload from the vans, armed heavily. Several Hydra operatives stand outside the building doors as watchmen, as Soldat and two other soldiers make their way inside. They meet with their informant, who shows them were the relic is hidden. "It is here, behind this wall." the informant tells Soldat. He swings his metal fist, crushing the stone, exposing the hidden relic tucked inside.
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