Datura - Bucky Barnes

Sonder

Sonder ~ the realization everyone else is living their own vivid life

A/N : Sooooo, Sebastian's new Insta post was...umm...interesting...

3rd Person POV

They had just finished turning Thea back into Datura. They threw her into the same cell as Bucky. But what HYDRA didn't know was that Steve had taken Bucky to Wakanda last year, where he learned to face his words and not turn to the Winter Soldier with the help of the Wakandans as soon as he came back from HYDRA. He had pretended to be the Soldier due to the fact that he was under HYDRA's watch.

As soon as they put Thea into the same room as Bucky he immediately reached over to her, "Thea? Come on. Come back to me, doll."

She blankly stares at his face, "I am Datura."

"No. No, you're Thea. The love of my life and Steve's baby sister. Please," Bucky begs.

"I am Datura."

"Please," he whispers, his electric eyes full of hurt. He pulls the bracelet he had bought for her before he was kidnapped out, "I bought this for you. For Valentine's Day. Because I love you."

Something snapped in Thea. Memories flooded back into her. To be fair, she had embraced a part of Datura already, so HYDRA's machine wasn't as strong in her. Nevertheless, she pretended to be lost, "I don't know who you are, Sergeant James Buchanan Barnes."

Bucky sighs, then rethinks of what she had just said, "Wait. Huh?"

Thea grins and kisses his cheek, "Hey baby."

Bucky smiles but immediately stops when Rumlow walks in. The pair change their expressions immediately.

Rumlow opens the cell door, "Since you both failed the exact same mission, you two can go together and complete it. This time, I will be there. You guys aren't getting away with it this time. Prepare for your mission."

Bucky and Thea pretended to comply, standing up and going to the weaponry.

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Steve Rogers POV

"She's so gonna kill you," Nat mutters.

I glare at her, "I did it to protect her."

"Umm, Mr America? Sir? With all due respect, I-I don't really think Thea needs p-protection. She's really badass," Peter tells me.

I just look at him when a noise comes from Tony's laptop, "Tracked it! Boom! Who's a genius? I'm a genius! Who's a genius?"

He enthusiastically points to Nat to finish the quote but she just stares at him. I clear my throat, "Where is it heading?"

Tony checks once again, "Us."

"Suit up!"

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Thea Rogers POV

We had arrived at the Avengers tower to find Steve, Tony, Nat, Wanda, Vision, Sam, Rhodey and Peter all suited up, ready to fight.

Rumlow had multiple trucks following us, each full with armed HYDRA assassins. I had counted ten trucks, each carrying twenty people. I did some quick math and that meant twenty soldiers against each of us, plus Rumlow.

I had no idea how we would do this.

"Kill," Rumlow instructs Bucky and I.

I turn my gun on him, "About that. No."

He puts his hands in the air as a surrender.

I nudge my head at Bucky, "Go."

He tries to protest, "Thea-."

"Go!"

He looks at Rumlow then me before running out.

"Oh Datura," Rumlow just grins.

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January 7 2005 (mission with Rumlow)

"Why are we here?" I ask. Pierce hadn't been clear with instructions.

"Can't tell you that," Rumlow purses his lips.

"Why not?"

"HYDRA protocol," he looks at me, "Are you questioning it, Datura?"

I stare at him, my expression stone - cold, "Of course not."

We sneak through the SHIELD facility, looking for the files room. Using the key cards, we had stolen, we were granted access into the room immediately.

"What are we looking for?" I question.

"Are you still second guessing HYDRA?"

"I need to know what to look for, dipshit."

Rumlow shrugs, "Fair enough."

He combs through a couple more files before responding.

"Look for Project Insight."

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Back to normal

The new memory just surfaced my mind as I pressed the gun harder against his temple, "What the hell is Project Insight?"

He just grins, "Don't you remember? Think. Think."

I rack my brain, giving myself a headache, "I-I don't know!"

He grits me, yelling at me to remember.

That's when I did.

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January 7 2005

After a few minutes of searching, I finally found a thick folder with the words "Project" and "Insight" imprinted on the cover.

I flip through it, reading certain parts out loud, "Three next generation helicarriers synced to a network of targeting satellites. Once they're in the air, they don't come back down. HYDRA intends to use it to enforce new world order. Currently residing in Triskelion. Last key remains unfound under protection of Joseph Rogers."

That name sounded familiar.

All of a sudden, we hear sirens blaring and a large commotion outside.

We had been caught.

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Back to normal

As I remembered everything, tears welled in my eyes.

"Is this why they killed Dad? Is this the weapon HYDRA wanted so badly?" I take off the safety on the gun and yell, emotion breaking my voice, "Tell me!"

Rumlow chuckles, "I told you Datura. They made you weak. You're letting emotion cloud your judgement. That makes you an easy target."

Before I can react, he hits the gun out of my hand and trips me, making me fall on the cold, metal ground. I throw a knife at his face but he catches it, grinning.

"You're weak!" he places a foot against my neck, choking me. I clawed at his foot, but he was too strong. I don't know how or when, but somehow, he took super serum or something. I knew HYDRA had versions of it. He was too strong.

Tears streamed down my face.

This was the reason I never met my dad.

It was the reason HYDRA had kidnapped me.

Why I had all this trauma.

Why I never lived my life with my brother and my friends.

Why Datura is a part of me.

Slowly, anger started replacing my grief, spreading my rage like a virus.

Project Insight took everything from me.