The Light in the Darkness

11: Afraid

THIRD PERSON: ABUSE AND ASSAULT IN THIS CHAPTER.

Steve waves the team over and looks back in a small cage. A small girl with a straight jacket on and a shock collar one was just siting there with bags under her eyes, staring mumbling to herself. She didn't even bother to look at the people by her. Bucky squatted down and opened the small cage. 

The cage looked like it had been made for a medium sized dog. It was about 4 1/2 feet long, 1 1/2 feet wide, and 3 feet tall. The young girl was at the back of it and tried to stay hidden, though it was hard since the cage was just metal bars and small. Jack didn't want to look at the people who had promised to protect her. They had lied to her and now she was here and terrified. Bucky reached out his hand to try and grab the small child but he couldn't reach her.

"Jack, doll, it's me, Bucky, I want to get you out of here can you try and scoot closer to me." He calmly looked at the small kid. He saw the girl jump at the sound of his voice. She shook her head no and scooted back. Wanda saw the poor girl had been broken over and over again. What had they done to Jack in such a small period of time. "Buck, lets let the girls try." Steve grabbed Bucky's shoulder. 

Nat sat down at the edge of the cage and grabbed a small knife. She slowly grabbed the straight jacket and cut the girl free. Jack just kept staring into space, but there was a tear forming at her eye. Nat went to pull away from her but Jack grabbed onto Nat's finger. 

Jack scoots towards Nat some and she scoops up the girl and just hugs her and distracts her as Pepper gets the shock collar off of her. "Shh, its ok, I've got you, you're safe, let it out, you're ok."

Jacks POV 2 hours before. (You may want to skip if uncomfortable with subject of rape)

I woke up on a small bed with a tall man by the bed he was at least 3 times my size. I looked down and saw weird long sleeve shirt with my hands in a folded position. He walked over to me and grabbed the collar of the shirt he threw me down. 

"No one wants you, why did Steve just let you come with us." He kicked me in the stomach. He then picked me up and slammed me in the wall. I felt blood on my head, but I didn't care I knew that he was lying. "You know, Wanda just took you in because she hates hydra now. The Avengers fed her and her brother bullshit about us, and now you will be told the truth." 

He grabbed me and placed me on the bed. He unzipped his pants and took me off your jacket. He grabbed my legs. He put his hand on my throat and pushed into me. He groaned, " Hydra... Will... Always.. Be... Your... HOME!" Everywhere in my body hurt. I screamed in pain. He yelled at me and punched my face. "Hydra is your home forever, you are a dirty rat. You should always live in a cage."  He pulled out and zipped up. 

He grabbed a knife and started to cut my arms, "You are worthless." he slid the knife down my arm. "You will hurt everyone in your life." he kept going, "You will be below everyone your whole life." "The you will hurt those you love." "They are afraid of you." My arm had cuts everywhere. I was sobbing, "Hail Hydra." I look at him and he puts on the straight jacket back on. He picked me up and shoved me in a cage and locked it. I closed my eyes and felt the cage get picked up. I get thrown down and heard the man run off.

 I all of the sudden I open up my eyes and see feet. I saw Bucky sit down and open the cage. I just turned my head and stared off to the other wall. I saw Carol's feet next to the other girls and I saw the guys feet move and leave. I look over and see Nat at eye level with a knife me start to panic but I couldn't let them see. 

Natasha cut the jacket so my hands were free. I moved towards Nat some and she scooped me up and hugged me. I was limp in her arms. My arms and legs hanging down. I could feel the thing around my neck get off and a cool breeze. I start to struggle in Natasha's arms, I remembered what the guy had said. 

I was kicking and screaming trying to escape her grip. She was holding onto me with a strong grip while the others where trying to calm me down. I was shoving her away but I couldn't get out of her grip, "Let me go!" My voice shocked everyone and I was able to get out of Natasha's grip and ran. I ran until I got stuck in a dead end. I saw everyone close behind me and I backed to a corner and put my head in my knees trying to tune them out.