A Hydra Tale // P. Maximoff

Everything

(Arya pov)

I walked over to the coal coloured bed and sat, patting the spot next to me for Pietro to follow after me.

'Everything' a promise I had just made to the man who didn't understand how much everything was.

"Start with how you first got into hydra," He directed as he realised I had no idea where to begin.

"What I first told you and all the other Avengers wasn't entirely true, but it's also not that much of a lie." I started taking a deep breath before continuing. "I never lied when I said my parents died when I was 10, I just never made it clear that they were my adoptive parents. My grandma was a big part of my life, and once she found out what my real parents were doing to me she tried to save me. I don't even know whether she's alive or dead now."

"So that guy- KLT he was your real dad?" His voice was surprisingly soft for what we're getting into but I wouldn't expect anything less. I nodded slowly as his eyes were full of something I couldn't quite place. "And what of your mother?"

"She's crazy if you believe it even crazier than Strucker or Red Skull. She wanted power, and when she got it. She wanted more. And even when she was powerful beyond her strength, she started making other people corrupt. Hell she even slept with Strucker just to get him to agree to start the winter soldier program again, and the very test that made you and Wanda who you are."

"She slept with Strucker?" He asked with a stupid grin on his face.

"Oh my god, I literally just told you that my mom's crazier than Red Skull and that's whats you take from it?" I laughed matching his smile.

"Ok ok, I'll take it seriously." He nodded trying to hide his grin. "What were they trying to do to you?"

"I was their guinea pig, from the moment I was born to before my grandma sent me away." the smile had now dropped from both of our faces. "Every test you and your sister had, everything bucky had. They were tested on me first. Every injection, every chemical, they were all for me."

"What?" He breathed lightly, most likely remembering the agonising pain he dealt with during his stay in hydra. "But that's impossible, the number of times we nearly died during the tests, you having them increased should've killed you! How do you not have powers?"

"What do you think the gloves are for?" I asked softly as his voice became more concerned, his eyebrows furrowed and eyes widened as he looked at me coming to realisation.

"You have powers?" He asked in disbelief. "That's how you turned into the wolf, at least I'm presuming it was you.

"I have a few enhancements of what people would call 'powers' but to me, they're a curse. The gloves were given to me by my grandma, to suppress them, she told me to wear them when I felt like my powers were out of control. But to me, that was all the time."
I looked down messing with a loose string on the shorts. "Without releasing my power, it takes control over me makes me do what I don't want to. Changes me. As I said, my own mother called me a monster. And that's the same woman who made me like this."

By the time I had finished speaking my eyes became glossy as a single tear trickled down my cheek. His hand reached out and cupped my face as his thumb wiped the tear away.

"Your not a monster," He whispered, his voice comforting, drowning out the sorrow of the room. "Tell me about us, how did we meet?"

"After my adoptive parents died I was brought back into Hydra. Around the same time the bombings were." I started the second part of the story, watching him closely knowing it's a touchy subject.

"Hundreds of children were left without family, and hydra- well hydra wanted to take advantage of them. Use them to fight for them, build their mutant army. My job was to find those children and I did, unwillingly of course."

"You're the one who told Wanda about hydra aren't you?" His voice was calm and his words were soft but his eyes held fire. 

"I won't deny what I did but you have to understand that everything I did was because hydra made me. Before you say anything, it wasn't just you two. But it was only you two that survived." I made sure my point was across seeing how the anger was building inside of him before continuing. "I thought they would all survive, as I did, but it was only the two of you. Once you got your powers, I had to train you."

"I don't remember ever being trained by you." He stated confusion was evident on his face. "I remember the training room and the equipment, but not you."

"That's for another point of the story." I breathed in lightly before continuing. "The trainers were always the worst. They would literally make you train until you passed out. That's why I volunteered to train both of you so you wouldn't have to go through what I did. To be honest, seeing you two everything morning was one of the things that kept me going, we had so much fun it was unbelievable."

"Is there any way I can see what happened or get the memories back?" He questioned desperately, as much as I wanted to deny it and say there was no way. I couldn't do that to him, not again.

"There's one way, but you need to let your mind open. Let me into your thoughts, it's harder to get memories back than it is to erase them." He nodded slowly going to grab my hand before stopping halfway.

"What's with the lines?" He questioned pulling my hand forward and examining the lines that were embedded into my skin. The lines in rows are much like a tally chart, three fives side by side, seven rows some incomplete. 

"They show up, anytime I take a life, I have no idea why." I ended quickly pulling my hand back and pulling the sleeve of the hoodie back down. "We gonna do this then?"

"Yeah," He still looked concerned but I knew he wanted this, possibly more than me. 

"I'm gonna show you some of my memories, and unlock a few of yours if I can." I smiled weakly as he returned it. I put my hands to his temples feeling the energy flowing through him. Electric blue orbs locked onto my honest brown eyes. 

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