Misery and Destruction

VIII

HYDRA Base, Siberia- 1955

Upon entering the training room, the Winter Soldier greeted the instructor with a nod before wondering over to the display of weapons. The two other assassins took in the size of the room. It was bigger than their other training room and had a wider range of weapons, some that they had never seen before.

The Winter Soldier grabbed a tactical knife and began to flip it in his hand. Nishcheta and Razrusheniye watched as he continued to flip the knife. They walked over to him and started to admire the array of weapons on display across the whole wall. Staying in each of their comfort zones, Nishcheta grabbed two butterfly knives and marvelled at the intricate design of the HYDRA symbol embedded into the blades themselves. Razrusheniye ran his hands over the many guns that were available to use. He took hold of a simple 9mm pistol before studying the range of bullets each etched with the familiar skull and tentacles.

Signalling to his partner, Razrusheniye walked over to the targets while putting his focus on loading the gun. Without a second thought he aimed it at the targets and shot a round. Each bullet pierced the centre of each target despite the fact he never moved one step. Nishcheta, who was right behind him, took the loud bangs as a signal for her to step in front of him and fire both her butterfly knives at the same time into two targets, yet again hitting in the centre where a bullet had pierced through.

The Winter Soldier stood by the weapon display and watched as the nearly 5 year olds fired weapons with perfect accuracy. This gave him the impression that they have been doing this since birth, which of course they have.

Hearing a cough, the Winter Soldier was pulled out of his trance. The three assassins all drew their attention to the instructor.

"Сегодня мы ведем боевые действия."("We are doing combat fighting today.") The trainer stated. He signalled Nishcheta and Razrusheniye into the centre of the room. The Winter Soldier crossed his arms and lent up against the wall making sure to have a clear sight.

"Начинать."("Begin.")

Without a second of hesitation, Nishcheta and Razrusheniye ran straight for each other. Every punch that was thrown was always reciprocated causing just as much pain; neither of them ever reacted to it though. As they continued to kick, punch and block each other, the Winter Soldier studied their every move. He was surprised at how skilled they were and how quick they were on their attack and defence. He never believed that he would see children of such a young age fighting so well maintaining no emotion. Yet again, he realised he was part of HYDRA, who would destroy anything, even something as innocent as children.

"Стоп!"("Stop!") The instructor announced after evaluating that the fight would remain a stalemate.

Both the young assassins stood up straight facing the instructor with no marks on their skin and keeping an even breath despite fighting for 15 minutes straight.

"Солдат, ты против Razrusheniye."("Soldier, you are against Razrusheniye.") The instructor commanded as Nishcheta walked over towards the position the Winter Soldier once stood in. Pushing off from the wall, the Soldier walked towards the centre of the room. As he passed the female experiment, he evaluated the condition she was in. He hid his surprise when he acknowledged that there were no marks except a red stained mark on her cheek. 'Blood' he thought to himself.

Once he reached the centre, he began to search his skin for any signs of damage, and yet again, there was none. He couldn't fathom where the blood on her cheek came from as neither of them had any cuts.

Not paying attention to his surroundings, he almost let the small fist that was flying towards him hit him. Catching the clench fist inches away from his face with the titanium arm, he tried to pull the assassin towards him in the process of twisting his arm behind his back. Using his strength and small size to his advantage, Razrusheniye took ahold of the metal arm with his spare hand and ran through the soldier's legs causing The Winter Soldier to flip over.