Frozen Over: An MCU Story

Chapter 18 - Rescue

2024, Unknown Location.

"Ugh... what happened?"

Slowly but surely, Clover began to gain consciousness again. At first, they didn't have much memory of what had happened, but they instantly remembered the fight with the mysterious intruder when they looked at their surroundings and found their hands bound together by handcuffs. Standing in front of them by the closed door was the woman who had seemingly kidnapped them.

"Just when I thought HYDRA was never gonna find me..." They muttered. "How and why the hell did you find me? HYDRA fell years ago. You wouldn't have anyone to bring me to."

The woman looked down at the young adult.

"The other widows assigned to find you all fell. I'm the only one left." She explained. "And I was not going to fail my mission."

"Well what do you plan on doing with me?" Clover asked.

The assassin shrugged, leaning their hand on the doorknob. Clover looked down at the handcuffs and grabbed the chain in between with one of their hands in an attempt to freeze the chains. But the little bit of frost that Clover was able to generate turned to nothing but water.

"If you're gonna try to freeze your way outta here, don't bother."

Clover wiped some sweat from their forehead and glared at their kidnapper.

"You turned the heat up in here, you bitch." They spoke. "You're gonna cook me to death."

"As long as I complete my mission, it doesn't matter what I do with you." The woman stated, turning to open the door.

Clover managed to stand up.

"You gonna at least tell me your name?" They asked.

The assassin in front of them stayed quiet, like they were hesitating, but then just opened the door. Clover took off towards the door, but the woman just kicked them back onto the floor.

"Stay down." She ordered.

She then shut the door and locked it, beginning to walk away.

"Let me out, dammit!" Clover shouted.

When she didn't come back to let them out, Clover sighed and backed up against the back of the somewhat large room they were trapped in. They could see the vent where the heat was coming from, but there was really nothing they could do to escape. Though if they didn't think of something, they were gonna get cooked real fast...

Sam and Bucky, having arrived in New York, hurried to get to Clover's apartment in hopes of figuring out where they could have been taken. Oliver stood with the two men to help them figure out who the intruder could have been while Isaac had stayed back to try and calm his aunt down.

"She told me she had found who she was looking for when she saw Clover, then just... kicked me in the stomach." Oliver briefly explained. "It hurt like hell, honestly."

Bucky had though for a bit.

"There were a bunch of assassins assigned to find Clover after their escape. But I thought they were all gone after HYDRA fell." He said.

"Without Redwing, I'm not gonna be able to track them." Sam stated.

"I can try and help you, but I don't know how much help I can be..." Oliver muttered. "But I think I remember what she looked like..."

Sam and Bucky looked at the Pine boy.

"She had dark brown hair. She was... around Clover's height. Her hair was up in a pretty high pony tail..."