The Stories of Me

The Begining of the Winter Soldier and his Shadow

"Zis mission ist simple. Protect me and zhen claim your main target" Zola engrained into my mind before shoving me into a train car with the one and only Captain America. One of Hydra's biggest enemies. "Ready to comply" my body voiced as Zola looked on at us through the window.
I turned to face mr America himself with my hood shrouding my identity. My black bodice however showing that I am indeed female. "Look ma'am, I don't want to hit a gi-" I pushed him square in the jaw making him unable to complete his sentence. Before he could speak again I kicked him straight in the chest making him slam into the wall of the train car causing a big dent.  He got up brushed himself off and charged at me attempting to grab me around the waist. I flipped over him and kicked his back. One of our big gun-mans came through the door and fired upon Captain America while he was still down ripping a giant hole into the side of the car and knocking the captain down. My target picked up the captains shield and fired upon the gunman and I but the gunman fired back and lurched him out of the train car. The Captain attempted to save him and failed. That was my cue.
I lowered my hood and walked towards the gapping hole. "Rene?"The Captain asked with look of recognition in his eye. " Who the hell is Rene?" I said just before jumping out of the train car to go find Barnes. For a second time that day Captain America screamed out in pain and loss.
I landed on the ground with a harsh thud and started my search for James. I didn't take long to find him. His left arm bent at inhuman angles. I unraveled my hood and wrapped it around Barnes tying his arm to his chest. I then picked him up and started the long journey to base.
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"Ahh Shadow you're finally back and with your target too. Time to be put on ice for a while" Red skull said with a sneer. I was then grabbed by a mixture of scientists and soldiers and led to a large pod like contraption. They placed me in it and closed the lid and I slowly faded into darkness.
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When I awoke again I was no longer alone. Beside me was Barnes. Scientists pulled me and Barnes out and set us in chairs that I had come to know as torture. The chairs were placed so that Barnes and I could see each other.  The usual bite guards were shoved into our mouths and the electric pained started.
Barnes was screaming in agony while I sat there silently accepting the pain letting it flow through me. I didn't fight or struggle anymore. The pain would be worse I did. I started feeling warmth instead of pain. I opened my eyes and looked down at my body. Electricity was accumulating in my body slowly starting to make my body glow.
The scientists noticed this too and immediately turned off the electricity and called for Red Skull. Red skull appeared within minutes
"Shadow, I see you have a power you weren't telling us about or perhaps you yourself didn't know and our super soldier serum released it. Ahh yes that has to be it" Skull said addressing me at first and then talking to himself. I just sat there the residual electricity still flowing through me. Barnes screams still in the background. Skull started speaking again "Lost, Longing, gunshot, twilight, twenty, innocent, nine, homecoming, zero, battlefield". "Ready to comply" I stated. " Your mission is to assist our Winter Soldier in anyway he deems fit" Skull commands. I nod as they begin to use Barnes words on him. Before long Barnes had his mission. He was to kill Howard Stark and his wife and my mission is assist him if necessary.
Time passed just the same assisting the Winter Soldier on his missions, being iced and starting again. The Winter Soldier and I became and unstoppable team. Hydras best assets. On and off for decades we completed our missions.  The only differences in Barnes life and mine was that I was trained to use my powers to full incorporate my name into it. Anywhere I go the lights would burst or shut off because of my powers. This made night missions with the Winter Soldier that much easier. We were a well oiled machine until Steve Rogers came back into the picture. We had failed to capture Nick Fury earlier in the day but we tracked him to Rogers apartment. We waited to make our move because Rogers just got home. They were having a conversation of some sort with Fury showing him a device of some kind. Winter Soldier made his move and sniped Fury. A woman barged into the apartment after Fury blacked out.
They had a quick conversation and Rogers jumped through the glass immediately locating us and started chasing us. Barnes and I jumped from roof to roof attempting to evade him. He threw his shield at Barnes and Barnes caught it and chucked it back. I used my power to shut off the immediate street lights and we made our escape.
************************ We made it back to our temporary's base of operations and Strucker was absolutely  livid that it took us two attempts to kill Fury. I was injected with something strong and Barnes was zapped as usual.
Winter Soldier and I were sent on another mission just a day later. We were sent to kill Natasha Romanoff and Steve Rogers. They had cost us an important asset, Zola. It was midday. We had located our targets. They were on the way to stop our agents at S.H.I.EL.D. Barnes jumped on top of the car while I silently made my way through the trunk. The driver of the car slammed on his breaks after Barnes threw our agent into oncoming traffic. Barnes went flying while I popped into the back seat still trying to be as quite as possible as Romanoff jumped into the front seat.
Barnes stood up while our armored vehicle slammed into the car. That was my cue. I grabbed Rogers around the throat and started choking him. Romanoff moved quick and shot my shoulder. I loosed my grip for a fraction of a second and Rogers pulled me into the front seat and ripped my mask off. "Rene?" He asked hesitantly just before the car got flipped over. Rogers and his group made it out safely for the most part but I didn't the car crushed my legs. Man was Rogers starting to piss me off. I used my power and launched the car off my legs and I slowly got up as I used my powers to strengthen my crushed legs. All the while I'm getting up, Barnes launched Rogers into a bus and our men shot at Romanoff and the other man she was with. Barnes attempted to locate Rogers and Romanoff shot him. We agreed Barnes would go after Romanoff and the other men and I would go after Rogers. The men fired all they had at Rogers but they were all quickly taken down.
I abandoned chasing after Rogers and went to find Barnes.  I ran as fast as I could but Rogers had two good legs and I had two crushed legs that could only move so fast even with my powers enchanting them. Rogers pinned me to the ground and was about to punch me before Barnes knocked him off.  The man in the bird wings knocked Barnes mask off as he attempted to pick me up. Our soldiers shot at Rogers causing an explosion and allowing Barnes and I to make our escape.
Back at base, Barnes had flashbacks as they worked on his arm. He punched the gut fixing his arm and all soldiers pointed their guns at him. I quickly stood up activating my power and they turned their weapons on me. Pierce walked in and alleviated the tensions bit. Barnes tried to ask him some questions but Pierce told the men to wipe him. They put his mouth guard in and started to wipe him. They finished fixing up my shoulder and injected me. Just before the world darkened I heard something about a helacarrier.
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When I awoke, everything was in chaos. Whatever we were on was going down and going down fast. Everything was on fire. I ran to the nearest makeshift exit and dove into the water. Something crashed into. My head and it all went dark and I slowly sank to the bottom of the lake.  Little did I know that, that would not be how I died. Barnes dove in the water and dragged both Rogers and I out to dry ground. He left Rogers on the bank and threw me over his shoulder and left.