My Allegiance (3)

Chapter 14

(Hydra, Y/n's POV)

Guess where I am?

Yep. Back in that room.

Box room. Broom closet. Whatever you want to call it, that's where I am right now.

After Barnes collapsed, it didn't take long for some of the lab rats to come to us. Guess they'd been watching on the cameras. Two of them hoisted his unconscious body away, whilst two others took over in escorting me to the room.

They didn't say a word to me, just tossed me in and locked the door.

That was maybe 4 hours ago? Could've been 5 hours ago, could've been 5 days. All time kinda just smushes together. I don't know how long I've been here for. How many weeks. How many months.

But apparently help is coming.

So he says.

I don't know if I should believe him or not. I gave up waiting for people a long, long time ago.

One of the more annoying things about this tiny room is that I can't even pace. It usually helps to calm me down, but I can't do that in here. My options are stand, kneel, or sit curled up in a ball.

I think I'll kneel for now. I've been standing for a while and my legs have started aching, so I can kneel for a bit.

I manage to manoeuvre myself onto my knees in the small space, just as I hear footsteps outside. I hold my breath, waiting for the door to open, but it doesn't.

They get louder as if they're getting closer, then quieter as they move away. Then the same footsteps getting louder, then quieter again.

What the fuck is going on?

I get my face as close to the crack in the door as I can, and I manage to spot the man moving around outside.

It's Doctor List.

What's he doing here? I thought he'd be using this time to work with the red-head or something like that.

He's a little further away than my usual targets, but I try to focus on reaching out to him. Reaching into his mind.

It's all a little blurred, not just because of the distance but because I haven't done this in a while.

Words and images, floating around in his head, some of it undecipherable.

I put all my energy into focusing on the biggest thing in his mind.

It's a building. A tall building with hundreds of glass windows, and something on the side.

A letter.

The letter A.

It's the Avengers' Tower.

Was Barnes right? Are they really coming?

They're all there. In his mind. All of them except..... Thor.

"Oh Doctor?" I call to him in a sing-song voice. "Everything okay out there?"

His footsteps stop and I see him turn his body towards my door.

"What did you do?"

"What are you talking about?"

"You know exactly what I'm talking about you little brat," he storms over and throws open the door, the sudden rush of light momentarily blinding me enough for him to yank me to my feet. "How did you do it?"

"Do what? I haven't done anything."

"How did they know?"

"Listen asshole, you've kept me here under lock and key. I haven't done anything."

"But you know."

"Of course I do. Your mind is easier to read than a children's book. The Avengers are coming."

"How did they know to come here?"

"Don't ask me. I don't even know where 'here' is."

He looks at me for a moment, thinking, then starts hurrying down the corridor, pulling me after him.

"Where are we going?"

"You are going to stop them."

"And what makes you think I'm going to do that?"

"Because I said so," he hisses at me. "Because if you don't, then I will kill you."

I stop walking and pull my arm away from him, "No you won't. You need me for my power, so you won't kill me. I can see it in your head, Doctor. You're nothing more than empty threats."

"You're an ungrateful little shit, you know that?" he says as there's the sound of a muffled explosion from far down the hallway. "I saved you."

"No, Doctor List, you didn't save me. Sure, in some way I'm kinda grateful that you've helped me understand my potential. But saved me? Fuck no."

I pour everything I have left in me into hitting him with a blast, and he hits the ground like a sack of potatoes, then I turn and run in the opposite direction to the explosion.

Is this the Avengers? Probably. Who else would attack a Hydra base? But there's no way to be sure. So, for the first time ever, I optionally go into the little isolation room and I shut myself in. The door doesn't lock, so I can get out if I need to, but at least I'm hidden.

I guess now I wait.