Project Reject

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Steve's POV

"Okay, guys. Today is the day that we take down Hydra." I said.

"Didn't we get rid of them like three years ago?" Tony asked.

"No. We just managed to cut off a head or two. But that's not important. For the past three weeks, we have been taking down Hydra bases all across the world. And we've managed to take down every single one with ease so far."

"And let me guess, we've run out of luck." Tony interrupted.

"Stark! Shut up and let Steve finish!" Bucky said.

"Well, I'm sorry that I don't want to hear a whole 5-minute speech talking about how after we take down this base we're done with Hydra forever."

"You want me to skip ahead, fine. Anyway, not only are we taking this base down, it is also a search and rescue mission. We need to rescue Agents Ross and Sitwell. Any questions?"

Thor raised his hand, " Yes Thor?" I asked.

"Do we know where the agents are located or is it more of a where's Waldo situation?" Thor asked.

"I understood that reference but yes we know where they are."

"Where are they then?" Yelena asked.

"In the center of the tower being guarded by one person," Bucky answered.

"How do you know?" Tony asked rather rudely.

"That's where I was stationed when I wasn't being mind-controlled 24/7. The guard is also a winter soldier. She is more dangerous than I ever was."

"It's a she? This is gonna be easy." Clint said.

"I wouldn't underestimate her. She has the second-highest kill rate in the world. She  knows a lot of martial arts, not to mention her ability to morph into anything and everything even into thin air."

"Thanks Mr.Know-it-all."

"You know what Stark how 'bout you come with Steve and I and fight her instead of all the other agents since you're so big and bad," Bucky said.

"Okay, so are we done asking questions?" I asked, trying to clear the air.

"Yeah." Everyone said.

"Okay. Everyone suit up." Tony said.

Unidentified Hydra base in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Agent A-43 POV

"Will Agent A-43 please come to conference room 20." Someone said over the intercom.

I got up from my post and headed to the conference room. I arrived there in about 12 minutes or so but that would soon prove to be irrelevant.

I opened the door and saw every surviving head of Hydra sitting there. I shut the door behind me and sat down with my back facing a window.

I have never been in the presence of any of the heads until now and I've only heard bad things about each of them. But I never took the time to learn their names.
I felt another person's presence but it wasn't just one person, it was a group of people flying in a plane.

"There's a plane coming."

"How do you know?"

"I can hear the propellers. I have to get back to my station."

"Why?"

"The plane is flying right towards my post. I assume it's a rescue team. So may I be excused."

"Go right ahead. Just remember your mission."

"Which is?"

"To kill and permanently destroy the Avengers."

"Oh yeah, that mission. So what about getting back the winter soldier?"

"Do that first then destroy the Avengers."

"Yes sir."

I left the conference room and headed to my post.

"Agent A-43!"

"Agent B-16. What do you need?"

"There's a jet coming towards the north tower."

"I know. Where do you think I'm going?"
I sprinted off to the elevator. As soon as the doors shut I could hear what sounded like bombs coming from outside. And before I knew it the doors flung open and I ran to my post hoping the prisoners were still there. They weren't.

Instead waiting for me was three men. One of them was the winter soldier.

"So who wants to die first?" I asked, pulling out a dagger.

The man in a metal suit charged towards me. I took my dagger and lodged it into one of its thrusters. He crashed into the wall.

"Winter Soldier, long time no see? Come here."

The winter soldier slowly came to my side. I leaned into his ear and whispered his activation words. Nothing happened.

"Ah. So the rumors are true, you've betrayed your own family. But that's okay."

"Agent A-43, remember who you are, this isn't you. What happened to the girl who wanted to get away from here? Did you forget your mission?" The winter soldier said, grabbing me by the shoulders.

"You're my mission." I side-kicked him in the stomach, he hit the wall. The blonde man lunged at me. I slid out of the way and kicked him in his back.

"Bucky! Take Stark and get out of here!" The blonde man yelled. I ran to the only exit. I can't fail my mission. Not again.

"Leaving already? Here's a parting gift." I took my dagger and stabbed the metal man in the shoulder and my other dagger landed in the winter soldier's leg.

"Amora?" The blonde man said.

"Who the hell is Amora?" I asked.

I throw a couple of punches, each of them hitting a pressure point.

"You don't remember?"

"Remember what?

The blonde man pulls me into a headlock. I try my best to fight out of it but it's useless.

"See you in 5." He says as everything goes black.