Bound By Purpose

Escape

I hear the battle going on long before I actually meet it outside. Dugan drags me along as we make our way to a courtyard where our men have taken control and are now using the Hydra weapons as if they are their own. We see Gabe climb into a tank, by looking at Dugan's face once I know he wants to pursue. I reluctantly let him lead me to the safety of the still  tank. WIth one arm I manage to pull myself over the treads, up the side and then in.  We give Gabe and another soldier a jump when we initially enter, but they relax quickly when Dugan he helps lower me into the cabin. "Neither of you know German do you?" I ask.

"Not a clue. I took the class in college but switched to French." Gabe says.

"Here." I say pointing to the on button. "Anfangen. It means to start." Without hesitation Gabe hits the button and the engine revs. We begin to move slowly but surely through the yard giving supreme back up to many of our soldiers. We mow down any Hydra soldier in our paths.

As the adrenaline starts to wear off I become very dizzy and have to grip on to the ceiling overhead to not fall over. The few men around me notice.

"Looks like we're out of the way of the worst of it..." Mid sentence a huge explosion takes away Gabe's words. We all look at each other wondering what the hell it was. I slowly climb to the hatch as we come to a steady stop outside of Hydra's base. I peer out and see the smoke rising up above the tall gates. The men that made it out are clamoring past the tank and into the small clear area ahead of us. 

"What just happened?" I call out to a passing soldier. 

"The whole base went up!" He yells not bothering to slow down. I open the hatch the whole way and stare hard into the smokey fog. I can't see anything.

"What's going on up there Evelyn?" Finally he's used my real name! I feel validated.

"Apparently the whole base just went up in..." I stare harder into the smoke and see a few more figures hustling through. I stumble and trip out of the tank into the mud just as they run by but none of them are familiar to me. Maybe they already ran through? The tank was awfully slow. I sigh and turn back around right into Dugan. When I turn his face goes a little pale. "What's wrong?" I ask gravely.

"You... You just don't look too good. You're shaking." I take a moment to focus on myself and realize I am indeed ready to collapse. Luckily Dugan is there to let me lean on him. I take one more look over my shoulder before he helps me utop our tank.

We travel in silence for a few minutes until we come across our men. They've all grouped up just off the road in a clearing.  By the time we get there, there are already men guarding the perimeter and the munitions and other scraps of supplies are being distributed. I can't help but notice all the weapons we were able to get in this run for freedom. I owe these men a lot now. Hell the damn S.S.R. owes them all.

We  roll into the center of the camp and I slide off the tank gingerly. There's already a large discussion of what we should do next however we have no idea where we are. Steve knew... he knows he just needs to make it to us okay. He better have Bucky with him too. Knowing Steve though he'd die before letting Bucky get hurt. Realizing that I'm not in immediate danger anymore I take a seat there on the ground multiple men come by offering me a coat or something warm to drink considering I'm in a tank top and pants but I'm burning up. That's the weird thing about whatever it is that's happening to me. It affects my body in some ways but I don't really notice it until I'm safe, until i'm still. It must mess with my mind and my nerves as well. I glance down again and see it's started to bruise. 

"It looks infected." I look up and see the soldier who was helping me in my cell. He sits beside me. He's managed to grab a field bag. 

"You wouldn't happen to have the cure in there would you?" I ask. He huffs out a laugh. Pulling out cotton and an adhesive he wiggles them in front of me apologetically. I roll my eyes and angle my shoulder towards him so he can do his best to fix me up.

---Bucky's POV---

We'd barely made it out of that base alive before the whole thing went up in an explosion that rocked me to the core. I'm still not completely sure about what's happening. We kept a jog along the road until we caught the trail of our men... But before that.. before the explosion... I was in a room and they were pumping electricity into me, and then I woke up to Steve, a much bigger Steve than I remember. Then he was carrying me along through a burning base.

I take a breath stopping for a stride to be right on Steve's heels. So I know where I am, but how exactly did I get caught in this situation? My mind is buzzing from the tests they did on me. Wasn't there someone else that got me into this mess? I vaguely remember a face. Not a he it was a girl. I know she's important why can't I remember her? I begin to panic. Who else have I forgotten? I think back to New York, mother, father, sister, Steve, and one other. Steve stops me from continuing right into the open road into wide open space. What's wrong with me?

"Almost there buddy." Steve whispers beside me. "Looks like they're right ahead." We creep back out and Steve holds his hands up. In front of me stands what's left of my men in a perimeter. As soon as they see Steve's red white and blue they lower their guns and run out to escort us into their little camp.

"Where's Evelyn?" Steve asks a soldier from beside me. Evelyn? Should I know that name?  A peacefulness over takes me when I hear the name. It's familiar.

We follow the soldier further in, past tanks and other weapons. I march until I'm about 20 feet in front of Dum Dum who is speaking to a person on the ground. Her head turns with a fire I recognize. I can see her face even in the dim light. When I see her eyes light up and I see her smile I know who she is. She's my girl. She's my Evelyn.