TW: This story contains mentions of kidnapping and torture.
Bucky's skin crawled as he stepped into the Hydra base. He never imagined he'd go back to the base after he broke free of Hydra, but there he was, willingly walking into the place from his nightmares. Steve didn't want to ask Bucky to come along, but he knew the base like the back of his hand. He knew the layout. He knew the secrets lurking within the stone structure. It was him who could get them in and out quickly without worrying about getting lost in the maze of corridors and rooms.
Bucky swung his gun around a corner, prepared for any surprises that might pop up. He waved the others in behind him. Stealth was key. They couldn't be detected until they were ready. Up ahead in the north corner of the building, Bucky heard at least three men talking in deep Russian accents. He signaled to Tony, who flew around the corner taking the men by surprise. In usual Tony fashion, he had to showboat before disposing of the obstacle in their path.
When the agents were cleared out of their path, they pushed forward. There wasn't much sense in being stealthy now that Tony had decided to announce their presence. Bucky rushed the others forward, shouting directions to the others who broke off to take care of the Hydra agents who were closing in on them from all sides. Steve, Bucky, and Tony worked their way through the building level by level. They finally reached their objective when they emerged into the bottom level of the base. Being inside the base made him nervous, but the very bottom level had him on the verge of total insanity.
The lowest floor of the base was where Hydra carried out their experiments and torture. Cells lined the furthest wall so the subjects felt completely isolated. A lab set in the middle of the building flanked by the room where he was repeatedly wiped and a server room containing Hydra's mainframe. In the opposite corner from the cells was where punishments occurred when Hydra wasn't satisfied with your performance or when a mission failed.
Bucky shuttered as he passed by the wiping room and the lab. Tony flew ahead to the server room to extract whatever data was still available. Steve followed Bucky, ready to confront any Hydra agents that were hiding in the darkened rooms. The others had spread out around the base, ridding the upper floors of any Hydra agent that they found.
"No! Let go of me!" A high pitched shriek reverberated down the concrete corridor.
Bucky stopped at the panicked scream that echoed around the corner of the corridor. He was about to sweep the punishment room, but swung his weapon in the other direction.
"Shut up, stupid girl!" A man hissed in gravelly Russian, "Get up now!"
"Just leave me to die. I don't want to be your test dummy anymore." You growled.
You sounded terrified as a sob bounced off the stone walls. Bucky looked back at Steve who nodded at him to push forward. Bucky moved with silent steps to the farthest cell.
"Fine, if you want to die," a gun cocked, "then allow me."
Bucky's heart raced when he heard the gun and he ran forward. He swung around the door, his gun firing a bullet through the man's head before he could even turn around. You were on the ground, a guttural scream tore from your throat and you threw your arms over your head as if that could protect you. Bucky's attention turned to you. Your sweats and shirt were dirty and ratty. Your hair was messy and your skin was pale. A thick collar encircled your neck and looked uncomfortably tight.
Fear had gripped you and your whole body shook with silent sobs. The scene was all too familiar to him and his heart ached. He lowered his gun to his side, letting it dangle from the strap wrapped around his body, and lifted his hands in front of him in a show that he wasn't a threat.
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Bucky Barnes Imagines Vol. 2
FanfictionThis is the second volume of my Bucky Barnes stories. It will contain one shots and short multi-part stories. Stories with difficult topics will contain trigger warnings and any part with adult content will be marked with an asterisk (*). If you hav...
