No More Pain

Chapter 8: Little Lion Man

Author's Note: So in the middle of this Chapter we get another glimpse of nightmare/memory as the unconscious Winter Soldier begins to remember how he was created by Hydra.

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MUMFORD & SONS LYRICS

"Little Lion Man"

Weep for yourself, my man,
You'll never be what is in your heart
Weep, little lion man,
You're not as brave as you were at the start
Rate yourself and rake yourself
Take all the courage you have left
And waste it on fixing all the problems that you made in your own head

But it was not your fault but mine
And it was your heart on the line
I really fucked it up this time
Didn't I, my dear?
Didn't I, my...

Tremble for yourself, my man,
You know that you have seen this all before
Tremble, little lion man,
You'll never settle any of your scores
Your grace is wasted in your face,
Your boldness stands alone among the wreck
Now learn from your mother or else spend your days biting your own neck

But it was not your fault but mine
And it was your heart on the line
I really fucked it up this time
Didn't I, my dear?

It was late evening when the Black Widow and Hawk eye returned to The Avenger's tower, instantly greeted by Jarvis who insisted they have their DNA scanned as well as their finger prints and Retinas as part of the new security procedures. Begrudgingly they obliged and were allowed into the building greeted by one of Tony's unmanned Iron Man Units that connected to his own live video feed and intercom.

"Halt,.... who goes there!" The Iron Man suit stepped out of the elevator in front of the annoyed S.H.I.E.L.D agents, Tony's voice was sounding dramatic and deep for effect.

"Simon and Garfunkel!" Clint rolled his eyes with a sigh.

"We are secret Hydra agents here to steal all of your vintage one of a kind chop shop motor Bull shit you keep in the vault on the fifth floor!" Natasha responded with a hand on her hip. The Iron Man suit lowered his arm and tilted his head to the side.

"You know about that Vault?.... What,.... have you been casing the Joint while I am out?!" Tony's voice sounded surprised and a little disconcerted. She shook her head rolling her eyes as She and Barton stepped inside the elevator the Iron Man suit remaining on the ground level for security.

"No,.... I do it while your here,... thats how oblivious you are Stark!" She snickered as she spoke loudly in the elevator, a screen flickered on and a skeptical Tony Stark appeared on the monitor.
"Lovely,... I knew there was a reason I kept you and Legolas around!" He mused with a glare. "Anywho I have researched the Coordinates you sent and created a super cool 3-D Blue print that actually monitors real time heat signatures and it looks like there are in fact still some cockroaches crawling around underground,..... so how about you lovely people join me in the conference room for some Chinese take out that just got dropped off and we will get the Falcon, Bruce and Captain Candle Light Vigil to join us for a little chat about gathering this intel and kicking some Hydra ass while we're at it!" Tony smiled cheerfully as he saluted before the screen cut out. Hawk eye smirked.

"Sounds like Steve has been in the lab this whole time." He stated in contemplation.

"All the more reason why we gotta get him out there busting heads,... let off some of that steam... This has been harder on him then I thought." Natasha answered back and received a nod as they excited the evaluator.

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Elsewhere in the multi floor tower, Steve sat hunched over in a chair next to Bucky, both hands holding onto the cold and clammy palm of his Friends right hand that twitched with spasms like the rest of his body, muscle constricting with painful whimpers from the unconscious Soldier. Sam walked up to him and placed a comforting hand on Steve's shoulder, receiving a nod from Bruce who turned in his direction then went back to analyzing the results of his most recent assessment.