Aftermath (Bucky Barnes)

Chapter Eighteen

She had a black eye, her face was red and she had slashes and cuts all over her face. Her lip was swollen and dripping blood. She was breathing slowly and I was worried she was dying.

She was hooked up to a machine and her hair was a mess. She was still in the black dress she was wearing earlier when I let her slip away.

"Agent Daniella Reid, a horrible person, killed hundreds, yet calls herself a hero..." He trailed off and grabbed her chin and held it up. She looked at the camera and I felt like she was starring into my soul.

"I want the Avengers to realize how it feels to have everything you love ripped apart from you, I'm going to broadcast this, but only so you can see my good work, I want you to know how it feels Bucky, to watch the love of your life die in front of you, while you are helpless, this is exactly what you did to me." He said and I looked down.

Everyone looked at me, I don't remember killing anyone related to him or anything I swear. But, as the Winter Soldier, I did some horrible things, I might've forgotten some people I killed, that only makes me feel worse.

He punched her in the stomach and she coughed. He kept hitting her and she didn't break. She opened her eyes and stared at the camera

"What's so special about Barnes?" he asked and held her face up.

"Shut the hell up." She said and he slapped her across the face. "I asked you a question." He snarked in her face.

"Do what you want to me, as long as he's safe, I could care less what you do to me, I could do this all day." She said, my heart broke, while he just smirked. "I'll take that as a challenge then, doll." I growled at his nickname for her.

She's so stupid, why would she tease him like that. "To all our viewers, anything to say before I sew your mouth shut?"

She gulped, she looked at the camera and took a deep breath. "I love you Bucky." She said and tried to smile, I was too worried for her and stressed to react. The whole team was also in shock and he took out a needle. "This may sting." He said and walked over to her. She was scared, it's my fault. He grabbed her head and started to move the needle towards her

But before it touched her, she kicked him in the shin and hit her head off his, he fell to the ground, she stood up while tied to the chair and jumped on him and the chair broke into pieces over his body.

She pointed the camera towards a window so we could find her location, "Please hurry." I heard her mumble to the camera. You could then hear men enter the room and a lot of  things breaking, shattering, people grunting, and Dani let out a cry, but it was all off screen.

Then the camera fell to the ground and cut off.

"Jarvis told me its in Siberia." My heart dropped. My breath was shaky, my palms were sweaty.

"The place where Hydra brainwashed me was in Siberia. It could be the same place, if that's so we need to go now." I said and the team nodded and sprung into action.

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We arrived at the old base and I was the first to go in. We typed in the code to the doors and slowly made our way through the compound working towards the center where Hydra had the brainwashing machines, this place was empty though, so far.

It's awful how I remember everything they did to me here, they tortured me here and brainwashed me here. They turned me into the Winter Soldier, but Dani helped me to understand it's all in the past, she really made me feel better about myself.

When we walked into the room where the brainwashing machine was, there was a note on the seat.

Avengers,

You're too late, we did our worst to her, she's gone forever. Hope you said your goodbyes. Right before we threw her brain in a blender, she told me, to tell Barnes "it's not his fault, don't blame yourself." Those are the last words she'll ever say as your precious Daniella again.

I was furious, I punched the brainwashing machine and it broke. It was still warm

I was so angry what have I done? They brainwashed her, I remember being brainwashed for the first time. You wake up expecting to be in a hospital bed with your family gathered around but then you remember a little bit of what happen.

She must wish she was dead right now.

"Bucky," Steve said and put an arm on my shoulder. He pulled me in for a hug and I sobbed on his chest. "I love her so" I cried more. "...much and it's my fault she's gone."

I was choked up on my tears and the whole team sat in silence and watched. There was nothing anyone could do now.

Dani is on her own. But I'm not going to stop looking, not until I have her back with me again. I won't ever give up, I'm going to get her, she and I will be okay

~four months later~

Daniella's Point of View: "Simple mission, I need you to kill these men." My superior yelled at me. He handed me a file with three faces, they seemed a little familiar. I tried to remember how I knew them, but nothing came up.

I don't even remember my own name anymore. I'm brainwashed twice a day, they say I owe it to a man called James because since he escaped, now I need to do more work. They told me he was the best, but he left and now I took his place and they don't want to lose me.

I don't remember what it's like to feel anything, I don't know if I ever did. I just remember I woke up one day here and they told me its my new life now. They experimented on me and I feel helpless, worthless. I'm a human who doesn't know what their purpose is anymore. I don't even have a purpose.

I don't have a place in the world. They tell me I am helping out for a great cause, they tell me I am shaping the century, but I don't think I am, I don't know what is good or what's bad, but I know that this place doesn't do good.

I left the compound in an all black suit with a black mask covering half of my face, they insist I wear this. There were guns, knives, tasers, any weapon you could imagine.

I had followed leads and ended up to a huge tower with a huge A on the top.

"Avengers." Was a word that popped into my head. I didn't know what that meant. The streets were crowded with abandoned cars, the street light didn't really light up anything.

I staked out on the roof of a building next door and noticed there was a party going on inside on one floor, probably why there a ton of cars, but on another floor there was a man sitting all my himself with about twenty bottles of alcohol.

He didn't seem to notice me. He looked pathetic, he shouldn't get to feel sad, he doesn't know what it's like to be brainwashed, he gets to live in that tower I'm jealous. I wish I got to live here

I set up a gun and noticed my three targets. They call them, Captain America, Black Widow and Falcon. My boss told me I was to kill these threats

I lined up the shot but before I could take it, someone pushed me out of the way. I looked up and it was the man who had to much to drink.

He threw his arm at me and I noticed it was metal. "Winter Soldier." I mumbled and he fought harder. He threw me off the roof and I landed on top of a car and shattered the whole thing. I groaned and he jumped down, but before he could land on me, I rolled off the car.

I have had the super soldier serum inside of me for months now so I'm stronger than him. It's better, it's improved. I'm the new version of him, I'm supposed to be better.

He charged at me again but I slid below him and between his legs, then I threw a tiny rope which tied his feet together. I then took out my guns and started to shoot at him but someone with a shield came out.

One of my targets