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awake

12:45 pm//noon

She woke up and looked at the ceiling, Bucky looked up from the newspaper he'd reread three times.

He stood and she looked at him.

They watched each other for a few moments before he cocked his head. She mustered a half smile, before unbelievable pain attacked her head. Her hands went to her head and she began pulled at her hair and the stitches and bandages.

Bucky rushed into the room and slammed his hand on the panic button.

"Audrey!" He yelled, trying to save her from herself. He put his metal hand on her cheek and used the flesh one to get her to stop her from hurting herself.

Vision entered first and saw what she was doing, saw the blood on the sheets and her hands. Vision grabbed a paralyzing serum and injected it into her.

Bucky watched her fall limp in his hands, and rested her head on the pillow. Her eyes were wide, and flickering back and forth before settling on him.

She looked completely and utterly trapped.

Bucky grabbed Vision by the throat and he didn't move in Bucky's strong metal grasp.

"Give me one reason not to snap your neck."

Vision looked him dead in the eye:

"It's a temporary paralysis serum. Let me go." He said sternly, and Bucky let go.

"I'm sorry."

"She'll be able to control her body in an hour, but we need to figure out why she went berserk. And why she attacked herself."

Bucky looked at her, her eyelids had fallen and he watched the quick rise and fall of her chest, she could hear what was happening.

"HYDRA. They must've pushed her in training so if she was caught behind enemy lines, she'd kill herself in order to keep HYDRA safe. Cut off the head and two grow back in its place." Bucky said, watching her. It was the only explanation.

"I have to sew that up now." Vision said, threading the needle and beginning on the female soldier.

Bucky watched her.

"How do we undo it? How do we make sure she's okay? Her episodes are completely random..." Bucky trailed off.

"They're not random." Vision said, bandaging the wound up again. "I think it has something to do with you." Vision looked at him.

"With me?" But before Vision could elaborate, Bucky realized a small hissing sound. They both looked at the air vent and found a blue mist.

"It's poison." Bucky said, before reaching to cover Audrey's mouth.

But they soon dropped. Audrey's conscienceless faded.

Two men entered the room, and one lifted her from the bed and carried her. While the other made sure they weren't being followed.

The man that didn't have her was soon fell unconscious due to a blow from Iron Man's fist. Tony was in his suit, with an ample supply of air to get him through.

He handcuffed the man to a door handle. He then found and eliminated the air intoxicator.

Soon enough, the gas had worn off.

He waited in his suit for everyone to wake up and find him.

"One of them got away, with Audrey. But I have the other." He said, motioning to the handcuffed HYDRA agent. Tony pulled the agent's gas mask off.

"Hail HYDRA." He said behind clenched teeth.

The agent looked at the superheroes, and Bucky walked calmly to him.

"Where is she?"

"Immortal HYDRA." Bucky slapped him with the cold metal of his prosthetic hand.

"Where is he taking her?"

"Cut off the head and two grow back in its-"

Another slap.

Bucky squatted to get to his level.

"Tell me where she is now, or I'll rip your arm off. And I won't be so nice as to give you a metal one." Bucky warned, gritting his teeth.

"We shall never be destroyed." Bucky moved to punch him out cold but Steve grabbed his arm.

Bucky gave him a cold glare, colder than ever before.

"Let me go." He said to Steve.

"Bucky we're heroes. We'll find her, but hurting this guy won't help us." Steve let go, leaving the decision to his friend. Bucky lowered his arm.

He looked the agent dead in the eyes and punched him square in the jaw before walking out.

He went to his bedroom and paced, beginning to hear the voices again.

You should have stopped him. You could have helped her. You could have. You should have.

Regret was a fast predator.