The Fire Breather

13.

Sweat sticks her clothes to her body, as she sits up faster than humanly possible. She holds out her arms and boils off the sweat, drying her clothes out. A man stands in the room,

"Good Morning" he speaks and walks closer, "My name is Clint, I'm an archer." he finishes and Olive's eyes grow wide with shock,

"Please" she speaks holding her hands up in defence, "D-Don't come any closer" she speaks with fear,

"Relax, you can't hurt me and besides we've met before" Clint speaks and stands a few steps from her, she looks at him, really looks at him,

"I don't remember ever meeting you" she speaks and his face falls slightly,

"Nonetheless, I am here to test you, just on your reactions" he speaks and she stiffens, "That's not what you wanted to hear, is it?" he questions,

"Where is Rogers?" she questions and soon enough he appears, they have a death stare competition before he looks away,

"You remember, don't you?" he speaks and she nods he walks forward and kneels in front of her, "Who?" he questions and she looks away, "Was it Bucky?" he questions and she flinches with the sound of a nickname who she presumed was Barnes's, "You gotta help me out here" he speaks, "Nobody saw Bucky yesterday... was it him? Was it The Winter Soldier who made you remember?" he questions thinking that Olive wouldn't know his nickname, she looks up at Steve and nods slightly, "I am going to kill him" he mutters and stands up frustratedly

"Wait" she calls, "I'd rather remember everything, than not know anything at all..." she speaks and Steve looks into her eyes,

"But?" he questions and she looks down, "There's more your not telling us about" he speaks and she looks to Clint who nods,

"Everyone has a chapter they don't read out loud Captain" she speaks with venom in her voice with the last few words, her eyes are a plea and Steve looks to Clint and both disappear.

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"For this to work, Olive" speaks Natasha after the team had left Olive alone for an hour, "You need to stay exactly where you are, you aren't allowed to move" continues Natasha, "Someone is going to walk in the room where you are, and place a notebook on that table" she speaks and points to the wall where a small table comes out of the wall. "Do you think you can do that?" she questions and Olive looks back to her,

"да (yes)" Olive speaks and Natasha nods, moments later Olive hears a chorus of clicks and the door, which she never knew was there, opens. Steve Rogers walks in and places three objects on the small table. He looks back to the small and frail girl, battered and bruised, ripped clothing exposing dirty skin. A look of pity flashes through his gaze and Olive shrinks back into herself, as he turns and leaves, never in her rightful mind has she shrunk back into herself. Maybe when she was a child, but never since, a rush of emotions clog her mind before a chorus of clicks reverberate through the room. Olive continues to see the look she received, over and over in her head, she remembers the stares she got from The Winter Soldier when they trained. She continues to spiral, all from the one look, and shrinks back into herself until she's hugging her knees to her chest again.

Scared. 

Lost. 

Alone. 

Confused. 

If Strucker could see her now, he would kill her then and there. But that's just it, her nightmares last night were about her upbringing and what she has done. She wanted this plan, she knew it would change her, she knew it would hurt. Despite Strucker and Hydra being her family she feels like all they did was make a monster. Make someone who was so lost and alone, that even they couldn't see the light. Everyone has a certain amount of hope within them, Olive just cannot see the light within the darkness. Although she is light, she casts shadows which are darkness. One cannot exist without the other, but there is too much darkness within Olive to save her. She's a lost cause in her own mind and that's enough for people to try and help, when all their helping gets them killed.

"Hey, kid!" calls Clint as he attempts to shake her shoulder and snap her out of her trance, "Hey, Olive!" he calls again and she looks up at him with black eyes which scream 'death'. "Hey, it's ok. Soon you will be out of here" he speaks but is quickly dismissed with,

"Don't make promises you can't keep" she speaks as she walks over to the small table and takes the notebook, pen and goggle looking glasses and walks back over to her bed. "I'll be stuck in here, with no way out... for how long, I cannot say... but I do know this one thing, Clint Barton" she spits his last name at him, he recoils and stands backing up to the centre of the room, "I'm a lost cause, I know that better than anyone... Your a fool if you think the Director will ever let me go" she spits and quickly stares down Clint, her eyes, not scared nor afraid, menacing and evil with a slight hint of sadness. Clint observes her eyes return to being scared and afraid, she quickly backs away and sits on the bed hugging the pillow to her frame. Clint disappears and tears quickly soak the pillow. Everyone once again, leaving Olive to calm down alone.

A/N

Hello, I hope you are enjoying this book. There is more bonding between Olive and another marvel character to come, hang in there.

Personal note, I have almost finished school and as of now have 2 final exams until I'm done with school. I don't know how I've kept doing weekly-ish updates with my exams... but anyway...

Enjoy your day/night!