~~NIGHTSHADE OR ELLIE~~We had no answers only questions...who were we? Who was that Star Spangled man? Why did we save him? What did he mean that we were friends? We had so many questions that had both me and my partner so confused on what was the truth. Right now we were in an old shabby motel room trying to figure out what to do next. I was leaning on a table staring at both of my hands; my metal one and my normal one, I was divided in half. Part of me was Nightshade, one of the fiercest assassins who ever lived with a record of kills that made me dangerous but the other part of me was a mystery. I don't know who I once was and frankly that terrified me. My partner was staring at his reflection in the bathroom mirror; his eyes were blankly looking at himself as he was trying to figure out who he was as well. My eyes lifted away from both of my hands before I ended up taking the ends of the table with my metal hand and felt the memories of HYDRA come rushing passed my eyes. Screams...pain...anger was the only emotions that filled me while my metal hand tightened on the table until it became unbearable for me and I smashed my hand down onto the table. The table split in half because of my enhanced strength and metal arm with that sound making my partner snap free from his focus while he moved towards the room seeing the now broken table before him. Papers were scattered among the splinters while I felt more anger pushing through me while I pinned either hand onto the side of my face trying to breathe. Looking at him I couldn't process anything...I could tell he didn't know what to say to me and frankly I didn't know what to say back to him. Bending down I began to gather the broken bits of the table until I noticed something among the papers. Dusting it off I saw it was an article for a Captain America exhibit; his life story and that is when it clicked.
"I have an idea..." I replied watching him tilt his head as I handed him the paper which he took, his blue eyes did a quick scan and then I watched him nod that he knew what I was thinking. Moving towards the clothes we found and quickly concealed our identities with long sleeve jackets and a ball cap. My partner tucked the brown strands behind his ear while I tied my long blonde hair into a braid before pulling the cap onto my head. The two of us left the room heading to the exhibit, we got there quickly and no one seemed to notice who we were. Moving through the hallways until we found the Captain America exhibit, lowering our heads as we passed by people I found us standing in front of a big mural. I saw a painted image of me standing on the right side to Captain America and then I saw my partner with shorter hair standing on his left side.
"That's us..." my partner mumbled I could only respond with a nod before we both moved through seeing two memorial walls standing before us. I saw images of me with an unknown auburn hair young woman, a smile perched on my face and I was filled with life.
"Had only met in an alleyway Agent Eleanor "Ellie" Carter discovered Steven Rogers and saw the potential he had giving him the chance to prove himself. Carter joined alongside Rogers and the Howling Commandos in their mission of taking down HYDRA. Carter was one of the Howling Commandos to give her life in service to Britain and America." the narrator replied while I saw my partner taking a step towards me standing shoulder to shoulder to me reading the memorial in front of us.
"Eleanor Carter..." my partner wondered mumbling the words I gave a small nod, the name sounded familiar but was it me? My eyes turn slightly seeing a different picture of the man who looked like my partner back in time.
"Best friends since childhood, Bucky Barnes and Steven Rogers were inseparable on both school yard and battlefield. Barnes was one of the Howling Commandos to give his life in service of his country." The narrator replied I saw my partner's one arm twitch while his blue eyes stared at the images scattered out on the glass screen.
"Bucky Barnes..." I wondered seeing no response coming from him as I touched his arm with mine watching the tension soon fade from him.
"He was right...we were his friends...we did know him..." my partner exclaimed I tightened my hand on his arm before we moved towards a movie room as I saw the auburn hair woman again. I stopped my partner who turned to the screen while my head began to tilt to hear what she was saying.
"My sister was a hero...she was Captain Rogers right hand woman and she made so many sacrifices that helped Captain Rogers succeed in his missions. I think about her everyday...look at her picture and every time I did I could hear her voice and I can't help but laugh. Ellie may have been operating in the shadows of the war but the soldiers here know that she is just as much of a hero as Captain Rogers is." The woman who called herself my sister exclaimed, I was a hero back then but what am I now? Looking down I turned to see my partner was back in front of his memorial as I made my way back to him. Before I could speak I did a quick glance around seeing a crowd starting to come our way.
"We need to go." I replied watching him just staring at the memorial of both me and him, he was lost in his empty mind trying to find the truth but no thoughts appeared. I took a step in front of him watching his blue eyes look into mine while I tried to give him a reassuring look. "I know this is a lot for me too...but we need to go. We'll figure this out Win...I promise."
"Bucky..." he started I stopped turning back to look at him with my brow cocked up with confusion.
"What?" I asked watching my partner took a small step towards me until only the two of us could hear one another.
"That's my name...Bucky...the Winter Soldier is dead, Shade." My partner reminded I nodded looking back up at my memorial seeing different words sprawled on the screen before turning my eyes back to him.
"Then Ellie...Nightshade is dead too...I guess we might as well use our real names until we figure things out." I answered watching him nod in agreement as he began to move passed me taking my hand with his and we headed out of the museum. We now knew our real names and a little information of who we were but we also both knew that we weren't them anymore; maybe we can be again only time will tell.
~~Guess whose back, back again. ME! I am back from vacation do updates will return to normal. Thanks for your patience, two more parts left here stay tuned :) -Dani~~
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