Constant Vigilance (The Winter Soldier/Bucky Barnes)

Chapter 4

"This is the dining area, the training room and this is where you'll be staying", Cyra pointed at a wooden door to the left. After the meeting with Professor Culwell, Cyra had returned. In a fairly foul mood, she had given me a brief tour of the headquarters, emphasising the areas that I couldn't enter and the areas I could.

Turning around, I walked into the room I would be staying and slammed the door shut behind me, ignoring her glare. The room was fairly ordinary, a large bed with metal posts in the centre and a desk against the wall. There was a bathroom directly to the right, and large Ladon symbol on the far wall. I removed my weapons belt, as well as all my firearms and knives, putting them on the desk. I removed my fighting gear, throwing it only the floor roughly. They were covered in grime, as was my body. Blood and dirt covering each ridge of muscle. Touching my arm, I ran my fingers over the area where the metal and my skin meet, flinching, bruises and scabs covering the area.

I walked into the bathroom, jumping into the shower quickly. The water is warm, foreign compared the the cold showers I was offered only months ago. I rinse my hair and run a thin bar of soap over my body, ensuring no water or soap touch the metal of my arm and get out of the shower. I turn and stare at myself in the mirror unable to recognise the person staring back. Bruises decorate his body, as do scars and scabs. He has dark circles under his eyes and shoulder length straw-like hair. I touch my face and the man in the mirror mimics the gesture.

I walk into the main room and pick up a knife from the desk. Bringing it up to my jaw and slicing sharply, cleanly cutting off a lock of hair. Continuing this gesture, piece after piece of hair falls to the tiled floor. I sigh in relief, realising that a small part of my life as the Winter Soldier had vanished.

Now, a neat pile of clothing sat on my bed. Someone had obviously come and put them there whilst I was in the shower. I grit my teeth realising that they must obviously have a key to my living area. Ladon vanished from my mind replaced with the menacing HYDRA symbol. A place where I was given no privacy and treated like a weapon. Breathing in deeply, I closed my eyes and tried to calm myself down. Finally calm, I put on the clothes put for me. I guess you could say they gave me stereotypical 'training gear'. Strong black pants and a black t-shirt. Once I had put on the gear I noticed a small note underneath the pile and took it in my metal arm.

Training Room: Turn right. Two doors down on the left.
- M.F

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A/N: I AM SO SORRY.
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