The Earth's Child: A Bucky Barnes fanfiction

The Earth's Child

Bella felt a sharp pain across her forehead and she felt warm liquid streaming down her face. She groaned as she tried to move, pain shooting up and down her body. She somehow managed to sit up against the tree and stayed still until her head stopped spinning. She took out her phone which was thankfully unharmed. She looked at the reflective screen and noticed a deep gash across her forehead.

Twenty minutes had passed since Bella was thrown out of the car by Bucky. She recalled being scared shitless as Bucky had tossed her out of the speeding vehicle.

She had to get to Bucky before they wiped him again. They would torture him, no doubt, which would buy her some time. She knew she was being selfish but the fact that the torture would happen before the wiping made her speculate the amount of time she had left.

Bella crouched on the ground, smiling as she realised that Hydra did not know about her powers. She dug her nails deeper into the earth, absorbing power from it, as well as sensing the movements below. She concentrated harder as she felt a concrete structure built underneath the ground, some half a mile away.

"AAAAGHHGH!" Bucky screamed as the red-hot iron rod pressed against his skin for the tenth time.

"What number was this?" the Hydra official demanded. Bucky had noticed that this official was a woman and had told him her name was Juhini.

"Ten," Bucky whimpered. He had been asked to count how many times the rod touched his skin.

"Very good."

"AAAGGHHH!" Bucky screamed again as he felt the rod against his lower back.

Bucky was hanging from the ceiling by a rope tied firmly to his wrists. The ropes were adjusted in a way that his toes barely touched the ground.

"You should not have left," purred Juhini.

Bucky wished he was dead. This torture would possibly continue for eternity and he knew now that there was no escape. He screamed again and again but he was internally satisfied knowing that Bella was away from all this.

"Juhini!" came a voice from near the exit of the cell and Bucky looked up and saw something which instilled fear and despair deep into his heart.

A masked man, rather, a Hydra official was standing at the gate grabbing Bella by her forearm. She had a deep gash across her forehead, possibly from hitting the tree that Bucky had thrown her at. She struggled against the grip until her eyes met Bucky's. Her expression changed as she saw Bucky's condition and Bucky could swear, he heard her internally screaming.

"We saw this slippery mink trying to dig her way through," said the official and tossed Bella at Juhini's feet roughly.

"It is nice to see you again, Dr. Sophie," smiled Juhini as she followed Bella's gaze towards Bucky.

Bella felt her heart would break into a thousand pieces at the sight of Bucky hanging from the ceiling like that. Her eyes quickly examined him, taking in his cuts and scars. She saw small cuts on his wrist where the rope had cut in. He had a busted lip and a bruised eye which showed that he didn't go quietly, which unbelievably, made her smile. His sweatshirt and pants were torn at several places and she could see red burned skin underneath. She looked around the room and noticed a bright red iron rod and she felt her insides seethe with anger.

Before they were finished examining each other, men dressed in Hydra uniforms rushed into the room and untied Bucky, forcing him onto a chair. Bella noticed, to her utmost despair, the machine that was behind the chair.