Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. FanFic: Winter Frost and Wolf's Fire

Wolf's Fire

I straighten, waiting inside the hagar doors for Coulson annd his team. I can feel the reassuring weight of the knife at the small of my back, reminding me I'm not completely defenseless. I slde a hand to the back of my neck and scratch a little where this stupid wig keeps rubbing my skin. The folders I have on Bucky rest in my arms. Except the one from Kiev. That one's mine, and no one else gets to see it.

The hangar doors start to open, and I relax my posture as Coulson and his team step off. A girl I've never seen before stands beside Phil.

"Hi!" Wow. I sound like a preteen girl meeting Justin Beiber or something. I glance at Coulson- he's smirking at me... Agent Phil "Unshakeable" Coulson is SMIRKING at me. The girl I finally recognized, Brin Chakkiym, looks at me like I'm an alien. "I can show you where the Soldier is now if you'd like." Phil, barely managing not laughing at me, replies, "No. Let's get our stuff off the bus first. Thanks though, Reanne."

"Hey, what are in those files?" Great, new girl's talking like I'm a freak. I'm gonna kill Coulson.

"Oh, these? These are my theories on the Winter Soldier, or Bucky Barnes as I like to call him." And no, you can't ask why. I'm about 3 seconds from hitting something.... Worst undercover op EVER. I wait while they grab their supplies and catch a snatch of Captain America's theme song. That would be Coulson's phone.  A few moments later, Skye, May, and Brin walk out. I lead them to my office, and set the files down. "OK, so all the theories I have involve him being brainwashed by Hydra. The longer he is out of the brainwashing, the more memories he has." Hopefully without these stupid migraines... May speaks up.

"So how do we find him?"

"Well, we could start a facial recognition, look at airports for anyone tying to get through with a metal arm?" This is stupid. I know exactly where he is, but Reanne doesn't. And I know he'd never try to go go through an airport. He's not stupid. Skye starts the scans, and we have a hit within minutes. Exactly where I knew he'd be. We climbed into the bus and started off for Brooklyn.

"So." Ugh.... new girl's talking to me again. " Are you excited to finally meet him?" No. I'm not. I've met him before, and all I want to do is find him and make sure he's safe. But I still have to be Reanne, so... "What if? What if he is just a killer? All my ideas gone to waste." Hee's not a killer. Alexander Peirce is a killer. Not Bucky. Skye pops in, out of breath.

"I have an odd signature coming through. I looked into the files; haven't seen it since before the battle of New York." New York? Loki's back.

"Call Phil now! Tell May about it. Do you know where it's going?" Brin's got some power in her. Could come in handy.

"it looks like it's going straight to Barnes." No. Not him. Anyone but him.

"Well we need to get him faster." Brin looks at me. "Can you handle a weapon?" Kid, I am an assassin. I have about 15 knives hidden on me right now, of course I can handle a weapon. "Yes. They taught is when we enlisted." We land and head for the bar. The last bar Bucky  went to before he fell off the train. This is a good sign. We walk in, and I catch sight of him immediately. Our eyes lock, and-

The cold air bites at the back of my throat as I take a breath. I'm tailing my target, noting his features. Long, brown hair, black mask covering his eyes and mouth, and a metal arm. He's my mission. I was assigned to find and kill The Winter Soldier. I leap out of hiding, slamming my foot into his side. He turns, grabbing my leg and yanking. I twist out of his grip and land in a crouch. In a flurry of punches, kicks, and flips, I end up against a wall with his metal hand wrapped around my throat, choking me. I push my lower body up from the wall, wrapping my legs around the arm, and apply enough pressure to force his grip to break. I flip over his head, and his arm slams into my side. We both stop, frozen. Remembering. Remembering missions completed side by side. We both turned and walked away, knowiing the pain that would come out of it.

I groan, the pain in my head forcing the sound out of me. I somehow managed to get back on the bus and into the Hub while suffering an insane number of flashbacks, the pain making me want to scream. We got Bucky out in time, though. I know that. I retreated to my room in the Hub as soon as I got back, and I ended up crouched against the wall, my head cradled in my arms, trying not to scream, just trying to remember how to breathe. 

"Kat." I lift my head and look at Coulson. I wince and reach for the bottle of high-strength painkillers he holds. "Brin's missing. I need your help. Loki took her." I look up at him, letting a little of my fear show. "Bucky's fine." I relax and stand, almost falling. Coulson catches me, looking worried.

"I'm fine." I head out with him, and we go find Brin. Once we reach a hallway with gaurds, I look at him. He nods, and I fly forward, starting to fight them. I barely notice as he leaves, just glad to be able to fight again. I leap in the air and wrap my legs around the final gaurd's thoat and twist my body, snapping his neck just as Coulson comes back with Brin. I land lightly on my feet and assume the role of Reanne again. Brin looks at me funny, and when we get back on the bus, she corners me. "What was that? That was not an 'analyst' back there." Coulson still hasn't given me permission to shed my undercover yet, so... "I was a Hydra expiriment, and I got out. Then I was brought to SHIELD to root out other Hydra's." Partial truth... Mostly a lie. She walks off, and I retreat to my room, pain still racing in my head. The flashbacks return, and I crouch, only focusing on not screaming as I start to remember the living hell that is my past.