The Most Important Mission (Captain America x Child!Reader)

Part 7

Steve pulled up a chair next to Natasha's seat, his venomous glare never leaving Ryan's face. "Ok, so... I just talk, and then I leave?" the man asked, still tied to his chair. "After we get (y/n) back, yes. We'll still need to check up on you from time to time to make sure you're not going back to HYDRA, but that's pretty much it" Steve told him. Ryan nodded his head, sighing before he turned to look at Natasha. "Alright, let's get started. I kinda have a dog to get back to, and he's not housebroken. Shit is a pain to clean up" he said, sitting as comfortably as he could be strapped to a chair. Steve looked at Natasha, his brow lifted as a sign of him questioning if this was the right guy. Natasha cleared her throat before pulling out a taser, the electricity glowing and cackling, making Ryan's eyes go wide at the sight of it. "If we find out that your lying about anything, this will only be the first phase of many in revenge," she told him. "Now, what connections to HYDRA and (y/n) do you have?" she asked, her eyes cold an unwavering. Ryan's eyes clouded over, and his gaze trained themselves past Steve and Natasha as if he could actually see his life playing out before himself. "I joined around sixteen, and I had to do the rookie jobs. Mostly throwing out bodies, and cleaning up the blood. They were all either failure, or just people kidnapped to use for training the others how to kill. It was horrifying at first, but I got used to it. Then I got a "promotion"," he said a slight pause in his words. "I was placed in security detail after I had to improvise on a mission. And I'll give you a guess who" Ryan said, raising his eyes to glance back and forth between the two Avengers before landing on the super soldier. "(Y/n)..." Steve said eagerly. "Bingo. I was shocked at first, seeing a kid so young, but I couldn't question it. Never spoke to her, or even interacted with her. I was there on Mondays and Wednesdays, and it wasn't anything I would want to go through. She'd walk in the lab, and I'd hear screaming" Ryan said, saying the details slowly. Steve's hands tightened into fists, his nails digging into his skin. The area around them was turning red, but he barely noticed. "Why? Why did she have to go in the lab?" he asked, his throat closing up. "Well, an obvious one was to make her powers grow. It was scary, seeing her being forced to test them out on people afterward. She once had to converge a person arm into pure emerald" he explained. "Oh my god..." Natasha whispered breathlessly. "She'd scream and cry, but that didn't stop anyone. It was either continue or die. But eventually, it just stopped. Not a single sound came out of her. Some of the other agents and I called her Silence. But it wasn't just her powers they advanced... It was also her mind" Ryan said. "Wait, what?" Steve said, holding his hand up as he fixed himself in his seat. "What do you mean her mind? Like what they did to Bucky?" Steve asked, anger and worry lacing his voice. "No. The Winter Soldier got far worse treatment than her. HYDRA took away knowledge, wiping him clean every time. They added stuff inside her brain" Ryan told them. "Adding? Explain" the redhead ordered him. "Ok, so an adult brain is different than a kids brain, right? It can do stuff that kids can't. Like lying. Kids can't learn how to lie until around four to five. They're still developing into everything a human can do. HYDRA thought that if they could put a grown-up into the body of a kid, especially one with powers, they'd have a major trump card. Because who expects a kid to be a terrorist. And what the hell would you even do? Punch or tase them? No!" he exclaimed. Steve breathed, his mind going blank as he took in this new information. His (y/n) went through all of that? He knew HYDRA put her through things no child should ever go through, but this was just sick. This was stuff that adults could barely handle. "Wait, a minute," Natasha said. "You're saying, (y/n) is an adult in a child's body?" she asked. "Yes and no. The experiments were never completed, so she still thinks like her age. But she can still comprehend most things that adults can. Her powers and brain are equal to that of a nineteen-year-old. She's probably the most mentally advanced child of her generation" Ryan said. Steve stood up from his seat, unable to believe what he was being told. It couldn't be possible... It shouldn't be possible. Yet, it explained everything. Her ability to draw beautifully, cook delicious food, and process things kids her age couldn't. The room was silent and Steve could feel all eyes on him, waiting for him to anything. So, taking an unsteady breath, Steve calmed his nerves. He had to have self-control if he wanted to get his daughter back. Turning around, Steve stood tall. "Why did HYDRA want her back?" Steve asked, focusing on Ryan. "Well, I got a knock at the door and five guns in my face saying they needed me, so I couldn't do much. Then I was dragged to an old building. They wanted to complete the experiment, and use her as a weapon to bring back HYDRA. They also mentioned something about a global uprising, but they didn't say anything else about the topic" Ryan told them, looking between them. Natasha looked towards Steve, her eyes conveying what she wanted. Steve looked between the two of them before nodding his head. Having permission, Natasha pulled out control from her pocket, pressing one of the buttons, setting Ryan free from his chair. "Remember what I said. We find out that you lied, you won't have to worry about HYDRA," she said, glaring at him as she and Steve walked towards the door. "Come on, you're helping us plan the rescue mission. We'll need a list of possible locations too" she said as the prison door opened.

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"Woah Woah Woah WOAH!"

"Tony, list-"

"WOAH. What, the HELL is the deadly HYDRA assassin doing out of the highly fortified cell?!"

Steve let out a good long sigh, closing his eyes as he tried to release the tension that had been quickly building up over the last few hours. Tony and Bruce stood on the other side of the room, while Thor and Clint had joined Steve and Natasha near the door to welcome them back. Ryan, Nat, and Steve had just walked into the meeting room that they had left a bit ago. And while the super soldier and master assassin didn't expect the rest of their team to welcome the HYDRA agent with open arms, he at least thought that they would accept his help, with minimum threats, of course. "I agree! He agreed to this too easily, so who's to say this isn't part of a plan?" Banner said, folding his arms as he took a step towards Tony, further demonstrating his agreement with Tony. "This is our only lead, Tony. I want to find (y/n). I don't like the idea of working with him either-". "I'm right here you know..." Ryan mumbled as he stood off to the side as the team looked like it was heading into a heated debate. "-But that doesn't mean I'm going to dismiss all options. If he can help me find my daughter, I will see it through. Besides, he already knows the cost if we find out that he's lying. Then, you can go at him and he goes to that government underwater prison" Steve told him, his blue eyes narrowed as he looked into Tony's, pleading with him to trust Ryan for a short amount of time. Tony stared right back at him. The room was silent for a few seconds, until Tony finally moved, and sat down in a chair near him. "Well? Get talking before I through you out the window, buzzcut" Tony said. "Rogers, for everyone's sake, I hope your right" Thor whispered, looking at him with conflicted eyes. "Me and you both" Steve replied. "Alright Ryan, start talking" Nat spoke up, nodding for him to talk. Ryan walked up from his little corner, so everyone could see him better. "Umm, well, most of the HYDRA bases were blown up to prevent anyone from finding all of the HYDRA agents, but they left a few up, in case we'd need them. And there's only one place that (y/n) would be" Ryan said. "Where's that?" Thor asked. "So, when (y/n) was in the lab, they had to let the energy go somewhere, or else it'd build up and become a biohazard to anyone else except for her. But it'd look weird if emeralds started to pop up out of nowhere, so HYDRA made an emerald mining company to cover it up. It's only about fifty miles away from it, and I know how to find my way around the base, and can lead you through it" Ryan said. "How do we know it isn't a trap?" Tony asked, glaring at him with the intensity of the sun. "I was supposed to be, like, DEAD by now. So if they see me there, I'm marked as a traitor and will be killed on the spot" the tan skinned man said. "Do you know the codes and data to get us in and out?" Steve asked him. "Yeah, for the most part. But some of the cameras are more protected, and higher to get to than others" he explained to the group. Clint stood up, a look of confidence crossing his features. "I can get them for you no problem. Plus, I think I know which base you might be talking about" he said. "How?" Thor asked. "Please, I've been a SHIELD agent longer than anyone else here. Do you honestly think I never once went on a HYDRA mission before you guys? I got a freaking nickname, and people said I was in a nest half the time" Clint said. Knowing this new information, the rest of the Avengers couldn't help but nod their head or tilt their heads in agreement with the master archer. "Well then, it seems we have all the information we'll need. So," Steve said, pausing so he could look around the room at each of his teammates. "Avengers, assemble" he spoke in a serious voice. He was getting his daughter back, one way for another.