A Stucky Story

Love and Loyalty part 3

This had to be quietest car ride Steve has been on. Rumlow was too upset to talk. Everyone else was just getting their gear together.

"You alright?" Asked Steve.

"I'll feel better once I hold Bucky again."

"I will too."

"Arriving at the location. Got a plan, Cap?" Said Sam.

"Get in. Find Bucky. Get out." Simple enough. But Hydra never played simple and went it came to their soldier, they intend to make things more complicated.

When they arrived, it was unusually quite but it was active. They could hear voices. Rumlow led them towards the vault where the chair was.

"You came. I was beginning to think you didn't care about your boy." Steve, Natasha and Rumlow tensed at the voice. There's no way it was possible.

Alexander Pierce was alive.

"How are you alive?" Asked Natasha.

"Tetrodotoxin B is a wonderful thing."

"Where's Bucky?" Asked Steve.

"Come here, soldier." The soldier came from the shadowy corner and stood by Pierce.

"Bucky? Did you..?"

"Turn him back into Hydra's fist? Yes, it was bad enough he's the reason Project Insight was a failure. So we reprogrammed him into being completely obedient. Kneel." Commanded Pierce. The soldier immediately got on his knees. Steve felt his stomach drop, this wasn't possible. Steve got his shield, preparing to throw it at Pierce.

Suddenly, Pierce pulled a gun to the soldier's head.

"I see, this is the reason why he became so soft. His regression was permanent and you've been treating him like a child. Now that he's been wiped, I have complete control of the soldier." Pierce smiled and stood up.

"Finish your mission." Commanded Pierce. The soldier looked to Steve. He was his final mission. The soldier stalked towards Steve.

"Bucky, don't." He wasn't listening. The soldier jumped and hit his shield with his metal arm. The familiar vibranium ring went through the vault. Natasha jumped on the soldier's shoulders.

Rumlow shot some of the agents down. Then he went to Pierce.

"They made you an actual Shield agent, I'm impressed."

"I'm trying to get my boy back."

"You were once my boy. I treated you like my son."

"What?"

"How could you betray the person who gave a home?" Said Pierce. Rumlow froze. "I gave you everything. I made you commander, I made you handler of the winter soldier, while that was my biggest mistake, I gave that opportunity to no one else because I knew your potential. Do they know your potential? Do they really care about you like I did?"

"BROCK, SHOOT HIM!" Yelled Steve knocking out the agent. Rumlow stared at Pierce then lowered his gun. Pierce grinned and stabbed him in his stomach.

"You were always too soft." Steve saw this and threw his shield at Pierce, knocking him out. Steve went to Brock and put pressure on his stomach.

"I'm here, you're going to be okay."

"Bucky?"

"Don't worry, Bruce sedated him. Let's get you back." Steve carried him to the car. Bucky was in the back seat, metal cuffs on arms and legs. This wasn't how the mission was supposed to end. Steve thought he and Rumlow would be able to snap Bucky out of the program and get their baby boy back. But here they were, Bucky was still in the soldier mindset and Rumlow was stabbed.