After escaping the Red Room, Natasha Romanoff spends great part of her life searching for James "Bucky" Barnes, her former mentor and the man with whom she shared a complex, unspoken bond. The winter soldier was a death machine, but to Nat, James was her safe haven. Everything changes when the Avengers capture a 15-year-old Hydra agent-a young girl who's lost everything and is now, for the second time in her life considered a defector The girl, trapped in the dark, cold cells of Hydra, was certain she was losing her mind. For years, she'd heard agonized screams echoing through the walls, convinced they were nothing more than cruel tricks her mind was playing on her. It's only when she finds a hidden way into the vent in her room, that she realizes the screams are real-and the tortured voice belongs to someone far more than human. Determined to uncover the truth, she makes it her life's mission to discover his name. For once in her life, the universe is helping her out. And as her and Natasha bond they can both sense that the other person is the owner of the last piece of the puzzle they dedicated their lives to. What happens when The winter soldier gets assigned a new mission? What happens when that mission is to kill Natasha Romanoff and the defector?

Born into HYDRA, Warren Barnes, the son of the Winter Soldier, has been treated like nothing more than an animal his entire life. A lab rat. An emotionless, thoughtless thing useful only for one thing: killing. When Warren is only three, through trial and error, HYDRA scientists manage to give him the ability to turn himself invisible. After that, he is just another child assassin. An assistant to the Winter Soldier. What HYDRA didn't take into account, though, is that little boys who can turn invisible have quite the knack for disappearing without a trace. Several months later, after being picked up by SHIELD, Warren now has to learn how to be a Boy, despite never having been treated as anything more than Animal. It's an especially hard thing to do when the biggest reminder of all has come crashing back into Warren's life. • This book has mature themes, like anything else you might see in a typical Marvel movie. If there are any typos/errors, please don't hesitate to point them out so I can fix them! Comments are appreciated! Enjoy!