The Winter Soldier: Master of Madripoor

The Winter Soldier is known as a brutal assassin, but he is also much more than that. Hydra had access to all of Bucky Barnes' talents, and they used them for their benefit. As an unwilling operative of Hydra, he was tasked with establishing an organization in Madripoor just in case Hydra decided they wanted a presence there. He was given complete control over what he built there, since they knew he would hand it over without protest if they ordered him to do so. He created an organization that ruled Madripoor, run by people who could do so in his absence, though all of them were loyal to him alone. After Bucky was freed from Hydra, with the failure of Project Insight, what he'd created in Madripoor ended up the perfect place for him to lay low, drawing elements of Hydra to him to eliminate them without drawing attention, and creating a trap for others who only want the Winter Soldier and all of his abilities. In Madripoor, he would be off the radar of people like Steve Rogers and Sam Wilson, who have no knowledge of the city and he can try to understand who Bucky Barnes is and how he can be both the Winter Soldier and Bucky at the same time while safely away from those he still worries he could harm. This story looks at how the Winter Soldier could create something that takes on a life of its own in Madripoor while under the control of Hydra, what the Winter Soldier would want after the fall of Hydra and how that aligns with what Bucky would want. Memories come to him as he moves toward Madripoor and as he moves toward the completion of a mission he gave only to himself, in order for him to remain free of anyone's control. This fan fiction is set between Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Civil War.