The Light At The End Of The Tunnel

by somethinglessobvious

Post CA:WS. To everyone around her Aria Parker is just an average girl, but what happens when a ghost from her past sucks her back into a life that she never wanted? How about when she comes face to face with the infamous Winter Soldier? Will she allow herself to trust in him? Or will she push him away until it's too late?

1. Prologue

This chapter has been edited. I hope it makes it easier to read.

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Prologue

Darkness.

I open my eyes to darkness, it surrounds me completely.

Silence.

The silence is deafening.

Frozen.

I can feel the frost seeping into my veins.

Suffocating.

The air is so stale and musty I can hardly breath.

These four thoughts are the first that I can fully process through. The next is I have no idea where I am.

I try sitting up since laying here isn't getting anything done. I can feel all of my bones popping as I do, I must have been knocked out for a while. The back of my head hurts like crazy.

How did I even get here? That's when it hits me.

They found me.

Before I can start processing this new thought I hear echoing footsteps. A key turns in a lock. When I hear a door start to creak open I jump to my feet to face my captor head on.

Light floods into the small room and it's so bright it's blinding. I throw my hands up preparing for a fight.

"Ah, I see you're settling in well. That's good seeing as how you are going to be here for a while."

No it can't be. My eyes finally adjust to the brightness and focus on the figure standing in front of me. Someone that I've spent so long running from.

"You."