AN: I would like to say that this is the first fanfiction that I'm attempting to write with multiple chapters. If there are any quite noticeable mistakes , please feel free to point them out in constructive criticism. Also, there may be a delay in updates depending on how fast I can write out and proof read them before I start to type them out. Anyway I hope yo enjoy. X

Archangel or Guardian Angel

1991

They were on route to escape the mansion which Hydra had Uzza trapped for her 3 years of existence. The place her mother had been forced to conceive her. The place where her fetus had been experimented on.

Uzza's mother had overheard the news of possible termination of Project Archangel. Which was the project that held them here in the first place, the idea of Uzza becoming the personal assassin and bodyguard for an old Hydra ideal, Project Distant Star Return. She would would become the mate of Hive if the project was to succeed. However, there were circumstances of Project Archangel which lead to its termination.

The first and foremost issue being that Uzza didn't have the reaction expected or required to the Stark Super Soldier Serum, which had just been obtained by the Winter Soldier. Although she had advanced speed, senses and intelligence this was not due to the highly anticipated Serum. It was down to her previous experiments which were also the reason for the large wings to sprout from her back. She was expected to gain substantial strength but instead showed weakness. Her body shut down into sleep for a week. Little did they know it was her previous enhancements which reacted against the Serum, protecting her from the sudden changes and increased her survival rate.

The other lead to project termination was Uzza's compassion. She would show signs of empathy that would overrule all orders that would cause harm in any way no matter the pained of the punishment that she would received when she failed. At first this didn't come across as an issue for Hydra as they planned on the use of the machine that they used on the Winter Soldier to get her to comply and wipe out the empathy. Fortunately for Uzza, her enhancements were defensive of her mind. Unfortunately, she still felt the pain of the machine and would never be able to forget.

Without the ability to control the toddler the project was ultimately a failure. With the acquisition of the Serum, Hydra had many new doors to open and explore human experimentation. This lead to funding of Project Archangel to dwindle. It came to the point that the only other people to Uzza and her mother being in the mansion were the guard and the lead scientist Dr Scholz.

With there only being two people to monitor them Uzza's mother saw the this as the blessing she had prayed for and took the first opportunity she could to eliminate the immediate threat. She waited until dinner came around, when the guard came in and placed the tray down, she wrapped her empty pillowcase around his neck and pulled hard against his windpipe until his lips turned blue and his eyes bulged red with asphyxiation. Uzza watched on in fear as the man struggled for his life. She calmed considerably when the guard stopped struggling in death. Her mother then grabbed her arm and dragged her out of their cell. She ran not caring which direction just hoping to get out of this hell that they had known for so long.

Bare feet slapped against the concrete floored dungeon. The noise was almost deafening compared to the previous silence. They were only garbed in the rags that Hydra had provided for them.

"Mummy, where are we going? Can we stop?" Uzza pleaded with heavy breath.

"Riley, honey, we can't stop. We have to carry on going. We need to keep going so they don't catch us and we can't live like this anymore. We need to get somewhere safe." her mother replied in haste, refusing to call her by her Hydra Project name given to her as a reminder that she was designed out of evil to protect and enable evil. To have only a place falling between earth and Hell.

So, her mother privately started calling her Riley; a valiant soul. Her baby gave her the strength she needed to get through this. The strength to enable her to fight for her freedom.

Before long they came to the room which Dr Scholz was passed out asleep next to his dinner and in front of the computer system. On the screen were Riley's experiment files. Riley's mother took the steak knife from next to his still asleep form then yanked his head back by the hair and put the knife up to his jugular. Forced out of his slumber Dr Scholz came to a state of terror having realised the position he was now in.

"So, this is how it's going to go, " she told him slowly, " you're going to access all files mention my daughter and me, even if it just indicates to our existence, and you're going to wipe them." she gritted out through her teeth.

"And if I refuse." Dr Scholz started to sweat profusely from his forehead and down the back of his neck.

"Oh I think it's abundantly clear what is going to happen, " she paused, pressed the knife harder to his neck which caused the skin to break and a thin line of blood to form from the cut.

"Given that I have a knife pressed to your throat.

At that he began to type in a hurry, sweat poured off of his face.

"That's it. That's all of you gone. No one will know that you exist." He whispered in fear when the last document got wiped. At that Riley slit the Dr's throat.

"No, they won't," she replied to the dead body. She picked up a red book that laid open on the desk having information on Project Archangel before age picked up her daughter and walked hurriedly out of the Gloucestershire Hydra base. She sensed the distress of her 3-year-old, so began to whisper into her unkempt brown hair.

"He was a bad man, Riley, he did terrible things. The world will be a better place now... We're going to be safe now."

Hope you enjoyed this first chapter and like I said earlier feedback is much appreciated

Sally X