If you're interested, find Ghost Song, by Max Ablitzer. It is on iTunes (free I think) and you can find it on YouTube as well.

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Hydra Facility

Siberia

1991

It was late and the Soldier was finally ordered to his room despite the fact the he rarely slept. He could never fully relax when he was shut in there, in the dark. It was boring, but it was also the only time he was allotted to himself whenever he was out of the ice. He assumed that his time to freeze was coming once more. He'd retrieved the serum, killed the witnesses and awaited whatever his handler had planned for the assets- and thusly himself.

Lately his normally silent time alone was not so silent. If she didn't cause any trouble that day, he thought with a ghost of a smile on his face. He couldn't help but admire her spirit, even if she was stupid about her choices. He'd learned long ago to stop resisting the orders of his handlers.

As if on cue, that high keening of the violin rolled along the cold walls of the cell and down through his bones. It was a comfortable chill. Some nights she'd have a lively tune that may or may not sound familiar and sometimes she played a classic he recognized. He thought funny how music wasn't taken from his memories.

Tonight though, she played something that sounded extremely tragic. He wondered what the song was called as he listened. He didn't notice his shoulders sagging and his spine relaxing as he lied on his back.

His eyes got heavy and his last thought before he feel asleep was that she would need to keep her mouth shut tomorrow. He'd overheard Karpov saying they were testing just how hard the assets could fight and the Soldier had no doubt the Valkyrie- Aleks- would be thrown in as well if she enraged that handler any further.

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She was getting angry just watching the fight. It reminded her all too much of her beatings; the ones intended to kill her. It looked like the monster Josef was trying to do just that as he fought the Soldier. She didn't understand the science behind either one of them- hell she didn't know her own- but she just couldn't fathom how the guy could hit so hard, let alone the fact that the Soldier could take it without going down.

"How are either of them not dead? Look at the goddamn metal table they destroyed." She said to Nicodemus. He'd told her to shut the hell up this morning. Now she understood.

If Aleksandra went in there right now, she wouldn't be able to heal from that kind of fight very easily, considering the intensity. It was one thing to spare with a normal man, multiple black belts or not. It was a completely different beast considering these men before her were the results of experiments. And the poor table, she mused.

Suddenly the fight took a turn. Where the Solider was able to stand his own all this time, Josef got some deep hits in, even overpowering that metal arm, before he kicked him into the glass wall near herself and Nicodemus.

"Holy fuck," she murmured and watched Karpov start clapping.

"Good work." He said and left his Soldier on the ground once again. Annoyed, Aleksandra started to cross over to him and ignored the swipe at her arm by Nicodemus.

"Anything broken? Besides your ego?" She said quickly as she crouched and felt his eyes on her. "I know you're glaring at me but just let me help your ass up, okay? You're not light." She wouldn't have struggled much but it got him on his feet faster. She didn't trust Josef, which was why she was watching him now.

The guy looked absolutely revved for another fight and she didn't think goading him would be a good idea. She could tell the Soldier was tense behind her; he must have felt that same. Before any of them could decide what to do, a doctor wandered up to Josef's side to take vitals.

A wild look grew in the assassin's eyes and he reached up, grabbing the doctor by the neck. The man's scream echoed throughout the room before he was slammed into the floor and silenced. Chaos erupted around them.

The Soldier grabbed his handler as soon as he was ordered and started pulling him out while Aleksandra worried about dodging an incoming hit from the bearded assassin who came out of fucking nowhere. She got a sharp hit to her abdomen and knew one of her lower ribs was broke, but she retaliated quickly and kicked the bastard back a few feet.

With a little air again, she moved toward the exit with Nicodemus. "Go, Devuska! Keep moving. Ignore the others!" He snapped when he spotted her slow to watch the guards and doctors getting pummeled to death. "You can't help them."

They'd nearly made it to the door when she spotted Josef coming right for them. She moved her foot back to brace herself but she was shoved hard from the side and fell toward the door.

A solid hand gripped her shoulder and Aleksandra found herself being dragged through the entrance. Belatedly she spotted Nicodemus and the purely resolute look on his face. "No!" she shouted as the metal slammed shut behind her. The woman flew to her feet and shook the bars as she watched her handler getting ganged up on by two of the assets at once.

Nicodemus dodged their hits at first but it was clear to her they were only toying with him. "Let me in!" Aleksandra demanded, tears pricking her eyes and felt the same heavy hand that dragged her out land on her shoulder. She knew it was the Soldier. "He's going to be hurt!" she snapped without looking away from Nicodemus. It was then she saw the female asset prowling up behind him.

"Nico, your back!" She cried out but the sound of his neck snapping shocked her silent and her jaw stopped working. Nicodemus' knees hit the floor the same moment her own did and a sob left her throat. She found herself staring into the lifeless eyes of her handler and friend. He was the only person who looked out for her now. One of her only friends in her long, lonely life.

Finally she looked up and saw the sickly satisfied looks of the assets. And when Josef stepped forward and spat on Nico's body? She saw red.

Aleksandra felt rather than saw her claws growing as they dug in her palms and the tickle in the back of her throat was her only warning before she took a deep breath to scream.

Glass shattered all around them and everyone still living threw their hands to their ears. It felt right to do this and when she opened her eyes to see the effect she felt joy as blood ran from the ears of the sadistic assets.

When she finally stopped she realized she'd incapacitated everyone, but she'd at least hurt those fuckers the most. With her adrenaline plummeting she couldn't control the sob ripped from her chest. She felt weight on her shoulder and turned, shocked to see the Soldier still held onto her. He was watching her closely, but he also had a look in his eyes that looked incredibly human. More so than she'd ever seen from him so far.

"You're gonna be alright, sweetheart." He said quietly, with his voice hinting at an accent.

Aleksandra didn't have the chance to react to him before the butt of a rifle came down onto the back of her head and her world went black.

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Short chapter but I felt I should end it there. I'm not sure if I'm updating too fast...anyone have an opinion? Not sure myself since I'm having fun, but I do have another chapter after this complete, just cleaning it up.

Thank you so much to the favs and reviewer sombra23! I like her too :)