AN: I am not fluent in Russian what so ever so please be kind. I provided translations (Via Google translate, but I know I missed a few in the AN at the end of this chapter let me know if you are confused.
Chapter Ten: Resurrection
"We'll meet again,
Don't know where, don't know when,
But I know we'll meet again, some sunny day.
Keep smiling through,
Just like you always do,
Till the blue skies drive the dark clouds, far away.
So will you please say hello,
To the folks that I know,
Tell them I won't be long, (I won't be long)
They'll be happy to know that as you saw me go
I was singing this song." - Vera Lynn
...oOo…
Annie Rogers thought nothing could beat the pain of breaking her arm. She was climbing a tree with Bucky, and placed her foot on the wrong branch, Next thing she knew Annie was wearing a sling for three months
That pain was nothing like this.
The moment she woke up she heard voices, all speaking at once, none of it made sense but she recognized the voice of her attacker.
"Она будет бесчеловечно!"
Annie knew the last word, she didn't know how, but she did It was a word that made her squirm against the chair as they placed restraints on her wrists.
Inhuman that was the word; they were making her inhuman…
She thought of the day Steve got all buff, Annie was still working for Phillips back then, and he told Annie she could be an asset to Project Rebirth because of her shared genetics with Steve.
Oh my god they were going to give her whatever they gave Steve.
All she could see was the blind white light on her face, she didn't even notice a cold hand force a mouth guard in her mouth. There was the cold wipe of an antiseptic wipe, she tried to move her arm, but it was a feeble attempt, she was completely useless.
Annie felt a needle in her arm, but the short puncture was nothing compared to the warmth. At first it was relaxing, it reminded her of a warm summer day with Steve and Bucky at the beach. Suddenly it got much hotter like touching your curling iron when it's on; the heat was enough to make her scream. Annie felt it move up her arms, and across her chest as it rose to her esophagus engulfing her neck, she could smell burning flesh, and she knew it was her own.
"Сирена спит сейчас, но , когда она awkens она будет сильнее, чем когда-либо!"
Annie wanted to ask him what he said, she wanted to know what he did to her, her neck was on fire, and after the pain died, she could feel an afterglow a sort of warmth that was an effect of whatever they gave her.
It was like being in the sun, she noticed it but it wasn't hard to ignore.
The feeling wasn't natural and she knew it.
"Бесчеловечный"
That's what she was now, inhuman.
...oOo…
Peggy Carter never cried, but today was her one exception. Much like Annie her love life ended very similar with Steve as it had with Annie and Bucky.
She kissed him goodbye, and never saw his face again.
The very thought of Steve's adorable little sister made her heart wrench even more, The moment they got back to base Howard was in a panic, apparently a HYDRA agent captured her in her sleep.
Howard felt guilty, so guilty she knew he was getting a team to find her. Peggy was worried that if they did, how she was supposed to tell her that she lost her brother too.
He made her swear the two would look after each other after the war, and she meant it too, Annie was a friend, she was loyal, sweet and compassionate. Of course she would keep in contact with the one female she actually trusted.
But then she got back, and she was gone, Annie never finding the fate of her brother and Steve never finding out about his sister's capture. It was so messed up and only something as dumb as the war could create such a messed up, twisted situation.
Her tears were stilled when she heard Howard sit across from her, on Annie's cot.
"They found a trail that leads into the border of Moscow, I am getting a team ready and we are leaving in four hours, are you in Agent Carter?"
"What's the point?" she mumbled
"Excuse me?" Howard looks shocked, "What's the point? The point is your friend and my amazing assistant is in HYDRA's clutches and we can't lose her. Steve wouldn't have stood for it."
"She is got to be in Moscow by now; surely they are torturing her or maybe killing her for sport. She is going to be in a world where Steve isn't around I don't think it's worth it."
"Doll, that's the heartbreak speaking, if you listened to it from a rational mind, then you are basically saying you want to leave your friend in HYDRA's clutches."
"That's not what I meant at all!" Peggy was blubbering and she felt so embarrassed, she was normally much more composed than this.
"I know that's not what you really mean, but we got a good chance, and I can't leave her behind, not after the kindness she showed us all."
"What are you talking about Stark?"
"Nothing, she is just a really good listener."
...oOo…
The next stage is the best part Miss. Rogers, because it is so beautiful to watch the mind break."
It was her attacker again, he was speaking in English and that meant he wanted her to listen to his conversation. Annie licks her lips and croaks,
"Кто ты? что ты делаешь? пожалуйста остановись."
But it wasn't English, It was Russian, she was speaking his tongue and she wasn't fluent in Russian.
"It is already working, you can now fluently speak all languages on earth, even sign language, and we cannot exclude the Deaf."
Annie had no idea if he was speaking English or Russian.
"Please!" she said, "Whatever you are doing stop!"
But, instead it came out like "Пожалуйста, что когда-либо вы делаете остановку!"
Then, the most remarkable thing happened. Her attacker stopped what he was doing, His face emotionless as he began to undo her bindings.
"Whatever pleases you Siren."
Why the hell would he call her that?
"You are letting me go? I don't understand. "Annie's head was hurting; she was trying to focus on what she was saying and in what dialect.
"Do you want to stay?"
"Absolutely not!" Annie mutters
"Then leave, but we will find you little Siren and once we do, your life and memories will belong to HYDRA."
Her attacker's face was contorted in pain, she figured out he was trying to move towards her, but it was like a barrier was separating the two, and he couldn't touch her.
"You are HYDRA's biggest achievement Siren, next to our asset of course. Do you ever wonder why I call you that Annie?"
"I don't want to know, you're sick and you tortured me." Annie turns to leave
"Because we saw you Miss. Liberty and we wanted you, I more than anyone else. You sang to every state and brought men and woman happiness with your gift. We simply took what you had to offer and made it so you create order. It is why I have to obey you Siren, because my work was so quick and efficient that you are controlling me as we speak." It was hard to believe, but it made sense, why else would he let her go, this man was loyal to HYDRA.
"So you made me a monster, you took my gift and you made it ugly."
"That is the more negative way to look at it, or one would say I brought you a gift that can bring peace and order to the world." He wipes his brow "Of course we had to get rid of your brother first."
"Steve?" she says, "What did you do with him?"
He chuckles
"I am so proud of you; I am forced to answer you. I will warn you don't want the answer."
"Tell me!" Annie screamed, "What did you do? Where is he?"
"You were right Siren; it was his heroism that killed him. He died with the Red Skull, a true hero he was."
"No, you're lying." Annie was in hysterics, "He can't die... He is Captain America."
"I am sorry Siren, but it is the truth your brother lays in the bottom of the British channel. There is nothing you can do. You won't even make it out of this base...and then when we catch you..."
Annie had enough, she sprinted out of the door, but she didn't think to order her attacker to stall the alarms. She heard him shout,
"She is out! The Siren is activated, prepare for cryo!"
Annie had no idea what that was, but she heard the sounds of the men stomping down the halls.
Bursting out in a sprint, Annie noticed she was in nothing but a hospital gown and all the men were getting a nice look at her exposed back. But when you are running on foot from HYDRA soldiers, you don't put modesty on your list of important things to worry about.
"Secure Gate 4!" the voice booms over the speakers.
"No!" she screamed
Running faster than before Annie knew if she didn't get out of HYDRA something else could get her, Exposure, or a wild Animal.
"Open up the gates!"
Her gift didn't seem to be working.
"I said open them!" The men all had on ear plugs, effectively blocking her voice out.
"God damn it!" Annie tried to duck behind the men, but not before a man grabbed her firmly by the waist,
With the grace of a skilled fighter she kicked the man in the nose, upon contact his nose made a startling crack and he let her go. The second man approached her from the back, reaching for her neck. She ducked and he went soaring over her.
Annie was about to Take out the third man when she heard a charge of static, and then a stinging pain running through her body. It reminded her of the time she got electrocuted by a machine at the factory. Annie rose to her feet, but her kicks were sloppy and her punches missed. She started to run before passing out in the soldier's arms completely
...oOo…
Howard Stark and Peggy Carter hot wired a HYDRA jeep and where exactly three miles outside of Moscow, in her jeep, all the Howling commandos were squished together, a long look on their face.
Many felt that this was becoming a ghost hunt; it wouldn't be surprising considering it was their third dead end.
"It is different this time, we got Intel on them moving a package to Moscow, we can ambush the truck and even if Annie isn't there we are taking out some stray HYDRA forces."
"We are all a little down Stark we are in bloody Moscow." Dum Dum complained.
"Well just outside of it, I am detecting heat signatures from three bodies." Peggy looked at Howard's Thermal detector.
"Let's get ready boys." Stark says
Quickly switching seats with Peggy she pulls her pistol out, positioning it next to the closed window.
"On my count boys," She calls, "One, Two, And Three!"
Peggy opens the windows and places four bullets in each tire; the jeep comes to a halt.
They heard several screams.
"They are approaching us Stark, are you sure this will work?"
"Not a doubt in my mind, now back away from the window Agent Carter, unless you want to scar that pretty face of yours."
She quickly scoots towards him ducking her head and covering her neck.
The Agents fired in all the windows, trying to force the jeep open, quickly Dum Dum assembled the latest Stark weaponry, it was a missile launcher, and Stark named it Miss. Liberty.
"Is she ready?" Stark says
"As she will ever be!" He aims it towards the window, "This one is for the Captain."
The windows shatter and Dum Dum doesn't hesitate. Launching the weapon, the massive explosive hits the agents and instantly kills them. The shell of the jeep they were in exploded, the impact toppling it to its side.
"Is everyone okay?" Peggy asked
"Yeah Carter get us out of here."
Peggy kicks open the door and lets out a sigh at the fresh air, just like Howard planned it the short range missile killed their targets leaving the HYDRA van untouched.
The one she stole however was completely shattered.
"That gun has one hell of a kick." Peggy commented
"Yeah, she does." Howard runs towards the truck, "Let's see what we got here."
Dum Dum hits the lock off with a handgun, and Howard opens up the truck.
A gust of cold air greets him and he frowns in shock, it was like the inside to an ice cream truck.
He stepped inside; glad he had his winter coat on. There was only one object inside and it was a tube long enough for him to fit in it, it reminded him of a coffin.
It was made out of a material foreign to him Clear and resilient like plastic, but tough like glass.
He lifted the plate cover, inside it was a girl. Her blonde hair splayed out in familiar waves; she had an agile nose that was coated in ice. The only color to her was the ugly scar that wrapped around her neck and stopped behind her ears.
It took him a minute to recognize her, she was missing her muddy stockings, but it was Annie.
"Oh my god, what did they do to her?" Peggy's voice was in shock, "Howard is she still alive?"
He grabs the thermo detector from Peggy, Annie was alive she radiated heat, but at a lower temperature than normal.
"She is alive, but this is unlike anything I have ever seen. If we were to...thaw her out, I have no way of knowing the extent of her physical injuries including how the hell she got that!" He points to the scar on her neck.
"Well Stark, first things first we need to follow the plan just like before. Drive her out of Moscow. Then we will hit the first plane to New York where we will get the best doctors and…"
"No, I don't want her getting involved with the SSR. We need to give her a clean slate, she deserve that much. If she is in the system they will treat her like a lab rat, look what Phillips was willing to do with Steve."
"Look, that is a valid point, but we need to get out of here first…understood?" He nods
"Understood, Agent Carter."
Translations (According to google.)
Она будет бесчеловечных: She will be inhuman
Кто ты? что ты делаешь? пожалуйста остановись: Who are you what are you doing
Пожалуйста, что когда-либо вы делаете остановкуPlease whatever you are doing stop