TRIGGER WARNING! MENTION OF RAPE!

It's late night and Tony and Clint are walking to one of Tony's vehicles, in the garage of the Stark Tower.

"You really love doing activities in the late evening, huh?" Clint yawned.

"Well since that Living Dead Girl is getting on my nerves, my insomnia is out of control. So thank her for the dark circles underneath your eyes when you see her."

"Mr. Stark?" a young male voice called out.

The men stopped walking, turned around and saw Peter Parker standing behind them. The teenager had a pleading expression on his face.

"I want to go with you. Maybe I can help," he said.

"Kid, no. This is our business," Tony warned. "Besides, it's bedtime for you."

"Please, Mr. Stark. I want some answers from her as well. Just please, let me go with you," the boy begged. "Who knows I can get the answers you want. I know her."

"You really know her?" Tony remarked, annoyed, as he inclined his head a little bit.

"Well, not a lot but…" He looked at his mentor with begging eyes. "Please let me go with you."

Tony looked at Clint.

"Why not?" Clint shrugged.

The billionaire rolled his eyes.

"Okay, hop in the car," Tony sighed reluctantly.

The Avengers were still on the ground. Sam coughed as he inhaled a feather. Bucky opened his eyes and looked worried at Julia. Her expression was filled with anxiety as she tried to control her breathing without choking.

"Are you okay?" Bucky asked worriedly.

Panic rose in her nerves as her body started to tremble. Her eyes widened when she remembered her nightmare that unfortunately really happened to her inside HYDRA. Bucky took her by the shoulders.

"Calm down, Julia."

"Get off me," she stammered while begging. She took her head in her hands as she squeezed her eyes shut. "Please, get off me."

Bucky looked at her in shock and wondered what happened to her. He could guess she was tortured and manipulated badly, but also…?

Slowly he let her go and looked at Sam and Bruce. They were watching the two worriedly. Bucky looked at Steve and Wanda, who were standing at the other side of the bed. They also were concerned, although Wanda could feel what had happened to Julia. Bucky looked back at Julia who was still hiding her face in her arms, trying to breathe steadily.

"Julia? Please tell…"

"GET OFF ME!" Julia interrupted him, yelling at him and pushing him roughly away.

Propelled by the push, Bucky flew through the air, hitting the wall with his back. Quickly Julia stood up and ran out of the room. Bucky stood up immediately and made a move to follow her, but a stab of pain in his chest held him down. He clenched his jaw as he took a breath, stood up anyways and ran after her.

Julia ran as fast as she could through the hallways of the dormitory wing. She arrived at an emergency door, pushed down the bar to open it, and ran into the darkness of the night.

"Julia!" she heard Bucky calling out but she kept on running.

Out of the blue Wanda landed in front of her. Julia couldn't stop in time and bumped hard into her, they both fell in the dirt. In confusion Julia pushed herself off Wanda to run away, but Wanda grabbed her ankle and made her fall again.

"Let me go!" the teen cried out.

"I know you're scared and want to run from it. But please stay here for your safety," Wanda warned as she kept holding Julia's ankle.

Then they heard a man laughing. The girls looked up and saw a silhouette in the darkness. Wanda stood up and protected Julia by standing in between them with blazing hands. In the meantime, Bucky arrived. He was slightly panting after his run.

"The Winter Soldier. Such an honor to meet you," the silhouette spoke as he stepped into a beam of a security light and revealed his identity. "My name is Alexander Calla."

Julia crawled a bit back as anxiety built up when she recognized his face. Her heart raced in her chest when the disgusting scene played in her mind.

"Doesn't ring any bells for me," Bucky snarled sarcastically as he came closer to the trio.

"That's because Whitehall and Pierce were on different projects inside HYDRA," Lex chuckled.

A slight shock in Julia's body as she heard Whitehall's name again. Lex closed his eyes and laid a hand on his heart.

"Bless Pierce's soul," Alex said as he made the gesture of the cross with his hand.

"Well, I'd be blessed if he burned in hell!" Bucky snarled again.

Lex snapped his eyes open and quickly grabbed a gun out of the pocket of his long coat to shoot at Bucky. Wanda in her turn rapidly placed a magical shield in between them to stop the bullet. The bullet hit the shield and dissolved. Lex looked amazed at Wanda's trick. He lowered his gun and smiled.

"I see you're one of us."

"I'm not one of you," Wanda sneered in return. "And neither is she."

Lex looked at Julia, who slowly stood up from the dirt. She took a few steps back and bumped into Bucky. In shock she turned and faced the soldier. Gently Bucky laid his hands on her arms.

"Let's go inside," Bucky whispered.

They started walking until Lex started talking out loud.

"Come with me into Whitehall's HYDRA and you'll find meaning."

She stopped and turned around to face Lex.

"You know The Sir too?" she asked, amazed.

A bigger smile appeared on Lex's face.

"I am serving him with great pleasure."

Julia stood still and just stared at him, trying to process what she heard.

"You know what's best? What's best is to come with me," Lex suggested as he reached out his hand.

Wanda still separated them with the magical shield.

Julia released herself from Bucky and took a few steps towards Lex.

"Julia, don't listen to him,' she heard Bucky warning her.

Thoughts about her choices went through her head. Inside the compound she feels safe with The Avengers but she knew she would put them into danger because of HYDRA. She also felt an urge to be with Whitehall, who gave her life and comfort during her stay in HYDRA. She couldn't remember him and The Madame talking about The Avengers.

"I have to go," the teen announced.

"What? No! You'll be…" Wanda warned her, but got cut off.

"Wanda, please. It's for the safety of The Avengers. What if a whole army of HYDRA breaks down the compound just for me?" Tears welled up in her eyes. "It's better to go with him." Julia looked at the magical shield. "Let it go, Wanda," she said, determined.

Suddenly Julia felt somebody take her elbow. She looked around her shoulder and saw it was Bucky.

"Don't, Julia. They will trigger you and let you kill innocent people. Can't you remember what they did to you against me?" he begged.

Julia laid a gloved hand on Bucky's hand which was holding her.

"I do remember and I'll make sure it won't happen again. Trust me," she reassured him.

Then they let each other go and Julia glanced back to Wanda. Julia laid a hand on Wanda's shoulder.

"It's okay," the teen whispered to her.

Wanda looked at her with sad eyes. She could feel the confusion in Julia. Carefully she faded out the shield. The teenager hugged her. Over Julia's shoulder, Wanda looked at Lex with angry eyes.

Lex said nothing and just looked at them, still smiling.

The girls let each other go and Julia went to Lex. The two walked into the forest.

Wanda went over to Bucky who just stood in place in disbelief. Bucky watched how Julia walked into the woods. Once the teenager looked over her shoulder, looked back at her path and then she disappeared.

"Oh my god," he whispered, confused. "She just…" He shook his head as he went through his hair with his hands. He thought he was getting crazy. "Am I dreaming?"

"No, you're not," Wanda said with a trembling voice, also not believing what happened. "She's very confused. She's trying to protect us but she can't protect herself. They already have her mentally under control."

Bucky rubbed his face, trying to let what he had just witnessed sink in.

"We need to go back to the compound," he mumbled in disbelief as he released his face.

Julia and Lex walked through the forest to HYDRA's helicopter. A hesitation occurred in Julia and she stopped a few feet from the helicopter. Lex noticed, stopped as well and looked at her.

"What?" he sneered at her.

Julia froze in place as she tried to speak. She swallowed a lump in her throat as tears welled up in her eyes. She shook her head and looked back at the compound in the far distance.

"I don't know anymore," she stuttered confusedly.

Lex quickly went over to her, grabbed her by the elbow and dragged her to the helicopter. Julia was too confused to protest and just followed his lead. He pushed her into the aircraft, jumped in and closed the door. Lex took his place behind the control column. Julia sat next to him, staring at her feet. He started the engine of the aircraft. He took the microphone of the radio and made contact.

"Calla to HYDRA. I have the subject."

He waited a few seconds until the other side made contact.

"Roger that. Come back to Delaware base immediately," a woman's voice with a Russian accent filled the cockpit.

Fear overwhelmed her and her heart started to race as Julia recognized the voice. It was Madame HYDRA, and memories of torture by the Madame went through her mind.

Steve looked up when a devastated Bucky entered the room. Bucky's face turned to anger as he saw his friend. Steve stood up from his chair when Bucky approached him. Suddenly Bucky grabbed Steve by the collar of his hoodie.

"Where were you?" he growled.

"Bucky calm down. I know you're angry but…"

"You were supposed to help us get her back! Why didn't you help us?" Bucky yelled desperately.

Steve could see the anger in his eyes and hear the desperation in his voice. Bruce walked over to the duo and laid a hand on Bucky's shoulder.

"I guess it's better to let Steve go and have a seat. We will explain everything," Bruce told him.

Bucky did what Bruce suggested, he let go of Steve and took a seat on a chair next to the bed where he had woken up from his coma. Steve leaned against the bed, Wanda took a seat on the bed across from them. Natasha, who joined them during the absence of Bucky and Wanda, sat in the chair next to the bed where Julia had been. Sam settled in front of the window and stared into the woods, while Bruce stood in front of Bucky thinking how to start his speech. Bucky waited impatiently.

"Well. Do we have a plan to save her or what? Because that's what you were doing here huh? Thinking about a plan," Bucky grumbled.

"We did. But Bucky…" Steve sighed in grief. "Julia is seriously ill."

"She's scared, Steve!" Bucky snapped with a loud voice as he threw his hands in the air. "We have to save her and keep her here. She's safe here! Not HYDRA. Not SHIELD. Here in this compound! With us!"

Steve shook his head and laid his face in his hands, while Bucky was rambling. He just doesn't know how to explain this to his best friend. Then Bruce took over the conversation.

"Bucky, listen to me. I had contact with the doctor of SHIELD, who investigated her. She told me that Julia is developing Stockholm Syndrome."

Bucky looked confused at him.

"What's that?"

"Stockholm Syndrome is a condition in which hostages develop a psychological alliance with their captors during captivity," Bruce started to explain. "Emotional bonds may be formed, between captor and captives, during intimate time together, but these are generally considered irrational in light of the danger or risk endured by the victims."

Bucky's eyes widened in shock. He turned silent for a moment.

"But why didn't you come and help us? We could have used your help," he asked, confused.

"We thought you and Wanda could handle it," Steve admitted.

"We couldn't. Julia is mentally too damaged," Wanda sighed. "Too desperate to leave us and return to HYDRA for our safety."

Sam stared out of the window into the woods. In the distance he saw HYDRA's helicopter flying up in the sky.

"I guess that's HYDRA's helicopter with her," Sam sighed.

Then out of nowhere the Iron Man flew towards the helicopter. Sam saw it happening, turned around and started to leave the room, quickly.

"Change of plan! Tony is getting after her. I'll go!"

Sam ran to the armor warehouse, a small wing next to the medical ward.

He opened the corridor of the warehouse and collected his stuff from his personal locker.

Sam placed the jetpack with his wings on his back after he had his suit on, grabbed a few items and left the compound.

In the meantime Natasha started doing a surgery on Julia's stuffed animal. Bruce went to his lab to make contact with SHIELD.

Bucky was on his laptop again, searching for more information. He found combat reports, how many times she's been wiped and her punishments. During reading he felt somebody staring at him. He looked up and saw it was Wanda.

"Something wrong?" he wondered as he saw her concerned face.

"I felt a disgusted aura between Julia and that man," Wanda admitted after she sighed. "I could read her mind when she arrived here."

Tears welled up in her eyes and Bucky wondered what was wrong, but also he got worried.

"You know what happened?" he asked.

Wanda walked over to him and hovered a glowing hand in front of his forehead. Caused by her powers, horrific images came into his mind of Julia and two men, raping her. Guilt hit Bucky's guts as the images faded out of his mind.

"That's why she got so scared when I was on top of her. I triggered her."

Bucky shook his head and stood up from his seat. He wandered around the room, still trying to believe what head seen. But his mind was on rapid speed. Thoughts about how scared Julia would be during her torture. The pain she felt. How she possibly begged them to stop.

Suddenly he punched a hole in the wall with his metal fist.

"Bucky, calm down!" Steve warned.

"They raped her!"

"What?" Steve reacted upset.

Natasha covered her mouth with her hand, in shock. Bucky balled his fists, they trembled in anger.

"I want to kill him. I want to kill them all," he growled in anger.

"One of them is already killed. The other man is with her now," Wanda said with a shaky voice.

Bucky was walking around the area, very restlessly.

Something was bothering Steve. He noticed that when Bucky was talking about Julia he got very protective. He went to him and laid an arm around his friend's shoulders.

"Come on, let's have a coffee." Over his shoulder he looked at Wanda and Natasha. "You keep doing advanced preparation. If we come back we will start with the new plan."

The ladies nodded and the men left the room.

Together they walked to the coffee machine at the end of the hallway. Bucky took a seat in the waiting area, while Steve chose a hot drink from the machine.

"I want to talk to you in private."

"About what?" Bucky snapped, still not calming down.

"Julia. And please be honest."

Bucky huffed out a smile. Steve gave him a coffee and sat next to him. Bucky took a sip of his hot drink.

"What do you want to know?" Bucky mumbled because he was still pissed off.

"Do you love her?"

"Of course, Steve!" the mourning soldier snapped.

"Bucky, may I remind you she's just seventeen?"

For a moment, Bucky blinked his eyes at him, not believing what he heard. Then he laughed for a moment. Steve wondered why he was laughing.

"You think I'm IN LOVE with her?"

Steve nodded.

"No, Steve. No. Like you said, she's seventeen! Besides, she is not my type." He sighed. "I just see her as my little sister." He stared at the wall in front of them. He squeezed his eyes lightly. "Just imagine her as a brunette and brown eyes. Who do you see?"

Steve gazed at the ceiling. In his mind he imagined Julia as a brown eyed brunette. Then he noticed the resemblance.

"Your sister Rebecca?" Steve questioned.

"Exactly! She looks just like Rebecca and that's why I protect her." He looked at his friend. "She's our little sister. We are her new family. HYDRA misled her about family-values, so we have to teach her about that again."

"I understand your protectiveness towards her now," Steve admitted.

Bucky smiled at his friend, thankful he understood him.

"Now let's suit up and see if that plan of yours will work, Captain."

Natasha placed the last stitch on the stuffed animal. After she was done she put on the little red shirt over its body. She held the bear in her hands and looked at it.

"I hope this plan works," she shared her concern towards Wanda.

"It will, and your plan will work as well."

Natasha smiled because she knew Wanda was mostly right. She gazed at the laptop on Bucky's bed. She walked to it and looked at the screen. It still showed the page with Julia's information. Natasha read the reports quickly. Her heart pounded when she read about punishments, trigger words and the amount of wipes she got put through. She sunk her head as she released a sigh.

Bucky and Steve returned to the room, both suited up. Bucky noticed Natasha reading the report. She looked up at him.

"Is this everything they have done to her?"

Bucky swallowed away a lump in his throat and took a deep breath.

"I guess not. "

"I suspected she's been trained by someone from The Red Room and they did the ceremony on her," Natasha admitted.

Bucky went over to her and hugged her. He knew about the history of the Red Room, so he understood her fear.

Steve went to the stuffed animal and took it in his hands.

"Could you place the GPS?"

"Yes, I did," Natasha replied, as she released herself from Bucky.

"Could you find Scott?"

"No, he wasn't in Bucky's room," Wanda replied.

"Okay, now let's go before…"

"You aren't going anywhere," somebody interrupted from the doorway.

They all looked up and saw Clint blocking the entrance. Natasha slightly rolled her eyes before she went over to the arrowed man.

"Clint, we've talked about this before."

"Where is she?"

"She left. She knows she'll bring us in danger, so she left," Natasha partly lied.

Clint looked deeply in her eyes, squeezing his own a little. He even slightly inclined his head.

"I don't…."

Suddenly Natasha punched him in the face before he could finish his sentence. He stumbled backwards and tripped over his own feet. Bucky, Wanda and Steve took the benefit of the action and quickly passed them by to run into the hallway. Clint saw them running away and tried to stand up but a kick in his nuts by Natasha put him down again. He moaned and cringed when Natasha walked away from him.

Julia watched how the trees became smaller as the chopper lifted up into the air. Once the aircraft had its altitude, Lex pushed on a button to activate the automatic pilot. He glanced at Julia and noticed she wasn't fastened to the seat. He sighed and shook his head, wondering why she was so stupid not to fastened the seatbelt.

"Wouldn't it be wise to fasten yourself?" he asked annoyed.

"Nothing happened, right," Julia mentioned as she shrugged a shoulder, still looking out of the window.

Lex rolled his eyes at her remark. Then the chopper jerked once and Julia looked scared at the man. The HYDRA agent looked around to see what happened. From the corner of her eye, Julia saw a laser beam cutting out a U-form in the ceiling. Four red shining fingers went through the gap and pulled open the roof. Caused by the wind pressure, Julia was launched from her seat and got blasted to the other side of the chopper, while she screamed out her lungs in anxiety. Iron Man jumped into the chopper and quickly looked at Lex, who looked amazed at the intruder.

"You! Out!" Iron Man demanded and quickly pushed a button on the control stick.

Suddenly Lex and his chair got ejected out of the aircraft with a scream.

Iron Man looked up at Julia who laid in the back of the chopper. She rolled over to lay on her stomach and saw the red-golden robot approaching.

"Okay, Living Dead Girl. You're coming with me," Iron Man demanded as he walked towards her.

Julia got on her hands and knees, her body was aching of being smacked against the sides of the aircraft. Scared she looked at the red-golden robot. Quickly she looked around for a way to escape. In the corner she saw a crate with weapons. She jumped at it, took out a SIG Sauer P226 and quickly fed some bullets into it. She aimed with a shaky hand at him.

"Are you seriously going to shoot at me with that?"

"Make me," Julia snarled back.

Inside his helmet, Tony rolled his eyes. He reached out his arms sideward.

"Go ahead."

Her heart started to race when anxiety kicked in. As far as she could remember, she had never held a weapon in her hands. Although she had memories of holding weapons, she couldn't believe it was really her because it wasn't in her nature to use it. Slowly she laid a finger on the trigger. Sweat broke out as she closed her eyes and clenched her jaw. Then she pulled the trigger. Julia shrieked at the loud sound of the shot. The blast out of the gun made her ears ring. She opened her eyes and saw Iron Man still standing there without a scratch. She pulled the trigger again and saw how the bullet bounced off his suit. Her mouth fell open in amazement and her eyes were filled with fear.

"My turn now," Iron Man announced as he lifted up his hand.

His hand palm had a blue glowing circle. A second later a laser beam blasted out of it. Julia could dive away just in time before getting hit. She tried to run away from him while he kept following and firing her. Then a laser beam hit her between the shoulders. She got blasted against the gate of the chopper, which was still flying on automatic pilot. The impact ejected Julia through the exit and she got sucked into the air. With a scream she reached out her hand and was able to grab the hanging door of the chopper. The wind blew into her face as she hung outside the aircraft. When she looked up she saw Iron Man looking at her.

"Help me," she begged him. "Please!"

Iron Man did nothing and just stared at her. All of a sudden the door broke out of its frame, causing Julia to fall into the depth. During her fall she screamed and cried. Thoughts about her ending went through her mind.

Then out of nowhere, two strong arms caught her.

"I've got you!" she heard a familiar voice.

She opened her eyes and saw Sam. Tears of happiness left her eyes when she smiled at him. Sam glanced at her and smiled back. But the moment abruptly ended when Iron Man shot a laser beam and hit Sam's wings.

"Shit!" he yelled as he lost balance.

It caused him to lose Julia and she fell towards the depths again.

"SAM!" she screamed while reaching out a hand during her fall.

"JUL!" Sam yelled back but couldn't chase her as Iron Man was on his back and had begun a fight with him in midair.

In the meantime, Julia fell towards her death.