The snow was falling with a vengeance, sweeping winds churned up recently fallen snow and making it near impossible to see the Russian landscape, but two lone figures dragging a much larger figure towards a log cabin, the main figures were two small children around 6 years old, one was a little girl with straw like hair and was dressed in a light green and dark green striped dress, the boy beside her was dressed in a gold and black suit with high shoulder struts. They both dragged their load and walk right into the cabin.
"Help!" the boy shouted into the cabin as he came in, panting from his load. Both children let go of their load and closed the door once it was fully in.
a young woman around 17 walked up to them from the other side of the small cabin, she was dressed in a black and purple huntress outfit and she had blazing red hair and glowing green eyes with a blue inner core. She looked at the melting figure laying on the floor of the cabin and turned towards a teen youth with a full black body suit.
"Ha-tarie," she said grabbing the figure under the arms, "help me put him on the table."
Ha-tarie grabbed the figure by his legs and lifted him up, helping her carry the figure to the handcrafted table and setting him down.
"Do you think it is possible he could revive?" Ha-tarie asked, his African accent thick and strong.
She scowled, looking the figure over.
"I don't know...we'll just have to wait and see, and if he's not friendly, do what is necessary." she then bent over the figure, her curiosity getting the better of her, she inspected him, the figure was a boy, roughly her age, he was missing his left arm and his clothes were in shreds, but she could make out the red and blue clothing well, he wore a black mask that only covered the area around his eyes, he had a bit of his chocolate brown hair over his closed eyes, which she reached to brush out of his face.
At that the figure's eyes snapped open, grabbing her wrist, his light blue eyes took one look at her then he flipped acrobatically over her and held her with his one hand, pushing her against the table, keeping her arm pinned behind her back.
"Wh-where am I?" he managed to gasp out, his eyes traveled along the cabin, taking in the cabin's 5 occupants.
Using her speed to surprise the youth she pinned him to the table, she then raised a hand and hit him with the side of her hand in his neck, effectively knocking him out. She let him slump down and lay where he was.
"Help me get him back onto the table" she stated.
She and Ha-tarie put the youth back on the table with little difficulty.
"Iron Maiden," she said, calling to the cabins fifth occupant, a 4 year old little girl, "scan the perimeters, any activity?" at this she began pulling off his shirt and exposing his torso, and she began to bandage his lost arm quickly and efficiently."
Iron Maiden turned to a device near the end of the cabin, It looked like a briefcase but when opened it looked like a portable super computer with multiple small screens.
"I see some activity coming from the south, synthezoid's are coming in this direction." she turned towards the red haired woman, waiting for orders.
She continued to bandage the boy, and without turning from her task she started calling orders.
"Everybody, get into the safe room, and get ready, Ha-tarie, help me get him into the safe room, we need to keep all safe, wake him once you get in, and don't come out until I give the signal." with that she finished her current task and helped Ha-tarie carry the youth into a room underneath the cabin foundation and rushed back up to the surface. The other children rushed to the safe room, Iron Maiden taking with her the suitcase. When she reached the surface she carefully recovered the disturbed dirt to the safe room and began getting ready. She first donned on a plain Eskimo suit and put on a dark wig, she quickly hid any sign of the children in the room, needing only to cover their tracks and hide the youth's shirt, then she sat at the table and pretended to be eating.
Below in the safe room Ha-tarie was attempting to wake the youth, he was shaking him lightly, so as not to disturb the bandages.
"Sir?" seeing it not work he called out a little more directly, "SIR?" he said shaking the youth.
The boy yelped and looked around, confused, but he quickly made a look of determination.
"I'm not giving up Hydra scum! Do your worst!" he said, his voice brimming with determination and anger, he looked ready to fight, but Ha-tarie simply put a calming hand on the youth's shoulder.
"Do not worry, my friend, we are not 'Hydra' people, but we need your help to survive, when we get the signal we are to run as fast from here as we can, we cant let the-" as he spoke a loud crash was heard above them in the cabin.
"Wh-" the youth started, only to have his mouth covered by Ha-tarie, who held up a finger to his lips, signifying silence and all in the safe room listened to the commotion above.
The red haired woman went flying as the robot slammed her against the wall, holding her by her neck, she made a yelp of pain and tried to croak out some words.
"p-please!" she begged in Russian, "let me go!"
the youth listened at what was going on above, but could not understand what was being said.
The robot tightened its grip.
"negative, all human life forms are to be destroyed."
The girl's look of terror melted into a dark look, she kicked the robot back and kicked it hard in the head, knocking it down and quickly she pulled out a rubber looking handle while throwing off the wig, she gripped both ends and pulled them apart, and the handle split and turned into a pair of scimitar's and used them to behead the machine, quickly she rushed out and took action, there were 8 robots, but she destroyed them within seconds, slashing and twisting her twin swords, then once her work was done she re-sheathed the weapons and clipped it to a clip near her shoulder, quickly she re-entered the cabin and opened the safe room door.
"everybody out, lets go! MOVE!"
The three children rushed out, each carrying a duffel duffel bag of supplies, the red head quickly hopped down into the room, she quickly took hold of the youth and held his one arm over her shoulder and helped him climb out of the hole, Ha-tarie followed, leaping from the hidden space carrying three duffel bags and rushed out of the cabin. Once she and the youth were out of the hole she set him down on the only chair in the cabin and began taking off her coat.
"Can you keep going soldier?" she asked, putting the coat on him and buttoned it up.
He nodded
"Good," she said, making him stand, " I'll stay by your side, we have to get to safety." she pushed him towards the door and he stumbled out. Before she left she grabbed his hidden shirt and went out after him.
When he was outside he looked around, curiosity getting the better of him and he looked in awe at the large mountains and the snow everywhere, but a shove from the girl forced him forward.
"We don't have time for sightseeing soldier" she hissed, "we must go or risk being killed."
he nodded and she bolted forward, he followed behind, questions stirring in his mind, but he pushed them back to concentrate at the task at hand.
They arrived at the base of a mountain, he assumed they were going to climb it but then the redhead called a strange order.
"Stinger, Pym, Iron Maiden, get the duffel's to the checkpoint, then return to get us." she said, stuffing the boy's shirt in one of the bags.
the little ones nodded, and much to the surprise of the youth the two older children began to float, the girl shrank and grew pixie wings, and the boy put on a black mask and grabbed 2 duffel bags, the pixie girl called Stinger, took one in each hand and remarkably lifted them without seeming to be overwhelmed, the youngest set down her suitcase and stepped on it, it seemed to break apart and build itself around her, forming a full body metallic suit that was blue and silver in color. She then took the last two duffel's and flew to after the other two.
After they had gone she turned to the boy.
"I am Scarlet Arrow, leader of this group, we are called the N.A.s, or Next Avengers, we are a surviving group of humans and super humans trying to survive, what is your name?" she stated, waiting for him to respond.
He took a deep breathe, letting her words sink in first before responding.
"I'm Bucky Barnes, I am an American elite soldier, part of a squad of allied soldiers, I work alongside Captain America." he said proudly, standing straight and saluting with his arm but winced and rubbed his shoulder, only to seem surprised.
"M-my arm!" he said, eyes growing wide in shock,"i-its gone!
Scarlet Arrow looked him over, but gave no sign of emotion, but simply began to speak.
"Mr. Barnes, exactly what year are you from?" she asked.
His response was to start undoing the coat, Scarlet Arrow made no move to stop him as his bandaged chest was exposed, he only stared at the empty space, completely dumfounded, he stared at the bandages and lightly touched them with his fingers before turning on Scarlet Arrow.
"What did you DO to me?" he roared.
She responded by picking up his coat and putting it back on him.
"Stinger and Pym found you in the ice and brought you to our cabin, I'll have Iron Maiden make something for your arm. As I asked earlier, what year are you from?" she looked him in the eye, her stern ones locking onto his shocked ones.
He stared at her for a second before speaking.
"I-im from the year 1945, m-me and Cap were fighting the Red Skull, w-we were trying to bring him down but we ended up nearly blowing up- wait, Cap, wheres Cap?" he sounded panicked but Scarlet Arrow put a hand on his shoulder
"Bucky Barnes, this is the year 2032, Captain America is no more, he was destroyed during an over-running of New York by Ultron's forces, along with most of the other avengers, Tony Stark, a brilliant scientist and inventor, sent us away to hide out, we now have to leave behind due to Ultron's forces attempting to locate us, is that understood?"
Bucky stared at her in shock before leaning against the mountain and sliding down to the ground.
"2032..." he whispered, "i was gone for almost a hundred years...Cap...gone."
Scarlet Arrow simply nodded then looked up to see the children returning. After all three had landed Scarlet Arrow approached them.
"Stinger, you take Ha-tarie, Pym, take Mr. Barnes," she said, motioning towards Bucky," and I'll go with Iron Maiden."
Stinger grabbed Ha-tarie's shirt back and flew towards their destination, Iron Maiden held Scarlet Arrow's hand and he flew off, Pym took Bucky's arm and flew up, holding him easily.
"Don't look down." he said to him, but his warning came too late, he was staring at the ground, feeling helpless as he was flown over to their checkpoint, after only a few moments they arrived, it was a small cave in one of the mountains, it was well hidden and inside was all their supplies.
As he was set down Bucky noticed all the others were gathering around the one called Iron Maiden.
"Set the coordinates with the next safe house," Scarlet Arrow said, "we need to get to there as soon as possible."
Iron Maiden nodded then turned on the device, the device whirled as it powered up, it glowed a brilliant green and that green began to leak from it churning and twisting, forming a wide circle in the air, inside the circle Bucky could see a mountain, it was clear and he could see what looked like another cabin, he looked in fascination until Scarlet Arrow shoved a bag into his arm.
"Move it." she said, all the others held their duffel bag's and went through the portal, Scarlet Arrow shoved Bucky through it and Iron Maiden turned off the device, closing it, once everybody was through.
Bucky stared in awe, the mountains were beautiful, and the cabin looked homely, unconciously he gripped his arm and his awe was replaced with a grim look.
"Welcome," Scarlet said, "to the future, Bucky Barnes."