"Good, you're back. Take it your mission was successful? Well, I suppose our mutual friend sent you by for your tune-up before the deep freeze, but I also finally got permission to use the new batch on the number recruits. Tell you what Assent, you can help me keep an eye on the little ones. I've been told that the youngest has a bit of a rebellious spirit, and you know how that is! Well, you don't, but that is the point!"

The winter soldier listened as the doctor rambled on, only noting what his new mission was. Watch the 'little ones', especially the youngest.

"Good, good. I was wondering when my new test subjects would be ready. Now, who wants to go first? I have something a little different for Odin so we will have to do that last my little doe."

There were only four left now. The winter soldier briefly recalled before he left, there was five, but that doesn't matter. It will be unlikely that more the one or two will survive the doctor's experiments.

"What do you think Asset? Think the other girl should go first?"

The Winter Soldier turned his head from the children, but didn't give an answer. The Doctor just like the attention, not input from anyone. Especially not a tool like himself.

At first, it seemed to be proceeding as normal. The winter soldier didn't notice anything that Hydra wouldn't like, until the test subject started screaming. One of the boys started trying to run out of the room, but the winter soldier saw the others responded to that. No, what made him move was the girl he was told to watch ran to the test subject.

He grabbed her so that the doctor could choose to subdue or eliminate her later, when suddenly everything changed.

There was an uncomfortable pressure all around him, then just as suddenly as it happened, it stopped. He dropped the girl who in turn was holding the hand of the test subject.

They were no longer in the base.

Luckily there was no one around, but it still didn't make him calm down. The temperature was warmer, and it was raining. They were on a sandy beach that was empty for miles.

There was a small house nearby in the dunes that could serve as a hideout until they are contacted.

With that plan in mind, the winter soldier picked up the two girls, one whos screams have finally started to temper out, and walked to the house.

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[SP at max]

[HP at max]

[status healed: overexhaustion]

[status remaining: bruised ribs (2/4), migraine (1/2)]

For a moment I just stayed still, enjoying the fact I was sleeping in. It didn't last very long since waking up with a headache was never very pleasant, but before I could wonder if I did anything the night before that would cause that, I remembered.

"Shit."

I bolted up, barely noticing the fact I was in a normal bed with blankets, before getting out of the room.

"Sandra! Feliks!"

The house wasn't familiar, but it looked like one of those many vacation homes in a small beachside town. The room I was in looked to be a master bedroom even though it was hardly big enough to fit the queen-sized bed in it. The first room I checked was the one to the left - a half bathroom- and then the second bedroom after that.

"Holy fu-feck, you're still alive."

Sandra was in the bed, pale and whimpering in pain, but very obviously still alive.

But Feliks isn't.

Or maybe he is. I'm not sure what he was doing before I Apparition away but I'm pretty sure I heard a gunshot. Either way I... shouldn't leave him there.

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I woke up. In the real bed, not a cot.

"Shit. Oh shit, no."

It saved when I passed out.

If I can't go back in time, then Feliks is really dead. Or he's not, but I can't Apparition there if that distance is just going to make me pass out. They'll probably kill me. No, they would kill me if they find out I can leave whenever. Or brainwash me if they think I could be useful and that can not happen.

More calmly, I walked out of the room. I needed to make sure that at the very least Sandra is okay. Then I can... figure out what to do next.

"...What are you doing here?"

I was not expecting the winter soldier to just be down the hall leaning against the wall. Was he there before and I just was too panicked to notice?

"Waiting for mission update."

I blinked slowly a few times, hoping that maybe this was just a dream. Or a nightmare. I'm not picky.

"Um, so you're not going to stop me from going in there?" I asked, pointing to the room I found Sandra in.

The Winter soldier just keep staring me down.

"Right, I'm just gonna..." Then I slipped in and closed the door behind me.

I guess he grabbed me and got pulled along?

That is just something else I'll have to deal with.

Later.

"Sandra? Are you... awake?" I said, figuring asking if she was okay was pointless.

I got a groan instead of an answer, so I got closer.

"Hey, Sandra? If you are in pain you need to tell me where it hurts." I tried again, this time close enough to touch her.

She was burning up. Like easily over 108F, aka brain seizure temperature. For adults. Pretty sure the danger zone is lower for children.

Fuuuuu-

"Sandra? I'm going to need you to stand up for me."

I figured first thing I needed to do was to get her into a cool - not cold - bath to bring down her fever. Then maybe call an ambulance. Hopefully, winter soldier wouldn't follow us and we'll have a few days before Hydra finds out where we are. It's probably a good thing they thought I had super speed instead of teleporting. It should take them some time before looking in other countries.

Only, once I got the covers off, I realized just how bad off Sandra really was.

One of her legs was completely gone, all the way up to right below the hip bone. Wrapped around the numb was a blood shocked t-shirt that I realized winter soldier did for some reason that I just couldn't think about right then.

"I am so, so sorry."

Not only will she have nightmares about her time, but now she is physically disabled because of me.

"I-I'll call right now and get you help. They'll make the pain better, okay Sandra? I need you to hold on a bit longer."

With that, I ran out the door and hoped that there was a landline somewhere in the house. Luckily I found one on the wall by what I assumed was the front door to the house. I had to go on my tiptoes to even pull it off the carrier before I heard the beeping telling me that it was still active.

I can't even remember the last time I used a landline. Probably in elementary school to call my parents.

"Hello, 911, please state your emergency."

"My sister got her leg bitten off by a shark and she has a really high fever, I don't know how high but-"

"Is your parents there sweety?" Said the calm voice on the other said, though it only served to make me more frantic.

"No, just me. I'm at... I actually don't know where I am. There wasn't anyone on the beach and I needed a phone so... You can track me right? If I stay on the line?"

It was then I realized I had no idea what the year was. When was the technology for tracking even invented?

"Yes, I already sent an ambulance and they are on the way. Now you said it was a shark?"

"I don't know I didn't see it." I lied again, but hopefully, they will take that reason since it is the only thing that makes a tiny bit of sense in this whole situation.

Shark attack sounds way more realistic than a teleportation accident.

"Are you hurt?"

I paused because, technically, I am. But did I really want to be stuck in a hospital were Hydra could find us more easily? However, Sandra needed medical attention, and I needed to stay with her to make she no one tries to get either of us.

"My chest hurts when I breathe."

"Is it a sharp pain or lingering?"

For ten minutes I stayed on the phone with the operator answering her questions the best I could. I said our last names were Green (the color of the walls) and that I haven't seen our parents since we got in the water.

I also kept an eye on the winter soldier who has not moved the entire time I was on the phone. It was starting to freak me out more than the whole assassin thing. And the fact that he was most likely the one who brought Sandra and me into this house and banged Sandra's leg. Unless someone else did it, which would make way more sense but that's just hopeful thinking.

It just didn't make sense for the winter soldier to help, and Bucky wouldn't be around to help until Steve is back to break through his conditioning. Therefore the fact that he helped means that Hydra would have wanted him too, which is not good.

Hopefully 'waiting for mission update' means that he will literally wait until someone from Hydra finds him.

After the longest 15 minutes of my life, sirens could be heard. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath.

"Okay, I hear them. I'm gonna hang up now."

"It was nice talking to you Lani. I hope we can find your parents soon."

With that, I ended the call without bothering to hang it back up.

The winter soldier was no longer leaning against the wall, but was looking like he was getting ready for a fight. Which is the last thing Sandra needs, but I don't have time to try calming him down.

"You should hide," I told him before running to open the front door.

The lock was completely broken, but I didn't have time to ponder about that.

When the emergency response team came through the house to get Sandra, the winter soldier was gone. I didn't know where he went, and it wasn't long before some of them tried checking me out as well.

"I'm stable. I can wait 'till we get to the hospital."

Not sure how much that helped, but soon enough I was in the back on the ambulance with only a spare IV in my wrist. I wanted nothing more than to go back to sleep, but despite the ER telling me I could, I stayed awake during the 30 min drive into the nearest major city.

I must have looked very pathetic, because even when we arrived, the nurses and doctors didn't kick me out of the room until Sandra was moved to surgery. Only then did I let them bandage my ribs and get hooked up to a heart monitor.

I didn't let myself fall asleep. I just closed my eyes and listened. All I needed was for Sandra to become stable, then we can leave. Stay under the radar. Hopefully being in America will give us some time, but I honestly have no idea how much they care about 'test subjects' like Sandra and I. Maybe in a few years they will even give up on us.

"...That was no shark bite. The leg was cut off with surgical precision. Maybe even better since there are no signs of micro-tears... You said the sister is also extremely dehydrated, and malnourished?"

"Along with three week old bruised ribs and signs of a minor seizure that happened within 24 hours..."

The doctors walked out of my range of hearing after that, and I didn't overhear much that was useful about Sandra's state.

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[HP at max]

[SP at max]

[status healed: migraine]

[status remaining: bruised ribs (3/4)]

I shot up when I realized that I had fallen asleep.

"Sorry dear, did I wake up?" A nurse asked, smiling at me for some reason.

"Do you know how my sister is? Sandra Green." I asked right away, and I would have climbed out of bed as well if it wasn't for the wire and tubes I was still connected to.

"She just got out of the CC, which means she is doing better. You can go back to sleep."

"Can I see her?"

The nurse paused for a moment, before looking at the clipboard at the foot of my bed.

"I'll ask your doctor." She said before leaving.

I did feel much better than yesterday, if it had even been a full day. However every moment we stay is a huge risk, so I need to start getting ready to leave at a moments notice.

I was trying to see if I could cause the heart monitor to malfunction without ringing an alarm using my alchemy when the doctor finally came in. With a wheelchair.

"Seriously? I'm not the one with the missing leg."

"Sorry kid, it's the rule. Now, do you want to see your sister?"

I agreed, letting the doctor carrying me in her arms and place me in the chair without any fuss. I might have made a face at being carried like a child, but that was it.

The room she took me to was just like any other room in the hospital and with the thin blanket covering her, Sandra looked normal. If having an oxygen tube and the faint beeping of the heart monitor can be considered normal.

"H-how is she. Honestly." I asked without taking my eyes of the girl.

It just... sucked. She was only eight. She shouldn't have ever been in this situation to begin with but...

"Her body white blood count is extremely high."

"Like leukemia high or just sick high?"

My question seemed to shock the Doctor, but she recovered soon enough.

"Some of my colleagues think it might be poison. From whatever animal bit her leg off."

I nodded. It was probably from whatever the mad scientist injected her with, but I can't tell them that. Or I could, but I don't think it would help. I have no idea what he hoped to do with that, and so them treating it as a poison is probably for the best.

"If she remains stable for another two hours we can move you both into the same room."

"Thanks."

I was allowed to stay for those two hours, though it ended up being a little less than one before alarms started going off.

I jumped out of the wheelchair even as doctors and nurses filled the room.

"Give her a sedative!"

Sandra was convulsing on the bed, looking like something from one of those exorcism movies. I only heard Sandra scream once more before someone literally picked me up in order to get me out of the room.

I waited.

And waited.

And waited, as people left and entered the room. Finally, I saw the doctor who was apparently also my doctor leave.

"Um, sorry, but is Sandra..."

"I'm sorry Lani, but she didn't make it."

A/N: Yeah, so that happened. Sorry. Next chapter should be a little less sad.

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