Chaz POV
I arrived at the base ready for battle. I had my new suit on and felt ready for anything that Hem wanted to throw at me. I carefully made my way to the room in the heart of the base. Just being here brought back so many memories. Memories that were always there just faded because they were trigger words. My fourth through the ninth were all from here. Rising was of me moving up the ranks when I was older. Heart was me falling in love, while fourteen was the original number of kids they used. Benevolent was looking out for the other kids. Steel was about the chair that they forced me into. Twenty was the number of scientists on the project. I shivered as the memories surfaced clearly.
The room was dark, I could feel the chains around my wrists and ankles anchoring me down to the floor. I could feel the panic rising and my eyes start to burn with tears.
"Look at him, he's a cry baby." I quickly rubbed my face trying to get the guards to not notice me. I whimpered as the door opened, letting in light blinding me as I hadn't been in light for a long time. I heard a grunt as the body made impact with the floor. The door slammed and I stayed as still as I could. I didn't know what my new cell mate would do.
"I can hear you breathing, I know you are there." I moved further back closer to my shackles. The wrattle of the chains was so loud in the quiet cell. "Hey it is okay I'm not going to hurt you. They call me Asset 358680 but my name is William." he said the last part so quietly I barely heard it. They must have beaten him if he said his name like they did me.
"Chaz, - I breathed out and then said louder - I'm Asset 358682" my voice wobbled a bit at admitting that.
"So you are the new kid. How old are you? I am nine."
"Seven"
"Well 82 it is nice to meet you."
"Same 80."
Screaming is all we ever knew now it was screaming constantly they were always experimenting on us. I know I have been here a while now. My body had grown and just looking at William was testament to the time or maybe the experiments. When I first met him, he had brown hair and hazel eyes. Just from the experiments he was having a drastic change his body was growing and his hair became white and his eyes green. He barely looked like the boy I first met. I know I changed. They don't cut my hair often so it is a long blond mess down my back. My left eye is now brown or so I am told by 80. I guess it is from the experiment to increase my eyesight that went wrong.
Every time we hear the guards, we tense. We hope that they are here for one of the other kids. Even though with us being the oldest we do try to protect them. They had started with fourteen of us now we are now a group of eight. Within that year we were down to only four of us left. William or 80 now has a new name Hemlock his power has finally manifested. The scientists were so happy because his cause pain.
I was thrown into a new cell. I could hear the scared kid crying in the background. I stood up and I heard the kid whimper. I wanted to groan that they had this kid so beaten down that they were even scared of another prisoner. Not that it wasn't rational, they made me nearly kill Hemlock yesterday. I walked closer and saw that it was a girl. Even with all the bruises, she was beautiful. Dark brown hair with brown eyes. She whimpered as I moved closer,
"Hey I won't hurt you."
"Everyone else does part of programming."
"I am not being forced right now. Wait, you just answered me in my mind."
"Yes, they call me Whisper but my name is Joanna."
"Can you hear my mind?" She nodded.
"They call me Torment but my name is Chaz. It is nice to meet you Jo."
"Jo?"
"Jo, short for Joanna. Unless you don't like it."
"No, I like it."
I shook my head trying to stop the memories from coming to mind. I needed to be focused in a Hydra base. I walked into the cell where we spent so much time. The door slammed shut after I entered and the cell filled with smoke making me choke on the fumes. Before I knew it I was in darkness.
Bucky POV
I woke up with a groan. Everything ached. I tried to move but, could feel I was restrained. I opened my eyes to see that I am in the chair. I want to try to break out but I know it is useless the chair was Winter Soldier proofed. The door opened with a bang, Hemlock strutted in with a smirk.
"Oh good you're awake."
"What do you want with me? Where is Wanda?"
"You should worry about yourself Soldat." He smirked as he walked closer to my chair pulling a tray out with knives on it. He picked one up and started twirling the knife in his hand.
"You know I was always fascinated by you. Hydra thought you were special because you were a mindless machine. Made life hell for the rest of us but all men break so I guess I can't blame you. We were better than you. We had the serum and abilities yet they froze us longer and never let us out, but you, they used all the time."
"I wish they had kept me frozen at least then I wouldn't have people's murders on my conscience." - I glared at him. - "That still doesn't answer what you want?"
"I need you to help me find something." I laughed and he frowned at me.
"Like I would ever help you."
"Oh, but you will." he smirked, making my skin crawl.
"So you are going to try to brainwash me again? Hate to break it to you but it took years last time. Now my pain tolerance is higher."
"Oh Sold at, we have better ways to force your loyalty. Подойди сюда." (Come here) The cell door opened to reveal Chaz. He was in an all black suit that looked like mine had when I was the Winter Soldier. He walked in and stood behind Hemlock.
"Готовы соответствовать" (Ready to comply) he said emotionlessly. How did this happen? We had just broken him out of the programming. There was no way they could have brainwashed him again so fast.
"Chaz? Chaz, look at me." He kept staring straight ahead. Hemlock turned and caressed his face.
"У тебя все хорошо. Будь сильным, мой солдат." (You are doing so good. Be strong my Soldier.) he said and I could see that Chaz leaned into his hand a little at the praise. I could feel myself becoming sick.
"Let him go, you have me. You don't need him." The white haired man removed his hand and turned back to me.
"You will follow my orders and work with Torment to get what I want. If you don't, Torment here, will be punished." he brought a remote out of the pocket of his green suit. There were two buttons on it, his thumb going over the top button. "I press this button and your son is in a world of pain. I press the other button and he will be a pile of bones. Am I clear?"
"Your bluffing." I said, looking worried at my son. I needed to call the man's bluff. The man pushed the button and my son screamed as he collapsed to the floor in agony. I yanked on my restraints trying to get to my son. "Stop! Stop! Stop! I get it just stop!" I yelled at him. He released the button and Chaz laid on the floor breathing heavily trying to catch his breath. His eyes wide with pain, his blond hair a mess around him clinging to his skin as he had broken out into a sweat. His eyes met mine and for a split second, I could see love and sadness in his eyes, before the emotionless mask snapped back into place. I felt such relief, my son was still in there fighting. He stood and looked at the wall. I quickly looked back at Hemlock not wanting to give the man another opportunity to hurt him.
"I will do what you want."
"Good and don't get any funny ideas. There is a tracker in the device. I will know where he is at all times. The signal is infinite. I can kill him anywhere any time. I would hate to destroy a good asset. Follow my orders and Torment here will be safe. Well, as safe as anyone can be in Hydra." His eyes glowed with mirth. He stalked out of the cell, the door closing with a loud bang. I looked at my son. He slowly turned to look at me, his face void of emotion. He removed my restraints and started to walk out of the cell. I quickly followed after him, he walked like he knew this place well which was not hard to believe. He led me to the weapons room. On a table in the middle were the weapons they had taken from me, alongside weapons he was going to use. We strapped on our weapons and left the base, I sat next to him quietly staring at him as he flew us wherever he was ordered.
"Находим Демона и Шепота и идем домой." (We find Demon and Whisper and we go home.) Making me nearly jump from his unexpected talking.
"Who are Demon and Whisper?" he shook his head sighing, his face showing how exasperated he was.
"Секретный" (Classified) It was my turn to sigh. I should have known better than to ask. I remember what it was like to be the Winter Soldier. I barely talked except to relay orders. I was a weapon and weapons don't speak and they certainly don't know information. Even if they do, they do not speak it. I looked at Chaz again, his heterochromatic eyes searching mine trying to find something. I guess he found it because he nodded, turning back to look out the window. I sighed, this was going to be a long flight.
We arrived at the location, in the middle of a forest. The hanger opened and Torment looked outside warily and took a cautious step forward. He placed his foot down and two women stepped out of the trees. The taller one had red hair and green eyes. While the other one had brown hair and eyes. They both looked murderous, I could almost see the anger radiating off of them.
"Cad a rinne sé duit?" The brunette growled out. I was hoping Chaz knew what she said because what she was speaking was not one of my languages.
"Ná cuir an milleán air. Rinne sé a raibh le déanamh aige, chun muid a chosaint. Tá sé chun Hydra a scriosadh. Chuir sé chugam tú a fháil toisc go bhfuiltear ag faire air." he replied.
She stormed forward. "Cosúil is fearr thú leis an sliseanna sin i do bhrollach. Ba chóir dom é a mharú as ligean dóibh caitheamh leat mar ainmhí arís." She stopped close to him, her hand going to his cheek. He closed his eyes and leaned into her touch.
"Ba é mo rogha é. D'inis sé a phlean dom agus ghlac mé leis. Chun an bheirt agaibh a choinneáil slán dhéanfaimis aon rud. Tá Hydra á scriosadh i gceann seachtaine ní mór dúinn fanacht chomh fada sin." I could see the pain in his eyes and the love he had for her. I felt my blood go cold as I realized these were the people we were getting. Hemlock wanted them and he was using the love Chaz had for them to bring them in. Just as I came to this realization all three pairs of eyes snapped to me. The girls seemed to be trying to assess if I was a threat.
"Chaz, please fight it." I begged and saw his emotionless mask slip for a second and then it became hard. I screamed as my knees buckled as the pain of being in the chair again racked my body.
"меня зовут Мучение" (My name is Torment.) I looked at the girls and saw they were moved in a way of trying to protect me. Chaz motioned for the girls to get on the jet. They complied, giving me looks of pity. His back was to me and I knew I had to take this chance. Consequences be damned. I hit him, knocking him out. I quickly grabbed some emergency rations and threw them near where he lay, and I took off as fast as I could. Making a note of where I left him and setting a course for Wakanda. The stomping of boots on the metal alerted me to the girls coming front.
"I am taking you to a safe place. Then I will go back for Chaz."
"Thank you. Chaz and William weren't sure how to get us out without Hydra coming for us."
I spun around surprising them "HE PLANNED THIS!" I screamed at them. They cringed back nodding their heads. I took a breath to calm down.
"Who are you to them?"
The brunette smiled, "I am Joanna or Jo for short. I am known as Whisper because I have the power of telepathy. I am Chaz's girlfriend." - she pointed to the red head - "She is Andie or better known as Demon. Her power is possession and she is the girlfriend of William. And your Bucky Barnes, Chaz's father it is nice to meet you."
I stared at them for a minute trying to process. "Nice to meet you. Um, one quick question. Who is William?"
They both looked at each other having a conversation before the red head says,
"Hydra calls him Hemlock."