"How long have you been doing you're 'missions'?" Ava asked.
"I don't know, as long as I can remember." He answered his brow furrowed.
"What's your name seriously all I've heard them call you is either soldier or winter soldier you have to have an actual name so what is it?" She asked.
"I have only ever been called The Winter soldier or soldier." He answered starting to wonder if he ever did actually have a different name. He shook it off he was a weapon he did not need another name.
"Well then I will just call you Winter." She says with a shrug and walks over to the lab door and laughs when she finds its locked. "They want me to help them but they lock the lab and they don't tell me what serums they want made and then they expect me to do something sure they're all fucking geniuses." She chuckles darkly. He doesn't say anything he simply nods and walks over to his bed unwilling to speak anymore. Talking was not something he was used to.
Ava decided since metal arm sitting on the other bed wasn't in a chatty mood that shed look around a bit more. She searched through the drawers in the dresser near her bed finding women's clothes all of which were black with the exception of some white lab coats 'how cliche' she thought to herself before moving over to the bathroom. It was simple there was a shower and a toilet and a sink and a cabinet full of soaps. She sighed and walked back into the room and flopped on to her bed. A few minutes later two men came in caring trays of food.
"Hello boys I presume you're bringing us our prison meals." Ava said with a smile and the men put down the trays on the soldier's dresser.
"Yes Ms. Romanoff you will be fed 3 times a day and agent Pierce will happily get you anything you need. You will be given lab permission from 6 A.M. till 9 P.M. and The soldier is authorized to watch you while you work unless he is needed because there is no way you could brutally injure him before he kills you and there are cameras in every inch of the lab monitoring everything you're doing and if Pierce doesn't believe you are truly working your sister will be found and executed." The brunette guard informed her.
"You know guys a girl likes when you take control in the bedroom but this is fucking ridiculous." Ava jokes earning a smirk from the blonde guard from the door who seems to be checking her out. "I'll abide by the rules as long as you tell Blondie to keep his eyes up." The brunette guard looks at the blonde one and shakes his head annoyed.
"We will be back tomorrow morning to bring you breakfast and then the lad door will be unlocked and you will be given instructions on what you must create." The brunette said walking out the door the blonde followed suit.
"Jesus Christ everyone here is just a damn ball of sunshine aren't they." Ava said eating her food. She pulled out some sweats and a tank top and walked towards the bathroom when she was finished. "I'm going to shower."
Ava stood under the hot water letting it cascade over her unsurprisingly sore body. She had a couple bruises on her sides and legs from her little fights with Winter which she regretted a bit now. He wasn't like the others he didn't seem whole it was like the stripped him of everything he was and turned him into their own personal machine it was down right wrong. She wanted to help him with every fiber of her being. After Ava was dressed she walked back into the room Winter stood by his bed in nothing but black boxers. Ava couldn't help but let her eyes roam his toned scarred body resisting every urge to walk over to him and trace his scars with her fingers.
The soldier turned around and found Ava just standing there staring at him with a look he'd never seen before. A look that lacked the fear and malice he was used to a look that told him she saw him as more than just the weapon the destruction that he was. Ava was very odd to him. He had never met anyone quite like her the way her damp brown hair was pulled up showing every inch of her face, her green eyes, her pale pink lips, her soft cheeks, the small scar that went from her temple to right above her ear and rounded jaw things he'd never paid attention to. She was full of fire and attitude that intrigued him. He was confused and couldn't figure out why.
Winter stared at her for a bit before he walked into the bathroom brushing past her. She ignored his odd behavior it seemed like he never did anything normal. She brushed it off and laid down trying to figure out how the hell she was going to survive this. Her brain screamed at her that she couldn't help them but she knew losing Nat would be so much worse than anything they could want from her. She knew Nat could take out almost any possible threat but not Winter not an empty soldier no matter how much she wanted to help him she would kill him before he could get Natasha if she had to.
Natasha sat on a bed in Steve's friend Sam's room different things were racing through her mind. S.H.I.E.L.D was compromised and Hydra had infiltrated it, she pulled out her phone and tried to call her sister. Her phone rang several times but Ava didn't answer. She was starting to worry she hadn't heard from her in a few days not even after Fury's death. Something was wrong.
"Steve." She called him and he and Sam came into the room.
"What's wrong?" Steve asked noteing a hint of fear in Natasha's face.
"We have to find Dr. Ava Marin." She says urgently.
"Why how do we know she's not corrupted and part of Hydra? How do you know we can trust her?" Steve asked.
"Because she's my sister." Natasha says leaving the room.
A half an hour later they stood in Ava's apartment. Natasha's heart sank when she found her sisters gun, her phone, and a shattered glass on the floor. Ava was no where to be found and she knew the people of Hydra were to blame. From this point they had only one option to take out Hydra with more fury than Natasha had originally planned.
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Ava sat at a computer calculating different amounts of substances she'd need for a memory serum, a serum similar to the ones that were used on Steve and Winter and a mind control serum. They were very unrealistic serums to achieve and to get to work properly it was not going to be an easy task. The soldier stood and watch her work taking notes and mixing liquids.
"Winter I'm going to need to take some of your blood so I can do some testing." Ava said gesturing for the man to sit in the chair in front of her. She gathered what she would needed and started to search for a good vein in his strong arm. When she was finished the brunette guard she had seen before came in followed by the familiar blonde.
"Soldier Pierce would like to speak to you please follow me Agent Myers will take over watching Ms. Romanoff." The brunette guard said leading winter out without argument.
"Fantastic." Ava says with a groan. She takes a drop of winter's blood and puts it underneath the microscope.
"He isn't a man you know." Myers said leaning against a wall.
"I can assure you he's probably more of a man than you are at least you have a damn choice." Ava snarls still looking at the blood sample.
"What do you mean he doesn't have a choice? He has the power to say no." Myers scoffs.
"Do you think I'm a damn idiot?" She snaps looking up at him "This memory serum is to keep whoever he was at bay he's been tortured and brain washed beyond being able to really say no and even if he did you monsters would just wipe his memory!"
"Just shut up and get back to work." He snaps back. Ava had to resist strangling the asshole.
Ava was deep into her work when Pierce comes in followed by several scientists and the soldier. She can tell that he needs his arm worked on. She mumbles something like he's confused and the scientist have him sit in a chair near the back of the room and start repairs. Winter was thinking hard about something when his face lit with rage and he threw on of the scientists away from him. The other men around him raised their gun and he stopped moving.
"Mission report." Pierce ordered motioning for the men to lower their weapons. Winter stayed silent "Mission report now." When The soldier doesn't respond Pierce back hands him and Ava tries to run to Winters aide when Myers grabs her.
"The man on the bridge who was he?" The soldier asked his voice quiet.
"You met him earlier this week on another assignment." Pierce said Ava and Winter both could tell he was lying whoever this man was he was from Th soldiers past.
"I knew him." The soldier said in a tone that mad Ava's heart ache.
"your work has been a gift to man kind you've helped shaped the century and I need you to do it one more time." Pierce said trying to make The soldier think what he's doing is good. "Society is at a tipping point between order and chaos tomorrow morning we're going to give it a push but if you don't do you're part I can't do mine and Hydra can't give the world the freedom it deserves."
"That is utter bullshit!" Ava yelled and pierce simply ignores her.
"But I knew him." The soldier said again.
"Wipe him." Pierce orders and the scientist straps The soldier down and put a mouth guard in between his teeth Ava couldn't figure out what they were going to do to him. A machine came down around his head and started to shoot electricity into it. The soldier's face scrunches in pain his screams muffled by the mouth guard.
"Stop it you're hurting him!" Ava screams fighting Myers off of her. Pierce walks over to Ava roughly grabs her by the neck throws her against the wall and pins her there.
"You shouldn't get attached to a monster that shot your sister." Ava's face dropped at Pierce's comment "Don't worry though she's still alive but if you pull
another stunt like you did a few minutes ago our friend over there will execute both of you. Myers remove her and make sure when the Soldier is done you move him too she can deal with his violent confused outburst." Pierce orders and Ava is dragged out of the lab.