Ok. Final warning. This chapter does have Civil War spoilers. Hard to tell unless you've seen the movie but its there.
Also there's brief descriptions of torture, control, etc.
And Finally, I just realized I forgot to put a disclaimer in chapter one. Its here now. If I owned Marvel I wouldn't be having to disclaim it. There. Done.
Three-two-five-five-seven-zero-three-eight.
He repeats it too himself. It's important. It feels important.
Three-two-five-five-seven-zero-three-eight.
He is poked and prodded by the doctors when he says it out loud. He stays quiet now but that only makes them test him more. He doesn't remember much. It's all a blurry haze. There was snow. Trees. A tall man. Blood. A train. Screaming. So much blood.
Three-two-five-five-seven-zero-three-eight.
His arm feels heavy. It's made of metal now. It looks, feels, too big for his body. He knows it's not his real arm but he doesn't remember getting it. He doesn't remember a lot of things. Remembering makes his head hurt.
It whirs quietly. The men surrounding him startle, some glaring, some cursing. He's picked up the strange language fast. They speak nothing else.
Three-two-five-five-seven-zero-three-eight.
It must be important. Why else would his head insist on hurting so much. He wants to ask. But the doctors only ask questions, the guards don't speak and that only leaves him with Him.
The Handler.
He asks him. The Handler glares at him and tells him to never speak of those numbers again. The next day he is thrown him in the pit.
He doesn't like the pit.
They say its training. But he knows its just amusement. The guards place bets to see which of the other prisoners will knock him down.
Winners are rewarded.
His clothes are dripping with the blood of those that lose.
When he is too tired to continue he is thrown into the cage. The cage is worse. Here, he is stripped naked and blinded by white lights. It is cold. Guards pelt him with their refuse. The noise is unbearable. He is not allowed to sleep. He is not allowed to eat. He can do nothing but suffer and remember.
Three-two-five-five-seven-zero-three-eight.
Sometimes another prisoner is put in with him but they never last long. The noise, lights and the cold kill them. He wonders why it doesn't kill him. He is not allowed to touch their rotting flesh.
He doesn't know how long he is left in the cage but finally the noise is turned down to a steady hum and the lights are shut off. He shudders. This has never happened before. He does not remember much but he knows that this has never happened before.
"Желание."
A strange voice says. He looks up from where he has huddled in the corner.
"Ржaвый."
He has not heard a human voice in so long.
"Семнадцать."
It is a quiet voice. He cannot decide if it is the voice of a man or a woman.
"Рассвет."
He does not care.
"Печь."
His head throbs. The words are spoken each time the pain subsides.
"Девять."
Each word is soft. Spoken gently. Kindly.
"добросердечный."
He wonders what he did to deserve such sweet respite from the torture.
"возвращение на родину."
He will do it again.
"Один."
The voice curls around him. Sweet and gentle.
"грузовой вагон."
Yes. Anything for this voice to continue; for him to not be alone in this cage. He will forget the numbers. He will never speak nor think of them again. He says this aloud to the walls. But the voice does not continue. The silence is deafening. The dark is disconcerting.
The noise turns up. Louder than before. The lights flash on. Brighter than ever.
He screams.
A/N:
This one actually took me a long time to sit down and write. I kept starting and stopping. Then hating where it was going and starting over again. This is the best version.
I also spent abut two hours deciding how to write out the Russian bits. Whether to try and write them phonetically, write out the translation but underline it etc, but I finally just decided to stick with the Cyrillic alphabet and leave it at that. If you've watched Civil War you know the translations and have at least an idea on the pronunciation. I'm not positive if the words are the exact same as they are in the movie but the translations should be correct.
If you haven't seen the movie yet than what the hell are you doing reading this!? Get out!