I still do not own. And sorry this one's so short.
"Hearts will never be practical until they re made unbreakable." ~ The Wizard of OZ
Jaycen and Anora hid, exactly the way Uncle Nick had taught them. They climbed up some rocks into a little cave that hid them from view and was too small for any grown-ups to get into, but it was the perfect size for the two of them. They could hear HYDRA's men searching for them and the pained cry that could only have come from the man who had let them get away. Jace and Nora stayed where they were, even after the woods got quiet. Uncle Nick would know where to look and he would come looking for them when he heard what happened to Mummy and Daddy, so they waited.
Nick Fury was worried. Scratch that he was fucking terrified. Mike and Joanna were two of the very, very few people he considered friends and they were on the even shorter list of people he trusted and now they were dead and their children missing.
Fury showed up at their house the day after the homicides had taken place and then proceeded to search the woods as darkness fell. He knew where the kids would be and he knew what he would have to do. Fury was not looking forward to telling those two kids that their parents were dead and he wasn't looking forward to telling Fred that his last surviving child and said child's wife were no longer alive and that his grandkids would not be staying with him, it was just too dangerous. Those kids needed to go where they would be safe and could learn to control their abilities. There was only one place for that and thankfully Professor Xavier was always looking for pupils.
The soldier knew what was going to happen. He didn't know how he knew, but he knew. He had disobeyed orders and the assets had gotten away.
No, not assets. They're children, innocent children that don't deserve my fate.
"Wipe him."
The soldier didn't fight them as they strapped him down and put the guard in his mouth. He was breathing hard, but it wasn't the pulsing of electricity or his own pounding heart he heard, it was that woman's voice in his head.
"There is always hope, even when the night is at its darkest. Never forget that. The sun always rises, even when we can't see it through the clouds and rain."
That was the last thing he heard before the pain washed through him and HYDRA put him back in deep freeze until they needed the Winter Soldier again.