Bucky and Ella were driven to a location and put on a long flight. Ella and Bucky sat next to one another blindfolded and under heavy guard. He kept her hand in his. He would still protect her at all cost. They arrived at a facility and their blindfolds removed. Ella's best guess is they were in another country. Once in the facility they were led to a room. They were left alone. She heard the clank of several locks. A monitor showed a feed of Steve and Tony. At this point it was clear they knew Bucky and Ella were gone.
Bucky looked at Ella. Her hair was mussed by the blindfold. Her eyes red. Her mascara smudged under her eyes. She was studying the room. She looked at him. He walked to her.
"Are you ok?" he whispered.
"No." she said as he saw the anger in her eyes.
"We'll get out of here." he said.
"I'm planning on it."she said, "one way or another."
"My plan is alive and together." he said.
"We can go with your plan first." she said looking at him. She saw the determination in his eyes.
"These are the men that killed Sam. They have to be." she said. "They are not from the State Department."
He looked at the huge door. He turned and leaned in to whisper in her ear, "If they turn me against you, you kill me and kill everyone in here. Do whatever you have to, to get out." he said stepping back.
She said nothing but just shook her head in disagreement. "No."
They heard the click of the locks. Bucky stepped in front of her as the huge door opened. She grabbed his arm to ready herself for whatever she needed to do.
Five men entered. The Agent Kreutz came to face them. "James, you are needed."
"No." she said stepping between Kreutz and Bucky.
Bucky grabbed her arm to pull her away.
"No worries. You're coming too." he said as the man next to him stepped forward towards her she grabbed his hand and twisted. A loud crack echoed as the man screamed. A needle fell from his hand to the floor.
"No need to drug me. I'll come willingly." she said.
Three men grabbed Bucky pointing a gun at his head. "You can't stop a bullet to his brain." said Kreutz. She said nothing as she follwed the men who marched Bucky down a long hall. The place was dark and musty. She guessed perhaps they were underground. They walked in to a room with a chair surrounded by computer screens.
"Here." said the man motioning to Bucky. He hesitated. She could see he knew what was going to happen. The man behind him pushed at him. She saw the fear and helplessness in his eyes. Her heart broke as they dragged him to the chair. She locked eyes with Bucky.
"You, Miss MaCoy, assisted us in his reprogramming. Would you care to do the honors?" asked Kreutz as they strapped Bucky down. His face cold and void of emotion.
He looked at Kretz confused by his statement. "There is no honor in torturing a man for your sick plan." she said and kicked Kreutz into one of the machines. The other four men swarmed her as Bucky struggled against the restraints. She easily countered the four men and tossed them to the ground. A shot rang out in the room as Ella fell.
"No!" screamed Bucky still restrained.
Kreutz walked to her. "Your abilities have a range, my dear. The shooter was positioned just out of your range for safe keeping." he said as Rumkow entered the room.
"Just like old times." said Rumlow.
Ella looked at her wound in her side. The bullet made a clean exit. She applied pressure.
"Too bad none of the men you were fighting were super soldiers. You could use some faster healing capabilities right now." said Kreutz. "Perhaps that is just the motivation James needs right now to comply."
Bucky looked at Ella. His anger apparent.
"Will you cooperate, James?" asked Kreutz.
Bucky watched as Rumlow made his way to Ella and pulled her up. She moaned as the pain of the movement nearly made her pass out. "You're lucky we didn't pull the trigger on Rogers and Stark after that stunt." he said dragging her across the room and tossing her at Kreutz.
"Your punishment for escape is to flip this lever to begin the process for James." he said.
"No," she said weakly.
Rumlow wrapped his arm around her and squeezed the bleeding wound. "You might want to reconsider."
"I'll kill you!" screamed Bucky writhing in the chair.
Ella looked at him. He could see her weak from the wound. He knew he had to do this to save her. "Ella, do it. Please." he begged.
Rumlow took her hand forcing her to pull the lever. He released her dropping her to the floor. She began to drift off. She heard Bucky's screams as her world went black.
"Tony?" said Steve following as Tony rushed to his office. He hit a sequence on his deskop bringing up an image floating in front of them,
"Locate Barnes and MaCoy." he said.
Steve watched silently. The image of Ella and Bucky in the alley with Talmer and Kreutz played before them.
Tony sighed.
"Who are they?" asked Steve.
"The men from the State Department." he said.
"What now? How do we find them?" he asked.
Tony's phone signaled. He looked at it and then to Steve. "We don't."
"Those two were not from the State Department." said Tony slamming his fist on the desk. "They already knew you guys were here."
Steve sat across from Tony. " You must have access to some tech to track them down."
"We can try to put a tracer out for the fail safe I installed." he said.
"You can't suit up without auhorization." said Steve.
"What they don't know can't hurt them." said Tony.
"I don't want to get you in trouble." he said.
"I did that when I signed." he said looking at Steve. Steve smiled. For Tony, that was as close to an apology as he was going to get. "This Hydra reincarnation stuff needs stopped, for good. If somene in the government here disagrees then I think we've found how far the cancer has spread."
"I'm willing to do whatever it takes. This ends with Bucky and Ella." said Steve.
"It will." said Tony.
"Ella woke up in a cell. Bucky stood by the cell door.
"Bucky?" she said squinting to see him more clealry. He didn't move. She saw he had on a mask and metal arm. She felt a panic run through her. He stepped aside as the cell door opened. A man stepped into the shadow next to Bucky. He took a step further into the light. Ella felt confused and sick. "Sam?"