Kruetz dropped her to the floor as he walked over to Bucky to release him from his restraints. Rumlow entered the room and pinned Ella against the wall until he was freed.
"Let's see how you two feel about one another after this." he said smiling.
Ella watched Bucky. His eyes were fierce and fixed on her. She braced herself. She hoped her ablities would kick in before he snapped her neck. Kreutz untied the last restraint and walked to exit the room with Rumlow and the other men. Bucky stood and walked slowly to her. She tried to stand and back away but she tripped and fell. He jumped on top of her and began choking her. She used her good arm to punch the side of his face. It did nothing except make him squeeze harder. Just as before, when she felt her breath leave her the surge hit. Her body matching his strength. She took her hands and grabbed his pulling them from her throat. He looked at her surprised. She flipped him over and straddled him throwing her hardest punch with her good arm. He grabbed her by her waist and he tossed her to the side. The pain in her wounds were beginning to subside. As she stood he rushed her pinning her to the wall.
"Bucky. " she gasped. He stared at her holding her against the wall. He brought up his fist and punched at her face. Before his fist made contact she moved her head. His fist punctured the cement wall. She took the moment to drop below his grip and get away but he grabbed her by her hair as he freed his hand from the wall.
"Stop, Bucky. It's me, Ella." she said as he dragged her by her hair and slammed her back into the wall.
His face showed an intense anger and emptiness. He lunged towards her and momentarily hesitated before punching her and sending her crashing to the ground. She was having a hard time dialing into his thoughts to counter his attack. He once again was on top of her. He threw another punch as she rolled from underneath him. She got to her feet and ran to the other side of the room.
"Bucky! Think! It's Ella. Steve Rogers is your friend. You know me. I have tried to help you get what these monsters have taken from you!" she yelled at him. He ran at her throwing a punch. She caught his fist and twisted his arm behind his back running him into the adjacent wall and pinning him.
"Bucky, think!" she said into his ear. He seemed to stop fighting her and turned around. She looked into his eyes. They softened, "Ella?" She sighed and gave him a slight smile. Then he grabbed his head and and screamed. Without warning he punched her in the stomach. She doubled over as he hit her over the back of her head. She still could not dial in to counter his attack. She didn't understand it? As she laid on the ground he punched her face. She felt disoriented. She got to her knees and scrambled to crawl away to get to her feet. He grabbed her leg and swung her to smack her head into the wall. She had his strength and her wounds better but she could not read his attacks to prevent further wounds. She was holding her own but with each hit she was slowing down. She needed to counter his atracks to get a chances to heal the cuts and bruises he was inflicting. He was relentless. She laid on the floor weak. He jumped on top of her as she felt the warm blood on her cheek. She looked up at him. She could read nothing of what he would do next. He may kill her.
"Bucky, you said you remember every detail or every killing. If you kill me, I want you to know that it wasn't your fault. They programmed you. They made me help them. Please forgive me. I want you to know and remember this, I forgive you." she paused composing herself as he loomed over her, " and I love you." she said as a tear escaped her eye. She closed her eyes and braced herself.