Rumlow had escaped Bucky and Steve's pursuit and broke into the Barnes apartment. "You are coming with me." he ordered. B.J ignored him and went to the fridge for a soda. She was humming and seemed to not notice Brock pointing a gun to her head. "Come on." he demanded. B.J held her hand up as she chugged the soda down. "I guess I can't ignore you. Fine, just no one has to get hurt." she said as Brock pushed her out and into a car. Rumlow cuffed her and set her in the back seat as he picked up someone else before going to an abandoned S.H.I.E.L.D base that Hydra has been occupying. "So, you are captured again?" chided the new comer. Brock kept driving as his leader spoke. "Kurt will be happy to break you again, Young Winter. Only this time, you will only know Hydra and nothing more." Red Skull warned as B.J started another panic attack.
Bucky sighed and came home to see a broken window and an empty soda can. "B.J?" he called. B.J had texted him that she got home, but her cell phone was by the can and she backpack was on the couch. A note was taped to the t.v. It only had a Hydra symbol and his calm world just went into a tail spin down from the sky. Bucky frantically ran down the street to see a blacked out car with S.H.I.E.L.D tags and chased after it. The car turned and a gun was put out the window, firing at Bucky and by standers. Everyone managed to get to cover and some had concealed hand guns to fire back with. Bucky couldn't chase after the car if it had a gun and didn't care if it killed an innocent person. He needed help and called Steve and Fury. B.J was in that car and he felt it. "Steve, they have B.J."
B.J saw Bucky chasing after the car and felt hope form, but as soon as Red Skull took out a gun and started firing, she felt defeated and weak. They sped off and left Bucky in the dust. "You will be better than your father. Unlike him, you are not so useless. Hydra made you to be the next generation and that you and Kurt will be. Jessica, you will be the new Winter Soldier and you will be our weapon, just as you were created to be." Red Skull said as B.J had terror in her eyes. Red Skull stuck a needle into her restrained arms and she fell asleep. "I do not want Kurt to see her. Her existence in the base is between you and I." Red Skull ordered as they got out of the car and into the base. They hid B.J and a room where there was no light and there came no sound. "Start breaking her. We'll wipe her when she's good and beaten." Skull ordered. Brock shoved a half conscious B.J into a corner and took off the cuffs. B.J couldn't see and she was hiding her fear. Brock found a light switch and turned on the dying bulbs to see her fear and her terrible scar. "Don't worry, kid. All of this will be over quickly if you submit under Hydra." he told her coldly as he grabbed her hair and cut it short. B.J saw her long brown hair fall and felt a boot slam into her stomach. She started coughing and Brock just pinned her as he started to cut her hair to short and close to her head. B.J tried fighting him off with little success. The drug Red Skull gave her was messing with her coordination and she was easily beaten.
Red Skull wanted B.J to be a surprise for Kurt and within a week of beating her bloody, he showed Kurt her state. "No fight, Barnes? Where was the feisty beast I fought months ago?" the teenage boy asked as he kicked her half way across the room. B.J tried to stand, but Rumlow had twisted her ankle the previous day. Kurt grabbed a hold on her neck and lifted her up. "You will be my dog, just like your father was to Hydra, bitch." he spat in her face as she was dragged out of the room. B.J struggled with what fight was left in her.
Bucky and Steve were still looking for B.J, even though others had given up and say that they killed her about three months ago. They hung on to hope that she was alive and safe to an extent. They rode on the motorcycles to a S.H.I.E.L.D building that was said to be abandoned, but there were reports that contradict the accusation. "Hydra." Bucky quietly spoke as they parked and hid in the vegetation. Steve took his shield off his back and started sneaking in. Bucky followed close behind and they took out anyone in their way. They heard Kurt and Red Skull talking in a room. "Attack." Was the only word they heard before someone threw a knife into Steve's shield. If it was any more to the right and if Steve missed to dodge in time, the knife would have been stuck in his shoulder. Bullets rung out in the hallway and Hydra agents surrounded the area with guns raised. "Where'd the second boy come from, Skull? Kidnap him with B.J?" Bucky spat at the man. Red Skull only smiled and put a hand on the new soldier before them. "Young Winter is a prodigy, just like Kurt, but she isn't a boy." Red Skull chuckled. Bucky and Steve had a nauseating feeling in their guts. "Young Winter is our new Winter Soldier. The new dog of Hydra." Kurt spoke in praise at the work they did to her mind. Bucky wanted to kill and protect B.J, but he knew what would happen if he did that. Steve glared at Red Skull and saw how Bucky looked so defeated. "You have your mission. Go." Kurt ordered. B.J, or now Young Winter, left to go and do her first mission in Hydra's name. Unfortunately, the Avengers had followed the soldiers and saw her with a machine gun. "Oh no." was the only thing that escaped Sam's mouth as B.J ran back inside and fired at them, grazing Thor's arm and nearly nailing Natasha in the head. She ran inside and rang an alarm. "You brought reinforcements. Excellent." Red Skull said as he saw B.J hide in a shadowy hole in the ceiling. She had a knife brandished as she hid like a jaguar. Hulk and Sam basically were thrown in and started taking out agents to save Bucky and Steve. "Guys, where's B.J? We saw a kid, but we weren't sure who it was." Tony asked as he blasted Red Skull and Kurt away. B.J jumped down and on top of Tony, a spare knife pried a piece of his armor off before he threw her off. "Good. Now, get the rest." Kurt ordered. Tony saw her and got a better look to see who she was. B.J stood and wall jumped to Tony, but he dodged and blasted her with his palm. B.J stumbled to her feet and could barely see clearly with one lens of her goggles severely cracked. "Game over, kid." Tony got ready to fire a second time. B.J the knife she held got ready to either pry the armor off or kill for the first time. B.J dropped the knife and backed up into the wall. A piece of glass fell off her shattered lens and Tony saw fear in a sliver of brown eye. Tony landed and got the captured soldiers free. Hulk roared and not only scared Skull and his son, but he also scared B.J off. Bucky went after her with Steve at his heels. "One your left!" Steve said as he ran next to him. B.J took a glance back and saw them chasing her, only urging her to run faster and farther out of the base and into the thick vegetation surrounding the area.
"B.J!" Bucky called. B.J skidded on the wet grass to a halt. "Who?" was her haunting answer before she started running again. Bucky and Steve had to stop when they started losing her in the dark area. "We'll get Tony, Sam, and Thor to take a fly around to find her. Come on." Steve promised as he slowly took him to the jet. Natasha was loading their motorcycles into the much bigger and faster vehicle so they could all get home easier. The flying avengers flew around the perimeter and saw her hiding in a tree. "Hey, come down." Sam coaxed. B.J held a mean looking stick and a glare behind her goggles. "You're safe. We won't hurt you." Tony said as he slowly flew to sit on the branch with her. Thor thought it was unwise to get so close and was right, Tony fell of the branch and on the ground, getting stuck in the mud. "You okay?" Sam asked as he was getting his own feet stuck in the slick mud, pulling the heavily armored man to his feet. "I just fell. She didn't do anything." Tony said. B.J was holding a small chuckled back and looked around for a means of escaping. Thor flew up to face her. "Jessica, please come with me." he asked. B.J back into the tree trunk and was feeling cornered again. Thor saw how frightened and broken she was and sat down, letting Mjolnir fall in the muddy ground below. "I am unarmed. You have no need to fear me." B.J didn't trust anyone and jumped to the next tree, dropping the stick as she landed. Thor didn't pursue her as she repeated the process of tree hopping. He only stopped Sam and Tony from going after her. "Thor, we need to get her before Hydra takes her back again." Sam said as he went around the god of thunder. "B.J is frightened. Never pet an bildshnipe if it is scared. It will either eat you or trample over you." Thor warned. Tony and Sam sort of got the analogy and thought of a better way to get her home. B.J only made a circle to confuse them and listened to what they said before Hydra agents surrounded them. "Winter, come." Kurt ordered. B.J slinked to his side from the tree and kept her head low out of fear. "Good girl. Strip Stark of his armor and take them with us." Kurt ordered his men as he and B.J left the scene. "The guy with the metal arm called me B.J. Why?" B.J asked. Kurt smacked her across the face and brought her face to his. "You were told not to speak and to obey." Kurt said in a low and dangerous tone. B.J bowed her head and didn't make eye contact absently as they took the three avengers with them. Thor saw Asgardian weapons and knew something was wrong. He wasn't able to fight because of those specific weapons and went willing to know just what happened to his young friend. Sam and Tony were armor-less and they had no choice. They were cuffed and shoved into jets that took off as soon as B.J and Kurt were seated near the front. B.J was seated next to Kurt as if she was a guard. "So, how's Hydra?" Tony nonchalantly asked. Sam and Thor gave him a look that held a mixture of "Are you crazy?!" and other things. B.J looked at him with a warning look. "Hydra is even better with our new Winter Soldier." Kurt stated as he motioned to B.J. The three looked at her and saw the girl take her goggles off. "There's a spare pair under your seat." Kurt said as he saw the shattered glass lens. B.J set them down and put on the new pair. They were heading over the ocean and hidden in the clouds.
"They should be back by now." Clint said as he played with his bow. Steve had a bad feeling and tried calling for them with no answer. "Come on, we gotta find them." Bucky determined and he went to the jet to see the radar. "Jarvis, where are they?" Natasha asked the computer program. "My scanner's indicate that they are not in the area or even on land." the A.I responded. Suspecting something happened, the remaining avengers sped off to where the A.I's scanners said they were. "We lost them in the cloud bank." Bucky growled in defeat as they turned around. They would need to get a direct area of where the Hydra jets were going to land. Bucky was irate and Steve wasn't able to get him to calm down. They left him in the training room so he could let some steam off. Punching bag after punching bag, Bucky punched them until a hole was made and the sand was spilled out at his feet. "Buck, I'm going for a walk. Want to come?" Steve asked. Bucky stilled his latest punching bag victim and sighed. "Fine." Bucky took off the wrap on his right hand and got changed after a shower. The two went for a walk and Steve finally got Bucky to sit down on a park bench. Ever so slowly, he saw how angry and vengeful Bucky was being. It was like a lion protecting his injured cub from a rival or a wolf guarding his pup from a cruel man. Hydra wasn't going to be easy to destroy. Cut off one head, two more will take its place. "I'm going to save her." Bucky suddenly said. Steve saw the look Bucky had. "I'll help you, Buck. We're in this together." Steve spoke, trying to get Bucky in reality. Bucky knew that Steve could tell what his intentions were. "Bucky, you can't fight them alone. I've got your six till the end of the line." Steve added as he looked Bucky in the eye. They went back to the tower to start looking for Hydra bases over the Atlantic. "Hey, Sherlock. I need help with finding Hydra bases over the Atlantic. I'm sending information right now." Bucky called. Within the next few hours, they had their lead. Bucky wired a substantial amount of money to Sherlock from Tony's account that no one was supposed to know of before they left for the Arctic Circle.
B.J was watching the prisoners while she sharpened her knife. "Who are you?" Tony asked. Sam and Thor were a little confused at where he was going with this. "I don't know. I suppose I had something bad happen because of this scar, but that's it." B.J responded as she shined the blade. Sam, and oddly Thor, soon caught on. "Well, we know who you are." Sam told her. That got her attention and she looked at them with curiosity burning in her eyes. "Who am I?" she asked as she let her eyes look sad and hopeful. "No one. You are just Hydra's Dog." Kurt said as he walked in on the conversation. B.J dropped her gaze and sheathed her knife. "We're leaving. Come." Kurt ordered as he shocked all three avengers unconscious and saw guards coming to take them into a jet. B.J and Kurt were stopped in the sight of Bucky and Steve in the hallway they were traveling down. "B.J." Bucky sighed with slight relief. Steve and Kurt had a stare down as both pulled down their weapons. B.J followed her lead and pulled out her recently sharpened knife. Bucky didn't want to fight her, but set his knife on the ground. "B.J, you're okay. I'll get you out of here. I promised to keep you safe and I will." Bucky said as he inched forward in a calm gesture. B.J tensed and glared at him. Kurt cocked his gun and aimed at Bucky. "Remember when you had your first anxiety attack in the middle of the night a few months ago?" Bucky asked, hoping desperately that he could bring something back for her.
[Some months ago]
Bucky had brought B.J into his apartment to start a father daughter relationship with her. It was hurricane season in Virginia and thunder boomed outside. After watching a movie and eating some take out, Bucky noticed that B.J was shaking. "Jess?" Bucky called when he knelt by her chair. B.J looked at him with big brown eyes full of terror and tears. "Hey, what's wrong?" Bucky felt her forehead and brushed her hair out of her face. "I don't know. I'm having flashbacks and I-I don't know." she shivered. Bucky saw the symptoms and sat on the chair with her, gathering her small frame in his arms. "You're okay. I understand what's happening." he told her as he held her close. B.J shook in his arms and cried as a memory flashed in her eyes like the lighting outside. Bucky knew the symptoms of some form of PTSD and he had a strong feeling that this would happen after the Hydra incident. He just let her cry and held her as she did. He wasn't sure on what triggered an attack and would ask later. The white wrapping around her arm made him angry. She suddenly stopped shuddering and he looked at her. "I have your six. I won't let anything happen to you again. I'll keep you safe." he said as saw her sink further into sleep.
"I'll keep you safe."
Those words rung like church bells in her head. Kurt was just pulling the trigger when she punched his jaw to the point she dislocated it. The two started to fight, but Kurt was unprepared to mess with a girl. He wasn't experience by a girl's blind fury. Fists and feet pounded into him from all directions. Bucky and Steve pulled her off to see her work. Kurt was near unconsciousness when she was pulled off and looked like a bruised smurf. Thor, Sam, and Tony had gotten free and beat their way out of there. Bucky was holding B.J back and Steve was keeping Kurt from choking on his own blood. "Come on. Let's get to the tower." Tony put a gentle hand on Bucky's shoulder. So they did. B.J was in a rage, but Bucky managed to calm her down. Oddly, Led Zeppelin would always calm her down and Bucky seemed to relax greatly when she was asleep on the back of the jet.