I decide to head to the library rather than straight home. If I'm going to google shady organizations of the past, I'd rather do it on a public computer than on my own laptop.

Easier said than done.

I didn't anticipate having to wait in line for 20 minutes just to get access to a public computer. When I finally find myself in front of a PC, I try not to think about how many germs are thriving on its keyboard and mouse, and focus on the fact that I only have 20 minutes to find out what I need.

It would help if I knew what I was looking for…

I guess I'll start with "Hydra". According to Wiki, it's an organization from the 1930s that was originally related to the Nazis, but later picked up a world domination agenda. Apparently Steve Rogers and The Howling Commandos helped to bring it down in the 1940s.

I'm surprised at how much information there is, and how little I know about all of this. I barely know anything about Hydra or its downfall. I've never had much interest in history, and now I regret skipping out on all those high school history electives.

I scroll past a picture of the Howling Commandos and a familiar face catches my eye. I scroll back up and take a closer look, and my breath catches in my throat. I click on the picture to enlarge it and search the caption for a name.

James Buchanan Barnes. "Bucky" Barnes.

It can't be... But it looks so much like him. The subject. Just a little cleaner, and less wild-looking than his current state. And his hair is shorter.

That's definitely him, I'm sure of it.

I click on a related article. To my frustration, it's just a stub with barely any information. Apparently he was kidnapped once by Hydra, rescued by Steve Rogers, and then went MIA in a later battle.

I want to deny the possibility—after all, James Barnes would be dead after all these years—but the truth stares back at me. Those files I was given weeks ago said that he'd been cryogenically preserved for who-knows-how-long. That makes him just like Captain America. He hasn't aged either.

But does Steve Rogers know that his childhood friend is alive and working as an assassin for Shield? Why is this project so secretive? It seems like it's been going on for decades, but very few people know about it.

Everything must come down to Hydra… that's what brought me to this point in the first place.

The timer in the upper corner of my screen begins to flash, and I realize that my time on the computer has run out. I log out and leave, mulling over the new information as I exit the building and head for the parking lot.

The data on the USB stick must be related to the "secret project" Michael was referring to. They're trying to wipe the subject's memory so that he won't remember who he is. But it seems like they've already been successful at that, because he couldn't remember a thing anytime I asked him.

Are they trying to improve the technique for future use? Maybe they're afraid that something will trigger his memory. And why do they need to hide his identity in the first place…

Despite the fact that I have more pieces of the puzzle, I don't feel any closer to solving it.