Steve
Steve sat quietly on the bucket. He didn't want to get into something that could ruin everything. He hardly looked at the two men he was in the cell with. They hadn't moved either, the one in the corner kept his arms crossed and he had his face well hidden. The one sitting down with the hood bothered him the most. Steve would glance over at them, just to see if their posture had changed; it never did. Steve closed his eyes and he quietly inhaled. He almost heeled over from the vile stench of the place. He was thinking about the ways that he could get up there. He needed a distraction, and a good one with enough power to notify Bucky and the others. Steve was at a lost on that though, he didn't have any weapons except the nail he had taken, but was for desperate measures, and Steve wasn't there yet.
The main thing he wanted to focus on was breaking Natasha's brainwashing. With Bucky he had to say something big about the past or a memory. Last time it was his name, which could work because if Niko did succeed, the woman that Steve saw was not Natasha, she was Natalia Romanova, but she was also the same person. Niko just seemed to make her think she is back in Red Room, or something. Steve was grasping at strings. He glanced back up at the man in the dark corner and he came off the wall. Steve raised his head completely and he looked at the man. The man slowly walked forward, Steve stood up and he held his ground. The last thing he needed was a prison tussle. Steve clenched his fists and he saw the man slightly hesitate and slow his pace. Then he continued. Steve took a step forward and then the man sitting on the floor stood up and he was about a foot taller than Steve. Steve turned toward him and he still stood his ground.
Steve looked at the man who started to walk first. He saw a long tail behind him, Steve frowned and he saw the man who stood up put his hand out toward him. Steve stopped the man's arm and he kicked the man low in the knee and he made him fall and Steve put his arms around his throat. He clenched his jaw and held the man by the neck with a firm grasp.
"Back off" Steve said
The man Steve had in a choke hold, suddenly was covered in metal and he grabbed Steve's arm and pulled it away from his throat. Steve grunted, he was strong, but Steve was stronger. Steve threw the man away and he rolled and he stood up and he was in a sleeveless leather outfit and he was completely covered in metal, even his eyes. Steve looked for the second man, but he wasn't to his right like before. He turned to see him behind him. Steve wondered how he had gotten there so fast. Steve swung behind him expecting to hit him, but as his arm whipped around all he hit was air.
Steve frowned at the situation he was in and he closed his eyes and he noticed a silent whooshing noise. Steve heard it behind him then to his left, then in front of him. Steve predicted where he would go next and he put his right hand out and he heard the whooshing noise again, then suddenly felt a man's throat in his grasp and he squeezed. The man brought his hands to hit throat and he had big blue fingers and only four. Steve frowned.
"Back off" Steve said with authority in his voice
The man incased in metal stood up and out of his fighting stance and he spoke. "What are you?"
Steve was confused by the question.
"What gift do you have?" the man asked again
"I don't have one" Steve said clearly not knowing what the man was going on about
He heard the whooshing noise again then it came again.
"Whoa bub, settle down"
Steve looked at the familiar man he had seen outside of the tree line.
"Logan isn't it?" Steve asked
"Colossus, he isn't one of us"
"What do you mean I'm not one of you?" Steve asked
"He is saying you don't have gifts" the man with the long tail said and Steve noticed that he had blue skin as well.
"Who are you?" Steve asked still confused
"We are Colossus, Kurt, and Logan" Logan said
"What are you doing here, I thought you liked being alone"
"I do, but we have business here" Logan said
Steve glanced back over at who he guessed was Kurt.
"What kind of business?" Steve asked
"You may want to take a seat" Colossus said
Steve slightly relaxed and he sat down on the bucket that he was occupying before. Colossus walked over and he clanked against the floor and then the metal disappeared and he looked normal and he took a seat where he was originally was. Kurt popped up at the corner where Steve first saw him. Logan staid standing. Steve studied the unusual group of men were around him.
"Our business here, is we have some friends in this place" Logan said
Steve understood that "How did they end up here?" Steve asked
"Seven months ago, we started having some friends start to disappear" Logan said
"So Niko had captured your friends and is holding them here?" Steve asked
Logan nodded seeing that Steve was following along he continued. "Yes, and we had just got wind of him being here last month. So what are you doing here?"
Steve was silent for a minute, he swallowed and then finally spoke. "I'm here for a friend"
"It seems that Niko likes to take friends" Colossus said
Steve looked at him "I guess yeah, anyway I've got back up" Steve said
Logan's eyes slightly brightened "How many?"
"Five"
"That's it?" Logan said
"It's all we need" Steve said
Logan swallowed "Ok, so who is your friend?"
"You've seen that woman he has with him?"
"Yeah, the red head?"
"Her"
Logan frowned "You do know she is on his side"
"He kidnapped her from us and he brainwashed her, well that's my best guess at what he did"
"Brainwashed?" Logan said
"Yeah, she used to be part of a secret Russian espionage group called Red Room. They had an alliance with Hydra, and Department X." Steve said
Logan's eyes widened "Department X, you're sure"
"Yeah why?" Steve asked
"Let's just say me and Department X have some history" Logan said
"Well, my back up should be here by now, all I need to do is signal them"
"Well then, we better do that" Logan said
Steve stood up and he took a step forward.
"You get your friends, Niko is our problem" Steve said
"Bub, my two friends can get our friends, I'm going to help you get Niko" Logan said
"Whatever you want to do, but we're not capturing him, we're going to kill him" Steve said
"You Cap, kill?"
"I've killed before, I spent a few years in World War 2" Steve said
"Me to" Logan said
Steve looked at him confused "How is that possible?"
"My gift, I have regeneration capabilities and also I don't technically age"
"When were you born?"
"Before the Revolutionary war" Logan said
Steve lightly chuckled, Logan looked at him and raised an eyebrow "What?"
"Nothing, it's just nice having someone older than me for once" Steve said
"Yeah, Kurt can you cause a distraction with the guards?" Logan asked
"Of course I can" Kurt said and he disappeared
"Colossus, we need you to make something explode" Steve said
"On it" Colossus said and he walked forward and he pulled the barred door away and tossed it like it was a piece of plastic.
Steve looked at Logan and Logan shrugged.
"Ok, now we just have to get up there" Steve said
"I'll lead, since your missing your disc" Logan said walking forward
Steve watched Logan walk away "I don't need my shield to fight"
Steve followed Logan out and he saw Colossus jump off the ledge and he flew down. Steve would have been worried, then again the guy was incased in metal. A loud thump came from below then a loud boom and a fire ball flew upward.
"That out to do it" Logan said
Bucky
Bucky was sitting in the pilot seat and he had his head in his hands. He had his eyes closed and he felt a sudden ach in his head. Bucky slightly stirred and he felt his pulse on the side of his head. He felt his heart rate increase and then he opened his eyes and he was in a large room with dark wood floors. Bucky looked around and he noticed the mirrors in front of him. He saw his reflection and he had short hair. He had the biotic arm and he was in his normal attire that he was in at the present moment in the Quinjet. He tilted his head and he looked at his metal hand. He walked forward and he put the hand against the mirror. He couldn't feel anything with his hand except for the fact that he was touching something.
Bucky heard footsteps behind him and he saw a girl with red hair and emerald eyes. She had long hair and bangs, he looked at her and he felt a sudden urge to grab her. Bucky blinked and he was in the same room, just this time he was looking at himself and Natasha. Bucky watched as they came together and they held each other in their arms. Bucky held her hand in his metal hand and he leaned her back and he lightly kissed her neck. Bucky felt a sudden jolt of pain and he was in an underground facility and Zola was standing before him.
"This is a special day, and you are the reason why we have this day" Zola said
Bucky wanted to grab him by the throat and kill him, but he was in a memory and now he wasn't thinking anything.
"You will be put on ice again, this is the last time I will see you, and you have been our perfect tool. We are now almost strong enough to stand against S.H.I.E.L.D, but we will wait for a little longer, all we have is time"
Bucky felt his legs lift off the ground then he was in an apartment. He was lying in bed and he opened his eyes and he stared at the ceiling. Bucky could feel something warm to his left and he had his left arm against someone. He felt a sudden jolt of sadness seep into his thoughts and he could feel with his left hand again. Bucky turned to the left and a woman was lying next to him. Bucky kissed her shoulder and he turned her around and the sight shocked him. It was Hill, and she had a bullet hole in her face. Bucky put his hand to his mouth and he noticed that he was lying in blood and he pulled the sheet off and he was covered in it. Bucky blinked then he saw Natasha lying next to him instead of Hill and her eyes were gouged out. Bucky leaned back and fell out of the bed and then he saw Steve standing in the doorway and he had a hand through his chest and his heart was in a leaver gloved hand. Bucky say the sneering smile of Red Skull behind him.
Bucky shuttered and he closed his eyes and opened them. He was now in a concrete room and he felt cold, and he noticed that he was lying on a metal table. He heard a drilling noise and then a saw came to his ears. He watched as the saw went down and began to cut into his amputated left arms, cutting off the loose skin and exposed bone that wasn't needed. Bucky felt the pain and he contorted his face in pain and he yelled and he felt his mind snap.
Bucky opened his eyes and he was back in the Quinjet and no one had noticed the nightmare he was having. Bucky leaned back in the chair and he rubbed his eyes. He noticed that he was crying slightly and he wiped the tears away quickly. Bucky looked back and Clint was turning toward him.
"Any sign of Cap's signal yet?"
Bucky lightly yawned and he shook his head "Nothing"
"He should have acted by now" Clint said
"Hey Clint can you switch the display to thermal" Bucky said pointing at a blue button on the other side of the cockpit.
"Yeah sure, why?" Clint asked while he pressed the button
"If Steve is giving a signal, it will most likely be an explosion. I can look down below us, since we're directly above the Gulag. I can see if there is a sudden spike in temperature that could be an explosion."
"Makes sense" Clint said
Bucky nodded and he looked at the display screen and he could see the round prison and it looked normal then there was a sudden flare up of red, then it was a deep red.
"There it is" Bucky said
"Get ready, Steve just gave us his signal" Clint told everyone
Morse sat down and so did Hill. Fury came up and he took Bucky's seat and Bucky stood up and he looked at Clint.
"How close can you get us in there? Bucky asked
"As close as I can" Fury said taking the controls
"Good" Bucky said and he grabbed Steve's shield
Clint felt the sudden drop as Fury directed the Quinjet down and they started to fly through the clouds toward the Gulag. Clint grabbed a hand strap on the ceiling and held on and Fury barrel rolled and the Quinjet got closer to the huge hole in the Gulag.
"Fury, see that huge hole make sure we fly directly over it" Bucky said
"What are you going to do?" Hill asked
Bucky took a step forward and pressed the manual release button for the back ramp.
"Something dramatic I hope" Bucky said and the wind howled and Fury yelled
"On my Mark!"
Bucky readied himself and he put Steve's shield on his back. The Quinjet slowed and banked and it pulled to the left and it made Bucky's stomach slightly flip.
"Three… two… Mark!" Fury yelled
Bucky ran forward and jumped out of the Quinjet leaving them all wide eyed. Bucky felt the wind make his eyes water and eh saw he was going to the opening and Bucky pulled the shield off his back and he aimed in forward and he smashed through a concrete pillar and he landed on a hele-pad and he rolled and he saw a soldier and he ran forward and he grabbed his ankle and flipped him. As the man flipped through the air, Bucky brought his boot on the man's throat in midair and he made him smack into the ground and the man's throat broke under the pressure. Bucky stood completely straight with his boot on a man's throat. He brought his right wrist up to his mouth.
"I'm in"
End of Act 4