The Soldier and the Wolf

Chapter 24

"Out." The doors opened to reveal a giant bunker-type room. The guards pushed me out the truck and led me to the side of the room. "Wait here. We'll figure out what to do with you soon. Watch her, she could be like him." The man who seemed to be in charged and walked over to another truck. He opened the doors, and a bunch of soldiers popped out of the back. Then a forklift went behind the truck and drove towards the truck. When the fork part popped out, I saw that they had out Bucky in some kind of giant containment box, and his arms and legs were strapped to the seat with thick metal cuffs.

"What are you gonna do to him?" I asked the guards behind me, but they didn't answer. I looked back at Bucky, and I saw that he was staring right at me. When we made eye contact however, he dropped his gaze. Oh god, this can't be happening. When I gave up on trying to get Bucky to look at me again, I looked to another part of the room, and there I watched Captain America, now in normal clothes, along with the two other guys that were involved in the chase, being escorted by guards. I also noticed that Black Widow was among them, walking alongside Captain America and talking to him. I watched them the entire time as they were brought to two people: a blonde woman and a shorter man with white hair. At first, I just thought they were two agents, but when si took a double take, I...I recognized the blonde woman. Suddenly, my thoughts brought me back to 2014. Back in the S.H.I.E.L.D elevator as I headed up to my doom. I remembered her saying that her name was Sharon Carter. I couldn't believe it. I kept my eyes locked on them, watching and trying to figure out what they were talking about...that was until she looked over at me. When she did, I had a feeling she recognized who she was because she stared at me like she was trying to pinpoint where she has seen me before. I started to get nervous however, when she dismissed herself front when group and started to walk towards me. Shit. What is she gonna say? You know what? Maybe she doesn't remember me. Maybe she was just assigned to deal with me. I watched her through my eyebrows as she came up to me and the guards all professionally.

"It's alright, guys. I got her from here. Orders from Ross." The two guys behind me walked away and went to go join their other Soldier friends. I stood there uncomfortably, my hands still bonded together by the giant metal cuffs. I was waiting for her to say something like "How did you end up with Hydra's most infamous killer" or something like that, but instead, she just said "follow me". Which I did.

She took me down the same hallway that the Avengers went down. I followed her silently.

"So..." she began. "How did you go from 'nervous girl in the elevator' to 'girl on the run with an assassin'?" I couldn't tell if she wants an actually answer or if she was being snarky.

"It's...complicated." I muttered under my breath. She stopped in front of an elevator and scanned her card. She looked back at me and looked at me up and down.

"I'm sure it is. But I'm not here to ask questions. I was just assigned to bring you to the offices where Captain Rogers and Wilson are being held as well." I looked at her, surprised and a bit confused.

"You aren't gonna lock me up?" Sharon laughed and I followed her into the elevator.

"You aren't even supposed to be alive. After S.H.I.E.L.D fell, everyone that worked at S.H.I.E.L.D or with Hydra was documented as either alive or dead, and you were one of many declared dead because we couldn't find your body. And now you're here, and clearly you aren't the same girl I met in the elevator."

"Like I said," I kept my gaze down, and I tried not to give away to much stuff. "It's complicated." The elevator door opened, and I followed her out of the elevator. I looked up a little bit and saw that there were several mini offices. Sharon led me to an empty office and she opened the door with her key card.