Who Are You? | The Falcon And The Winter Soldier

The Real Truth

I was back at the apartment reluctantly, staring at Bucky with deadly eyes.

"Izzy-"

"Shut up"

He sighs, leaning back in his chair.

"I was wrong for yelling at you, ok?" He looks at me "but that doesn't mean you slap me"

"You keep talking and I'll do it again" I threaten

Sam walked back into the room with his phone in his hand.

"Zemo's coming" he sighs, setting the phone on the table

"When?" My mood shifts

"A few hours"

"Actually a few seconds"

Zemo walked in from the hall, smiling at me.

"Hello darling"

"Zemo!" I laugh, jogging up and hugging him "where were you?"

"Nothing of importance" he smiles

"Alright enough. Why are you here?" Bucky speaks up

I growl and roll my eyes.

"Quite rude James. I thought you'd grown out of that" Zemo smirks

I giggle and kiss his cheek, letting go of him. I was about to walk away when Zemo whispered something in a weird language, causing me to instantly drop in his arms behind me.

"What the hell did you do to her?!" Bucky jumps up, about to punch him but Sam holds him back

"She's just asleep, calm down" he assures the soldier

"Why?"

"Because we're going to kill Mercy"

~~

"Kill Mercy? What the hell does that mean?" Bucky asks, watching Zemo carry me to the couch

"Well first we have to figure out what she is" Zemo explains as he props my head up with a pillow "She'll be asleep for a few hours so we don't have time to waste"

"What are we looking for?"

"Anything. Anything at all"

"Do we have any leads?" Bucky walks over to me and caresses my cheek

"Half of one" Sam sighs

"Half? What do you mean half?" Bucky narrows his eyes

"We know it's not a person. It's some sort of parasite, as Isaiah said"

"Then why is he here?" Bucky points to Zemo

"I'm here to help, James, whether you like it or not" Zemo nods "could it be a demon?"

"No such thing" Sam sighs, watching my chest rise and fall

"100 bucks it's an alien" Bucky mutters

"It might actually" Zemo stands up "could be the reason we don't know anything about it"

"Ok, that's a start but what kind of alien? Like Thanos?" Sam asks, thinking to himself

"Let's hope not" Bucky mutters again

"Most aliens are killed the same way. A simple spell really but it would be easier for the alien to be out of it's host to kill it" Zemo explains

"Alright, let's do it" Bucky agrees

~~

They lay me down inside of a large sigil, candles light all around while Zemo finished painting small symbols around me.

He pulled out a small book from his pocket, opening up to a page and reading from it.

"What's he saying?" Bucky whispers to Sam as Zemo closed his eyes, continuing to chant

"Does it look like I know?" Sam whispers back

The candles' fire grew as my body shook violently, Zemo's chanting getting louder and more aggressive.

Sam and Bucky watch as a black goo leaked from my eyes, ears and nose, trying to get out from any hole it could.

Suddenly, a pained scream erupted from my mouth as the goo balled in the middle of my chest. Bucky jumped up, seeing my face contort in agony before trying to grab me but Sam holds him back.

"She's ok. She's ok" he whispers, placing his hands on his shoulders, pushing Bucky back further

Zemo yells the final word and the goo snaps out of me, causing me to yelp and pant, staring at the substance floating above me in the trap.

"Izzy!" Bucky gasps, grabbing me and pulling me out of the trap, hugging me tightly while Zemo examined the alien

It formed into a face with razor sharp teeth and a long tongue, smiling evily at the man before looking at me.

"There you are, princess" it smiles, it's tongue running over it's disgusting teeth

I gasp and back into Bucky's chest, panting in fear.

"What are you?" Sam asks sternly, crossing his arms

"A distant cousin of Venom, you could say" the thing tilts it's head

"You're Mercy?" Zemo asks

"Yes. And I am a woman as you call them"

"Why were you with Hydra if you're an alien?" Bucky speaks up, hiding my face in his neck

"Why don't I jump back into that cute, little body of yours, princess? It would be easier to explain everything" Mercy smirks before Zemo held his hand up, the monster screaming in pain as high pitched squeals pounded at her head

"Answer the question!" Sam yells

"Ok! They offered me a body. Her's" Mercy pants, regaining control of herself

"Why her?" Sam keeps his voice loud

"I'm not a mind reader, asshole"

Zemo lifted his hand again, this time longer as Mercy screamed and shook, the walls around us rumbling.

"Because they needed new experiments!" Mercy strains

Zemo drops his hand, letting the creature breathe before putting his hand up again.

"Stop"

Zemo looks down at me, watching as I used the wall to help me stand. Bucky grabbed my stomache to hold me in place, Mercy turning towards me.

"Look at you. You're pathetic. You're nothing without me. Powerless. Useless. Nothing." She hisses, leaning towards the end of the trap

I hold my hand out near my stomache, balling it into a fist. Mercy tried to speak but nothing came out expect more black goo, thin like water, but thick like blood.

"You have no idea what I'm capable of" I growl, my hand starting to bleed from how hard I was squeezing

The walls shake again, cracking up and down while leading towards the floor. One large crack went straight through the trap, freeing Mercy from her cage. A blink of an eye, she was gone.