Spider Gwen: A Twist in the Web

Chapter 18

    Crimson Curse came at me with a kick to the stomach. I flew against the wall. My head was pounding but I got up. I lunged at her and we fought. Back and forth, punching, kicking, anything.  I started getting that feeling I got when I was choking Harry. The feeling where I didn't want to stop. I saw a knife on the floor. I grabbed it and jumped on her, stabbing her in the stomach. She went limp under me and fell. I got off her, realizing what I just did. I rolled her over and saw her stomach oozing out a rich crimson red. I panicked. She was breathing heavily.  " Oh no no no NO! WHAT HAVE I DONE??" I screamed. I grabbed a cloth and put it over her bleeding stomach.

    " What- What's your name?"  I asked her as I held the cloth tightly on her wound. She smiled.  " Hayley. I'm 15." I gasped.  15?

" I.... I'm so sorry Hayley. Look I'm gonna save you. Just look at me don't let go. Stay with me now."  She tilted her head.  " He wanted this to happen. He wanted me to die from your doing."  She sputtered out, coughing.  I held her up to my chest. She was just a kid. I was 18 and her 15. I couldn't believe this.   " Gwen, let me die. Please. I've been wanting this since I was 4 when he took me away from my family. He used me," she coughed harshly, more blood coming out. I covered it more.   " He used me to prepare the Winter Solider, James Barnes, and he trained me to be a assassin and he wanted you to be his big plan for Hydra. And I was th-the chess piece to when he got you to join him. You had to kill me. Ther- there was no stopping this." She started gasping harder, her eyes wide with fear. 

I started crying. " No. NO HAYLEY DONT GO." I screamed. I felt her body go limp. Her head rolled over. Hayley was dead. I heard voices coming. It was Wade and Peter. I saw blurs of black running after them as they picked me and Hayley up. My vision blurred and every noise stopped.

*****

" I killed her."  I said flatly as Wade, Peter and the Avengers turned their attention to me. I stared at Hayley's lifeless body laying on the exam table in Tony and Bruce's Lab at the Avenger Tower.  Peter came over to me and held me tightly as I laid my head on his chest. He rubbed my back and whispered sweet nothings to make me feel better. Captain America, or, Steve, looked at Hayley.  " She told you, that she was forced to work with Bucky? Like, train him? When would he need training if now he's a world class assassin?"
There was a heavy silence. Then it all clicked. Hayley was from Steve and Bucky's time.  1942. 

" She... Zola froze her. She was from your guys' time. He must have captured her for some reason and had her work and train with Bucky so he could have a army someday."  Peter said looking at me with slight worry in his eyes.    " And now he wants Gwen to take Bucky's place since Bucky is with us now."  Wade said crossing his arms.
" Where is Zola?" Tony Asked as him and Bruce looked over Hayley again.

" Um... His men came out of nowhere and ambushed us. Set him free but we ran and got Gwen and Hayley out." Wade said sitting down next to Natasha, giving her a smirk and her rolling her eyes.  " You guys shouldn't have went alone. You're all kids, could've gotten killed." Bruce said looking up at us. We looked down. 

" Where is Bucky? I want to talk to him. He must know everything about Zola if he basically trained Bucky." I said looking at Steve.  He stood up straight and looked at Tony.    " Bucky is in his unit. He doesn't leave it a lot unless we have him come out. He's still overwhelmed from D.C." Steve said.  " Can you take me to see him?" I asked.

Steve nodded.  I squeezed Peter and kissed his cheek. He smiled weakly back at me and let go of my hand.

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Steve took me up to Bucky's unit. It was closed off from the other rooms. Maybe he wanted it this way. Turns out Steve and I have a lot in common though as we talked. I was fangirling the whole chat.
We reached his door and I could hear 40s music playing through the door. 
" Buck, it's Steve. I have a visitor for you."  I heard footsteps and then the door slid open. All I saw was abs. Like, rock hard abs. My cheeks were beat red.  I've never met Bucky before but for a first impressions he was hot.

Tall, black hair in a messy man bun. Loose hanging jeans and nice abs. I mean I didn't like this guy because Peter was amazing looking but, this was eye candy.

Steve gulped but looked at Bucky.  Bucky was staring intensely at me... Like he knew me.  " This is Gwen Stacey. She believes you could help her  and you could answer some of her questions."  Bucky tore his stare off me and looked into Steve's eyes.
I was secretly fan girl-ing. Being stuck between Americas first superhero and the Winter Solider? Amazing.

" Come in." He said lowly.  " I'll be downstairs if you need me Gwen."  Steve said grabbing my arm. I nodded and walked in the room.
Bucky's room was interesting. It had a beautiful view of open Forrest since the Avenger's base was in upstate New York.  It was sort of dark in his room but he had some lamps on. He had old records in a box laying on the floor spilling out with the record player near his bed. His closet was huge but he didn't have a lot of clothes.

In the wall facing his bed, which was huge by the way, there was a glass case with his Winter Soldier uniform in it. Next to it was 2 giant doors. I opened them and gasped. He had every weapon known to man in there. Guns, bombs, knives, cross bows, you name it.  He had a box in there too with every file in existent about him, Hydra, Steve, and S.H.I.E.L.D.  He didn't seem to mind me going through all of his stuff. 

I came across his File on Him when he was frozen.
" That's the work of Hydra. " he said from behind me. I jumped and turned around to look up at him.  He moved a piece of hair out of his face and shrugged on a T- shirt.
" Do you remember anything? From what they did to you?" I asked cautiously. I didn't want to set him off, he's known to be... Touchy.

" They wiped my memory of my life before... Atleast they thought they did. But I remember everything they did to me, and the things they made me do."  I stared at him. I felt bad for Bucky Barnes. This man was a war hero, a sweet guy. Then he was taken and tortured, brainwashed into an assassin. I looked don at his metal arm. He stretched it out as he noticed me looking at it.  I ran my favorite needs along the cold metal. I traced the red star near his shoulder.  " How did you get your metal arm? I've heard stories from around but, I don't know if they were real."  I said still touching his arm. He tucked some hair behind his ear again. His eyes looked into mine.  " I just remember waking up with a metal arm. I'm guessing they uh... Ya know. "  I shivered. That must have been horrible.

I realized how close we were. Too close for people who just met. I pretended to cough and backed up a little.  " Sorry I got so close.." He said walking behind me and closing the weapon doors.  I smiled a little. Bucky was very attractive. But I am with Peter.
Bucky motioned me to walk with him out onto the porch he had. I followed and sat down at the table he had out there.  " So, Gwen, I hear that um, Hydra has their clutches on you."  I blinked uncomfortably at his remark.  " I'm sorry... Steve used that saying  when he told me."  I giggled as I watched him smile slightly. 

" Um, yeah. Zola is back I guess, even though Steve said him and Natasha destroyed him in DC. But, he's been stalking me for months now. He hired my old good friend Harry Osborn to give me the spider bite. But it's not an ordinary spider bite. It wasn't even Like Peter's! Zola messed with the spiders. And, he sent all of these hench girls after me. One killed my father."  I paused. He looked at me with sorrow.  " Wow... That's.. Rough. I'm sorry."   " Its alright. I'm just thinking my powers are bad. He said I'm the next... Winter Solider."  Bucky sat up.  He closed his eyes. " No..no." He whispered.

He shook his head roughly. I reached for him to calm him down but he grabbed my arm. Crushing it with his metal hand. I couldn't feel the pain. Because in that moment, there were two Winter Soldiers about to fight. I triggered Bucky. And he Triggered me. I then started to black out, letting the violence of my powers  taking over me.