Soldier 259

Chapter 6

Soldier 259

"No! No, there is no way that we're going to be looking after a little boy! No way 259!" 60 yells at me from across the room.

  Ogie clings to my leg and every no and then peeks around them to look at my crew with terrified eyes. So far only 60 has shouted out his dislike of Ogie the others are quite. I place my hands on my hip and give him my "I Mean Business" look. He gives me his "No Way" look in return.

"He's staying with us and that's final." I walk over to 284's suitcase, Ogie clinging to my leg, and grab ahold of one of 284's grey shirts. I turn around and press it up against Ogie to see if it'll fit. The shirt will be like a nightgown on him trailing all the way down to his knees.

  I take Ogie's hand and walk over towards the bathroom, glaring at 60 the whole time, daring him to say one more bad thing about Ogie. He mumbles stuff under his breath and goes back to sharpening his knives. 117 looks down at one of her gadgets and makes changes to it. 284 rummages through his stuff searching for something.

  I close the door behind us to the bathroom. Ogie looks up at me, scared. I give him a reassuring smile. "It's alright, Ogie. I'm not going to let them hurt you. Now it's time for you to take a bath and then I'll cut your hair and fix you something to eat. Ok?"

  He nods his head at me and starts removing his clothing. I turn on the water in the tub and get it to a warm temperature, but not to hot. Once the tub is full I close my eyes to give Ogie privacy and move aside for him to get in the tub. I hear a splash as he gets in and open my eyes to see him staring dumbfounded at the bar of soap by the tub.

  Ogie points at it, "What's that?"

"That is soap. You use it to get clean."

  Ogie tilts his head to the right, "I've seen rich people through windows us it on their faces before."

  I sit down on the toilet beside him and hand him the shampoo that 60 and I bought yesterday. He looks up at me with eyes that plead help. I sigh and squirt some of the shampoo in my hand and start rubbing it in his hair. Ogie takes the soap and a rag and starts scrubbing away the street dirt on his feet and hands.

  I tell him to go under, to get all the shampoo out of his hear, and he obeys. He emerges with no shampoo in his hear. I let him play in the tub for awhile as I brush my teeth. I finish and hand him a toil to dry off with. I close my eyes as Ogie gets out of the tub and starts drying off. I give him 284's shirt to put on and he does.

  I open my eyes to see him starring at me with long wet hair and beautiful chocolate eyes. I stand up and move so he can sit on the toilet as I cut his hair. He sits down on it and watches me through the old busted mirror as I cut his hair. It takes me about ten minutes to cut his hair and clean it up off the floor and into the trashcan.

  I open the door and walk out the bathroom, Ogie following closely behind. There's a bowl of steaming hot soup on the table, Ogie eyes it with hungry eyes but remains behind me. 60 stops doing push up and sits on the ground and watches Ogie, 117 curls up on her and 284's shared pallet, 284 places a cup of water on the table beside the soup and smiles at Ogie, "Thought you might be hungry."

  Ogie rushes over to the table, careful to stay out of reach from 60, and sits down at the table and hungrily eats his soup. 284 grabs his arm roughly, "Eat it slowly, your stomach won't like it if you eat it quickly and then you'll have tummy pains. Understand?"

  Ogie nods his head and slowly eats his soup with a spoon 284 hands him. 284 walks over to his shared pallet and curls up beside 117 and quickly falls asleep. I sit down on 60's and my shared pallet and watch Ogie. 60 walks over and lays down on his side of the pallet, facing the wall. "You know we can't keep him, right?" He says quietly so Ogie won't hear.

"Yes."

"Good, because I'm pretty sure you don't want him to end up like us."

  I clench my fist and remember 60 and I carrying 117 from a burning building when she was little and handing her over to Hydra. I notice 60 looking at 117, probably thinking the same thing. I will not make another person have to live this kind of life.

  Ogie finishes his soup and places the bowl in the sink and walks over to me. "Where do I sleep. 259?"

  I scoot over closer to 60 and pat the spot in front of me and smile, "Right here."

   Ogie looks at 60 with scared eyes and shakes his head no.

"Yes, Ogie. Unless you want to sleep on the hard floor."

  Ogie glares at me and I chuckle as he lays down beside me. I lay own on my pillow and press my back up against 60, Ogie snuggles in beside me and presses his head against my stomach. A strange feeling of protection comes over me that makes me want to kill anyone that lays a finger on Ogie. I try to shake it but it remains. I look up at Night laying at my feet and sigh. What am I going to do with a kid?

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  I open my eyes and see the ceiling of a dark green tent above me. In the distance I hear people yelling and the rain beating down on the tent I'm in. The bed I'm in is softer than the one in the apartment but still hard compared to other beds. I hear a soft moan beside me and look in horror to see a shirtless man in the bed with me.

  I scoot away from him and he opens his eyes and looks at me. His eyebrows knit together in confusion, "What's the matter, Kyra?"

 Kyra? Who's Kyra? More important who are you and where's 60 and the others? His green eyes look at me with confusion and he sits up in the bed, I look down at myself and sigh with relief that I have clothing on. I look back up at him and notice a chain going around his neck and a dog tag on the end of it. I reach forward and grab it, I turn it over and read the name on it.

Barnes, James B.. I look up at the man, James who looks at me concerned. "Kyra, tell me what's wrong."

"Who are you?" I ask.

  He tilts his head to the side, "You don't remember me?"

  I shake my head no. He sighs and gets out of the bed and puts a shirt on, "That's right, Hydra messed with your brain. I hope you remember me soon, I really miss you."

"Wait! What? How do you know about Hydra and what they did to me and just who are you?"

  He turns around and smiles and points to the flap of the tent, "Because of him."

  I look behind me to the flap and freeze. Standing by the flap is a face that I've tried to get out of my head forever. His long brown hair touches his shoulder and his green eyes look at me with intrigue. He's wearing a black leather Soldier uniform that makes his metal arm stand out.

  I scoot back on the bed away for him and bump into James. I look up with pleading eyes, "Please make him go away."

  James tilts his head and looks at me confused, "You wanted to know who I am right?" He looks up at The Winter Soldier, "He has the answers and you know it. If you want to know who I am go and ask him."

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  I wake up screaming and feel strong warm arms rap around my stomach and pull me closer to them. I fight them until I hear 60's voice speaking soft soothing words to me. I cry and place my face into his shirt and don't care if 117 and 284 are watching, I don't care that I'm showing weakness, because right now I'm a human being that's hurt and confused and wants help.

  60 strokes my back  and I feel Ogie rap his arms around me and burry his face into the side of my shirt, "It's ok, 259. I get nightmares all the time."

  Oh Ogie. I cry in 60's arms for a couple of minutes and then lay back down on the pallet. I snuggle with Ogie. Soon Ogie falls asleep clutching my shirt. Just as I'm about to fall asleep I feel 60 rap his arm around me and pull me to his chest. I smile and fall asleep.