"It was him... He looked right at me like he didn't even know me." Steve hangs his head as he speaks. Glancing up at Freya to check on her, he frowns. "He even went after Frey."
"He tried to kill me..." her weak voice croaks out in confirmation. "Twice..."
"How is that even possible?" Sam asks. "It was, like, 70 years ago."
"Zola," Freya answers as her voice begins to shake with exhaustion.
"Bucky's whole unit was captured in '43," Steve nods. "Zola experimented on him. Whatever he did helped Bucky survive the fall. They must have found him and -"
"None of that's your fault, Steve," Natasha interrupts. She's doing her best to keep her head up. The wound in her shoulder is beginning to take its toll.
"Even when I had nothing, I had Bucky," Steve looks away and sighs. Sam notices the redhead's state and his worried voice grabs the attention of the two blondes.
"We need to get a doctor here. If we don't put pressure on that wound, she's gonna bleed out here in the truck."
The guard next to him quickly pulls out a taser and points it at him. Suddenly turning it, the guard uses it on the one beside it before kicking it in the head. Knocking it out. The four turn to look at the first guard as it removes its helmet, revealing a disheveled Maria Hill.
"Ah. That thing was squeezing my brain." Maria looks around at their shocked faces before glancing at Sam. "Who's this guy?"
"Maria..." Freya breathes out happily.
Maria smiles at the young Stark before springing into action. She breaks them out of their cuffs and removes Freya's collar. The blonde can immediately breathe well again and feels immense relief. Her powers start to flood through her body once more. She's still extremely weak, though. Next, Maria pulls out a device, ignites it and cuts a hole through the floor of the truck. One by one, they drop out of the truck unnoticed. Gathering together, Maria leads them to a van she had stashed nearby. After they pile in, she drives them to a hidden location of underground tunnels next to a dam. Walking in, Steve's arm is around Freya's waist to keep her steady while Sam supports Natasha. Maria walks ahead of them while a doctor runs to meet them. Freya recognizes him to be the same doctor that had tried to save Fury.
"GSW, she's lost at least a pint," Maria calls out to him.
"Maybe two," Sam adds.
"Let me take her," the doctor calls back to them.
"She'll want to see him first," Maria declines. "Frey, too."
Freya and Natasha glance at each other in confusion. Maria leads them down the hall with the doctor at their heels. Coming to a curtain, she pulls it back to reveal a very injured, but very much alive Nick Fury.
"About damn time," he sasses them.
Freya sighs in realization as they walk into the room. Natasha sits down next to him as the doctor begins to work on her. Steve grabs a chair from along the wall and places it at the foot of Fury's bed. He guides Freya to it so she can sit too and immediately places his hands on her shoulders.
"Lacerated spinal column, cracked sternum, shattered collar bone, perforated liver and one hell of a headache," Fury says weakly.
"Don't forget your collapsed lung," the doctor adds as he quickly glances up at him.
"Oh, let's not forgot that," Fury says sarcastically. "Otherwise, I'm good."
"They cut you open," Natasha says in disbelief. "Your heart stopped."
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Mercury // S. Rogers (Book One) ✔
FanfictionBeing the only child of Tony Stark, Freya was kept out of the spotlight so that she might live a semi-normal life. Unfortunately, how she became Tony Stark's daughter is the main reason why she will never have anything near a semi-normal life. Havin...
