Made to be a Weapon

Chapter One

"солдат"

"готов подчиниться"

"Mission. The Winter Soldier. Find him, return him. You know the code."

"Yes sir."

•••

I found him. Hungary.

He had definitely broken through. His mission had been in Norway.

I was on the ceiling of a tiny apartment, waiting for him to come back. I had memorized his code words.

The lock clicked, and I held my breath. I didn't need to breath, hopefully he fell asleep withing 15 minutes.

Luck was on my side, he did.

I lightly fell to the carpeted floor and stalked over to the sleeping soldier.

"Longing."
"Rusted."
"Seventeen."
"Daybreak, furnace."
"Nine, benign, homecoming, one, freight car."

He snapped awake.

"солдат"

"готов подчиниться"

"Mission report."

He was silent.

"Mission report soldier!"

"Mission failure."

"Return to base."

"Yes sir."

In the back of his mind, the I felt a tiny spark of satisfaction. I was not Winter's superior. But being called sir felt good. I locked the asset's code words in the corner of his brain that Hydra couldn't reach. I would remember them.

•••

The spider followed the Winter Soldier back to base, watched as the man returned to his cell, then locked it.

He entered the briefing room.

"Well done soldier, mission success. Report to cryo."

Ahh, a nap. He hadn't slept in a long time.