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𝐃𝐑𝐎𝐖𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆
CHAPTER EIGHT— ESCAPE PLANS

          The group of "criminals" sat in the back of the van. All were flabbergasted, not knowing how to react to everything that just went down.

Hope was the only one handcuffed, HYDRA had somehow gotten ahold of some handcuffs that were spelled to restrict the person of using magic. Though it seemed as if the spell was temporary, it would start to lose its strength and Hope will be able to break it with her werewolf super-strength if it came to that.

They didn't do anything to Lizzie, not understanding how her siphon powers work, so the Saltzman girl was planning to siphon the magic out of them as soon as they were given the opportunity but not with the HYDRA agents that were in the back of the van with them in full gear and helmet.

Sam and Lizzie sat on one side of the van while Steve, Natasha, and Hope were across from them, Hope sandwiched between her fellow agents. The Mikaelson girl was glad that Lizzie and Sam have created some sort of bond, both sarcastic little shits with a heart of gold. Just add Tony to the group and they would be an unstoppable trio.

"It was him. He looked right at me like he didn't even know me" Steve sulked, flashes of old memories with Bucky coming to mind. The man had been the only real friend he had back before the serum. Nobody had wanted to befriend the skinny kid who constantly fought against his bullies and lost, everyone except for Bucky.

"How's that even possible? It was like seventy years ago" Hope decided not to bring up the essence of supernatural that surrounded Bucky, she had noticed it in the fight and would tell them as soon as they were away from the HYDRA goons that were in the van with them.

"Zola. Bucky's whole unit was captured in '43, Zola experimented on him. Whatever he did helped Bucky survive the fall. They must have found him and..." Hope cut him off, sensing his unnecessary and misplaced guilt.

"None of that was your fault, Steve" Hope reminded him softly, knowing what it was like to feel guilt over someone's pain, even if it wasn't your fault. After all, she still carries guilt over everyone who's been hurt because of her. Even the people who were killed by her parents or aunts and uncles to protect her.

Sam noticed that Natasha was bleeding and, since he was not caught up to speed on Hope's magical blood and how the shoulder wound would heal almost instantly once the bullet was taken out, he decided to get the attention of the two HYDRA guards.

"We need to get a doctor here. We don't put pressure on that wound she's gonna bleed out here in the truck" Sam told the guards.

One took out their taser, moving it forward almost tauntingly at Sam before shocking everyone and hitting the second guard with it, tasing them before knocking them out swiftly. Hope smirked when the guard that was conscious took their helmet off, revealing to be Agent Maria Hill.

"Ah. That thing was squeezing my brain" Maria complained, hair a bit disheveled from the helmet. She used one of her hands to move the strands of hair out of her eyes, not noticing Sam's confused look when he realized everyone else was a lot more relaxed around this woman.

When Maria looked at Sam she frowned, not recognizing him. She had known about Lizzie before even meeting her since she was in Hope's top-secret file that only Fury, Maria, and Coulson has access to. Sam was the only stranger in the group.

Maria turned towards the three agents—former agents—with a confused expression. "Who's this guy?"

.・。.・゜✭・.・✫・゜・。.

HYDRA's vans and SUVs stopped under the abandoned small tunnel near one of their warehouses. Agent Brock Rumlow, one of the HYDRA traitors, was giving off orders as everyone got out of their own vehicles.

"Four holes. Start digging" He barked the order, stalking over to the van that held the prisoners. "What about the fifth person?" One HYDRA traitor agent asked when the realized there were five people they had captured, not four.

"Agent Kenner is not able to be killed, got it? They want to keep her for experimenting" Brock shortened the explanation, not revealing the whole truth to the lower agents. Rumlow had specifically been briefed by Alexander Pierce himself on the truth about Hope and was sent to assess her while she was on missions with the STRIKE team.

HYDRA knew that Hope was practically unkillable, not that they'd want to kill such a powerful creature in the first place without experimenting. She was one-of-a-kind, the Original and only Tribrid to ever exist. Not to mention how she's the daughter of two mass murderers(although Hayley's killings were way less than Klaus'). She was valuable, not to be killed unless absolutely necessary.

"Yes sir" The agent muttered as he hoisted up his gun just like Rumlow and the other agents did as they finally reached the van. One HYDRA goon opened the back door while everyone else had guns cocked and ready to shoot but were surprised when nobody was back there besides one of their guards who had their neck snapped(Hope didn't think leaving them alive was a good idea). There was also a burned-out hole in the flooring of the van which explained where they had been able to escape from.

"Find them! Now!"