Chapter 5
Once they got back to Avengers Tower, they held the guy from earlier captive in an containment chamber.
He woke up, confused. Steve, Natasha and Sam were on the other side.
"What the hell?" the guy whispered as he got up.
"Have a good sleep?" Natasha said with my arms crossed.
"Where the hell am I?" he asked. "Who are you people?"
"Your worst nightmare." Sam said.
"Dedrick. Your boss. What do you know about him?" Steve asked. The guy chuckled.
"Go to hell." He said.
"Are you sure that's your final answer?" Natasha asked. "You want to be a slave the rest of your life?"
"I'm no slave, sweetheart. Just a soldier."
"Really?" Steve says. "Well soldier, your boss never cared about you. You know that. Now if you want to cover him, go ahead. But we are going to find him. Whether you like it or not."
"We will never find him. He's too quick for you. Captain." The guy said.
"Really? Are you sure about that?" Steve said.
"You're such a leader, Cap. I can see why you take an interest in Hope. She's just like Bucky."
"What did you say?" Steve said attempting to fight him. But Natasha stopped him.
"Steve, don't. He's not worth it." Natasha said. "Let's go." She and Sam started to walk away. Steve stayed still. "Cap! Let's go."
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The three went back to Fury. With no news.
"So what do you got?" Fury asked.
"Nothing. The guy's loyal. He didn't say anything." Sam said.
"But he does know about Hope." Steve says.
"Maybe she does, too." Natasha said.
"Let me talk to her." Steve said.
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Steve walked into Hope's hospital room to see Hope laying on her right side and Bucky, sleeping sitting across from her. He went to him and nudge him a little bit. To wake him.
"Hey." Steve says as Bucky wakes up.
"Yeah, what is it?" Bucky said slightly concerned.
"Can you give us a second?" Steve asked.
"Yeah. Of course." Bucky said before getting up and leaving the room. Then Steve walked up to the girl and sat next to her.
"Hey, kid. You ok?" Steve asked Hope. She nodded. "Are you ok?"
"You want something. An answer. I can see it. I can hear it. The voices. It's there." Hope said rocking back and forth. "You used to be weak. You get picked on. They experimented with you. To become a god. You lost your best friend. You fought a man; 'Red Skull.' You won. But you fell into the ice. Decades later, you came back from the dead. You are Captain America." Steve had no words. All he could do was listen.
"You see? I'm not normal. I can't stop the voices. They won't stop. I try to make them stop but.... they won't listen to me. All I hear is voices. I'm not sane."
"You knew who I was?"
"I knew ever since I saw you. I can read and control minds. I had it for a long time. He made me this way. He turned me into a freak."
"Dedrick."
"Yeah. And his friends would do things. Hurt me." Hope said as Steve gets his photo of that guy. And he showed it to her.
"Is he one of them?"
As Hope looks at the photo, she started to get flashback of him. He wasn't a total bad guy. Actually he helped her once. Dedrick's 'friends' were hurting her pretty bad. Almost to the point of a homicide. But that guy told them to lay off. That Dedrick won't like any of soldiers dead. So they laid off of her. She saw the good in him.
"Yes. He works for him. His name is Tom. But he isn't that bad. He actually saved my life once. Why do you ask?" Hope stated.
"Because we got him."
"What? He's alive? I thought he was dead."
"We found in Sokaiva."
"Oh, no. They're doing it again."
"Doing what?"
"They want to start to make new soldiers. An new army."
"What army?"
"Hydra." Hope whispered. "Where is he? I want to see you."
"I'll take you there."
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Once Hope and Steve got into the evaluation room where Tom sat in the containment chamber, she start to get nervous about seeing him again. She knew that there was good in him. Maybe she can change him.
"Tom?" Hope called out.
"Oh, you brought her." Tom groaned. "Nice work."
"I ask him to. I thought you were dead. I never had forgave myself."
"Ugh, don't. Stop it with the sob story, okay? I know you're just here to get to snitch."
"Tom, you don't have to do this. You're different from them. You were the only person that cared about me." Tom scoffed.
"You're lying."
"Am I? Then who brought me food everyday? Or checked on me once in a while? Who stopped his friends from killing me? Who, Tom?" Hope questioned.
"Look. You have the chance of stopping him but yet you stand here, covering for him. Why?" Steve finally asked.
"I just can't tell you." Tom said looking down.
"Why?!" Hope demanded to know.
"Because he'll kill everyone I love! My mother. Bella, my wife. My daughter. Everyone. He'll kill them dead." Tom snapped.
"We won't let that happen." Steve says.
"How can you be so sure?" Tom says.
"Because we can stop him. I swear to you he won't go near your family. I promise you." Steve said. Then Tom sighed.
"Fine. I'll tell you. He's heading to Berlin. He's trying to get more super soldier serum. He's making a new army."
"I knew it." Hope said. "Thank you, Tom. There's still good in you. I can see it."
"Yes, whatever. I'm done talking."
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That night where everyone was sleep, Hope stay awake, looking out the window at the moonlight sky. It was bright and beautiful. She could stare at it for hours.
Then someone knocked on her door. Hope was startled at first but when she turned around and saw Bucky, she relaxed.
"Hey. Bad timing?" Bucky smiled. She shook her head no.
"No. You just startled me. That's all." Hope smiled. "What are you doing here?"
"Just to talk. I wanted to see how you were doing."
"Oh. I'm fine." Hope dismissed.
"Really? You don't look fine."
"I'm fine, ok? You don't need to worry about me."
"Yes, I do. You know why? Because you're just like me. You think you could take it but you can't. You keep to yourself, like me. You keep thinking that you're fine. But you're not. I just hope that they didn't abuse you like they did to me. My past life was like yours, but worse."
"No, it isn't."
"I'm not lying to you." Bucky said before Hope reached out her hand to touch his forehead. "What are you doing?"
"Don't talk."
Once she touched his head, she started to see things. Him, killing people. Being in shock therapy. They even sliced his right arm off. He was tortured. Painfully tortured. Like Hope.
Hope quickly backed her hand away from his forehead in fear of she saw. Bucky on the other hand, was confused.
"Hope? Hope, are you ok?" Bucky said worried. Hope had a slight nose bleed. She was on the verge of tears.
"You were right. I'm so sorry, Bucky." Hope said softly.
"You saw into my mind?" Hope nodded.
"I'm telepathic. I saw things. I understand now."
"You didn't need to do that. I wasn't lying."
"I know."
"I'm sorry, you had to see that. That's something no girl should see that."
"I seen worse."
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