CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE

Locked in a thing similar to Bucky but stronger
Because she used to work with him just in case she's helping him
Steve tries to get to her but they don't allow it
She's drugged up by the thing hydra used on her

Evelyn found the perfect position to sit herself in on the way to Berlin. Steve sat beside her with Sam behind them, and T'Challa sat at the front. If Evelyn moved in the slightest, the collars would send more electricity through her, so she stayed relatively still until they went over bumps, in which Evelyn would let out a whimper.

"So, you like cats?" Sam asked suddenly after a while of silence.

"Sam," Steve warned.

"What? Dude shows up dressed like a cat, you don't wanna know more?" Sam asked.

"You know," Evelyn swallowed as she briefly looked down towards her choker. "I'm actually allergic to cats. Howard Stark got me a cat named Puss Puss when we were young. I named her, obviously. I wanted to name her Pussy but mum wouldn't let me. Anyway, I almost died holding the cat for ten seconds. Scary shit. So, instead, the Starks brought a dog and named it Puppy, curtesy of me."

Sam let out a chuckle and shook his head. "Even in your situation, you never fail to make me laugh."

"Your suit....it's vibranium?" Steve asked T'Challa.

"The Black Panther has been Wakanda's protector for generations," T'Challa said. "A mantle, passed from warrior to warrior. And now, because your friend murdered my father, I also wear the mantle of king. So, I ask you as both warrior and king, how long do you think you can keep your friend safe from me?"

"But he didn't do it, T," Evelyn told him.

"How can you be so sure?" He asked. Evelyn didn't answer. She wasn't sure how to answer that question, she just knew for a fact that Bucky didn't do it and that he was being framed.

They arrived at the base and exited the truck. Steve held onto Evelyn for support, just in case the choker and the handcuffs decided to go off again. Evelyn turned her body around and caught Bucky's eye, before he turned away.

Steve, Sam and Evelyn made their way to Sharon and a couple other people. "What's gonna happen to him?" Steve asked.

"Same thing that ought to happen to you three. Psychological evaluation and extradition," the man spoke. Sharon gave Evelyn a worrying look, glancing at her choker and handcuffs.

"This is Everett Ross, Deputy Task Force Commander," Sharon introduced.

"What about a lawyer?" Steve asked.

Everett laughed, "Lawyer. That's funny. See their weapons are placed in lockup," he told Sharon, who nodded and walked off. "We'll write you a receipt."

Evelyn watched as Steve's shield and Sam's wings were carried away from them. "I better not look out the window and see anybody flying around in that," Sam told them.

Steve and Evelyn briefly looked back at Bucky, who looked back at them, before his door was closed up.

"You'll be provided with an office instead of a cell," Everett told them. "Now, do me a favour, stay in it?"

"I don't intend on going anywhere," T'Challa spoke.

"For the record, this is what making things worse looks like," Natasha walked into line with Steve and Evelyn.

"He's alive," Steve told Natasha.

Natasha glanced at Evelyn with a frown. "Are you alright?" She asked her.

"Just peachy," Evelyn mumbled.

"Romania was not Accords-sanctioned. Colonel Rhodes is supervising cleanup," Evelyn heard Tony say.

"Try not to break anything while we fix this," Natasha warned them.

"Consequences? You bet there'll be consequences. Obviously you can quote me on that, because I just said it. Anything else? Thank you, sir," Tony hung up from his phone call.

Tony walked up to them with Elijah following closely behind. "Fuck you, Tony," Evelyn told him.

Tony briefly glanced down at Evelyn, a look of guilt and worry flashing in his eyes, before he looked up at Steve.

"Consequences?" Steve asked.

"Secretary Ross wants you three persecuted. Had to give him something," he shrugged.

"That man is nutso," Elijah said.

"I'm not getting that shield back, am I?" Steve asked.

"Technically, it's the governments property. Wings, too," Natasha grinned as she walked off.

Sam shook his head. "That's cold."

"Warmer than jail," Tony called out and Natasha, Elijah and Tony disappeared around the corner.

Evelyn let out another whimper as the choker and cuffs sent more electricity through her. "Can somebody get these off of her?" Steve called out.

"I'll take them off," a man wearing glasses and carrying a brief case said with a warm smile. "Just come with me."

Evelyn went to walk off with the man when Steve held his arm out to stop her. "How do I know you're going to take them off?" He asked.

The man sent Steve a small smile. "You can trust me, Captain."

Steve narrowed his eyes at him, not quite believing him. "Steve, it's fine. I'll be fine," she told him with a small smile. Steve looked down at her and sighed before letting her walk off with the man.

They walked down several corridors, with Evelyn paying no attention to where they were going. The man then opened a door and held it for her, and Evelyn walked into a small supply closet.

Evelyn turned towards the man with a frown as he locked the door behind them. "What are we doing in the....janitors closet?" She asked.

He chuckled, "I was just going to....read you a little story."

Evelyn titled her head at him as she took a small step back. The man rummaged through his briefcase, before pulling out a familiar red book with the black star in the front. "No!" Evelyn went to grab it when the electricity ran through her. She let out a small whimper as she fell to the ground.

"The thing about janitors closets, is that they don't have cameras in them," he told her with a small chuckle before opening the book.

"принять," he read out. Adopt.

Evelyn tried getting up to grab him, when the choker and hand cuffs sent even more electricity through her. "Stop!"

"восемнадцать," he smirked. Eighteen.

Evelyn groaned as she tried to put her hands over her ears, only before realising that her hands were cuffed behind her back.

"один." One.

"No," Evelyn whispered.

"восемь." Eight.

"Stop," she begged.

"богиня." Goddess.

"Please stop!"

"мороз." Frost.

Evelyn let out a scream as she tried to grab him, only to find the cuffs and choker electrocute her.

"аннигилировать." Annihilate.

Evelyn began to pull her hands, fighting the electricity as she pulled against the cuffs to make them come off.

"умный." Intelligent.

Memories began to disappear in her mind, making Evelyn become the Annihilator again.

"женский пол." Female.

Evelyn let out a scream as she ripped the handcuffs off of her hands.

"убийца." Killer.

Evelyn tugged against the choker that was still strapped around her neck, sending electricity through her that she began to ignore.

"двадцать пять." Twenty-five.

With a yell, Evelyn ripped it off.

"магия." Magic.

The Annihilator stood up from off the ground and looked ahead, waiting for her mission to be told to her. All of Evelyn's previous emotions were gone, turning her back into the stone cold killer she was over twenty years ago.

"агент?" The man in front of her asked. Agent?

Evelyn sent him a nod. "я готов отвечать." Ready to comply.

He smiled. "Come with me."

Zemo lead the Annihilator through corridors, with people giving her looks, but she only focussed on the task at hand. He placed his glasses back on as they entered another room. A man in a tight red shirt and a metal arm was sitting in some containment, his arms trapped so that he couldn't get out.

Zemo walked up to a desk in front of man guy and Evelyn stood to the side of him. "Hello, Mr Barnes. I've been sent by the United Nations to evaluate you. Do you mind if I sit?" He asked the man. Without waiting for a reply, he sat down.

The man in the containment caught the Annihilator's eyes and sat up a little straighter. He widened his eyes when he noticed her stance, but she gave him a cold glare in return.

"Your first name is James?" He asked the man. "I'm not hear to judge you. I just want to ask you a few questions. Do you know where you are, James? I can't help you if you don't talk to me, James."

"My name is Bucky," the man spoke up. "There's only two people who are allowed to call me James," he looked at Annihilator.

"Tell me, Bucky. You've seen a great deal, haven't you?" Zemo asked him.

"I don't wanna talk about it."

"You fear that if you open your mouth, the horrors might never stop," he told him. "Don't worry. We only have to talk about one."

Suddenly, the lights all went out. Annihilator went rigid as she made sure Zemo was alright.

"What the hell is this?" Bucky asked.

"Why don't we discuss your home? Not Romania. Certainly not Brooklyn, no. I mean your real home." He brought out a red book with a black star, the one he had in his hands when he told Annihilator to follow him.

"желание," he read out. Longing.

"No," Bucky whispered to himself.

"ржaвый." Rusted.

"Stop," Bucky told him.

"Семнадцать." Seventeen.

"Stop," Bucky spoke louder.

"Рассвет." Daybreak.

"Evelyn!" Bucky called out as he looked at Annihilator.

"Печь." Furnace.

Bucky let out a yell as he began to break himself out of containment.

"Девять." Nine.

Bucky started to punch the glass.

"добросердечный." Benign.

"возвращение на родину." Homecoming.

"Один." One.

"грузовой вагон." Freight car.

Bucky punched the door open and stumbled out. Annihilator walked forward towards Zemo until they were both standing in front of Bucky.

"солдат?" Zemo asked him.

Bucky's face was rid of emotion, other then one defining one: rage. "я готов отвечать." Ready to comply.

He looked between the two assassins as the Annihilator stood next to the Winter Soldier. "Mission report. December 16, 1991."

•

A well-built man with blonde hair marched into the room and grabbed Zemo by his collar before pushing him against a wall.

"Who are you? What do you want?" he demanded.

"To see an empire fall."

A man with dark skin entered the room and Annihilator appeared from a corner and took a quick swing at him, but he ducked in the nick of time. Bucky came up beside her as they punched the dude in the stomach, then Bucky flipped him onto the containment.

The blonde-haired man hurried towards them and Annihilator took a quick swing, only for him to dodge it. Bucky took a swing just as she kicked and they both got blocked by the man. Annihilator then kicked him right in the midsection and sent him flying back a bit. Bucky took a kick while Annihilator swung a punch and they got blocked by the dude. Bucky and the Annihilator worked like they were unstoppable. She kicked the man into an elevator door and Bucky punched his stomach, then pushed him through the door and down into the elevator. The two watched him land before walking away.

They arrived at a cafe area as more men attacked them with metal rods, trying to taser them unconscious. They easily blocked them and knocked them to the ground. Annihilator punched one of the men on his face and flipped him to the ground. She took his gun out of his grasp and was about to shoot him when a shockwave was sent through her.

Annihilator turned towards the man who did it just as Bucky did and saw a man in a suit and a metal hand run up to them. He shot the repulser at them again and Annihilator ducked. When he made it up to them, he tried to take the gun out of Annihilator's grip but she was quick to block it. He placed his hand over her gun and she fired. He gave her wide eyes.

Annihilator threw the gun away and elbowed his face and Bucky knocked him back. Two women ran towards them, one blonde and one red-haired. Bucky easily blocked the blonde girl's kick as the other one charged at Annihilator.

She blocked her kicks with ease and then flipped her over onto her back. The woman kicked her legs around and tried to flip the Annihilator over so she kicked her and elbowed her midsection. The woman flipped her legs around Annihilator and onto her shoulders and began to elbow her face as she walked towards a table, before proceeding to slam her down onto the table and gripped her neck, squeezing it.

"You should at least recognise your best friend," the woman managed to chock out.

Bucky blocked a dark-skinned man that approached Annihilator, so she quickly let go of the woman and went to her Bucky take on the new competitor.

The man continuously tried to kick them, only for them to quickly block him. Bucky grabbed onto Annihilator's midsection and swung her around so that she could kick the man square in the face. Bucky placed her down as she punched his stomach. The man kicked the Annihilator's side and punched Bucky's face.

Bucky used his metal arm to punch his stomach so that it could knock him back a bit. They hurried up the stairs on their way to the roof when the same man from before jumped and landed in front of them.

He took another kick at the two assassins and Bucky stood in front of Annihilator with his metal arm raised. Be ducked his kick as she stepped forward and grabbed onto his leg. She flipped him over but he was quick to get back up. He kicked Annihilator back slightly and then proceeded to try and twist Bucky's metal arm.

The two of them fell down the stairs so Annihilator jumped down. She kicked the man from behind and he turned around and swung at her. Annihilator dodged and went to stand beside Bucky as they punched and kicked him. The man punched Bucky and Annihilator square in their faces, before proceeding to knock them over the railing and onto the floor below.

Annihilator groaned softly as Bucky landed on her, so she shoved him off of her and he quickly stood up before holding a hand it to her and helping her up. They nodded at each other to make sure they were alright, before running off quickly to a seperate set of stairs. They opened a door that lead to the roof, and quickly approached the helicopter sitting on the roof.

Bucky jumped into the pilot's seat and Annihilator sat beside him. He started up the helicopter when a loud bang was sounded. She looked to her left and saw that blonde man from before run up onto the roof just as the helicopter began to hover.

He jumped up and grabbed onto the bottom of the copter, making Annihilator grab onto the seat so that she wouldn't smash herself into the door. Bucky tried flying off but the man continued to hold down the helicopter. He held onto a pole and pulled them towards him.

Bucky quickly turned the helicopter towards the blonde man and they went crashing onto the platform. When the helicopter stopped, though, Annihilator noticed the blonde man was just outside her window. She smashed her fist through and grabbed onto his neck. He gave her a look as she glared at him.

"Please recognise me," the man begged.

Something familiar in Annihilator's mind clicked, and she tilted her head at the man. "Steve?" She asked, before the helicopter fell off of the side of the building. They crashed into the water below and her head smashed against the roof, knocking her out in an instant

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I actually love Bucky Barnes so much. Like honestly. I think we are actually soulmates.

Funnily enough, I had a dream about him a short while back (or about Sebastian Stan). Where I auditioned for a role in Avengers 4 and got it, and I had to play Bucky's fiancé and almost bride. It was set after the final battle and everyone was going off to have a life and be happy, and Bucky was marrying a woman (me) he met in Romania. So I walked down the isle to Bucky/Sebastian and we actually fell in love. It was amazing.

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Me in 2025: I love young me's dreams :')