Blurred Bloodlines

If Hill was surprised at the sight of the once Winter Soldier walked down the ramp alongside the Cap, she didn't show it.

Her hand of course rested on the pistol at her hip...just in case.

Her and Cap shook hands. She nodded to the others.

Bucky nodded back.

Pietro and Wanda each gave a slight wave.

"Hill, thanks for this."

She shook her head.

"No problem, Captain. Did you need anything else?"

Steve ran a hand through his hair as he answered, "We need vehicles."

Hill turned and motioned them to follow her.

"This way. You can take your pick."

When she got close to a large metal section of the wall, she pushed the red button right next to it, causing it to turn green.

A whirring sound filled the air as the metal section lifted up to reveal a large garage area.

Bucky was floored. There had to be twenty-odd vehicles crammed into the garage.

"Damn."

Hill smirked.

"Oh this is nothing. This is only one of many safe houses."

He turned to her shocked.

"Not even Hydra had this much access to anything."

"Well, its Hydra, right?"

Bucky didn't reply, he only looked back at all the vehicles lined up in the garage.

Steve smiled, watching as his friend ran a hand along the handlebars of a motorcycle close to the door.

"We only need two vehicles."

Hill shrugged, "this is where all our vehicles are placed. It definitely helps."

"I'm taking the bike."

Hill snorted, "go ahead, we got plenty more. Just try and bring it back in one piece.

"Wanda stepped up to the side of the agent.

"Me and my brother will take the small four door. Hopefully he won't get too pushy about how 'slow' we're going."

"Everything is slow compared to me. It's not my fault."

Bucky stilled at that last sentence.

'It's not my fault.'

They were experimented on by Hydra too.

'Like Becky.'

His hands clenched tight around the handlebars, unknowingly bending them.

A hand gripped his shoulder.

"You okay, Buck?"

He looked down at the mangled bars and shook his head.

"Hydra has caused so much hell and no matter how many times we've fought them, they still keep coming. When we fought them in World War 2, we were so sure we were going to put and end to them."

He lifted his left hand, studying it with a harsh eye.

"Then I fell and they found me."

"Bucky..."

"They ripped my identity from me, Steve, they tore my body apart and pieced it back together into the worst kind of monster. They turned me into their pawn, into their fucking lapdog. I'll be damned if they do the same to my daughter! I have had enough. When I find her, nothing will stop the violence that will happen. They want the Winter Soldier, well, they are going to get him. All of him."

Steve could only stand there, his hand held tight against his friend's shoulder.

He didn't know if his hand was still there to comfort Bucky...or to comfort himself.

/ ~ / ~ / ~ /

After a few moments, they all took their respective vehicles and drove out of the SHIELD safehouse, leaving behind a very confused Agent Hill.

She had overheard Steve's and Bucky's conversation.

'The Winter Soldier has a daughter?'

She squared her shoulders.

"Better tell Fury about this."

/ ~ / ~ / ~ /

Both Steve and Bucky had decided on taking motorcycles, leaving Wanda and Pietro to take the silver SUV.

The captain's shield and all of Bucky's weapons in the back.

Wanda noticed her brother was unnaturally quiet.

"Piet, you okay?"

He shook his head, not answering her at first. After a few more minutes though, he spoke, his voice thick with emotion.

"Once we get those files, everything will change again. I never thought I would see her again, Wanda. Not after they ripped her from my arms."

Wanda's hands tightened on the steering wheel.

He never spoke of it to her. Of the day little moon disappeared from the base and from their lives.

"Part of it was Strucker, but there was someone else behind it, behind him, pulling his strings like a puppetmaster. I didn't see them but I did hear a woman's voice."

Wanda was shocked. "What?"

"Yes, Strucker found little moon and I in bed together, but that wasn't the only reason they took her. They took her because we had planned on running away together."

She was silent as she listened to her brother speak.

'Running away?'

She had never seen her brother like this. There were tears in his eyes and his hands were shaking.

"What happened?"

"They placed a damn collar around her neck, like she was an animal and drug her away. I tried to use my speed to get to her, but the woman grabbed me, mid-run and all of a sudden my body was wracked with pain. I couldn't do anything but drop to the floor and watch them take her."

"Who was the woman?" He shook his head.

"I don't know, but whatever she did to me only went away after Strucker gave me an injection. It was as if she had poisoned me.

"Wanda shook her head as she reached a hand over and patted her brother's knee.

"We will find her brother. We will get her back."

/ ~ / ~ / ~ /

Steve pulled his bike to a stop in front of a familiar looking building.

Bucky pulled up alongside him, throwing him a confused look.

"What are we at a hospital?"

Steve smiled.

"This is the location Natasha mentioned. Now lets just hope the info's in there."

They kicked the stands out and climbed off their bikes in tandem, stopping on the sidewalk to wait for Wanda and Pietro to join them.

Pietro was just as confused at Bucky was when he stepped out of the vehicle.

"A hospital?"

The cap shook his head, "just trust me. This is the place Nat talked about."

The young man nodded, "of course I trust you, Captain."

"Well, then, gentleman, are we going inside or standing around out here?"

Steve motioned to her and Pietro."You two stay out here with the vehicles."

Pietro opened his mouth to protest until

Bucky spoke up. "Hydra already knows we're on to them. Who knows what will happen, so we need to keep our escape open."

Pietro nodded in agreement.

"You have a point, old man."

Bucky's eyes narrowed, "Call me 'old man' again..."

"Bucky, he calls everyone older than him, 'old man', even me."

Steve's words quickly deflated the situation and they all parted ways.

The Cap and Bucky heading inside and the siblings staying outside near the vehicles.

Steve wouldn't admit the bolt of nervousness that hit him as they entered the building.

'Now where is that vending machine?'

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