Blurred Bloodlines

They finally reached the vending machine on the 3rd floor and Steve looked around at the empty hallway before looking back at the machine.

'Something's not right.'

The info wasn't there.

"Are you looking for these?"

The female voice that hit his ears sent a cold shiver down his spine.

That wasn't Natasha.

"Steve..."

He turned at the same time Bucky did.

The former assassin tensed beside him.

A few feet down the hall from them stood a tall, lean woman in a doctor's coat, her hair a pale strawberry blonde and her eyes were a bright green. She was holding Natasha up with one hand and in her other hand were the files they were looking for.

The files that would hopefully lead them to Rebecca and Syrena.

"Now, my pet, you see what happens when you don't listen?"

She was looking directly at Bucky, a smile on her face.

"You have been quite naughty lately, haven't you? I will admit when Strucker first came to me with the news that you had reverted, I was very upset. I wanted so badly to kill you in that moment, to make you suffer as I have suffered, but then Baron Strucker told me interesting news. You had had a child. And with that bitch Syrena!"

"Who the hell are you?" Bucky snarled.

The woman looked hurt. "Who am I? Don't tell me you don't remember me. That you don't remember our times together?"

"I think I would remember a psychotic bitch like you."

The woman's eyes narrowed to slits.

"Now that wasn't very nice at all, my love."

She pulled Nat close to her and they watched in horror as her tongue flicked out, forked like a snake and touched Nat's face, making the assassin wake up, gasping in pain. Green and yellow blisters covered her face and her lips started to turn blue.

Steve shook his head.

"That's enough."

The woman laughed.

"Enough? Oh you poor deluded man. I am far from finished. My protégé will see to that."

Bucky stilled. "Protégé?"

"Ah yes, your little girl is quite resilient. She has survived all my tests so far. Such a good girl, such a good killer. She made only one mistake, leaving this one alive!"

She shoved Nat to the floor between them before shrugged the white coat off, revealing a deep green leather outfit.

They looked at her in shock.

Bucky took a step forward. "Where is she?!"

She shrugged, a smug look on her face.

"Where would be the fun in telling you? If you figure it out, then you can come and try to take her from me. If you think you can, of course."

She turned to walk away.

"Who are you?" Steve asked.

"Oh, how rude of me. I will tell you again, my love, since you have so easily forgotten me."

She pulled a sphere from her hip, and twisted it, causing it to start blinking green.

Bucky started slowly backing up.

Steve quickly dove for Nat, pulling her into his arms.

"I'm the Viper."

She threw the sphere at them.

/ ~ / ~ / ~ /

After a few minutes waiting, a wave of concern hit her.

It was the Captain.

"Pietro, you need to go inside. They are going to need your help."

Her brother stopped his pacing at her words.

"What is-"

"No time brother, go!"

He nodded and with a whoosh, he was gone.

The trunk to the suv opened and slammed shut after a second.

'Oh please, get there in time, brother.'

/ ~ / ~ / ~ /

All of a sudden the sphere reappeared in her hand at the same time the files disappeared from the other.

She hissed in anger when the sphere released a cloud of green gas.

"What the hell?"

Her exclamation of anger melted into screams of agony.

The Captain's shield appeared in his hands before Pietro stopped next to Bucky and handed him the files.

"Here, I believe this is yours?"

Bucky only nodded at the speedster.

The screams stopped after a moment to be replaced by laughter.

"You really think poison would affect me? I'm the Viper. Poison is my gift!"

Viper stepped from the gas, her face covered in green and yellow blisters. She grabbed at her face and pulled, ripping it apart and revealing an untouched face underneath.

Pietro visibly gagged.

"Okay, that's disgusting. Time to go!"

Bucky, nodded.

"I agree with the kid!"

Viper grinned and tutted under her breath.

"Pietro Maximoff."

Pietro stilled and slowly turned to her.

"How do you know my name?"

"You should know she screamed for you. It was really quite pathetic, actually."

Ice filled his veins.

"What?"

"'Pietro! Pietro, help me! You promised!' We naturally had to beat it out of her, of course."

"You bitch!"

She smiled.

"You must have been quite the lover to invoke such devotion."

Bucky looked at Pietro with shock.

Viper noticed the look. "Oh, you didn't know? How delicious!"

She dissolved into laughter.

"They had planned on running away, like they thought they could actually escape Hydra. No one escapes Hydra. They all come back in the end. You will to, me love. You will too."

Bucky shook the shock off.
Pietro still didn't move from his spot next to him.

'She yelled for me. I wasn't there to save her. I promised her...'

Bucky grabbed him and shook him.

"Kid, wake up!"

A smack across his face brought him back.

"What the hell was that for?"

"A lot of things kid, but we need to move our asses. Now!"

Pietro shot a look at the Captain.

"Take Bucky! I've got Nat!"

Viper pulled another sphere from her belt and when she twisted it, it started blinking red instead of green.

"This is going to hurt not only you, but everyone else here. Can you save them all, Captain America?"

She threw at the ground at the same time Pietro vanished.

He grabbed Bucky and in a flash, they were outside.

Steve ran down the corridor and crashed through the window, holding Nat close. He used his shield and his own body to cushion their fall.

Then the third floor exploded.

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