Blurred Bloodlines

"Damn it! That Maximoff needs to pay for what he did! First the venom gas and then taking the files from me! Damn him!"

Viper tore through her office, ripping the blinds down, knocking papers to the floor, and smashing the vases against the walls.

A knock on the door made her pause in her destructive rant.

"Enter!"

The door opened to reveal a man in a lab coat.

"Lady Viper?"

"What is it? Best make it quick or suffer."

"The subject is ready."

He cringed at the animalistic glee on her face.

"Fantastic."

/ ~ / ~ / ~ /

When she sauntered into the lab, she threw her arms out, smiling widely.

There in the center of the room was Rebecca, sitting in something that looked eerily like a electric chair. Scientists were on either side of her looking at monitors and quickly jotting notes down on their clipboards.

"There's my girl! How are you feeling today?"

There was no reply.

"Now, now, my little wolf, no need for the silent treatment. It wouldn't do to make me upset,
would it?"

"No, my mistress."

"That's better. Now, how are you feeling?"

"Strange."

Viper lifted an eyebrow.

"Oh? And what kind of strange are we talking about here? Tingling sensations? Stomach issues?"

"Dreaming."

Now that was strange.

"Dreaming? You can't dream. The medicine we give you each night keeps you from doing that."

"But I did. I dreamt I was back in Herr Strucker's facility. Back with..."

She trailed off.

"With Pietro?"

Rebecca nodded.

Viper's eyes narrowed at the girl's admission.

'This Pietro is turning out to be quite a bit of trouble.'

She didn't like trouble.

"What are you dreaming of?"

She saw the girl's cheeks flush.

"Ahh, I see. He must have been quite talented, huh?"

Rebecca looked up at her in shock, the flush deepening to an embarrassed red.

"Don't get too hung up on it, you won't have to worry about him much longer, my dear child."

"I'm not your child!"

Viper backhanded her hard across the face, splitting her lip and making her nose bleed.

A scientist next to her shook his head.

"Her heart rate is elevated again. If it gets too high..."

"Don't worry. She'll calm down, she always does. Don't you dear?"

She tangled her fingers in the girl's hair and yanked her head back.

"Now you listen to me, you are nothing more than a pawn in this game. In my game! You have no say in what you do at all. I say jump, you jump. I say kill, you say who? And right now I say kill."

Rebecca shook her head. "No! No more killing, please!?"

Viper laughed, then threw her back into her seat before turning to the scientists with a smirk.

"Wipe her. I want a fresh mind to work with."

Rebecca dropped her gaze to the floor and leaned back, letting the scientists strap her into the chair.

She left the room smiling as the screams of Rebecca echoed around her.

/. ~ / ~ / ~ /

"So then I turn to look at her and say, 'so, 'malen'kaya luna', same time tomorrow?' She smiled and then smacked me again."

Bucky shook his head chuckling at the the ending. "She definitely kept you on your toes. That's amazing. Considering her lack of sight."

Pietro nodded, "Yes. I was surprised as well, but with her help I learned to push my speed to the point it is now. She even helped Wanda with her abilities. At that time my sister could only manipulate wooden blocks and pencils. Now, well, you've seen what she can do."

Bucky sure knew, his back was still slightly sore from nearly being put six feet into the dirt.

"Speaking of my sister, I fear that she has left us on our own."

The ex-assassin looked around the room and realized that yes, Wanda had left them alone.

That realization brought what Steve had told him back.

'Nat found Syrena.'

"Natasha told Steve something before she passed out. She found Syrena."

Pietro was confused, "Who is Syrena?"

"Rebecca's mother."

"Her mother is still alive?"

Bucky nodded, "Yeah. And she's somewhere here in D.C."

The speedster was shocked by that news. Rebecca's mother was here? In D.C.?

"So we are going after her mother first?"

"Yeah. Steve reasoned that the more people we have against Viper right now, the better chance we have of getting Becky back."

"I agree."

"I'm still going to keep a close eye on you, you know? If Becky went through at least half of what I did, then she's going to need time to find herself again. So take things slow. And no getting handsy until she's ready. And I definitely don't have to tell you what would happen if you do?"

Pietro nodded his head, a serious look on his face.

"I wouldn't push her to do anything she doesn't want to. I am not that type of person. I will help her best I can to regain herself, but I know to give her space. I just want her back."

"Well, until then, we've got a truce between us, alright?"

Bucky held out his hand to the speedster who shook it with a smile on his face.

The older man leaned forward and whispered, "Just for forewarning, I do have over two dozen confirmed kills under my belt, got it?"

Pietro gulped, an eerie chill going down his spine.

'Oh he definitely got it.'

"Now, lets go meet up with Cap and Wanda. We've got files to crack."

/ ~ / ~ / ~ /

Viper walked back into the room and nodded to the scientists.

"Lady Viper, the wipe was a success. We may proceed with mission programming."

"Finally some good news."

She moved to stand directly in front of the younger girl, noticing her eyes were staring blankly ahead.

"Smirno soldata!" (At attention soldier!)

Rebecca stood and fell into a resting position with her hands behind her back.

"Moya missiya?" (My mission?)

"Now that's more like it, my dear. You actually have several missions this time. The first is to retrieve files that were stolen from me."

"Utverditel'nyy."

"The next two are kill orders."

"Tseli?" (Targets?)

"Pietro Maximoff and James "Bucky" Barnes, the former Winter Soldier. Both are traitors to our cause."

"Period vremeni?"

"No time frame. Just kill them."

"Utverditel'nyy." (Affirmative.)

"Good girl. Now go gather your gear and get ready."

Rebecca walked to the doors only to be stopped by Viper.

"Now my dear, you know better, what do you say before you leave my presence?"

The girl slowly turned around and locked eyes with her.

"Hail Hydra."

Viper laughed as Rebecca left the room.

"Let's see you save her now, my love, when all she'll want to do is kill you."

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